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“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Happy Campers:

Please read all the way to the end today.  If you do not read all of this, at least read the very end.  Thank you.

Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind,   Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, Reverent.

AS I have said so many times. “Fings ain’t wot they used to be.”

We have seen a precipitous decline in the moral standing of our Country.  No, I am not being a prude, I am talking about the institutionalized destruction of the family and ultimately the religious entities.

Many of you will recognize the dozen words leading off this as the “Scout Law” of the Boy Scouts of America.  (This distinction is going to be important in a few moments.) When we were in our early, or perhaps pre-teens, many of us raised our right hand with the three-finger salute and repeated those words.

Even all these many years later when I am called upon to speak often times the Scout Law becomes part of the speech.  On those occasions when I am addressing Scouts I always incorporate the law and how important it will be in life not just as a Scout for forever.

I was a Scout and while I did not receive the distinct honor of achieving Eagle Scout I feel I learned much from that time of my life.  (My interest in Scouting waned as my interest in females increased.  And as there was no merit badge for that kind of activity, I resigned from the Scouts)

I recall the camping, the jamborees and all the activities quite fondly.  I learned skills that would come in handy not just then or a few years later but throughout my life.  Apparently that was a good thing as I will be the first to admit that I was not a model human being at various times.  I credit my religion, education and my involvement in scouting from making a real mess of things.

Over the years, say what you wish and I am neither pontificating nor casting aspersions, the Boy Scouts of America were largely a “religious” kind of organization.  Many troops were sponsored by and met at Churches and Synagogues. I am not saying there was any institutional dictum to abide by any particular religion but the word “God” is part of the Scout Oath in that “… I will do my best to do my duty to God and my Country…”

B-P (Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts) stated that while Scouting was not associated with any particular religion, he felt that spirituality and a belief in a higher power were critical to young men and women’s personal growth and are major tenets of the entire Scouting movement.

In the century-plus that the Boy Scouts have been around the focus on  God, or religious fealty, has not changed.  While in the last few years homosexuals were allowed to join the ranks of Boy Scouts, Atheists and agnostics are politely turned away from membership.

On the other side of the equation are the Girl Scouts.

I certainly think that for the greater part the Girl Scouts are just swell.  Like their male counter parts, these young ladies are afforded a great deal of education and application to be better people when they grow up.

But (and you saw that coming), the Girl Scouts are a bit more, shall we say, “liberal” in any number of areas.

Perhaps the one shared area of liberality is with the admittance of homosexual members.  But it is the other areas which are problematic and the crux of the biscuit of this particular issue.

For the Girl Scouts the “God” thing is nice and all but they are not “quite” as “enthusiastic” about “God” as are the Boys Scouts. I mean they would “like” the girls to have some beliefs but that is not critical. In fact one can be an Atheist or agnostic.  The “reverent” thing is not part of their “Law.”  (Then again they did take “keep herself pure” out of the original Law.)

Now, an excuse me for thinking clearly, this is what happens when you take God out of things, particularly in areas where you have impressionable young girls.  Perhaps some of these kids grow up in families who attend religious services and wonder why others do not.

For instance, the Girl Scouts do have a relationship with Planned Parenthood.  (No need to discuss their business at this time.)  Some contend that there is not a “formal” relationship, others suggest it is at the local level and others still allege there is no connection between the two organizations. (These are the same people who think the Clinton’s are as pure as the driven snow and global warming is real.)

In addition they have “honored” such pro-Abortion supporters as Wendy Davis (aka “Abortion Barbie”) and Kathleen Sebelius.

Enough on that, you can “Bing” or “Google” the “Girl Scouts Planned Parenthood” and you can see for yourself.

Now, they have gone lower than even that low bar.

Now, if a boy sees himself as a girl, well, he, er, she, um, that person is welcome to join.

And they are not done.  You see, how can you be “Girl Scouts” when you have a confused person in your ranks? The last I heard they were going to call themselves simply the “Scouts.” Of course that will cause no confusion at all as the Boy Scouts have familiarly been called the “Scouts.” Gees!

(SIDEBAR:  I am sure there have been cases of sexual identity confusion in the past, just as there has been homosexuality and other issues.  The difference is that it was never encouraged. Now the less “normal family member-is” you are the more you are encouraged to parade your turpitude and deviancy in the street.)

As I have said more times than I wished, all of the things that are happening now are related, make no mistake. Things that seem totally disjointed or offer no possible connection will be found to be inextricably linked.  (Think of “braid theory” in math and how that led proving the existence of other sub-atomic particles.)

All this has to do with power.  Maybe local power, perhaps nationwide or even worldwide.  It may be totalitarian, economic, moral, political, social, religious or other controls.  But, about this be totally clear.  This is about power and power allows control.

To be frank the one odd-ball piece to this screwed-up puzzle is Islam.  When you look at the blueprint, it is not one of the components.  Well, not per se, but as a vehicle to attain other goals.

The blueprint you ask? Of course you know by now that it is the Communist Manifesto.  You also know the power elites, the NWO types, the members of the various “Clubs” and so on have infinite patience and they know that given time and little push-back, eventually they can rule the world.

“They know”, they think.  I do not think most people agree.

When you look what is needed to destroy a country from the inside it is all in the list. Let’s revisit some, shall we?  No more private property, confiscatory income tax (redistribution of wealth), the state controls banks, communication, transportation, manufacturing, farming and education (I guess Marx had not thought of health care or that would be in there), promotion of deviant lifestyle, break-up of the family unit, closing churches ultimately outlawing religion and a very strong police.

Taking all of that into consideration, if many of those in power today were to channel the late Mayor Ed Koch and asked “How am I doing’ “I am pretty sure most would agree they doing a bang up job.

Do not think for a nanosecond that there is anything “spontaneous” about what is going on in Ballot.  If it was not this poor dead skell, it would have been another.  You have a black city, with a black mayor, black congressman, black police chief of a black majority police force. YET this is the White Man’s fault?

Even that brain donor of a mayor who said and went viral that you have to respect the rioters (they are not protestors.  Every time you hear the media say “protestors” mentally edit that to “rioters”), that if they need a place to destroy, they should have it (as she contradicts “protestors”.)  Of course that “place” was not near her house.

Then the next day, after half of the world heard her say those words, she denies she said them and blamed that on “The White media taking my words out of context.”

Gee, when did we ever hear a Democrat lie about something where there was proof positive that they lied?

No, not all the time, just most of the time.

Now dear long time readers, recall what I have said about reading between the lines, that the real story is often the story not reported.

Where has Biff been on this?

He made to my recollection he made exactly one tepid comment about the riots.  For someone who lives about forty miles from the scenes of the crime, Biff seems rather unconcerned.   That seems even more surprising when you consider that like Baltimore, Washington DC has a black majority population.  He was not worried the same might happen near him?

(And before anyone throws the race card on what I just said, recall the powers that be in Baltimore and particularly the number one Balitimoron, their mayor, are blaming Whites.  Which is even odder when three of the six cops are black and the cop charged with the worst crimes is black. But, it is all the Whites fault. Hmmm… I think I understand now.)

Recall in last issue it was mentioned that TV is brainwashing us to certain social behaviors that are not in in the majority.  (How is that for being “politically correct.”)

Look at what the “Girl Scouts” are “allegedly” doing or planning with these impressionable young ladies. (And you wondered where the connection was!)

Well, they are doing the same with race relations.  Show the blacks rioting and destroying and that is fine because Whitey made that happen.

Of course, rioting is the preferred response to curing social ills.   In the top ten cities for poverty, all ten are in Democrat hands.  Some, like Miami and El Paso have NEVER had Republican leadership and the most recent city that was not Democratic is Cleveland, over a quarter of a century ago.

So, you can see why the Dems want to blame the Whites, otherwise they would have to take responsibility for their own actions.  And that is why the SRCFM shows all the insanity. After all, a city on not on fire is not news.

Divide and conquer.  Ever hear of that? That is what the powers that be are doing.  They are dividing or creating real or imagined divides between the rich and poor, the moral and reprobate, the blacks and the Whites, the religious the apostate, male and female and anything else they can think of.

Disagree?  Look around and tell me where I am wrong.

LAST WORD:  Over the weekend 25 year-old NYPD Officer Brian Moore was shot in the face by a skell.  The skell was arrested within a few hours as when he was discovered, he could not run as his drawers were hanging too low. He has an arrest record for various charges including murder.  Brian is from my town.  Oddly enough he lives on the same street as did NYPD Officer Ed Byrne who was shot and killed on the job by four skells twenty-odd years ago. I am not going to mention the skin color of any of the shooters.  BTW, I did post to $harpton’s page y’day if he went to visit PO Moore.  Please keep PO Moore in your prayers. As of 1230 Monday things do not look good.  Please offer prayer for the comfort his family and friends and for protection for all of those who protect us such as the police, military, firemen, EMTs and so on.

Brian had no brain activity and was taken off life-support.  He passed Monday afternoon as a result of his wounds.

You can bet there will be a follow up to this.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Pawns:

(Methinks… this issue is out of order. I have another one which is almost done but this subject needs to be addressed.  Oddly enough and depending on how this issue turns out (I am as stunned as anyone when it make sense) it may make the next issue more poignant.)

H.L. Mencken.

Edgar Allen Poe.

George Herman “Babe” Ruth.

Freddie Grey.

One was a brilliant linguist and satirist.  Another was one of our Country’s best and best known writers. The next was one of the greatest sports legends of all time. One had a record some twenty arrests long.

What do they have in common?

They were all from Baltimore.

Stick with me.

As I say, there is not such of a thing as a coincidence.

In case you do not know who Freddie Grey was, he was a street dude, an “alleged” drug dealer, who was arrested almost two weeks ago.  Somehow he wound up dead as a result of a broken spine and cracked vertebrae. Makes no difference how he died, even if the reports that he was just released from hospital after spine surgery are accurate, the bottom line is he died in police custody.

I am not saying that the cops were right in any way, shape or form if he died as a result of their actions or inactions.  The fact that he had a lengthy police record does not make his life worth any less.  (His contribution to society is another matter.) (And I am not going soft.  Stick around.)

Neither am I going to do a post mortem on the actions and inactions of the possibly mentally deficient “mayor.”  Between she, the police chief, the governor and whoever else is involved, this matter is in way too much flux to comment at this point.

Now, let’s expose some ugly facts.

Skells have always been given a tune-up for various reasons.  There have been incidences where an arrestee was actually murdered by those arresting him or her.  There have been innocent people who have been murdered by the “authorities.”  You can go back to Jesus, before and since.

We can look at school de-segregation in the South, the Civil Rights marches, and the assaults and murders of those who supported those initiatives.

Bear in mind, some half of a century ago, just the arrest of a black person in Watts started riots that spread all over the Country with many, many deaths and untold property damage. (And that did not subside until LBJ gave away the farm in his so-called “Great Society” initiative.  All that did was to create a “dependocracy.”)

But, even the Watts riots had some basis in the feelings of people because of the ways they saw or perceived fellow blacks being treated in the previous decade. It was not a spontaneous reaction but a simmering which boiled over.

Ditto the Rodney King riots over twenty-five years later.  The crapshow that was South Central Los Angeles had become a tinderbox. It did not take much to start the fire.  The beating of Rodney King was all it took that time.

The blacks, used to thinking that they were second class citizens, seemed to use this opportunity to bang on not just Whites but also the Hispanics and Orientals, particularly Koreans.  (The Koreans did an amazing job of mobilizing and protecting themselves.  That only fueled the anger towards them and the resultant damage to their businesses.)

It is not always, or rather only, race but a preconceived and ill-conceived pecking order.  Bottom line is that none of this was just because of skin color, per se.  But it had everything to do with the way different people were treated in a gummint that is supposed to treat and protect all her citizens equally.  Read that last line again, slowly.

I am going to throw something out here, let’s see if any of this sticks.

We have been being the nanny for poor people for four generations now.  Make no mistake, it is not a “black thing.”  Not putting any spin on it but based on participation by percentage based on demographics in raw numbers, there are almost as many White people on some kind of welfare as black.  So, it is NOT a black thing.  (Check this out: http://www.statisticbrain.com/welfare-statistics/ )

What the gummint has done is to create a “class” of dependents.  (And “class” is an accurate term. It is also a communist term.  This all comes together at one point.)  These dependents have become more and more dependent.  While we are giving them more in items of sustenance we are cheating them in the things they really need: good education, job training, jobs and the like. Those things will breed good citizens and contributors to society.

Instead, in the true lie of the gummint, we are not giving them anything but stealing from them. We are stealing their self-esteem, we are stealing their self-worth, we are stealing the opportunity to allow them to better themselves.

And all the while the Libs are laying trails of grain to the cages for the dependents, they are being told the Left are their friends. And they eat the grain, walk to the cage, the gate is shut and they vote Democrat.

There have been homosexuals forever it seems.   The first mention in the Bible is in Leviticus, which is the third book.  It used to be a crime, it is still a sin (not preaching just saying) and now it is being institutionalized by the gummint.

You can barely watch a TV show (really, I should just leave it at that), ok, you can barely watch a TV show that does not have some gay characters, gay/LBGTLS-MFT or whatever theme, always sympathetic to the gay person and the straight is either bigoted and narrow-minded or they come to see the “error of their ways” and “accept” the gays.

Again, and sadly prolly not for the last time, I have nothing against gays. We are told to hate the sin but love the sinner.  I also know that my sins are not more pleasing to God than those of a homosexual. None of that is the point.

The point is the promotion of homosexuality and the assorted and sordid things associated with that “class” of people. (Two can play at that game.)

These TV shows, viewed over and over numb us to the idea of homosexuality. It is education at best and propaganda at worst. When you look at who runs the studios and networks, it all makes sense.

We all have heard of the “Fairness Doctrine.” Yes, that is the one that is not fair! That is the one where the FCC wants to curtail that nasty “Right-wing” talk radio unless the Left get equal time or are able to rebut or both.  But that only applies to Right wing radio talk shows.  (“Left wing” radio is a typical Left wing failure.)  It does not give equal time to the Right on cable or television.

It is the same thing on TV with homosexuality.

There are no shows showing the pain, unhappiness and diseases of homosexuality unless it is to elicit more sympathy for them. It is almost like blaming the car for an accident caused by a drunk driver.

Additionally there is no “rebuttal” to that.  There are no “God-based” or “God Centered” shows, with the possible exception of some country music awards shows.

I mean it the gays wanted to be fair and show what a great thing they have going on they should be excited to face someone who takes and defends an opposite view. Yes?

But now, what do we get?  Two hours of that freak Bruce Jenner and commercial after commercial advertising that show with Diane Sawyer crying in her beer over this aberrant behavior.

They media are making him seem like he is breaking new ground here when that too is a lie. You have to go back to Christine Jorgenson for the first sex change.

This barrage of Jenner is nothing more than perversion proselytizing.   It is making us see an Olympic champion as some other kind of champion, like he is special, like he is unique.

He is not one of a kind or even one in a million.

He is one of about the one thousand people who have a sex-change each year.

Where are the TV shows, trailers, interviews, weepy devotchka’s and the rest of the side show for the other 999?

They do not matter. They do not have a marquee name. They are not related to the other train wreck, the Kardashians.

As bad as all that is, there is “allegedly” a show coming on the tube that “stars” a vicious, militant gay guy.  But that is not enough.  He curses Churches, God, people who go to Church, who lead normal lives.  It must be on cable and I apologize for not having his name handy.  After watching about two minutes of one of his rants I had to turn it off.

It has no place in the public forum anywhere.  It is not gay, it is not about a lifestyle, it is about a miserable miscreant who hates everything.  And I will wager it is because he is so ironically gay.

Yet, this will be put on TV, the reviewers will call it groundbreaking and it will get ratings at first.

A foot in the door.

The first one is free.

They will lobby to have heterosexuals put in a poor light, churches will be forbidden on TV and they will mock God.

You think I am kidding?  Are you new?  Look back at recent history, the FISH, older TV shows and look at today.  Then tell me I am off.

All of this nothing more than a re-education process.  Be it that the White “privileged” class owes a living to those not as well off to portraying normalcy and decency in a negative light while raising up godlessness and destruction of the family.

We will be bombarded with this junk on TV as long as we allow it and in the meantime more soft heads of mush will be exposed to the lies and hate.

Remember early TV? We were not that far out from WWII. TV reflected good and wholesome stories, intact heterosexual families, religious figures in the show. And that went on till the beatniks, cum hippies came along.

That which we allow, will continue.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Candle Counters:

This is a very, VERY special issue, stick with me.

In the last one-hundred years we saw (this very limited list of) the following inventions: Hamburger bun, Lincoln Logs, the supermarket, cloverleaf highway interchange, tow truck, condenser microphone, toggle light switch, marshmallow cream,  French Dip Sandwich, torque wrench, crystal oscillator, grocery bag, hydraulic brakes, blender, pop up toaster, Eskimo Bar, jungle gym, polygraph machine, flow chart, adhesive bandage, overhead garage door and later the automatic opener, convertible automobile, bulldozer, Q-tip, instant camera, locking pliers, gas chamber, power steering, drive thru’s for shopping, banking, food, etc., bread slicer, jukebox, Kool Ade, corn dog, recliner, ice cube tray, electric razor, Freon, sunglasses, frozen food, chocolate chip cookie, thermistor, electric guitar, bug zapper, gold cart, radio telescope, Richter scale, black light, parking meter, Philips head screwdriver, chair lift, O-ring, computer, beach ball, nylon, Teflon, soft-serve Ice cream, twist tie, ATM, deodorant, bazooka, the slinky, microwave oven, Tupperware, credit card, transistor, supersonic aircraft, cat litter, television broadcast and later cable and satellite, video game, radiocarbon dating, the Zamboni, atomic clock, crash-test dummy, color TV, aerosol paint, leaf blower, TelePrompTer (grrr!!), wet suit, air bag, bar code, artificial heart, WD-40, whiffle ball, Ziploc bags, CPR, radar gun, nuclear submarine (and later other ships), lint roller, hard disc drive, the Betamax later VHS and camcorder, the Bobcat, LASER, sugar packet, bubble wrap, zip tie, IC, LCD, VLSLCD, weather satellite, spandex, Astroturf, GPS, user friendly computer programs, LED, computer mouse, Buffalo Wings, Moog and other music synthesizers, snowboarding, Kevlar, wireless phone, beepers, cell phones, smart phones, CD, DVD, handheld calculators, super computer, laser printer, wide body aircraft, CCD, personal  computer, floppy disc, email, PET scan and MRI scans, jet ski, jet, post it note, UPC/Bar Code, Gore-Tex, microwavable popcorn bag, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo flights, SkyLab, Space shuttle, internet and so on and so on and so forth (and that is only up to about 1980.)

We also saw the discoveries of Einstein’s theory of relativity,  black holes, quantum mechanics, the Big Bang theory, the Milky Way, the neutron, quarks, hadrons, Higgs Bosun,  fission, DNA, polio vaccine,  dark matter and dark energy, cloning and more.

There was WWI, WWII, Russian Revolution, Irish freestaters vs the Irregulars and later “The Troubles”, Spanish Civil War, Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Cuban Revolution, Yom Kippur War, Vietnam War, Panama Coup, Afghan Civil War, War in Iraq and Afghanistan plus untold regional wars, conflicts, uprisings, police actions since 1914.

While there have been a number of sera and vaccines developed over the past century, sadly their distribution has not been as widespread as could be hoped.  More sadly some diseases which have been eradicated in the United States have returned carried by people from foreign nations. I shall not editorialize on this, you know how I feel.

Sirloin steak was eighteen sense a pound, light bulbs twenty cents. Cocoa was thirty cents a pound, theatre tickets were a quarter. You could rent a four-room apartment for ten or twelve bucks a month.  Milk was a dime a quart, butter was forty-two cents a pound. Eggs could be had for a quarter a dozen and a loaf of bread was about a nickel.  Gas was twelve cents a gallon for your car that cost about five hundred smackers to park in front of you two to four thousand dollar home.

While those prices sound inexpensive, the average guy made about ten to fifteen dollars a week, some even less!

There were still just fewer than 100,000,000 Americans that year.

More than a third of people worked and lived on farms and most of those hundred-million Americans lived east of the Mississippi. In fact the population center of the US was near Bloomington, Indiana back them.

(My goodness, there were still a fair number of Civil War Veterans walking around and four kids of our 10^th President, John Tyler, were still alive.  Bear in mind Tyler was born in 1790.)

Born that year was TV producer Mark Goodson, Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets, baseball player Preacher Roe, Zero Mostel ,McKinley Morganfield (aka “Muddy Waters”), Billie Holiday, Orson Welles, Saul Bellow…

However, celebrating her 100^th Birthday is our most senior reader, Jean Butterfield, born in beautiful downtown Minnesota a century ago.

Please join me in wishing the special lady (who is sharper than I am on most days) a very Happy and Blessed 100^th Birthday.

Some years ago, I said I would do my best to have a Republican President for her 100^th Birthday.  I did promise that I would do a special issue for her on that day.

Jean one out of two is not bad.  Not great, as I am sure you would gladly trade this issue for a real president but this is the best I can do my dear.

I think I speak for all when I wish you a very Happy and Blessed Birthday.  May you live for as long as you want but never want for as long as you live.

With much Love, Happy Birthday Jean!

John
 

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Pawns:

Well…  So apparently Custer was short a few Indians.  Perhaps that will make sense in a few minutes.

I readily admit that I am not the sharpest trout in the book but when something does not seem right my alarm bells go off.

On the “Republican” side there are a few guys who have declared for prez and a whole passel who are threatening to do the same.  You have guys (and perhaps one woman) who range from “ultra-conservative” (as if there is such a thing) in Ted Cruz to the Libertarian Rand Paul to the dregs of the Left side of the party in the forms of JEBush and Krispie Kreme Christie.

On the Progressive/Marist/Socialist/Communist/Democrat side you have, thusfar, Her Thighness, the Hilderbeast.

The Dems, to cite Winston Churchill, are like a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” They are as open and as forthcoming as the Politburo during the Stalin years and as easy to understand as Chinese Algebra.

As discussed in the previous issue, there are no guarantees, anything can happen. When it comes to the Dems when “anything can happen” it is rarely a good thing.

You see, the SRMFM are touting the Hilderbeast as the best, most capable, most accomplished and most experienced candidate out there.  For “defendant” I might agree. For “president”, not a chance in Hades.  She is exactly none of the above for the big chair job.

As we saw in the last and previous installments she has more problems than Carter has little liver pills.  As dumb as I think all too many voters are, twice, taking the “race issue” off the table might even out the prejudice vote.

(SALADBAR: I do not know of any women who are the least bit likely to vote for the Hilderbeast. I am sure there are some who will vote for her because of her politics and not her plumbing. On the other hand I do know some black people who voted for Biff for the sole reason of his skin color.  Not all voted for him the second time. I mention this because the issue of prejudice is far stronger with respect to race than it is with gender.  This does not help her.)

I have intimated before there is something not quite right and every day my radar pings with yet another intellectual “bogey.”  I really could not put my finger on it.  I looked at the Hilderbeast and I could not image a more flawed or less capable presidential candidate. I know some wise guys in Howard Beach who are far more ethical and trustworthy.

Watching the Hilderbeast she seems to be doing all of the wrong things, but one.

She is secretive, she has an over-protective sense of need for security, her meetings are staged, her crowds are hand-picked and no one seems to care.  That is due largely to the unindicted co-conspirators in the SRMFM.  She puts on that fake smile and that buffoonish “wow! I am soooooo surprised to see you!” phony look with a side order of pointing at no one in particular.

I think it is all staged and not for her ascendancy.

There has been talk about Lie-a-Watha running for the gig. The problem is that she is just as honest as the Hilderbeast but not as likeable. (That is a joke folks.)  In all candor, purely from a sheer pragmatic point, she is more electable the same reason she is not electable: she is not the Hilderbeast.

Then there is some talk about the O’Malley character from Maryland.  If the Left like him, I don’t.  I am sure that as soon as the story of his wife having run over the ABC newsreader with whom he was having an affair gets more air, his fortunes will fall.

And in case if you like your bar lowered even more, there is a rumor/threat that Comrade Wilhelm De BlahZero, the Commie mayor of New Jack City may run.  (If there is any good news at least he admits he is a commie unlike the rest who pass themselves off as Dems, but I repeat myself.)

Where this is going is that every day there seems to be a new allegation of some criminality, malfeasance or something else perpetrated by the Clinton’s.

If there was any justice or fairness in this world such a candidate ought to have the common sense to drop out if the race for the good of their party, the Country and decency in general.

The Clintons have no such sense of honor or decency.  Again if half of the allegations about the three of them are true in a fair and just world they would be guests of the state on the family plan.

That the SRMFM (maybe that should be changed to the SRClintonFM for the duration) are not bringing any of this to the fore with any sense of urgency or alleged criminality is preposterous and only serves to confirm my opinion that they are in on the griff for one reason or another.

On the other side of that coin there is much chatter that all the bad news about the Hilderbeast comes from one source, directly or indirectly:  Biffus Minimus.

Yes, there is no mystery that there is no love lost between the Clintons and the Biffuses.  The story goes that Biff made the Hilderbeast SecState not because of her “talent” or “acumen” on the world stage but to keep her on a short leash.

As a senator she could have had a much larger role in many more things and consolidating power and collecting favors.  As SecState she is little more than a state department employee who reports directly reports to Biff. I have always wondered why she took that gig. Now I think I know.  Biff had the goods on her and now he is letting them out of the bag.

Biff still sees the Hilderbeast as a formidable threat.  Ought she to be elected (God Forbid) Biff will fade off into the sunset.   The Clintons have far more favorability than do the Biffuses. (When I say “the Clintons”, I mean BJ.  Why? Who knows.)

The other side of that coin is that a Hilderbeast as prez could/ would/should mess with some/all of Biff’s programs and initiatives.  This would be doing what the good Soviet Commies used to do to their predecessors.  Old habits die hard.  (This is odd, as so many other things seem to die so easily around her.)

In contradistinction to that would be a Billy the Red, Lie-a-Watha or an O’Malley or even a Saunders.  They are so under-qualified, incapable of cogent leadership, anti-capitalist and have no respect for law that anyone one of them would be little more than a third term for Biff.

Truly, that group represents a pretty good cross-section of the kind of people who should not be elected to any position.  Yet, they are perfect Dem candidates in the eyes of that party.

There is little doubt in my mind that there is a supreme irony here.  This group has a false sense of superiority or even adequacy.  Yet they would be easy pickings for Biff’s influence.

The more I think of it, the less I think of it.  There is some kind of weird kabuki theatre going on.

In the one hand, you have the SRCFM excoriating each and every “Republican” candidate.  (With the exception, it seems, of JEBush.  I am confident that the SRCFM see him as having no chance so they treat him nicely.  You see, having a “Bush” on top of the ticket spells doom for the White Hats.)

On the other hand there is some kind of disconnect with a side order of lucidity.

As I said the talking heads see the Hilderbeast as the one, the queen, the answer to all of our problems. Yet, with every passing day and every new scandal I think some of the media are giving her not so much a second thought but considering an alternative to a Hilderbeast run to be on the safe side.

I give the Dems little credit for doing the right thing but even I think they can do better than a Lie-a-Watha, Billy the Red, Larry the Socialist or Parnelli O’Malley.

We shall see.

As I said, I am not 100% confident that some kind of a deal was struck some seven years ago. I am not 100% confident that if such a deal had been forged that both sides are going to keep their end of the bargain.

It may be early yet at the same time, it may be way too late.

We live in interesting times.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Poll-Bait:

Ok…  We all know that about 99% of the Media are as straight up and honest as a street-corner Three Card Monte game.  We know the SRMFM are not above elaborating, stretching facts or just plain lying to make their point, especially if it do the detriment of the Country, the Right, God or decency.

If you think I exaggerate, watch then news, read the papers and then get back to me.

Last Sunday I had a busy day on tap. I went to the gym earlier than usual and while I was doing my cool-down on the bike machine I was drawn to one of the big screen TVs on front of me.

There was the smarmy countenance of Bob Schieffer on “Deface the Nation.”  (What? Oh, sorry.  My bad.  The name of the show allegedly is “Face the Nation” for some reason.)

Say what you will, but most of the Sunday morning news shows,  moderators and most of the panels of any of those shows are Lefties masquerading as “objective journalists.”  Even by that low standard the “FTN” show last Sunday was something else.

Bear in mind, I am in a noisy gym wearing headphones and even
if the sound was up on the TV I would not have been able to hear it.  The close captioning was on so I could read the words, read the body language but no joy on speech pattern and inflection.  (As we have discussed the words are but a small part of communication.)

Sadly I could not readily identify any of the panelists. From what I could gather they seemed be evenly divided between those who thought Hillary was truly a living saint walking among us or just merely the greatest person of all time.

In other words, a typical kangaroo court.

One of the things I found odd was the use of the word “Republican” over and over as if it was a bad word.  There was a “Republican” plan, a “Republican” stonewalling, a “Republican” hindrance, a “Republican” this, a “Republican” that, a “Republican” other thing, none of them in a positive light.

They would mention a “Democrat” by name but everyone else was a “Republican.”  I really wish I could have heard them say the word “Republican”, I wonder if they got as queasy feeling in the labonza when they said that “bad word.” (Or “gut” if you are not familiar with the Italian slang.)

What I found interesting is that there were a number of her past “issues” brought up in addition to her current alleged criminality. The panelists were quick to pooh-pooh, white-wash, gainsay, or simply ignore any wrong-doing.

That and they simply said without explanation, reservation or a clue that the Hilderbeast is the only real choice.  Bear in mind, the Republicans have not even come close to picking the wrong candidate and none of the other Democrats have thusfar intimated they have made a decision to run.

Yet, the SRMFM are already suggesting Hilderbeast start looking at drapery and cutlery patterns for the Whitegirl House.

This is not news. Let’s follow the progression of the Hilderbeast.

“Well, Vince Foster was clearly despondent over the Hillary Healthcare initiative.  There is no doubt he took his own life.”  (I throw that in just to show that taking over health care and all that goes with it goes back way before Biff.)

“Look, there are millions of files on millions of people. Just because the White House security chief wants to see them, it is no big deal!” (It is a big deal when the files were of previous administration’s appointees and they were shared with peeps outside of gum’mint.)

“You know, travel for the First Family and staff is very sensitive.  It is preferred that there is someone they trust to handle that aspect of White House life.” (Unless it is the prez’s 25-year old cousin and the qualified people were fired to put their own people in and there were allegations of financial irregularities.  One aspect of this did go to trial.  The Hilderbeast refused a request from the GAO to “shed some light.”)

“Oh, come on now people!  What happened in the Rose Law Firm and Whitewater were all before BJ was elected. This is old news dredged up to sully their good names!”  (Except their names needed to be sullied.  There have been books written about this time of their lives, little if any is good. When deposed by the Starr Commission, in one deposition the Hilderbeast is reported to have said “I don’t recall” to over fifty questions.  One of Ken Starr’s deputies gave her an “F” in truthfulness.)

(SIDEBAR:  Recall in the Watergate days when she was “let go” by Jeffrey Zeifman for her unethical practices. He said later “I could not recommend her for any subsequent position of public or private trust.”  She went from: “What did the president know and when did he know it!!” to “What difference does it make!?!?!?!”)

Truly my friends, this is just the tip of the iceberg, she has only gotten more brazen with time. And most of the above is over twenty years old.

They say “fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.” For the love of pete, what kind shame is “fool me a thousand times”?

None, the Left have no shame.

Considering all the dirt there is on the Hilderbeast, I can see why the Left picked Biff and his shadowy past.

Yet, the SRMFM are relentless and unapologetic in their support for this wo… er, um, that is, ex-Senator.  It is almost like re-doubling every losing bet in the anticipation that one win clears all the losses.

There is the lie bandied about that the Hilderbeast has been cleared by seven congressional committees on Benghazi.  There are two more coming up.  The SRMFM are complaining this is unnecessary as she has been cleared.

Well, except for one thing.  She has NOT been cleared.  She has been as forthcoming as Lois Learner and James Clapper, meaning not at all.

Either she will come clean or face contempt of Congress charges, either way she could be in deep trouble.  Hypothetically, she could be under house arrest and the SRMFM would kvell her praises that she was not only the first female to run for president but to wage a virtual campaign from one of her mansions!  WOW!  What a wo, er, la, um, Hilderbeast!

Let’s put on the back burner the “allegedly” scathing and revealing book coming out.  Not to spoil the obvious but “allegedly” it discusses “alleged” cash contributions made to BJ’s foundation that there is an “alleged” implication that said donations are a pre-emptive quid pro quo if the Hilderbeast gets elected. And, not to mention the signing over of a good deal of our uranium to the Ruskies.   At this point the SRMFM are ignoring all of that totally.  It did not happen yet and when it does they won’t cover it.

Something NOT on the back burner is the email scandal, cover-up or whatever you wish to call it.  Essentially no matter how you parse it she has “allegedly “ broken the law either by deleting files, not turning over her files and if she says she did not know because she did not sign the form, well, not signing the form is “allegedly” a crime.  (From what I am led to believe she did sign the form ergo making the “alleged” destruction or “alleged” mishandling of “allegedly” sensitive material criminal acts.)

(Here is a case where the “right wing media” may be as bad as the SRMFM.  There is no one other than the Hilderbeast that knows exactly what she had on her private email server.  There is innuendo that there are a lot more things than just “normal” correspondences, hair dresser appointments and chats with friends.  I will not mention these allegations because I do not know if they were in the emails.  The allegations have surfaced before and to my knowledge have never been addressed one way or the other. I may detest this wo, er, lad.. um, candidate, but at this stage I wish not to spread something which, ironically, she feels will hurt her.)

Moving right along there is the possibility that between the results of Benghazi and/or the emails and/or allegation of fiscal chicanery to be aired in the upcoming book that the Hilderbeast could be cooling her heals in a different type of gated, public housing with a lot of security.  Maybe orange is the new white.

And even then the Shultz’s, Maddows’s all the other sycophants and toadies on network TV will only love her more.  “The Hilderbeast is the best president ever!  She is available 100% of the time and has chosen to live in a more austere yet equally secure facility. I mean, home.”

She could be on death row and the media would complain that is a “vast right-wing” conspiracy, the facts were not presented, the judge is a Bush supporter or it is all the fault of global warming and either protest her innocence or simply ignore the fact that  the woman is behind a curtain, behind bars.

What did the candidate know and when did she know it. Because it DOES make a big difference.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Dupes:

I have been asked repeatedly and recently why I do not like, rather why do I detest, the word “minority.”

Well, because just like almost that comes out of the pie-holes of the Left it is either a lie or a distraction.  I have covered this before but since the gauntlets are being thrown down hither and yon and the lies are being proffered, I think it is worth another look.

(When I say “lies are being proffered” I am inferring that somewhere near 100% of the lies are coming from one candidate in particular.  No names, cough-cough-the hilderbeast-cough-cough.)

Years ago I was a habitué of a local emporium of fine spirits.  One of the chaps I knew from that place was an auto mechanic.  He wanted to expand his business and went to the SBA to apply for a loan.  Mind you, this was well over twenty-years ago in Southern California.

Upon his return from the SBA I asked how he fared.  He advised, sullenly, that he was turned down even though he had all of his papers in order, a business plan, a payback schedule, et cetera.  I asked if all that was true why he was turned down.

He looked straight in my eyes and said:

“They only have money for ‘minorities’.  So, I said I was a ‘minority’ and the lady said I was not.  I asked what constituted a ‘minority’ and she said that it was a group of people who are not like most of the other people.  I asked her how many left-handed, short, Welsh auto-mechanics apply here for a loan on a regular basis and she said none. I said that I am a left-handed, short, Welsh auto-mechanic and if I am the only one then I am definitely a minority.”

And he went on and on, as my Welsh friends are wont to do, and apparently things went south when he asked the woman if she was a minority and she said she was.  Taffy said: “My dear, I assure you there are far more black women in California than left-handed, short, Welsh auto-mechanics.”

I suggested that since she was a minority that he could have asked HER to get the loan, but that was water under the bridge.

The point is we are all minorities in some way, shape, manner or form, be it here or worldwide.  There are slightly more females than males but then you have all shades of White, yellow, red, brown and black people.  You have tall or short, thin or adipose, smart or Liberal, religious or not (and within the set of religious there are subsets of the various religions and subsets of those of various sects), wealthy or poor, healthy or ill, or just “average.”

In fact, it you took a woman (most popular gender) who was also in the majority of all the other parameters of height, weight, age, religion, et cetera and so on,  she would not be in the majority but in fact in a very, very small minority if not a singularity.

In fact, such a person would be as common as a “Left-handed-midget-albino-lesbian Eskimo” as my dear departed pal and chopper jockey Larry “Beans” Mahoney would have said.

So, when someone talks about this “minority” or that one, look for the other shoe.  That “minority” is accompanied by something else, such as some kind of preferential treatment or a prejudice.

And often both.

After all, when the schools were “desegregated” many school districts in our land built better schools in the “poorer” areas (read: “black”) so that the kids/parents would not want the students bussed to other (read: “White”) areas.

So the great Liberal minds in many cases force something on “minorities” for their own evil purposes.

Which is a nice segue to the Hilderbeast.

Do not misunderestimate me, I have no love for this, er, er, er, former Senator from New York.  None.

I assure you she is not as “nice” or “good” of a person as is Biff.  I am talking as a person not a political figure.  She is even more dangerous and calculating in that second capacity!

Her Marxist roots go back to when she was at school.  No? You doubt me?  Hmmm…  Well, her senior thesis at Wellesley was on Saul Alinsky. I assure you, she did not pick that topic out of a hat.

(While we are on the subject and how the past is often a good predictor of the future, Mooche’s thesis was on how terrible White people are.   She did this at Princeton, a largely lily-white school.  Where she attended on scholarship.  Even today, blacks are underrepresented, if you will, at about 7.5% of the enrolled students versus about 13% of the total population.  So, I find it hypocritical.  Well, pretty much anything she does or says is hypocritical.  On the plus side, for some reason, Biff’s college thesis is missing. Shock, I know.  Columbia does not have a copy, of course Biff does not have a copy and even the professor of the class for which he [allegedly] wrote a thesis does not have a copy [he swears he looked everywhere!]  Even though Biff was an “unremarkable” student by any account said professor, Michael Baron, recalls it being very well written, “allegedly” about cold war arms race and that Biff received an A. I canNOT recall the names of teachers I have had, which are far-far fewer than the number of students a teacher faced, and we are to believe Professor Baron not only remembered one “unremarkable” student’s paper but also the grade from over thirty years back when he went by the name of “Barry Soetoro – a foreign student”?  And we are to believe he does not have a copy or actually remembers this?  Er, yeah…)

Let’s look at the Hilderbeast’s presidential journey so far this go-around, shall we? Do! Let’s!

Lessee… she starts out with a trip to Iowa in a van.  (I am sorry, I still do not believe 1) she spent all that time in a van and/or B) that her detail did not leave her on the side of the road somewhere.)  She went to a Chipotle restaurant and ordered stuff she prolly never had before.  (And her “visit” was not announced.  And “no one recognized” her!  Makes one wonder.)

While she is in that area, she has a sit-down with some local party hacks.  They have their phones and camera’s confiscated before being allowed in the room with her.  How thoughtful!  (I am sure that they could have slathered on a few pounds of pancake make-up so as not to scare the kiddies.)

Then, she makes an appearance at a college in Iowa, where she sneaks past the press and enters through the back door.  While the school is on lock-down.  Nice touch!

She is seen at a staged meet and greet where everyone had been hand-picked so that there were no embarrassments!  Gee! She thinks of everything.

Of course she has NOT fielded one question from anyone and the myriad questions shouted at her have gone 100% ignored.  She showed, however, how committed she is to “discussing” the issues of the day with some “you know, regular folk.”

Yes, “regular folk.”

I am sure we have seen the pic of her sitting at the table with those three “regular folk” “discussing” the issues of the day.   Alls I know is that when I sit with three “regular folk” “discussing” the issues of the day, they are not a Biff staffer, a party boss and a big shot from “Planned Parenthood.”

Seriously, you canNOT make this up.

Oh, wait, she is not done.

You see, she is most qualified to be president because all of her grandparents were immigrants!  And that shows how qualified she is to be president if nothing else does!  Except that three of her four grandparents were born right here in the good old U. S. of A.!  (I am sure she said that so that we would be sure to check out her claim and we could learn even more about her and her wonderful family!  How progressive, thank you Hilderbeast!) (More on this train of thought soon.)

(OPEN BAR: While we are on the subject of Hilderbeast’s grandparents, I wish to point out that they also would be Chelsea’s great-grandparents.  I point this to show the rotten apple does not roll far from the tree.  Chelsea, speaking at a women’s conference, bemoaned the fact that her great-grandparents “did not have access to services that are so crucial that Planned Parenthood helps provide.”  Connect that dot to the one where her maternal grandmother was born out of wedlock to the abortion-deficient great-grands.  She totally ignores the fact that had PP been around back then, she would not be around now.  And don’t make me say it, I am STILL Po-Life. That did not change my mind.)

In any event, the Hilderbeast campaign is a sham and a canard.  If she gets elected it will be the crime of the century and America as the Country we all knew will be no more.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

 Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow 1/3 of 1/3 of 1/3:

Before you ask, yes, I will be doing something on the Hilderbeast.  No, this is not it.  But to be fair, if this was a football game, that would be the equivalent to “piling” on. I am not sure who is doing more damage to her: the party opposite or herself.

That said, the electorate is roughly one-third each “Democrat”, “Republican” and “Independent.” And that is not exactly a definitive breakdown as we shall see.

The Dems the Reps are pretty much going to vote along party lines.  If there is a “minority” candidate of some sort you may see some defections.  (I DETEST the word “minority”, I prefer the word “person.”  Do realize that the labels, tags and “minority” status were christened by the Left.  That has caused most of our problems.  ‘Nuff on that for now.)

(SIDEBAR:  I predicted – and so could a ham sandwich – that all of a sudden, you nasty, evil people on the Right who were racist are all of a sudden becoming sexist.  And shame on you women for not wanting to vote for this harridan based solely on your particular plumbing! How dare you put the Country before gender! I am shocked! At least that is what they are going to try to pull!)

You are going to hear those numbers bandied about, within a few percentage points, for the next year and a half. Pundits are going to say the Reps will vote for the Reps and vice-verse and the “Independents” hold the key to the election.

Be that as it may it is not, how does one say, accurate.

Now, do not misunderestimate the “Independents.”  They are not sitting around saying “I do not care which party gets in, I just want the best person! I will judge based on their qualifications.”

Well, shouldn’t we all!

I consider myself an “Independent” only because neither party are comprised of Constitutional Originalists.  I will vote for the candidate who best matches my values. (And before some wag asks: “Well, what if neither candidate fits the bill?” Well, in that situation, I will vote 3^rd party, as in the case of a disaster I am moving to climes outside of the continental US.  I assure you that if the Reps run someone anathema to the Right, then we will know the fix is in and the idea which was America is over.)

That said, the point that I am attempting to make is that in that one-third of so-called “Independents”, prolly one-third each of them are further to the Left or Right of a major party. Almost by default the Progressives, Socialists, Liberals and Communists will vote for the Democrat and the Conservatives and possible the Tea Partyers will vote for the Republican.

That leaves one-third of one-third of the voters who will decide the election.

One-third of one-third of all of those voters who actually take the time to get off of their collective duff to go vote hold the rudder of the ship of state in their hands

So, if the numbers hold true and the same percentage of eligible voters vote as before, out of some 130,000,000 actual voters, some 15,000,000 will actually decide the election.

Note that the last time 60% or more of eligible voters went to the poll was 1972.  Look how well that turned out. Since then the average turn-out has been 53.4%.  Rather than talk of the so-called “Independents” the true power is in the “stays-at-home.”   With the turnouts that low, the key will not be to convince the “Independents” to think about voting for the Dem or the Rep. It would be far easier to get “sympathetic voters” (or their names) to the polls.

Now, where can we find a few million people who may not regularly vote who might be willing to sell their, I mean, pull the lever for, say, the Dems?

Particularly in states where having citizenship, or identification or a clue might be “invited” to vote.  Perhaps where those things are not enforced or, perhaps, even encouraged?

Screw the “Red” and “Blue” states, this election can very easily be won or lost in the “Brown” states.

Just sayin’.

Again, this will be relatively brief.  We will get more and deeper into particulars as they evolve.  Yesterday (Sunday as I write this) the Hilderbeast declared. Today so did Rubio. Not sure who is next.

We will be explaining and looking at any number of things.  For instance, was there a grand deal struck in Chantilly, Virginia in 2008? Is the Hilderbeast a lightning rod or a stalking horse for another candidate?  Could the possibility exist, at the peril of the Republic, that Biff will executive order himself into a third term?

Put nothing above the Left.

Don’t misunderestimate me, the Right are not exactly running away with any kind of popularity contests, even within their own party.  But I have been saying for years, the Dems are far better either organized or willing to march lock step with the rest of their party faithful.

The Republicans are like college freshman on Spring Break.  They are all over the map, off the charts and act like Delta House to their “Dean” Martin party “leaders.”

It is almost as if they went from the Party of Abe Lincoln to the Party of Abe Vigoda.

The bottom line, for now, is that as bad as 2008 was (the outcome of 2012 was all but a foregone conclusion) with us being saddled with that festering boil on the bottom of the Nation, we are at the most critical crossroads our great Country has ever faced. Worse, I dare say than 1861 or any time since or before.

Truly the fate of the Country is in the hands, we hope, of the voters and not the “Club.”

It is getting ugly already.  The Hilderbeast can’t answer a direct question, attends hand-picked staged events only and so on.  That moral reprobate and fraternal punching bag, Dingy Harry, can’t say enough nice things about the Republicans. In fact, he can’t say any.  He called Earl McCornbread a “lump of coal” (ok, he nailed that, beginners luck) but he called all the Reps “losers.”  (And, yes, it was his alcoholic brother who gave him the much deserved tune-up and his injuries were not a “treadmill accident” We can only hope his injuries are not trivial.)

So, enough for a balmy Saturday morning.  Go out and make the best of this day. Today is the only today you get, don’t let us down.

UPDATE: In the last issue prayers were asked for SSG Merlin Quiles, a combat vet of Afghanistan who was involved in a motorcycle accident in Houston earlier this week.  He was taken off life-support and his organs were donated on Wednesday. He is to be buried today, Saturday. Please pray for the repose of his soul and to comfort the grief of his family and friends.  Godspeed home, troop, your mission is over.  Job well done and God Bless.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow People of Interest:

They Say if you do not do anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.

Er, no. Not so much anymore.

If you wish, (PLEASE) take about a half hour and watch the following clip.  It is a “show” by some “chap” (he is English you know) called John Oliver. The entire show is about surveillance and domestic spying.

He attempts to put in some humor but, well, it is not a funny subject and his “humour” is not everyone’s cuppa tea.  He does go to Moscow, he does sit down with Edward Snowdon and, say what you want (and I have plenty to say), he does offer a lot in the way of insight and information about gathering information in the digital age.

It is as obvious that Snowden is as intelligent and well-versed in his craft as he is a traitor/hero, depending on your particular point of view. (“Crosby, Stills and Nash” fans need not comment.)  No matter what you think of him, he does a yeoman’s job of explaining of what the gum’mint is doing, but not so much why.

But, since you have not done anything wrong, none of that should affect you, right? I mean you don’t have to worry about XKEYSCORE, or MYSTIC, or MUSCULAR, or UPSTREAM, or PRISM, or any of the other programs, right? Or what is in Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Right?

It is not like you ever use Google, Gmail, Facebook, a toaster, an electric light, or drive, or have a job or any stuff like that right?

You do?

Hmmm…

Maybe you do have something to worry about.

Take a look, it is, er, interesting.  WARNING:  Some of the major points made after the twenty-minute or so mark, refer to a term for a “selfie” of the male genitalia.  Sadly, it is a sign of the times that kind of vulgarity is not just understood but acceptable by many people.  (Blue Laws, I tell ya, bring back the Blue Laws!)   As much as I hate to say it, it actually makes it far easier to understand what is going on by using a crude and base example.  If you are easily offended, PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THIS.

You have been warned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M

OK, now that you all know that you are actually living in the TV show “Person of Interest” perhaps (told ya you would see that again), as opposed to merely watching it you may have some more, er, “interest” in this.

Why this is going on?  Well, the one thing I know about the community is that is the question for which you will ever get a straight answer. So I am told. Not sayin’, just sayin’.

There will be virtually no additional comment but to save you some time, lemme learn ya up about some the terms used above.  You are quite welcome.

SECTION 215 of the Patriot Act: “Allows the Director of the FBI (or his assigns) to apply for an order to produce materials (tangible things) which are needed for an investigation to protect against terrorism or clandestine activities by another country.”  Such “things” as books, papers, documents, records, virtually anything. One of the issues is that once such order is given to “secure” said “tangible things”, the reasons WHY the order was granted remains secret, so as not to jeopardize the investigation. There are also gag order provisions and a lot of other neat, cool things. This is up for reauthorization on 1 June, BTW. Got my fingers crossed!

MYSTIC:  This program was used to record virtually every phone call made in one particular country at one time.  The time fame was for thirty days and after that the earliest call recordings were over written so that there was no longer than a one month archive.  Allegedly, this same technology can be used to record virtually all calls in virtually any country.

MUSCULAR (And similar): Is a joint effort between some major players in the US and Great Britain’s intelligence communities. “Allegedly” they “hacked” into the data centers that connect the Google, Yahoo and other interwebs company’s data centers.  To paraphrase Carl Sagan, we are talking about ”billions and billions” of records.

PRISM:  Allows the gum’mint to collect data from about a dozen major American interwebs programs from foreign nationals. Virtually all of the interwebs and social media companies have either denied any participation or cooperation, such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others, despite the fact of evidence to the contrary.

UPSTREAM: Intercepts phone and interwebs data from the web via the main data routes.  You see, just because your call to Madge was from Tucson to Tucumcari or Tehachapi to Tonopah, it may have gone thru the interwebs to a temporary storage site in the Philippines then back the US, which is how a bill becomes a law. Er, no, it is how a domestic call becomes an international one and can now be subject to more scrutiny. Collection is done under any one or more of the BLARNEY, FAIRVIEW, OAKSTAR or STORMBREW programs.

XKEYSCORE: To simplify this very complicated program, suffice it to say that more than one expert in the program said that it can allow virtual unlimited surveillance of anyone in the world.  Through related programs an analyst can read any email, listen to any phone call, see documents on your computer, search your browser history and more, all without the need for a pesky court order. Oh, one real neat thing, it can create a virtual digital “fingerprint” of you based on a series of your routines and habits and they can be alerted, say, if they were looking for you and you decided to drop off the grid. Sooner or later, you are going to contact someone or someone to contact that person or go to a certain website and as if by magic, you will be found.

You can run but you can’t hide.

Oh, with respect to the comment about using a toaster or electric light, that is not a joke.  There are new “digital electric meters” being installed on new houses and retrofitted on existing ones, perhaps yours.

Unlike the old analog meters which had to be read by a meter reader every so often, these new, cool gadgets can be read via a radio frequency signal. Neat huh! No more meter readers coming into the yard, scaring the dog and all.  And for some reason the power companies are supporting this 100%.

Oh, BTW, unlike the old meters which display just the total electric consumption the new ones are real time.  They can report exactly how much electricity one uses at any moment throughout the day. It can differentiate between a hairdryer and a power drill.

It can monitor the times that certain recurring usages occur.  (Lessee, spike from the coffee pot at 0515.  Draw from a light bulb at 0545 for one minute. Draw from a larger light bulb at 0546 and so on. So, it knows that you went to the bathroom then to the kitchen for your coffee. Without a camera.)

So a rather detailed dossier could be created to literally track your every move in your own home.  And if you think that you can fool it by turning off the lights in a different room first to make the machine think you are sleeping in another room, it most likely can hear you. But that is another story.  (Speakers are transducers and so are microphones and one can act as the other.  And, do you have a remote-control sensor on your TV or cable box….?)

You might say that you will go off the grid and get solar panels.  Sure, for now.  But let’s say you do, it would not defeat the digital box if it was in place, you would have to be totally off the grid.

One last thing about the digital meters, you can opt out from the “upgrade” if you own your home, possibly. There are some homeowner associations which can dictate (that is the correct word) that all houses must have the same meters.

Some towns will allow you to opt out. For a steep price. Then there is a hefty charge assessed when the meter needs to be read.

As far as your car, if you have GPS, you are seen.  If you have a newer car, your computer is like the “black box” on a plane and they have varying amounts of recent data stored.  No need to mention the scanners with which some police cars are equipped that can read thousands of license plates a minute.

Do you work?  Do you have a work ID? It may have an RFID chip built in somewhere. (RFID =  Radio Frequency Identification.)  This kind of ID can be used to allow not just entry into a building buy can limit or allow access to various parts of an office, plant or other work area.

And as it is on 24/7/365/Infinity, while it is on you, smile, you may be on Candid Camera.  (That is as joke. You are almost always on Candid Camera already.  This allows others to know where you are.)

Last, for this issue, there are credit cards with RFID chips. How do you know? Chances are if you see the little chip in the center left part of the card, that is a tip off.  Or, if your card can simply be  “waved” over the reader to make your purchase, you have one.

(If you have one or more of those cards, it would be a good idea to get a RF blocker sleeve for your card so that someone with a reader cannot glean your info out of the ether. Ahem, cough cough.)

Worse than 1984, right? And all the information above is available on the interwebs. Now, imagine the stuff that is so black, so secret that just a few have access to the knowledge of its existence.

Some say all this is paranoia.  Lessee.. “Paranoia – (n) – An unfounded fear or exaggerated distrust of others” or “Extreme or irrational distrust of others.” There are more and similar definitions available.

If you take out “unfounded”, “exaggerated”, “extreme”  or “irrational” you might be on to something.

This is fact.

Perhaps “The Machine” from “Person of Interest” is real.

Maybe the other computer from that show, “Samaritan”, is real.

Could be that neither are real.

But don’t bet on it.

Based on just those very few programs listed, they are just the tip of the iceberg. After all, those listed above were mentioned by Snowdon and he was only a “low-level analyst.” You might be correct in assessing that he did not have access to everything.

Right Lars?

ONE LAST THING:  SGT Merlin Quiles, a US Army Sapper and Ranger had not that long ago returned from a deployment in Afghanistan.  On Monday, while on leave in Houston, he was involved in a motorcycle accident and is on life support.  He is not likely to survive.  It is sad no matter what for a young person to die but what a cruel irony that this brave warrior should lose his life on the streets in an accident after surviving war in Afghanistan.  I ask you all for your prayers and good thoughts for this young warrior that if it is time, that he goes quickly and painlessly and if not his time that he receives full healing.  And also to offer comfort to his friends and family.  Thank you.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Beguiled:

Someone help a brother out.

Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for President last week.  As I eat my lunch today (Tuesday) I am watching Rand Paul do the same.

At the moment I am OK with either one of them for one reason and one reason only.  (This is NOT an endorsement.)

There are not socialists.

(As we speak the “Queen Bee” has not announced even though she has secured office space in Brooklyn. I am sure the office is solely for the purpose of going thru all of her emails as Sec State. [Allegedly she is going to announce on Sunday.  Something to do with Federal Election laws.] [Funny, almost everything about the Hilderbeast must be prefaced with “alleged.”] Senator Lie-a-watha has said repeatedly that she is not running, but, with her track record for veracity, I am shocked that she did not simultaneously announce renting office space as well.)

Watching FOX this morning as a lead up Paul’s announcement, they were showing polls and match-ups.  For whatever reason they have John Ellis Bush as the “best” match to The Hilderbeast.

Perhaps it has a lot to do with their commonality of goals.

Equally perplexing was the poll that while Bush is alleged most likely to be the Hilderbeast, that Cruz had already declared and Paul was getting a lot of press, none of them have the highest favorability ratings.

That would be Mike Huckabee.

Mike Huckabee?

Yes, Mike Huckabee.

Now, again, this is on FOX and Huckabee was a long time talking head for them. Maybe some good coverage, along with some Lee Press-On Nails, was one of his lovely parting gifts.

That poll is a distraction.

Who cares who is more likable? If I am looking for a barber or a butcher, that might be important. If I am looking for drill instructor, I am looking for the meanest, toughest guy who will break someone down and build them up correctly.  The guy who you may hate at first but will wind up saving your life.  (Basically, cruel, but fair.)

Apropos of that I cannot find a reasonable list of the most hated people that does not include Justin Bieber (who is she?), Lady Gaga or Geo W. Bush listed ten times.  That said I would be shocked if Her Thighness was not on it.

She brings nothing good to the table. She is the abusive spouse in the relationship with America. “Oh, well sure I was involved in a million scandals, who hasn’t been right?  And, gosh, do you tell your girlfriends everything?  Of course not!  I mean, a girl has to have some air of mystery, am I right? So, why the big deal over a few tens of thousands of some silly emails, nothing more than ‘mash notes’ to Bill and some recipes, really.  Why make a federal case out of it?  After all, that was a long time ago. What difference does it make?!”

All the while she puffs out her chipmunk-like cheeks and does that gaping mouth with the eyes bugging out look as she points to no one in particular to make her look warm, er, no, nice perhaps, hmm nope, kinda human, no not that either.  Ok, something less monstrous.

Now, this is not an attack on the Hilderbeast, she has done enough damage to herself on her own. It is hoped in many circles that she is finally charged for all the crimes she has been alleged (see!) to have committed.   You know, to clear her good name.

Stop laughing.

A bumbling fool such as Lie-a-Watha could be the next Joey McMensa. Or, Joey McMensa in a dress. (I DID see one pic of these two brain trusts together so, unless it was photoshopped, Lie-a-Watha is not Joey McMensa.)

Where I am going with this is that there is no guarantee that a Hilderbeast or a Lie-a-Watha will be one of the candidates and if one is chosen, will she be low-hanging fruit.

After all, Biff was “elected” after paying his dues after all those grueling days in the Senate. There is a post turtle for you.  No guarantee it will not happen again.

(Of course, as I have been saying, if it does, then we know the fix is in and the Country is doomed.  Doomed, I tell you.  Keep these peeps in charge it will make “Person of Interest” look like a walk in Eden.) (And re: “POI” wait till the next issue that is ready to go…)

What I am saying also is that there is no guarantee that just any “Republican” is going to be any better.  Look at the idiots running Congress. (Apologies to all idiots.)  Between Smoking Johnny and Earl McCornbread they have control of both houses and could not organize giving out pardons in a prison. Somehow, they would screw that up.

In fact, some big fat cat such as Soros might have an easier time getting some quisling “Republicrat” elected than a socialist.  Then again, he could back both sides like the House of Morgan did in 1912 when they bankrolled both Wilson and Roosevelt.

The larger question is not just who is in the big seat but who comes with him.  Look at the den of vipers, socialists, racists, communists, criminals and more that Biff has installed in all sorts of sensitive positions.  Some, of course, such as the aptly named “czars” are in position without Congressional approval or even any oversight!

We would love to see the list of people any candidate would put in his cabinet and similar positions and ensure those are the ones that are installed.

I detest the analogy but it is accurate, America is the abused spouse in this relationship. Of course, the Hilderbeast will say she never did anything wrong ever, she is so sorry and will never do it again.

And close to half of the addled-brained voters will believe her.

Or, believe that Lie-a-Watha will never do the things that the Hilderbeast has done, and she is sorry in advance and will never do it again, if you give the Liberals/Socialists/Democrats just one more chance!

If it was expedient to their campaign/putsch they will throw Biff under Air Force One so fast that it will make Mooche’s head spin.

Back to the other side of the aisle…

Cruz and Paul have announced.  A few issues back I gave a thumbnail sketch on a number of pretenders to the throne from both sides.  As much as I would love to be fair, unbiased and independent, I cannot see the Left fielding anyone for whom I might ever possibly considering pulling the lever.

But that does not mean the Republican candidate automatically gets my vote.  (N.B.: I called referred to the “Left” rather than the Democrats but did not refer to the Republicans as the candidates of the “Right.”  Please make a note of that.)

Rather than staying in an abusive relationship with the Left, it would be equally foolhardy and dangerous to get into bed with the first candidate that treats us with respect.  We could wind up in an even more abusive relationship.

Fortunately for us, the Left will dig up as much dirt as they can on any of the “Republican” candidates. Inadvertently, some of the info that seems anathema to the Left might be more of a positive for the Republican.

“The Republican is against gay ‘marriage’!”

And?

“The Republican is against immigration!”

If you mean “illegal immigration”, yes.  What part of “illegal” are you having a problem with?

“The Republican is against having laws to prevent police brutality!”

Er, there are already laws to prevent police brutality.  They are called “laws.”

“The Republican is against benefits for Veterans!”

Um, if you think that this maladministration’s treatment of vets, cutting benefits to give money to the illegals, running the VA hospitals like a back-alley abortion parlor are the ways it should be done, then, yes, they are.  Who wants THOSE benefits?  We will give them the ones they have deserved even if that means some illegals will have to go home because we just ran out of freebies!

“The Republican wants to divert resources to protect an indefensible border!”

By “indefensible” if you mean the Democrats refusal to fund the fence and provisions for additional Border Patrol, then yes it is indefensible because of the refusal of the Left to defend it.  Let me ask our Liberal friends this: “How close are you comfortable with having an ISIS camp to the US?”  Seven thousand miles?  Five thousand?  Well, despite any answer, there “reportedly” is one less than ten miles from El Paso.  Next question, please.

And so on.

Yes, this issue has wandered a bit of the reservation, not an uncommon event. But I will end with this for now, and there will be further discussion.

Let us not be so quick to jump into bed with a lesser evil. It is still evil.  By the time the next inauguration comes around we will have suffered eight years of evil rule.  Enough is enough.

I can say without fear of contradiction, there is no one the Left will field who would be attractive to a good God-Fearing, America-Loving citizen of this Country.  There may be that one thing or the other that you may like about any of them, but it is like the drug pusher: The first one is free!  Sure, that one thing may be a big deal but selling your soul for that one social issue is not worth the other ninety-nine things you detest with which you will be saddled.

The same holds true with the “Republicans.” We must be as circumspect as we can be to choose the best and right candidate to face the Left.  There will be those who will come in sheep’s clothing, speaking honeyed words but in reality are really wolves and are no better than the party opposite.

More to some on this as we “progress.”

Enjoy your weekend. Carry on.

“Opening minds and angravating liberals since 2001”

“I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

Genesis 3:19 / John 3:16

My Friends and Fellow Oppressed PT II:

THINGS are about to get real.

(We shall start with a very brief recap from the previous issue and, with hope, seamlessly merge with the rest of the story.)

The other day as I am being inundated by the lies and misstatements of the Left I had a rare flash of an idea:
“If we give one group something at the expense of another it is no longer equality but brutality.”

You are a baker, to use the example, a God-believing, church-going baker. You have all of God’s Love for all people. You know all kinds of people: Black, White, young, old, straight and, yes, even gay.

You are honest with yourself, that is the first thing. You do not judge people because you know that you are a sinner as well. You know that your sins are not more pleasing to God than anyone else’s, you are honest after all.

Two guys come into your bake shop and they want you to make them a wedding cake. After some discussion you come to find out that these two guys are getting married. You are having a hard time with that as you see that as being against God’s Law. (And we do not have to get into Leviticus and some of the arcane laws to prove that.) For whatever your reasons, you apologize and say that you cannot agree to their wishes for personal reasons.

You feel, rightly or wrongly, that making a cake to celebrate a gay “wedding” is like your stamp of approval and while you love all people you love God’s word more. You see it as condoning the act, tantamount to giving an alcoholic a drink.

Next thing you know you are being sued for discrimination.

You are shocked! The guys seemed real nice and understanding when you had to beg off and now this! (And unless I missed something, for some reason, it is always two guys with the wedding cake, never two girls. And if so, never two real good looking girls. Just an observation, draw your own conclusions.)

There are two possible scenarios here.

Chances are that Adam and Steve had no intention of buying a cake from you. They were tipped off or figgered out that you were “religious” and this was a set-up or they were sent to create this mess.

Second is that they had no ill-intention and when refused they told others and one of their friends suggested the lawsuit.

Really, it makes little difference, the bottom line is that they feel like their “rights” have been trampled yet no one seems to care that yours were as well.

It is not like these two guys HAD to go to that baker. And if you have ever been involved planning a wedding, virtually everything from the venue to the menu to the limo to the photographer and more have been suggested or recommended by others whose opinion you trust.

I mean you don’t get five raving reviews about five bakers or candlestick makers, ignoring all that then say, “Gee, let’s check this guy out! I know nothing about him!”

Bravo Sierra.

(Now, excuse me for thinking clearly, but I would bet that these same people who are filing a suit for “discrimination” prolly own an automobile. Which runs on gasoline. Said gasoline came from the Mideast. Where all the oil producing countries are Muslim. Where homosexuality is punishable by death. Where is the outrage about killing gays and does that not make not getting a cake almost a joke?)

Much like almost every other bovine scatology case where someone does not like something good, holy or American, it is something far deeper, far more sinister and far more evil than it appears on the surface.

And worse than that, where the Left do not think things through as we know (unless it is evil), the Right are too afraid to challenge or put up a fight.

Think about it, Michael Newdow did not want the Pledge of Allegiance said in school because he is an Atheist. He did not want his child exposed to the words “under God.” However, he was not the custodial parent and hence had no standing. (You can follow the entire saga here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_Grove_Unified_School_District_v._Newdow )

You see, one disgruntled, hateful misanthrope filed a suit to take “God” out of the Pledge or to stop saying the Pledge in public buildings until that happens.

On the topic of Atheists, it seems every religious holiday one of them has a bug in the butt and sues to take down a Nativity or Menorah or Crucifix or what have you. Usually the argument is along the lines that the state is sponsoring a religion (I do not know of any religions that incorporates a Nativity AND a Menorah) or that such artifacts are evangelizing in the attempt to convert the non-believers.

For some unknown reason, judges both from the Right and the Left will agree or disagree with the plaintiff (seems to me there are rarely jury trials) based on some previous fuzzy ruling or ambiguous statute.

I have never heard or read of a jurist saying “Son, I hear what you are saying but it just isn’t so. We have been a Country going on two and a half centuries and in all that time there have been public religious celebrations and representations of all kinds. Heck, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City is older than our nation! Don’t you think if there was a plot for a state sponsored religion that we would have one by now and not the hundreds of religions which flourish? And in all that time don’t you think that if that was meant to convert you, you would have been? Now, I am going to tell you what I going to do. I am going to assess you court costs for wasting my time and I will hold you in contempt of court but vacate that unless you try to challenge this in any court in the land. Now, get out of here and grow up.”

Or something to that effect. (You can see why I am not a judge.)

We have previously discussed shopping for judges, perhaps that is why this is happening in Indianapolis, rather than, say, Evansville. (And perhaps some of my Hoosier friends can help me out here…)

All that is irrelevant at the moment.

Let’s not get hung up on gays and cakes. It is the EXACT same thing as religious institutions and, for example, abortions.

It is one thing for a baker not to make a gay-themed wedding cake and it is the exact same thing for a religious hospital not to perform abortions, or to pay for them for their employees.

(Have any of you seem the video where a guy pretending to be gay goes to Muslim bakeries asking for a gay “wedding” cake? More than half said no. Where are the law suits?)

The ACLU, the rest of the Litigious Left and the Socialists really could not give a large rodent’s hindquarters about gay cakes or even abortion, truth be told.

There is only one thing about which they really care.   Their raison d’etre is not giving you civil liberties, or reading the tea leaves of laws finding special rights for the “oppressed class.”

They wish to destroy America.

No, they are not going to burn it down or blow it up. They are going to eat it from the inside. They want to destroy the “idea” that is America.   A land of the free, ordained by God (believe it or not, up to you, but the Founding Fathers saw it that way) where men could fairly and justly and equally rule, judge and co-exist with all the other citizens.

There is no other place on the face of the earth like America. But we are sliding into the pit of misery the Left lives in and loves so much.

The easiest way to destroy America is to destroy the morals of her people. The easiest way to destroy the morals of her people is to take away her moral compass. And that means destroying the Churches.

I have been “preaching” this for years. OBAMA’s OBAMACARE is one of the major attacks. The continued assaults by the gay activists are another. (There is not one gay person I know who supports what the activists in Indiana or anywhere are doing in their name. I guess that is why they are my friends, they think correctly.)

If the Left can get a foothold   in the larger Churches, it is all over.   It is already happening in some that are sanctioning homosexual “marriages.” These Churches should bone up on Revelation.

They are trying desperately to control what is said from the pulpit. (Remember the mayor of Houston, I believe it was, who wanted to approve sermons.) They will try to limit what can be said that runs afoul of that which the Libs hold dear.

And if they don’t, there will be some trumped up “executive order” that will force capitulation versus closure.   (How many Churches and Synagogues were there in Russia in 1880? In 1930?   I rest my case.)

I was going to dovetail that into the looming apostasy and atheism in Europe, specifically England, but we can see the results of their complacency, capitulation and Liberalism over the past fifty years and see where that has gotten them.

Do not misunderestimate me, it can happen here, we can see signs of it already. But it is moving so slowly that we do not perceive the little changes. But they are there.

Do not be beguiled that “it is only a cake” or “it is only a ceremony that does not affect you” or that “it is only a blob of cells, not a baby”. That is what they are doing. They are misdirecting and misinforming you.

They are right, it is only a cake and a ceremony and a non-viable human being, if I may be so “progressive” to say for the purposes of making a point.

That is not their goal, their plan, their evil design.

They are destroying America one brick at a time.

Doubt me? Take a look around.