Finally, someone has developed a social networking site that isn't a lib-fest. I was getting tired of being bullied, threatened and verbally assaulted every time I voiced a conservative viewpoint on Facebook. Whenever I dared to fight back, some idiot would "report" me as "threatening", and the next thing I knew my posts were being censored. Meanwhile, they allow entire sites like "I hate it when I wake up and Sarah Palin is still alive" to flourish, with lame disclaimers that deny any threat of implied violence... liberal hypocrisy at it's finest.
I have no idea if this network will be successful, or if it will eventually be overrun and hijacked by liberals, but for the moment, it has promise ...
Check it out .... Tea Party Community
Be advised ... their servers are a little overloaded right now, so pages may load slowly, but I'm sure they'll get the bugs worked out as they grow ...
Thursday, January 31
Wednesday, January 23
Monday, January 21
Doing our part ....
We've been wrestling with this idea since before Christmas, but today we decided to bite the bullet and add a new member to the family. We've named her Coco ...
The local shelter has all sorts of dogs coming and going all the time, but this poor girl has been there since July of last year, and we knew her days were numbered. Nobody wants a dog with no tail, and they show up far too often at our shelter. This is the second one we've adopted. People around here breed and train dogs for hunting, but many turn out to be unsuitable for hunting, usually because they're gun shy. Unfortunately, by the time they give up on them and turn them loose, they've already docked their tails and when they get picked up, they wind up languishing in the shelter for months before they finally get put down...
So, since we really don't care whether our dogs have tails, we decided to rescue another one. She seems smart, loyal, and friendly, and she really seems to appreciate a good home. So, welcome to the family Coco...
The local shelter has all sorts of dogs coming and going all the time, but this poor girl has been there since July of last year, and we knew her days were numbered. Nobody wants a dog with no tail, and they show up far too often at our shelter. This is the second one we've adopted. People around here breed and train dogs for hunting, but many turn out to be unsuitable for hunting, usually because they're gun shy. Unfortunately, by the time they give up on them and turn them loose, they've already docked their tails and when they get picked up, they wind up languishing in the shelter for months before they finally get put down...
So, since we really don't care whether our dogs have tails, we decided to rescue another one. She seems smart, loyal, and friendly, and she really seems to appreciate a good home. So, welcome to the family Coco...
Friday, January 18
Thursday, January 17
Regarding the post below:
JeffBird72 asks: "Is this really your argument against banning assault rifles? How about listing all the reasons why you need such a weapon?"
"I've been waiting for your spin on this one. Now I can't wait to hear Guy from Ohio spout his nonsense. You teabaggers are the greatest! Keep it up!"
Some of you recognize him as the reason moderation exists on this blog. These are two of his 'kinder' comments, which would be normal in an ordinary give and take discussion. Since it's not one of the 'what should be done to you and how, and how bad it should hurt' comments, I'll answer the question.
It's not spin, you idiot. Read the DOJ report, read the City of Chicago stats. Think about the numbers - and then you, you idiot, tell us why those statistics get ignored. Tell us how, knowing the truth as you now do, you can bear to hear it distorted for political gain. Tell us how what your lord-and-savior did yesterday did ANYTHING to stop 'gun violence.'
And tell us who, currently seeing a Doctor to seek help for mental illness, will now feel safe continuing to do so. How many will stop seeking help and go into hiding. Now that Obama has turned Doctors into the Gestapo, to report to Big Brother. Into narcs.
Is that what 'you libs' stand for, "Jeff"?
I honestly thought you were better than that - and had more principles, and more intellectual honesty. No. That's not really true. I know better. But I hold out hope.
In vain. I know.
"I've been waiting for your spin on this one. Now I can't wait to hear Guy from Ohio spout his nonsense. You teabaggers are the greatest! Keep it up!"
Some of you recognize him as the reason moderation exists on this blog. These are two of his 'kinder' comments, which would be normal in an ordinary give and take discussion. Since it's not one of the 'what should be done to you and how, and how bad it should hurt' comments, I'll answer the question.
It's not spin, you idiot. Read the DOJ report, read the City of Chicago stats. Think about the numbers - and then you, you idiot, tell us why those statistics get ignored. Tell us how, knowing the truth as you now do, you can bear to hear it distorted for political gain. Tell us how what your lord-and-savior did yesterday did ANYTHING to stop 'gun violence.'
And tell us who, currently seeing a Doctor to seek help for mental illness, will now feel safe continuing to do so. How many will stop seeking help and go into hiding. Now that Obama has turned Doctors into the Gestapo, to report to Big Brother. Into narcs.
Is that what 'you libs' stand for, "Jeff"?
I honestly thought you were better than that - and had more principles, and more intellectual honesty. No. That's not really true. I know better. But I hold out hope.
In vain. I know.
Tuesday, January 15
The DOJ KNOWS this gun-grab is based on outright lies. But you will never know.
Of the 362 people murdered by gunfire in Chicago in 2011, exactly ONE was killed with a rifle. ◼ City of Chicago: 2011 Murder Analysis Report
In Chicago in 2011, over 80% of victims were outdoors, about 13% of victims were in residences.
In Chicago, Murder is very sexist, over 90% of victims are male, over last decade, males never go below 82% of victims.
In Chicago, murderers are very racist, 75% of victims are black, 19% hispanic. 5% white.
In Chicago. offender racial/ethnic breakdown is very racist, 70.5% black, 24.3% hispanic. Whites are at 3.5%.
In Chicago, 87+% of murder offenders have a prior arrest record with CPD, 77% of victims ALSO have CPD arrest records!
In Chicago, 87+% of murder offenders have a prior arrest record with CPD, 77% of victims ALSO have CPD arrest records!
THAT'S the problem. NOT the guns.
Chicago - 15% increase in homicides from 2011 to 2012 - about 20% rise in # of victims in their 20s.
Ban Parents: Nationwide: Of all children under age 5 murdered from 1980 through 2008: 63% killed by a parent. NOT a stranger. ◼ Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008
Annual Rates for 2009 and 2010 - DOJ
So who kills little kids? 63% were killed by a parent—33% killed by their fathers, 30% were killed by their mothers.
Nationwide: 62.1% of drug-related homicides involve black victims, 36.9% of drug-related homicide victims were white.
Pg. 13 is so racist, surprised they printed it! From 1980-2008 84% of white victims killed by whites, 93% of black victims killed by blacks.
Who kills men? More than half (56.4%) of male murder victims were killed by an acquaintance; another quarter were murdered by a stranger.
DOJ stats show 30 yrs of many more guns, yet Police Officers are safer than ever From 1980-2010, officers killed in LineOfDuty drop by 46%.
So what's killing police officers? Pg 32, figure 35 Mostly guys w/prior records. Guys who could not get guns anyway.
99% v 1% - Victims of homicides with 3 or more victims make up under 1% of all homicide victims.
if we call a mass shooting one with 2 dead, even then... it's under 5% of all victims.
Of all homicides,1980-2008, 15% involve killing of a single victim by multiple offenders. Wanna defend yourself? Expect multiple bad guys.
Ban cities: Majority of all drug-related (67.4%) & gang-related (69.6%) killings took place in large cities See pg 30.
Most frequent circumstances cited for justifiable homicides: Disruption of crime in progress (55%) or when citizen was attacked (41%) in '08.
These're DOJs own stats, yet you have Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Eric Holder sitting there as they go after your right to bear arms.
In incidents involving police, 2/3 involve police officers & felons of same race. But Sharpton/Jackson/Farakhan won't talk about that.
Justifiable homicide is (again!) racist, as shown by pg 33, incidents involving citizens, 3/4 involve citizens & felons of same race.
So yes, the going for guns stuff is pure theatrics. Actually, it's worse than theatrics; it's very bad and harmful theatrics. Shame!
Worse - it is about power. This is not about safety, not by any stretch of imagination.
In Chicago in 2011, over 80% of victims were outdoors, about 13% of victims were in residences.
In Chicago, Murder is very sexist, over 90% of victims are male, over last decade, males never go below 82% of victims.
In Chicago, murderers are very racist, 75% of victims are black, 19% hispanic. 5% white.
In Chicago. offender racial/ethnic breakdown is very racist, 70.5% black, 24.3% hispanic. Whites are at 3.5%.
In Chicago, 87+% of murder offenders have a prior arrest record with CPD, 77% of victims ALSO have CPD arrest records!
In Chicago, 87+% of murder offenders have a prior arrest record with CPD, 77% of victims ALSO have CPD arrest records!
THAT'S the problem. NOT the guns.
Chicago - 15% increase in homicides from 2011 to 2012 - about 20% rise in # of victims in their 20s.
Ban Parents: Nationwide: Of all children under age 5 murdered from 1980 through 2008: 63% killed by a parent. NOT a stranger. ◼ Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008
Annual Rates for 2009 and 2010 - DOJ
So who kills little kids? 63% were killed by a parent—33% killed by their fathers, 30% were killed by their mothers.
Nationwide: 62.1% of drug-related homicides involve black victims, 36.9% of drug-related homicide victims were white.
Pg. 13 is so racist, surprised they printed it! From 1980-2008 84% of white victims killed by whites, 93% of black victims killed by blacks.
Who kills men? More than half (56.4%) of male murder victims were killed by an acquaintance; another quarter were murdered by a stranger.
DOJ stats show 30 yrs of many more guns, yet Police Officers are safer than ever From 1980-2010, officers killed in LineOfDuty drop by 46%.
So what's killing police officers? Pg 32, figure 35 Mostly guys w/prior records. Guys who could not get guns anyway.
99% v 1% - Victims of homicides with 3 or more victims make up under 1% of all homicide victims.
if we call a mass shooting one with 2 dead, even then... it's under 5% of all victims.
Of all homicides,1980-2008, 15% involve killing of a single victim by multiple offenders. Wanna defend yourself? Expect multiple bad guys.
Ban cities: Majority of all drug-related (67.4%) & gang-related (69.6%) killings took place in large cities See pg 30.
Most frequent circumstances cited for justifiable homicides: Disruption of crime in progress (55%) or when citizen was attacked (41%) in '08.
These're DOJs own stats, yet you have Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Eric Holder sitting there as they go after your right to bear arms.
In incidents involving police, 2/3 involve police officers & felons of same race. But Sharpton/Jackson/Farakhan won't talk about that.
Justifiable homicide is (again!) racist, as shown by pg 33, incidents involving citizens, 3/4 involve citizens & felons of same race.
So yes, the going for guns stuff is pure theatrics. Actually, it's worse than theatrics; it's very bad and harmful theatrics. Shame!
Worse - it is about power. This is not about safety, not by any stretch of imagination.
Friday, January 11
Exclusive Peek at Obama's Next Appointee/
◼ Suspect in ecoterrorism fires to be arraigned - AP Court records show 39-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Canadian citizen, was to be arraigned Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Eugene....
A federal indictment accuses her of being a member of an ecoterrorism group known as The Family based in Eugene, which investigators blame for 20 fires across the West from 1996 to 2001 that did $40 million damage.
Among the group's targets were a ski resort in Colorado, wild horse corrals in Oregon and Northern California, and lumber mills and U.S. Forest Service offices in Oregon.
Sunday, January 6
Check Out This Beautiful Redesign Of Facebook Made By An Australian Designer
◼ An Australian designer named Fred Nerby created an entirely new look for Facebook and posted it to Behance. It's a pretty interesting look at how Facebook could overhaul its design.
It actually looks like something that would be a cross between Apple and Microsoft's design work. It has Apple's soft human touches and Microsoft's simple tile design. - Business Insider
Watch the slideshow - at the link.
◼ Designer Fred Nerby ◼ Facebook - New Look & Concept - Behance
It actually looks like something that would be a cross between Apple and Microsoft's design work. It has Apple's soft human touches and Microsoft's simple tile design. - Business Insider
Watch the slideshow - at the link.
◼ Designer Fred Nerby ◼ Facebook - New Look & Concept - Behance
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The Ministry of Propaganda ....
Yesterday, I was involved in what has become a daily, if not hourly, task for me ... an argument with a low-information voter about one of the many unconstitutional atrocities going on in America today. We were "discussing" the legislation that was passed on New Year's eve, and how the "tax increases" contained in the bill would affect regular Americans. He started out by taking issue with the fact that so many conservatives are calling the bill a huge tax increase for the middle class. Personally, I have to agree with his position on that. I have no problem admitting that the bill does NOT directly raise INCOME taxes on the middle class, and I'm also willing to admit that restoring Social Security withholding to the previous rates is not really a "tax increase" either, since I've never been willing to call Social Security WITHHOLDING a tax. Our government calls it a tax, and treats it like a tax, so it's really no surprise that so many conservatives are calling this bill a middle class tax increase, but it really isn't supposed to be...
Of course, there are plenty of other sneaky taxes coming our way, and I didn't miss the opportunity to point out the fact that these, and ANY other tax increases levied against the "rich", would eventually find their way down to the middle class, but I'm just not willing to take part in parroting the numerous misleading statements about "tax increases for the middle class" that I've been seeing all over the conservative media. After we came to a quasi-agreement on that point, we moved on to discussing the impact that the higher FICA rates would have on the economy. I stated that I thought the rates should have never been reduced, since the fund is already insolvent, and basically, he agreed with me on that point...
Where we got into our dispute was when he made the subsequent statement that "nobody has raided the Social Security trust fund". Of course, anyone with an ounce of sense knows that is a BLATANT lie, and I promptly called him out on it. Imagine my surprise when he immediately responded with "official information" from the following government web sites to back up his claim...
Internet Myths 1
Internet Myths 2
Apparently, the Social Security administration has seen fit to blow a bunch of our money preparing, and disseminating links to, a web site specifically dedicated to "Debunking Some Internet Myths". According to the Social Security Administration, "Myths and misstatements of fact frequently circulate on the Internet, in email and on websites, and are repeated in endless loops of misinformation. One common set of such misinformation involves the history of the Social Security system...."
Of course, one of the primary "myths" they seek to debunk is the "myth" that our money has been stolen, thrown into the general fund, and misappropriated...
After reading the information on both of these sites, it's virtually impossible to avoid reaching the conclusion that our government is re-writing history as we speak, and disseminating blatantly false information that can only be described as propaganda, at our expense. Welcome to the new Ministry of Propaganda...
This is the sort of thing we would expect to see in the old USSR, not in America. We are now on the brink of a complete collapse of reality in this country. Between the MSM and our own government, the lines between truth and fantasy are being blurred, and our history is being re-written in an attempt to dissolve all links to reality. If we don't take action soon to regain control of this corrupt monstrosity we call our government, America as we know it is finished.
Of course, there are plenty of other sneaky taxes coming our way, and I didn't miss the opportunity to point out the fact that these, and ANY other tax increases levied against the "rich", would eventually find their way down to the middle class, but I'm just not willing to take part in parroting the numerous misleading statements about "tax increases for the middle class" that I've been seeing all over the conservative media. After we came to a quasi-agreement on that point, we moved on to discussing the impact that the higher FICA rates would have on the economy. I stated that I thought the rates should have never been reduced, since the fund is already insolvent, and basically, he agreed with me on that point...
Where we got into our dispute was when he made the subsequent statement that "nobody has raided the Social Security trust fund". Of course, anyone with an ounce of sense knows that is a BLATANT lie, and I promptly called him out on it. Imagine my surprise when he immediately responded with "official information" from the following government web sites to back up his claim...
Internet Myths 1
Internet Myths 2
Apparently, the Social Security administration has seen fit to blow a bunch of our money preparing, and disseminating links to, a web site specifically dedicated to "Debunking Some Internet Myths". According to the Social Security Administration, "Myths and misstatements of fact frequently circulate on the Internet, in email and on websites, and are repeated in endless loops of misinformation. One common set of such misinformation involves the history of the Social Security system...."
Of course, one of the primary "myths" they seek to debunk is the "myth" that our money has been stolen, thrown into the general fund, and misappropriated...
After reading the information on both of these sites, it's virtually impossible to avoid reaching the conclusion that our government is re-writing history as we speak, and disseminating blatantly false information that can only be described as propaganda, at our expense. Welcome to the new Ministry of Propaganda...
This is the sort of thing we would expect to see in the old USSR, not in America. We are now on the brink of a complete collapse of reality in this country. Between the MSM and our own government, the lines between truth and fantasy are being blurred, and our history is being re-written in an attempt to dissolve all links to reality. If we don't take action soon to regain control of this corrupt monstrosity we call our government, America as we know it is finished.
Tuesday, January 1
CNN's New Year's Eve gay-bashing sexual harassment
◼ on Live TV
"On Monday night's program, after first telling co-host Anderson Cooper "I'm going to tickle your sack," she shortly after midnight actually kissed his crotch..." despite his repeated attempts to get her to knock it off.
"On Monday night's program, after first telling co-host Anderson Cooper "I'm going to tickle your sack," she shortly after midnight actually kissed his crotch..." despite his repeated attempts to get her to knock it off.
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