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Ya know....it is pretty obvious that the new socialist based administration is not my favorite. Far from it. These guys really don't understand the concept of Limited Government. But the latest just cracks me up.

Remember when the media would continually gaff at President George W. Bush's every move, waiting for a slip of the tongue, a trip of the words, or even the throwing of a shoe! They couldn't WAIT for him to make a move, in hopes it would lead to "News". They would love to say how unpolished and embarrassing he was.

Entering from stage.......well....LEFT, of course....comes President Barack Obama. Didn't see this on NBC....or CBS....and it received a parting comment from ABC.... but it is certainly on the blogs and overseas newspapers! Let me paint the picture for you:

Three weeks ago, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, met with President Obama for the first time since his election. During the normal pleasantries, it is traditional for each allied leader to present gifts to each other; a symbolic gesture of good will, have you. PM Brown, understanding the gravity of the history related to President Obama's rise to power, pulled a good one out of his hat. He presented President Obama with a pen holder, hand carved out of the wood that once made up the Victorian anti slave ship H.M.S. Gannet. A wonderful and thoughtful gift as is, but also historic since the H.M.S Gannet is a sister ship to the H.M.S Resolute, which infamous history most kids remember from the movie "National Treasure". For those of you who don't watch movies, the timbers from that ship were used for a very ornamental desk that was given to the United States and has been residing in the Oval Office since 1880!

But wait! There is more! PM Brown also gave the President a framed commission for the H.M.S. Resolute as well as a first edition 7 volume set of the Biography of Winston Churchill. All in all, quite a thought out and appropriate gift from your number one ally....in the WORLD!

I am sure that our President was adequately prepared and ready to provide a gift to a world leader that would sum up his respect for PM Brown and the United Kingdom. Why, yes he was......

President Obama (join me now with wild cheering and trumpets piping off in the background) gave PM Brown................25 DVD collection.

Are you kidding me? 25 DVD collection? Don't you think that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has the power to navigate his computer to bestbuy.com? Or Amazon.com? C'MON! That is utterly embarrassing! Simply embarrassing! What a joke! Did I mention that they were NTSC formatted, unable to be played on a U.K. DVD player? P.S. They were not Blue Ray either....

Now, I could list them to you, but that is a whole other article in itself. Look it up for yourself....and be prepared to laugh.... (ex. Star Wars Episode IV.....just Episode IV).

I could also rant about the exchange between first ladies, where First Lady Brown gave the Obama girls dresses from famous U.K. store along with 6 children's books.....not yet released in US. First Lady Obama..........yeahhhhhhh... gave two models of Marine One to the Brown boys. Strike Two!

Enough there.....Let's step into the present, shall we?

G20 summit. Goin' ON! Representin'! President Obama gets to hang with the Queen, which he said a few weeks ago, "What I love the most about Great Britain is the Queen!" Awkward....anyway....the President's wish of meeting the Queen is coming true. They meet...they shake hands....our First Lady steps in front and blocks Prince Phillip to glad hand and have pictures with the Queen.....smooth....and places her hand on the Queen's shoulder.....oopsie! Prince Phillip and the Queen overlook this of course, with Prince Phillip stepping back and nearly disappearing from frame. Then comes the gift exchange.

Now, few weeks have past, the President was throttled in the British Press for his DVD boo boo. He also has a staff of 500 people with him in the U.K. 500.....500 people to help. Surely one of these buffoons could gently remind the President, "Um, Sir... DVD's.....NO! Bad President! The Queen, sir! The Queen. Thoughtful. Let's recover, shall we?" That...however....wasn't the case.

The Queen of England gave our President a silver framed photograph of herself and her husband, a standard dignitary gift from the Queen.

Drum roll please..... President Obama gave the Queen.....an iPod. Yes..... an iPod. With footage on it from her last visit to the U.S.......yup.....he did it again......

Did I mention that the Queen already had an iPod? Yes, on recommendation from Prince Harry. Purchased back in 2005. Of course I am sure this was a closely guarded national secret and caught President Obama off guard.

Man...I don't care how great this guy may be.....he really needs to fire EVERYONE in his staff. Start from scratch. Might as well get the rest of the Clinton Staffers, you have most of them anyway.....Might want to leave off the "dry cleaner" guy......

by Das Goob! Now listen!

-"Life is hard. It's harder if you are stupid" John Wayne

Americans blind to the enemy within

Most recently, a very gruesome killing occurred near Boston, MA. This was an instance where some guy (a Haitian immigrant) for some reason went berserk and decided to stab his 17 year old sister to death, behead his 5 year old sister in front of police, and then attack his 9 year old sister, stabbing her several times before police finally shot him and killed him. The 9 year old is recovering in a local hospital and expected to make a full recovery.

One of the comments in the story that caught me off guard though, was, "How can anyone be so brutal and vicious of a killer!"

It is easy for us in the United States to throw that statement out there. We are shielded by a media that seems to think instances of this type of brutality outside of our boarders are not news worthy. They seem to think that reporting the latest iPod release from Apple is more prevalent than killings overseas that would be considered by our society hate crimes, brutal murders without conscious, and in some instances race or religion cleansing. Why? Why doesn't our media report that?

Why isn't Dan Rather in Iraq depicting the scores of women and girls that were once banned from schools now getting a proper education? Why isn't Peter Jennings in Afghanistan reporting the honor killings occurring where entire families are wiped off the map in the name of religion and honor? Why is it that we do not get the daily reminder of "Real Life" in a Muslim based country?

What we consider brutal is merely accepted procedure abroad in many countries. Yet, our public either is ignorant to the fact, or choose not to care because it doesn't affect them in their daily lives. For now....

The details are still streaming in on this very unfortunate event in Boston, but what about the "Honor Killing" that occurred in a Dallas/Fort Worth Suburb? Where did the publicity go? Only Fox News and ABC news covered it initially, and no one since... Yasir Abdel Said was a taxi driver and father of three children, two of which were teenage girls. The bulk of the reporting was concerning the girls who were shot in the taxi cab by their father, and the 911 recording of the girls pleading for help as the father escaped. Since then, very little has been said.

These girls were born and raised Muslim, but conflicting in the Western Culture. The father was growing increasingly angry at their lack of respect for the Muslim religion, and even informed the girls that if they did not shape up, he would take them back to Egypt and kill them, where it is legal to do so. There are also reports of the girls coming to school with welts on arms and back, and other beatings that occurred, including an event that had one of the girls lips embedded in her braces, but they would not seek medical attention in fear of the father being thrown in jail.

The son, Islam, even shares responsibility, in my opinion, as he begged Amina to come home after one particular argument, stating that "Father will not hurt you, I promise and give you my word on that." She did so.....and one hour later she was making that infamous call to the police as she laid there dying. Sarah and Amina are dead. The father was never captured, and now they believe he is back in Egypt living a normal life.

This happened in our back yard, people. This is not the first, nor will it be the last. We need to be reminded of this brutal culture that condones and even encourages such evil behavior in the name of religion. We need to remember how fortunate we are to live in a country that does not tolerate such extreme actions. Instead....we move on and wonder if the government is going to bail us out of our financial crisis, allowing us to continue to live our current lifestyles.

Here is a reminder. Verse 4:34 from the Quaran: "Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and [as to] those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great."

Don't forget Amina and Sarah. Don't forget the thousands others who met a similar demise overseas. Don't forget how wonderful our country is.

By the way.....where are the women's rights groups that are so quick to jump on the causes here in the US? Why are they not shooting blood out of their eyes at this and other examples? Why does this not qualify to be on their agenda?

by Das Goob! Now listen!

-"Life is hard. It's harder if you are stupid" John Wayne

Here come the gun possession laws....

First off, please let me start this by saying how sorry and full of sorrow we are for the innocent people in Illinois who were gunned down in cold blood a couple of days ago. Our hearts and prayers go out to you.

While this story is so tragic, it is also unnerving in how it is being portrayed in one particular aspect: Guns.

The Associated Press reported the gunman's bedroom collection as an "arsenal". Here is the quote:

"The arsenal in accused gunman Terry Sedlacek's room included two 12-gauge shotguns, a rifle and a box of 550 .22-caliber bullets, according to court documents filed Tuesday."

Arsenal? Really? This is an Arsenal? Good grief! 550 rounds of .22 caliber bullets? My brother and I would go through that shooting ground squirrels in a couple of hours...

If that is an arsenal, then we have a major problem here in the State of Idaho. There are thousands and thousands of residents heavily equipped and able to overthrow the government and institute Martial Law since they are equipped with an "arsenal". We had better have the National Guard surround the entire Northwest (except Seattle and Portland, of course) to contain the lawlessness that is daily life in a land full of single family arsenals..... In Illinois, it is an arsenal; in Idaho, we call it "the basics".

Associated Press.....we get it....you hate guns.....you hate people who want to keep guns.....you hate the 2nd amendment. No need to sensationalize stories to get your point across. We know you will never understand the reason to have the right to bear arms.

You are going to get your way.....we are moving in the direction that you want....eventually we no longer will have the ability to have guns. You will be happy.....society will be much better....no more gun crime will occur.....they will be banned and a happy life will ensue for all. Just like cocaine, methamphetamines, heroine, marijuana, etc. They are banned and no longer exist in our country. Thank goodness for your "progressive" thinking..... Well, I guess it is not totally original, either...... Hitler did the same thing.

by Das Goob! Now listen!

-"Life is hard. It's harder if you are stupid" John Wayne

Bern in Hell

The latest bit out about Bernie Madoff:

He and his wife claim they are entitled to keep a $7 million Manhattan apartment and an additional $62 million in assets.

He and his wife say they are entitled to keep their $7 million New York (Manhattan) apartment, and of course, $62 million in assets in her accounts. Really? You think that you deserve to keep that after what you have done to bilk thousands of people out of billions of dollars?

Court papers filed on Monday state that Madoff and his lawyer say the Manhattan penthouse and money held in accounts of Madoff's wife, Ruth, are not subject to seizure. I say you are wrong! I am sure you had absolutely no idea what was going on when hubby was screwing every penny out of friends, family, and strangers. I am sure your lavish lifestyle was purely due to your hard work and ol' Bernie was on his own....right?

The $62 million includes $45 million in municipal bonds on deposit in an account held by Ruth Madoff and $17 million in her name at Wachovia Bank. Sounds like the beginning of his (and her) pittance to repay those whose lives they have ruined.....

Right now the government is still investigating his actions. Don't worry dear, I am sure they will find a way to link it to you as well and nail your petite little tush to the wall. Besides, ol' Bernie tried like heck to funnel off as many funds as he could before the feds could touch it....how do we know that isn't part of it?

Face it, either you are really stupid and were completely suckered by this walking penis or you are in on the laundering of the money. Either way, it doesn't belong to you. It belongs to thousands others.....

Sad thing is....the lawyers will get it all in the end. Our only hope for justice is that Bernie will get a little in his end too.

by Das Goob! Now listen!

-"Life is hard. It's harder if you are stupid" John Wayne

Heart Attack Grill!

HA! Something to lighten it up a bit....


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-"Life is hard. It's harder if you are stupid" John Wayne

Really, what is in the Spending Package (often labeled the "Stimulus Package"?)

I am trying not to let my head explode at the moment. Instead, a moment of zen.....

I will merely list the bulk of the projects in the spending bill and you can decide for yourself...which are PORK and which are actual economic stimulating items. IN order to quantify what group the spending falls into, please use Barney Frank's words as a litmus test: It should be, "Temporary, Timely, and Targeted." Please note I could only find info on $585 Billion of it....the rest is still a secret! It hasn't leaked out yet!

Good luck! ........aaaaaannnnd GO!

$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
$380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants and Children program
$300 million for grants to combat violence against women
$2 billion for federal child-care block grants
$6 billion for university building projects
$15 billion for boosting Pell Grant college scholarships
$4 billion for job-training programs, including $1.2 billion for “youths” up to the age of 24
$1 billion for community-development block grants
$4.2 billion for “neighborhood stabilization activities”
$650 million for digital-TV coupons; $90 million to educate “vulnerable populations”
$15 billion for business-loss carry-backs
$145 billion for “Making Work Pay” tax credits
$83 billion for the earned income credit
$150 million for the Smithsonian
$34 million to renovate the Department of Commerce headquarters
$500 million for improvement projects for National Institutes of Health facilities
$44 million for repairs to Department of Agriculture headquarters
$350 million for Agriculture Department computers
$88 million to help move the Public Health Service into a new building
$448 million for constructing a new Homeland Security Department headquarters
$600 million to convert the federal auto fleet to hybrids
$450 million for NASA (carve-out for “climate-research missions”)
$600 million for NOAA (carve-out for “climate modeling”)
$1 billion for the Census Bureau
$89 billion for Medicaid
$30 billion for COBRA insurance extension
$36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
$20 billion for food stamps
$4.5 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
$850 million for Amtrak
$87 million for a polar icebreaking ship
$1.7 billion for the National Park System
$55 million for Historic Preservation Fund
$7.6 billion for “rural community advancement programs”
$150 million for agricultural-commodity purchases
$150 million for “producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish”
$2 billion for renewable-energy research ($400 million for global-warming research)
$2 billion for a “clean coal” power plant in Illinois
$6.2 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program
$3.5 billion for energy-efficiency and conservation block grants
$3.4 billion for the State Energy Program
$200 million for state and local electric-transport projects
$300 million for energy-efficient-appliance rebate programs
$400 million for hybrid cars for state and local governments
$1 billion for the manufacturing of advanced batteries
$1.5 billion for green-technology loan guarantees
$8 billion for innovative-technology loan-guarantee program
$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
$4.5 billion for electricity grid
$79 billion for State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

I could spend hours writing about each item I think is a farce and cannot ever be thought of as "stimulus". But, I am nearly out of breath at the moment. I will tell you something, though. $79 BILLION FOR STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND?!?!?!!? Are you kidding me! Let me guess, the states that are going under because they are WAY over spending and have no means to even pay their income tax returns to their constituents will get the bulk of this money, yet the states like mine, who are required by LAW to have a balanced budget, we get the middle finger. Reward the challenged....punish the prudent.

Representatives and Senators......make me sick....

by Das Goob! Now listen!

-"Life is hard. It's harder if you are stupid" John Wayne

A REAL HERO.....

You want a real American Hero story to read? We have so little lately to inspire us and reaffirm our beliefs that real heroes still exist. This story should do that and take your mind off of the clows in D.C. for a while. Stories like this helps people like me to get by from day to day. Here's the story:

Ed Freeman: A Hero of Our Country.

Imagine this: You're a 19 year old kid, critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ Xray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the Medi-Vac helicopters to stop coming in.

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is halfway around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because there are no Medi-Vac markings on it.

Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were told not to come.

He's coming anyway.

And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the waiting Doctors and Nurses.

And, he kept coming back...... 13 more times.... and took over 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.

Ed originally was in the infantry in the Korean War, and due to his heroism on the battlefield, was given a field commission (enlisted to officer). While he was humble, this commission made his childhood dream of becoming a pilot possible. Almost.

The military had a rule then that people taller than 6'2" could not be pilots. The military determined Ed to be "Too Tall", a nickname that has followed him since. Luckily, in 1955, the military changed this stance and Ed was in. He learned both on fixed wing aircraft and then transferred to helicopters.

During the Vietnam War, when the reports were coming in about the insurmountable odds being faced, the commander of the air wing that Ed was a part of asked for volunteers to go in and get them. Ed was the only one that stepped forward. He and his commander saved so many that day...men that certainly would have perished had it not been for Ed.

His commander decided later on to submit him for the Medal of Honor, but did not meet the two year statute of limitations for that award. Didn't matter to Ed. He did what he thought was right, regardless of the potential for recognition. Ed is my hero.

Fortunately, the statute of limitation was removed in 1995, and in 2001, Ed Freeman received a long overdue Medal of Honor from President George H. W. Bush.

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died August 20, 2008 in Boise , ID , at the age of 80.

May God rest his soul.....

Oh yeah, Paul Newman died that day too. I guess you knew that. He got a lot more press than Ed Freeman. Where is the Justice? Can you compare the two and justify the difference in press, respect, and admiration? I can't.

This guy is someone we should inspire to be like. We don't need to march in the path of bullets, but understand that his heroism should inspire us to do good for everyone.

by Das Goob! Now listen!

-"Life is hard. It's harder if you are stupid" John Wayne