Californian's have gone insane

From one of my Cali. crew comes this:
(This is genuine, I swear!)

Oakland cops halt checks for DUIs

Activists say roadblocks unfair to unlicensed immigrants.

Direct your attention to the headline. Accepting complaints from unlicensed drivers, the country of their origin not-with-standing would be absurd enough for citizens of any other state, but of course this is California. It get's better.

OAKLAND -- Oakland police officers have stopped setting up roadblocks to check whether drivers are under the influence because of a rash of complaints from the Latino community and City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente.

The checkpoints, which allow officers to demand licenses and proof of insurance, are an effective way to get drunken drivers off Oakland's streets, city leaders agree. But the checks also have ensnared dozens of illegal immigrants who are not licensed to drive yet otherwise obey the law.

You read it right.

Unlicensed, illegal immigrants are bent out of shape because they got caught, so the city of Oakland is rushing to accomodate them.

I fully expect, and will show no surprise what-so-ever when word arrives, that someone has beaten a DWI in California with the defense that a cop had no right to pull him over for weaving in the first place because it is unfair to expect someone with a primo buzz going to maintain lane position.

Update: An e-mail correspondent says I've been recalcitrant in my appraisal of the story, noting that the immigrants in question have broken two laws making the statement "otherwise obey the law" incorrect.

I can see how someone who has not lived out there could come to that conclusion, but the fact is that California quit actively enforcing immigration laws long ago and in fact has all but declared border jumping an officially sponsored sport.

I only wonder why Nike has not come up with a specialty shoe for it by now. The Nike Coyote!
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ps: To all of my friends and family in California:

Don't ever again ask why I left, and the answer to when I'll return is: Look for me just as soon as the floodwaters of the Apocalypse recede, I'll be riding bitch on Satan's snowmobile.

Don't even need to add water.

By way of Jo's Attic comes an absolutely excellent piece from FrontPage . It's so good I don't dare muck it up with any of my opinions.

Iranian Citizens Trash Fahrenheit 9/11

By Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi FrontPageMagazine.com
September 29, 2004

"I have also been asked to express the judgment of a number of Iranians who saw the film in Iran. They sent e-mails, faxes and even phoned me to ask me to report their reviews."

"First, other than David Lynch’s film, ‘The Straight Story’, Iranians have not really been exposed to any western films in their cinemas. The Mullahs’ film board forbids the display of women’s uncovered hair and all the other “corruption” Western filmmakers spread. For Iranians, therefore, viewing Michael Moore’s film was a tremendously novel experience. "

"A group of 12 university students, for example, composed of both men and women who had seen the film, collectively wrote me and signed an e-mail which said: “Wow, this guy complains that Bush lied once. What would this windbag do if he lived here where our president lies to us once an hour?”

"Another comment was: “This guy gets to publicly accuse Bush of lying and becomes famous and adored worldwide. We, here, complain about some decrepit and inconsequential government lackey and we not only go to prison but some of us get death sentences. He ought to thank his lucky stars he lives in a country where he’s allowed and even encouraged to be this obnoxious…”

"Someone else quipped: “If he thinks that the U.S. is so bad, he’s welcome to trade places with us…since he’s so forgiving of brutal Middle Eastern dictators!”

"Another young man said: “They are showing this film to erase from our minds the idea of America being the great liberator; maybe Americans themselves don’t appreciate what they have but we sure do!”

"Another comment was: “Outside such pathetic ideological schemes, Moore’s fixation to reprimand and castigate his own society is so great that he is BLIND to the fact that our ancient land and society cannot be regarded and dealt with in the same fashion; therefore he has fallen pray to the Mullahs for whom he is nothing more than a tool to discard when his mission for them is completed.”

"My father, Siamak Pourzand, a 75-year-old Iranian journalist, film historian/critic/promoter has been a political prisoner since November of 2001 in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he has experienced severe torture. During this time, not one member of the self-involved, international film community, to whom I reached out about his plight, responded. When in the fall of 2002 I called Michael Moore’s office, (like I did many other Hollywoodites) I was told: “Sorry, but Mr. Moore is too busy AND just can’t get involved in these types of matters because we can’t be sure who you are and what your agenda is.”

"I am sure Moore is a busy guy, but with all the blowhard exposing of “evil” that he proclaims to be doing, I’m sure he could have asked someone on his team to find out who I was and what my so-called “agenda” was. "

"But unfortunately, he cannot even be bothered to contact the brilliant Ray Bradbury to get permission to use Mr. Bradbury´s copyrighted title, let alone contact some random Middle Eastern wretch like me, who’ll challenge his myopia and force him to cast a critical eye outside the little box that he so cozily lives in."

"Mr. Moore and his mindless and greedy distributors thought that they could
manipulate the Iranian people; but this goes to prove a crucial point: Moore
thinks he speaks for his audiences but he does not know them."

Otherwise, he would not have agreed to screen his film in a country whose citizens’ collective, real-life experiences drowns the clamor of Moore’s vapid bitching."

You say you smell alcohol on my breath?

It's coming from your upper lip pal.

Democratic stooge Nick Coleman published a blow-by-blow description of his mental breakdown in today's Star and Sickle.

Nick is ostensibly bent out of shape because the blogosphere is an unregulated cesspool of conservative hatred and BS that has goose-stepped right on his integrity's weenie.

Nick is a Journalist folks, he "knows stuff" damn-it and don't you forget it.

Well Nick, I've got news for you. One of the things that any blogger does with regularity is to cite the source of his or her information so that readers can check it out for themselves. You should try it yourself sometime.

For instance, you claim that some blogger has written of you claiming you are "a very wealthy man, born into privilege and power, and a stooge of the Democratic Party."

Nick, I just don't think that's true, in fact I think it's straight-up bullshit.

Well the first part at least, because I've just acknowledged whose stooge you are. But as to your supposed wealth, as far as I (or anyone else) know this is a description of a re-ocurring wet dream you have been having.

So who has been wasting their time writing delusions of your grandeur? You have no credability, and you're an obnoxious asshole to boot, so prove it. And if you can't or won't, I'll plaster that fact from here to Shanghi!

Welcome to our world Nicky boy. You got editors? Pfha! It's put up or shut up out here boy-o.

What Nick and his ilk (God that's a great word isn't it?) can't bring themselves to acknowledge is very, very few bloggers claim to be writing experts, or heaven forbid, Journalists. We don't hide our politics in cryptoclastic prose Nick, it's out there baby, under your virtual nose..right below your gin mustache.

Additionally, it's got to be a real pill knowing that while bank presidents, or lawyers, or engineers such as myself may not have the educational background to have "earned success" as commentators (not that I'm claiming any), "we're" kicking your ass in our jammies!

Personally, I'm very pleased to have you sitting in the Golden Chair befitting a bonified journalist Nick because your.....whiny.....condescending......nasal inflected drone doesn't carry through in ink (I swear I'll tear the next radio station that ever airs your voice right off of my dial).

So keep up the good work Nicky, and we'll keep ignoring it!

Evidence of Kerry meltdown mounting.

The rats are jumping ship.

Kerry ties hurt some Democratic senators

By David Espo, AP
Special Correspondent September 29, 2004

WASHINGTON
--Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle hugged President Bush from one
end of South Dakota to the other this summer -- in his own campaign commercials.

The brief embrace might seem an odd claim on re-election for the man Republicans depict as obstructionist-in-chief for the president's congressional agenda. But Daschle is one of several candidates with a common political problem as Democrats nurse fragile hopes of gaining Senate control this fall.

From the South to South Dakota and Alaska, they are running in areas where Bush is popular -- and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry not so much.

[Candidate John] Thune's campaign manager, Dick Wadhams, says Daschle "is
running from the arms of Michael Moore to the arms of George Bush," referring to the liberal filmmaker whose name was heartily booed at the Republican National Convention.

Remember how Dem's were avoiding Clinton during the 2000 election? Didn't help them then and it won't help them now.

I'm feelin' gooooood!

Kerry campaign hits the skids..

..BIG TIME!

Jackson Joins Kerry Campaign As Adviser

Wed Sep 29,11:04 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson joined the campaign of Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday as a poll showed support for the presidential candidate slipping among black Americans, a critical Democratic constituency.

Word on the street is that Jackson's first contribution to Kerry is his very own poverty pimp suit. The only question left to answer is where is Marion Barry?

I've ignored the polls, I've ignored the desperation of Kerry's 527's, but I think with this announcement that I'm ready to call the election a done deal for Bush.

The unseen enemy is the hardest to defeat.

I left this as a comment on SCSU as a result of King's notice of this post by the Patriette, but I want to expound on it a bit here.

The Patriette is suffering through a "Communism 101" class as part of her graduate program (at the UoM?) and tell us about a section entitled "Disrupting Heteronormativity".

I'll give you a minute to overcome the "ice-cream freeze" headache this title is surely causing right now......OK.

One cannot help but notice the alliance between the Socialist Party, the CPUSA and a bewildering assortment of groups whose purpose has little to do with anything other than gratifying a penchant for the absurd.

I've often postulated that this is nothing more than the longstanding CP tactic of "infiltrating from beneath", but have had a hard time putting my observation to words. My lack of a sententious explaination aside, "Disrupting heteronormativity" fits the pattern nicely.

Why are committed Socialist\Communist agitators always found in company with homosexual activists?

It isn't because they want equal rights for homosexuals (in fact if history is any indicator, homosexuals would be the one of the first "indentity groups" to disappear under a Communist USA). No, it's because the gay rights movement is at this time the most successful at disrupting society, in this case by tearing it's moral fabric, which suits the reds' purpose just fine.

Communism always needs a vacuum to fill. No one in their right mind is going to willingly hitch their family's future to the mob's wagon unless there is no alternative and no stancion of hope to cling to.

The gay rights crew is tailor made for infiltration. Since "Stonewall", they have advanced their disruption far from that seedy hole to challenge every stable institution in America; Boy Scouts, schools, government, church's of every faith, the list goes on and on.

Can you imagine the cadres' glee each time some lefty mayor picked up the baton from SF's Gavin Newsom and further destabilized state governments?

The Red Star of Communism is sewn into the cloth of every "Rainbow" flag, bumper sticker and T-shirt on the streets and while groups like the Human Rights Campaign blithly go about the business of promoting hedonism, CPUSA rides on their coat tails..for now.

I don't need to disapprove of homosexual acts to fight against "gay rights"; I just remember who is creeping in the shadows.

Surrender Monkeys have tantrum, throw banannas at keeper!

News via Powerline reached us today that:

Paris also wants 'all forces in Iraq' at proposed talks

WASHINGTON

France said Monday that it would take part in a proposed international conference on Iraq only if the agenda included a possible U.S. troop withdrawal, thus omplicating the planning for a meeting that has drawn mixed reactions.

Paris also wants representatives of Iraq's insurgent groups to be invited to a conference in October or November, a call that would seem difficult for the Bush administration to accept.

Unfortunately for those snail eating, yellow, whining, ungrateful, french-fry MF'ers, the insurgent groups thanked them but sent their regrets, citing a conflict with prior beheading.

F the French.

'Nuf said.

What are these people thinking redux.

The braintrust at Moveon.org is up in arms because CBS has decided to put the kibosh on it's next installment of Bush Bash 2004 with Dan Rather (TM) .

President Bush based his famous and false claim that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger on a set of crudely forged documents. For the last two years, no one has uncovered who falsified these documents, which lie at the heart of Bush's case for war. Now, CBS' 60 Minutes program has uncovered new and important revelations about the Bush dministration's reliance on the documents.

But, in an unprecedented and astonishing move, CBS bumped the report back until after the election, saying it would be "inappropriate" to air the piece when it might interfere with the political season.It's outrageous that a major TV news outlet would censor an important piece of news for political reasons. Especially since this report has met CBS' standards for accuracy -- it's true. One can only assume that CBS is buckling under pressure from the right -- and that's just plain wrong.

Call CBS and its parent company, Viacom, now..

You can also contact CBS' local affiliates, which are linked here:

Urge CBS to reverse its decision and air the 60 Minutes piece on Iraq before the November 2nd election. Let them know how important it
is that they not censor the news.

If the movers had taken the time to check into this matter before going off half cocked, they'd know that CBS agreed to cancel Bush Bash with Dan Rather (TM) to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by MTV and the producers of Punk'd.

Master Punk Ashton Kutcher was quoted as saying:

"Dude, it's totally lame to Punk a dude twice in the same month!" "We totally tried that with Tommy Lee and he totally knew." "Anyway, dudes have to totally come up with another scam, the fake document thing is totally bogus."

Dan Rather himself was quoted (at the Betty Ford Clinic where he is spending time leaning against a wall letting drool run out of his mouth) as saying:

"I, I, I like it here! They're nice here, can I have more Jell-O?"

And these are the samr people who think we need to rig elections to stomp their candidates into mush?

Personally, if I were in charge of CBS, I'd put it on the air as a pay-per-view special and have Rosanne Barr co-host.

Unions and Professionalism: NEA and Academic Excellence

Oil and water.

My friend Carson’s somewhat inchoat defense of the NEA gives me an excellent opportunity to shine the spotlight on that most influential and harmful of trade unions.

In 1996, the NEA elected as it’s president, Bob Chase, a man who was cut from a completely different bolt of cloth than any other NEA Prez. before or since.

What made Bob unique was his belief that teachers are professionals, valuable professionals, and that they should not only act like professionals but that they should be represented like professionals.

In February of 1997, Bob unveiled his vision for the future of the NEA and of the teaching profession in an historic speech to the National Press Club entitled "The New Unionism: It's Not Your Mother's NEA"

A few highlights:

Bob Chase, speaking at the National Press Club here, laid out a broad plan for a shift in NEA priorities. He called on the 2.2 million-member teachers' union to transfer its focus from the old style of labor-management antagonism to a new emphasis on professionalism and collaboration.

"These industrial-style adversarial tactics simply are not suited to the next stage of school reform," Mr. Chase said to a crowd filled with reporters, union leaders, education-policy advocates, and some union foes. He vowed to create a "new union" that would build partnerships with administrators, work to enhance school quality, and either help incompetent teachers improve or remove them from the classroom. "

"Above all else, we must broaden our focus," Chase said. "... We must devote as much attention to the quality of the product we produce as we do to our members'
wages, benefits, working conditions, and security."

Apostacy!

But that’s not all, Bob’s vision included a means to increase teachers skill that didn’t rely on the school districts. Bob believed that a professional organization should work “in-house” to improve its membership:

“In a move to foster the professionalism of teaching, Mr. Chase announced that the NEA had entered into a partnership with John B. Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., to help establish the Celebration Teaching Academy. The academy, which will be located in the Walt Disney Co.'s new town of Celebration, Fla., will offer teachers an opportunity to sharpen their skills and witness best practices.”

Unfortunately, but predictably Bob’s vision was met with the unions Old Guard:

“Shortly after a major policy speech by National Education Association NEA President Bob Chase, the presidents and executive directors of the four largest Wisconsin Education Association locals blasted Chase and called his remarks "appalling."

Some excerpts:

“For one who was elected to advocate for members, your remarks are not only appalling, they ignore the fundamental strength of a union.”

“We are union and we are proud; we stand in solidarity to defend against those who are attempting to destroy us. There is no reason to accommodate the privateers,
those who would destroy the essence of bilateral determinism achieved through
collective bargaining.”

"Many in Wisconsin view your "new direction" as moving that balance dramatically in the direction of "professionalism" at the expense of "member advocacy and unionism."

And get this Komrads!

“Because you were a social studies teacher before you became President of NEA,
you should understand the results of appeasement in Eastern Europe in the 30's
and 40's.”

And Carson, just for you:

“Members pay dues for us to promote their interests.”

In other words, we got your academic achievement right here pal.

And anyone see anything about the children in there? Go ahead and check the source documents, the kids are excluded from consideration when their interests conflict with the interests of the union hacks.

From this point on, Bob was doomed. His efforts were met with some small success, but more often were met by the union’s solidarity protection committee (a\k\a thugs).

Bob was finally given the boot in 2000, and in the finest Soviet tradition the NEA has purged itself of any mention of Bob’s heresy.

His speech used to reside here, but as you can see the NEA now disavows any knowledge of any such talk regarding professionalism.

Do teachers care if kids succeed? Most assuridly do. Does the NEA care? Only in so far as the Kid's success doesn't interfere with the interests of the union hacks in command.

"Terror" has a new face..

In a recent Town Hall column, Michelle Malkin alerts us to an incident that occurred in Muskegon County, Michigan that really boils my blood.

Evidently, the county’s Director of Emergency Management decided it would be a good idea to stage a mock terrorist attack on a school bus to test preparedness; so far, so good.

But read the fine print:

“In the exercise, a domestic terrorist group -- dubbed Wackos Against Schools
and Education -- plants a bomb on a public school bus loaded with students.
According to materials handed out to explain the fake scenario, the "Wackos"
believe everyone should be home-schooled.”

The man in charge, Dan Stout, says it was all his idea and really didn’t see a problem. The school district has ducked for cover according to the article:

“The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District Tuesday issued a statement
saying the area wide organization was not aware of the scenario, but
nevertheless apologized. "

So they didn’t know anything. Hmmm, let’s re-read the first paragraph:

“According to materials handed out to explain the fake scenario, the "Wackos"
believe everyone should be home-schooled.”

Huh. Wonder who those materials were handed out to..convenience store clerks maybe?

The Corporation for Public School Monopoly (a/k/a the NEA) and its local affiliates, have had homeschoolers on their threat radar for some time now and this type of tactic fits their modus operandi to a tee in that the kids themselves are targeted for the propaganda.

The fact that homeschooled children post slightly higher SAT scores and go on to college in greater numbers than their public school counterparts should make educators happy; if academic excellence was important to them. But it’s not.

The simple, unvarnished fact is that teachers unions raison d'être is promoting the interests of teachers and blue-collar labor unionism, not students. And when students are pulled out of the grasp of the Public School Inc., so is the money that follows them.

Sad but true, in so far as the NEA and AFT are concerned, academic excellence takes the back seat to financial interest, the promotion and protection of organized labor and the power brokering that accompanies these things.

The interests of the kids are indeed "Left Behind".

Kettle calls the pot black, or Swiftee hosts a house party.

Today's Star and Sickle features, as part of it's ongoing Kerry '04 campaign, an editorial "chastising" CBS for Rathergate. The cadres go on to say that they are concerned that the scandel might have the effect of heightening the public's doubt's about the state of "objective" journalism.

"The episode has reinforced the right-wing accusation that elite
journalists are secret allies of the Democratic Party and, worse, it has
subverted the average citizen's confidence that disinterested reporters might
supply something called "the truth" that serves to clarify, rather than muddy,
the turgid flow of politics. "

(Excuse me while I attempt to hold down my gorge..)

They needn't have bothered..really. We are quite aware of the direction the various media sources lean.

Here in Minnesota for instance, the knowledge that former Minneapolis Star has re-created itself as the Midwest's answer to Pravda is old news. Which brings me to my second point.

In an article today, reporter Norm Draper tells us that a group calling itself "National Mobilization for Great Public Schools" is sponsoring a number of "house parties" whose purpose is ostensibly "to beat the drum for high-quality schools and discuss the future of public education in the United States."

Yeaaa for schools, yeaaa for the children! Yea what a bunch of crap.

I got wind of this little scam about three days ago and did a bit of digging.

I determined it to be my Patriotic Duty to find out who are these caring individuals were and what is there message, and I did. But before I tell you about them, let's read Norman's piece together shall we?

"Minnesota citizens will meet tonight in 71 "house parties" to beat the
drum for high-quality schools and discuss the future of public education in the
United States."

"The effort is part of a campaign called the National Mobilization for
Great Public Schools. Organizers expect it to draw tens of thousands of parents,
teachers and other interested citizens to meetings in homes, community centers,
churches and schools nationwide."

"Sponsors include the National Education Association teachers
union, the NAACP Voter Fund and the U.S. Hispanic Institute. Topics of
discussion will include crowded classrooms, school funding, teacher layoffs and
high college costs."

Well that's pretty succinct isn't it. A little too succinct actually.

Conspiciously missing from the Sponsors list are two of my (and your) favorite groups of all time:

People for the American Way, that jolly band of Communist agitators and...

Moveon.org, who everyone breathing is familiar with.

Do you think that Norman believed these two groups were not important enough to mention, or maybe he recieved a faked press release? Yea? Well, I hope that lobotomy scar isn't too painful, try putting some aloe vera on it and welcome to the Democratic Party.

Oh, I can hear the chorous now: "That's not fair Swiftee, the poor ink stained wretches at the Star & Sickle don't have the vast resources available to the crack staff at Pair O' Dice."

Which is true of course, but all Norman had to do was visit NMGPS's website and scroll down to the bottom. Which I'm sure he did.

As I said, I became aware of this a couple of days ago. It was a special PFAW ALERT! that got the message to me actually, and being the fun loving individual I am, I sent for the "House Party Kit" which consists of a DVD.

The video on the DVD is nothing more than a prolonged whine for more money, interspersed with attacks on the Bush administration.

Imagine my surprise.

No, this isn't RatherGate league intrigue, it's just more of the day-to-day liberal hammering the public is subjected to. But it nicely illustrates the supreme hypocracy of the Star and Sickle's editorial board don't you think?

BTW, don't forget: My house party is strictly a BYOB affair.

From Aaron's RAnt Blog

Blather caves to the obvious

CBS has just issued a statement that includes "an apology" from Damn Blather. Some highlights:

"Now, after extensive additional interviews, I no longer have the
confidence in these documents that would allow us to continue vouching for them
journalistically."

Translation: Even I can see the jig is up.

"I find we have been misled on the key question of how our source for the
documents came into possession of these papers."

Translation: We asked no questions so we told no lies.

"That, combined with some of the questions that have been raised in public
and in the press, leads me to a point where-if I knew then what I know now-I
would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would
not have used the documents in question. "

Translation: Damn you Powerline, Damn you LGF, Damn you Free Republic, Damn you all!!

All that is left is for Blather and his pals at CBS to cop to the fact the Max Cleland handed over the goods and our work here is done!

Code word Scaramouch

I'm a little worried this morning.

Last Saturday, I lowered my standards and went into a Harley-Davidson dealership to buy a tire. I never go to a HD dealer unless I need a watch fob, or panties for Mrs. Swiftee, or a pool table, or any other assortment of crap bearing the factory logo..which is never, because they sure as hell don't have any motorcycle parts on hand.

Alright, they do have some tires, and I needed a tire for the "Chief" so in I go with the Mrs. in tow and what do ya know, they don't have any tires ready to go.

While I'm helping the counterman (who I'm sure has the requisite boutique sales experience necessary to work the "parts" counter for HD in 2004), order me up a new Avon (it's a tire, yes the round one), I notice that Mrs. Swiftee has disappeared.

Ah, there she is, across the showroom floor signaling wildly with a sly smile on her face (I figure it's gonna be a new coat). I finish with the boutique biker and head on over to see what's up, and there stands Mrs. S with her hands on a new Road Glide.

Mrs. S: "This is the one"

Mr. S: "The one for what?"

Mrs. S: "This is the one you should buy"

Mr. S: "Right now?"

Mrs. S: "Sure, yea right now."

I figure I'm not letting her get away with that, so I call the bike salesman (who I'm sure has the requisite experience selling shoes that is necessary to sell bikes in a HD dealership in 2004) over, and tell him we're gonna throw a leg over this 'Glide, K?

While she gets on the bike, Mrs. S is already on her cell phone getting the skinny on loan rates from the credit union and I'm suddenly struck with the certain knowledge that I'm gonna be riding home on a new sled. That's how these things go with me, wham bam $15 grand.

But then something happens.

I remember that we just bought a house last month and I'm not sure that I like this particular Glide anyway. I start thinking that $15 G's will only get the thing to my garage where I'll have to strip it down to get it right, so why not just get one that's a couple of years old and put the savings into new bars, pipes, carburetor and do I really want to buy a bike from the factory and fuck a bunch of taxes and set-up fees and this shoe salesman might have ridden this one and ........

And we walk out.

About 25 years ago, me and my friends made a security pact. Should any of us show certain signs of senility like say, being spotted on a golf course wearing lime green pants and white shoes, or walking out of a bike shop empty handed after ya got the go-ahead from the CFO, one of the others would just quietly slip up behind the suspected coot and quickly deliver unto him the merciful coup de gras.

So now I'm sweating it, bigtime.

I can't believe that if word gets out about last Saturday I'm not a goner. I don't remember if we made arrangements for some kind of code word to call off the hit, but I'm not taking any chances.

So if anyone knows someone who's got a late model Road Glide that needs to be sold fast, give me a call.

In the mean time, I suggest that no one get too close and don't try anything funny.

Delicious irony..

There is another "factual documentary" by Michael expected in theaters soon. Not Mikey Moore, Mikey Wilson.

Wilson has created a docu-comedy that turns the tables on Moore by using the exact same tactics that Moore has ridden to a upper east side address.

The film is called appropriately enough "Michael Moore Hates America". Kind of catchy don't you think?

While this is certainly no excersize in ground-breaking film making, and the idea is a no-brainer just the fact that it has the lefty's squirming, to say nothing of the waste of flesh that is the film's focus, is reason enough to drop a sawbuck.

The promised footage of Moore going ballistic when Wilson attempts to question him during one of his anti-America rants (at a college natch) is nothing but gravy baby.

Those of us lucky enough to be living here in the hub of the universe will no doubt be treated to plenty of local drama since Wilson hails from Minneapolis..God I can't wait for an appearance at the U's Coffman Center. YoW! Are we havin' fun yet?

Heh. I wonder if the local news will be covering the crowds that will hopefully be lined up to see the premere. Ah, so what if they don't. The conservative blogosphere is sure to pick up the scent of blood in the water and take it from there.

F Dan Blather & Co.

Watch your back!

John Kerry's sister Diana, while taking the DNC's anti-American message on the road, has this warning for Australians regarding her brother:

"He responds well to challenges and has the reputation of fighting well from behind"

We already kind of knew your bro was a back stabbin' SOB, but thanks for the heads-up anyway.

Diana, for the most part is sticking to the standard DNC boiler plate (America = Fascism) but may find that she has a tough row to hoe in convincing the Aussie's to "go French".

Australia has been one of our staunchest allies, and really doesn't need too much coaxing to put in a fight. They have been targets of terrorists long before we started teaching Afganastan and Iraq that what comes around, goes around, and they don't take any shit themselves.

DiKe(rry) has been given the task of ferreting out American's living abroad who may be a bit more receptive to the DNC's Anti-American message in hopes of getting her brother elected, and I have a hot tip for her.

Instead of talking smack around a bunch of tough Aussies, which is a pretty sure way of getting your attitude adjusted, track down some lefty's that have disappeared recently.

I heard, from a fella mind you, that a large contingent from Marin California has set up camp at a secret location outside the barb wire and minefields of our borders. Now keep this under your beret, but heres the scoop on where you can find them:

Directions to the Secret Lefty Base of Operations

I hear that the Baldwin brothers are in charge there, so you know it's on the up and up.

Bitches brought me back..

Looking every bit the poverty pimp that he is, Marion Barry has all but secured himself yet another paycheck from the city of Wachington DC. His win in the Democratic primary all but assures that he will be sitting his skinny ass in a councilman's seat come January.

One can only guess that every $2 hooker in DC is celebrating.

In case you have forgotten, Barry was caught red handed smokin' crack and bus'in ho's while he was the Mayor of the Capital city back in 1990. Barry's defense added to the already colorful lexicon of street smack: "Bitch set me up".

You'd think he would be finished, but you'd be wrong. Like the cockroach he is, he managed to survive his own destruction and parlay his skill for pandering to the lowest common denominator to con the people of DC to put him back in the Mayor's office by 1995.

Think he'd taken the cure, gone to Jesus? Wrong again. He was suspected again as recently as 2002 for possession, but there he is..smilin' in his Escalade.

I was all set to add to the lexicon myself tonight at the expense of the people who keep putting people like Barry in power, but I've had a change of heart.

How fucked up must be the lives of these people? They can overlook Barry's crack smokin' and ho'in because that kind of thing is a part of their own daily lives, he's truly one of their own. And as long as these poverty pimps can continue to promise to bring the juice (that'd be our tax dollars) to people who have absolutely no chance, or desire, of ever making anything of their own lives, they will continue to swagger across the political scene in this country.

Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Marion Barry, Maxine Waters and their ilk, Democrats all, are a unique breed of lowlife who thrive on the continuance of poverty. They cringe at the sight of every black kid who manages to avoid their lies and gets a good education, because education is their worst enemy.

They depend on the stupidity and desperation of their followers and prey on the guilt and stupidity of those of us who have had some success in order to fund their campaigns of corruption. And like the cockroach heretofore mentioned, they crawl from the rubble of the devastation they cause, preening their antenne, looking for the next score.

Until there are more successful black men, yes men, willing to stand up and pass along the secret of their success, men like Bill Cosby, the black population of this country is doomed to continuing poverty and misery.

And pieces of shit like Marion Barry et al. will continue to be Cadillac's best repeat customers.

Want to make a statement?

The International Truck and Engine Corp. has produced what they claim to be the world's biggest production pick-up truck. I haven't done any comparison shopping yet, but I'm ready to take their word for it right now.

I like it..a lot, but I'm going to wait until they offer it in "Patriot Red-White-and-Blue", because while it's true that I ache to drive one around the Mac-Groveland neighborhood in St. Paul ASAP, I think that the addition of the Red-White and Blue and a plethora of GOP bumper stickers would be a nice touch.

And think of the fun it would be to haul a boatload of veterans across the Marshall\Lake street bridge while our local traitors are holding one of their Wedsday "peace vigils" bashing our troops.

I am also waiting for ITE to offer a convenient "Tread Cleaning" system that will automatically pick out that unsightly Volvo debris from the tires. I don't want to lose one while I'm trying to get Wellstoned! and Betty! and Hillary! stickers off my sidewalls ya know?

God it's great to be an American isn't it?

What is wrong with these people?

This scene of ignominious defeat is brought to you by the patriots at Moveon.org It's a commercial that features a defeated American soldier, nice huh?

It's got to be getting very hard for these traitors to keep the smirk off of their faces when proclaiming their unqualified support for the troops don't you think?

Let me tell you a little secret: I didn't think that going into Iraq was a good idea when we first did it and I haven't seen anything to make me change my mind since then.

I think this campaign was poorly planned before it was executed and I really have to wonder if the administration isn't still playing it by ear.

But these morons are not winning the hearts and minds of the many people who feel like I do because they don't understand that now the we are in there, nothing matters but winning.

And win we will.

The Iraqi people will have a free country, Saddam and his crew will stand trial before them and then we will bring our troops home. Not before.

Why is it that they cannot understand that crap like this serves only to validate everything that is said about them? They are dirty, stinking, yellow, traitors one and all.

See the story on Drudge.

Best keep this dog muzzled

According to an article in the SF Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/16/MNG0T8PNMV1.DTL , some Democrats are critical of the Kerry campaign’s unwillingness to put John Edwards in the spotlight.

To me, this feckless refusal to acknowledge Edward’s baggage illustrates why the Dem’s are fast approaching also-ran status. They really just don’t get it do they?

Have they forgotten that Edwards made his fortune suing the shit out of doctors?


His courtroom tactics and financial success have made him a role model among his (literally) ambulance chasing peers while doctors in his home state have taken their skills elsewhere.

Ya’ll bring the ‘taters I’ll mash ‘em!
http://restraininorder.blogspot.com/2004/07/look-whos-been-bobbing-in-septic-tanks.html

I would like nothing more than to see Edwards under the blogosphere’s scrutiny. Oh yea, and I guess it wouldn’t hurt to give the little guys (ABC, NBC CNN & etc.) a shot at him either.

Kerry is already unable to speak to the issues at hand. Throw Edwards into the mix and Kerry will have the health care crisis brought to his doorstep; in the preverbal flaming paper bag.

Keeping Edwards relegated to whipping up the delusions of the denisions of the fever swamp is the smartest thing Kerry has done.

All Your Jammies Are Belong To Us

While surfing the web this afternoon, taking in the blogosphere’s finest hour (or couple of days) something just occurred to me.

Bloggers and jammies.

It’s the best inside joke floating around the WWW since All Your Base , and for once I’m in on it before it has already become passé.

I’m not sure what to make of that actually. Does it mean that I have no life, or am I simply in the loop?

You be the judge.

Way past taking the gloves off with purveyors this garbage

I’ve tried to keep Pair O’ Dice a nice “family friendly” webblog, you know a place to hang out and bring the kids.

But you might want to put the progeny to bed before you read further.

There is a truck noodling around the Twin Cities with a message for voters. It depicts a couple of men engaging in a lip lock, with the caption “Want Gay Marriage? Vote Democrat”.

I’m not going to publish the picture here cause sometimes I write this blog while eating dinner (in my jammies!), I don't want to spoil my appetite and it’s all over the web anyways.

I’m dredging this up because of a debate that is raging over at Shot in the Dark between Mitch Berg’s faithful and a lefty blogger named Carson. Carson is bent, really bent over the truck and has written about it on his site.

The sentiment that has me spending time writing this is expressed very succinctly by Carson:

“They are equating gay marriage to just two men kissing. Instead of debating the
merits of equal rights for all citizens, they are focusing on sex.”

Hold it right there lil’ cowboy, let’s get something crystal clear.

Sex is the single defining characteristic of a homosexual relationship. It’s not about love, I love my dad and some of my friends, but I don’t bugger them. My wife has life-long female friends but she doesn’t have sex with them either.

Because we are not homosexuals..see how easy that is?

The “gay rights” lobby hates it when someone or something, like “the truck” lifts their skirts to give the public a peek at what they are dressing up. Images of homosexuals doing what homosexuals do unravels the carefully woven fairy tale that has been sold to the media and the public at large; it puts the reality of the issue on our plates without any ketchup or onions to mask the nasty flavor.

Our pal Carson goes on to admit as much:

"While many people are tolerant of homosexuals, they are not tolerant of
homosexuals being homosexual. It is fine for them to be funny asexual
caricatures on prime-time sitcoms, but not real people with real sex
lives.”

”Even some of my best friends who love and adore me cringe when I kiss my
partner... and that is why this truck infuriates me."

Welcome to the world Carson! There isn’t anything wrong with your friends, the fact that they can see past a very nasty habit to what may be an otherwise valuable guy is much to their credit. Their revulsion is quite likely a biological defense mechanism, like pain which works to keep us away from harm.

We can discuss this all day long, and remain civil until someone brings kids into the fray, which of course Carson does:

”The truck says forget about about gay couples raising children...."

You got that one straight pal. I used to be fairly neutral regarding homosexuals, like most people I really don’t care what others do for entertainment. I thought didn’t have a dog in that fight, and I was right.

But then by happenstance, I ran across a group called GLSEN whose purpose in life is to put homosexuality into public school curriculums. A brief examination of the Saint Paul public schools showed me it wasn’t my dog in the fight, it was my kids.

To say the least, I got pissed off. And I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t give up easily on things that are important to me, guys like Carson have no idea to what lengths I’ll go to keep him and his pals away from my kids.

So I'll give him a clue.

Carson wonders:

”How far do you think the organization would get using a picture of two men
taking their adopted daughter to a museum?”

Good question Carson, I’m all for putting that one out there on the other side of the truck. Wanna go halves on a billboard?

Thought not.

Can you feel the love?

I got this e-mail today:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Randy WankeSeptember 14, 2004651-222-0022
Minnesota Republicans Pledge $1,000 Toward Reward to Find Duluth BushSign Vandals

St. Paul - Minnesota
Republicans today matched a $1,000 dollar rewardfor information leading to the
arrest and conviction of vandals whospray painted and damaged several pro-Bush signs in the front yard of a Duluth resident.

The perpetrators also spray painted a swastika on theresidential sidewalk
and the word "Nazis" on a Bush sign, and damagedtwo personal vehicles."This
extreme act of vandalism is yet another example of just how deepthe Democrats'
hatred for the President runs," said Republican Party ofMinnesota State Chair
Ron Eibensteiner. "There is no place for this kindof hate in Minnesota politics
and that's why we hope to help bring thevandal or vandals who did this to
justice."

According to the Duluth News Tribune, "Vandalism of Bush campaign signsin
the front yard of Bob James' London Road home escalated over theweekend to new
levels of malice. A green swastika was spray-painted ontoJames' sidewalk.

The words 'Nazi' and 'Liar' were painted overBush-Cheney campaign signs and
two of his vehicles were damaged. Thesigns had been vandalized before, but this
time the language was uglier.In addition, the back window of an SUV was broken
and the door of apickup truck was dented, apparently with a chunk of asphalt,
Jamessaid."James served in the military and according to the Duluth News
Tribune,"

His son, Robert Francis James III, 19, and his daughter-in-law,Jessica, are
both serving in the Air Force in Utah. His youngest son,Kyle, is a senior at
Duluth East High School who has already taken theAir Force enlistment oath as
part of its delayed enlistment program and will join the service when he
graduates in June."

"What makes this act of violence even more despicable is that it
was perpetrated against a man who served and has family serving in the
armedforces," said Eibensteiner.

Eibensteiner expressed outrage at the Democrats' continued use of
Nazi symbols in their extremist attacks on the President. "Last week, DFL Party
officials refused to repudiate bumper stickers, which they distributed from their
state headquarters, comparing the President to Adolf Hitler," said Eibensteiner.

"When Democrat and Kerry campaignofficials don't speak out against this
kind of hate speech, they ought to be held accountable for encouraging
it." Eibensteiner also called on the DFL Party to match the $1,000
dollar reward in this case. "

Innat nice? And if you think that is something, just wait until GWB slaps Kerry down like a red-headed step child on Nov. 2.

We can look forward to frenzied mobs of prematurely grey haired women in ninja style Earth-mother dresses, creeping around in camoflage pattern Birkenstocks, others follow, beating the drum to action.

They will be backed up by small, caring men with extremely small hands who will shadow them in the tactical unit (a Ford Fiesta spray painted flat black), ready to provide words of empowerment and a quick gnosh of trail mix for their Amazon troops.

This enraged army will wreak havok among your lawn ornaments, garden gnomes will find no quarter. They will steal the bulbs from Malibu lights (which are impossible to replace) and spray paint your SUV with incoherant vitriol.

They'll show us a thing or two and then we'll all beg Kerry for another chance or at least put up some old Wellstoned! signage in place of our hateful GOP candidates.

We'd Rather not

The meltdown at CBS continues unabated. Yesterday Marcel Mately, the expert upon whom Dan Rather has hung his career bailed out.

The Washington Post says that "The lead expert retained by CBS News to examine disputed memos from President Bush's former squadron commander in the National Guard said yesterday that he examined only the late officer's signature and made no attempt to authenticate the documents themselves."

So the score stands at two sources of corroboration, the only two that CBS is willing to disclose, begging to differ with CBS's and Rather's version of events and another of whom the Big Trunk over at Powerline says:

"The Post says that CBS is now putting its principal reliance on one Bill Glennon, an "information technology consultant." This is the same Bill Glennon, as Little Green Footballs points out, whom Time magazine described yesterday as a former typewriter repairman."

"But what's really funny, as Tim Blair points out, is that Glennon first entered the fray as a commenter on the far-left Daily Kos web site! So, after sneering at bloggers non-stop for four days, CBS was finally reduced to tracking down a former typewriter repairman who posted a comment on Kos and putting him forward as their chief defender. Wonderful."

Let's just call this thing a done deal shall we?

Predictably, the lefty's have distanced themselves from the whole thing as well, and that leaves poor ol' Dan holding the bag.

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving man.

Sour Grapes

Ron Ebensteiner, head of the Minnesota GOP has lodged formal complaints against the Star Tribune that concerns the Strib's "Minnesota Poll' and demanded that it remove the director of the poll Rob Daves.

I don't know about anyone else, but I have always found the Star and Sickle to be very even handed in it's coverage of issues. Take yesterday's op-ed section for example.

The dead tree version is quite evenly divided...one side is devoted to slavishly praising Kerry, the other devotes equal ferver and column space to bashing Bush.

That's balanced reporting for the 21st century my friends.

Seriously, I am happy to have the Strib around and I am deeply grateful to it's editors and staff for producing a newspaper that so consistently and wholeheartedly puts the American flag to it's journalistic torch. It's inchoate strategy is so blatently one-sided and so often proved wrong I find it a well-spring of ammunition in my daily sparring with lefty's.

Besides, anyone who follows politics with any regularity knows that the endorsement of the Strib is G. Gordon Liddy league sabotage to any campaign or candidate.

So Ron, leave Daves to his craft. He's not fooling anyone that matters; in fact anyone dense enough to take his work for fact is too dense to find their polling place anyway.

Someone at the Pioneer Press has sprouted a set of cajones!

The Gus Hall Brigade of the Saint Paul City Council gets the spotlight.

Today’s Saint Paul Pioneer Press has an editorial regarding the Communist cell in the SP city council (whom they now officially dub “The Gang of Four”) that meets even my high standards for vitriol.

Let us savor these few selected juicy morsels together shall we?

“Raising city taxes by a million bucks to extend some rec center hours and to hire firefighters that the fire chief didn't even ask for, as the Gang of Four on the City Council propose to do, is just plain loopy.”

“It's almost as if the council majority wants to boost the city tax levy by 2 percent just because it hasn't been bumped up for 11 straight years — as if that's some kind of crime. The real crime would be the message this tax hike would send to residents and businesses in St. Paul: Stick 'em up.”

Now THAT’s what I’m talkin’ about Baby!

“If the council wants to find money in the budget to pay for more firefighters or rec center workers or for any other pet project, there are plenty of places to look before digging deeper into taxpayers' pockets. The mayor suggested the council's own budget — a shot across the bow, to be sure. But we would look for cuts there before we raised taxes needlessly.”

Any brave souls out there want to give odds on the Mayor NOT proposing a cut to the GHB’s budget? One can hardly wait to read the pious, smarmy response that the Gang of Four are surely crafting even now.

Maybe someone out there will suddenly remember that the last time Dave Thune was in office, the citizens of Saint Paul were reeling from yearly double digit tax increases and ask just what the hell did we dredge this blowhard up again for?

Bogus Headline

Check out this headline:

Sniper victims' kin to get $2.5 million from rifle maker

Gee says I, what rifle maker might that be? I guess I'll have to just read the article and find out.

SEATTLE — The families of eight Washington, D.C.-area sniper victims reached two settlements totaling $2.5 million Wednesday with the dealer and manufacturer of the rifle used in the shooting spree in the fall of 2002.

Lawyers for the families call the settlements a "landmark." The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which has filed a number of gun suits, said this is the first time a gun manufacturer has agreed to pay a settlement to victims.

Bushmaster Firearms of Maine will pay $550,000, all of which is covered by its insurance policy.

Bull's Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma, Wash., will pay $2 million, the largest settlement of its kind by a gun dealer, the center said.

Gun dealer, uh hey wait a sec, didn't the headline say that a rifle manufacturer got touched for 2.5 mil? Better check again, just to make sure (I don't want to put anything into my blog that ain't true, I got journalistic integrity!)

Sniper victims' kin to get $2.5 million from rifle maker

Yup, there it is. Let's look at the article again to see if we can detect more BS:

"This settlement sends a loud message to gun manufacturers that they can't look the other way when their guns are being irresponsibly sold or secured at the retail level," said Jon Lowy, a lawyer with the Brady Center."

Well anytime a law-yer says anything, we can be pretty sure he's lying through his capped teeth..oh, here it is:

"Bushmaster did not admit any wrongdoing, but said the money [which is covered by insurance BTW] "will go to the victims' families for their grief." The lawyer representing Bull's Eye could not be reached."

I can't believe this crap made it into print. These Bozo's are so zoned out they are not even attempting guile any more, the man behind the curtain is dancing center stage these days before the very eyes of a credulous American audience.

By the by, anyone heard about some documents purporting to prove that George Bush bilked Uncle Sam out of some military time? Heh. Yea right.

Just goes to show ya shipmates, if you want the straight scoop stay tuned right here.

Smorgasboard redux

I don't know whats going on with the Blogger, so I'll just let everyone have to see the man behind the curtain and post again.

60 Minutes reputation in the crapper..one can only hope.

The documents used in Wendsday night’s “outing” of GWB’s National Guard slacking have been subjected to, as George himself might say “speculative forgings”.

The guys at Powerline are on it big time. They even managed to get a link on the Drudge Report yesterday.

I’m not going to rehash the details, head on over to Powerline for that, but evidently, there are more than one respected experts in the field of document verification that have expressed doubts as to the veracity of the CBS docs.

The White House is wisely standing well off the bow of this entire issue, waiting one assumes for a substantiated declaration of fraud by an expert.

Update:

Today has seen a flood of critisism in the print media against CBS and 60 Minutes in particular for their decision to air this special based upon what is increasingly sure to be forged dicuments.

I'm hoping for a bloodbath.

Blogger is down

If my last post looks strange, don't jump to any conclusions about the content of my lunch..the Blogger is hosed again. web links make it go bonkers..I'll repost when they get it fixed

It must be for the children?

Evidently, the Gus Hall Brigade (GHB) of the Saint Paul city council feels that since Mayor Kelly has insulted them, it must be time for a tax increase.

11 years of balanced budgets and no increased taxation has taken its toll on the cadres, to be sure, but the happy times are here again or so they think.

Benanev, Thune, Helgen and Lantry have put forth a 2% tax increase for next year despite the fact that the Mayor’s budget meets the city’s needs without a tax increase.

Instead of a flat property tax bill, we have begun to see fee’s attached to various services such as street maintenance, which I think is a great idea. I like to know just where the city is spending my money. Which is of course why the GHB hates it.

How are they going to funnel cash to their handlers if it is earmarked for specific purposes? Well they can’t!

Luckily, they have now thoroughly pissed off Mayor Kelly, who makes no bones about the short life-span of this increase once it reaches his desk, and there are yet three hold-outs on the council which make Kelly’s veto threat valid.

Personally, I’m very pleased with my recent decision to move to West Saint Paul.

Am I the only one who can see the problem here?

Take a minute to read this op-ed piece from today's Strib.

The human price

My wife and I both saw our good- paying jobs outsourced to Mexico. My wife had to go back to school for two years, going into debt for a job that pays at least $5 per hour less than the job that was outsourced.

I left my job before it was outsourced because we couldn't afford to be out of work at the same time. During the time my wife was getting retrained, I was unemployed for six months, found a different job, and lost that job when the company was sold.

I've been unemployed for more than 11 months. My wife and I can't afford to pay for health insurance.

If this is a great economy, as President Bush likes to say it is, what is it going to be like four years from now? My family can't afford to find out.

Ray Rasmussen, Watertown, Minn.

Done? OK.

Now bear with me a sec.

This guys wife HAD to go back to school. HAD to. And she is making five bucks less than she was before she went. Did she:

1. Pick a field that is tailored towards monks and nuns trying to maintain their vow of poverty.

2. Take a job as a newcomer in a new field that will pay much better in a couple of years.

Then the guy left his job BEFORE he got laid off because he and his wife couldn't afford not to be working at the same time. Now it's been eleven months and still no job. Is he:

1. High on Meth

2. Reading a John Kerry campaign speech

3. Hoping for a cameo on "Jay Walking"

Kids, any "good paying" job that an employer can afford to move to Mexico was paying too good for their employee's own good.

I know that the job market is no picnic for undereducated or semi-skilled workers out there, but there are jobs to be had and things are getting better.

Think about it Ray; then get your ass into school, but don't take the course on 8 Track player repair since your wife evidently has that industry covered.

Let's make a silk purse out of this sow's ear

I received my usual monthly ACTION ALERT! from my good friends at People For The American Way today, and as it sometimes does, it directed me to some very interesting and in this case useful information.

For those of you who are new to the planet, PFAW (no not GUFFAW, that's their sister site) is an amalgamation of various lefty groups that have joined forces to promote homosexuality, Communism, abortion, atheism, capitulation to the UN, designer bagels..you know, the usual.

Forget the subject of the latest ALERT! (think Blah, Blah, Blah and you've got the idea), the important thing that their helpful links alerted me to this time is a very comprehensive list of outstanding right wing activist groups. I highly recommend that you spend a few minutes perusing their list, these are the cream of the crop and are definitely the sorts of folks you'll want to keep in touch with.

After you have copied anything you find interesting I further suggest that you drop PFAW a note thanking them for helping you through the chaff to the wheat; after all, they went through a lot of expense and trouble, let's show some appreciation!

Oh, and be sure to tell them that Swiftee sent ya.

Into the belly of the Beast

Damn, you've got to admire Michelle Malkin's grit.


BERKELEY

Right-wing pundit aims for left's center Backer of racial profiling to speak at UC

Tuesday, September 7, 2004

A political scorcher is forecast for UC Berkeley Wednesday night.

Syndicated columnist and Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, author of a provocative new book defending racial profiling and the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II, will bring her conservative crusade to what she views as the citadel of political correctness and sniveling, anti- American leftists.

She wants to go "mano-a-mano" against critics of conservative speakers, she told talk-show host Rush Limbaugh on Aug. 20. "It will be quite revealing to see how these acolytes in liberal education and liberal arts colleges treat me."

Malkin seeks to undermine the prevailing view and collective guilt about the internment because she believes it has shackled today's fight against terrorism.

Go get 'em girl!

Kerry’s Death Knell?

You may not have heard about this, because with the exception of a brief report on Fox News last week and an article in the Chicago Sun-Times, the major media has ignored it completely.

Of course the web is replete with reports such as this:


MISSION: IMPLAUSIBLE
Kerry biographer urging: Release military recordsBrinkley warns Navy medals probe could be 'death knell' for campaign.

John Kerry's biographer today called on the presidential candidate to release his military records and warned a Navy investigation into his medals could prove to be the "death knell" of his campaign.

In the past, Kerry has said he could not release some documents because of contractual obligations to Douglas Brinkley, author of "Tour of Duty." Brinkley said he has no contractual claims to any of the papers.

"Clearly some of these military records should be made available to the press," he said on Steve Malzberg's WABC New York radio show today.

Brinkley also said that if the Navy investigation reveals deception in connection with Kerry's medals, it could be the "death knell" for Kerry's campaign. Professing uncertainty about what to make about the Swift Boat Vets' claims, Brinkley said: "Right now it's unclear. So we have to just wait to see what all this adds up to."

Some of you may remember Judicial Watch, a non-partisan group, wrote the Navy to formally request an inquiry to which the Navy has acquiesced.

The Navy has opened an investigation into questions regarding Mr. Kerry’s various medals. Specifically, the DD214 that Msr. Kerry has posted on his website claim that he was awarded a Silver Star with a V for valor; very impressive except that the Navy does not authorize the V device for the Silver Star.

A Navy spokesman said last week that the DD214 that Kerry is waving around is flat out wrong.

The “non-biased” media may be able to ignore this one for now, and maybe they are right in doing so..until the Navy issues it’s findings. If Kerry is found by the Pentagon to be complicit in fraudulently claiming awards, not only will an ice cube stand a better chance in hell than Kerry will of being seated in the Oval Office, he could face federal charges.

And finally, to those out there that are screaming bloody murder against these investigations I remind you of these two things:

Kerry should have not touted a record that was so full of holes.
If it turns out that Kerry has played fast and loose with the truth regarding his medals and awards, not only is he not the hero he claims to be, he has besmirched the integrity of every legitimate recipient of those awards.

Happy Labor Day!!

Since today is labor day, I thought I’d take the opportunity to wax eloquent on one of my favorite whipping horses, yes friends it’s time again for Union Busting 101.

To assist me today, I’ve chosen "Slick" Victor Kamber, COE of the Kamber Group which is in the business of making unions look good to idiots, who wrote a piece for the Pioneer Press today in which he attempts to explain why you need the likes of James P. Hoffa and John Sweeney to do our talkin’ for us.


Celebrate holiday with the truth VICTOR KAMBER

..Ever since Ronald Reagan became the first U.S. president to break a union, labor law in America has been a sham. Bet you didn't know that.

Ehh, excuse me Vic, but Ronald Reagan followed the law. The air traffic controllers union initiated an illegal work stoppage, were duly warned and given time to get back to their jobs before they were properly replaced.

The "right" to join a union has been on the books since 1935, but for the past three decades workers exercise it at their peril. What puzzles me is why editorial writers, lawmakers and civil rights activists who leap to fever pitch at the very hint of racial, gender or disability bias, aren't similarly moved by the pain of workers illegally fired for supporting a union. Why is there no public outrage? The snail darter has more champions than unorganized workers.

Sure, and snails put out more work than most of your members..

There is no outrage because men and women in the US are better educated, healthier, happier and thoroughly enjoying Vast Prosperity. The union message (like that of all lefty groups) doesn’t fit the reality of our lives. We Don’t Need You!

The unabated trashing of labor law has had its impact: Today just 8.2 percent of workers in the private sector are members of unions. Outstanding! Excellent! Workers of America, give yourselves a well deserved “atta-boy” or atta-girl”. How bad is it? Worse than you can imagine. Check out these documented findings from Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Labor Education Research at Cornell University:


The unabated trashing of labor law has had its impact: Today just 8.2 percent of workers in the private sector are members of unions. Outstanding! Excellent! Workers of America, give yourselves a well deserved “atta-boy” or atta-girl”. How bad is it? Worse than you can imagine. Check out these documented findings from Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Labor Education Research at Cornell University:

(Cornell University, site of higher educations demise in 1969 under pusillanimous President James Perkins; how appropriate..please continue Vic.. )

• 25 percent of employers fire at least one worker for union activity during organizing campaigns.

At least one eh? Could it be the one that is not only advocating unionization, but denigrating and undermining the company to do so?

• 75 percent of employers hire union-busting "consultants" to help defeat organizing drives.

So companies should not put forth their side. I see.

• 92 percent of employers compel their work force to attend mandatory "captive audience" meetings to hear and view anti-union propaganda.

This is rich, rich I tell ya! The left is the inventor of captive audiences; I hardly know where to start:
- Diversity training
- “Sensitivity” training
- Castration seminars oops, I mean sexual harassment seminars

You get the picture..

• 52 percent of employers threaten to call in immigration officials to intimidate undocumented workers.

100% of employers should not be hiring illegal aliens to begin with, let’s get on the same page shall we.

• 51 percent of employers threaten to close their plants and relocate elsewhere if the union wins the election.

Huh, wonder what percentage of those employers actually follow through..any bets? Let's call someone in New Delhi for their take..

It isn't enough that employers routinely fire the most outspoken union supporters in organizing campaigns, but reporters allow industry spokesmen to get away with the lie that "the traditional benefits of the union movement are no longer appealing to workers."

I work with union employee’s a lot more often than I’d like to (more on that later). The most outspoken union supporter is invariably the most worthless guy or gal in the place. They are so damn busy outspeaking, they forget that they are paid to produce something other than dissent.

They are the hardest to get along with, complain the most and do the least productive work. They are the always in line for the Thanksgiving turkey, but always remind everyone that the CEO is “probably gonna have effing lobster and fillet mignon while we get these shitty turkeys”* on the way out.

That was a recent direct quote from Randel Johnson, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. No reporter confronted him with Kate Bronfenbrenner's research, no one challenged him as to why working families find unions "no longer appealing" when union members earn 26 percent more than nonunion; more than 75 percent of union workers have health benefits (less than half of nonunion workers do); nearly 70 percent have a pension (only 14 percent of nonunion have one). Unions also mean a safe workplace and respect. "Hello, Ms. Bronfenbrenner…?"

Respect.

Yes this is a recurrent theme among union muckrakers. We all want to be respected don't we? But respect is something that must be earned if it's to have any meaning, simply showing up to the drill press to make widgets every day earns zero respect. It's what you get paid for, it's how you pay your bills. I love these high school dropouts that strut around their shop floors demanding respect from all they come across.

These are the guys who own the leather jackets with their union "colors" embroidered on the back and spend all day wasting their own time and the time of their co-workers with their incessant whining about how they don't get no respect.

Want respect? Learn how to make 2 widgets for every 1 you're making now. Finish the widget you're working on at 5:00 if it only means an extra couple of minutes instead of leaving it to be scrapped by the next shift.

A union worker may make 26% more, but Union workers have also found themselves out of work Vic. See the problem here is that most, not all, union workers earn 26% more but do 0% more for it.

Only 75% of union workers have health insurance? Why in the hell aren’t the unions providing health insurance for their members?

70% of union workers have a pension? You’ve GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! The union pension is the clearinghouse of corruption within a thoroughly corrupt organization. Union members would be better served buying lottery tickets than investing in a union pension. Anyone remember the recent article in the City Pages?

The Check's in the Mail
By Beth Hawkins

When Bob young was 23, he quit his job as a gas station mechanic to go to work for a car dealership. The money was a little better, but the real draw was the sense of assurance that came with the move. Because he'd join a union, he'd have health care benefits and--unlike most guys who worked on cars for a living--a secure pension.

That pension was everything to Young. He knew it was impossible for anyone to perform a rough, physical job into old age. And without much education, his prospects would be slim once his body gave out. So a few years ago, when the dealership he was working for closed, he was careful to take another job with the same union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Over the years Young turned down better-paying jobs and set aside any fleeting thoughts of opening his own shop. Knowing they'd never be rich, he and his wife planned carefully. They bought an inexpensive house in rural Cokato, reasoning that Young could give up both the long commute into the city and his Teamster job when he became eligible for the pension. He'd be drawing $2,000 a month, but he'd be 53 at that point.

If he took a part-time job and they continued to live frugally, they could make it. Young is a little sheepish when he talks about how it's all fallen apart.

Yea, no doubt Bob’s sheepish. He’s proved that since he was 23. And now he’s been screwed by his union bosses. “Bob” illustrates the real harm that unions do.

By his own admission, Bob turned away from self-sufficiency, rejected opportunities and believed that his success was linked to the ability of another man to do his negotiating for him, Bob’s mom must be really proud of him.


Bob is a moron, but he is a member of a thankfully diminishing minority. Perhaps you might be best serving your unionized employees by directing them towards better educations Vic, but then why bother..you got yours don't you slick.