Wednesday, September 13, 2006
I will be back soon..
Sorry for my absence but things are getting a little crazy for me right now... we will be back soon though.
Monday, September 11, 2006
MTCW Pic of the Day
September 11, 2001
Take a moment out of your day today and remember what these islamic terrorists did to us five years ago.... Here is a link to one of the best tributes on the web in my opinion. It is called The Blood of Heroes. If you haven't seen it and it doesn't make your eyes water then your just not human. Click here to watch Blood Of Heroes.
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Friday, September 08, 2006
Country Boy's College Football Picks of the Week.
That was not a bad week of college football. There were some great games last week. The Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech game was a lot better than I thought it would be. I completely underestimated GTs defense. How were they not ranked. Georgia Tech is a top ten football team just no one knows it yet. They will be in the top ten by end of the season.
Over all I was 6-4 last week against the spread not to shabby if you ask me. Lets see what we got this week.
Game..............................................Spread................Country Boy's Pick
1. Virginia Tech vs N. Carolina....VT by 14.5............ take 14.5 NC
2. Illinois vs. Rutgers...................Rutgers by 11........give 11 Rutgers
3. Vanderbilt vs Alabamba.........Bama by 15............take 15 Vanderbilt
4. Penn St. vs. Notre Dame.........Notre Dame by 9...take 9 Penn St.
5. Georgia vs. S. Carolina.............Georgia by 3...........take 3 S. Carolina
6. Ohio St vs. Texas.....................Texas by 2...............take 2 Ohio St.
7. Minnesota vs. California.........Calif by 8.5..............give 8.5 Calif
8. Boston College vs. Clemson...Clemson by 2.5........take 2.5 BC
9. NC State vs Akron..................NC State by 8.5.......give 8.5 NC State
10. Wyoming vs Virginia............Virginia by 8.5.........give 8.5 Virginia.
Over all I was 6-4 last week against the spread not to shabby if you ask me. Lets see what we got this week.
Game..............................................Spread................Country Boy's Pick
1. Virginia Tech vs N. Carolina....VT by 14.5............ take 14.5 NC
2. Illinois vs. Rutgers...................Rutgers by 11........give 11 Rutgers
3. Vanderbilt vs Alabamba.........Bama by 15............take 15 Vanderbilt
4. Penn St. vs. Notre Dame.........Notre Dame by 9...take 9 Penn St.
5. Georgia vs. S. Carolina.............Georgia by 3...........take 3 S. Carolina
6. Ohio St vs. Texas.....................Texas by 2...............take 2 Ohio St.
7. Minnesota vs. California.........Calif by 8.5..............give 8.5 Calif
8. Boston College vs. Clemson...Clemson by 2.5........take 2.5 BC
9. NC State vs Akron..................NC State by 8.5.......give 8.5 NC State
10. Wyoming vs Virginia............Virginia by 8.5.........give 8.5 Virginia.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Country Boy's Suggested Reading...
Sorry folks, I have a lot on my mind but no time to blog about. So here are a few things that other people wrote that I found worthy enough to read. Here are my suggested reading assignments.
Here is an interesting blog that I stumbled accross by a guy that calls himself Captain Capitalism! A true economist. In this blog entry the Captain puts to final rest once and for all the idea that Bush's economic policies are creating more poor people in America. Gotta read this!
And how about another blog for you to read ...especially if you are somewhat lacking in your understanding of economics. The blog is called back talk the post is entitled "Americans Hate their Fabulous Economy." Man those economist sure like their graphs....
Liberal columnist Juan Williams says its time for young African Americans to stop embracing a blueprint for failure. It's an excellent column titled "Banish The Bling." Don't miss this one.
Tony Blankley provides us with a lesson in the history of appeasement and offers an opinion as to whether or not appeasement will work with radical Islamists.
Kathleen Parker says that sensible people are reconsidering our government's opposition to profiling in the search for terrorists. "Sensible people" huh? Well, when are the liberals going to get on board?
Ahhhhh ... but here comes a liberal to tell us that profiling is "unAmerican." What was that Kathleen Parker wrote about "sensible people?"
Thomas Sowell says the only difference between today's liberals and the now-defunct Soviet Empire is that the Soviet Union imposed its doctrine by force. You may be shocked by the similarities, though.
Has Iraq turned into George W. Bush's Vietnam? Rich Lowry of National Review Online examines the question and concludes that Iraq isn't the president's Vietnam...yet. He does wonder if Bush realizes how close he is, though.
A Forbes magazine editor has stirred the pudding with a column that says men shouldn't marry a woman with a career. Michael Noer says professional women are more likely to cheat and get divorced...
Spike Lee made a four-hour documentary for HBO about Hurricane Katrina. Star Parker says the production is about as big of a disaster as the hurricane itself. Read on to find out what she didn't like about it.
Reportedly Saddam Hussein was made to watch the 'South Park' movie over and over again, in which Saddam is portrayed as Satan's lover. If this is true, that would be hilarious. Of course the democrats will be screaming prisoner abuse over this one.
And now random thoughts from Thomas Sowell. Which are more interesting and organized than most people's regular thoughts. Among his observations: temperatures aren't as high these days as they were back in medieval times, meaning those people must have driven a lot of SUVs.
Maybe now we'll get some Hollywood types on board with the Fair Tax plan. The Internal Revenue Service has announced their intent to go after celebrities who don't declare the value of their Oscar goodies as income.
Iraq has proven to be a challenge to the United States, but Mark Steyn reminds us that the world is watching what we do there. If we cut and run, then countries around the world will think that's what we're all about.
Here is an interesting blog that I stumbled accross by a guy that calls himself Captain Capitalism! A true economist. In this blog entry the Captain puts to final rest once and for all the idea that Bush's economic policies are creating more poor people in America. Gotta read this!
And how about another blog for you to read ...especially if you are somewhat lacking in your understanding of economics. The blog is called back talk the post is entitled "Americans Hate their Fabulous Economy." Man those economist sure like their graphs....
Liberal columnist Juan Williams says its time for young African Americans to stop embracing a blueprint for failure. It's an excellent column titled "Banish The Bling." Don't miss this one.
Tony Blankley provides us with a lesson in the history of appeasement and offers an opinion as to whether or not appeasement will work with radical Islamists.
Kathleen Parker says that sensible people are reconsidering our government's opposition to profiling in the search for terrorists. "Sensible people" huh? Well, when are the liberals going to get on board?
Ahhhhh ... but here comes a liberal to tell us that profiling is "unAmerican." What was that Kathleen Parker wrote about "sensible people?"
Thomas Sowell says the only difference between today's liberals and the now-defunct Soviet Empire is that the Soviet Union imposed its doctrine by force. You may be shocked by the similarities, though.
Has Iraq turned into George W. Bush's Vietnam? Rich Lowry of National Review Online examines the question and concludes that Iraq isn't the president's Vietnam...yet. He does wonder if Bush realizes how close he is, though.
A Forbes magazine editor has stirred the pudding with a column that says men shouldn't marry a woman with a career. Michael Noer says professional women are more likely to cheat and get divorced...
Spike Lee made a four-hour documentary for HBO about Hurricane Katrina. Star Parker says the production is about as big of a disaster as the hurricane itself. Read on to find out what she didn't like about it.
Reportedly Saddam Hussein was made to watch the 'South Park' movie over and over again, in which Saddam is portrayed as Satan's lover. If this is true, that would be hilarious. Of course the democrats will be screaming prisoner abuse over this one.
And now random thoughts from Thomas Sowell. Which are more interesting and organized than most people's regular thoughts. Among his observations: temperatures aren't as high these days as they were back in medieval times, meaning those people must have driven a lot of SUVs.
Maybe now we'll get some Hollywood types on board with the Fair Tax plan. The Internal Revenue Service has announced their intent to go after celebrities who don't declare the value of their Oscar goodies as income.
Iraq has proven to be a challenge to the United States, but Mark Steyn reminds us that the world is watching what we do there. If we cut and run, then countries around the world will think that's what we're all about.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
MTCW Pic of the Day
Determination!!!!
Sometimes you just have to go for it. Even when you know it is going to hurt.
Sometimes you just have to go for it. Even when you know it is going to hurt.MTCW: Country Boy Rant Alert!!!!
Warning the following comments are the written expressed rage of the author right off the top of his head... proceed with caution.
This makes my country boy blood boil!!!!
Anti-war merchandise uses names of Iraqi Veteran Killed in Action!!! To include my friend's name!
As most of you know I am an Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran and I lost a good friend while in Iraq which is probably why this makes my country boy blood boil way over the lid.
It was brought to my attention this morning that there is a real true genuine dirt bag in
Arizona that is selling anti-war merchandise and using the names of fallen soldiers in Iraq.
So I checked it out and sure enough it is true. The above picture can be purchased as a t-shirt, refridgerator magnet, or car magnet and it contains 1,700 names of soldiers killed in action in Iraq including my friend's name Marshall L Edgerton.
Now don't get me wrong here folks. I don't care that this bastard, Dan Frazier, is selling anti-war merchandise. He has the freedom of speech and it is his right to do so. What I do have a problem with is using the names of fallen soldiers to make a dollar and to push a political agenda.
This is not about right or left, conservative or liberal, Democrat or Republican. It is not about freedom of speech or anything like that. It is about decency, respect for the dead and the families of the dead. However, I guess some people are lacking in this department.
Marshall should be remembered for who he was. A loving husband and father. A soldier who gave the ulimate sacrafice.
Marshall died as a hero. But not just because he died on the battlefield fighting for his country, but because of the actions he took right before he died.
In the moments before his death, he used every last breath to warn all those around him, because he saw it coming and new he couldn't save himself. He did not choose to coward in fear, but instead chose to sacrifice himself so that others may live.
He saved many lives that day, and will forever be remembered for his courage, and bravery, and for making the ultimate sacrifice for his Country, and for his comrades.
This is what my friend Marshall should be remembered for not as a name on the back of an anti-war t-shirt that he would have had no part of when he was alive!
God Bless you "Edge." There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about you. I am honored to have been able to call you friend.
As far as I am concerned this scumbag who is trying to use Marshal's death to promote his own political agenda shouldn't be allowed to breathe the same air as me...
This a-hole and people like him do not deserve one minute of freedom from the amount of time that has been sacrificed on their behalf.
God help this bastard if I am to die in combat and he attaches my name to some shit like this for my spirit will rise from my dead body and haunt him until the day he dies!!!
Here, thought you might want to know how to contact Dan Frazier.
Dan Frazier
Carry a Big Sticker
P.O. Box 22324
Flagstaff, AZ US86002
hone: 928 774-5942
E-mail: dan@carryabigsticker.org
Monday, September 04, 2006
MTCW: Pic of the Day.
Happy Labor Day
A Real Man's Grill
Its the last Holiday of the grilling season. Now is definately not the time to hold anything back.
Just Some Quick Random Thoughts For Labor Day.
Iran
Things continue to heat up with Iran as they continue to give the U.N. the U.S. and the rest of the world the finger and refuse to stop there nuclear program.In fact, Iran announced today that it had tested a new air defense system to counter missiles and aircraft during large-scale military exercises throughout the country, state-run.
Footage showed at least four surface-to-air missiles being fired from mobile launching pads. The report did not mention whether or not the missile was equipped with a guidance system.
Iran's military test-fired a series of missiles during large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf, including a missile it claimed was not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.
Iran also announced yesterday that it will host a conference to examine what they call exaggerations about the Holocaust, during which more than 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis.
Iran says they are willing to talk about their nuclear program but that they will not stop there uranium enrichment before hand.... So I guess that would mean there is really nothing to talk about then....Iran also made sure to let the world know that the attitude of a hostile United States was to blame for the crisis....Simply amamzing, this is like watching Hitler in 1938 as the world tried to appease him...Think about how many lives were lost because we waited and waited until Hitler was so powerful before anything was done about him.....will we make the same mistake twice.
Unfortunately it looks like we will. The European Union will meet one more time with Iran to try and convince them to stop there enrichment program. Kofi Annan says negotiations are the best solution, but if the next meeting doesn't go as well then it is straight to the security council for possible sanctions against Iran.... Ooooh...not the big bad security council. I bet that really has Iran shaking in their turbans.
It's time for the East Coast to go into panic mode again...
Just in case you have nothing to worry about for the next week in a half a tropical depression has been spotted in the middle of the Atlantic and my God it is headed this way!!!
Bush: U.S. Must Break Foreign Oil Dependency for Growth- Video: Labor Day Speech
In his labor day speech today President Bush mentioned that the unemployment rate is 4.7% which is real good. Of course the New York Times and CNN keep saying how bad it is out there. It amazes me that when Bill Clinton was president and the Unemployment rate was 5.5% its the best economy in years... However, since its President Bush it doesn't matter how low the unemployment rate is...its bad out there folks. The economy sucks, the country sucks, Bush sucks and its all Bush's fault...In fact it's Bush's fault that he sucks too.
He also happened to mention our dependency on foreign oil and said it was not good for our growth because we get oil from people who do not like us. One of the things he mentioned was to build more nuclear power plants...interesting I have been blogging about that for years... Maybe the president is reading My Two Cents Worth...or not.
Crocodile Hunter dead at 44
Steve Irwin died doing what he loved best, getting too close to one of the dangerous animals he dedicated his life to protecting with an irrepressible, effervescent personality that propelled him to global fame as television's "Crocodile Hunter."
Irwin's heart was pierced by a Stingray off the coast of Australia today while filming a TV show about the Great Barrier Reef.
Amazing...this man wrestles with crocodiles and gets killed by a Stingray... Just proves my whole theory we are all on borrowed time and you just don't know when it is going to be time to pay up. When it's your day to go, it's your day. No matter what you are doing.
Of course the media is going into panic mode... Are Stingrays now something else we have to worry about at the beach while in the ocean I heard on CNN.
Give me a break...
You know now that I think about it I bet this is President George W. Bush's fault. Yeah, that Stingray was so close to the shore because of global warming...and we all know George W. Bush caused global warming.
OK thats all I got for you today...time to get back to the burgers, tater salad, sweet corn, and water melon. Have a fun and safe Labor Day.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
MTCW Pic of the Day
Oh Yeah!!! College Football is back again!!!
A picture of Touchdown Jesus at Notre Dame can only mean one thing. College Football starts today. Go Irish!!! I am really excited about this season. It looks like this may be the Irish's year to return back to the glory days and add another National Title to their trophy room.
U.S. Ballistic Missle Defense System Test is a success!
An interceptor missile destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Friday in a key test of the nation's missile defense system, U.S. military officials said.
The 54-foot interceptor missle was launched at 10:39 a.m., from the Ronald W. Reagan Missle Defense Site, located at Vandenberg Air Base in Calif. 17 minutes after the mock warhead was launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska, Lehner said.
The interceptor carried a refrigerator-size "kill vehicle" that locked on to the approaching mock enemy missile and flew into the 4-foot-long warhead at 18,000 mph.
Lehner said both disintegrated more than 100 miles above Earth and a few hundred miles west of Vandenberg. The interceptor's flight lasted 13 minutes.
The $85 million test was designed to see whether the "kill vehicle" could get close to the warhead to test the tracking and sensor systems which would be used in an actual missile attack.
This is a major break through for us. Especially with North Korea and Iran threatening with nukes. Let's not forget that on the 4th of July, North Korea unsuccessfully test-fired a missile that was believed capable of reaching the northwestern U.S. coast.
Thank God for former President Ronald Reagan's vision of having a missle defense system. He started this program in 1983 with heavy criticism from the democrats who said the cost was not worth the outcome. The U.S. has spent over 100 billion dollars on this program over a 23 year period. If this can stop a long range missle comming from North Korea or anywhere else, I say it is worth every penny spent.
North Korea condemns U.S. missile test
North Korea has come out and called our missile defense test a threat and vowed to strengthen its defense measures in response.
Something called the North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, whatever that is, released a statement saying the U.S. test, which was conducted Friday over the Pacific Ocean, "was aimed at attacking us and intercepting our missiles."
"...intercepting our missles." Well duh! Are they serious... Of course they had to throw in the "attacking us" in there as well. Not sure how you attak with a defense system designed to blow missles out of the sky... but I digress.
The committee also called the United States the "the main culprit" in the threat of war on the Korean peninsula.
"It is a folly that the United States wields the truncheons of power in order to scare someone into submission ... This only leads the army and the people to firm up their determination to build up our self-defensive military deterrence," the statement said.
Riiight... it's our fault that North Korea threatens the world with nuclear weapons and how dare us, how dare us ever plan to defend ourselves from the likes of mad men with potential nukes.
Something called the North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, whatever that is, released a statement saying the U.S. test, which was conducted Friday over the Pacific Ocean, "was aimed at attacking us and intercepting our missiles."
"...intercepting our missles." Well duh! Are they serious... Of course they had to throw in the "attacking us" in there as well. Not sure how you attak with a defense system designed to blow missles out of the sky... but I digress.
The committee also called the United States the "the main culprit" in the threat of war on the Korean peninsula.
"It is a folly that the United States wields the truncheons of power in order to scare someone into submission ... This only leads the army and the people to firm up their determination to build up our self-defensive military deterrence," the statement said.
Riiight... it's our fault that North Korea threatens the world with nuclear weapons and how dare us, how dare us ever plan to defend ourselves from the likes of mad men with potential nukes.
Illegal alien march...sponsored by Miller Beer!
Miller Time is no more.
My friends I hope you have your rubber bricks handy cause this is going to make some of you guy's blood boil. A story from the Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Miller Brewing Company has paid more than $30,000 for a planning convention, materials and newspaper ads publicizing an illegal immigration march in Chicago this weekend.
It seems that miller has also provided merchandize with their logo and advertisement slogan "live responsibly" in spanish.
Amazing... Live Responsibly??? I guess living responsibly means supporting breaking the laws of a sovereign nation.
The Miller Brewing Company helping to give away America since 2006. Live Responsibly America: Put down the Miller this Labor Day weekend and every weekend for that matter.
Here are some contact info for the Miller Brewing Company if you would like to voice your opinion:
Consumer line: 1-800-MILLER6...Headquarters: 1-414-931-2222
or use the link Contact Miller Brewing here.
Here is a list of Miller products I will not be drinking ever:
Miller Lite
Miller Genuine Draft
Miller Genuine Draft Light
Miller High Life
Miller High Life
LightSharp's non-alcohol brew
Red Dog
Icehouse 5.0
Icehouse 5.5
Icehouse Light
Southpaw Light
Leinenkugel's Original
Leinenkugel's Light
Leinenkugel's Red Lager
Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss
Leinenkugel's Apple Spice (seasonal)
Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss
Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest (seasonal)
Leinenkugel's Creamy DarkLeinenkugel's
Big Butt Doppelbock (seasonal)
Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat
Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve
Henry Weinhard's Blue Boar Pale Ale
Henry Weinhard's Classic Dark
Henry Weinhard's Northwest Trail Blonde Lager
Henry Weinhard's Hefeweizen
Henry Weinhard's Summer Wheat
Hamm's
Hamm's
Hamm's Draft
Hamm's Special Light
Olde English 800 Malt Liquor
Olde English HG800
Olde English HG800 7.5
Magnum Malt Liquor
Mickey's Malt Liquor
Mickey's Ice
Milwaukee's Best
Milwaukee's Best Light
Milwaukee's Best Ice
Foster's Lager
Foster's Special Bitter
Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Pilsner Urquell
Sheaf Stout
Sparks
Sparks Light
Sparks Plus 7%
Sparks Plus 6%
Steel Reserve Triple Export 8.1%
Steel Reserve High Gravity
Steel Reserve High Gravity 6.0
Steel Six
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No more Icehouse...that is a shame.
Country Boy's College Football Picks of the Week.
It is that time of the year again. College Football is back. Every Saturday I will pick 10 games and well see how well I did on Monday.
.......Game........................................Spread........................................Country Boy's Pick
1.Northern Illinos vs. Ohio State....Ohio State favored by 17 ...........give 17 Ohio State
2.Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech......Notre Dame favored by 7...........give 7 Notre Dame
3.North Texas vs Texas....................Texas favored by 41.................. take 41 North Texas
4.Florida State vs Miami Fla.............Miami favored by 3.....................take 3 Florida State
5.USC vs Arkansas..............................USC favored by 8.........................give 8 USC
6.California vs Tennessee...................California favored by 2................take 2 Tennessee
7.Rutgers vs North Carolina...............North Carolina favored by 4.5....give 4.5 North Carolina
8.Virginia vs Pittsburgh U..................Pittsburgh U favored by 3.5.......take 3.5 Virginia
9.BYU vs. Arizona U........................... Arizona U favored by 7................take 7 BYU
10.Wisconsin vs Bowling Green.........Wisconsin favored by 10.5...........give 10.5 Wisconsin
.......Game........................................Spread........................................Country Boy's Pick
1.Northern Illinos vs. Ohio State....Ohio State favored by 17 ...........give 17 Ohio State
2.Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech......Notre Dame favored by 7...........give 7 Notre Dame
3.North Texas vs Texas....................Texas favored by 41.................. take 41 North Texas
4.Florida State vs Miami Fla.............Miami favored by 3.....................take 3 Florida State
5.USC vs Arkansas..............................USC favored by 8.........................give 8 USC
6.California vs Tennessee...................California favored by 2................take 2 Tennessee
7.Rutgers vs North Carolina...............North Carolina favored by 4.5....give 4.5 North Carolina
8.Virginia vs Pittsburgh U..................Pittsburgh U favored by 3.5.......take 3.5 Virginia
9.BYU vs. Arizona U........................... Arizona U favored by 7................take 7 BYU
10.Wisconsin vs Bowling Green.........Wisconsin favored by 10.5...........give 10.5 Wisconsin
Friday, September 01, 2006
MTCW Pic of the Day
It's Finally Friday!!!
In a grab and run test, Heineken was the
number one choice of beer for looters in
the New Orleans metropolitan area. When
asked, most agreed that Colt 45, Red Dog, or
Old English was their main beer of purchase,
but when money doesn't matter, they grab for
the finest beer around, Heineken.
Heineken would like to thank New Orleans for making them number one.
and remember...
It's all about the beer baby!!!
Have a great weekend.
UN deadline on Iran's uranium enrichment program ends: Iran tells US to screw off.
The Iran threat is growing out of control, what are our options, and what should we do.
The deadline for Iran to stop enriching uranium and shutdown there nuclear weapons program came to an end yesterday. Iran responded to the deadline by basically telling the world to stick it where the sun don't shine. Here is what the leader of the terrorists state Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, "The Iranian nation will not succumb to bullying, invasion and the violation of its rights." Now, that doesn't sound like a leader that is worried about the rest of the world doing something about his nuclear weapons program.
So what will happen now that they have thumbed their noses and said screw the deadline we are not stopping??? Not much of anything and Iran knows it.
President Bush says there must be consequences and says the United States will pursue sanctions against Iran, even if a majority of the U.N. Security Council won't.
But if you read further into the story andwatch whats going on behind the scenes you will find that after the mention of Iran's defiance and the president's response, we see statements from John Bolton at the U.N. that nothing is going to happen until Europe's foreign policy chief meets with Iran's top negotiator.
Once again, the United States is turning over our national security interests to the appeasing Euro-weiners of the European Union. The EU will now negotiate some sort of slap on the wrist with Iran. We will be worse off than what we were when we started because now we look even weaker in the eyes of Ahmadinejadand he will become even more bolder than before.
So the appeasment routine continues with Iran. It continues for one simple reason. Iran is playing a game with the world and they are winning the game because they know that they have something that the world needs and they have a lot of it, oil. Iran is dealing from a position of strength and they know it.
Some of you may recall that I have been giving the warning for a couple years about how our dependency on foreign oil is a huge national security risk and that we should start drilling our own oil. Do you understand the national security risk of oil dependency. If we had started drilling our own oil two years ago we would not be in this situation with Iran. Iran would not be able to use there oil for leverage against us.
We could still do it though. If we want to send a power message of our own to Iran we should pass a unanimous resolution through congress calling for the immediate drilling of oil in the part of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge that was originally set aside for oil drilling. Then pass another resolution opening up the coastlines for oil and gas exploration. There is a lot of untapped oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Also we should start converting the oil shale in Utah, Nevada and Wyoming into oil, start some coal gasification projects, and start issuing permits for nuclear power plants.
This would send a clear message to Iran that we are going energy dependent. In a few years Iran can choke on their oil cause will have our own.
That will never happen though because the enviromentalist will never allow it to happen. Even in the interest of national security will they not allow this to happen.
Let us take a moment and ponder what would a Iran with nukes be like. Lets say Iran makes some nukes. They then take a nuke and sneak it into this country through our weak border protection perhaps in a van. They place this van with the nuke in some random place in a metropolitan area. Lets say they do the same thing in some Western European country. Then they conduct a nuclear test in Iran. The world goes into panic...Iran has the bomb!
As the world reacts to the Iranian nuclear test, Tehran announces to the world that there is a bomb like the one they tested somewhere in the United States. There's another in some Western European country. The world is then informed that both of these bombs will be detonated unless certain Islamic demands are met.
What demands? Well, how about the removal of all U.S. and Western troops out of the Middle East for starters. Then all Jews are told to leave Israel or face annihilation. The U.S. is told that if we dare to defend Israel, the bomb will be detonated. At this point the Islamic fascists have complete control over the entire Middle East. All moderate Arab governments will collapse. Iran will then controll all oil supplies in the Middle East and the Western world will be held hostage to Iranian demands.
Is there anything in this scenario that is to far fetched from happening. I don't think so. It is really not that complicated of a plan. Sure there are as many scenarios as there are people who come up with them but any way you look at it Iran with a nuke is not a pleasent thought.
So what are our options at this juncture in time:
1. Diplomacy
2. Sanctions
3. Military Action
Diplomacy
Diplomacy is not going to work. The main reason it is not going to work is because the United States is seen as weak to the Arab world right now. Diplomacy only works when you are perceived as having strength.
Right after 9-11 when President George W. Bush first initiated the war against Radical Islam and we went into Afghanistan and Iraq we were seen as strong and full of resolve. The Arabic world responded to that image of strength and determination. Libya immediately halted its weapons programs. Saudi Arabia started to institute reforms that called for more democratic processes. Syria was in fear that America would not stop at its border with Iraq.
Then Democrats and the anti-war crowd started up there Bush lied people died campaign. We got the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Then we had democrats calling for a timetable in Iraq. Islamic fascists who once feared that a dangerous and resolute America had been pushed too far suddenly saw signs of weakness. The islamic terrorists knows we are loosing are will to fight.
Diplomacy? Sorry .. but we're operating from a position of weakness in any diplomatic discussions with Iran. It is just not going to work.
Sanctions
Oh sure, the U.S. could impose sanctions, but I am sure Iran learned from Saddam Hussein how to set up whatever avenues are required to assure the flow of cash needed to sustain Iran's armament program. Remember the oil for food program.
In the meantime, they would immediately crank up the public relations volume to tell the world that Iranian women and children are dying because the evil U.S. is denying Iran the funds needed for basic nutrition and health needs through the sanctions imposed against them.
Ahmadinejad is not above starving his own people to get images of death that can be broadcast worldwide and blamed on the U.S. and their sanctions.
With sanctions the United States will soon be portrayed as a evil imperialistic regime set out on a course of genocide against the Iranian people and the world media will be happy to promote that image.
Military Action
This would seem like a simple solution. We just send in the military to destroy as much of Iran's nuclear infrastructure as possible. An air raid should do the job. Just send in some bombers and thats that.
However it is just not that simple. Six months ago it may have been but not now.
See Iran has been paying attention. They know that America is worried about there image through out the world. They know there is a huge group of Americans on the left that would be outraged if we killed civilians with the use of military action. Because of this Iran knows America will not do anything militarily if military action would mean civilian deaths.
So, Ahmadinejad has surrounded the Iranian nuclear development sites with as many Iranian school children and women as possible. He has taken steps to guarantee that any Israeli or U.S. air strike against his nuclear program will result in the deaths of hundreds of women and children.
Anyways, there are the options. Aren't you glad you are not the President? I would go with military action myself. As the President of the United States I would be more concerned with protecting American lives. Besides in my opinion if Ahmadinejad wants to surround a military target with civilians then their blood is on his hands when that target is hit not ours.
However sanctions will probably be the first step from the Bush administration, but eventually I believe military action will have to be used.
The deadline for Iran to stop enriching uranium and shutdown there nuclear weapons program came to an end yesterday. Iran responded to the deadline by basically telling the world to stick it where the sun don't shine. Here is what the leader of the terrorists state Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, "The Iranian nation will not succumb to bullying, invasion and the violation of its rights." Now, that doesn't sound like a leader that is worried about the rest of the world doing something about his nuclear weapons program.
So what will happen now that they have thumbed their noses and said screw the deadline we are not stopping??? Not much of anything and Iran knows it.
President Bush says there must be consequences and says the United States will pursue sanctions against Iran, even if a majority of the U.N. Security Council won't.
But if you read further into the story andwatch whats going on behind the scenes you will find that after the mention of Iran's defiance and the president's response, we see statements from John Bolton at the U.N. that nothing is going to happen until Europe's foreign policy chief meets with Iran's top negotiator.
Once again, the United States is turning over our national security interests to the appeasing Euro-weiners of the European Union. The EU will now negotiate some sort of slap on the wrist with Iran. We will be worse off than what we were when we started because now we look even weaker in the eyes of Ahmadinejadand he will become even more bolder than before.
So the appeasment routine continues with Iran. It continues for one simple reason. Iran is playing a game with the world and they are winning the game because they know that they have something that the world needs and they have a lot of it, oil. Iran is dealing from a position of strength and they know it.
Some of you may recall that I have been giving the warning for a couple years about how our dependency on foreign oil is a huge national security risk and that we should start drilling our own oil. Do you understand the national security risk of oil dependency. If we had started drilling our own oil two years ago we would not be in this situation with Iran. Iran would not be able to use there oil for leverage against us.
We could still do it though. If we want to send a power message of our own to Iran we should pass a unanimous resolution through congress calling for the immediate drilling of oil in the part of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge that was originally set aside for oil drilling. Then pass another resolution opening up the coastlines for oil and gas exploration. There is a lot of untapped oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Also we should start converting the oil shale in Utah, Nevada and Wyoming into oil, start some coal gasification projects, and start issuing permits for nuclear power plants.
This would send a clear message to Iran that we are going energy dependent. In a few years Iran can choke on their oil cause will have our own.
That will never happen though because the enviromentalist will never allow it to happen. Even in the interest of national security will they not allow this to happen.
Let us take a moment and ponder what would a Iran with nukes be like. Lets say Iran makes some nukes. They then take a nuke and sneak it into this country through our weak border protection perhaps in a van. They place this van with the nuke in some random place in a metropolitan area. Lets say they do the same thing in some Western European country. Then they conduct a nuclear test in Iran. The world goes into panic...Iran has the bomb!
As the world reacts to the Iranian nuclear test, Tehran announces to the world that there is a bomb like the one they tested somewhere in the United States. There's another in some Western European country. The world is then informed that both of these bombs will be detonated unless certain Islamic demands are met.
What demands? Well, how about the removal of all U.S. and Western troops out of the Middle East for starters. Then all Jews are told to leave Israel or face annihilation. The U.S. is told that if we dare to defend Israel, the bomb will be detonated. At this point the Islamic fascists have complete control over the entire Middle East. All moderate Arab governments will collapse. Iran will then controll all oil supplies in the Middle East and the Western world will be held hostage to Iranian demands.
Is there anything in this scenario that is to far fetched from happening. I don't think so. It is really not that complicated of a plan. Sure there are as many scenarios as there are people who come up with them but any way you look at it Iran with a nuke is not a pleasent thought.
So what are our options at this juncture in time:
1. Diplomacy
2. Sanctions
3. Military Action
Diplomacy
Diplomacy is not going to work. The main reason it is not going to work is because the United States is seen as weak to the Arab world right now. Diplomacy only works when you are perceived as having strength.
Right after 9-11 when President George W. Bush first initiated the war against Radical Islam and we went into Afghanistan and Iraq we were seen as strong and full of resolve. The Arabic world responded to that image of strength and determination. Libya immediately halted its weapons programs. Saudi Arabia started to institute reforms that called for more democratic processes. Syria was in fear that America would not stop at its border with Iraq.
Then Democrats and the anti-war crowd started up there Bush lied people died campaign. We got the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Then we had democrats calling for a timetable in Iraq. Islamic fascists who once feared that a dangerous and resolute America had been pushed too far suddenly saw signs of weakness. The islamic terrorists knows we are loosing are will to fight.
Diplomacy? Sorry .. but we're operating from a position of weakness in any diplomatic discussions with Iran. It is just not going to work.
Sanctions
Oh sure, the U.S. could impose sanctions, but I am sure Iran learned from Saddam Hussein how to set up whatever avenues are required to assure the flow of cash needed to sustain Iran's armament program. Remember the oil for food program.
In the meantime, they would immediately crank up the public relations volume to tell the world that Iranian women and children are dying because the evil U.S. is denying Iran the funds needed for basic nutrition and health needs through the sanctions imposed against them.
Ahmadinejad is not above starving his own people to get images of death that can be broadcast worldwide and blamed on the U.S. and their sanctions.
With sanctions the United States will soon be portrayed as a evil imperialistic regime set out on a course of genocide against the Iranian people and the world media will be happy to promote that image.
Military Action
This would seem like a simple solution. We just send in the military to destroy as much of Iran's nuclear infrastructure as possible. An air raid should do the job. Just send in some bombers and thats that.
However it is just not that simple. Six months ago it may have been but not now.
See Iran has been paying attention. They know that America is worried about there image through out the world. They know there is a huge group of Americans on the left that would be outraged if we killed civilians with the use of military action. Because of this Iran knows America will not do anything militarily if military action would mean civilian deaths.
So, Ahmadinejad has surrounded the Iranian nuclear development sites with as many Iranian school children and women as possible. He has taken steps to guarantee that any Israeli or U.S. air strike against his nuclear program will result in the deaths of hundreds of women and children.
Anyways, there are the options. Aren't you glad you are not the President? I would go with military action myself. As the President of the United States I would be more concerned with protecting American lives. Besides in my opinion if Ahmadinejad wants to surround a military target with civilians then their blood is on his hands when that target is hit not ours.
However sanctions will probably be the first step from the Bush administration, but eventually I believe military action will have to be used.
Houston paying huge price for Katrina evacuees.
Last week on Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume they reported on some statistics on the increase in crime in Houston, Texas since the Katrina evacuees showed up. Since Katrina, Houston has experienced a 17% increase in homicides. At least 34 murders have been committed by Katrina evacuees. The price tag to Houstonians for the increased crime related to Katrina evacuees is around $18 million.
This is not at all surprising to me. This was the same crime culture that plagued the city of New Orleans. I just feel sorry for the people of Houston who now have a big problem on their hands because the likelihood of the evacuees ever returning to New Orleans is slim.
By the way... Is it still accurate to call them Katrina evacuees at this point...hmmm how about Katrina floaters...or Katrina debris.
This is not at all surprising to me. This was the same crime culture that plagued the city of New Orleans. I just feel sorry for the people of Houston who now have a big problem on their hands because the likelihood of the evacuees ever returning to New Orleans is slim.
By the way... Is it still accurate to call them Katrina evacuees at this point...hmmm how about Katrina floaters...or Katrina debris.
CNN Kyra Phillips takes national bathroom break.
Oooooops!!! Looks like someone at CNN has messed up again.
Last week durring coverage of President Bush's Katrina Aniversary speech someone decided to leave anchor Kyra Phillips mic on while the president was speaking. Well apparently Kyra didn't know her mic was on and decided to use the ladies room. [video].
So while the CNN audience watched the President give his speech what they actually heard was Phillips using the restroom. They heard her unzip and zip up. A conversation with a co-worker about her brother and his apparent "control freak" wife. This went on for almost 90 seconds.
Now 90 seconds is an eternity in broadcasting. One has to wonder if anyone at CNN was even watching the speech to allow this to happen for 90 seconds. One also wonders if CNN did see it happen and just allowed it to continue for a while. It's not the first time they have screwed up a Bush Administration speech. Remember the black X on Vice President Cheney's head. Who knows...
There is one thing for sure. Thanksgiving at the Phillips house is going to be real interesting this year. Calling your sister in law a "control freak" on National Television will do that. To bad there won't be an open mic at that table. Maybe we can get one of those ridiculous reality TV shows started off of this incident.
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