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11/02/07  12:24 pm PST

     Sometimes my thoughts are ahead of the news....such was my post on Hillary Clinton nee Rodham.  How was I to know that she would begin to prove my thesis at the Democratic Presidential Debate just ended?  Even the iron lady has a difficult time keeping every bit of every bit in the world at her fingertips.  Oh well.  That certainly won't last once nominated.
     And, then today, lo and behold, a picture of Hillary at her college graduation pops up on MichelleMalkin.com! How lucky is that for me?  Check it and make your own judgement about what I said in my previous post.   If I were more techie, I could probably find a way to reprint that here, but I am not, alas!!
     Then, I find that fully 8 out of the top 10 blogs are my daily reads.  But not just that, I come across a site that shows the most visited blogs and again 5 of mine are in the top 10.  What are the odds of that?  Again, if I were a bit geekier, I would post the image of the Internet put together by MIT students I believe.  It is a picture that resembles a galaxy and the denser points are the most visited blogs.  But, not only can't I post it here, I have to spend lots of time trying to find it again.  I am sure I bookmarked it, but to which bookmark?  And although I try not to bookmark all, there must be a couple of hundred sub marks under the 4-6 dozen bookmark folders.  See what I mean....I am helpless.  Too old, not enough time and not geeky enough.
     Boy, but am I having fun!!
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Life Sucks for College Graduates!!

11/02/07

The World's Smallest Violin
Think you've got problems? Let Ken Ilgunas offer you some perspective. Ken's got problems, and the Buffalo News has generously offered him space to tell the world about them:

I am 24, live with my parents, can't find work and am floundering in a sea of debt five figures high. I think of myself as ambitious, independent and hardworking. Now I'm dependent, unemployed and sleeping under the same Super Mario ceiling fan that I did when I was 7.

How did this happen? I did what every upstanding citizen is supposed to do. I went to college. . . .Upon graduating, I was helplessly launched headfirst into the "real world," equipped with a degree in history and $32,000 in student loans. Before ricocheting back home, I would learn two important lessons: 1) There are no well-paying--let alone paying--jobs for history majors. 2) The real world is really tough.

At one point, Ken was so "desperate" that he even considered working for a bank or an insurance company! "I had hit an all-time low. Could I surrender my soul for health coverage and a steady income? Could I sacrifice my ideals by falling into line?" Our hero stood firm:

My loan payments can't wait much longer, and soon I must leave home to find work that doesn't compromise my integrity. Although I sometimes wonder what it would be like if I had declared as an accounting major and got a cushy job punching numbers somewhere, I'll take my history major, my debt and my mom's cooking any day of the week.

Of course, if he had majored in economics, he might understand that government subsidies are a reason college costs are so high. Anyway, he can always take the Brady Center approach: You don't like debt? Drop out of school.


Permission granted to reprint via James Taranto of Opinion Journal courtesy
of the Wall St. Journal published October 26, 2007.  Why waste everybody's
time when good writers put it out there.  Thanks James!!



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More evidence.....

11/11/07 11:30 a.m. PST


From realclearpolitics this date:

Hillary's direct quote in her inestimable words:

     "I am not in favor of this rush for war, but I'm also not in favor of doing nothing. Iran is seeking nuclear weapons," Clinton said in defending her stance. "And the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is in the forefront of that, as they are in the sponsorship of terrorism."

    Directly confronting her critics, the senator said, "So some may want a false choice between rushing to war, which is the way the Republicans sound -- it's not even a question of whether, it's a question of when and what weapons to use -- and doing nothing.

   "I prefer vigorous diplomacy. And I happen to think economic sanctions are part of vigorous diplomacy."

   Has there even been a problem here in America or in the world that has been 100% solved because of honest, truthful, followed diplomacy?  I don't believe so.  It is the height of irresponsibility to believe that you can believe liars and cheats...we do so at our own peril!  Here is a copy of my email to Kevin Sullivan of Real Clear Politics who believes we should talk, talk, talk:

How does ones engage in diplomatic talks, when one side is lying to gain its goals.  Cheats when necessary to accomplish them.  And, more important, if their "god" tells them this is O.K. to do and it has been successfully done for over 1300 years to achieve ends, why would anyone
with a brain believe or depend on a word they utter?





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See what I mean....???

11/01/07  11:11 a.m. PST

FROM FactCheck.org email:

Hillary's High-Stepping
October 31, 2007
The Democratic front-runner bobs and weaves at a candidate debate in Philadelphia.
Summary

At a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Sen. Hillary Clinton ducked some questions and gave misleading answers to others.
  • She falsely implied that the reason White House documents about her communications with her husband haven't been released is due to bureaucratic delays, and she avoided saying whether she would ask Bill Clinton to clear their release from the National Archives.
  • She avoided a yes-or-no answer to whether she supports giving New York driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and at one point denied saying the idea made sense, when in fact she said less than two weeks earlier that it "makes a lot of sense."
  • She avoided saying what, if anything, she would do about Social Security taxes or benefits, saying a commission should study the system "if" it has problems, and saying that acting as though the troubled system is in "crisis" is "a Republican trap."
    
Note: This is a summary only. The full article with analysis, images and citations may be viewed on our Web site:
                                  FactCheck.org
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Mrs. Hillary Clinton nee Rodham

11/01/07 10:22 a.m. PST


     Hillary Clinton is awaiting her turn at being president of the United States.  After all, that was the "contract" she made with Bill.  Whether the contract was non-verbal,  verbal or in writing matters little.  All of us make contracts with those we are involved in relationships with.  That is one of the ways we make relationships work.  It is when we make contracts with each other based on wishful thinking, that we get into trouble.  Sometimes, very serious trouble.  Sometimes, it costs us our life.  But, getting back to Hillary, I have often wondered just when the contract to "get Bill to the highest level possible and then get Hillary there after" got made.  With what little you can read that is factual about the ex First Lady, is may be hard to figure out, but not totally impossible.   I have read that her father was ex-military and strict.  Hillary was already chafing at her fathers rules, whether valid or not. Where was her mother?  She may well have been around my age, but she was in college and I was married with two children and a full time job.  Did Hillary appreciate that she was in college?  Did she consider it her due?  Did she understand her place of privilege? 
     Now, go back and look at the pictures of Hillary as a young girl, college girl and then married woman.  Think, if you are woman its much easier, but you can see a very smart young female but not at all good looking.  She is certainly not pretty.   How then did Bill not only notice her but ultimately marry her?  This is what I think:  she was very political and outspoken, very determined, very into the "feminist" movement but understood two things:  power was in the almost exclusive purview of men, period and she would have to corral a "strong star" to have any impact.  Bill Clinton was that "star".   Very smart, personable, glib speaking,  good looking and hungry for the good things in life.  Bill didn't care how he got them, but get them he would.  He was a Rhodes Scholar.  He had the future at his fingertips.  Hillary wasn't stupid then or now.  She corralled him, I believe, by talking truth to his ego.  "You're smart, you're great, you've got everything it will take to achieve greatness...let's partner up and I'll get you there....?  No?  I think that is exactly what went down...maybe a change here and there or a variation in theme, but the contract was simple: "I Hillary will protect you, get you there and in return, you will do the same for me."  "I will support us, give us one child and make as much money as I can to get you where you want to go, but, you will return the favor." 
     Did Hillary know about Bills predilection for women?  Of course,  But Hillary's sexuality was the least important of Hillary's desires.  She didn't want to be part of Gloria Steinham's "movement"....she knew that was a lost cause for the next thirty years,  perhaps  longer.  But if she could maneuver Bill into politics, after all , that was all he was good at, then she would be the power behind the throne.   Hillary applied herself to her goals for the next thirty years and achieved the impossible.  She took a man the country knew nothing about who governed a state at the bottom of the states and using her "talents" and destroyed what she couldn't turn to her favor and made drones of her supporters.  They, like Bill, want power and today, with Hillary at the helm, they expect to remake this country in an image the average American would be horrified of if they ever became aware of Hillary desires.  She has believed her own press,  fervently, since she made her choices over forty years ago.  I honestly don't believe that Hillary is honest, truthful or moral.  But, in her defense, her definitions of what those words mean is completely the opposite of what I believe them to be.    How else to  explain the Hard Left in this country?  Hillary is no Bill in demeanor, but she is more Bill than Bill when it comes to determination and guts.  She will get what she wants today or all hell will break lose.   A woman scorned is bad enough, but a Hillary Clinton scorned?  Look out!


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HEH!!

10/28/07 12:30 pm PST

ENJOY:

SO WHO IS DOING THE WORK?

The population of the USA is 300 million.


160 million are retired.


That leaves 140 million to do the work.


There are  85 million in school.


Which leaves 55 million to do the work.


Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.  


Leaving 15 million to do the work.


2.8 million are in the armed forces insuring our freedom and homeland security. 


Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.  


Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city governments.  


And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.  


At any given time there are 188, 000 people in hospitals.


Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.  


Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.  


That leaves just two people to do the work.  

 

You and me.  

 

And there you are

sitting on your Butt,


at your computer, reading jokes.  


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 Nice. Real nice !


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My response to: liren08

10/28/07 10:43 a.m. PST  REFERENCE:  January 19, 200712:53  Post

liren08, thanks for the "comment".

My first and most immediate response is to simply not respond at all.  But, in closely reading liren08, I see my own frustration. As I noted in my original piece, I trust my source completely, and I also know that the behavior of politicians, celebrities, the rich and powerful usually descend to this level of arrogance.  And, there are more people on this planet who are more like this than not.  The reason it is relevant is because Hillary is trying to become (and unfortunately for this country, probably will) president.  This makes everything one can know about her crucial.

liren08, why do you automatically assume that I am a republican?  Because my blog is at this site?  I have other blogs at different sites.  Why do you make the automatic assumption this is a "smear"?  Why do you insist on calling facts about a persons character "attacks" if they are true?  And, how do you know that they aren't?

liren08, no, I do not, as you seem to do, think you or those with your thoughts are evil, jerks or uncaring.  You will note that my January post had to do with Hillary's behavior that if you had been carefully reading for the past fifteen years, you would have picked up on.  Granted, nowhere near with the frequency of the other side's indiscretions because the media is biased, but certainly there was sufficient information out there to make a person totally unaware of her,  prior to l991, curious about her.    I learned long ago that in order to know a person, however well, you must first know where that person comes from, whom they come from in order to begin to understand.  Hillary's father was ex-military, and from the little I can read about her, he was very strict.  Nothing about her mom.  But, her experiences at college speak volumes, pictures of her at that time also tell us a lot.  You, and indeed, she may not wish to go back there, but those of us who are scared sick of this female, do.  You cannot blindly follow!  And, that, in fact, is the difference between you and me.  I wish to know everything I can about those that will my impact my grandchildren's future.  Do you?  She does not!!  Check it out.

liren08, I marched for Women's Rights here in my state of California!  I broke the clothes barrier at my place of employment with my "gay" female boss.  I marched for Equal Rights for everyone.  But, in the decades since, I have watched with horror as the "women" of this country used abortion as their choice of birth control!  I have watched the dumbing down of our children in education to be "fair" to everyone.  In the name of getting along or "multiculturalism" I have watched as our holidays have been done away with while others' have not.  I have watched the repeat of the hatred spewed during the Viet Nam War on our soldiers and I understand their pain.  My family member was a POW for over four years!  So don't for one minute believe I believe a word the left or the tinfoil hatted leftist loons say about their "support" of our troops.  These are the grandparents, parents and children of those years that spit on our men coming back and who today have aligned themselves with people who have hated what American has been and is for hundreds of years.  These are the people who wish "government" could control our lives because they honestly feel we don't have the brains to do it ourselves.  No, liren08, these "people" know that there is much they can accomplish with hate,  And, although you and I may value "intelligent" discourse, please listen to what is being said by the haters so that you may understand that they are even wiling to support those islamic fanatics who wish to do away with the infidels or anyone who will destroy this country as it is, at all and any costs!   They will support them until their heads, mine and yours are bobbing down the blood flooded streets of America.  That is true hatred, my friend!

And finally, because I am an atheist, I can only wish you the blessings of the universe we inhabit.
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UUUGGGHHHH!!!

10/20/2007

Trying to "edit" the post on General Sanchez and hit the publish button. Oh, well.  And, it needed editing, too!

My bad.
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Sanchez's Scream!!

10/20/2007

It is imperative that each and every one of us lets everybody we can about how we feel when they "open mouth" and stick their feet in!!!  Daniel Henninger is, I firmly believe, one of the elites.  This was my response to his article on General Sanchez:


Date:   Fri, October 19th, 2007

Subject:
Re: Gen. Sanchez's Scream

Comment:
There are simply, Mr. Henninger, no words descriptive enough in our lexicon to clearly demonstrate the hatred of the liberal establishment and its elites, not only for this country, this administration but the military and the American people.   In their eyes we are stupid and need to be told how we should live.  I strongly believe that with the backing of the MSM and the tinfoil hatted leftist loons in this country, America has been so damaged that it can never again be that great experiment on planet earth or that hope: "the city on the hill".  You, your ilk and the media have destroyed what was best and greatest of America.  That most certainly, sir, includes the military.    If as the liberals are fond of saying "Bush lied, people died", then it must be said with absolute truth that the media lied twice and put its knife in the back of this great country's back, and tens of millions all over the planet died and continue to do so.

Sincerely!
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10/15/07 2:28 pm PST


I have been trying to get this as close as I could....BUT, never in a million years did I imagine that homo sapiens could be so barbaric:

     According to R. J. Rummel, the world’s expert on democide (which refers to governments intentionally killing people), during the 20th century, four communist dictatorships killed more than 146,079 million people (Chinese communists–80,170,000; Soviet communists–61,911,000; Cambodian communists–2,035,000; and the North Korean communists–1,663,000) (See http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM.)

And the tinfoil hatted leftist loons could care less.  What a compassionate group of folks!!!!

Question:  what exactly can we expect the Islamofascists to do this century?  Certainly nothing they have not been doing for 1300 centuries, but how many more people will R.J. Rummel need to count than last century, because of them?


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Health Care....

10-11-07  9:31 PST

from polipundit.com 10/10 post......oh what fun!!


"Thousands of Britons who have taken early retirement and moved to France are to lose free health care under radical reforms introduced by France’s new president.

During his election campaign earlier this year Mr Sarkozy said: “If you think 53 makes you old enough to retire, then fine, go ahead and retire. But don’t expect the state to pay for it.”

As a result, thousands of Britons living across France were sent “brutal” letters last week from the department of social security informing them that they would no longer be welcomed as non-paying customers of France’s hugely efficient - and traditionally extremely generous - national health service.

The letter stated that, under a change of rules which is due to take effect on Sept 30, any foreign resident who had retired early would lose their right to free state health care."


Brits retire at 53?   Who knew, but in the end, this is what it comes to in France, finally.  It is ready to catch up to Briton and other nations shortly.  We will see them fall like dominos!!



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10/11/07  8:32 a.m. pst

My contribution to a "discussion" on captainsquarters.com on Atlas Shrugged, an Ayn Rand novel (time difference is because I'm in the West):

Posted by Sue | October 11, 2007 10:30 AM

I read AS in my early 30's and it gave me different perspectives to add to my already questing mind. I had been a "bleeding heart liberal" without truly understanding what it was I was actually blindly supporting. AS was definitely long, tedious and I didn't read every word of the speech and I didn't go further into her works. But, the basic ideas, based as they were after experiencing Russia, socialism and fascism were manna for me. I didn't go to college like so many of you above, but, that didn't mean I didn't read, read and read. I just didn't read the stuff most of you did and I still came out of my 30's with my own philosophy. Some of what I believe is based on the Judeo-Christian principles; some on Ayn Rand and much, much more on my own questions, thought processes, watching and listening to everything around me. I have always started with the "why" of a thing. Proceeded to a conclusion and became a self described center conservative. I know for instance that working hard is not a guarantee of wealth accumulation or success except in a person's personal, private life. Respect of oneself and others is paramount to living a decent and clean life...one cannot exist without the other. Responsibility to oneself, others and the world is necessary for a balanced life. But, the knowledge that 98% of homo sapiens subsist to get the most of whatever they can regardless of the cost to others and that the remaining 2% may never be enough to get this world to a higher evolutionary level, can, if allowed to be, very depressing. I understand that people are basically like toddlers: selfish, narcissistic, mean, loving, curious, self absorbed, and dangerous to themselves and others. But toddlers are also beautiful because at that age they can learn so much. Toddlers don't label themselves or stick to untenable positions. But, toddlers don't really think either. They just exist in their world and enjoy life if it is good.

To Bonnie...hear, hear gal: Mitch Rapoport; Mike@ 4:55p.m., Chemical Engineer thanks for letting me see that Two Percenters are truly out there.

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LIES? Damn lies? What lies????

10/10/07  8:l8 a.m.

On reading captainsquarters.com post of this date "....S-chip debate..."

My comment:
Would you someday, if time ever permits, list those "right" conservative blogs that lost their minds over this?  Seriously, the blogs I read do not do this...yes, some commentators do, but those are not bloggers.  You are but one of many I hear use the term "right" conservatives when an issue is fought over fiercely.  I honestly would like to know where I go to read the "right" conservatives mentioned.  The difference, I think and believe, is that usually the majority of voices that rise up to are the liberals and those tinfoil hatted leftist loons for which "reason of the mind" simply does not exist to spew hate, dishonesty and smears against the right of whatever makeup it is.  This is their m.o. and it works beautifully and has for decades.  Scream at the top of your lungs that so and so is racist, xenophobic, homophobic or chauvinistic pig, and the world follows you...

   From sciencedaily.com the beginning of the article is of interest:

    " Negativity Is Contagious, Study Finds (October 7, 2007) -- Though we may not care to admit it, what other people think about something can affect what we think about it. This is how critics become influential and why our parents' opinions about our life choices continue to matter, long after we've moved out. But what kind of opinions have the most effect? A new study reveals that negative opinions cause the greatest attitude shifts, not just from good to bad, but also from bad to worse. ... >"

The left has been negative for literally the entire history of this country and over time they have discovered that people who are not "properly" informed, will listen and ultimately believe the lies and dishonesty.

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AN APOLOGY...

09/25/2007  12:51 pst

     An apology is due to anyone out there that may read this blog from time to time.  I started it with the full intention to blog at least several times a week if not daily.  And I have come to admire anyone who has the depth of commitment and the time to do it well.  Every single one of the blogs that I visit daily with a particular emphasis on a few, take up quite a bit of early morning time.  In fact, I have found it unnecessary to even listen to the news on a daily basis.  Unless, of course, I want to know, locally, who got killed, where and why or perhaps something local.  Otherwise, I have come to find that the news is not simply news any more.  The anchors feels it is incumbent upon them to personalize their comments or vent their particular bias to the audience.    So, I get my news from my blogs, their links and so I am saved a couple of hours of television viewing.  Even the weather and traffic can be more immediate on the web.  I can well see that in a decade or so, television news will go the way the print media is headed: oblivion.
     I have, come to some conclusions about blogs, their proprietors, guests and commentators.  There are indepth blogs such as Captains Quarters, Patterico's Pontifications,  No Left Turns, Polipundit and many more.  Any article I wish to read can usually be read at the writers website or blog.  Discussions can be a  variety  of subjects, or focused in on on issue.  Some blog sites I visit daily point me in directions I might not have found on my own.  But as a general rule, I do not read print media on the internet specifically.  I do, however, read some print in doctor and dentist offices which I frequent this time of year because of the grandchildren.  There are occasions when I wish I could have the rag or magazine at home to finish, but very, very rarely.  For home subscriptions, I read Archaeology, Scientific American and through them other links of interest to me personally.   In addition, I receive roughly 24 emails from sites of interest:  Wall Street Journal,
Front Page, Slashdot,  The Heritage Foundation, The David all Group...to name just a few.  Each have great information most of the time so I spend another chunk of time.  So, by the time I get frustrated sufficiently to think about posting, I have run out of time. 
      It occurs to me that there is so much out there that maybe I should focus more.  I can't.  Oh, I do make the calls to Senators and Representatives, email the President, deans of colleges and others to complain or praise for it is necessary to do both.  But, simply put, I would have to be without any responsibilities of any kind to post more than I have.  It then occurs to me that if I can read the sites mentioned, then others I know do by the tens of thousands so what I write can only be another view.  Is another view necessary with so many views out there?   Yes and No.  If I cannot find a view similar to mine then I will post, or if I comment on a blog that I think might make sense to you all, I'll post that.  In a nutshell I will post differently than the sites I visit daily and hope that I can be of service.
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Evangelicals....




I spent fifteen years traveling to states all over this great country and because I had to, I spent two weeks in a different place each year. Never once, not once, did anyone ever get in my face about their religion. As a member of a group of 2 million paid members, 4-5,000 of which I spent those two weeks with, never once, not once did anyone get in my face about any kind of "religion"....Where, oh where are all of these people that are called evangelicals? You know, those people who try to live peaceful, decent lives. People who try not to steal, cheat and turn a blind eye to hopelessness and despair. People who help the poor and give more money to charity than any other group in the world? People who are hated with so much anger that it is a wonder they are not being fed to the lions again. OH, BUT WAIT UNTIL A DEMOCRAT GETS THE PRESIDENCY...then watch the lions be let loose of their cages. Who are you people? Where do you live? Among who do you live? And, what kind of family surrounds you?

Personally, I can't wait for the Caliphate to come to America under Sharia Law....then we'll see just who exactly you are so afraid of. When my head is bobbing down that blood flooded street, my only consolation is that yours will be bobbing in front, behind and beside mine. Kudos to liberal orthodoxy!!!! Long live the tinfoil hatted leftist loons running our universities.


Gee, I was pretty upset when I wrote this, but it's the truth!!

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