War

There is only one final justification for going to war. VICTORY. Else, stay out of the fray. War is a nasty dirty mean business. You break things and kill people. In war there is only one rule of engagement. Kill the enemy before he kills you. Any thing less and victory will elude your grasp. Victory has to be achieved before there is peace. Nation building, social justice, humanitarianism, etc. are feign reasons for going to war. World War II is the last time we were actually victorious over the enemy, and actually achieved peace. You can not achieve peace with an enemy sitting as your equal eager to spit in your eye, or more likely slit your throat.

Obama - Smart or Dumb?

From ABC via the Drudge Report: "On Thursday (June 23, 2011) at Fort Drum, President Obama told troops from the 10th Mountain Division that he previously "had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn't receiving it posthumously." Wrong. Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti was actually killed in Afghanistan on June 21, 2006. In September 2009, President Obama awarded him the Medal of Honor posthumously."

Is this guy a nit-wit or does he intentionally make such gaffs? This is only one in a long line of previous gaffs. Is he just totally inept that he can't remember the circumstances under which he awarded the Medal of Honor? It is not something done routinely and easily forgotten. If he is the "smartest person" as labeled by so many in the national news media, how is it he makes so many "dumb" gaffs? Where are the journalists on this? Poor old Dan Quayle is still getting grief from them on the one gaff he made.

Lexicon of new words in today's political environment

I've come to begin to learn a lexicon of new words and phrases descriptive of today's political environment. With the advent more and more of corrupt politicians we now have the word "corruptocrat" to appropriately describe them. With the ever unending expansion of government at all levels we now have the phrase "culture of bureaucracy expansion" to describe government meddling in all aspect of our lives. With the government sponsored Fast and Furious project to run guns from the United States to Mexico we now have the term "gunwalkers" instead of gunrunners. They just simply walk the guns across the border under the cover of government protection. And, then we have the pathetic pervert Anthony Weiner who did a "twitter-ectomy" to his glorious career. Need more be said? Then, we have the 2,700 pages of "obamacare" no one understands for which certain political insiders ask and receive exemptions. Huh? And, too, we have "obamanomics" with the distinct odor of the shadowy Cloward-Piven strategy the goal of which is to bring the capitalistic system to financial ruin by overloading and undermining the government bureaucracy with the over reach of government to tax and spend beyond our means and then to resurrect the government in the image of the Cloward-Piven socialistic manifesto.

Fed Up, by Texas Gov. Rick Perry - Part 3

More quotes from Governor Rick Perry's book, Fed Up:

Texans have a different view of the world than do the nine oligarchs in robes.

As a result of activism that makes the Court's jurisprudence on the First Amendment almost incomprehensible, the ability of the people to practice their faith freely is jeopardized

We Texans like our guns. We don't like meddlesome statists who want to infringe on our right to keep and bear them.

The federal government's lack of focus on its appropriate--and constitutional--responsibilities weakens the rule of law and makes the nation less secure.

One of Washington's greatest failures has been its unwillingness to secure our nation's borders. . . . Our broken borders put lives at risk. They make a mockery of the rule of law.

The federal government's actions (to secure the southern border) fall somewhere between raging incompetence and outright dereliction of duty.

We can have all the immigration debates we want, but Americans are demanding that the border be secure first.

The unsustainable fiscal wreck created after decades of Washington run amok is now threatening the government' paramount security function.

A 2006 report by the Texas controller's office found that approximately 135,000 undocumented students in Texas public schools cost the state $957 million in just the 2004-2005 school year.

(My note: Some moron commentator on TV the other day when told Texas created more jobs in 2010 than all the other states together replied, "Yes, but they are the second lowest in education." The nutcake commentator doesn't understand how difficult it is to rise to the top in education when you are trying to educate 135,000 or more students that can't speak English.)

Why I will no Longer Vote Democrat (from a blog)

This is something I picked up from another blog. Its kind of long, but can be read in about five minutes. I think it is interesting from the perspective of a person (Democrat) that finally had a moment of truth and came to see the Democrats for what they really are. Click on the link to read.

http://ignoredreality.blog.com/?p=13

Oath of Office - Congress

Following is the Oath of Office persons elected to Congress take upon assuming office:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

Since men of power in Congress have problems with suppressing their wayward ways and sexual proclivities, I propose the following be added to the oath.

And, I hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will conduct myself at all times with honor in a manner above reproach and befitting of the office I am about to assume: So help me God.

This way they can be immediately "booted" when they are exposed (pun intended) for violation of their oath of office.

Rick Perry - President?

Governor Rick Perry of Texas may well be the dark horse last out of the gate but first across the finish line. More and More I hear his name quietly whispered among the television political pundits. Perry has a stellar 10-year record as governor of the country's second largest state. He has managed an economy during the Obama recession second to none. The current jobless rate in Texas is 7.7% whereas it is 9.1% nation wide. The past year Texas has gained 254,200 jobs, more the past year than the other 49 states combined, and with 1,000 people a day moving to Texas. And, that does not include the illegal immigrants. In 2010 the Texas economy was $1.286 trillion, the 13th largest world wide just behind Russia, the 12th largest. As of April 2010 The Texas annual real economic growth rate was 3% whereas the national rate was 1.3%. Texas does not have an income tax. The legislature meets only once every two years and then for only 140 days (less time for mischief) unless called to a special session by the governor for specific legislation. The Texas Constitution requires the legislature pass a balanced 2-year budget each regular session.

A Perry-Palin ticket would be plausible. She served notably as the governor of Alaska, the largest state. She has an unsurpassed record of conservatism and financial stewardship of taxpayers money. A Perry-Palin ticket would excite conservatives, but frustrate the eastern Republican elites. Therein lies the biggest obstacle. The likes of Rove, Krauthammer, Crystal, Noonan, et al can never see their way to accept and support the likes of two "hicks" from the hinterland, Texas and Alaska. Perry is a graduate of Texas A&M and Palin graduated from the University of Idaho. They don't have that Harvard-Yale smell about them.

I don't about you all, but I've had it with our country being run by "super intellectuals" from Harvard and Yale. I'm ready for some leadership with everyday ordinary common sense.