Ding dong Saddam is dead!

A Happy New Year indeed!

Just read an excellent post from North American Patriot. Still don't believe the Islamic threat? Take a gander at this post and see if it doesn't bring things into perspective.

time to recover

I don't want to say that I was entirely surprised by the results of the election (I held out hope things would go very differently). I knew it wasn't going to be good when, on voting day, in the booth next to me, a thirty-something mom of at least two, that she had with her, was asked by her daughter, who appeared to be about the age of 12, "why aren't you voting Republican Mom?" And the mother's response was "because I don't agree with Bush...(and on and on and on with a civic lesson that was completely inappropriate in a polling facility). BTW, I know it is necessary sometimes to have the kiddies tag along when you go to cast your vote, I've done it several times, but this is definitely a time when "to be seen and not heard" is a good rule of thumb! Voting is done in separate semi-private cubicles (or something to that effect) for a reason. It is a private decision that should not be influenced or 'bothered' or 'aggravated' by other voters and certainly not other voters explaining to their children why they are or are not voting a certain way. Not only is this rude but could also be considered voter intimidation! Save the civic lesson for home, or at least confine it to the sign-in area prior to the actual voting area!) But I digress...
I certainly never got the blue flu like our fellow Dems did following their fallout after the last two presidential elections but there were aspects of the rolling tide that did take me back and cause me, like I hope it did many other Republicans, to think. After taking a real hard look at the results of the election, not just the red vs the blue, it is obvious that this was not exactly a win for the Democrats. What becomes very apparent is that a great many of those with conservative values shifted away from the Republican party. And with good reason; a great many in the Republican party shifted away from conservative values.
So what needs to be done? The Republicans need to work to pass the things they were put in office to tackle. Securing the Border WITHOUT amnesty, passing Social Security Reform, making the Bush Tax cuts permanent, show the laymen some shred of evidence of progress in Iraq (I take exception to the idea of all of a sudden needing to justify our actions in Iraq - hello, remember 9/11?! But that is a separate post all together)...and by God clean up their acts!!
The unfortunate and tragic part is Republicans had the opportunity to strong arm these changes through following Bush's reelection; and should have! Bipartisanship be damned, they had a referendum! Now it will be virtually impossible to make any headway in the issues that really matter. So for those who went to the poles to teach the Bush Administration a lesson, thank you very little. I understand your frustration, I do, but don't expect any great strides to come of such an impulsive and irresponsible move.

what's real/important?

It’s time to get a grip, take a realistic look at the facts that are known, and focus on what is really important. It is a real tragedy that there are those, even in the houses of congress, who will exploit children. It is criminal and perverse and should be punished without question. However, there are those on the left that are using this matter to try to influence elections in November.
So what do we know? According to reports, three years ago there were “innocuous” emails sent to the victim, a then 16 year old page, by Rep Foley. The parents of the victim reported the matter to officials in congress and requested only that Rep Foley cease all communications with their son. Rep Foley was questioned; he denied any wrong doing and agreed to stop communicating with the victim. The parents indicated that they were satisfied with the actions taken by Congress officials.
Fast forward three years… Speaker Hasstert was made aware on Friday, September 30, 2006, that Rep Foley has been sending salacious IM’s (instant messages) to the now adult, former victim page. Upon being notified, Speaker Hasstert immediately requested and received Rep Foley’s resignation and has demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.
The left would have us believe that this is something that Republicans knew all along and kept quiet until the left bravely, and conveniently, brought to the attention of the public. At this point there is no indication that the left’s position has any basis in fact. It’s all speculation.
Going into the elections the left needs the public to focus on ANYTHING but the issues and how much progress the Republicans have made. Just to name a few advances the Dems want us to ignore: thanks to the Presidents tax cuts, our economy is BOOMING! Progress made in the war on terrorism has made us safer here at home. The war in IRAQ is far more successful than popularly reported in the media. Measures have been passed that address some of the issues with illegal immigration. We now have prescriptions for all seniors at lower prices and educators are being held more accountable for educating our children.
In a hypocritical move the left wants us to focus on the contrived and possibly non-existent failings of the Republican Party majority in dealing with the issues surrounding the Foley incident. Of course they forget how nonchalant they were about the sexual exploits of their supreme master “Slick Willy”. When Bill Clinton was derelict in his duties and ignoring national security, while taking advantage of the intern pool, the left cried foul that anyone would dare stick their noses into the “personal” affairs of the president in a consensual relationship.
In using the left’s position, if the Republican officials took care of the problem to the satisfaction of the parents of the juvenile victim when he was a juvenile (and unable to consent), how is it an issue worth attention if these IM’s were exchanged between the now adult (and now able to consent) ex-page and Rep Foley? The conduct is disgusting and immoral but now that it is occurring between consenting adults how is it an issue?
I think it is a mistake for the left to make such a political gamble in this matter.
It’s a typical smear campaign designed to obfuscate the fact that the Democrats have no plan and no new ideas to promote. They (Democrats) still think the American people are more concerned with sexual scandals than with national security. Sad. I certainly don’t want someone who is that ignorant of what is really important representing me!

Clinton Meltdown

I couldn't be more pleased to see 'Slick Willy' lose it on Fox News! I so despised him as our president and Commander-in-Chief, and held such contempt for him as a human being that I actually left a very successful active duty career to be out from under his whims and atrocities! His very carriage and demeanor back then (and now) made me sick. And I'm not talking about his affairs and sexual escapades! I couldn't care less who he was playing with or who he did or "did not have sexual realtions with". I kept wondering why everyone was falling for his crap. He never answered a question, never, and yet everyone around me seemed to be mesmerized by his nonsensical quips. I have been waiting for the day when he was so flustered and completely without his game that he stuttered, stammered, threatened and spit all over himself! And that is EXACTLY what he did! He blustered at Chris Wallace and went totally mental accusing him of some conspiracy. He and Hillary have been conspiring against this country and everyone around them for so long I believe ole Willy is having a break from reality. Or perhaps entering reality for the first time? The Democrats and FOB would have us believe that 'Slick Willy' knew exactly what he was doing. Oh sure, he planned the whole thing to show his passion, his concern for our safety, his attention to detail and his courageous decisions against the terrorist threat during his unfortunate (unbelievable) 2 terms in office, all to help his socialist wife in her bid for the White House. That's right, he is so clever, strategic and charismatic that he set up the whole spit flying, finger pointing, I'm gonna get you, foul- you can't ask me that kind of question, well, well, I took it real serious, see, see, I knew what I was doing the whole time she was under the desk, I was playing golf so I couldn't know but I told them to get him, I didn't prepare a well thought out not quite the truth and it depends on how you define the word 'and' response, so there, answer! Yeah, that's right it was all a big play to hedge his old lady's bets in 2008. Well, maybe it was convincing to the Left camp and maybe in the freaky alternate realm they prefer to live in they will actually be able to convice themselves that that is what happened but, no, he lost it! and....I am LOVING it! Play it again, Fox! Again, again, again!

good day in congress

the republican run congress parted with president bush on his amnesty plan to bring millions of illegal immigrants into the mainstream, and all i can say is alleluia!! - yes, i did say i am happy that they parted with bush. his amnesty immigration reform has put a real strain on my loyal support for him. it is the one area i staunchly disagree!
friday, sept 29,2006 congress passed and sent to president bush for signing :

1- the secure fence bill, which authorizes and allocates 1.2 billion to build a fence along 1/3 (700 miles) of the us-mexico border (a bill mexico will lobby against). -okay, it's only a third but it is a start. i was so hoping for a fence and a bill that would emphasize enforcement of our current laws instead of amnesty! and it looks like congress listened to its constituents on this one!

2- the homeland security spending bill, which allows more hiring of border agents and the building of detention facilities to house illegals until they can be deported. -again more enforcement, and how about that, detention facilities whose sole purpose is to detain with intent to deport! deport them all!

and for those of us who believe in staying the course, finishing what we set out to do (a major bone of contention for those of us who served during the gulf war):
3- a bill allowing military commissions to prosecute terrorist suspects with legislation and defines the geneva convention - unbelievable that it would be necessary to have to define the geneva convention which is pretty clear and plain spoken, and doesn't apply to terrorists by the very definition of a terrorist, but okay. and to be able to prosecute terrorists, can anyone believe that anyone, any true american, would think it was in any way questionable to prosecute a terrorist?

4- $448 billion defense spending bill which includes $70 billion for further military ops in afghanistan and iraq and a 2.2% raise for military personnel -"stay the course, stay the course! support our troops, support our troops!"

all in all a REALLY good day in Congress! not bad for republicans going into elections in nov either!

(the following is a post I made on July 16 that I was asked to share here as it shows the frustration I have felt and why I am so pleased with the above actions in Congress:)

Illegal Immigration
This has been a topic of which I have had passionate concern for years. I voted for Prop 187 while residing in CA and I think it is in greater demand today than then. I am pro immigration, after all this is a county of immigrants. Legal immigration that is! Illegal immigration on the other hand is breaking the law - federal law! I cannot part with the fact that there is right and wrong. Breaking the law is wrong, no matter what excuse you attach to it! The immigrants that flood our southern border are no less desperate or living in conditions no less oppressive than those who are seeking immigration to our country through proper channels. What illegals are are opportunist who have been able to access this country illegally and leach from the government without reprisal for so long that they feel entitled to our generosity and demand our amnesty for their crime! NOT! I simply do not have a problem with rounding up 11 -14 million law breakers and sending them back across the border. I don't see the dilema! Actually this solution is very simple indeed. We had the perfect opportunity during all those ridiculous rallies where illegals and their supporters gathered to demand we bestow upon them citizenship rights simply because they managed to break the law and take advantage of the system for so long. It was the perfect time to block off the perimeter and heard them into buses, trains, semis, etc and send them back across the border. What a wonderful opportunity we missed! Send them back, secure the border once and for all and then establish the red tape for entering the country. This solution is simple, succinct and to the point. The only problem I see is all this guestworker amnesty crap that says if you were here 2 years you must do..., if you were here 5 years you must do..., if you were her 15 years you must do...! Who is going to oversee this incredibly complex and convaluded bureucratic bs? Who is going to enforce such impossible to understand nonsense? Do we not have anyone in authority with some basic problem solving skills? Enforce the laws that are on the books; Round up the law breakers and send them packing! Then secure our borders like never before! Make it impossible or more nearly so than ever before for anyone to slip across the border. Put in place heavy fines for anyone who hires illegals and again, enforce it! Make it so expensive that no one would dare harbor them! And then, sit down and have the pow wow necessary to reform the system. Don't try to fix it in the middle, you idiots! Enforce what is there, it is very plainly written! Enforce it, secure it and then talk about it! Why all the fence riding on this subject? Politicians think they need that hispanic vote. Hey, don't you need the majority vote as well? If we, the actual majority, all stand up and demand that these changes take place or we will withhold our vote doesn't that make a powerful statement as well?? It's something to consider and I believe there are more in the majority that want this issue taken seriously and are in favor of all I have proposed here that there are hispanics that will have their panties in a wad if they don't get their way for their law breaking, non-us citizenship having relatives who have NO RIGHT to be here!