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It’s Relative – It’s Not

It’s Relative – It’s Not

By Elizabeth Gonzalez

            I thought it was about time I hit the pages for another blog post.  I miss blogging, but sometimes I just do not feel I have the words anymore that are in my heart and my head.  Lately I have done so much self-introspection that it borders on over-kill.

            There are so many issues facing each of us in our lives -  personal, business, just stuff that smacks us in our face – we all know the roll call, 1, 2, 3……………..and smack dab you are on your butt.  However, we get up and keep on moving on.  These days I try not to look back – if such a thing is really ever possible for any of us.  Somehow, like September 11, Timothy McVey, the Manson murders, or Patty Hearst – WW11 or Vietnam - some things remain vivid and infamous – indelibly unforgettable.  Like pictures in our albums of day, a time, a memory, a wish gone by etched in time.

            When studying law you become keenly aware how you have to divorce yourself from your emotions.  I will never be so critical again of that doctor with a lousy bedside manner again – maybe he/she really does not mean it.  It is more of a coping mechanism to protect ourselves to keep up that professionalism – do not let that guard down.  There is a job to be done for the greater good of humanity.  I believe that in the case of doctors, but I do question that regarding attorney’s – especially the ambulance chasers. Fortunately, most attorneys have a high moral code – most I said, but not all.

Raising an obelisk for a founding father

By Karen Holt, Historic American Examiner

As the Revolutionary War came to an end, the majority of Americans felt no other patriot commanded more respect than did George Washington. As the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, his leadership played a tremendous role in the victory achieved by the American patriots. In time, the desire to commemorate this hero’s dedication to his country’s cause grew by leaps and bounds.

The idea of creating an equestrian statue of General Washington was chosen and in 1783, the Continental Congress stated the statue was to be erected by Congress’ meeting location, engraved with this remark: In honor of George Washington, the illustrious Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States of America during the war which vindicated and secured their liberty, sovereignty, and independence. A statue of sorts was later erected and is currently on display at the north end of George Washington University.  (continue reading at the Historic American Examiner)

 

 

Picture this!

By Karen Holt, Historic American Examiner

World War II was but a few months old when a number of solemn-faced Army officers gathered in Washington, D.C. for an unusual meeting.  As they inspected a variety of fabric bolts in colors of green and gray, along with an assortment of buttons, the question they sought to answer was: “What should the well-dressed woman war photographer wear overseas?”   In the background stood a smiling Margaret Bourke-White, the soon to be recipient of their decision. 

Born on June 14, 1906, Margaret was the daughter of printing industry inventor and engineer Joseph White, who traced a Polish-Jewish ancestry.  Her mother, Minnie Bourke had an Irish-English ancestry.  She worked in publishing and bore a loving, nurturing behavior towards her children. 

Margaret grew up in Bound Brook, NJ and as a child developed a fear of the dark.  Though her nurturing mother attempted to soothe Margaret’s fears, her engineering father was the one who erased the word ‘fear’ from her vocabulary with his tool of choice - snakes.  Taking his daughter on nature walks, Joseph shared with her information about the animals and their habitats.  Before long, he had her so fascinated with the creatures; she forgot to be afraid of them.  The two began to build a number of wire cages as habitats for a growing collection of slithering reptiles.  Margaret went on to pursue a degree in Herpetology (the study of reptiles) from Cornell University in 1927.  (continue reading at the Historic American Examiner)

 

 

Obama Lies!

Doug Ross has the info, here's the images:

The truth hurts America.

 

Navy converting ship into floating commando base in Middle East

via Fox News:

The U.S. Navy is working to place a 'mothership' for Special Operations Forces in the Middle East, Fox News confirms. 

The USS Ponce, which was most recently being used as a dock in the Mediterranean Sea for the Libyan operation, was scheduled to be decommissioned in December. Navy officials now tell Fox News that the ship will be transformed into a flotilla to be used by Navy SEALs. 

The move comes in response to a standing request from the U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, to the Pentagon for the base. The commando teams will be able to to use it for high speed boats and helicopters.

Continue reading at Fox News and watch the video.

 

Romney The Paper Tiger

By Martin at BlogBat:

"The first to plead his case seems right, until another comes and examines him." -- Proverbs 18:17

Okay students, we know this better than most, don't we? I had to question Elliott Abrams' personal integrity two days ago after his failure to cite sources and offer context in the now-infamous and refuted hit piece against Newt Gingrich. In his article, Abrams pulled cherry-picked bits of qoutes out of thin air and used them to accuse Newt of being anti-Reagan, which sparked an avalanche from all directions  - including a video of Nancy Reagan from 1995 - proving otherwise. If I had conducted a research project the way Abrams has, It's quite possible I would have been cited for plagiarism and expelled from my MA program. Plagiarism is more than stealing someone's words and failing to put quotation marks around them; it's also a failure to properly attribute them, which is where Elliott grossly erred apparently with malice.

Needless to say, Abrams is unimportant in the larger scheme of things, but the machine that used him and his disposable lies will do it again. So as conservatives, as voters, and as Newt supporters what is the takeaway with all of this?

One of the more famous lines from Star Wars was by Obi Wan: "Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" The next time Romney's sleazy Charlie Crist operatives launch a bogus attack on Newt, give it a day. Romney's mudslinging of lies is becoming old hat, and when you consider 2008, it becomes ancient.  (continue reading at BlogBat)

 

 

Bloodless Coup

By Tammy Swofford, The Daily Times.

COMMENT: Bloodless coup —Tammy Swofford

The military is different than the branches of government. At the behest of the government, the chain of command is allowed seasonal use of unrestrained power, crushing force, and acts of extreme violence — for the survival of the state. The serf works the land, to protect the tree of democracy

There is the need to quarantine a concept today. Pakistan’s political history requires it. And to quarantine a concept, it is necessary to first isolate the operational flank prior to considering the ideological flank. So let’s begin by entering the IB (Intellectual Battlespace) with reference to a famous false flag operation.

False flag operations have been mounted by interested parties for centuries. These attempts can shake a nation. They also ripple across the world. A significant false flag operation of note was cooked up by Adolf Hitler and his planning staff. Having already gobbled up Austria and Czechoslovakia, the nervous twitches from Great Britain and France merely emboldened a genopath [genocidal pathology] who believed in a master race. A deceptively simple false flag operation was mounted on August 31, 1939 (the Gleiwitz incident). The blitzkrieg of Poland came quickly on the heels of carefully staged war craft. The next morning Germany’s mechanised columns rumbled into Poland. Great Britain and France continued to twitch for a couple more days and on September 3 Neville Chamberlain addressed the British people. It was official. World War II had begun. (continue reading at The Daily Times)

Go read the full article, you won't be sorry.  Send Tammy an email and let her know what you think  tammyswofford@yahoo.com .

 

Another Obama-Backed Green Company Files for Bankruptcy...

Via ABC, hat tip Drudge:

By LEE FERRAN and MATTHEW MOSK

The parent company of an electric car battery maker that received more than $100 million in government funding from the Obama administration has filed for bankruptcy protection, the company announced Thursday.

Alex Sorokin, the CEO for lithium-ion battery manufacturer Ener1, said the company suffered when demand for the batteries dropped as fewer Americans than expected opted for electric cars.

"This was a difficult, but necessary, decision for our company," Sorokin said in a statement on its website. "We moved aggressively to reduce costs and shift focus when the marketplace did not evolve as quickly as anticipated. Our business plan was impacted when demand for lithium-ion batteries slowed due to lower-than-expected adoption for electric passenger vehicles."

EnerDel, a subsidiary of Ener1 dedicated to making batteries for electric cars, was awarded a $118 million grant from the Energy Department in 2009 as part of President Obama's economic stimulus package and green energy push. Ener1 said that the bankruptcy filing and newly announced company restructuring would allow its subsidiaries, including EnerDel, to "continue normal operation."  (continue reading at ABC News)

 

 

 

The Council Has Spoken!! This Week’s Watcher’s Council Results

The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for the first Watcher’s Council match up of 2012, carved eternally in the akhasic records of cyberspace.

This week’s winning essay, The Mellow Jihadi’s Lance Corporal Donald Hogan, Marine Hero is a prime example of the Jihadi’s unique literary style as he takes a stirring look at an American hero in and recounts his feelings on reading about his posthumous honoring. Here’s a slice:

I am sitting in my home away from home, Panera Bread. The traffic outside is all jerky bumpers and tire shrieks. A bummy dude with an expensive laptop sprawls a seat five feet from me. I finish reading this moving post on the Marine Corps and continue my duck hunt through the web for interesting stories to share. Posts, articles, pictures that capture me, waiting for me to do the same to them.

Then this story waves at me and I know I have to salute a great hero:

A Marine who died from a roadside bomb in Afghanistan was awarded the highest honor given to members of the Corps for his heroic actions as he hurled his body into a fellow serviceman and warned the rest of the his squad of the blast.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Tuesday that 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan is “now part of Marine lore along with the great heroes of the Corps” as he presented the fallen hero’s parents with the Navy Cross. He said his actions placed him among the “bravest and finest” in the Marines.

 

Semper Fi indeed.

In our non-Council category, the winner was a must read piece by an old favorite of mine, terrorism expert Dave Gaubatz writing in Family Security Matters on howMuslim Children in America are Being Taught to Hate submitted by The Political Commentator.

Eventually, we’re going to wake up to what’s happening right under our collective noses as a new generation of American Muslims is indoctrinated by people who definitely mean us no good.

Here are this week’s full results. Only New Zeal was unable to vote this week and was affected by the infamous mandatory 2/3 vote penalty:

Council Winners

• *First place with 3 2/3 votes! The Mellow Jihadi – Lance Corporal Donald Hogan, Marine Hero
• Second place with 3 1/3 votes – The Right Planet- Are We a Democracy?
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes – Joshuapundit- Obama’s State Of The Union – The Hollow Man
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey-What the Gingrich South Carolina victory could mean
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Glittering Eye-You Be the Judge
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Noisy Room-Revolution Moves Into The Overton Window
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Razor-A Tale of Two Disasters: The Titanic and the Costa Concordia
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Bookworm Room –War is not, and should not be, sporting
• Sith place *t* with 1/3 vote –  GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Going All The Way
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote –Simply Jews – Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey vs FUKUS
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Am I Wrong To Be Troubled Here?
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Political Commentator – Doing away with the Electoral College! One man, one vote and majority wins!

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! –Family Security Matters- Muslim Children in America are Being Taught to Hate   submitted by The Political Commentator
• Second place with 2 votes – Mark Steyn – The Sinking Of The West submitted by Joshuapundit
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Sultan Knish So You Want a Revolution… submitted by The Noisy Room
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes -   Yourish.Com–TANSTAAFL submitted by Simply Jews
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes - Right Wing News –The Worst People In Politics Aren’t Racists submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote - The Foundry –1,000 Days Without a Budget: Facts on the Senate’s Failure submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote -The Compass – An Iran Attack Would Succeed, Then What? submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Gay Patriot –SOTU: Obama’s last chance to change tone submitted by Right Truth
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -The New Atlantis –The Global War Against Baby Girls submitted by The Watcher
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -James Taranto/Best of the Web–The Genetic Fallacy submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Zero Hedge –Obama Puppetmaster Warren Buffett Biggest Winner From Keystone Pipeline Rejectionsubmitted by The Razor
  
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Cabinet –The Behavioral Sink submitted by The Watcher
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Polipundit –Why Newt should not be the nominee submitted by Rhymes With Right
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote - Accuracy In Media –The FOX News Feminists submitted by New Zeal

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American Statism: Aping Putin?

By Martin at BlogBat

Newt Gingrich is in good company: Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and Boris Nemtsov know what it means to be the dissident candidate and to face the darts of running against the establishment and its media. Stand strong, Newt. You are fighting for your grandchildren's future and for ours.

This is something I predicted would happen in 2009, that American statism without intervention would increasingly mimic the electoral authoritarianism of Putin's Russia.

As a boy I worked on Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign and read and watched everything that had to do with him. As I grew older, my love for the Gipper only grew as well. That's why I'm with Newt. I also know where Mitt Romney and his ilk come from: they were the ones who not only opposed Reagan but hated him - and hated the American people for wanting to be in control of their government.

In 2006 the establishment hit the first major wall of resistance since the era of Newt Gingrich as House Speaker. The American people were resolute to stop the amnesty legislation the Senate was seeking to pass that would allow millions of illegal aliens to cut in front of legal immigrants and American citizens and become a new voting bloc to ensure the votes of millions of Conservative Americans would be rendered inconsequential. In the height of the battle, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter pounded his fist on the lectern on the floor of the Senate and exclaimed, "The will of the Senate will prevail!" But the American people had a different idea, an idea that was firmly based in the words of Thomas Jefferson: "The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object." And so the establishment lost and not long thereafter, Senator Specter was primaried out of office and replaced by a more conservative Republican.  (continue reading at Blogbat)