The Hole

What can I say??? It just keeps getting more and more out of control. You can really see why this nation is in a boat load of trouble.

You know there is a day of reckoning coming.

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Senator Ted Kennedy

It's another end of an era. Another page of American history has been turned. One of the great celebrities of the Left has passed. The media is in agony. Senator Kennedy's passing will not be as big as a story like Michael Jackson passing, but it is still a huge story. He is being heralding as a great American Hero.

While I feel empathy for the family of Senator Kennedy and my prayers go out to them, let's not forgot the real legacy of this great American Hero.

1. He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended it. He was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a classmate to cheat for him.

2. While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the Army, but mistakenly signed up for four years instead of two. Oops! The man can't count to four! His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to England (a step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from Canada during prohibition), pulled the necessary strings to have his enlistment shortened to two years, and to ensure that he served in Europe, not Korea , where a war was raging. No preferential treatment for him! (like he charged that President Bush received).

3. Kennedy was assigned to Paris, never advanced beyond the rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon being discharged. Imagine a person of his "education" NEVER advancing past the rank of Private!

4. While attending law school at the University of Virginia, he was cited for reckless driving four times, including once when he was clocked driving 90 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood with his headlights off after dark.. Yet his Virginia driver's license was never revoked. Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in 1959. Amazing!

5. In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash and hospitalized for several months. Test results done by the hospital at the time he was admitted had shown he was legally intoxicated. The results of those tests remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's when the report was unsealed. Didn't hear about that from the unbiased media, did we?

6. On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts . At about 11:00 PM, he borrowed his chauffeur's keys to his Oldsmobile limousine and offered to give a ride home to Mary Jo Kopechne, a campaign worker. Leaving the island via an unlit bridge with no guard rail, Kennedy steered the car off the bridge, flipped, and into Poucha Pond.

7. He swam to shore and walked back to the party passing several houses and a fire station. Two friends then returned with him to the scene of the accident. According to their later testimony, they told him what he already knew - that he was required by law to immediately report the accident to the authorities. Instead Kennedy made his way to his hotel, called his lawyer, and went to sleep. Kennedy called the police the next morning and by then the wreck had already been discovered. Before dying Kopechne had scratched at the upholstered floor above her head in the upside-down car. The Kennedy family began "calling in favors", ensuring that any inquiry would be contained. Her corpse was whisked out-of-state to her family before an autopsy could be conducted. Further details are uncertain, but after the accident Kennedy says he repeatedly dove under the water trying to rescue Kopechne and he didn't call police because he was in a state of shock. It is widely assumed Kennedy was drunk, and he held off calling police in hopes that his family could fix the problem overnight. Since the accident Kennedy's "political enemies" have referred to him as the distinguished Senator from Chappaquiddick. He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and was given a SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF TWO MONTHS. Kopechne's family received a small payout from the Kennedy's insurance policy and never sued. There was later an effort to have her body exhumed and autopsied, but her family successfully fought against this in court, and Kennedy's family paid their attorney's bills.... a "token of friendship"?

8. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than forty years, but considering his longevity, his accomplishments seem scant. He authored or argued for legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights, increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access to health care easier for the indigent, funded Meals on Wheels for fixed-income seniors, and is widely held as the "standard-bearer for liberalism". In his very first Senate roll he was the floor manager for the bill that turned U.S. immigration policy upside down and opened the floodgate for immigrants from third world countries.

9. Since that time, he has been the prime instigator and author of every expansion of an increase in immigration up to and including the latest attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Not to mention the pious grilling he gave the last two Supreme Court nominees, as if he was the standard bearer for the nation in matters of "what is right" What a pompous ass!

10. He is known around Washington as a public drunk, loud, boisterous, and very disrespectful to ladies. JERK is a better description than "great American". "A blond in every pond" is his motto.

These 10 points were forwarded by a friend. Before we consider Senator Kennedy one of the greatest Americans ever, lets remember to consider the whole story.

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Brett Favre A Viking

I knew he was going to go to the Vikings. It's a shame I did not bet a wad of money on it, I could have been rich.

I am a hard-core Green Bay Packer Fan. Also a Dallas Cowboy Fan for that matter. Seeing a Packer icon in a Viking uniform is something else. So much for loyalty. Favre has proven over the last several years he is just about money and screw the fans.

The group of fans I really feel sorry for are the Viking Fans. Last year, Favre came out of retirement to play for the Jets and caused Chad Pennington to be traded to the Dolphins. Now Pennington went to Miami and tore up the NFL and had a great year. Meanwhile, in New York, Favre sucked and the Jets released him at the end of the season.

Now he is a Viking. You know he will suck there as well. The Vikings will lose another season of trying to develop a good starting quarterback. Poor Viking Fans, another losing season.

But I am not too upset. I am a Packers Fan and their back luck is my good luck. So, Viking Fans, darn the bad luck. Your team owner thinks Favre is going to lead you to a Super Bowel. Hmmm, wonder what is in the water up there???

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I Think the Honeymoon Is Over

Health Care.......... I think this is the issue the will take the Obama train off the tracks. People are finally waking up and seeing what is going on. Especially Senior Citizens........whom some Senator's want them to hurry up and die.

Maybe America doesn't want to be a bunch of commie's after all.

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What If Michael Vick Had Said......?

I own a dog and a few cats. I think it is horrendous what Vick did to those poor dogs. But another thought comes to mind.

What about all those poor babies that are aborted? Where is the outrage? Dogs are killed and Vick almost had to move to a new planet. He does his time in the pen and now he is back to the NFL with a chance at playing football again. Fans across the country let NFL owners know if they hired Vick, they would pay the price in media attention and in ticket sales. Apparently the owner in Philly doesn't scare that easy even though Eagle practise now has protesters attending.

It is strange though that there is not this nationwide moral outrage when it comes to babies. Thousands a day die and usually not a word anywhere. Oh there are groups that protest and they are usually labeled as nut jobs. But my question to those who believe in the death culture of abortion is this:

Where do humans, adults in general, come from?

There is power in the ability to decide who lives and who dies. History is made up of people making those decisions for others. It all comes down to what you believe about God and life. My last thought is when those who favor abortion meet God, how will they answer.

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Health Care Humor....Or Not

One can only wonder where this will all end. Yes, I sure am glad I am not elderly or have any high cost illnesses at this time. Pretty scary for those folks.

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Gym Riot

Read about the Gym Riot on my new Blog at:

http://texasalleycat.wordpress.com/

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How Pelosi Sees America

You know, this is pretty much how our elected leaders are seeing the American people now. She just happened to have the balls to say it.

Let's see.........I know there is something about freedom of speech and the right to redress grievance's to the government in the constitution. Hmmm........wonder how long that will last?

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Surviving 90 Miles from the US

Here is a very interesting letter that was posted on http://survivalblog.com/. This letter speaks about change. Well America, you voted for change (I did not vote for the current Administration) and you got it. This is the kind of change the new sheriff in town wants to bring about. Is this the change you voted for???

Letter Re: Surviving 90 Miles from the US -- A Cuban-American Exile's View

A brief background of myself. I am an Telecommunications Engineer, I served three years in the Cuban army as an Engineer in several units (it was mandatory unless you were integrated with the system, in which case you will get a better civilian job). After I served my time they did not want to release me (basically no one wants to stay unless you are willing to do their bidding) so they offered 2 years to a very harsh unit that stays in the mountains for months end ready to be sent anywhere, or stay for 20 years in very comfortable position as an Engineer, I sucked up the two years (30 months actually) and then left and never again worked for the government, but I was walking a very fine line. I left the country illegally. They would never let me go, everybody needs permission to leave the country. This was more than 15 years ago and this is the first time that I have talked about it freely with someone outside my very close circle of family and friends. Please do not mention my surname.

The government controls everything, I mean everything, from health, to communications, from commerce to defense. When government controls everything there is absolutely nothing you can do. They determine what is legal and sometimes they let you get away with it, as long as you do not mess with the regime. They can take you to jail for anything because as I said everything is illegal. You cannot legally sell a house, only cars that were in the country before 1959 can be sold legally, [Owning a] DirecTV [satellite television receiver] is illegal. The list goes on and on.

In order to survive you must depend on the government or go black market. There is something called the Comite de Defensa de la Revolucion (CDR), basically is an organization at community block level that monitors everything that happens and reports to the government, it is completely volunteer, but it tells you how low citizens will go.

Electrical Power is obviously controlled by the government, and they impose restrictions so you will have times that power will come on for only a few hours a day, people have converters because generators are hard to get and even harder to get gas for them (it is expensive, a gallon goes for about 8 dollars a gallon last time I heard), to use the converter you hide in a room to watch some TV, have a fan for the heat and that's it. You must try to hide, as much as you can, the things that you have, because you might get robbed. Being robbed at home is nothing new, you try to be as modest as you can--otherwise you will become a target, by thieves or the government if you are getting too out of control.

Water is also government controlled, it does the same as with the electrical power, you can go days without water, so every house has water tanks to store water, even in buildings people will have water tanks in the bathroom. Drinking water always needs to be boiled.

People will raise pigs in a bathtub in the bathroom or if you are lucky to have a small backyard and someone to watch over it because it will be stolen. Pig will give meat and the fat you need to cook.

People that live in the countryside can raise animals and food, they can sell it under government supervision, they cannot become wealthy because government will intervene and accuse them of "exploiting" others.

It is illegal to kill a cow or a horse, as the government has a strict control. If you slaughter one without prior approval and are caught, you will serve the same time as if you killed a human being. People will slaughter a cow and dispose of it in two hours and "disappear" the remains by burning it with car tires because it burns very hot. And then you have to be careful how to transport [the meat] because they will have checkpoints. They can stop you anywhere, anytime for any reason and ask to search your vehicle.

You have to be extremely careful on who you trust, because they could be a government informer. (Did you see how our government is asking [their allies] to report when they see something "fishy" about [opposition to socialized] healthcare? That scares the h*** out of me.)

Not everyone can move to the countryside because the government controls that, they control movement within the country, you just can't pick up your stuff and decide to move, so you have to make a living where you are. In the countryside you'll have more food but they will cut electrical power more often. I used to install alarms (on my own, I refused to work for the government) for farmers that had pigs, pigs are raised in jail-like cages to avoid thievery, so I would install an alarm with battery backup because they had so much power shortages.

It goes without saying that [privately-owned] guns are illegal.

I just wanted to give an idea about how people live under a [total] government-controlled country. They will slowly take away your liberties and you will find out one day that you have nothing. And your fellow citizens will go as low as they can to survive. Government would threaten their family and force you to do what they say. This is always under the mantle of, "we are doing it for the benefit of the majority, and only because we are in a crisis", but there is always a crisis.

They will say that you do not want to work for the improvement of the country, that you are against your people, they will make things up, and suddenly you will become a pariah. Does it sound familiar "... these mobs against health care are destroying the democratic process..." Next it will be "they are organized by the enemies of democracy" and suddenly "we need to eliminate this threats to our democracy".

Never think it cannot happen here in the United States. Sincerely, - Ignacio

Good point. Could it ever happen here in the United States??? I guess time will tell.

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American Medical Assoc. on Health Care

You know I am going to end up on the White House Tattle Tale List of those that oppose them and their Commie Health Care Scam. But oh well, I will be a patriot to the end. Here is a little humor.........


AMA POSITION ON THE HEALTH CARE PACKAGE

The American Medical Association has weighed in on the new Health Care plan.

The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.

The Gastroenterologist had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.

The Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception.

Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.

Pathologists yelled, "Over my dead body!" while the Pediatricians said, 'Oh, Grow up!'

The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it.

Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.

The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the Plastic Surgeons said, "This puts a whole new face on the matter."

The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea.

The Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and the Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no.

In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the ass holes in Washington.

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TEA Party Commercial

This resulted from a Mom in Alabama asking her high school son to help with a commercial for the Tea Party she was involved in organizing. Boy, does it slam the message home. Very impressive. Crank up the sound as well. Here is her note:

"I asked Justin if he could help me make a commercial for my group's Tea Party. He sat down at the laptop for about an hour, and then brought this to me and asked, 'is this okay, Mom?'

TeaPartyCommercial.wmv


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