I am reminded of the scene late in the movie "Animal House" when the crowd is stampeding and the character played by Kevin Bacon is screaming "all is well...all is well" just before he is trampled.
The Red Shed, the Fed, the MSM...the usual suspects in other words...would have us believe that all IS well, that the worst is behind us now.
- At the same time they grudgingly admit that unemployment will stay bad until well into 2011, and the economy will stay 'soft' for some time yet.
All comforting words. Small words. Move along now, nothing to see here.
Certainly nothing as disturbing as a Kondratieff Wave that indicates we have nothing to fear except the Koolaid being offered us by Team Obama.
The REAL pain has not yet appeared on the horizon. Look for yourself and decide:
Would THEY lie to US? 
Thursday, 13 August 2009
But "all is well..."..........................from Rico
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A Reader Asks Stormbringer:
"I just got an FNAR (7.62 NATO) rifle and am looking to scope it up. I am not a thousand-yard shooter, more realistically 300-500 yards (I only have access to a 300 yard range anyway)."
The FNAR tactical / sniper rifle was first introduced to shooting, public in 2008. It is a product of the famous Belgian company FN Herstal - Fabrique Nationale.
"Any advice on a good scope? The FNAR has Picatinny rails for the mounts."
Go to STORMBRINGER to see my advice - S.L.
Sunshine & Lollipops
Daniel Hannan on America's Insane Departure from the Constitution
"We have holders of national office, when faced with widespread opposition to their proposals, whose first instinct is to openly slander the America people, view the people as an enemy to be defeated by any means necessary, and tacitly endorse violence to repress them." Kim Priestep
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Pilot Gripes......
After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet,” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit
S: Something tightened in cockpit
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That’s what friction locks are for.
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you’re right
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny. (I love this one!)
S: Aircraft warned to: straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.
H/T DML
Is there something..............from Rico
Is there something WE don't know?
More precisely, is there something our Governments are NOT telling us? Something they know but do not want us to know?
Our 'fiat' currencies are backed by the full faith of the government, right? What could possibly go wrong with that?
Unreported News: World governments [read: central banks] have a Central Bank Gold Agreement which governs how much gold these Central Banks [read: governments] can sell per year.
- This year, official sector sales of gold have been only 140 tons out of a limit of 500 tons.
Hmmmmm. Everyone a billionaire, like in Zimbabwe?
FIGHTER PILOT, ENGINEERING GENIUS, GURU of MODERN WAR
His inspired thought process led to the creation the of the F-16 - the most maneuverable fighter ever designed, an ideal all-purpose fighter bomber, and by 2009 - 39 years after its debut - still serving in the inventory of twenty-five air forces around the world.
He never made General because he was too busy telling the truth . . . people hate it when you do that . . . -S.L.
Colonel John Boyd - a fighter pilot without any combat kills - went on to become the most influential military strategist of our time. His philosophies influenced modern maneuver warfare doctrine, and he is credited with inspiring Schwarzkopf's brilliant Gulf War victory in 1991.
Read about the fighter jock who became our modern-day equivalent of Sun Tzu - STORMBRINGER SENDS
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009
New school year.................from Rico
We're beginning a new school year. For you advocates of "change" her r sum nu skul buk fo yu!!
Yes, brought to you by the teacher's union (the NEA) and the Ministry of Stupid (Dept. of Education) are a new, improved, CHANGED series of school books!
Here is a sample from the "Be Respectful" edition.
The Naughty Stool..................from Rico
This is the Naughty Stool.
Obama wants you to sit down and SHUT UP!
It deference to Cargosquid this stool is clickable.
Video: Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine
He sums up the NHS in the UK which is a joke.
H/T Paul B
A Little Rebellion
Jane Q. Republican -- Not Another Sheep
President Obama's crackdown sparks unintended consequences.
Yee ha!!
Sensitivity Test for Men.........
1. In the company of females, intercourse should be referred to as:
A. Lovemaking.
B. Screwing.
C. Taking the pigskin bus to tuna town.
2. You should make love to a woman for the first time only after you have both shared:
A. Your views about what you expect from a sexual relationship.
B. Your blood-test results.
C. Five tequila slammers.
3. You time your orgasm so that:
A. Your partner climaxes first.
B. You both climax simultaneously.
C. You don't miss ESPN Sports Center.
4. Passionate, spontaneous sex on the kitchen floor is:
A. Healthy, creative love-play.
B. Not the sort of thing your wife would agree to.
C. Not the sort of thing your wife needs to ever find out about.
5. Spending the whole night cuddling a woman you have just had sex with is:
A. The best part of the experience.
B. The second best part of the experience.
C. $100 extra.
6. Your wife/girlfriend says she's gained five pounds in the last month.
You tell her that it is:
A. Of no influence on your affectionate feelings for her.
B. Not a problem, she can join your gym.
C. A conservative estimate.
7. You think today's sensitive, caring man is:
A. A myth.
B. An oxymoron.
C. A moron.
8. Foreplay is to sex as:
A. An appetizer is to entree.
B. Primer is to paint.
C. A long line is to an amusement park ride.
9. Which of the following are you most likely to find yourself saying at the end of a relationship?
A. I hope we can still be friends.
B. I'm not in right now, please leave a message at the beep.
C. Welcome to Dumpsville. Population, YOU.
10. A woman who is uncomfortable watching you masturbate:
A. Probably needs a little more time before she can cope with that sort of intimacy.
B. Is uptight and a waste of time.
C. Shouldn't have sat next to you on the bus in the first place.
Evaluating Results:
If you answered A more than 7 times, check your pants to make sure you really ARE a man.
If you answered B more than 7 times, check into therapy. You're a little confused.
If you answered C more than 7 times, YOU DA MAN!
H/T Old Dude
The Dawn Keye diet
A friend of ours, a nurse, who has done a lot of research about dieting, had given us information about the various popular diets including Atkins, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, and the South Beach Diet.
She then mentioned a diet about which we haven’t heard previously, but which she insists works for almost everyone:
The Dawn Keye Diet
H/T DML
Iraq v Afghanistan........from DJ Elliott
Afghanistan is roughly the same land area as Iraq and a 10-20% larger population with a considerably worse road network.
NATO/US numbers on the ground are half what is now in Iraq (only 1/3rd max surge).
ASF is only about a fifth the size of ISF.
Yet Casualties, and insident rates only became comparable to Iraq when Iraq's activity dropped by 80% over the last 18 months.
That puts the BS about Afghanistan's activity into perspective.
Do we need a surge? Yes.
For the same reason we did in Iraq and the press ignored: Covering for while training and expanding the ASF to a size capable of covering the size of the country.
I expect the USMC to be completely out of Anbar in January.
I do not expect the USMC to reduce its deployment schedule.
RCT7 is already ready to go and RCT3 is not due to leave for some time now.
Which means they are about to augment the MEB to a MEF in Afghanistan...
The real problems in Afghan are
1. logistics: How many can you support?
2. Pakistan: Safehaven.
3. Russia: Power politics, they do not like NATO there.
4. Iran: Own adjenda.
Confucius Says.....
Man who eat many
Prunes get good run for money.
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War does not
Determine who is right, war determine who is left.
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Wife who put
Husband in doghouse soon find him in
Cathouse.
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Man who drive like
Hell, bound to get there.
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Man who live in
Glass house should change clothes in
Basement.
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Man who fish in
Other man's well often catch crabs.
H/T Nebraska Bob
OBAMA TO TAX ASPIRIN.....
I JUST HEARD THAT OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT'S WHITE AND IT WORKS.
H/T Don E
Letter from a Reader.......
You and your contributors are the only voice of reason on the Internet. You hold the view that all good Americans should have. I am just as weary and scared by the events of the last 7 - 8 years. We and the British have crumbled to the wantings of the EU. The EU being the beginning of the end when it comes to all free thought. When did we have to start to be weary of all government types?
I remember as a child there we're people in public office that would look out for the common man. But, those money/power hungry bastards in London and in Washington all need to go. They are in it together to concentrate all the power in one place and take all semblance of freedom away from us.
I fear that it is these unknown forces that will finally win out and do what they had originally intended; and, that was to be spectators in the falling of the greatest civilization the world has ever known. Besides, I fear that with all the military strength that this country has acquired throughout the short time in history they will set out to destroy the dissenters. Either, through imprisonment or death.
My father predicted another civil war. I don't know if that will happen. But, I fear their will a succession. If that scenario plays out then I fear there will be blood spilled. But, I cannot see this continuing at this current pace.
Whatever, the conclusion I don't think voting these rats in congress out will change much of anything. I hope I am wrong. But, they are like flies to a carcass. They see all the money and the freebies. No one is strong enough to say no. There is also not one of the lot with the courage to stop them from themselves.
I hope I am not alive to see the final chapters of this great nation. However, I fear that the America that was a beacon of freedom of commerce and thought are going the way of the dinosaur. Just as these Socialist in Washington would want it.
I commend you and your kind. You guys are the Henry David Thoreau and free thinkers that were alive when we started this American experiment. Keep asking questions. I am getting the word out to all who will listen that we need new patriots. Not new legislators.
Never let them pull the plug on these kind of web sites and maybe just maybe we can return to the glory days of this great nation.
Thank you for reading my letter. But, I am afraid that you all will one day give up being the voice of true Americans. No matter if we are here, the UK, Afghanistan, or Iraq. Again, keep up the outstanding work.
yours Dirk C
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Steven Crowder: ANGRY MOB MAULS CROWDER!!
Steven Crowder infiltrates an angry mob at a health care town hall in Texas.
Monday, 10 August 2009
Don't think so.....
...while I applaud the dedication and skill of this brilliant sniper I am pretty sure there have been longer kills than this. Anyone who knows of better let us know.
SCOTS SNIPER KILLS TALIBAN LEADER WITH LONGEST SHOT
H/T Paul B
Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
The following letter, read on Glenn Beck's show, is rapidly circulating around the country. Americans everywhere identify with this 53-year-old woman. She has given us a voice. Once you read this, you will want to forward it to all of your friends...
GLENN BECK: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona. She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership:
I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me.
Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone.
Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?
Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution.
P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.
Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.
Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over.
There is more to say.
Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.
Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations.
I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.
Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why -- what do you have against shareholders making a profit?
Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.
Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid? We will pull together.
Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try -- please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now. Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law.
I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired.
I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about
taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face.
I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.
From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane.
I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making.
We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington.
Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you?
We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work, pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you.
For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish.
We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when he will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.
Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it.
You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired.
Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are.
If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent?
Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
H/T Shelly
The wise father to be..............
The room was full of pregnant women and their partners, and the Lamaze class was in full swing. The instructor was teaching the women how to breathe properly, along with informing the men how to give the necessary assurances at this stage of the plan.
The teacher then announced, “Ladies, exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. And, gentlemen, it wouldn’t hurt you to take the time to go walking with your partner!”
The room really got quiet. Finally, a man in the middle of the group raised his hand.
“Yes?” replied the teacher.
“Is it ok if she carries a golf bag while we walk?"
H/T DMl
