Wednesday, 2 September 2009
SGT WILLIAM J. CAHIR, USMC, KIA
ARLINGTON, Va. — Marine Sgt. William J. Cahir, a former news reporter and congressional candidate, was laid to rest with full military honors Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Cahir, 40, died Aug. 13 of an enemy gunshot wound while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. - Associated Press, August 31, 2009
I did not know Sgt Cahir but I respect him. When I joined the US Army at age 23, I was considered the Old Man in my platoon. When I retired at the age of 49 I was considered a living fossil. I have nothing but respect for a man who signs up during wartime, at the age of 35. -Sean Linnane
For a lot of the younger Marines, Sergeant Cahir’s enlistment was the confirmation that they sought and needed — especially as they were about to go to war. Confirmation that their decision to enlist was a smart and wise decision. Confirmation that there was nobility and wisdom in that decision. Confirmation that even older, better educated, and more professionally accomplished men and women join the Marine Corps and serve in the Marines’ enlisted ranks.
Sergeant Cahir remained with the CAG for three full deployments.
His first two deployments were to Iraq, where Sergeant Cahir earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Navy Meritorious Commendation Medal, among other awards. 
This civic-minded Marine (there is no other kind of Marine really) left his job as a journalist in 2008 to run for Congress in his hometown in Pennsylvania’s 5th District. Cahir narrowly lost the Democratic Party primary, but captured 35% of the vote in a seat that was ultimately won by the Republican Party candidate, Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson. 
He was a United States Marine, killed in action defending Freedom and our American way of life. Honor him.
- STORMBRINGER SENDS
Prescience.........
'When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors—when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you—when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice—you may know that your society is doomed.' – Ayn Rand
H/T Paul B
"BAIL 'EM OUT!!! ????
Hell, back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Now, we are trusting the economy of our country, our banking system, our auto industry and possibly our health plans to the same nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling whiskey?!"
"What are we thinking?"
H/T DML
Famous Tory Quotes............
William Pitt the Younger
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom: it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends."
"The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps."
Andrew Bonar Law
"There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom."
Sir Winston Churchill
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
"Trying to tax a nation into prosperity is like standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself by the handles."
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
"This is not the end; it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
"A Labour Government is a government of the duds, by the duds and for the duds."
Harold Macmillan
"Events, dear boy, events!"
Sir Edward Heath
"We may be a small island, but we are not a small people."
Margaret Thatcher
"If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."
"You turn if you want to. The lady is not for turning."
"If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity."
Sir John Major
"A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it."
H/T DML
News.....
Growing Poverty and Despair in America.
F**k You Very Much, Mistah Commander in Chief. Sir.
IDF Weapon X-Hawk.
Tintin 'to be sued' for Congo book.
Soldiers need £6,000 pay rise, say Liberal Democrats.
Afghanistan: Taliban hit by fall in opium crop production.
Vladimir Putin condemns appeasement of Hitler on 70th anniversary of WW2 outbreak.
Barack Obama praises US Muslims at Ramadan dinner.
Canada accused of racism over granting of refugee status to white South African.
Samoa prepares to drive on the left.
The world's 5 most over-rated tourist sites.
Terror suspect Ahmad Vahidi set to become Ahmadinejad's Defence Minister.
Farm owned by Ben Freeth, critic of Robert Mugabe, destroyed in fire.
Gaddafi and Brown to meet at UN Security Council summit in New York.
and finally.....
Fall Weiß Tag. from Great Satan's Girlfriend
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My feelings EXACTLY................from Rico
This sums up my feelings on "Health Care Reform, The Public Option, Single Payer, Obama Care/Kennedy Care" whatever label you want to put on this reeking turd...I mean, affront to our Liberty.
What a GREAT graphic!
False Prophet Nation
Jon Voight speaks about "This False Prophet Obama"
Is Obama Driving America Toward Civil War?
Glenn Beck: Are You In, or Out?
Republicans Hate ObamaCare Because they’re Racists. Also, Castro’s a genius.
The Perpetual Whine: Bush Did it!
Victor Davis Hanson: What We Are Learning in the Era of Obama
Why the Obama Administration Will Implode in Weeks
Republican Comeback? Not if Warm Fuzzy Liberals have anything to say about it!
Green Czar Van Jones: Republicans are Assholes
For an in-depth analysis of Cats-n-Librarians, try Washington Rebel: smooth, cool -- just like your first girlfriend, only you don't need a fishing license.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
FRIGHTENING!!!
Apparently Hugo Chavez's glorious revolution is something to be admired in the Obama Administration.
H/T Filippo
More default fun ahead?.................from Rico
A while ago I gassed-on about the next 'dip' in the road ahead...commercial loan defaults. It's here now.......
If you recall how home mortgages were packaged and sold and then triggered our recent problems, then you'll just LOVE what this (CMBS) can do for us!
CMBS (commercial mortgage backed securities). never heard of them? You will.
Commercial default rates/delinquencies on commercial debt have been part of the reason for the increased bank failures this year.
And next year? I'm looking ahead from now through 2012.
A Warren Zevon song comes to mind ...."Ain't That Pretty at All."
ANY WAR IS WINNABLE
US troops battle the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Sean Linnane explains . . . STORMBRINGER
News...........
Reality Check: The Reorganization of the ISF by DJ Elliott
What did he really mean? he means to have his own police force, a civilian army, that's what.
Britain facing blackouts for first time since 1970s.
Colonel Gaddafi: with friends like these...
Tractor and digger thefts worth £36m a year
Taliban chief who threatened Prince Harry killed
Family worries as Nimrod returns to Afghanistan front line.
Calls to remove Buddhist statue from Bridge on the River Kwai.
Libya to honour released Lockerbie bomber at 40th anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi's rule.
Swine flu: Colombian president Alvaro Uribe contracts virus.
US accuses Pakistan of illegally modifying weapons for use against India.
Putin goes to Poland for war anniversary, but sorry is the hardest word.
Someone Tell Cadillac What Smolder Means
BT's British call centre plan hits working hours snag.
and finally
Former Miss California sues pageant after losing crown.
Science Class...........
Sixth grade science teacher, Mrs. Parks, asked her class, “Which human body part increases to 10 times its size when stimulated?”
No one answered until little Molly stood up, angry, and said, “You should not be asking 6th graders a question like that! I’m going to tell my parents, and they will go and tell the principal, and you’ll get fired!” She then sat back down.
Mrs. Parks ignored her, and asked the Question again, “Which body part increases to 10 times its size when stimulated??
Little Molly’s mouth fell open, and she said to those around her, “Boy, is she gonna get in big trouble!”
The teacher continued to ignore her and said to the class, “Anybody?”
Finally, Jimmy stood up, looked around nervously, and said, “The body part that increases to 10 times its size when stimulated is the pupil of the eye.“
Mrs. Parks said, “Very good, Jimmy.” Then turned to Molly and continued, “As for you, young lady, I have three things to say: First, you have a dirty mind. Second, you didn’t read your homework. And third, one day you are going to be VERY VERY disappointed!
H/T DML
Game of the Day.........
Ricochet Kills
Position your shots and allow your bullets to bounce off the walls in a killing frenzy! Save your ammo though, because it's limited.
History and the present.............from Rico
The Beard (Ben Bernanke) is ofetn referred to as a student of the Great Depression, which somehow qualifies him to not make the same mistakes as the last time thus avoiding another depression.
Well, maybe he is making a new set of mistakes and we ARE getting a new depression?
- Hey, that's "CHANGE" isn't it?
Ironic that a real estate bubble burst in 1926, three years before the stock market tanked, eh? Surely Ben knew thia...and so did YOU (what do you mean this hasn't been mentioned in the media?).
The first leg down of the Great Depression saw the DJIA drop by 48%.
- The first leg down of the 2007 'bear market' saw the DJIA drop by 53%.
Both times, the initial declines were followed by vigorous persistent rallies.
- Last time, however, this was followed by another decline...47% further down. But surely both Ben and you knew that, too (didn't you? media remarks infra germane).
What is coming for us next? Green shoots....or more manure? There are some game changers to watch, but we already have three or four of the five on the scene.
1. New credit growth falls below interest payments. Check.
2. The FED monetizes debt. Check.
3. Gov't spending exeeds 10% of the GDP. (It's currently about 13%). Check.
4. The Dollar declines (a) and interest rates go up (b). Maybe, maybe not. I'd keep an eye on this one now...the above are already here.
5. US debt becomes denominated in foreign currencies. (Japan already buys US debt - bonds - denominated in Yen. China is now asking for the same treatment, to be able to buy US debt denominated in Yuan.)
- Why? Well, if the Dollar is trashed the debt gets payed-back with monopoly money. If you hold the same debt in a currency that has not been debased/trashed you actually get paid back the value of what your initial investment. Which would you want to do? THIS IS THE BIG ONE. When this happens, you can count on a future with less of everything.
I'd watch out for myself at this point. the government sure isn't!
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