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Sunday, 11 November 2012

Pic Dump............

We will never forget..........

DEAR VETERAN by 13 Year Old, Liz Sams

From the heart of my 13 year old daughter, Liz Sams, "Dear Veteran" is a moving tribute to the men and women who have served our nation in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. It is Elizabeth's desire to help hear generation understand that freedom is not free. DEAR VETERAN was written by Elizabeth and Renee Sams.

The Real Reason Petraeus Resigned

H/T Amnon

Time for First Nations to lay it on the line................by Mischa Popoff

Getting kicked off a flight for being inebriated must’ve been troubling for New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash. But it was even more troubling for me.

Put aside for the moment the fact that Saganash is a tax-and-spender I’d never vote for. As a member of the House of Commons he represents all Canadians. He also represents all First Nations people across this great land. So it was with great skepticism that I listened to his rationalization that he was “greatly affected” by the death of NDP leader Jack Layton, and worn down by his campaign to succeed Layton. In the end, Saganash only revealed how completely unfit he is for any such leadership position.

It’s time to stand up and be a man! Everyone, and I mean everyone, is looking at you Saganash. And we’re willing to forgive you – even those of us who’d never vote for you – as long as you come clean.

It should not escape Saganash that there is a conspicuous lack of First Nations people like him involved in Canadian politics. Why? Simple. Because smart natives are busy running their band offices collecting six-digit salaries as chiefs, executive assistants to chiefs, and whole bevy of other made-up position that don’t exist in the real world.

With few exceptions, Canada’s reserves waste human talent and generate countless drug-and-alcohol addicted and perpetually unemployed First-Nations people who find themselves trapped on the wrong end of a nepotistic system that denies them the right to even own property.

By giving First Nations people what we euphemistically refer to as “self government,” we have given rise to an inherently corrupt system and, most ironically, have guaranteed there will never be a First Nations prime minister in this country, never mind a cabinet minister worthy of note.

Where, pray tell, is the First Nations’ equivalent to Barack Obama coming up the ranks? Or Alan West for that matter? Is he sitting in Parliament? Perhaps working at the provincial level? If he is, or if she is, it would come as news to me because I have not heard of such an individual since Elijah Harper, the Cree member of Manitoba’s Legislative Assembly who voted against the Meech Lake Accord back in 1990!

People like Saganash are the exception to the quintessentially Canadian patriarchal rule that First Nations people belong on reserves. He has every reason to be proud of his achievements OUTSIDE of the totalitarian, supremacist control of Canada’s racist Indian Act. And even though he lost his leadership bid, he nonetheless has every reason to be proud of having mounted a campaign that everyone − again, even people like me who’d never vote for him or his party – followed with interest.

However, having spoken with more than a few successful chiefs, the sad fact of the matter is that none of them, and none of their top people, have plans to ever seek higher office. Why bother? They already hold the highest offices in the land, with a potent combination of political and free-enterprise authority that you literally cannot find anywhere, unless you go to the Third World or Middle East.

Not since medieval times, during the age of feudalism, has such hereditary, undemocratic power even existed in Western society. And so, the good chiefs like Robert Louis of the Westbank First Nations and Clarence Louis of the Osoyoos Indian Band, remain forever ensconced in their fiefdoms, never to grace the rest of Canada with their wisdom, foresight and enthusiasm. Never.

Instead, were stuck with the likes of Saganash who, in addition to being a tax-and-spend socialist, would have us believe Jack Layton’s death over a year ago was worth getting drunk over. Pathetic.

Canada’s First Nations deserve better. So does the rest of Canada.

This Democracy

Mischa Popoff is a freelance political writer with a degree in history.

Ivy League Dhimmis (Not a Parody)..................from Dan Friedman

[Who needs suicide bombers when you can bring down our nation with a little patience - and receive our cooperation? df]

JPOST.COM, 11/10/2012

Harvard 'deeply troubled' by row over Israeli buffet

Business School responds to former student's criticism, description of Israeli dining station as affront to Arabs.

The Sunday Best...........

How to Make Your Groin Nervous

Why David Petraeus’s Gmail account is a national security issue

Guest Post by RADML James Foggo: A Poppy on your Lapel

Iraq Denies Cancellation of $4.2 Bln Arms Deal with Russia

Chicago creating great jobs for tobacco pirates

GOP confronts 'angry white guy' problem by rethinking immigration amnesty

Ear Bitten Off as Priests Fight for Parking Space - Father Thomas Byrne, 80, charged with grievous bodily harm

Video: Say, why would the FBI be investigating a CIA director, anyway?

EagleSpeak: Happy 237th Marines!

Government pressures Russia's Gazprom to quit Kurdistan

EPIC Data Tampering At NCDC

2012: What Now?

More public lands to be closed to shale oil drilling

Russian military expert questions reports on annulment of $4.2 billion arms deal with Iraq

VIDEO: First Ever City Job Fair Leaves Many Frustrated With Hiring Process « CBS Chicago

Donkey-sex suspect in protective custody, wants animal back

Can cassettes make a comeback?

A publishing mystery: Amazon 'buy' button disappears

America has become an Old World country

'Betrayal' of jailed SAS war hero

British and American power boats vie to be fastest around the world

Chinese official accuses Washington of 'Cold War' mentality

DISGRACE: BARACK OBAMA BROKE PROMISE TO HONOR COLD WAR VETERANS

Senate/House Intelligence Kept in Dark on Petraeus Investigation

Israeli lawmaker: Gazan Palestinians now firing Hizballah-supplied Katyushas

Hillary Turns Down Request To Testify On Benghazi

Cover-up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

and finally..........

Two more interesting reactions to the election

In memory of the fallen

A montage of Canada's contributions and losses during the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and the Afghanistan combat mission.

Sunday Totty.............

From Hot Shots Calendar

David Petraeus Mistress

Well, she's a little hottie, that's for sure.

See: "Petraeus Mistress is Paula Broadwell."

She's the general's biographer, and she's under investigation.

There's going to be a lot more on this story.

See: "Benghazi Will Unravel With the Sex Angle."

Saturday, 10 November 2012

Saturday Night is Bath Night............

Late News.........

Iraq: $4.2 Bln Russian Arms Deal 'Canceled'

Worth a Thousand Words: Devil Dog Day

Health signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany to import seven air ambulance aircraft

TDB Mentioned In Local & National Media Outlets

Don't bring a calculator to a knife fight

Pentagon releases Benghazi timeline: took 19 hours to respond

Happy Birthday, Marines, and Semper Fidelis

Iraq to buy 50,000 Dell PCs for Schools

Liquor drought looms in New Jersey after Sandy floods distributor’s warehouse

Dear Matt Drudge: Stop the race stories

Election Over, Obama Returns to Golf

David Cameron surprises with suggestion of arming Syrian rebels

Sources: No Likely 'Criminal Acts' from Petraeus, Biographer

Who Authorized FBI Surveillance of Gen. Petraeus?

Iraq reconsiders plans to buy over $4 billion in Russian arms, including helicopter gunships

Gargling Sugar Water May Help Self-Control

Fox News Analyst on Petraeus Resignation: ‘These Tough Chicago Guys Knew…Held it in Their Back Pocket Until They Needed to Play the Card’

Petraeus affair: Is letter to Chuck Klosterman, New York Times Ethicist, from Paula Broadwell’s husband?

The NEW NRA Life of Duty Network

CLICK HERE TO to visit the newly revamped NRA Life of Duty Network today

Mass layoffs and firings announced since Barack Obama won four more years in power!...from Mike Haltman at RantFinance

The day after Barack Obama won a second-term in office companies across the country began to announce layoffs and firings of employees due to four more years of the attack on business!

Read about it in my article at RantFinance here.

2012 United States Marine Corps Birthday Message

The 2012 United States Marine Corps Birthday Message, from Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen James F Amos, marking the 237th birthday of the Marines. Join Marines and their supporters worldwide as they wish the Marine Corps a Happy 237th Birthday on November 10, 2012.

"Never Let a Crisis go to Waste" - Wild Bill

Defining stoopid......................from Rico

Forget all the baloney, hype, and demagogery about "spreading the wealth around." It's all crap. Pure steaming BS! - Talk. Empty words. Bubbles can be wealth transfer mechanisms, too. - And it is government 'policy' decisions that enable this transfer...just not TO you. But FROM you. Look at the poorest quarter of the population, the middle (average), and then the ones who actually DO benefit from this REAL transfer of wealth. - This is NOT the talk, this IS the walk. You've all been swindled and hoodwinked. - Taken for suckers and mugs. And you voted for even more of the same? - Boy, are you really DUMBASSES.