Random Thoughts Of Yet Another Military Member

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2006-01-30T09:23:00.000-08:00

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Hillary Clinton officially joins the Moonbat Brigade

2006-01-28T10:16:00.000-08:00

Hillary has announced that she is going to join the other barking moonbats and jumps on the bandwagon and gives up all hope as campaigning as a moderate and announces she will also vote for a filibuster much to the Republicans delight. She had this to say about her decision:

I oppose his nomination and support efforts to block his confirmation.

I do not think Judge Alito would advance the principles Americans hold most dear

Like I said before, the barking moonbat brigade will try to head off any attempt to put anyone but another Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the bench. As long as the Republicans are in control, they will not allow that to happen again. A top GOP official had this to say about any filibuster attempt:

If the Democratic left does a filibuster led by Kerry, that's found money for us.

There are repercussions of course, like alienate the moderate Democrats while appeasing the KOS and DU crowd!

About Damn Time

2006-01-27T23:00:00.000-08:00

After reading this, needless to say I was overjoyed, because it's about damn time the military decided to get rid of the Beretta M9 9mm pistol and go back to the .45 pistols of old, well maybe not the old 1911 frames of old, but they have a few specifications to be met, like able to hold a 15 round clip (most likely a double stack clip as well as the 8 round single stack clip) and needs a rail up top to hold attachments and able be able to hold a silencer. They plan to designate it as a JCP (Joint Combat Pistol) that will have to serve the needs of all branches as well as SPECOPS as well. The Specops people have been able to procure there own weapons but I think they want to standardize all the sidearms, hence the need for it being able to a silencer being used. I am thinking with the specifications needed, my best guess on the manufacturers would probably be Heckler and Koch, Sig Arms (which I am very partial too, see this post here) or even possibly a Ruger. I am hoping for them to choose Sig myself only because its the best that I have shot yet but I may just go shoot a H&K on monday to see if it's as enjoyable as the Sig. Like I said, about damn time.

Mr. Irrevelevancy, Al Gore again opens his Pie hole.

2006-01-27T10:51:00.000-08:00

This time about the new "Ultra-Conservative" Canadian Prime Minister elect Stephen Harper! This is what he said, straight from the horses ass oops I mean the mouth:

Canadians, Gore said, should vigilantly keep watch over prime minister-designate Stephen Harper because he has a pro-oil agenda and wants to pull out of the Kyoto accord -- an international agreement to combat climate change.

The election in Canada was partly about the tar sands projects in Alberta

Waaaa, I am irrelevent but I will keep opening my mouth to make sure someone will listen to me and take me seriously and did I tell you that I was robbed in 2000 by the supreme court for the presidency! And oh yeah, global warming is bad and it's GW Bush's fault too.

Sen. Murtha again espousing his Retreat and Defeat Strategy

2006-01-27T10:31:00.000-08:00

Sen. Murtha (D-PA) is again calling for retreat and defeat again, only now calling Iraq a "Civil War!" and manages a few insightful nuggets from his mouth

Our troops are the target.

and this

We're not fighting terrorism in Iraq. We're fighting a civil war in Iraq. We've got to give them an incentive. We fought our Civil War. Let them fight their civil war.

All that he is doing now, is now he has figured out that he can't win using a frontal assault, and now is trying to attack from the rear by comparing it with our own Civil War over 200 years ago. Sen. Murtha also lets everyone else know that he can see the future too by stating this:

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., could win the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, but that she would lose in the general election.

I think she will put out feelers as 08 approaches but will back out last minute and let the other candidates kiss her rear for her support of her base.

Senate Minority Leader Concedes That They can't block the Alito Nomination

2006-01-27T10:08:00.000-08:00

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) conceded today that they don't have to votes to filibuster the Alito nomination. Sen. Reid released this statement today

Everyone knows there is not enough votes to support a filibuster

Further down in the article he also stated he would still vote for one to send a "message" to the supporters of Alito, or in other words, so Sen. Reid can still appear (and Senators Kennedy, Kerry, Feinstein) can keep there base happy with the KOS and DU'ers base groups. Hell, Alito has even got the support of Sen. Byrd (D-WV) who also scorned the debate process C-Span (Video Here)and called the process "appalling". This is just another cheap stunt to keep the radical fringe of the Democrat party happy and to allow them to think in their "Ivory Towers" that they are stickin it to GW Bush, when only they are making themselves more irrelevant by the minute.

The Moonbats are barking again

2006-01-26T23:04:00.000-08:00

The usual suspects are trying to delay the Alito nomination vote being held. They can't seem to realize that they are not in power and do not get to nominate the judges, if they would win a election, they can choose ie...Ruth Bader Ginsburg anyone? Kerry, Kennedy and Feinstein are now threatening a filibuster which would be good and bad, good because it would further marginalize the Democrat party and make them look like the extremists that some of the are, but bad because a highly qualified judge would not be where he belongs.

SITE UPDATE

2006-01-25T10:30:00.000-08:00

This blog will be moving to a new URL sometime in the next week or so (I still have to get familiar with Wordpress and tweak it the way I like) The new URL will be http://www.dmaestazonline.com

No Surprises here!

2006-01-24T10:23:00.000-08:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito along party lines, which didn't completely surprise me. Short of Bush nominating some far leftwing judicial activist judge, you could pretty much forget getting the support of Senators Kennedy,Schumer,Feinstein,Leahy,and Durbin. The only two wildcards I knew were Senators Feingold and Kohl (admittedly I don't know too much about them so I couldn't make a educated guess) but they fell into party line and voted with the rest of there party, because everyone knows what happens if you go against the grain in the Democratic Party, if unsure google Sen. Lieberman and Formal Senator Zell Miller. Hopefully this will all be over soon...

I have a excellent Idea!!

2006-01-23T14:11:00.000-08:00

Everyone in the conservative blogosphere should donate some money to a general fund to buy property in exclusive liberal havens like Malibu, Martha's Vineyard and set up either Violent Sex Offender rehabilitation centers or even homeless shelters and bus the people to these shelters and just sit back and enjoy the show, it would beat watching most of what's on tv nowadays (with exception to 24/The Shield/and Desperate Housewives), Who is with me?

*Update* I got to thinking again, what would be some good names? I was thinking of some like: The Tookie Williams center for the rehabilitation of gangbangers (not too be confused with the Linda Lovelace center for the rehabilitation of gangbangers though). Feel free to leave any other suggestions in the comments!

Another Case of Not in my Backyard-itis

2006-01-23T13:46:00.000-08:00

The enviromentalists are trying to fight vinters who are buying property in northern Sonoma county to grow the fickle pinot noir grapes popularized in the movie Sideways, but to the dismay of the residents, they are converting forests to vineyards and are crying foul because it damages there views or what not. The most ambitious and controversial project is the Preservation Ranch, which proposes of the 20,000 acres they bought, 2,000 acres would be the vineyard, and the remaining 18,000 acres would be reforested with the wine profits, seems reasonable to me, but the environuts want it to be there way or the highway, no room for compromise whatsoever. Pretty typical for californians in my opinion, not just there, but here as well in Monterey, people scream for affordable housing (median cost of a house here: $721,000 and affordable housing when available is normally in the 300k range, see my earlier post on the housing difficulties here and here, they all clamor for more power plants/affordable housing as long as it isn't in there backyard...

Question: Where Was the Rest of the Team?

2006-01-23T11:28:00.000-08:00

Last night Kobe Bryant scored a amazing 81 points in the Lakers win against the Toronto Raptors, 122-104. I don't usually follow basketball, but something like this caught my attention (I do usually watch the NBA Finals though and will usually root for either the Nuggets if they ever get there or a California team). Final tally: Kobe - 81points, Rest of the team - 41 points. He played about 42 minutes total (out of 60 for you fellow non followers of basketball), and also this was the second highest point total for one person, Wilt Chamberlin only scored more points, 100 on March 2nd, 1962. Quite a feat in my humble non basketball following opinion...

Code Pink Kicked off the Curb!!!

2006-01-23T09:22:00.000-08:00

At the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which has been displaying there anti war rhetoric and trying to demoralize the injured troops for some time now. First they get caught stealing a sign that the proud parents of a Marine hung on the fence at Walter Reed which said "No Protest Zone, Soldiers Healing," now Code Pink forgot to renew the permit for their weekly protests, when a patriot, a guy named Concrete Bob stepped up and purchased the permit, more can be read here. Finally our troops can begin to heal without having to see the vile protests anymore, and let's give a hand to the counter protestors who were out there trying to counteract Code Pink, the DC Chapter of Protest Warrior and the DC Free Republic Chapter!

(h/t Andi's World, The Redhunter and Michelle Malkin)

This Actually Sounds Like a Good Idea

2006-01-21T16:08:00.000-08:00

Kudo's to Steven Soderbergh for him and his company with 2 maverick billionaires, Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner are thinking outside the box with Soderbergh's new movie Bubble! They are releasing it in the movie theatres, dvd, and to HDnet Movies (cable channel that will show it) simultaneously. Of course not everyone thinks it's a great idea, the biggest theatre chains are not going to show it, the only chain that is showing it that I know of is Landmark Theatres. The president of the National Association of Theater Owners had this to say about it:

It's the biggest threat to the viability of the cinema industry today

As it stands now, going to the movies at the theatre is a rip off, here in Monterey, the last time I checked, a matinee runs $5.50 for shows before 2 p.m and after that they are $8.50. I know in Los Angeles as well, the prices go up to $14 for a evening show. With those prices I only go to movies that pretty much have to translate to the big screen, movies like King Kong, Star Wars, War Of The Worlds and the rest of the movies I wait to see on dvd, that's the main reason why I won't go see Brokeback Mountain, no matter how good or bad the movie is, it will look the same on a 42" DLP tv or a movie screen. This way rather than getting dragged to a chick flick at the theatre, I can either go rent or buy it. Its a win win situation for me.

Speaking of Bad Presidents

2006-01-21T15:20:00.000-08:00

Jimmy Carter again interjects his worthless 2 pennies into the news again, this time about Hamas saying that their involvement in the Palestinian elections was a good thing. He also had this to say about Hamas:

Carter told CNN in an interview that although Hamas were "so-called terrorists," so far "there have been no complaints of corruption against [their] elected officials."

This coming from a person who talked up about Yassir Arafat, one of the most notorious embezzlers and terrorist of all time. Jimmy, here is a clue, go back to killing rabbits or building houses for Habitat For Humanity and leave politics to the grown-ups.

(h/t Right Wing News)

This may seem kinda pathetic but...

2006-01-19T23:47:00.000-08:00

It's a milestone for me, getting my 1,000th visitor. The main reason it happend was alot to do with the 2 last days, first getting linked by John at Right Wing News and then yesterday by the Military Outpost

Is This Really A Surprise After All????

2006-01-19T11:42:00.000-08:00

Top senate democrats oppose Judge Alito's Supreme Court Nomination. Short of Alito openly endorsing abortion, gay marriage and the rest of the Dem agenda, there would be a better chance that the Houston Texans will win the superbowl next year than Judge Alito getting getting the support of Sen. Durbin, Sen. Leahy and Sen Kennedy. Just listen to what the "Irrelevent 3" have to say)

Sen. Leahy:

I will not lend my support to an effort by this president to move the Supreme Court and the law radically to the right

There is no reason to believe that Judge Alito will serve as an effective check and balance on government intrusion

Now for Sen. Durbin:

Based on his record, I'm concerned that Judge Alito will not be willing to stand up to a president who is determined to seize too much power over our personal lives

In case after case, he has voted -- often as the lone dissenter on his court -- against the dispossessed, the poor and the powerless

Finally, Sen. (Put a Blonde In the Pond) Ted Kennedy:

His record just does not show a judge who is committed to equal justice under law.

Here is a clue for the clueless, Win a election and then you can pick who you want on the Supreme Court, anyone remember the ACLU card carrying Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she is about as extremist as they get but nary a complaint from the Dems.

ACLU No Friend of Mine

2006-01-19T09:36:00.000-08:00

If your interested in taking a stand against the ACLU's frivolous lawsuit against the NSA for supposed(h/t Michelle Malkin and Stop The ACLU)head on over to Debbie Schlussel's blog and find out how to do your part and read up on some of the shady characters also involved!

Excellent Op-Ed from a surprising source

2006-01-19T09:26:00.000-08:00

As I was doing my daily morning news/blog surfing, I came across this opinion piece from a surprising source...the LA Times! The piece was very well written in my opionion, and here are a few noteworthy excerpts:

I CAN CERTAINLY understand the uproar over President Bush's flagrant abuses of civil liberties. This is America. What right does that fascist in the White House have to imprison Michael Moore, wiretap Nancy Pelosi and blackmail Howard Dean?

Wait. You mean he hasn't done those things? All he's done is intercept communications between terrorists abroad and their contacts in the U.S. without a court order? Talk about defining impeachable offenses downward.

and...

All you have to do is recite this litany of excess to realize the absurdity of the cries of impeachment coming from the loonier precincts of the left. Muttering about "slippery slopes" isn't enough to convince most people that fascism is descending. If the president's critics want that part of the nation that doesn't read the Nation to believe that he's a threat to our freedom, they'd better do more than turn up the level of vituperation. They'd better find some real victims — the Eugene Debses and Martin Luther Kings of the war on terror.

The anti-Bush brigade hasn't had any luck in turning up actual instances of abuse, despite no end of effort. The ACLU compiled a list of supposed victims of the Patriot Act. After examining each case, however, Sen. Dianne Feinstein — no friend of the administration — said "it does not appear that these charges rose to the level of 'abuse.' "

And although the government has occasionally blundered, it has also used its enhanced post-9/11 powers to keep us safe. The National Security Agency's warrantless wiretaps, which have generated so much controversy, helped catch, among others, a naturalized American citizen named Iyman Faris who pleaded guilty to being part of an Al Qaeda plot to bring down the Brooklyn Bridge.

I agree with his overall assumption, while their have been mistakes made as no system is perfect in any regard, but the wiretapping issue really isn't a issue except for the terrorists.

Stories Worth Retelling

2006-01-18T10:20:00.000-08:00

First story that I think that needs to be retold is the story of Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith, who currently is the only Congressional Medal Of Honor receipent (posthumously unfortunately) awarded for actions in Iraq. His CMOH citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:

Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq on 4 April 2003. On that day, Sergeant First Class Smith was engaged in the construction of a prisoner of war holding area when his Task Force was violently attacked by a company-sized enemy force. Realizing the vulnerability of over 100 fellow soldiers, Sergeant First Class Smith quickly organized a hasty defense consisting of two platoons of soldiers, one Bradley Fighting Vehicle and three armored personnel carriers. As the fight developed, Sergeant First Class Smith braved hostile enemy fire to personally engage the enemy with hand grenades and anti-tank weapons, and organized the evacuation of three wounded soldiers from an armored personnel carrier struck by a rocket propelled grenade and a 60mm mortar round. Fearing the enemy would overrun their defenses, Sergeant First Class Smith moved under withering enemy fire to man a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a damaged armored personnel carrier. In total disregard for his own life, he maintained his exposed position in order to engage the attacking enemy force. During this action, he was mortally wounded. His courageous actions helped defeat the enemy attack, and resulted in as many as 50 enemy soldiers killed, while allowing the safe withdrawal of numerous wounded soldiers. Sergeant First Class Smith’s extraordinary heroism and uncommon valor are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the Third Infantry Division “Rock of the Marne,” and the United States Army.

A true American hero.

The Second story that needs to be retold, I found reposted at the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler blog. I originally saw this article and accompanied picture in a email that was sent around a few months ago, and unfortunately didn't keep it.

Marine Gunnery Sergeant Randy Burghardt shows that he cannot be stopped by a IED. He is a Marine EOD Technician and well known through Iraq for his skills. Here is what led up to the picture being taken, told by Stars And Stripes:

Last September, an embedded journalist snapped a photo of Burghardt moments after a roadside bomb exploded on him in a notoriously troubled corner of western Ramadi — a city that Burghardt describes as “the scariest place on Earth.” The image shows Burghardt with bloodied legs and shredded uniform, flipping the bird to an unseen insurgent who triggered the bomb.

The day Burghardt found himself checkmated by a roadside bomber was Sept. 19. He was in Ramadi’s wild Tammim neighborhood as part of a team of bomb technicians responding to the scene of a chaotic ambush in which four U.S. personnel were killed.

Burghardt, who was looking to clear an evacuation route for the vehicles, hopped into what he thought was a recent bomb crater. He said he saw an interesting piece of shrapnel in the 4½-foot- deep hole and wanted to investigate. As he took a closer look, the shattered gravel beneath his foot suddenly shifted, revealing a package wrapped in orange plastic and a cordless telephone base station.

Realizing that he had just stumbled onto a primed explosive, Burghardt stuck his knife in the dirt and dredged up a red detonating cord that led to a pair of 122 mm artillery shells. He cut the cord with scissors and told the rest of his team to stay back.

“I thought I had done good,” Burghardt said.

But what he didn’t realize was that a second detonating cord ran from the base station to a third artillery shell buried behind him. The triggerman, figuring perhaps that he wouldn’t lure anyone else into the trap that day, placed a telephone call to the base station.

“That’s when I heard the distinct crack of that artillery shell,” Burghardt said.

The explosion sent Burghardt 10 feet into the air and dropped him in a heap on the road as his team watched in horror.

Medics cut away his bloody pants to reveal that the backs of his legs had been studded with shrapnel and bruised from the top of his boots to his waist. As they prepared to place him in a stretcher, Burghardt shouted, “No.” He didn’t want his teammates or the insurgents to see him carried from the scene. He was going to walk.

As he was helped to his feet, Burghardt said, he felt a wave of anger and adrenaline flow through his system. He had just extended his Iraq tour that morning and he was livid that he had been bested by the bomber.

“I was really pissed off that they got me, that after all this time, they got me,” Burghardt said. “I figured the triggerman was still watching, so I flipped him off. I yelled, ‘[Expletive] you! I’ll be out here next week!’”

It was at this moment that photographer Jeff Bundy of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald snapped the photo that would be seen on office walls, refrigerators, screensavers, Web sites and newspapers throughout Iraq and the U.S.

If I ever happend upon meeting Gunny Burghardt, he wouldn't have to worry about buying a beer as long as I have money....

Thanks to the Military Outpost for the link

If This Is true, then I am so screwed

2006-01-18T09:37:00.000-08:00

According to a new study:

Internet users can give Web sites a thumbs up or thumbs down in less than the blink of an eye, according to a study by Canadian researchers.

In just a brief one-twentieth of a second -- less than half the time it takes to blink -- people make aesthetic judgments that influence the rest of their experience with an Internet site.

I am still amazed by the fact that I average about 20 hits on this site a day (today is way different though, thanks to the link from John Hawkins over at Right Wing News as the random site of the day, I had almost 50 by the time I woke up this morning)!

Appropriate response to Hillary and Al's comments

2006-01-18T08:39:00.000-08:00

Would be to send a copy of the White House rap sheet for the 8 years Bill Clinton was in office (Bill also would be on that list)....

Too Funny for words

2006-01-17T21:50:00.000-08:00

Again, The Nose On Your Face hits another homerun in the humor department, this time it is satirizing the Gov Ray Nagins "it is time to rebuild a chocolate New Orleans" comment with their commentary called:

"Racist? Some Of My Best Friends Are White Chocolate"

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin continues to come under fire for remarking earlier this week that "it is time to rebuild a chocolate New Orleans." In an attempt to better explain himself, Nagin released the following statement just moments ago:

"A lot is being said about the comments I recently made regarding the rebuilding of New Orleans as a chocolate city. Some have called my remarks poorly chosen. Others have gone so far as to categorize them as 'racist'. Those who know me best know that I am no racist. I could sit here and defend my actions, but I do not feel I need to. The fact that some of my best friends are made of white chocolate speaks for itself.

However, in the spirit of healing and reconciliation I would like to leave you with the immortal song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It goes a little something like this:

Dark chocolate and white milk do

Work together to form one delicious stew

Side by side to rebuild New Orleans,

Oh hell, toss in some gummy Jews

We've all seen

That Haitians are made of mixed jelly beans

There are blacks and reds, in every bag

We learn to share, we learn to trade each other

For the ones that we like,

To help rebuild the dykes.

Whether you are an Almond Joyish Jamaican, a licoricey Latvian or a minty Mongolian, you are all welcome in New Orleans. I hope that answers the critics once and for all. Peace, love and confectionary unity. Good night."

Funny funny stuff

Democrats Trying again to Stifle Free Speech

2006-01-17T21:00:00.000-08:00

Of those whose ideas are not in line with the liberal agenda. They are attempting to silence the Rush Limbaugh's and Bill O'Reilly's because they do not own the AM radio like they own the TV stations and newspapers. The right slanted talking head pundit shows constantly slaughter the left slanted talking head pundit shows! Brian Anderson (Author of the book South Park Conservatives and Senior Editor of the Manhattan based City Journal)has a scathing report on how the MSM and liberals are trying to silence them. The full version is available here. Here are some of the more interesting things Brian Anderson comes up with:

The rise of alternative media—political talk radio in the eighties, cable news in the nineties, and the blogosphere in the new millennium—has broken the liberal monopoly over news and opinion outlets. The Left understands acutely the implications of this revolution, blaming much of the Democratic Party’s current electoral trouble on the influence of the new media’s vigorous conservative voices. Instead of fighting back with ideas, however, today’s liberals quietly, relentlessly, and illiberally are working to smother this flourishing universe of political discourse under a tangle of campaign-finance and media regulations. Their campaign represents the most sustained attack on free political speech in the United States since the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts.

The most imminent danger comes from campaign-finance rules, especially those spawned by the 2002 McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act. Republican maverick John McCain’s co-sponsorship aside, the bill passed only because of overwhelming Dem support. It’s easy to see why liberals have spearheaded the nation’s three-decade experiment with campaign-finance regulation. Seeking to rid politics of “big-money corruption,” election-law reforms obstruct the kinds of political speech—political ads and perhaps now the feisty editorializing of the new media—that escape the filter of the mainstream press and the academy, left-wing fiefdoms still regulation-free. Campaign-finance reform, notes columnist George Will, by steadily expanding “government’s control of the political campaigns that decide who controls government,” advances “liberalism’s program of extending government supervision of life.”

The ultimate pipe dream of the reformers is a rigidly egalitarian society, where government makes sure that every individual’s influence over politics is exactly the same, regardless of his wealth. Scrutinize the pronouncements of campaign-finance reform groups like the Pew-backed Democracy 21, and you’ll see how the meaning of “corruption” morphs into “inequality of influence” in this sense. This notion of corruption—really a Marxoid opposition to inequality of wealth—would have horrified the Founding Fathers, who believed in private property with its attendant inequalities, and who trusted to the clash of factions to ensure that none oppressed the others. The Founders would have seen in the reformers’ utopian schemes, in which the power of government makes all equally weak, the embodiment of tyranny.

The FEC thus has plunged into what Smith calls a “bizarre” rule-making process that could shackle the political blogosphere. This would be a particular disaster for the Right, which has maintained its early advantage over the Left in the blogosphere, despite the emergence of big liberal sites like Daily Kos. Some 157 of the top 250 political blogs express right-leaning views, a recent liberal survey found. Reaching a growing and influential audience—hundreds of thousands of readers weekly (including most journalists) for the top conservative sites—the blogosphere has enabled the Right to counter the biases of the liberal media mainstream. Without the blogosphere, Howell Raines would still be the New York Times’s editor, Dan Rather would only now be retiring, garlanded with praise—and John Kerry might be president of the U.S., assuming that CBS News had gotten away with its last-minute falsehood about President Bush’s military service that the diligent bloggers at PowerLine, LittleGreenFootballs, and other sites swiftly debunked.

It’s not just the blogosphere that’s at risk. The Left has also begun to use campaign-finance reform—not McCain-Feingold but equally onerous state regulations—to try to shush political talk radio. The oldest of the new media—Rush Limbaugh went national around 15 years ago—political talk radio is the Right’s dominion. Not one of the top 20 nationally syndicated political shows features a left-of-center host, and right-leaning radio talkers outnumber liberals three to one. Over 40 percent of Americans tune in at least occasionally to this extremely influential medium, and over 20 percent use it as a primary source of political information. Given the Left’s continuing inability to compete on the dial—its much-ballyhooed Air America doesn’t even register in the Arbitron ratings in some markets—its preferred strategy in the future likely will be to force conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and William Bennett off the air.

Scary stuff that the same people who will defend a crucifix in a bottle of piss, claiming freedom of speech will attempt to eradicate other peoples first admendment rights.

New Zogby Poll gets Democrats all hot and bothered

2006-01-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

Despite the fact that the Zogby Poll asks a loaded question! According to the Poll:

The poll found that 52 percent of respondents agreed with the statement: "If President Bush wiretapped American citizens without the approval of a judge, do you agree or disagree that Congress should consider holding him accountable through impeachment."

With that statement I would even agree with that, but had the question been more relevent to current events (which Dems are "conviently" forgetting) to the effect of:

"If President Bush wiretapped suspected terrorists residing in the US, who either called or received calls from other suspected terrorists overseas without the approval of a judge, do you agree or disagree that Congress should consider holding him accountable through impeachment."

Then I would unilaterally disagree with the above statement. Here are some of the other things they found while asking there loaded questions:

Of those contacted, 43 percent disagreed, and 6 percent said they didn't know or declined to answer. The poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percent.

The poll was commissioned by a co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, Bob Fertik whose moonbattery is seriously exposed with this ridiculous statement:

The American people are not buying Bush's outrageous claim that he has the power to wiretap American citizens without a warrant. Americans believe terrorism can be fought without turning our own government into Big Brother

This will only empower the moonbats who reside in San Fran/LA/NYC to thinking that the majority of americans support there radical agenda.

Am I a Homophobe?

2006-01-17T11:55:00.000-08:00

For me refusing to part with the $9 (or $5.50 if I caught a matinee) of Brokeback Mountain. It's not because I don't like homosexuals (what they do in there free time is there business, not mine). I don't normally see non-big productions on the big screen, for example the last few movies I have seen in the theatre have King Kong, War Of The Worlds, Serenity, Sin City. It's just if I am going to pay out the rectum for a few hours of entertainment, I want to see the special effects on the big screen versus most of the movies I either rent/own on dvd which wouldn't make a difference on a big or small screen like Wedding Crashers, 40 yr old Virgin, 4 Brothers. Too me, Brokeback Mountain seems to be a rental/purchase and does not warrant me taking a trip to the cinema for it. I like Ang Lee's movies to, which is one of the main reason's I will go see it (hell, I even liked his interpetation of the Incredible Hulk, although most of the comic book aficionado's seemed to hate). So unless Brokeback Mountain has some special effects like aliens popping out of peoples chests or spaceships blowing up planets or even lasers or lightsabers, It's in the rental/buy category for me. This could all change now if someone were to donate the money for me to see it, that would change everything, and I would go see it tonight and give a honest opinion of it tomorrow, but that is as likely as Michael Moore becoming the new Jenny Craig spokesperson...

Another One Bites The Dust

2006-01-17T07:43:00.000-08:00

Clarence Ray Allen was executed today at 12:38 am at San Quentin Prison, on his birthday, but also because of ol' Clarence, 4 people haven't been celebrating there birthdays for the last 20+ years either, so it's hard to have any sympathy for him at all. Worst of all, he didn't have Joan Baez singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" out the fence at San Quentin either, maybe he should have wrote childrens books too like Tookie. His lawyers tried to argue 2 things: 1) That executing a blind, wheelchair bound diabetic was "cruel and unusual punishment" but from where I stand, I call that a mercy killing and 2)The fact he was on death row for 23 years was also "cruel and unusual punishment", the fact is that he was abusing the justice system and managed to stay on death row longer than one of his victims spent breathing (His first victim, Josephine Rocha who was only 17 yrs old at the time of her murder by Clarence). Justice was served today, it is now that we can positively say that Clarence will never commit another crime (also the fact that Clarence was already serving a life sentence when he hired a hitman to kill a witness and 2 innocent bystanders).

Louisana's Governor Says that God is Mad at USA

2006-01-16T15:24:00.000-08:00

Because of all the hurricanes and that Bush lied about Iraq. He almost said something intelligent when he chided the african american community for all the crime and political infighting. God soon sent a reply through his publicist and said:

Gov Ray Nagin is clueless, because everyone knows that Bush caused the hurricanes with his magic weather machine in the basement of the White House. As for everything else, this only proves that Gov Nagin is a moron and that's the last time I perform a miracle and let him be elected!

I have been accepted into the Homespun Bloggers Network

2006-01-16T11:26:00.000-08:00

Its a group of non pro bloggers who are loosely affiliated in order to get some extra traffic. I recommend them to anyone who wants some extra traffic for their site. They can be found here, or by clicking on button on my page.

Clarence Ray Allen's Request for a New Bed has Been Approved

2006-01-16T11:08:00.000-08:00

He finally gets to test it out at 12:01 am on Tuesday, and it comes with a completely furnished room shown below:

After the paperwork got lost in the bureaucracy for the last 25 or so years, its finally coming through.

Trying To Get Back In The Swing Of Things

2006-01-16T10:40:00.000-08:00

As I returned from my weekend trip in my rented Cadillac DTS which is quite the upgrade from my 99 Ford Escort ZX2, I am trying to catch up on everything when this caught my eye from the Conservative slanted political satire site, The Nose On your Face. Its one of there top 9 lists, this one is called "9 Statements that Would Make Ted kennedy Cry" and here it is:

Ted Kennedy and some of his colleagues have come under fire for their behavior during the recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Samuel Alito. Insiders tell us that some of Senator Kennedy's statements were so over the top that at one point, Mrs. Alito burst into tears.

This caused us to wonder, what manner of comment is so strong, so offensive that it would drive someone to tears?

In Senator Kennedy's case we believe the following statements could do just that:

9. "NBC news is reporting tonight that there has been a major spill at the Dewar's bottling plant."

8. "I have some unbelievable news dear! Splash has developed the ability to speak! Now he can talk to us about all of those adventures you two have gone on. Isn't this wonderful?"

7. "Senator, I know that you don't normally take visitors this late in the evening, but there are several associates of Judge Alito here and they are quite enthusiastic about speaking with you."

6. "A four-way? Yeah, keep dreaming 'little' brother. Bobby, Jack you fellas ready to go?"- Marilyn Monroe

5. "And in other news, Massachusetts has passed a law making it a dry state."

4. "Honey, remember how concerned you were about the horrendous treatment minorities were receivng after Katrina? Well, I've invited a few hundred real live negro families to stay with us for awhile. You know, just til they get on their feet."

3. "I'm sorry Mr. Kennedy, but this particular strain is resistant to pennicillin."

2. "Last call!"

1. "Senator, there's a woman claiming to be the ghost of a Mary Jo something or other here to see you."

Funny stuff, just realize its mostly made up now...

I'm back

2006-01-16T03:55:00.000-08:00

But I am going to bed, I have no idea whats happening in the real world other than the Broncos have a home game next saturday.

Its been fun but...

2006-01-13T15:19:00.000-08:00

It's time to start the 6hr drive to San Bernardino, CA for the weekend, so probably no more posts till monday or tuesday...

Anti-Death Penalty activists foiled again

2006-01-12T21:30:00.000-08:00

In the DNA test ordered by Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to either prove or disprove Roger Keith Coleman innocence. Roger Keith Coleman up until he was strapped into the electric chair, proclaimed his innocence. Now the results are in, and the tests say he was GUILTY! Poor little activists that just have to continue spouting off false allegations about the death penalty, since their best chance to say I told you so have failed miserably like a Democrat candidate in a presidential race...

(hat tip: Instapundit)

Maryland Manages to Crap on Wal-Mart

2006-01-12T17:38:00.000-08:00

This just in from the AP. The Democratic controlled Maryland Senate just overrided Republican Governors Veto of the so called "Wal-Mart" bill. This bill mandates that companies that have over 10,000 Maryland employees MUST spend at least 8% of there payroll on employee healthcare or pay the difference to the states medicaid fund. Labor unions and socialists oops I mean Democrats were estatic with such notable quotes as:

"The taxpayers are giving a health-care subsidy to the largest retailer on earth," argued Democratic Delegate Kumar Barve.

"Don't dump your employees that you refuse to insure into our Medicaid system," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Gloria Lawlah.

The Republican House leader had this to say

But House Republican Leader George Edwards called the measure an unwarranted intrusion into private enterprise.

"If you don't want to work for Wal-Mart, no one's twisting your arms. Go somewhere else and work," Edwards said.

Let me interject my 2 cents to Wal-Mart Inc., close all your stores (Wal-Mart's and Sam's Clubs) in Maryland and go somewhere else where your wanted. Big business is obviously not needed in Maryland.

GASP! Another super successful anti-Iraq conference

2006-01-11T10:15:00.000-08:00

That drew a overwhelming amount of people, reports are conflicting on exactly how many, some say close to 200 people showed up, but other reports put it at over 100,000 (that number was compiled by the same people who came up with the unofficial democrat count of dead innocents in Iraq). There was top notch speakers, everyone who matters was there, like Cindy Sheehan and a special appearance by none other than Sean Penn (the superhero from the Bush caused Hurricane Katrina fiasco, where he risked his life in a sinking rowboat to save countless lives). The highly informative and accurate information that was spoken by the highly respected speakers can be found here!

/sarcasm off

Liberal Paradise PT 3 (Final one of the day)

2006-01-10T14:23:00.000-08:00

The other thing that just kills me about this beautiful cesspool of Monterey, is that people are always bitching about housing. It's too expensive, there is not enough houses, not enough affordable housing, but yet when when a developer comes in and wants to build houses to ease the housing crunch (and employ capitalistic ideals of supply and demand) they go apeshit that they are going to ruin the beauty and charm of Monterey. Home Depot has always wanted to put a store here, but the retards here would never approve the permits to build one here (and help stimulate the economy by providing jobs and competition to OSH which helps lower the costs of both places). The only way they finally got one built is only because with the K-Mart and Sears merger, they closed the K-Mart here, and Home Depot swooped in and bought the property and finally built one. This place is sure full of near sighted ignoramus's for such a small population...

Liberal Paradise Pt. 2

2006-01-10T12:57:00.000-08:00

As I was finishing the last post, I realized that I had alot more to say on the state of affairs up here in Northern California. Recently I have been looking into getting my first handgun. I have been dealing with firearms from M-14's, 12 gauge shotguns, .50 cal machine guns, M-60 machine guns, and 9MM handguns in my last 11 years of service in the Navy. So when I start researching the gun laws of California where I am stationed at, it just started blowing my mind, technically I am still a resident of Colorado (lower taxes and reduced fees on my california registered vehicles). In my research here, their is a 10 day cooling off period to purchase a handgun or in the words of the CA law, a concealable weapon, but yet their is no waiting list to buy a car or get a abortion, and the both of those easily take more lives by themselves than all the handgun crimes in CA. I propose fairness, make owning a car just like buying a handgun, they are pretty similar with exception to the wait list. In California before you can even make a purchase you have to get a Handgun Safety Certificate(car terms: written drivers test), after that, then you have to (usually) pay for the gun and wait 10 days (while the background checks are run, but they could be run on the spot within a hour, the technology exists). Finally before the dealer can turn over the weapon you need to demonstrate safe operation of the handgun before legally he can sell you the gun. Make the laws fair at least instead of being hypocritical. Either apply the 10 day rule to everything that can be harmful or dangerous or nothing. Certain weapons are banned like the .50 Cal BMG rifle because they are so concealable and if I ever felt the need to get in a tall building and start picking people off at random like Charles Whitman, he didn't need a .50 Cal Barrett Sniper rifle so why is it banned, because it makes the liberals feel safe in their safe havens like soon to be gun free San Francisco, nevermind that someone tried to blow up a Starbucks yesterday! Not too mention that the gun ban will only affect legal firearm ownership, when was the last time a criminal said oh wait, I have to wait 10 days before I can get a gun and start robbing or murdering people? Well maybe the barking moonbats believe that, but the rest of the normal rational thinking people don't. I hope San Francisco keeps the whining to a minimum when Oakland invades them. Add another liberal safe haven to the list along with Washington D.C and Chicago (also crime and gun free mecca's). One positive not again, at least when I do purchase a gun, me being in the military does exempt me from getting the Handgun Safety Certificate.

As I sit here pondering life in this Liberal Paradise

2006-01-10T11:46:00.000-08:00

I realize that I will never own a house here short of winning the states super duper megastate lottery because of the median cost of housing here in Monterey region which is about $721,620. It's rather difficult to come up the industry standard of at least 10% for the downpayment (roughly $72,160), figuring in a 6.125% fixed interest rate, I would be looking at a $3950 a month mortgage. That would leave me with about $500 left over a month for all my other bills. Not to mention I have no way to raise 72k for the downpayment (short of raising my parents life insurance and finding a way to off them without getting caught, I have managed to stay out of jail this long, why start now?) but hey, I live 10 minutes away from Pebble Beach Golf Course (of course it would help that I even played golf or could reasonably afford the green fees for Pebble Beach which will only set you back about $395 plus cart rental if you so desire. The only slightly positive thing I can say about this place, is the scenery, of course that gets polluted when tourist season gets in stride. I was one of the few people who secretly hoped that NPS Monterey would get put on the BRAC list and relocated somewhere else, to spare any future military member the agony of being stationed here. The brightside of this, my 3 yr tour ends next December to which if things go right, I will end up far away from this rich yuppie/hippie anti-growth stain on california back to sweet ol' San Diego.

It was once said by a person greater than I

2006-01-09T12:59:00.000-08:00

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

That quote was made by none other than the late, great Ronald Reagan, and the reason I put that quote up is I would like to expound on the basis of that theory with my version.

The five most terrifying words in the english language used by your significant other is, "Honey, we need to talk."

Why do people keep electing Half-wits?

2006-01-09T11:34:00.000-08:00

Sen. Chuck Schumers opening quotes on the Alito confimation hearings. He said:

While every Supreme Court nominee has a great burden, yours, Judge Alito, is triply high. First, because you have been named to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the pivotal swing vote on a divided court; second, because you have been picked to placate the extreme right wing after the hasty withdrawal of Harriet Miers; and, finally, because your record of opinions and statements on a number of critical Constitutional questions seems quite extreme.

Earlier in the last week or so, Samuel Alito also received the highest grade from the American Bar Association, but when Sen. Schumer was confronted with a earlier quote in which he said

ABA evaluation has been the gold standard by which judicial candidates are judged.(In reference to the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

Hat tip: The Political Teen
More proven hypocrisy from you guessed it, a certified america hating liberal. Now if Alito was a dyed in the wool activist liberal judge, Schumer, Kennedy, Feinstein, Reid would all be bowing to his altar as we speak. Not only is he a common sense convervative, he also was nominate by Bush (or bushitler to all you hate america first socialist liberals). Oh wait, just found Sen. Ted "Put a blonde in the Pond" Kennedy's priceless opening statement"

In an era when the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture, and is spying on American citizens, I find Judge Alito's support for an all-powerful executive branch to be genuinely troubling. Under the presidents spying program, there are no checks and no balances. There is no outside review of the legality of this brazen infringement on the civil rights and liberties of the American people. Undeterred by the public outcry, the president vows to continue spying on American citizens.

Ultimately, the courts will make the final judgment whether the White House has gone too far. Independent and impartial judges must assess the proper balance between protecting our liberties and protecting our national security."

I wouldn't have expected anything less from ol Ted.

Fair And Balanced

2006-01-06T10:20:00.000-08:00

With everything going on this past week, needless to say, I fell behind in the stuff I usually do, well I finally got around to reading last weeks Dave Barry's weekly column, aptly called:Wilma, Rita, Katrina: No matter how you stack it up, 2005 blew This years is particularly hilarious as he makes fun of politicians, politics and basically everything of significance that happend last year. I want to highlight a few excerpts:

Politics

Of course not all the alarming stories from 2005 involved women. Some of them involved men, and at least one of those men was named ''Scooter.'' I'll be honest: I don't really know who ''Scooter'' is, or what he allegedly did. He's involved in one of those Washington-D.C.-style scandals that are very, very important, but way too complicated for regular non-Beltway humans to comprehend. You try to read a Scooter story, and next thing you know, you're emerging from a coma weeks later with spiders nesting in your ears. But whatever Scooter allegedly did, it was bad. We know this because pretty much all the news this year was bad.

. . . when President George W. Bush is sworn in for a second term, pledging in his inauguration speech that, over the next four years, he will continue, to the best of his ability, trying to pronounce big words. In a strongly worded rebuttal, the Democratic leadership points out that, when you get right down to it, there IS no Democratic leadership.

. . . President Bush, in a decisive response to sharply rising gasoline prices, delivers a major speech proposing that Americans switch to nuclear-powered cars. In a strongly worded rebuttal, angry congressional Democrats state that, because of a scheduling mix-up, they missed the president's speech, but whatever he said, they totally disagree with it, and if they once voted in favor of it, they did so only because the president lied to them.

In other Washington news, the U.S. Senate approves the appointment of John Negroponte to become the nation's first intelligence czar. His immediate task is to locate his office, which, according to a dossier compiled by the CIA, FBI, NSA and military intelligence, is, quote, ''probably somewhere in the United States or Belgium.''

Also heating up in November is the debate over Iraq, with even Vice President Dick Cheney joining in, fueling rumors that he is still alive. President Bush makes a series of strong speeches, stating that while he ''will not impugn the patriotism'' of those who oppose his administration's policies, they are ''traitor scum.'' This outrages congressional Democrats, who respond with a two-pronged strategy of (1) demanding that the troops be brought home, and (2) voting overwhelmingly against a resolution to bring the troops home.

And he has some other funny relevent quotes on other things...

In sports, Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs-Elysées, raising his arms in a triumphant gesture, which causes the French army to surrender instantly. No, sorry; that was a cheap shot. One unit held out for nearly an hour.

On the social front, Prince Charles gets formally engaged to Camilla Parker Bowles. The British public responds with sincere and heartfelt wishes that the happy couple will not reproduce.

In sports, the Super Bowl is held for the first time in Jacksonville. Defying critics who mocked it as a backwater hick town, Jacksonville manages to host a fine event, marred only by the 143 spectators killed or wounded during the halftime raccoon shoot.

In economic news, financially troubled Delta Airlines announces that it will no longer offer pillows on its flights, because passengers keep eating them. But the economy gets a boost when the jobless rate plummets, as hundreds of thousands of unemployed cable-TV legal experts are hired to comment on the trial of Michael Jackson. Jackson is charged with 10 counts of being a space-alien freakadelic weirdo. Everybody agrees this will be very difficult to prove in California.

n a related story, a California jury finds that actor Robert Blake did not kill his wife. The jury also rules that John Wilkes Booth had nothing to do with the Lincoln assassination, and that bears do not poop in the woods. In other celebrity legal news, Martha Stewart is released from prison. The next morning, in a chilling coincidence, all of the witnesses who testified against Martha wake up and discover, to their utter horror, that their sheets no longer match their pillowcases.

This column had me in tears, I recommend reading it because it is funny regardless if your a Democrat or Republican. He skewers everyone regardless of his own personal politics which is the way comedians should be. Al Franken should take lessons...and I leave you with his parting message

So, OK, we're doomed. But look at the upside: If humanity becomes extinct, there's a chance that Paris Hilton will, too. So put on your party hat, raise your champagne glass, and join with me in this festive toast: Happy New Year!

Don't Do The Crime If You Can't Do Time.

2006-01-05T17:08:00.000-08:00

But with my interest in the death penalty lately, I just got back from shooting (see below) and was scanning the news stories when I read this from al-reuters. Good for the governator. Put the old guy out of his misery and give him the needle. Show them like he did with Tookie, that quadruple murders do not get a free pass when it comes time for them to face their punishment. As my parents use to tell me, don't do the crime if you can't do the time (granted I didn't go out and have a hand in the deaths of 4 people)

Shameless Plug

2006-01-05T16:37:00.000-08:00

I just got back from the shooting range, Markleys indoor range and gun shop in Watsonville, CA. I was quite impressed with there selection and prices on firearms. The main reason I went is I needed to relieve some stress thats been building up from the last week, and what a better way to do that is shooting off some rounds at a paper target (at least it is for me). I have been drooling over this gun, Sig Arms P220 classic full size .45 ACP Semi auto. I have fired alot of different kinds of handguns, but the Sig has to be the cadillac in my book (I am not including the specialized .45 makers out there who sell for 2 grand and above, that would be a Rolls-Royce in my book). Now the only bad part about the Sig, is that your going to pay a premium for it, which for the P220 is about $800 base (price can go up considerable if you add any accessories like night sights, short trigger, etc...) Before I make a decision I may also try the Sig in 9mm and .40 S&W but probably going to avoid the .357 (main reason is I am looking for a home defense/casual target shooter, and a .357 is a little to big for me, I am 5'5" and weigh about 150lbs so it may be too much gun for me)

Starting the Year Right

2006-01-02T13:43:00.000-08:00

The Denver Broncos have a first round bye and homefield advantage this year, and for more icing on the cake, won on saturday even though the game didn't matter much as far as the denver playoff picture....

My Favorite Movies of the Year

2006-01-02T12:57:00.000-08:00

I don't get out to the theaters very often (hence the reason I have yet to see Narnia, King Kong or Walk the Line in which I have heard all three movies are excellent and sorry I have no intention of seeing Brokeback Mountain...deal with it)
Here are my picks (in no particular order)

1. Frank Miller's Sin City (I recommend the Unedited and Recut Version dvd)
2. Batman Begins
3. Crash
4. Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith
5. The 40 Year Old Virgin
6. The Island (First Half of the movie is better than the second half)
7. Serenity

Like I said I missed alot of movies, but with my time schedule I usually wait to buy or rent movies on DVD. Now if I actually got paid to review movies, the list would be more comprehensive (but then I might have been forced to see Brokeback Mountain)

I'm surprised he hasn't placed any blame upon the Underwear Gnomes!

2005-12-30T20:46:00.000-08:00

As I sit here on duty on the quarterdeck of NPS doing my 9 hr stretch, and in my infinite boredom, I started googling upcoming execution dates here in the US, I have always been a supporter of the death penalty, its the only 100% effective way to ensure that a criminal never again commits a crime. I am not saying lets execute every criminal, but the ones convicted of serious crimes ie...multiple murderers, serial rapists, terrorists and other serious offenses. I believe they should have there appeals (maybe not 20 years of appealing), but anyways, whenever you google or yahoo the words death penalty, the majority of the sites that pop up and rabidly anti death penalty, so then I decide to start seeing what they have to say, and when I come across this (shudders) Canadian flaming moonbat anti death penalty site that posts profiles some of the death row inmates, I start to read them and I came across this moron, and if you can stomach it and read it, notice how he blames everyone else including the judge are in cahoots to get him. Criminals for the most part are usually not that bright but his lightbulb has burned out a long time ago. Hopefully when he gets the needle in April the gene pool will be better off without this bank robbing cop killer.

I'd Like To Wish Everyone a Happy New Year

2005-12-30T17:41:00.000-08:00

Especially to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen stationed overseas right now who are away from their loved ones from a landlocked sailor currently on shore duty. I leave everyone with this parting picture courtesy of Sacred Cow Burgers (Excellent site filled with pictures and parody pictures, mainly humorous pictures though)

Time is almost up for Clarence Ray Allen

2005-12-30T16:46:00.000-08:00

On January 17th, Clarence Ray Allen is scheduled to meet his maker. Instead of a children's book ghostwriting founder of a notorious gang quadruple murderer, you have a 75 yr Choctaw indian male convicted of 1 count of conspiracy,3 counts of murder with special circumstnces (he orchestrated 3 murders while in Folsom State Prison in retaliation against the people that testified against him while he was already serving a life sentence). His lawyers have already appealed to the Governator for clemency (this is the ridiculous part) based on the claim that the California Dept of Corrections are not adequately treating his medical conditions! He is confined to a wheelchair, nearly blind, diabetic and had a heart attack last september. His health won't be much of a concern after January 17th.

Mildly amusing news of the day

2005-12-30T15:48:00.000-08:00

A Police Officer in San Francisco was attacked by a roving pack of vicious Chihuahuas! I feel bad for the officer besides the numerous ankle bites he took from the vicious pack, I can only imagine the amount of hell he is going to catch back in his precinct!

Back to work

2005-12-29T11:01:00.000-08:00

or at least attempting to make it look like that I am working at the moment...

My Vacation is now winding down

2005-12-26T10:03:00.000-08:00

I leave tomorrow evening to head back home, I don't expect to start posting again till wednesday or thursday, depending on how long it takes me to recover. Hope everyone had a safe and good holiday season like I did.

I Couldn't Have Said This Any Better

2005-12-19T10:15:00.001-08:00

Lee from Right Thinking From The Left Coast put up an amazing post that I completely agree with, It has been completely echoing my sentiments of myself and my family (currently in a real conservative area of Colorado at the moment) with this post, Why Liberals Hate War. This is a must read in my book, its right up there with the special I saw on Fox News last night that showed some of the good things that are happening in Iraq right that you won't see on most newscasts.

I have arrived

2005-12-19T10:00:00.000-08:00

Safely in Colorado, Grand Junction to be exact. Anyways I am having fun in the snow now. Til' next post.

Going on Vacation

2005-12-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

I will be gone till the 27th, so posting will be very intermittent till then. Merry Christmas/Kwaanza/Festivus or whatever, hope your holidays are as good as mine...

File under you have to be kidding me!

2005-12-15T08:50:00.000-08:00

A police dog has been named a defendant in a lawsuit brought by a convicted marijuana trafficker. He felt endangered by the presence of the police dog. He also said this:

"They've got a mean ol' dog, you know what I'm saying? I take that pretty serious,"

The county prosecutor has volunteered to defend the police dog, Andi. I hope this gets thrown out, seriously as this is a waste of taxpayer's money on a frivolous lawsuit.

Ann Coulter, love her or hate her

2005-12-15T08:40:00.000-08:00

She writes some pretty funny stuff on occasion, makes me wonder if she should have been a comedy writer instead. I was perusing her article and this paragraph almost made me fall out of my chair laughing

Barry Krischer(Democrat Prosecutor in FL) has been going around calling El Rushbo(Rush Limbaugh) a criminal for more than two years but has yet to bring any charges. Last month, Krischer's assistant, James Martz, told the court that his office has "no idea" if Limbaugh has even committed a crime. I'm no lawyer -- hey, wait a minute, yes I am! -- but it sounds like maybe Krischer's maid has been out scoring him stupid pills again.

Funny stuff...

Shocking News alert

2005-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:00

Wolf Blitzer manages not to have heart attack after finding a African American Bush Supporter. Boxing promoter, Don King basically said this:

I love George Walker Bush because I think he's a revolutionary. He's a president that comes in with conclusiveness. What they're doing in tomorrow in Iraq is a demonstration of that for the vote for democracy. The fundamental process of democracy is freedom of speech, law and order, being able to have freedom, working with people and working and governing yourselves. George Bush is that.

and

I think he's a president that cares about the people he represents, but doesn't compromise himself to the extent that he acquiesce and accommodate. He goes out there and says like it is, and tries to make things better. Inclusiveness, education, is fighting for that.

In related news, Nitroglycerin intake spiked at CNN following story.

How To Be A Victim

2005-12-13T10:52:00.000-08:00

Another homerun hit by Dr. Sanity. This is another must read along with her Bush Derangement Syndrome post.

*UPDATE*I fudged up the links to the posts above, they should be working now

Christmas Gifts for the Leftist that has everything

2005-12-13T08:45:00.000-08:00

Still looking for the Christmas/Kwaanza/Festivus Gift for the Bush Hating Leftist, well look no further than here

Ta-Ta Tookie the Final Chapter

2005-12-13T08:23:00.000-08:00

Stanley "Tookie" Williams was declared dead at 12:35 am. Only took 24 years to send him on his way. One thing I didn't mention earlier is that he never admitted his guilt in the murders and was quoted as saying:

(he)refused to confess to crimes he did not commit, even if doing so would save his life. He said he redeemed himself while in prison and apologized for starting the Crips.

Had he admitted is guilt in killing 4 people he might be alive today, but he didn't and he payed the ultimate price for his complicity in ending 4 lives prematurely. One other thing I just can't comprehend on how people could call him "innocent"? He killed 4 people by his own hand for sure, started one of the most violent street gangs that were responsible for turning neighborhoods into warzones, helped spread the use of crack cocaine. How many people did Tookie kill before getting caught? Not like he was a altar boy before suddenly deciding to start a vicious street gang and kill 4 people. Finally it's over, the limousine liberals can go back to whining about Bush now.

File under you got to be shitting me

2005-12-12T22:08:00.000-08:00

According to this, Joan Baez took time out of her busy schedule to hold a impromptu concert at the gates of San Quentin Prison to sing a searing rendition of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot ( I thought Tookie's getting the needle, not being hung?) This almost is as bad as the busiest man in hollywood Mike Farrell taking time out of his hectic shooting schedule (filming the next big hollywood blockbuster, I imagine) to say this:

"The governor's 96-hour wait to give an answer was a cowardly act and was tortuous"

Nevermind the fact that Tookie killed 4 people with a Shotgun during 2 robberies (I guess to Mike, those actions are brave and heroic!)

Tookies Next appointment

2005-12-12T20:19:00.000-08:00

This is where Tookie will be at 12:01 am pst the pic is from the CA Department of Corrections

Ta-Ta Tookie pt 4

2005-12-12T19:25:00.000-08:00

Tookies final hope is now a pardon from GW Bush. There is a better chance of me turning gay suddenly and leading the annual San Francisco Gay Pride Parade than Tookie going free. (No offense to gay people, not my thing though)

Great Pic

2005-12-12T17:16:00.000-08:00

Very Fitting, about 6 1/2 hrs to go till Ta-Ta Tookie permenently.
(Hat tip mooresucksass from Right Thinking From the Left Coast)

Ta-Ta Tookie pt 3

2005-12-12T13:10:00.000-08:00

This just in, Gov. Schwarzenegger just denied Tookie's Clemency request. Tookie has less than 12 hrs until his sentence is carried out. Justice will be served at 12:01 am p.s.t. His part of murdering in cold blood; Albert Owens, Yen-I Yang, Tsai-Shai Chen Yang, and Yu-Chin Yang Lin. For a brief rundown on Tookies last hours will be like, click here. Note to the people support Tookie, atonement for his brutal murders cannot be negated by writing childrens books. He never admitted guilt, still had ties to the crips, never told law enforcement about crip activities. He is only intrested in saving his own bacon, and people like Snoop Dogg, Bianca Jagger, and Mike Farrell (who is he again?) should STFU and go back to minding their own business. Has any one of the celebs offered condolences to those he murdered rather than sideline cheerleading for a mass murderer? Only thing left in the way before Tookie is scheduled to get the needle is the US Supreme Court. Hopefully tommorrow his sentence will be carried out.

Ta-Ta Tookie pt 2

2005-12-12T10:51:00.000-08:00

The California Supreme court refuses to issue a stay for Tookies upcoming execution. Tookie's only chances to avoid the needle now rest with the federal court sysptem and Gov. Schwarzenegger. Of course the opposition has most likely manufactured a witness that will supposedly prove his innocence, but likely to be another delay tactic to keep a Nobel Peace prize nominee from getting the sentence decided by a jury of his peers. Let Tookies death be a deterrence to the gang life rather than his little read books. Tookie deserves the needle!!! I hope the governator does not issue clemency to Tookie otherwise he has just lost my vote. I may not vote for the democrat, but won't vote for him either.

Ta-Ta Tookie

2005-12-11T17:06:00.000-08:00

As to be expected, Stanley "Tookie" William's lawyers have filed a emergency stay petition in the California State Supreme court, in the words of Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Brault (the petition is) "without merit and is manifestly designed for delay". He has had 24 years to prove that he was wrongly convicted, and my main hope is that the state of California finally executes Tookie despite all the whining coming from the limousine libs and other hippy activists. Not only is he guilty of killing 4 people directly, but killing, terrorizing countless others, mainly other african americans. Rather than his books keeping kids from joining a gang, wouldn't it be more convincing if he got the needle?

Decent News

2005-12-11T16:45:00.000-08:00

I use to live in Colorado before joining the Navy, so on occasion I like to check into Colorado politics and other happenings. Although I was dismayed last election to see the Democrat elected to the senate, SEN. Ken Salazar (D-CO) over Pete Coors. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that he wasn't in lock step with Howard Dean. Here are some quotes from his spokesman this week:

"Howard Dean does not speak for Sen. Salazar," said Cody Wertz, the senator's spokesman. Salazar, a freshman, issued a statement saying that President Bush's speech on Iraq this week properly emphasized rebuilding Iraq and training its security forces.

"The facts make it plain that reconstruction progress cannot succeed steadily without more secure overall conditions," Salazar said. "We should continue to focus on providing effective training to Iraqi security forces so they can establish and maintain security for their own country.

"I continue to look forward to hearing more from the president on specific training and reconstruction benchmarks that we expect to achieve and when we expect to achieve them in Iraq."

This was in response to Howard Dean's comments that the war in Iraq were "Unwinnable" (which he later retracted and blamed the Republicans for cherrypicking his comments.)

(Hat tip: The Political Teen)

Hey Everyone...

2005-12-11T16:37:00.000-08:00

I just had a good email conversation with John from http://www.stoptheACLU.com and we just linked to each other, check out his site and the chronicles on how the ACLU has declared war on XMas and the average citizen, and thanks John for blogrolling me, I have been at this for just over a month now and its a honor for me anyways.

On A Sad Note.

2005-12-10T14:30:00.000-08:00

Richard Pryor died today. I still remember it like it was yesterday, sneaking into my dad's cassette collection and taking his Cheech & Chong and Richard Pryor tapes to listen to in my room back in the early 80's. Still remember him in the movies like Superman 3, Brewsters Millions, and the movies he did with Gene Wilder like Silver Streak and See No Evil, Here No Evil. He was a pioneer in his own way and will be missed. R.I.P Richard.

20 S.F. Cops in hot water over video's

2005-12-08T09:50:00.000-08:00

1 Officer has been suspended, and 20 others face other disciplinary actions for participating in video's that show:

In one video, which spoofed the TV show "Charlie's Angels," three gun-toting police women in T-shirts and blue jeans report to a police captain, who sits behind a desk and suggestively licks his lips.
Through the rest of the clip, a street person, an apparent transvestite, and several others lick their lips in a similar manner and say, "Ohhh, captain."

and

Another video showed a lazy pair of officers who ignored several dispatches while reading the newspaper, napping in their cruiser and practicing martial arts in a parking lot.

When gunshots are reported, they race off with their lights flashing and siren wailing - only to show up at a massage parlor the driver had spotted in a magazine ad.

Granted the humor may be sophmoric, but a mistake was made to put this on the website where it was discovered. Cops in SF also should realize they have no backup whatsoever from their higher ups like the Police Chief Heather Fong who called the video's "egregious, shameful and despicable." The moonbat mayor of SF also chimed in by saying It is shameful, it is offensive, it is sexist, it is homophobic and it is racist," and "We're going to make sure that it ends, it ends immediately." In case you forgot about Gavin Newsom's moonbattery! If I was a cop in SF, I would immediately start looking for work elsewhere, especially because the SF DA won't seek the Death Penalty for a accused Cop Killer. I could go on and on about SF and the thousands of reasons that I will never live there.

1,000 Marks the Spot

2005-12-02T04:50:00.000-08:00

Today we executed the 1,000th person in the USA who was Kenneth Boyd. That's one less person that will be able to kill again, or hurt anyone again for that matter. Before you get all teary eyed on me, this is what this scumbag did to get the needle:

During the 1988 slayings, Boyd's son Christopher was pinned under his mother's body as Boyd unloaded a .357-caliber Magnum into her. The boy pushed his way under a bed to escape the barrage. Another son grabbed the pistol while Boyd tried to reload.
The evidence, said prosecutor Belinda Foster, clearly supported a death sentence.
"He went out and reloaded and came back and called 911 and said 'I've shot my wife and her father, come on and get me.' And then we heard more gunshots. It was on the 911 tape," Foster said.

The only crime committed here was it took them 17 years to execute him.

Mexicans Denounce Border Fence

2005-12-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

Can anyone tell me why this is a problem and why we are even listening to this?

Mexican lawmakers have lambasted the Bush administration's plans to erect more border fences and use other devices aimed at curtailing illegal immigration.
"We are profoundly disheartened by the (U.S.) position of solving the migration problem through walls, infrared rays, cameras and unmanned aircraft," said Roberto Pedraza Martinez of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, El Universal reported Thursday.
Earlier this week, U.S. President George W. Bush said he was working to step up border enforcement and the deportations of illegal immigrants.
At the same time, Bush defended the guest worker program that allows Mexicans to remain in the country on temporary work visas.
About 1 million Mexicans are arrested every year trying to enter the United States illegally.

For the most part this is where I have diagreed with Pres. Bush the most, he hasn't done enough about illegal immigration, but this is just a baby step in the right direction. If people are complaining, you are doing something right. As a mexican/native american servicemember, I don't believe the illegal immigrants should be given a free pass (or bus/plane/train ride over here like the mexican gov't would like.) If they want to come here and work great, but do it the right way, not by jumping a fence or swimming the rio grande either!

Rep. John Murtha Calls Army "Broken, Worn Out"

2005-12-01T20:18:00.000-08:00

According to this:

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -- Most U.S. troops will leave Iraq within a year because the Army is "broken, worn out" and "living hand to mouth," Rep. John Murtha told a civic group.

Two weeks ago, Murtha created a storm of comment when he called for U.S. troops to leave Iraq now. The Democratic congressman spoke to a group of community and business leaders in Latrobe on Wednesday, the same day President Bush said troops would be withdrawn when they've achieved victory, not under an artificial deadline set by politicians.

Murtha predicted most troops will be out of Iraq within a year.

"I predict he'll make it look like we're staying the course," Murtha said, referring to Bush. "Staying the course is not a policy."

Murtha, 73, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, expressed pessimism about Iraq's stability and said the Iraqis know who the insurgents are, but don't always share that information with U.S. troops. He said a civil war is likely because of ongoing factionalism among Sunni Arabs, and Kurds and Shiites.

He also said he was wrong to vote to support the war.

"I admit I made a mistake when I voted for war," Murtha said. "I'm looking at the future of the United States military."

I respect his service to this country but he is just plain wrong on this account. I guess in his mind, the people in Iraq do not deserve to be free, to elect there own representatives, we need to stay the course and take care of this problem once and for all.

Denial Isn't a River In Egypt Now

2005-12-01T10:47:00.000-08:00

Another Blog I infrequently visit (that will change now), hits another homerun has a great article on denial, everyone should read this post especially when she starts into the political aspects of denial for example:

Certainly denial can be used by anyone; and both sides of the political
spectrum engage in it-- Democrats or Republicans; Left or Right. But the most
recent example, and the one with the most serious implications is the continued
denial of reality on the part of Democrats and the Left regarding Iraq.The
examples of their unwillingness to face reality are
everywhere. They pretend they didn't vote for military action. They distort
what was actually said and even when confronted with audiotapes and transcripts
of what was said; they continue to deny that they meant any such thing. When
confronted with what Bush or Cheney actually said about the reasons for going to
war; they will insistently adhere to an interpretation that fits their
template.

You can read the whole thing here

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile

2005-11-29T14:23:00.000-08:00

Its just been pretty crazy lately with work and the holidays but hopefully tomorrow everything will finally be back to normal tomorrow....

Coming soon to the NY Times bestseller list

2005-11-19T21:58:00.000-08:00

Confessions of Mama Moonbat suffering a incurable case of Bush Derangement Syndrome...no explanation necessary

Now Only If We Could Get The Revisionists To Read This...

2005-11-19T21:15:00.000-08:00

Here is a excellent post from the Mudville Gazette that all the revisionists and Anti Iraqi freedom people need to read. My background on this story is that during the 2 deployments I made with the USS George Washington (CVN-73), we were sent to the gulf region a total of 5 times, under ideal situations, we should have only been there 2-3 times at most, but due to the fact that Saddam kept thumbing his nose at the UN and everyone else, we were sent there numerous times to bitchslap Saddam back to reality. If we finally didn't decide to remove Saddam, how many times would other BG's or ESG's be ordered back to the gulf on short notice, plus we would have had to keep a battle group in there at all times, like during the 90's?

1994: Saddam Hussein moves Iraqi troops to the Kuwaiti border. The forces withdraw after the United States deploys a carrier group, warplanes and 54,000 troops to the Persian Gulf region.

That was the USS George Washington (CVN-73), the only reason I know that is because I was there, back when I was a lowly deck seaman and we were having a steel beach picnic of the coast of Bosnia, when suddenly the word was passed over the 1MC (ships internal announcement intercom) to set the special sea and anchor detail (we were anchored out) and I was the sea and anchor helmsman (person who steers the ship) so I run up 10 flights of stairs (or as the navy says, ladders) get to the bridge and low and behold the CO is in his chair watching CNN and the person on tv says the GW Battle group has just been ordered back to the gulf, to our chagrin, CNN found out about the same time we did. So we headed back to the gulf 30+ knots the whole way (missing out on a few good ports too). Now that won't happen again because hopefully Saddams day's drawing air are coming to a end....

Another Shining Example of Liberal Tolerance On This Countries College Campus's

2005-11-18T12:26:00.000-08:00

This guy is sounds like he has all the liberal talking points down pat. Polly want a cracker perhaps.

Student Fights Back

HERNDON, VA –Young America’s Foundation exposed Warren Community College’s radical Professor John Daly, who in an email to student Rebecca Beach, vowed to intimidate those students who host conservative speakers and called for American soldiers in Iraq to murder their superiors. (emphasis mine)

Instead of admonishing the professor’s intemperate attack on a student’s right of free expression, Warren Community College President William Austin said Prof. John Daly has “first amendment rights” to harass Rebecca. Furthermore, the President is trying to bully Rebecca into silence. He said Rebecca, not Prof. John Daly, is ruining the college’s name by going on talk radio and television exposing Daly’s mean spirited email.

In an interview with the Express-Times, a local New Jersey paper, Daly stood by his email to Rebecca. He told the paper that Rebecca’s conservative group is an “ultra right-wing, possibly fascist, group.”

So much for the peace loving liberal movement and yet they wonder why they can't win elections. Keep up the good fight Rebecca. The full unedited email can be read here

Hat tip Right Wing News

File under whoopity do dah

2005-11-17T15:30:00.000-08:00

According to the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military (CSSMM):

According to the new data, the military discharged a total of 32 foreign language speakers in fiscal year 2004, including 22 Spanish, 3 Korean and French, and one Chinese, German, Tagalog, and Arabic language speakers.

Nathaniel Frank, Senior Research Fellow at the CSSMM, believes that the new data may indicate that the Pentagon is enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy selectively. "The military may be firing fewer Arabic experts for homosexuality," Frank said, "to avoid public embarrassment during a time of dire shortages of Arabic linguists."

I think this Nathaniel Frank Person can't really see the forest from the tree's. In my 11 years of military service, It seems the only way Gay Servicemembers get the boot is by proclaiming it to everyone they see (possible ulterior motive may be found, realized that being in the military wasn't for them or got the language skills and decided to try and make more money as a civilian) or actually getting caught in the act in the barracks/ship. Talk about making mountains out of molehills.

Also it doesn't surprise me that stuff like this comes out of UC college system one bit.

I Think I Just Found What I Want For Christmas

2005-11-17T12:53:00.000-08:00

This from Reuters:

At 500 pounds a sip it is one of the world's most expensive tipples this Christmas.

For connoisseurs with the pocket, British drinks giant Diageo is selling a Johnnie Walker whisky blend at 14,000 pounds a bottle to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Scotsman who created the world's best-selling whisky brand.

The group which distills one-third of the world's scotch has selected Scotland's best whiskies, all over 30 years old and some as old as 70 years old, to create its 1805 anniversary pack -- containing just one bottle.

Using XE.com currency converter, and based on todays exchange rate, one bottle of that whiskey will run you a cool $24,067.23 and a sip will run you $859.51. That better be some damn good whiskey!

Loveboat 2005

2005-11-17T08:41:00.000-08:00

According to the Navy Times (subscription required to read article). 13 Sailors on the Pearl Harbor based USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) were charged with Fraternization and/or Adultery. On top of everything else, can you guess what charges are also being leveled by some of the accused.

Accusations of racism also underlie the problem. Eight of the 13 charged are black; the others are white. Two of the black sailors charged say they and others are being treated more harshly than their white counterparts. For his part, (CMDR) Williams (former CO)said in his message that he meted out justice in a fair and consistent manner.

But as the article goes on, the 2 people in the middle of all this is a LT and a SK2 who got married secretly.

The two black sailors leveling the racism charge, a lieutenant and then-second-class petty officer, admit they had an affair before getting married in December. But both say that whites similarly culpable were punished far less severely for essentially the same transgressions and that racism may have played a part.
The black officer, Lt. Tobias Chappell, is a former supply officer on the Chung-Hoon, now temporarily reassigned to the Defense Distribution Depot Pearl Harbor, where he “picks up trash and moves furniture” for a chief petty officer.

“It seems like a very selective prosecution,” he said.

He secretly married his former supply department’s leading petty officer, Storekeeper 2nd Class (AW) Tonya Yarbrough, last December; she has since been demoted to seaman recruit.

It gets better...

Chappell, with two counts of fraternization within the past year alone, also was charged with two counts of cruelty and maltreatment, obstruction of justice, larceny, making a false official statement the Navy said.

Chappell said the additional charges he faces are bogus. The larceny relates to keeping two Navy laptop computers at home during the commissioning transition, which Chappell said was allowed. The obstruction of justice, he said, relates to a search of his stateroom, which turned up videotaped evidence of one of the earlier relationships, according to Sink. The cruelty and maltreatment charge, he said, stems from giving a first-class petty officer a poor evaluation and assigning him to barracks duty while showing favoritism to a second petty officer.

According to the official Navy charge sheet, however, Yarbrough was that second petty officer. The Navy says Chappell sent his leading petty officer, Storekeeper 1st Class John T. Crawford, to barracks duty after Crawford gave Yarbrough a presumably unfavorable counseling statement. The Navy also charges that another sailor, Storekeeper 2nd Class David M. Zepeda, was unfairly dropped in ranking board status, adding that Chappell ordered a chief petty officer to switch the promotion recommendations of Yarbrough and Zepeda.

Crawford is black.

Chappell’s second fraternization charge relates to an alleged affair with an enlisted sailor not assigned to the Chung-Hoon, he said. And the third, he said, stems from a late 1990s affair with another enlisted female sailor.

“I don’t think that’s fair,” Chappell said. “I can see the ‘frat’ charge with Tonya, and even the one a year ago. But five years ago? That’s too long.”

Chappell said he was an ensign when he had his first fraternization affair.

To me it seems like there is a pattern of misbehavior with the LT and not because he is black. Lets just hope he keeps the race baiters like Je$$e Jack$on and Rev. Al out of this one. Like we need more unsubstantiated allegations pointed towards the military and the Navy.

In Case you missed this video on the 1000's of other blogs

2005-11-16T21:55:00.000-08:00

Here is the link again Democrats: Dishonest On Iraq

Coming out swinging

2005-11-16T16:52:00.000-08:00

Vice President Dick Cheney throws in his two cents into the actions of the Democrats trying to re-write history with this:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the sharpest White House attack yet on critics of the Iraq war, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday accusations that the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to justify the war were a "dishonest and reprehensible" political ploy. Cheney called Democrats "opportunists" who were peddling "cynical and pernicious falsehoods" to gain political advantage while U.S. soldiers died in Iraq.

I think all this was a ploy to let the Democrats stick there necks out to when the time was right, the White House would start swinging the ax. I am amazed at the patience that the White House showed waiting for this time. Granted his polls are down now, but now seems the best time, mid term elections are coming up next year, and the best defense is a good offense. Its about time that the George Bush and Dick Cheney I voted for finally showed up and started swinging

Link to original story

Moving tribute to the military

2005-11-16T14:43:00.000-08:00

Earlier today I just found this available on the blog, California Conservative which posted a moving tribute to the men and women currently serving in Iraq. Check it out, it is definitely worth a look. The file can be found HERE

Welcome.

2005-11-16T13:20:00.000-08:00

For my post just let me give you some background on myself. I am a 31 years old. I am in the military, the Navy to be exact. I have been in 11 years now. I have made 4 deployments while on a total of 3 different ships. Made 3 Med cruises while in Norfolk, VA attached to the USS George Washington (CVN-73), and 1 Westpac while Attached to the USS Mobile Bay (CG-53), and was attached to the USS Cowpens (CG-63) as well for a year. Currently stationed on shore duty at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California as staff duty as 1 of the 80 or so enlisted members here. I will take any advice on anything on getting started with blogs, as this is my first try. Good day until I post again.