Did Someone Ask a Question?

The liberal left seems to be in some kind of rut these days. They always say the same thing and their basic philosophy is one of reaction, never one of action. When was the last time a liberal Democrat made a proposal for positive change?

What Democrat, in either house, has the media shown to be a leader, and you need the media to be impressive and correct, on any of the basic human needs in this country like social security, health care, trade or anything else that really makes a difference?

How about the war? Have Democrats made any proposals that demonstrates common sense or any native intelligence?

There has to be some members of the congress, on the left side of the aisle, that has a clue besides Joe Lieberman. Some Senator or Congressman that we have never heard of, that works hard to do the thing that is right but doesn't have a need to be a media star to make it his mark in congress, will have to emerge and save the party.

And speaking of Lieberman, I think that in the near future we will see this man become a Republican. He may as well - everything he says makes sense. He can't be a Democrat and make sense!!

The Alito confirmation hearings are just one more chance for the media stars in the congress to show off their stupidity. Today was a banner day for us to see the idiots on parade. How can these Democrats on the judicial Committee get up in the morning and look themselves in the mirror and have the balls to say 'I am my own man?' They can't be this clueless without help.

Ted Kennedy was like a fish out of water and displaying the same mentality. He made no sense. I truly believe that he has some kind of mental disease that has dissolved what little cranial capacity that he might have had years ago, I mean the stuff that the booze didn't get, but now he can only show what he has left and it isn't much. Half of the time he didn't pronounce Alito's name correctly, and the other half of his critique on left wing politics in general, was read from a prepared script and he screwed that up as well. Maybe he would have given a better showing of his talents if the hearings would have be later in the day, like after happy hour.

The rest of the wrecking crew gave their best as well which, of course, turned out to be more of same, statements from the play book of the puppet masters. They didn't seem to interested enough in this forum to ask real questions about Alito's back ground. They were more concerned about their own time in the eye of the camera. Everything else is secondary.

From some statements of others that were tuned in on this cavalcade of dunces, their was one senator that actually asked a question and that was Diane Feinstein. Go figure. Critics said it was a question and then again it wasn't, but it was closer than the other puddin' heads ever came to being inquisitive.

Alito must groan under the weight of these condescending and self-centered ingrates that have the audacity to call themselves representatives of the people.

Please don't get me wrong, Ms. Feinstein is part of the wrecking crew that sits on this committee, it's just that at this time she slipped up and started acting like a responsible member of congress. I'm sure she will be severely chastised by the puppet masters for this flagrant act of democracy.

In the end, if the Democrats ever want to become players again on the national stage, they have to get serious about how they are. Right now they are just puppets that dance at the end of a string. The far left liberals that pull the strings have an agenda that is not in the best interest of this country.

If the Democrats fail to regain their footing and break that string that is changing their parties philosophy, then all they have to look forward to is lost elections, and worst of all, the Democratic party of Roosevelt will no longer exit.

Alito and Mother Sheehan

We are off to the races or something like that now that Samuel Alito is finally going to show what he is made of. The confirmation hearings that started today were by any standards, pathetic. Each member of the judicial committee got to speak for 10 minutes or so to set the stage for the question and answer period tomorrow. My goodness, these people are several pickles short of a barrel.

Ted Kennedy's performance was like he had just stepped off a train in the wrong station but he didn't know it. Ted was so completely out of the loop that if you didn't know better you would think he was deranged or on drugs. He made no sense. I didn't see him, of course, but I can imagine his chubby face and red nose bent over the dais, while his jaw moving in perfect time to each yank of the string from the puppet masters hand. Disgusting!

Schumer and Feinstein weren't any better. Old and worn tirades of racism and sexism in his past decisions, which, even on the face of it, are false, but that's in the play book, so they have to run with they have. You can never fault the Democrats for being too original.

I don't know if Reid and Durbin got their shots in today, but I'm sure if they did, their ten minutes before the cameras was much the same as all the other proclaimed 'do-gooders' that are so concerned about everyone's civil liberties being lost if Alito is confirmed. In reality, they are the ones that want to be able to steal your liberties for themselves in the future.

The questioning will start tomorrow which will prove to be stellar performances by the babbling buffoons on the judicial committee. Alito will, I'm sure, make them out to be the simpletons that we always knew they are.

In a different venue, did you hear about 'mother Sheehan's' frolic in beautiful Hawaii? The press on the main land was all-atither because, in her most serious and stressed voice, I'm presuming here as I didn't read her speech but from passed showings, she probably proclaimed the President was at fault for everything that has gone wrong with the war and, of course, the death of her son, but still he died for no good reason. We are losing the war and all the troops have to come home, now! We have to lose the war to cleanse our souls.

In reality, her son volunteered to go and then, I believe, he volunteered for a second stint in Iraq, which was fatal. From all the evidence that the army released about his service, he was fine soldier and he deserves better press for his services to the country then is his getting from his mother.

The actual rally was held in a meeting hall that, according to reporters, was attended by 750 people. Again, in reality, at best there were 200 crammed in this small room. Someone took pictures and put them on the internet.

The whole travesty was arranged by Carolyn Hadfield and the Communist Revolutionary Party. Is this what the Democrats are coming to, or has Cindy decided the Democrats are just not up to her speed anymore? Maybe Cindy was confused. Maybe she thought the Communist party was who she has been dealing with all along.

The real sad part in this whole nightmare is the legacy Cindy Sheehan will leave for her son. A man that served his country with distinction and died for a belief in freedom and democracy.

When future generations talk about the Sheehan's, the true meaning of his death will be completely lost in the bright lights that his mother stood in, before the whole world, for her fifteen minutes of fame, while she sold her very soul to the devil.

Winter Ride

In contrast to my last post about riding in the fall of the year, here is a scene that wasn't what I would call a lot of laughs. Still - -

In any event, it was better than sitting at home on the week end, I think, although I didn't crash, I did have to get off on some of the hills as it was too slippery. Shame

Probably the real shame is we should not have been out there in the first place as it does damage to the trail when it is wet like this.

The park did close the next day. We made it just under the wire.

Still, it was fun being in the woods with some good friends and just having good time.

Biking Training Time

It's that time of year when I start to really get fired up to get back on the bike - this doesn't help much when I see this fantastic single track like the shot on the right that is in the Wisconsin State forest called the South Kettle Moraine, near Granger, WI. This shot was taken in the early fall -

I have posted on this area in the past as being one of finest mountain bike rides in the country. It's a little rocky, but for the most part, even for the modest rider, it's doable. There are several trails available to suit every skill level. This particular trail is 10 miles long and requires some good skills to ride it well.

As with any trail, if you get yourself into a jam, get off the bike and walk. We all do it at some point in time, even now - heh.

Beautiful and challenging, but you don't take your life in your hands to ride it. One thing here though, you must have a suspension bike, at least in the front. With the rocks in some places it would really hard on your arms and rear, maybe your back as well.

I ride on the road as well and love that too. So now I have to start thinking about getting into a spin class and doing some work outs on my weight machine, mostly leg curls and presses. Keep the weight down and the reps up -

- - - and it's away we go - - enjoy the ride.

Coping With Conflict

Did you ever hear the saying, "Peace is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it"? George Bush is doing just that. He has faced up to his responsibilities of being the President of the United States which means it is his job to defend this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. We are at war!

This means foreign enemies like the Islamofasists, and domestic terrorists like Harry Reid, John Murtha and Nancy Pelosi.

How can any of us forget that just a few years ago, we were attacked and three thousand men, women and children were murdered by Islamic terrorists. This was the worst attack that this country has ever endured in it history. This attack was worse than the attack on Pearl Harbor back in 1941. Yet, we have leading government officials defending the very people that did this by proclaiming the attack was our own fault. We are the worlds worst enemy. Conflict avoidance.

The methods that they are employing is disinforamtion or outright lies, release of classified information that aids the enemy and actively seek to disrupt the war effort by submitting legislation that will help bring defeat to our troops in the field. This would mean defeat for our country and for freedom and democracy.

We should also remember that it was the absence, or should I say avoidance, of conflict that brought us to where we are now. Bill Clinton had no intention of doing anything when we were attacked the first time at the World Trade Center. Then the embassies attack that killed several hundred in Africa, and the attack on the USS Cole. Clinton never lifted a finger to go after them. He knew who they were but he was more concerned with his image as a liberal, which translates as not being too concerned about the problem as it was only foreigners and military personal that were killed. Clinton hated the military.

Jimmy Carter was even worse than Clinton, if that's possible. There was the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979, which had supported us in the passed, but Carter never lifted a finger to help him. Then there was the Iranian hostage fiasco with the failed rescue attempted which killed our troops and completely humiliated us in front of the world. As I have stated in the passed, Jimmy Carter love tyrants and ruthless socialists regimes like the Iranian Islamofascists and the soviets. His latest hero is the communist Hugo Chavez.

Islam views those that do not have the will to fight as sheep to be enslaved or slaughtered.

Since the beginning of time, it has been conflict that settled most major world problems. Just look around the world today and ask your self what country doesn't have to deal with conflict in some form to settle problems within their borders and with their neighbors. It has always been that way. The key is to be able to control the outcome of that conflict in a lawful manner. But if you ignore the problem and insist that it can always be solved by negotiations and surrender, disaster will soon follow. Carter and Clinton proved that.

A Strong Economy

One of the major themes that Clinton ran on in his second term was the slogan ' it's the economy, stupid'. The economy in the late 90's was on the move, but the sad thing about it, in hind sight, it was founded on thin air. The dotcoms generated so much investment that was based on paper alone, no fixed assets, it was bound to come crashing down. The experts warned us about what was coming, but we were making so much money we were deaf to their shouts of STOP.

As we all know now that in 2001, that sucking sound we all heard was actually the sound of our money going down the huge sink hole that was the 'dotcoms'. I believe the experts estimated we all lost about two and half trillion dollars or more nation wide. Some people lost everything and some people, like me, lost about half of everything that I owned in stocks and mutual funds. Not a good thing when you are in your late fifties, but some people that I know where so heavily invested that they will never be able to retire.

Since those eventful days in 2001, and in the years that followed, the economy has come back with a vengeance. The prime mover was the tax cuts that George Bush made, and the smart moves that Allen Greenspan made with the nations money supply, that gave us this last quarter a GDP of 4.1% growth rate. That was the twelfth straight quarter for increased growth.

Even better maybe, or because of, the unemployment rate is lower than any other time in the last twenty years at 5%. Keep in mind that this is all taking place after the two devastating hurricanes down south.

Even when the economy was supposedly going great guns in the late 90's, and everyone was making a ton of money, the the rate never was below 5.4%. The Democrats, along with their their dogs in the media, point a finger at how bad the unemployment rate is now and how many unfortunate people are out of work, never once indicating or believing that the rate is better than in any year of the Clinton administration.

This new economy, more importantly, is founded on solid ground this time. The past economy, like the Clinton's, was built on thin air and empty promises of better times ahead. Investment in new equipment and stock turn-over in inventories has been the true test of what it takes to build for the future. The stock market has also shown it's metal since the crash in 2001, it has risen almost thousand points. That.you would think, should reassure people that the economy is really on the move, but that is not what one hears when you listen to the media. Just the usual, doom and gloom.

Anyway, a poll was taken to see if people are paying attention to what's going on around them. The findings are very interesting. Unfortunately, I don't have all of the results but what I can attest to, I will deliver.

When asked if you are doing any better now then in 2005 than you where in 2004, 65% of Republicans said YES and 22% said NO. 41% of Democrats said YES and 45% said NO.

Asked what you thought about 2006, over all, 79% of the population surveyed said they thought it would be better, while 10% thought it would be worse.

I wish I still had the figure that showed the break down between the Republicans and Democrats as to the direction the nations was taking and the economy in general. I can tell you that universally, the Republicans see the future, by a large majority, as bright and moving forward, while the Democrats, also by a large majority, see us going in the wrong direction, both on the economy and our foreign policy.

You decide what is going on here. In the face of the facts on the economy that is doing very well and a foreign policy that has proven to be a winner, everyone in the world hates us, the Democrats can not have a positive attitude. They have more money then ever, their jobs are more secure and the future for their children is bright, but they still can't smile or feel good about themselves.

Maybe the liberal puppet masters are pulling too hard on the strings, chocking all of the life out them.

Democrats and Hypocrisy

Does it seem strange that the Republicans are always involved in controversial operations and end up having to defend themselves before the world? Could it be that they are always on the move trying to solve problems and therefore on the cutting edge of world condemnation? I think it has been said that you can't get into trouble if you don't ever do anything that involves risk or critical thinking.

George Bush took the initiative after the attack on the World Trade Center. He said that the world would hear from us all and they have as Afghanistan and Iraq can attest. He is a man of his word. A rare thing in Washington and even rarer in a politician.

If the President hadn't been aggressive and ordered the NSA to intercept messages from terrorist living outside the United States to terrorist in side this country, he would have been condemned for failing to protect the country. That he did order the intercepts, and apparently successfully, as the Democrats are trying to stop them, he is now being condemned for spying on Americans citizens. The elite media and the liberal Democrats see this as just one more opportunity to help their middle east friends weaken our defenses.

An example of the two faced Democrats in the congress and media is when we discuss the Valerie Plame deflowering case and the just revealed NSA intercept conundrum.

The Democrats and the unbiased media see the Plame case as catastrophic in the total failure of the Bush administration ability to conduct itself in a lawful manner. Cheney and Libby and just about everyone else, supposedly took advantage of poor Joe Wilson by sending him on a fools mission to Niger, which of course wasn't true.

Then, just because when he comes back and lies to the press about what he did and didn't do on this mission to find WMD material, which was actually suggested and organized by his wife, Valerie, not Cheney, and when someone drops the word in the press that his wife is actually a covert agent of the CIA, which also wasn't true, the unbiased media and Democrats blame it all on Bush as a national security failure. An investigation soon followed. Two years and millions of dollars later, the special prosecutor found nothing of the sort.

Now the tune that the puppet masters are having the Democrats sing and dance to is that the leak of the NSA intercepts wasn't all that bad because it was for the good of the country. This individual or these individuals are concerned about our civil rights and their mission to expose the hypocrisy of this administration is justified. An investigation at this time, according to the democrats, is not the tone that we want to set for the world as it watches our justice system attacking 'patriots' being arrested for acting out of conscience. The Democrats see no national security problem here even though highly classified information that put our nation at risk was stolen from the government, released to a reporter that is sympathetic to the terrorist that attacked us on 9/11, and which is a federal crime.

The Democrats see no reason to move on the reporter from the New York Times that wrote the story on the NSA intercepts as it plays into their hands perfectly. The reporter had this story for over a year in his files, supposedly knowing that it was illegal to release, but when the opportunity arose to strike the Bush administration a crippling blow, and at the same time, alert our enemies to our methods of tracking them, was just too much of a temptation.

The fact that the intercepts are legal and have been used in past administrations has no bearing the situation today. The fact that these intercepts are vital to our national security and a great weapon in the war on terror means nothing. The Democrats are single minded. Their hate is all consuming. All media outlets are on a mission to do as much damage as they can to the administration and subsequently, the country.

So we have the Democrats saying that on the one hand the leaks are bad when they make Democrats look bad, but when they are hurt Bush and the country, they aren't as bad as you might think. And, of course, they really aren't leakers that steal classified documents, but highly motivated citizens working to protect us all from those that want to rob us of our civil liberties.

Putting this all into some perspective, we see that history repeats itself all the time. Remember Daniel Shore and the Pentagon Papers that he stole? Remember we were at war then to in Vietnam. The papers were classified documents. The media and the Democrats treated him like he was a hero!

Then as now, the Democrats were fully invested with the anti-war protesters. There really is no place for them to hide anymore. They are a martyrdom cult of defeat -

Domestic Terrorists

What did I say yesterday about the left and the 'pure' motive? Well here it is front and center on the big ol' tube. Remember, I said the liberal left would always use the excuse of ' I did it from conscience' for any deed they are accused of, no matter how dastardly. Also, they are call the leaker a 'whistle-blower'. See, it's okay! They have used this excuse so many times in the past and are using it now to try and destroy this country.

Katie Couric of NBC's "Today Show" had reporter James Risen on, who has written a book on NSA leaks and, of course, he writes for the New York Times. Writing for the Times makes everything and anything suspect.

James Risen is the guy who claims to have the inside scoop on the NSA spy intercepts. He say he got this confidential information from a 'patriot' that is concerned about our government that's out of control. Risen says that his leaker is 'pure' of heart and so his motive is justified.

In the New York Times and on national TV, these media elites, like Risen, believe that they are in sole possession of the truth. It doesn't matter what the facts are, even if they are laid out right in front of them, they will deny their existence. It has never been necessary to use facts to justify a train of thought for the liberal left. They have lived in a fantasy land for so long that now it's a natural act to change events to fit one's view of how the world should look and act.

We will find out just what the truth is, I hope, when the Grand Jury, being assembled by the Justice Department, calls Risen to divulge his sources. The information that he has is top secret and therefore against the law to release it to the public. Of course, Risen being a domestic terrorist, has no interest in obeying the law, especially when he can strike at the heart of the country. What foreign terrorist couldn't do to us, the Risens of this world and the New York Times will.

The Justice department is investigating all aspects of the NSA leak and the European prisoner locations leak that came out last month.

Here's a good one. Howard Dean, today, sent out a message to Democrats all around the country, under rocks and hollow logs, explaining how the President's order to spy on terrorists is some how connected to President Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito to the supreme Court. The nomination hearings are starting soon so Dean is laying the ground work to smear him anyway he can.

It make sense that he would do this as the Democrats are probably responsible for the leaks of classified information in the first place, so why not use their own outrage for these leaks to condemn the President and smear Alito at the same time as some right wing mad man who supports spying on everybody.

I am getting very tired of the same old and tired accusations that the Democrats use to protect their lack of will and moral fiber. The people of this country are not buying into this crap of ant-Americanism anymore. You have to wonder why the Democrats hate this country so much!!

Schumer on Justice for All

I watched a little bit of Fox News on Sunday with Mike Wallace when he asked a few questions of Chuck Schumer about the leak of classified information to the New York Times. It's interesting to note that Senator Schumer didn't go off half cocked as he usually does on subjects that have the potential to harm the President.

The question was about the investigation that is on going now from the Justice Department into the leaks about the NSA digital intercepts and the release of information on the prisoner detention centers in Europe. Both are highly classified and are very important to our national security in fighting the war on terror.

Schumer's response was measured to say the least. The question from Mike Wallace was how will you responded to the investigation and prosecutions of these leakers? Schumer thought that we have to protect our sources of information and that our national security would be compromised if we didn't. He also stated, in effect, that we must be careful as to who these individuals are because they might be serious individuals that are very frustrated with the situation that we now face in Iraq and how the President is handling it. If it was leaked to hurt the country, that is a different story. Justice must be tempered as to the motive.

I have used my own phrasing here to sum up what I believe he said as close as I can remember, but in the long run it's his intent here to tread the high rung of the fence, something that he hasn't been party to for many years. He has been watching the recent polls that show the liberal agenda of defeat is wrong headed. The public isn't buying it.

It's hard to believe that we have to say it's okay to damage the security of the country if our motive in doing so is an act of conscience. It's like the Democrats back in the 60's and early 70's protesting the war in Vietnam. They thought is was okay to destroy buildings and kill innocent people in the streets to make their point. Their motive was pure - so it's okay. I saw it happen on campus !

If we have a systemic release of secret information to the media with the intent to destroy President Bush and our government by anti-war groups, or any other group that hates this country like many of the environmental crazies, it's okay, according to Schumer, their actions are justified because, in their hearts, they really believe they are right. The means justifies the ends.

By his definition then, those that want to destroy this country because they hate us, also by definition, the Islamic terrorists, we have an absolute right to bring them to justice by what ever means under the law. We have to understand, he is saying what the Bush Administration has done with the NSA is okay, and as long as the investigation into the leaks doesn't extend to those poor individuals with good intentions, liberal members of congress and big media reporters.

My question then is, what about the statements made by members of Congress that are worse then those of the terrorist? Schumer, Reid, Murtha and Durbin have not released classified information, as far as I know, although I wouldn't put it passed them to do so if they thought it would advance their cause, they have, through their statements, given 'aid and comfort' to the enemies of this country.

Their words are intended to destroy a sitting president, and by trying to do so, have caused our country harm, giving the enemy hope that we will give up our quest for freedom and democracy in the middle east. They think that if they just hang on long enough, they can win the war. How could they think other wise? The Democrats have demonstrated, on many occasions, that they are on the side of the terrorist. They believe that defeat of our troops, our country, over seas, means power for the liberal Democrats. They are invested in defeat.

Is the release of top secrets any worse then what our own Senators are doing in our nations capital? Do these Senators and representatives have the best interests of this country at heart? I think not! Are we justified in trying to bring them to justice?

Gotta' Love a Golden

What a great dog! She is our oldest Golden Retriever and in this photo is getting her Agility Championship, or MACH - Master Agility Championship.

The thing that is cool about her is that she is 10 years old. She would have gotten her title sooner except she is a pistol to train.

Her basic problem is that she has an agenda running that doesn't coincide with the one of the trainer, my wife. Needless to say, it was a long time coming but now that she has it, she is retired - kinda' She will probably do some more agility but in a class for retired pros call Preferred.

The bad news about her is she has a nasty ulcer in her left eye that has hung on for the past month. So now we are taking her to a specialties in Milwaukee for treatment.. As a result she had a simple operation where they scratched the eye in a cross-hatch to stimulate the healing - I hope it works,.If not, we will have to have it cut out.
So now she has to wear the E-collar for two weeks - it isn't too bad to see her struggle around the house when you think about the alternative.