Random reflections and contemplative thoughts, spiritual insights and humorous anecdotes, fickle film reviews and rambling music musings, occasional (okay, more than occasional) societal and political rants, and a whole lot more... all from the point of view of a humble, constitutional, common sense, conservative, Catholic, work-in-progress kinda guy who never gives up hope, because to be without hope is to become selfish.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
"Everybody, Let's Sing Some More"...
Friday, September 25, 2009
Everybody, Let's Sing Along!...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Bow Down to "The One"...
Friday, May 01, 2009
H.R. 1913 Hate Crimes Bill & the Election Aftermath...
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Tortured Politics...
President Obama visited the CIA yesterday and gave a pep talk to the employeesdemoralized by Obama’s decision to release formerly classified legal memoranda detailing the legal limits of interrogation techniques.
Obama’s pep talk was too little too late.
Obama was given a bipartisan warning not to release these documents. Four former heads of the CIA, two Appointed by President Clinton and two appointed by President Bush, all said that Obama’s release would risk national security. Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says even Leon Panetta, Obama’s head of the CIA, agreed with the bipartisan group.
The Central Intelligence Agency told CNSNews.com today that it stands by the assertion made in a May 30, 2005 Justice Department memo that the use of “enhanced techniques” of interrogation on al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) — including the use of waterboarding — caused KSM to reveal information that allowed the U.S. government to thwart a planned attack on Los Angeles.In fact, per Gateway Pundit, these techniques were highly successful (CIA documents are shown). Former VP Dick Cheney wants key documents released as well, which will put the whole issue in proper perspective. Republicans want an investigation to determine the obvious damage done to the U.S. national security because of Obama's release of this information.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Friday Night Compendium: Part II
Thursday, March 26, 2009
This is getting verrrrrrry scary, now...
Obama promised during the campaign to create a Socialist National Civilian Security Forcesimilar to what they have in other Marxist regimes. Yesterday, the US House took the first step in organizing Dear Leader's dream youth service corp.The House passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act on Monday. The bill includes language indicating young people will be forced to participate inmandatory national service programs. The bill also states that "service learning" will be a mandatory part of the youth curriculum.
That doesn't sound much like "volunteerism" does it?
The Hitler Youth Plan was just passed by the US House this week.
The mandatory youth plan requires America's youth to participate in mandatory service youth programs. But that's not all. The mandatory youth plan also forbids members from attending religious services and forbids youth from witnessing their religious beliefs.
Is this the change you really voted for? President Obama has only been in office for two months. Now we have HR 1388. The Bill was sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) with 37 others. The Bill was introduced to the floor of the House of Representatives where both Republicans and Democrats voted 321-105 in favor. Next it goes to the Senate for a vote and then on to President Obama.
This bill’s title is called “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE). It forms what some are calling “Obama’s Youth Brigade.” Obama’s plan is require anyone receiving school loans and others to serve at least three months as part of the brigade. His goal is one million youth! This has serious Nazi Germany overtones to it.
The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in “engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.” That means no church attendance or witnessing.
And here are just a few of the lowlights in the legislation:
1. The bill will substantially increase the size and reach of an existing federal government program;
2. The bill will burden taxpayers with more than 5 billion tax dollars at a time when we should be cutting back, not spending more;
3. The bill will steer funding and volunteers for public service away from churches, individuals, neighbors, and others who would like to lend a helping hand and toward organizations selected by bureaucrats;
4. The bill is full of vague language and has insufficient safeguards to prevent left-wing special interest groups from using tax dollars to advance their agenda in the name of “community service;”
5. The bill risks politicizing charity and community service by funneling funds and volunteers toward the preferred organizations picked by ideologues;
6. The first 25% of this bill is really education legislation, and should be in an education bill at the state level; and
7. The bill will compound the disincentives created by new limits on federal tax deductions for charitable giving, thereby decreasing the role of families, churches and other local organizations in their communities.
This bill should scare the hell out of every American. Our national government in Washington – the same folks who are supposed to be managing our budget ($10 Trillion+ in debt and running), our borders (10 million illegal immigrants or more?), and who brought you social security and medicare (each of which are bankrupt) – are now going to tell us how to volunteer, and start telling our kids that they must volunteer and with whom they must do it.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
And the children sing...
(Hat-tip to The Blue Boar and Flopping Aces)
This... THIS... is scary... VERY scary:
And then you have this:
Kinda reminds me of this:
And this:
It was called the National Socialist Party.
It was a full fledged socialist economic system.
It was considered a hopeful change in response to a failing economy.
It was part of the propaganda machine.
It did lead to the death of millions of innocents.
It was evil.
Still is.