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Monday, November 28, 2005

Republican Duke Cunningham of San Diego California is a joke


Learn about how he took bribes in return for
promoting lucrative defense contracts. Contrition
or not, this guys needs to do the maximum
10 years in prison.

We are in the middle of a war and the
chairman of the House Intelligence subcommittee
on terrorism and human intelligence is
taking kickbacks?

What an absolute joke.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176885,00.html

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Success Is A Choice Not An Event


Success Is A Choice Not An Event - this is life
lesson #2 for my 2 1/2 year old son Caeden.

No matter how you define what success means,
these seven words draw a road map for how to
achieve it. Goals in life are not to be strived for.
They are instead objectives to be determined,
planned for, worked upon, and eventually achieved
through a serious of incremental failures.

Events just happen to people through fate.

Success rarely occurs for any other reason
than the application of persistence and ingenuity.

In my personal experiences, I think the absolute
best example of this principal in motion is the
ocean. I'm no "tree hugging environmentalist whacko",
as the godfather would say, but I have noticed that
Mother Nature has a way of teaching us the most
important things in life if we'll just take the
time to sit and watch. Some time long ago it was
decided that the ocean would take on the task of
creating beautiful beaches...

With all its power and might, the ocean wasn't
able to shift each grain of sand into its proper
position in just one wave. Instead, it has had to
create billions and billions of waves over the
centuries to crash the shore each time shifting
a few more grains of sand. Year after year,
the ocean sends waves to the shoreline only to
retract the waters, learn from what is has done,
and prepare changes for the next set of waves.

The ocean never takes time out to worry about
what others might say, make excuses for what man
does in opposition to its endeavor, or falsely blame
others for its own failures and shortcomings.
Instead, the ocean looks solely at its own actions
and makes adjustments to its behavior over and over
again knowing that someday it will succeed.

Contrast this with our society today, it is much
easier to justify our inability to succeed and even
easier to profit from it via our legal system. The
scapegoats themselves are numerous enough to qualify
for their own minority status. The Jews control the
money, the blacks and Hispanics bring crime to our
neighborhoods, the whites try to keep minorities
under their thumb, the Arabs are religious fanatics
hell bent on our destruction, the rich steal from
the poor, etc. I could go on and on.

For some reason, it makes many of us feel just as
good to fail and have someone to blame than it
does to succeed. It is no wonder people feel empty
inside these days. The joy of success, no matter
how small, has no substitute.

For those who haven't achieved as much in life as
they had hoped for, I say "buy a mirror". When I did,
the face I saw was not only the one person to blame
but he also had all the answers I needed to turn
things around. And for those times when your problems
seem insurmountable and are about to consume you,
take a drive over to the ocean. Your problem,
whatever it may be, will seem small compared to what
the ocean is dealing with.

You'll notice that it hasn't quit trying yet and
neither should you.

Thanksgiving and what I'm thankful for


So many things to mention and so little time.
In no order of importance:

1. My parents. When I needed them most,
they were always there.

2. My son Caeden. He is living proof
that every once in awhile, I am
dead wrong.

3. My wife Melisa. Without her, life
would just be another empty martini glass.

4. The United States military. I breathe
"free" air because they alone allow it.

5. God. I see his lessons everywhere I
turn. I've only now begun to understand
what is truly expected of me.

6. Rush Limbaugh. He can verbalize
my entire belief system in ways I could
only dream of.

7. Capitalism. Without it, I'd just
be another person standing in a soup line.

8. Internet. The truth is the easiest
border to defend and the Internet is a
vital weapon in its arsenal.

9. Electric turkey friers. Wow, what
a difference they make over propane
friers. Well worth the money.

10. The ocean. It reminds me of this
lesson I learned long ago:


http://www.gopmessageboard.com/site/commentary/public/successisachoice.aspx

The purpose of the strong


For all you folks in the military or their
families back home. Keep this in mind the
next time something about the war on
terror comes out of Cindy Sheehan's mouth:

"The purpose of the strong is to protect
those who are unable or unwilling to
defend themselves.

The purpose of the weak is to remind
the strong of their purpose."

Schwarzenegger Mulls Clemency for Williams


Can you believe this crap? A guy
kills a few people. The citizens of
that state convict him of murder and
sentence him to death.

A few years later some high minded
Liberal do gooders try to give him
his life back. What about the lives
he took and all the bad things he
did running his gang?

This isn't sex in the white house
where you get to say you are sorry
and make a few million selling books
and making speaches.

They want to spare his life so
he continues working as an anti-gang
activist? How about making his
death quick and uneventful. It is
what he deserves and what the law
says.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/26/D8E416900.html

Charter schools and education vouchers


A few decades ago, blacks argued against
separate but equal schools. They won
the right to attend the same schools
as whites (and rightly so).

I find it ironic that the very same black
community now consistently votes for Liberals
who are against school vouchers for failing
schools.

These failing schools are typically run
by teachers and administrators with
tenure. They are virtually untouchable
regardless of their commitment to success
or competency. Strikingly similar
to the power structure of communist
societies.

The average amount per student spent
is over $5000 per year. In a class
of 30 students, that's over $150,000
a year. Most teachers make less
than $50,000 a year (many much less).

Where does the other $100,000 go?

Taxation without representation? In
an odd way, I say yes!

The battle over education is a win
for politicians who need an issue to
run on, a win for teachers and administrators
who will never be held accountable, and
a win for big government.

Who loses?

The little second grade black kid who
gets to come back next year and get
cheated out of a good education all
over again.

Who is to blame?

Parents...

They have repeatedly snubbed their nose
at a chance for a better education for
their children. They just can't bring
themselves to vote for someone with
an "R" next to their name on the ballot.

Show the same guts as the original civil
rights activists and fight for what
is right rather than just getting even.

Today you follow the Liberal train
to mediocrecy.

Tomorrow, you should lead.

The Facts About George W. Bush's Economic Record


Can you guess what year the tax cuts were passed?

As each year passes, the rates drop a bit more.  A
GDP of 3.0 or higher is considered a solid economy.
We've been humming along quite well for almost
3 years now in spite of the war.

Economic Growth Rates

2001    2002    2003    2004    2005  Q1  Q2   Q3
 
 0.8      1.9     3.0    4.5             3.8  3.3  3.8
 
Low Taxes = High Economic Growth
Ever wonder why these things aren't mentioned
in the news media anywhere but FoxNews.com?

How can gross income to the treasury go up as
more and more of the tax cut is implemented?

See the economic growth numbers above.  Every time
a dollar is turned over (i.e. spent), taxes are collected.
Even though the percentage of the tax is smaller, you
are collecting the smaller percentage more times.

Treasury Data

$ Billions of Dollars                   2001    2002    2003    2004    2005

Tax Receipts To The Treasury            1,991   1,853   1,782   1,880   2,154          
Government Spending                     1,863   2,011   2,160   2,293   2,473

Why is spending going out of control?

Why does the media constantly allow Liberal politicians
to make the case that tax cuts will hurt the poor by
taking money away from them?  Do they not
see the same numbers you see now?  Have they
not seen similar results when John F. Kennedy and
Ronald Reagan instituted large tax cuts?

If the media is reading the same numbers you are,
are they trying to influence your opinion towards Liberalism
or just reporting the facts?  You make the call...

See:  Medicare/Medicaid and Defense

We've got to slow the growth in these areas and
spend more wisely.  George W. Bush gets an F
for controlling spending, an F for fixing Social Security
(he flopped on his solid proposal), and a B for cutting taxes.

You are either a conservative or your not.  George W. Bush
is a wannabe conservative.  The Republicans in Congress
are even worse.  This is why I've stopped donating money
the RNC.  Show me a real conservative and I'll start
writing the checks again.

Sources:

Straight from the Congressional Budget Office

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/68xx/doc6837/11-2005-MBR.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1824&sequence=0

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Robdog Snoopcat is my hip hop nickname. It is my way of mocking
the hip hop culture's goofiness.