A short video....

Sent to me by my friend David....

Interesting.

Not sure what obama is doing these days.  All I'm sure of regarding that man is that I don't trust him.

Stay safe.

Bill of Rights....

• First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
• Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
• Third Amendment: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
• Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
• Fifth Amendment: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
• Sixth Amendment: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
• Seventh Amendment: In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
• Eighth Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
• Ninth Amendment: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
• Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Fairly simple, eh?  They're supposed to be.  Until you get lawyers and politicians involved.  Those people tend to complicate the simplest things in order to get the outcome they desire.

Stay safe.

Lawsuit and other things....

                                                    Thanks to http://www.wired.com/



Remember Aaron Tobey?  He's the young man who, back in December, was going to his Grandmother's funeral in Wisconsin and wanted to let people know that he believes that the TSA's screening process is unconstitutional.  He's 22 years old.  He was detained in handcuffs at the Richmond International Airport for 90 minutes while being questioned about his "motivation" for doing what he did.  (Don't the idiots at TSA understand that one doesn't have to be motivated by anything other than The Constitution to stick up for one's constitutional rights?  Sheesh....)

He has filed a lawsuit for his unlawful detention.  My hat is off to this young man.  It gives me hope that not all of our young people are lost.  I wish him the best of luck.

Read the whole story here.

How about the "Gunwalker" fiasco?  It's my understanding that BATFE and Justice are still stonewalling the Judicial Committee.  I don't think it's gonna go away, kiddies.  Huge "Thank you" to Mike Vanderboegh, David Codrea and GOA for their tireless efforts and to TL Davis and the other bloggers who got the word out to the blogosphere and kept it out there.  "The Heat is on...."

And Geitner at Treasury.  Is he an idiot?

Janet the Second is completely lost.  Clueless.

I think this current administration is beyond corrupt.  I think they are criminal.  Blatantly criminal.  And totally incompetent.  All of them.

I'm not sure that the Republicans are any better than the Democrats but it looks like the Republicans are starting to fight amongst themselves.  It appears that they mostly want to maintain the status quo.  Too much self interest amongst all politicians.  They're going to screw the pooch and obama will be reelected.

The Unions in Wisconsin are rushing to make deals with the local school boards ahead of the new collective bargaining law taking effect.  The Wisconsin Secretary of State is refusing to publish it until the last possible day because he doesn't see it as an emergency needing immediate action.  Oh yeah, he's a Democrat.

While Qadafi is killing the citizens of Libya, while the middle east is in flames, while the tsumani is affecting the Pacific all the way from Japan to Kalifornia, while radiation is leaking into the atmosphere from broken reactors in Japan, obama plays golf.  Soon we'll be hearing about his NCAA tournament picks.  That's newsworthy, I guess.  I say again, obama isn't a very presidential president. 

We are so totally screwed.

Does anyone have any cheery news?

Stay safe.



Threats....

From 620 WTMJ News Radio....

UPDATE: Welcome Drudge readers; You can also follow events in Wisconsin by following me on Twitter @SykesCharlie.

 That's a nice business you got there. Pity if anything were to happen to it if, say, you didn't toe the line and denounce Governor Walker like we're asking nice-like.

March 10, 2011

Mr. Tom Ellis, President

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

770 N. Water Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202

SENT VIA FASCIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL

Dear Mr. Ellis:

As you undoubtedly know, Governor Walker recently proposed a “budget

adjustment bill” to eviscerate public employees’ right to collectively bargain in

Wisconsin. ..

As you also know, Scott Walker did not campaign on this issue when he ran for

office. If he had, we are confident that you would not be listed among his largest

contributors. As such, we are contacting you now to request your support.

The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor

Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in

Wisconsin. While we appreciate that you may need some time to consider this

request, we ask for your response by March 17. In the event that you do not

respond to this request by that date, we will assume that you stand with

Governor Walker and against the teachers, nurses, police officers, fire fighters,

and other dedicated public employees who serve our communities.

In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining,

please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the

goods and services provided by your company. However, if you join us, we will

do everything in our power to publicly celebrate your partnership in the fight to

preserve the right of public employees to be heard at the bargaining table.

Wisconsin’s public employee unions serve to protect and promote equality and

fairness in the workplace. We hope you will stand with us and publicly share that

ideal.

In the event you would like to discuss this matter further, please contact the

executive Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer,

at 608.273.3840.

Thank you in advance for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from

you soon.

James L. Palmer, Executive Director

Wisconsin Professional Police Association

Mahlon Mitchell,President

Professional Fire Fighters

Jim Conway, President

International Association of Fire Fighters Local 311

John Matthews, Executive Director

Madison Teachers, Inc.

Keith Patt, Executive Director

Green Bay Education Association

Bob Richardson,  President

Dane County Deputy Sheriffs Association

Dan Frei, President

Madison Professional Police Officers Association

Pretty nice, huh?  The "Gravy Train" is pulling out of the station, boys and girls.  The recipients of the taxpayer's largesse are getting nervous.  The unions are screaming.  Looks like the leeches are about to lose their power and their "free stuff". 

Stay safe.

Gall bladder removal at 10 meters....

Not quite as neat as what the doctor did to me, but effective  none the less....

I like my XD 40's....

Since I'm on vacation this week and not going anywhere due to the removal of my gall bladder last Wednesday night....

....I had my wife drive me out to the range this afternoon.  31 degrees and light snow.  The range area was a mudhole, but I was the only one on the short firing lanes, so it was pretty good.

I own 3 XD 40s.  One in each length.  The Tactical is new.  I just picked it up a week ago last friday night.  What day was that?  The 25th?  Yeah.  My days are all screwed up.

Yes, I was feeling pretty crappy that day but I had ordered it from a gentleman out of Indianola 2 weeks previously and we had agreed that I would pick it up at the gun show that was here in town that weekend.  I got out of bed and went down and picked it up, then came back home and went back to bed.  My oldest son bought an XD 40 from him also.  4" Service Model.  Nice pistol.

Anyway, no surprises with the 5" pistol.  You pull the trigger and it does the same thing the 4" and the 3" do.  Puts a round down range.  I like it.

5 rounds in the X, 10 rounds in the 10 ring, the remainder in the gall bladder.  I'm happy.  :)

Say what?  That's not the gall bladder?  OOPS!

Looking forward to nicer weather and better health.

Stay safe.

The Woman Marine Pilot....

The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment:

Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of  it.

The next day, the kids came back and, one by one, began to tell their stories.

There were all the regular types of stuff: spilled milk and pennies saved.

But then the teacher realized, much to her dismay, that only Janie was  left.

"Janie, do you have a story to share?"

'Yes ma'am. My daddy told me a story about my Mommy.She was a Marine
pilot in Desert Storm, and her plane got hit.  She had to bail out over
enemy territory, and all she had was a flask of whiskey, a pistol, and
a survival knife.
 
She drank the whiskey on the way down, so the bottle wouldn't break.

And then her parachute landed her right in the middle of 20 Iraqi  troops.
She shot 15 of them with the pistol, until she ran out of bullets,
She killed four more with the knife, till the blade broke,
"Then she killed the last Iraqi with her bare hands."

''Good Heavens,' said the horrified teacher.
What did your Daddy tell you was the moral to this horrible story?"

"Don't Fuck with Mommy when she's been drinking!!"

I love these touching stories!

Stay safe.

FYI....

Gall Bladder removal via incision ("the old fashioned way") is a painful bear.

Just sayin'  :)

Stay safe.

More Wisconsin info....

From Political Junkie Mom;

This is what well-paid, unionized teachers have brought to our schools. Via CNS:

"Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest.

In the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests administered by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009—the latest year available—only 32 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned a “proficient” rating while another 2 percent earned an “advanced” rating. The other 66 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned ratings below “proficient,” including 44 percent who earned a rating of “basic” and 22 percent who earned a rating of “below basic.”

Why are teachers so tied to the unions? Because they would be fired for poor performance otherwise.

Food for thought, eh?

Stay safe.

Education....

My Sunday morning blog surfing brought me to this post at Conservatives on Fire....

Most excellent.

Stay safe.

Impeach....?

Andrew Johnson

Richard Nixon

William Clinton

barack obama

Not likely. 

Is there legitimate reason to impeach?  Probably.  I guess it would depend on how  "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."  is interpreted.  It would also depend upon some Representative in the Congress having the intestinal fortitude to bring Articles of Impeachment to the floor.  Like I said, not likely.

He doesn't act very presidential, if you ask me.  He spent Thursday evening enjoying his "Mowtown Moment" while the world burned around him.  I would have expected him to be doing something a bit more "presidential", like making sure that Americans were getting out of Libya safely.  Impeachable?  No.  Crass?  Definitely. 

This Libya thing is a big deal, barack!  The Middle East is in flames and you're chumming it up with Stevie Wonder.  You're giving the impression that you either don't care or that you're too dumb to realize the implications of your inaction.  Personally, I think it's part of your plan to reduce America to nothing.

Anyway, the impeachment thingy....

Not happenin'....

In case you haven't noticed, obama is part black.  That is the main (only) reason he won't be impeached.  (He's part Arab, too, but that's of minor, if any, significance.... Being fully half white is of no significance at all.  They have forgotten that part of his lineage, or they choose to ignore it.)  He has a "Get Out of Jail Free" card.  He can do anything that his heart desires and no one will stop him.

No matter what obama does, half the population will quietly grumble and go about their business while the other half will further idolize him and cheer him on.

The minorities and their non-minority enablers in this country wouldn't stand for impeachment.  obama is their best chance at a "Socialist States of Amerika" and they aren't about to let that slip from their grasp.  Not when they are soooo close.  They have worked too long and too hard to get to this point.  Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be whipping the populace into a frenzy, screaming that the only reason he's being persecuted impeached is the color of his skin.  They would proclaim that "America is racist" and people would listen.  Facts would not be relevant.  No one would look at his job performance, or lack thereof.  Race wars on an unimaginable scale would ensue.

People!  It isn't about his race.  I know that's what his supporters would say.  They would say that it's racial.  It isn't, and we all know it.  If the people who benefit from maintaining "racism" in this country would just shut up, America would become "post racial" in a heartbeat.  It's simply about the fact that he isn't good for America.  Hell, we don't even know who he is.  A lot of us felt the same way about Jimmy Carter as we do about barack obama.  (Jimmy was a white president, ya know....)

Nope, he won't be impeached.  He's our president until the end of his term.  That's fine.  That's the way our system works.  Hopefully we'll wise up by 2012 and replace him and a bunch of the other Socialists in the Congress and Senate.  Problem is that there are far too many people who depend on what our government has become in order to survive.  I certainly don't claim to understand the "entitlement mentality" but I do know that I don't like it.

There are actually people in America who think it's good and right for the government to take money from me and give it to someone who is less industrious fortunate than I am.  I don't buy into that philosophy.

Remember, there are enough stupid people out there to reelect him.

Anyway....  Rant off.  :)

Stay safe.

Food for thought....

From David out east....

From Jared down south....

Stay safe....

Ouch....

"It is hugely embarrassing when even the French are doing more to confront a murderous dictator than the traditional leader of the free world. Frankly, President Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like General MacArthur by comparison. The US administration needs to wake up from its slumber and start showing some real leadership on the world stage in place of its existing milquetoast foreign policy."

Read the rest here....

Just telling it like it is, I guess :)

Stay safe.

Explanation....

T.L. Davis explains the difference between public sector unions and private sector unions in a very succinct manner.  Go check it out.

Stay safe.

Stoopid....

Whoa!  Crazy!

Why would a person in his position "tweet" an open advocation of violence?

Seems he no longer has a job.  :)

And on another topic of craziness....

Let me think...  No!  Wait!

Federal judge rules that your thoughts constitute actions.  "Thoughts and actions are two sides of the same coin".

Are you f'in serious?  I mean, seriously?  Think of the implications.  Whoa!  Don't you dare fantasize about that.  You'll be charged with rape.  Or murder.  Or theft.

Yeah, I went a little overboard there with the rape, murder, theft thingy.  Or did I?

Stay safe.

So....

Thanks to H.Payne

So Rahm Emanuel won the mayoral race in Chicago....  Is anyone surprised?  They have to maintain a certain level of corruption, I guess.

Protests against public employees unions spreading out across the country from Wisconsin?  The unions may make a lot of noise but they are on the decline in America.  The People are starting to figure out that it's expensive and selfish and that "it just ain't right"!  Kudos to TL Davis for his participation in the protests out west yesterday.  He's on the "right" side.   Similar rumbles and grumbles in Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee....  The SEIU and 1000 union supporters faced 100 Tea Party supporters in Des Moines yesterday.  The proposed legislation went forward for debate, anyway....  :)  Public Employee Unions have cost taxpayers a lot of money and the taxpayers are starting to figure it out!

Keep your emails and letters of support going to the governors and legislators who are forcing change.  It appears that "the silent majority" are starting to find their voice!

Americans are being evacuated from Libya.  Haven't heard much out of Hillary or obama about the "goings on" over there.  Not really surprised, I guess.  They're too busy supporting their money train union buddies here at home.  It's all a part of the plan, ya know.  The plan that appears as though it may be falling apart.

Can't think of anything else to mention this morning.

Stay safe.

Taxpayers Civil War....

Interesting article over at Sultan Knish.  Breaks it down and explains it in easy to understand terms.

Stay safe.

You owe it to yourself....

"… a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the People once surrender their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it.” – John Adams, letter to wife Abigail 1775


You owe it to yourself to read the rest...  Read the whole post over at Mind Numbed Robot....  Link it prominently on your blog.  Share it with the whole wide world :)



On another topic; How do you suppose the protesting teachers in Wisconsin would feel if their students missed class to go play in the woods or something, and, further suppose that these teachers knew that the students were playing hookey?  Now suppose that these students brought fraudulent doctors excuses certifying that they had been sick and had gone to seek medical attention to the teacher in order to get back into class without being disciplined....  How do you suppose these teachers would respond?  Just curious.  

Anyway, it seems to me that it's the students who are getting screwed here while their teachers are acting like spoiled brats children.  Just sayin'

Stay safe.

What to do, what to do....?

They're tired of the tyrant....



Moammar Gadhafi, the baddest of the Middle East's badasses for the last 40 years, has left the building....

Military members are leaving their posts.  Civilian "volunteers in white vests" are guarding the border checkpoints.

Libya's deputy ambassador to the U.N. has resigned his post, saying he sides with the people.

Just last Friday Gadhafi said that "They won't take over here like they have in Algeria".  By Saturday the Libyan Army had killed at least 200 protestors.  By today Gadhafi had gone into hiding.

Remember when, after the Lockerbie bombing, Ronnie Reagan sent F-111s to bomb Libya?  Scared the crap out of Gadhafi.  Killed one of his kids.  Certainly got his attention.  He was pretty quiet for the longest time.....  I miss President Reagan.

It seems like the entire Middle East is in turmoil these days.  The Muslim Brotherhood has changed it's mind and is now apparently going to get involved in politics in Egypt (I know, big surprise, huh?).  Iranian warships are passing through the Suez Canal today for the first time in 32 years.  Israel is watching them closely.  ;)

I'm not sure what the involvement of the U.S. is right now, if we're involved at all.

I wonder why we haven't heard much about Anderson Cooper's ass whoopin' in Egypt at the hands of the Muslims?  Or Lara Logan's "brutal" sexual assault at the hands of Muslims in Cairo?  Maybe there is more being reported in the MSM than I am aware of?  They're keeping the riots in Iran kinda quiet, too.  (WHOA!  Lightbulb coming on moment!  Perhaps it isn't being heavilly reported because it would possibly portray the perps in a bad light?)

Strange, eh?

At least Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin is standing his ground in the face of obama and the DNC, SEIU, Nancy Pelosi backed protests in Madison.  I wish him the best.  The man has balls. 

The unions were complaining yesterday about Governor Walker receiving a $43,000 campaign donation from the Koch brothers.  They failed to mention how much the unions gave his opponent in that election.  Weird how that works, huh?  A few months ago they were screaming that the SCOTUS had decided that businesses could contribute big money to campaigns.  They didn't mention that the unions could (and did) do the same thing based on the same decision.  Ahhhh well....

Change is in the air all over the world.  Good or bad?  I dunno, probably a bit of both.

The fact that the people in these Mid Eastern countries are standing up to overthrow "tyranical" regimes, right or wrong, gives me hope....  Will they replace bad with worse?  Who knows?  Popular self determination.

First one, then another, and another....  Who knows how far it will go? 

If it can happen in Libya, it can happen anywhere.  ;)

It amazes me how quiet the U.N. has been.  Weird.

Somehow, I don't think we're getting the whole story here.   Somehow, I think that our biased Liberal media tells us only what they want us to know.  Or what the people pulling their strings to make them dance want us to know.  You get the picture....  :)

Anyway....

Stay safe.



Visitors....

Getting quite a few hits from Wisconsin today.  Feel free to drop by and say hi!  I love comments!

One of my favorite "folk" singers is from Wisconsin.  Spid Pieper.  Perhaps you know of him?  Cheeseheads Rule!  :)  I've drank many a beer (and more than a bit of bourbon) while hanging out in a very large tent in Wisconsin while Spid takes the stage and entertains....

We get over to Prarie and Soldiers Grove, Readstown, Viroqua, Elkhart Lake and Sheboygan a few times a year.  Family and all, ya know....

Stay safe.

Liars....

                                                      Thanks to lefan-o-rama.tumblr.com

Consider that these teachers in Wisconsin are calling in "sick" from work.  Volunteer doctors have set up shop at the protest site to issue fraudulent "sick slips" to these people so that they will be excused from work without disciplinary action being taken against them.  (Notice how the Liberal doctors and Liberal teachers stick together and lie for each other.  Sheep)  Not only are they not doing the jobs that they are paid to do, they are lying about the reason they aren't at work in order to be paid and to escape disciplinary action while playing hookey protesting.

I gotta tell you, these are the kind of upstanding people that I would want teaching my kids.   Can you say selfish?   Unethical? 

These are people placed in a position of trust who lack the moral convictions to tell the truth about what they are doing.  They are willing to leave their jobs, to desert the students whose education and well-being they are charged with, to lie about where they are in order to protest for something they "believe" in, but they aren't willing to suffer the consequences of their actions.  I'm impressed with the example they are setting.  Not!  Tell me again please, why do we teach our children to respect their teachers?  

I have no respect for these people.  None.  They make me want to vomit. 

They are the living definition of the modern Liberal.  I hope that the parents of their students and the taxpayers that pay these peoples wages let them know, in no uncertain terms, that what they are doing is selfish and unacceptable. 

I hope that the people of Wisconsin will rise up and see these Liars for what they are...  Liberal "elites" sucking at the taxpayers teat.

They are proving that self-intrest and self-enrichment at the expense of the taxpayer trump the responsibilities and duties of an otherwise "honorable" profession.

In our new Liberal world there are no consequences, there is no requirement for personal responsibility, and there is no accountability for your actions.  That is, if you are a Liberal.

The fact that obama and assorted other Liberal elected officials are openly supporting these liars speaks volumes about their credibility and about where their loyalties lie.  Hint: it isn't with the "little people" of America.

In their minds we have already been relegated to the ranks of the Proletariat.

Do you like being lied to?  No?  Neither do I.

Sad, isn't it?

Stay safe.