PIG News Digest | Commentary

MARCH 2011

Dangerous Democracy Delusions
Source: Pagan Scribbler Shallow Thoughts [03/27/11]

Two, seemingly unrelated, Beltway Bozo brainfarts are in the process of combining into a critical mass. Once the ensuing chain reaction runs its course, it will destroy Israel, and make this land conceived in liberty an easier target for our Jihadikaze enemies.

One brainfart has been with us for at least a decade, probably much longer. It went ‘viral’ in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attack on America, when nobody had the balls to state the obvious: Islam which motivates our enemies is, by it’s very nature, incompatible, with our individual liberty. Unfortunately, everyone inside the beltway, agreed, when President Georg W. Bush stated emphatically, that ‘we are not at war with Islam’. What he never stated...what the Beltway Bozos have never admitted, is the incontrovertible fact that Islam, driven by significant portion of its adherents, is at war with us. It's at war with our inalienable individual liberty.

The people in positions of power, especially those put there by the Obama Regime, refuse to confront the critical role that Islam plays in our ongoing war with Jihadikaze rat bastards. In 2011, this willful myopia means that the people who should be paying attention to our homegrown Jihadikazes - Islamikazes like the Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood murderer - are too busy trying to blame these home front attacks on a crappy childhood, rampant Islamophobia among We the People, and/or some undiagnosed mental breakdown. They blame these home front attacks on anything/everything except the real cause: Islam. Because of this willful myopia, we are fighting a war with our eyes closed, against an enemy whom we’re not allowed to name. It’s the express lane to our defeat and, ultimately, our destruction.

By itself, our 'Islam is the enemy of our liberty' blind spot dooms us to an eventual defeat. That defeat looms larger, these days, due to the second brainfart, which has reached epidemic proportions, within both of our political clans. The name of this brainfart is reflected in the title for this rant: Dangerous Democracy Delusions. We hear it from The One. We hear it from the fossil he defeated in the 2008 general election. We hear it from the Elected Tormentors who spend too much time in the Washington D. C. Twilight Zone and too little time in objective reality. We hear it from MSM Barack suckers. We hear it too often and I, for one, am sick of it.

I’ll f-ing explode if I hear Barry, the MSM Barack suckers, Juan McCain, or anyone else, gush about resurgence of Democracy in North Africa and other parts of the Islamikaze world. Today (Sunday March 27, 2011) McCain betrayed his profound ignorance, with this statement:

"This is a moment of historic proportions, and this will give us a moment of opportunity to help with the spread of democracy."

Is Juan on crack? Has he self-medicated his brain into neutral? Is it even remotely possible that he doesn’t know the difference between Democracy and Individual Liberty? Does this fool really equate Democracy and Individual Liberty, when truth is that they’re worlds apart:

"The importance of the distinction between freedom and democracy cannot be overstated. Democracy is living by permission of others, constantly subject to their whims, simply because they are the majority. It matters not whether the master is a government acting as the agent for the majority, or a lawless, un-ruly mob. Either way, the subject is a slave. It mustn’t be forgotten that it wasn’t freedom that killed the great philosopher, Socrates, but democracy." (Free World Trading Company)

In places like Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Libya, Democracy means deposing one kind of tyranny - the tyranny of an autocrat - and putting another kind of tyranny - the liberty nuking tyranny of Sharia - in its place. The spread of Democracy, in these Islamikaze infested, Sharia-venerating, nations is not a cause for celebration. Instead, it’s a cause for concern. McCain’s beloved ‘Democracy’ revival is the resurgence of mob rule and this mob is more likely to venerate Ayatollah Khomeini than Thomas Jefferson.

McCain, et al, aren’t the only ones suffering from these Dangerous Democracy Delusions. It’s the prevailing - until recently - editorial policy at the New York Times. This week, the realization that mob rule is invariably ugly took the NYT Moonbats by surprise. Belatedly, they took a close look at the people who will fill the power vacuum that was created by Mubarak’s departure from the scene. During the uprising and afterwards - until Libya took center stage - rational adults warned that the Muslim Brotherhood would be the new rulers of Egypt. That, everyone with a functioning synapse knew, would mean an Egyptian society that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to Iran and Saudi Arabia. The only ones who couldn't, wouldn't, see it worked at the Times.

This week, the New York Times, looked at the results of the Egyptian elections, and said ‘Yup, it certainly looks like the Muslim Brotherhood won the elections. Who would have seen THAT one coming?' Of course, they’re still in Sharia denial, concerning Egypt, but, eventually, even those NYT will smell the Sharia coffee. Unhappily, the NYT isn’t the alone, when it comes to deliberately ignoring the truth about events in the Middle East.

Unwilling to learn from the events in Egypt, the usual suspects - MSM and Elected Tormentors alike - willfully ignored the fun facts about the ‘Democracy seekers’ in Libya. The primary fun fact is that, like the Democracy seekers in other Islamikaze nations, the Libyan insurgents are in cahoots with Osama bin Laden and his al-qaeda Jihadikazes. It means that The One has our men and women in uniform aiding and abetting Jihadikazes who spent quality time, trying to kill American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

If you think these al-qaeda affiliates are ‘over it’ now and gung ho for Uncle Sam and liberty, wake up! In the early days of the rebellion in Libya, the ‘Democracy seekers’ rewarded Osama and his pals, by giving them a lot of the weaponry Libya’s reigning tyrant amassed in his armories. That means, while the USAF keeps the rat bastards safe, in Libya, the Democracy seekers are repaying us, by sending weapons to Afghanistan, where they will be used against our men and women on the front lines.

I don’t expect much from Juan McCain, but, since he spouted off about this ‘moment of historic proportions’ he should pull his head out of his ass and try to get it right. The inconvenient truth about the ‘Democracy’ sweeping the Islamikaze world is downright ugly, because, when the dust settles, and the last tyrant is evicted, there will be an unbroken string of ‘little Irans’ in North Africa. Our friends, the Israelis will find themselves with ‘little Irans’ on all sides. It would be nice if Juan McCain tried to wrap his mind around THAT, before he started flapping his gums about this tidal wave of Democracy that is sweeping across the Islamikaze world.

I wonder if this RINO fossil will have the nads to, probably long after it’s all said and done, admit that, while it’s spiffy that all the tyrants are gone, it’s not spiffy that one kind of tyranny was supplanted by another. I wonder if he’ll have the guts to admit that the willful refusal to name our enemy played a critical role in transforming the Middle East into series of 7th century outposts of tyranny, all of which use Iran as their role model. The answer to all of the above - assuming, of course, that he even admits the truth to himself - is probably not.

With or without The One ensconced in the Oval Office, Uncle Sam would be hard pressed to control the flow of events that are transforming the Islamikaze world. On that score, we are, unhappily, in a lose-lose situation, where all our options suck. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing that needs to be done. We could, and should, do what we can to prepare for this radicalized, terminally hostile Islamikaze world that’s headed our way. We could, and should, for example, strengthen our ties with Israel, a country which might be, our last, best, hope to neutralize the destructive power of all the ‘little Irans’ that are popping up in their immediate neighborhood. Finally, we could, should, and must limit the power of these ‘little Irans’ by unshackling our domestic energy reserves, taking the ‘oil weapon’ out of the enemy’s hands.

Will The One, Juan McCain, and/or our other Democracy Deluded Elected Tormentors wake up before it’s too late? Not of their own free will, but, they might get with the program, if We the People assert our authority and demand that they wake up, before it’s too late. The next move is ours, We the People Sparky, and the time to make it is NOW.

Parting shot: I'm not opposed, in theory, or in practice, to letting Libyans, Syrians, etc. name their own poison. If, when they determine their nation's fate, they trade autocratic tyranny for Sharia-based tyranny, so be it. I'm not saying that Uncle Sam should try use his military to stop them. I am saying that the willfully myopic meatheads inside the beltway need to open their eyes and see the world for what it is, instead of leaving their eyes shut and assuming the world is the way that they want it to be. Wake up and smell the coffee? You better believe it, Sparky.

Guest Commentary
Source: Hambo’s E-Mail

Old Frank Asks: Am I Alone

Am I alone, foolish, uncaring, mean-spirited, or simply confused? I keep reading in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and in watching reports on ABC, CBS, and NBC that I must be one of the above because I DO believe that Congressman King’s hearings on the causes of radicalization of homegrown Muslim youth are a good idea. But the media tell me that King’s hearings constitute racial profiling and that the “radicalization” of other (unspecified) groups should also be on the agenda. Hmmmm. I must have missed which of those other groups have been murdering us here and abroad while proclaiming Allahu Akbar.

I also believed that President Bush and his team did their best to protect us and adopted the least worse of possible alternatives, to keep the worst of the worst in humanitarian, indeterminate confinement at Guantanamo. But, I must have been wrong on that count too because the same media kept telling me that it was un-American and cruel to keep those poor folks cooped up. Meanwhile prestigious, leftist law firms from the Big Apple and D.C. kept sending their “brightest” down to Guantanamo to represent those murderous thugs – pro bono. And then the media informed me that I should welcome “hope and change” that would include the closing of Guantanamo and the speedy trial of all of those poor folks being held there. But, day before yesterday -- ooops -- the “hope and change” bunch came to the realization (rather late actually) that there really isn’t (and wasn’t) any other way to treat with the Guantanamo detainees, but the exact same way the Bush bunch had done. A similar thing happened with the “dreadful” Patriot Act. Hmmmm. Looking in from the outside and criticizing wildly without a firm grip on the facts gets the media’s total support to get one elected. But, they can’t help them govern once in office.

Meanwhile, as the world’s remaining superpower squanders its prestige as it dithers on whether to impose a no-fly zone, the Libyan tyrant’s killing machines lay waste to his countrymen who want to free themselves from his 40 year cruel and wasteful dictatorship. The “hope and change” bunch wish us to believe that gaining air superiority over Libya by taking out its anti-aircraft systems is a daunting task. That is total baloney! We have an AOB (air order of battle) that tells us precisely the full panoply of radar frequencies that the Libyan systems employ. We have pods on our fighters that read those signals as soon as they light up and we launch counter missiles that home in precisely on the anti-aircaft installations. We’ve been doing that since Vietnam. And our capability has increased by leaps and bounds since then. We did it in the Gulf War and again in taking out Saddam’s air force a decade or so later. In addition, we now have stealth bombers and fighters that don’t even present enough of a radar cross-section or infra-red signature to permit detection and tracking by enemy radars and IR sensors. But, we are also told that we and the Brits must “wait” for UN approval in order to act. I guess we don’t want to “go it alone” like those ‘ugly’ Bushies did. Good luck with getting the UN on board. And, if they ever do approve action, it will most likely be too late to save the lives of the Libyan freedom fighters – who are begging for our help. But since the media tell me that “hope and change” are doing all they can, I guess that I must be alone, foolish, uncaring, mean-spirited, or simply confused on this issue too. Likewise with the rest of the “Bush lied” nonsense, that happens to be now, albeit tardily, recognized to have been the verity of verities. Apologies anyone?

Return Engagement
Source: Top Story Archive

[This week’s commentary is a timely trip down memory lane. I selected it, because it’s a one of my favorites.]

Calendar Clutter.

Marching to the beat of a different drummer, PIG gets real about holidays and other recurring blights.

Too soon, it will be St. Patrick’s Day. Once again, we will have our sanity assaulted by a bunch of inane nitwits, most of whom aren’t Irish, couldn’t find Ireland on a globe if their life depended on it, and have a pathological hatred for green every other day of the year.

Green beer? Leprechauns? Stupid looking hats? Family, friends, co-workers and strangers nagging you about the lack of green in your attire? A frontal assault on your sanity by musical terrorists who bellow out "Danny Boy" every 3 minutes? Is this the best Ireland, the Irish, have to offer? Give me a break.

We get the part about national/ethnic pride running amok. We get the fact that, for one day of the year, it’s cool to be Irish. We get the fact that, after you cut through all the crap, St. Patrick’s Day has nothing to do with snakes, or holy rollers who chased them from the storied isle. For most of us, St. Patrick’s Day is an excuse to get blasted and slur our speech with a faux Irish accent. Ireland, the Irish, deserve better, and quite frankly, so do we. Besides, we already set aside a date on the calendar to get blasted, New Year’s Eve.

We have nothing against St. Patrick’s Day, per se, but we do have ‘issues’ with some of the asinine holidays that clutter up our calendar. Just for fun, we’re going to take a look at some of these recurring speed bumps on our calendar that give us a pain:

We have a day dedicated to a winged runt who terrorizes unsuspecting individuals with his bow and arrows. We think Cupid needs to be ordered to take a long overdue timeout. The only ‘up side’ to this February blight is the fact that some womyn kick Cupid to the curb and devote the day to venerating their nads. I have nothing against these V-Day (Vagina Day) Harpies, aside from the fact that those most likely to celebrate their nads are the ones least likely to share that joy with you, horny as a ten-peckered owl, Sparky.

We have a day dedicated to a directionally challenged Italian - Christopher Columbus - a day that allows the Italians - and Italian wanna bes - to be as annoying as the Irish, and Irish wanna bes, are on St. Patrick’s Day. If there’s a legitimate source of Italian pride, it’s not a man who didn’t know where he was going, didn’t know where he landed, and never accepted the fact that he’d visited ‘the New World’ instead of the Far East. If Italians want to celebrate someone who gives us the warmies for Italians, it should be someone like Sophia Loren or Giada De Laurentiis.

America lumps together the good, the bad, and the ugly, with a generic, one-size-fits,-all "Presidents Day" that opines ‘all Oval Office denizens are created equal’. What a steaming load. Jimmy the Meek, a man who was terrified by a swimming rodent, is one POTUS I’d like to forget. America needs to get real, by honoring the best presidents on their birthday and dumping the losers like a bad habit.

In Colonized parts of America, a faux Mexican holiday - Cinco de Mayo - stains the May calendar. It’s a day venerated by swilling insect-packing adult beverages and doing your best to get Montezuma’s revenge by downing impressive quantities of suitably ethnic eats. Why do we celebrate it? I haven’t got a clue and neither do the folks who live in Mexico, where there’s no such thing as a Cinco de Mayo holiday.

One of the most politically correct days on the calendar is "Administrative Professionals Day". Back in the day, before "secretary" was deemed ‘demeaning’ by the NO-NADs, it was Secretaries Day, which occurred sometime during - TA DA - Secretaries Week. Everything was spiffy, until womyn got their panties in a wad over it and rammed through this change which did not thrill the socks off those office professionals who took great pride in being a ‘secretary’.

Even Mother Earth has her own day, Earth Day, but we hear rumblings that it will be completely transformed to venerate Earth’s foremost - self proclaimed - champion, Messiah Al Gore. Instead of honoring Mother Earth on April 22nd, Messiah Al’s disciples want to change it to March 31st, the day when Messiah Al first stained humanity's skivvies. Move over, Easter.

In these diversity bonkers times, some elements of the Caterwauling Coalition have kicked it up a notch by devoting an entire month to themselves. In addition to the familiar ones - Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and Gay Pride Month - other groups have staked a claim on entire months of the calendar. There’s a Hispanic Pride Month (there’s also a Latino Pride Month), plus that new kid on the block, one devoted to Islamikazes: Islamic Pride Month. Islamic pride? Bite me.

We have days devoted to severely lost Italians, a winged runt, an Irish saint who was - gasp - not Irish (he’s Welsh), a rainbow coalition of the properly-hyphenated and a bogus Mexican holiday, so there is, obviously, work to be done, to make things right. As usual, we have some notions about resolving this deplorable situation.

Channeling our elusive sensitive side, your devoted PIG staff wonders why so many of these blights on our calendar are ‘exclusive’ rather than ‘inclusive’. We think there’s room for improvement. Let’s take, for example, everyone’s favorite, directionally-challenged Italian, Christopher Columbus. If we can dedicate a day to him, why not give that intrepid Polish explorer, Boris The Navigator, equal time?

Boris set forth from Poland looking for a suitable shortcut to Paris, but, due to the fact he was got his east mixed up with his west, Boris ended up in Siberia. Determined to put an end to those vicious jibes about Boris "Wrong Way" Kowalski, Boris set sail for his native Poland and blundered into Alaska, adding a new name to his collection "Klondike Kowalski". We like Boris’s ‘never say die’ spirit and think he deserves his own day on our calendar. At least Boris, unlike Columbus, had the good sense to know where he was when he got there.

We have a Mothers Day, a Fathers Day (AKA ugly tie day) and a Grandparents Day. Thanks to out of control Elected Tormentors, we have 365 days that are "for the children". What we don’t have...what we need, in the worst way, is a Rational Adults Day, to honor those besieged individuals who make what’s left of America work.

We think it’s time to salute those humanitarians who, on a daily basis, give oppressors the will to carry on, when faced with unrelenting caterwauling from the properly-hyphenated. How? PIG wants to spearhead the campaign to make National Sweater Puppy Day a permanent fixture on our calendar. If the womyn can have a day dedicated to their nads, horndogs demand equal time via a National Sweater Puppy Day, with Pam Anderson has our poster wench.

Speaking of oppressors, isn’t it time to dedicate a day to those DWM (dead white males) who inspire, entertain and inform us? Why don’t we celebrate a William Shakespeare Day? Why isn’t a man who gave us the facts on the true nature of the universe honored with a Nicolaus Copernicus Day? Why don’t we honor one of the greatest minds in human history with an Albert Einstein Day? Why don't we devote a day to a great American writer with a Mark Twain Day? Why? Why? Why?

If dead white males aren’t your style, what about some alive and still kicking white males? PIG thinks we need to expand our cultural festivities by honoring our favorite rock band with an AC/DC Appreciation Day. Speaking of inspirational rockers, we REALLY think there needs to be a Motor City Madman Day honoring our top Oval Office choice, Ted "Cat Scratch Fever" Nugent.

PIG also thinks it’s time to get real. From start to finish, our year is littered with days dedicated to supernaturalism. We have no problem with Easter, Yom Kippur, Kwanza, Christmas and assorted other religious observances. We do, however, believe that there’s a pressing need for ‘the rest of the story’. An Objective Reality Day would do the job nicely, since it counterbalances supernaturalist holidays and Messiah Al’s ‘Earth Day’ in one fell swoop.

Last, but far from least, PIG dares to suggest that we set aside at least one day - a whole month would be better - dedicated to political incorrectness. On this day - we think PIG Heritage Day has a nice ring to it - all those annoying P.C. niceties get kicked to the curb and everyone is ‘empowered’ to be as real as they want, need or dare to be.

In other words, on that day - March 1st, our birthday, would be ideal - everyone, from sea to shining sea, would be an honorary PIG staffer. PIG snouts and curly tails are optional, but the PIG Heritage Day kegger and melee would be MANDATORY. Are we that full of ourselves and ‘it’? You better believe it, Sparky.

By now, depending on your pedigree, you’re simmering nicely. If that’s the case, this gloating smirk - GRIN - is for you.

Go ahead, stuck in a rut Sparky, have a happy St. Patrick’s Day.

We promise that we won’t hold it against you.

Guest Commentary
Source: PIG’s E-Mail Inbox

Why Koch Industries Is Speaking Out
By CHARLES G. KOCH

Years of tremendous overspending by federal, state and local governments have brought us face-to-face with an economic crisis. Federal spending will total at least $3.8 trillion this year—double what it was 10 years ago. And unlike in 2001, when there was a small federal surplus, this year's projected budget deficit is more than $1.6 trillion.

Several trillions more in debt have been accumulated by state and local governments. States are looking at a combined total of more than $130 billion in budget shortfalls this year. Next year, they will be in even worse shape as most so-called stimulus payments end.

For many years, I, my family and our company have contributed to a variety of intellectual and political causes working to solve these problems. Because of our activism, we've been vilified by various groups. Despite this criticism, we're determined to keep contributing and standing up for those politicians, like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who are taking these challenges seriously.

Both Democrats and Republicans have done a poor job of managing our finances. They've raised debt ceilings, floated bond issues, and delayed tough decisions.

Senior Economics Writer Stephen Moore critiques Washington's pending budget deal.

In spite of looming bankruptcy, President Obama and many in Congress have tiptoed around the issue of overspending by suggesting relatively minor cuts in mostly discretionary items. There have been few serious proposals for necessary cuts in military and entitlement programs, even though these account for about three-fourths of all federal spending.

Yes, some House leaders have suggested cutting spending to 2008 levels. But getting back to a balanced budget would mean a return to at least 2003 spending levels—and would still leave us with the problem of paying off our enormous debts.

Federal data indicate how urgently we need reform: The unfunded liabilities of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid already exceed $106 trillion. That's well over $300,000 for every man, woman and child in America (and exceeds the combined value of every U.S. bank account, stock certificate, building and piece of personal or public property).

The Congressional Budget Office has warned that the interest on our federal debt is "poised to skyrocket." Even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is sounding alarms. Yet the White House insists that substantial spending cuts would hurt the economy and increase unemployment.

Plenty of compelling examples indicate just the opposite. When Canada recently reduced its federal spending to 11.3% of GDP from 17.5% eight years earlier, the economy rebounded and unemployment dropped. By comparison, our federal spending is 25% of GDP.

Government spending on business only aggravates the problem. Too many businesses have successfully lobbied for special favors and treatment by seeking mandates for their products, subsidies (in the form of cash payments from the government), and regulations or tariffs to keep more efficient competitors at bay.

Crony capitalism is much easier than competing in an open market. But it erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who provide what consumers want.

The purpose of business is to efficiently convert resources into products and services that make people's lives better. Businesses that fail to do so should be allowed to go bankrupt rather than be bailed out.

But what about jobs that are lost when businesses go under? It's important to remember that not all jobs are the same. In business, real jobs profitably produce goods and services that people value more highly than their alternatives. Subsidizing inefficient jobs is costly, wastes resources, and weakens our economy.

Because every other company in a given industry is accepting market-distorting programs, Koch companies have had little option but to do so as well, simply to remain competitive and help sustain our 50,000 U.S.-based jobs. However, even when such policies benefit us, we only support the policies that enhance true economic freedom.

For example, because of government mandates, our refining business is essentially obligated to be in the ethanol business. We believe that ethanol—and every other product in the marketplace—should be required to compete on its own merits, without mandates, subsidies or protective tariffs. Such policies only increase the prices of those products, taxes and the cost of many other goods and services.

Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers—not governments—to direct the use of resources. Allowing the government to pick winners and losers hurts almost everyone, especially our poorest citizens.

Recent studies show that the poorest 10% of the population living in countries with the greatest economic freedom have 10 times the per capita income of the poorest citizens in countries with the least economic freedom. In other words, society as a whole benefits from greater economic freedom.

Even though it affects our business, as a matter of principle our company has been outspoken in defense of economic freedom. This country would be much better off if every company would do the same. Instead, we see far too many businesses that paint their tails white and run with the antelope.

I am confident that businesses like ours will hire more people and invest in more equipment when our country's financial future looks more promising. Laying the groundwork for smaller, smarter government, especially at the federal level, is going to be tough. But it is essential for getting us back on the path to long-term prosperity.

FEBRUARY 2011

Organized Tyranny
Source: Pagan Scribbler Shallow Thoughts [02/25/11]

[Here’s a triple dose of Hambo prose on the Madison Meltdown, and related matters.]

No Place At The Table
When public employee unions negotiate a contract with the relevant Elected Tormentors, there’s one key player missing: We the People. We're not invited because we're not going to play their game, by their rules.

In theory, both the Elected Tormentors and the public employee unions work for We the People.

In theory, We the People are represented by the Elected Tormentors.

In practice, our only role is opening up our wallet and handing over what we’re coerced into paying.

Confused? Don’t worry about it, I’ll give you the disgusting details:

* We the People have money extorted from us, when the Nanny State invokes its coercive power to impose taxes.

* The Elected Tormentors curry favor with public employee unions by giving them insane salaries, benefits (lavish health care and retirement packages), paid for with looted tax dollars.

* The public employee unions lock in their perks, by using money extorted from the taxpayers to buy - via campaign contributions, plus 'issue' advertisements - union-coddling Elected Tormentors who will steal more taxpayer money to give to their union bosses.

If you do the math, you arrive at an infuriating conclusion. It’s the public employee unions, not the Elected Tormentors, or the chad punching taxpayer, who runs your town, township, county and/or state. They tell the Elected Tormentors what they want, then ORDER We the People to pay for it.

Bottom line: When it comes to public employee unions, We the People don’t have a place at the table. That might not bother you, but it majorly pisses me off.

Fleebaggers
For the record, ‘fleebaggers’ is the name that some clever bloggers pinned on those Demoncrats who go into exile to avoid a painful - you’re not in the majority, Libertard Sparky - reality check. Normally, such dereliction of one’s sworn duty is frowned upon. Normally. But, it’s a different story in the bizarre region of the Twilight Zone inhabited by the ‘progressives’, Commies, Socialists, and Libertards. For Moonbats, running away to another state is - TA DA - courageous.

I keep wondering how long these Fleebaggers from Wisconsin and Indiana can willfully, for the hell of it, stay away, before some rational adult declares the office vacant. If I blew off work for a week or longer, for no good reason, I’d be an unemployment statistic.

If there isn’t already some ‘vacancy’ tripwire, for Elected Tormentors who refuse to do the work the voters hired them to do, there should be. We the People need to get going on that one.

Madison Melee
If you want a preview of the next American Civil War, spend some quality time in Madison, where the likely combatants are already skirmishing. It’s just a matter of time, before the shooting starts and the union sludge knows it. That’s why, in Madison, the forces of organized tyranny (labor unions, especially the public employee unions) are testing their readiness for the coming battle with America’s rational adult taxpayers.

In Madison, and elsewhere, the public employee unions make their attitude painfully clear. They don’t give a rat’s ass if they bankrupt a city, a county, a state, and/or the entire nation. They don’t give a rat’s ass if they impoverish every hard-working fool whose taxes pay for the public employees’ lavish retirement. They don’t give a rat’s ass about anything, except stealing as much of John and Jane Q. Taxpayer’s money as they can, then using it to buy Elected Tormentors who will steal a lot more and give it to these job for life parasites.

It’s only a matter of time before the sovereign individuals who reshaped American politics by creating the Tea Party movement get tired of paying for these parasites who treat us like crap. Any day now, sovereign individuals will be fed up with infuriatingly expensive teachers who spend all their time brainwashing Little Johnny and Little Moonbeam into mind-numbed ATM machines who can’t read, write or do math. When the time comes, We the People will get up off our knees, and declare "Enough is enough". Pushed too far, We the People will square off against the organized tyranny assholes and ‘get bloody’ as that Congresspunk told the union thug rabble, Massachusetts.

Eventually, and we seem to be hurtling toward a point of no return at breakneck speed, the battle of incompatible ideas, will evolve into another kind of battle. This can only end one way. The organized tyranny hammerheads and the sovereign individuals will face each other across a field of battle, where the conflict between liberty and tyranny will be resolved the way it always is: with blood.

The Second American Civil War is headed our way, and if you want to scout the enemy, you’ll find him, her, himher and it in the streets of Madison, in Columbus (Ohio), and Indianapolis (Indiana). In bygone days, I believed the coming American Civil War could be avoided. I’m no longer as certain about that as I was.

Guest Commentary
Source: Our E-Mail [02/18/11]

Transformation of America
Scribbler: Unknown

The Fundamental Transformation of America When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn't matter.

When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists who sent Obama's mother to a socialist school where she was introduced to Frank Marshall Davis. He was later introduced to young Barrack Hussein Obama People said it didn't matter.

When people found out that Barrack Hussein Obama was enrolled as a Muslim child in school and his father and stepfather were both Muslims, people said it didn't matter.

When he wrote in another book he authored "I will stand with them (Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" people said it didn't matter.

When he admittedly, in his book, said he chose Marxist friends and professors in college-- people said it didn't matter.

When he traveled to Pakistan , after college on an unknown national passport, people said it didn't matter.

When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist Party in 1996 as he ran for the Illinois Senate, people said it didn't matter.

When he sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people said it didn't matter.

When an independent Washington organization, that tracks Senate voting records, gave him the distinctive title as the "most liberal senator," people said it didn't matter.

When the Palestinians in Gaza set up a fund raising telethon to raise money for his election campaign, people said it didn't matter.

When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn't matter.

When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter.

When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and Mummar Kadaffi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.

When it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn't matter.

When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.

When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn't matter.

When he refused to wear a flag, lapel pin, and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn't matter.

When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter.

When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter.

When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisors who were pro-gun control, pro- abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition people said it didn't matter..

When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other issues, people said it didn't matter.

When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter.

When his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.

When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter.

When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco--a man of questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home-- people said it didn't matter.

When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.

When he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it didn't matter.

When he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to "fundamentally transform this Nation" into something else, people said it didn't matter.

When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.

When he appointed cabinet members and several advisors who were tax cheats and socialists, people said it didn't matter.

When he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn't matter.

When he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in "Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs without family consent, and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn't matter.

When he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual, and organizer of a group called gay, lesbian, straight, education network as Safe School Czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn't matter.

When he appointed Mark Lloyd, as Diversity Czar, who believes in curtailing free speech; taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth; who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.

When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn't matter.

When Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher-- and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn't matter.

When he appointed Carol Browner as Global Warming Czar, and her being a well known socialist working on Cap and trade as the nations largest tax, people said it didn't matter.

When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn't matter.

When Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for health and human services secretary could not be confirmed, because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't matter..

When as President of the United States , he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , people said it didn't matter.

When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.

When his actions concerning the Middle-East seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel , our long time ally, people said it didn't matter.

When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States, people said it didn't matter.

When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it didn't matter.

When he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it didn't matter.

When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn't matter.

When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn't matter.

When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc., people said it didn't matter.

When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn't matter.

When he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn't matter.

When he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and 'stating' that he was raised a Muslim; was educated as a Muslim; and that he is still a Muslim-- people said it didn't matter.

When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.

When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State , people finally woke up--- but it was too late. Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a Marxist-Socialist society.

All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph. Will it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America ?

If you are an Obama Supporter don't be angry with me because I think Barrack Hussein Obama is a socialist. Far too many facts support he is indeed a Socialist. If you seek the truth you will be richer for it. Don't just belittle the opposition.. Search for the truth. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Constitutionalists, Libertarians all need to pull together or watch the demise of a free democratic society. Pray for Americans to seek the truth and take action for it will keep us FREE. Our biggest enemy is not China , Russia , North Korea , and Iran our biggest enemies are the progressive politicians in Washington DC, and the Muslim infiltration that is flooding into this country. The government will not help, so we need to do it ourselves.

Hambo’s Rant of the Week
Source: Hambo’s Hammer

"Baby Talk"

The news cycle is one relentless bit of ‘joy’ after another and it’s enough to make a rational adult take his, her, hisher or its mind off the basics.

This great experiment in individual liberty is in trouble, big trouble, but the underlying cause isn’t one of the usual suspects.

Yes, the Ruskies are feeling their oats and Putin is a seriously evil piece of shit.

Yes, Mahmoud al-Gilligan is thisclose to nuking the beanies off Israel, and we’re next on his ‘hit’ list.

Yes, Hugo "Skipper" Chavez is doing his best to bring the Ruskie armed forces into our own back yard.

Yes, the Tiny Tyrant - aided and abetted by his basement boy successor - has finally snapped, abrogated the armistice that ended the Korean War, fast-tracked his nuclear weapons program, and seems poised to restart the Korean War.

Yes, Osama and his merry band of murdering bastards are doing their best to seize control of Pakistan, so he can hit us again, with some liberated Pakistani nukes.

Yes, while Islamikaze nations like Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are poised to go down like dominos, our top spymaster is so myopic, he thinks the Jihadikazes in the Muslim Brotherhood - prime movers in the on-going uprisings - are just harmless, secular, fuzzballs who like to hear themselves talk.

Yes, the Chinese, who own a large percentage of our debt, are working day and night to destroy this nation conceived in liberty, economically and militarily.

Yes, the economy is in the crapper, a paying job is on the endangered species list, and the Nanny State Nitwits are making things worse, by pissing away your tax dollars on red ink nightmares that will keep We the People in debt, until our Sun burns out.

Yes, the Obama Regime is deliberately trying to enslave us, with Executive Orders, business crippling regulations, and stealthy, bureaucratic, assaults on our freedom of speech.

Yes, the resurgent pachyderm herd on Capitol Hill, which promised to take a meat axe to the bloated federal budget, is ‘trimming’ federal spending with cuticle clippers.

Yes, the same Marxist class warriors who never saw a business they didn’t want to shut down, are cheering on the Red Shed’s Marxist Messiah, while he props up - then seizes control of - one industry after another.

Yes, the hard core lefties - Commie union thugs, socialists, technology hating Greeniacs, & anarchists - are ready, willing, and eager to stage an Egypt-style rebellion right here in the USA.

Yes, America dwelling Islamikazes are giving aid and comfort to our Jihadikaze enemies, while they impose Sharia, an element at a time, right under our noses.

Yes, the Obama Regime’s assault on achievers and rewarding of parasites continues unabated.

Yes, the world is full of armed and dangerous asshats who want us dead.

All of the foregoing things are, regrettably, true, but none of them are the enemy who will bring us down.

We the People - not all of us, but enough of us - are the ones who are undermining this noble experiment in individual liberty. Too many of ‘We the People’ find liberty much too stressful, so they are begging, pleading and scheming to let an egregiously pumped up Nanny State baby them. We saw that play out in the General Election on November 4, 2008.

Too many of ‘We the People’ are sucked in by the political din about class envy that makes them want to impoverish the achievers - the EVIL rich. Dreaming of their cut of the spoils, these class warriors want to give the proceeds of this Nanny State mugging to the chronically needy parasites. Earning money for yourself is too hard, the looters whine. I want my Big Bad Daddy to steal what I need then give me everything I want, without all that nasty work. That’s the essence of Messiah Barry’s popularity.

Too many of ‘We the People’ cheer when Nanny State nitwits save chronic losers from themselves, by infringing on the rights of food wrangling capitalists. Too many of ‘We the People’ don’t understand that a wide load’s self-destructive eating habits are NOT any of the Nanny State’s damn business. It might make these sickeningly smug do-gooders feel good to FORCE food wranglers to post nutritional information, but it won’t get the job done. At most, it might make some nagged to death lard ass order a diet coke with his THIRD heart attack on a bun. I don’t want everybody to decide what’s good to eat, the lard ass babies whine. I want my Big Bad Daddy to make all the bad food just go away.

Too damn many of ‘We the People’ think it’s Uncle Sam’s job to ‘balance’ the viewpoints presented on the ‘airwaves’. Those questioned in a Rasmussen poll showed a shocking enthusiasm for flushing the First Amendment down the crapper. A staggering 47 percent believed the government should require stations to "balance" the political viewpoint expressed over the airwaves. This impulse to silence speech that ‘We the People’ don’t want to hear isn’t confined to the airwaves. At least 31 percent opined that Uncle Sam should be empowered to apply this fairness doctrine muzzle in cyberspace. That’s right, blog punk Sparky. They want to shut you, all of us, up, too. They say things that make me feel bad, the babies whine, I want my Big Bad Daddy to make them all just shut up.

Too damn many of ‘We the People’ are willing to blame ‘evil’, ‘greedy’, capitalists for the spiraling energy prices. ‘We the People’ are eager to complain about $4 a gallon gas, but we’re annoyingly silent when it comes to a Red Shed energy policy which systematically, deliberately, shuts down all access to our domestic energy resources. ‘We the People’ need to stop whining about the symptom - high energy prices - and focus on the root cause - the artificial limiting of our energy supply by the Obama Regime.

I want ‘We the People’ to pull their heads out of their butts. I want ‘We the People’ to stop whining for Big Bad Daddy. I want ‘We the People’ to remember the real meaning of ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’.

* It’s your life, ‘We the People’ Sparky, but you’re the only one who can LIVE it.

* It’s your liberty, ‘We the People’ Sparky, but you’re the one who must exercise, and vigorously defend, it.

* It’s your happiness, ‘We the People’ Sparky, but you’re the one who has to pursue it.

It’s not the government’s job to hand you life, liberty and happiness on a silver platter. It’s the government’s job to keep everyone the hell out of your way, while YOU take care of that pressing life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness business.

Stop being a bunch of crybabies, America. Don’t make me come over there.

America's No-fault Society
Source: Pagan Scribbler Rhetorical Rampage

Due to the losers, users, and pontificating punks who gravitate to positions of power in the Great American Nanny State, this land conceived in liberty is saddled with a relentlessly increasing mass of societal dead weight. The rugged individuals who built this great nation have been overwhelmed by legions of pampered pests who thrive in what I call America’s No Fault Society.

The following celebrity justice examples are the kind of items that triggered my trip down this pagan scribbler road:

Example: A former child star turned drunken, drug addicted, slut jumps in somebody else’s car without permission, and engages in a high speed pursuit of another car through the streets of Los Angeles. When she's finally caught, she's differently-sober and is found with cocaine in her pockets.

Due to the fact that she's a former child star, the prosecutors drop all the felony charges and give her a wrist slap for some misdemeanor offenses. At most, she'll spend 24 hours in a graybar, pay a fine, make some 'appearances' at a community service endeavor for 10 hours, and sleep through some mandatory rehab sessions.
[Since her initial header in to the justice system, Lilo has demonstrated that, for her, they haven’t built a Graybar, or rehab center, strong enough to hold her.]

When all is said and done, Lindsey Lohan will have proven that she had it right when she said, "I'm Lindsey Lohan and I can do anything I want." Lindsey knows, and the justice system has proved, that, for her, there is no piper to pay, no adverse consequences to face, no matter what she does. She's the poster slut of America's No Fault Society.

Example: A reality show star, whose only claim to fame is a famous show business father, gets roaring drunk and goes motoring down the freeway, driving in the WRONG DIRECTION. Eventually, she simply stops her car on the freeway and sits there.

Although the requisite court sentenced her to some graybar time, she barely had time to unpack her gear because her entire graybar gig lasted a daunting - I am not making this up - 82 MINUTES.

When all is said and done, Nicole Richie has demonstrated that even if your notoriety is being the daughter of a star, there is no piper to pay, not adverse consequences to face, no matter what she does.

The ‘no fault’ mindset is also in play, on a couple of headline grabbing stories which involved a lone gunman who mowed down numerous individuals, many of whom were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Example: You’re 22-year-old basement boy who is severely, clinically, bonkers. During a chance encounter with a local politician, Gabrielle Giffords, you feel ‘insulted’ when she doesn’t respond to your demented ravings. After letting your hostility fester into hatred, for 3 years, you arm yourself with a Glock. Armed and dangerous, you take your firepower to a Gabrielle Giffords ‘meet and greet’ at a local supermarket, where you gun down 19 people, including Congresswench Giffords. Six of your victims die, and Gabrielle Giffords is left with serious brain damage from the bullet you fired into it.

Despite basement boy’s unquestionable guilt, the ‘no fault’ excuse makers rush to Jared Loughner’s defense, by blaming his murderous rampage on Sarah Palin and her crosshairs graphic. Far from finished, they also blame El Rushbo, Glenn Beck, and assorted other VRWC babblers, whose lack of civility compelled Jared to pull the trigger on that infamous January day. According to this ‘no fault’ nitwitdom, Jared isn’t a crazy bastard with a gun; he’s a victim of VRWC rhetoric. Under prevailing ‘no fault’ rules, We the People probably owe him an apology. Will he pay the piper? Will he face consequences? The answer to both is ‘maybe’, BUT, in this ‘no fault’ era, the price he pays, the consequences he faces, will NOT be as harsh as his rampage deserves.

Example: You’re an American Mecca Maniac who is a Major in the U.S. Army. On November 5, 2009, you set aside your assigned work as a shrink, at Fort Hood, Texas, to deal with a more pressing issue. At 13: 34 hours, you head for an on-base medical facility called the Soldier Readiness Center, where you shout "Allah akbar", while you start gunning down your fellow soldiers. By the time some bullets end your rampage, you’ve killed 13 individuals and wounded 29 others.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s guilt is beyond dispute. Predictably, that doesn’t stop the ‘no fault’ fatheads from blaming an obvious act of terrorism on job related stress which was caused by rampant American Islamophobia. According to the ‘no fault’ mantra, this murdering bastard was oppressed into his murderous rampage. Will he pay the piper? Will he face consequences? The answer to both is, once again, ‘maybe’, BUT, in this ‘no fault’ era, the price he pays, the consequences he faces, will NOT be as harsh as his rampage deserves.

The following examples show how this ‘no fault’ brainfart has expanded into other segments of American society:

Example: You're a chronically needy, disease ridden, denizen of a country that makes a tidy sum by exporting its poverty. You succumb to the Siren song wafting across the border and invade a neighboring country, uninvited. You work for a capitalist who pays you slave wages, under the table. You drop one or more anchor babies who will suck up goods and services that are paid for by the American taxpayer. You are, despite all the bloviating about 'doing jobs that Americans won't do', a parasite who is in America illegally.

Eventually, when you and your border jumping home boys and girls achieve critical mass, you are given amnesty and put on the fast track to citizenship. Despite your negative impact on the USA, you are rewarded and given all the proof you need, that there is no piper you need to pay, no adverse consequences for your actions, no matter what you do. On the contrary, you've been rewarded for invading a sovereign nation and ripping off its taxpayers.

Example: You're an inmate in one of America's government cess-schools. You can't read. You wouldn't recognize simple addition if it fell on you and your writing skills are limited to scrawling your name which you invariably misspell. Your only meaningful accomplishment is contributing to the head count that entitles the cess-school to tap into taxpayer funded Nanny State coffers.

Despite your utter and complete inability to read, write or compute, you're a happy camper because you know that none of it matters. You're going to get that high school diploma anyway, because you're the icon of public Edcrap in America, an idiot with self-esteem. Your teachers managed to teach you that one 'essential' lesson: for you there's no piper to pay, no adverse consequences for your actions, no matter what you do (or don't do).

Example: You're a state Legicrat in the no longer 'golden' state. You squander the taxpayers’ money on asinine bull crap that appeals to your deep pocketed campaign contributors, knowing full well that you're shafting John and Jane Q. Public. Your spending spree created a financial black hole that has an insatiable appetite for dead presidents, and your 'best' solution involves borrowing billions of dollars more. Your neo-Marxist antics chase businesses and rational adults out of the state in ever increasing numbers. If anyone starts asking the wrong questions, you've covered your tracks through accounting sheet trickery to paper over that fiscal black hole.

Despite your miserable performance, you're sitting pretty because, thanks to a self-serving redistricting scheme, every seat in the state legislature is a safe seat. You've successfully rigged the game to exempt yourself from voter outrage. You have proven, conclusively, that, no matter how deleterious your actions are, when it comes to inalienable individual liberty, there's no piper to pay, no adverse consequences for your liberty-nuking actions, no matter how egregiously you stick it to the taxpayer.

Example: Your butt looks like the southern exposure of a northbound hippo and you need a supercomputer to add up your daily calorie intake. When you plod out to the refrigerator, the shock waves set off seismometers on Jupiter. You're such a notorious wide load you've been banned from every 'all you can eat' outpost from sea to shining sea.

Despite your gastronomic excesses, you're feeling pretty smug because that trial lawyer piece of crap just added your overstuffed butt to that class action lawsuit against 'big food'. Enrichment looms on the horizon as soon as your shyster finishes fleecing those deep 'big food' pockets. Food Nazis and their irrational obsession with transfat, et al, have proven, conclusively, that it's not your fault. There's no piper to pay as long as trial lawyers and Food Nazis have your ample back, and, thanks to them, there are no adverse consequences for your actions. For your lard ass, the good news never stops because, there’s a 50-50 chance that you can stick the taxpayer with all your obesity-related medical bills.

It’s time for America’s rational adults to take charge. It’s time to tell these pampered pests that childhood is OVER. It’s time to tell them to grow the hell up. It’s time to dismantle the safety nets, cut these no fault umbilical cords and tell every-damn-body that henceforth they will be held fully accountable for their actions. No excuses, no exceptions.

JANUARY 2011

Guest Commentary
Source: Some PIGster

[DISCLAIMER: We the PIGs won’t swear on a stack of pizza boxes that Colonel Bob Pappas exists. Furthermore, We the PIGs won’t swear on a stack of pizza boxes that, if Colonel Bob Pappas does exist, he wrote the following rant. We the PIGs will state, for the official record, that whoever wrote this rant, NAILED IT. It’s here because of what it says, not because of the person who ‘allegedly’ said it.]

Forwarded for your info. Col. Pappas speaks his mind.

Dear Mr. Vice President
by Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, Retired

Thank you for your email below in which you enumerate yours and Obama's accomplishments;

Indeed you and Mr. Obama have kept your promises, you should be "d___m" proud because, "it's a big "f___k___g deal;" and we want to "thank" you;

Thanks for spreading "poverty" around;

Thanks for your personal, loyal and unwavering support of a demonstrably mentally ill, narcissist;

Thanks for your integrity in not insisting that BHO be Constitutionally qualified for the job;

Thanks for massive militarily budget cuts; we need to cut the military industrial complex down to size;

Thanks for BHO's apology tour;

Thanks for for not closing the border with Mexico and keeping the doors open so that illegal immigrants can take US jobs;

Thanks for providing health care, educational benefits, unemployment benefits and housing for illegal immigrants; I enjoy paying the added taxes that are required;

Thanks for trying to make illegal immigrants citizens so you can garner their votes;

Thanks for denigrating, marginalizing and destroying your own country; it makes us all soooo proud and it feels oh, soooo good!

Thanks for alienating our friends and embracing our enemies; Churchill was indeed a "vile" ally during WWII;

Thanks for implementing Hitler's genetic research projects, we knew all along he was right;

Thanks for intentionally crushing the strongest economy in the world;

Thanks for devaluing my earnings; keep running those printing presses;

Thanks for increasing the cost of gasoline by 100% in two years; really helps me and the poor get around a lot easier than when the price was lower;

Thanks for 17% real unemployment;

Thanks for crushing the value of my home; its worth about half of what it was when you took office; I'm sure that has helped the poor too;

Thanks for increasing the national debt in two years more than all other Administrations combined in the history of the country;

Thanks for blaming G.W. Bush for everything; Right On! Always knew that the Skull and Cross Bones Society was not to be trusted, but ACORN is;

Thanks for imposing onerous taxes via the back door;

Thanks for closing Guantanamo; Oh? You didn't?

Thanks for moving terrorist trials to New York where they can grandstand and taking them out of the hands of the incompetent military;

Thanks for relieving McCrystal, he deserved it for supporting you and carrying out your insane rules of engagement;

Thanks for watching while Iraq descends into chaos; great that you kept your word on withdrawal, no matter the consequences;

Thanks for the increasing American casualties in Afghanistan, gotta spread the casualties around, ya know;

Thanks for embracing Islam while eschewing Christianity;

Thanks for Obama's religious head fake, going to church;

Thanks for the Administrations "rebranding" efforts; albeit a snake is a snake;

Thanks for the most corrupt "stimulus" administration in history;

Thanks for supporting BHO's lack of personal transparency;

Thanks for "bringing the U.S. down a notch or two;" U.S. "imperialist" objectives just had to be reined in;

Thanks for divulging U.S. interrogation techniques;
Thanks for "shutting down" "rendition;"

Thanks for imposing your version of healthy relationships, perverted sex upon the Armed Forces;

Thanks for not making perverted sex mandatory for members of the Armed Forces;

Thanks for opening the door, via repeal of DADT for the oxymoron of "perverted sex marriage;"

Thanks for backdooring legislation and end - running the Congress through regulation and Executive Orders;

Thanks for trying to force all workers to join unions; that would definitely make the US more competitive in the Global economy;

Thanks for keeping the "hated" Patriot Act in place;

Thanks for keeping Bush's "tax cuts for the rich;"

Thanks for the massive payoffs to Wall Street , Union thugs and public service unions;

Thanks for stabbing Israel in the back;

Thanks for embarcing one of the most vile governments with arguably the worst human rights record in the history the world at the recent State Dinner; it makes us proud;

Thanks for politicizing every facet of government;

Thanks for telling us what we can eat, how we should live and what life vocation we should pursue;

Thanks for sharing via Obama your vast knowledge of world events, economics, international relations; that's always comedy hour, and it's good for a laugh;

Thanks for destroying the finest health care system in the world; doing so really helps Obama's relatives in Kenya and the poor here in America;

Thanks for the foolishness, the racism, the hatred, the divisiveness you and Barrack Hussein Obama have generated and fostered; it's sooo good for America;

Thanks for your support of Obama's million dollar vacations, hitting the political jackpot and living the good life that comes from the bottomless well of gold at taxpayer expense;

Thanks for killing the goose that laid the golden egg, the free market economy with yours and Obama's onerous regulations; (seriously-not that some are not needed)

These were yours and Obama's promises: to totally change America, to totally change the economic system, and to totally change the world;

Congratulations Mr. Vice President, you, BHO, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, George Soros and your other anti-American allies have succeeded where no other country could!

These things noted, you have at the least succeeded in training BHO to wear a flag of the US on his lapel, that is , unless on the back side thereof there are engraved, crossed fingers.

Ah, yes! Americans look forward to crushing you in 2012, as in 2010! We can hardly wait, unless a chance for impeachment comes forth!

All the while I thought your name was just plain "Joe" but now that we know you better, a name would be Benedict, as in Arnold!

Is there such a thing as a Seditious President and Vice President?

Semper Fidelis

Guest Commentary
Source: Some PIGster

[We don’t know who wrote this, and that’s a shame. Reputedly, it appeared in the Charleston (West Virginia?) Daily Mail. Whoever wrote it nailed it, in PIG-worthy style.]

I do not want civil discourse

For a decade, from the election of Bush 43 forward, the Left has lied and cheated as it tried to return to power. Al Gore made a mockery out of the American electoral system by being a spoilsport over Florida, which Bush indeed won by 537 votes. Dan Rather forged a document to try to derail Bush’s re-election. Twice Democrats stole U.S. senators from the Republicans. After voting to support the war to get by the 2002 election, many Democrats quickly soured on the war. The profane protests were cheered by liberals who misattributed “dissent is the highest form of patriotism”to Thomas Jefferson; the words belong to the late historian Howard Zinn.

Once in power, liberals were the opposite of gracious.

For two years now, I have been called ignorant, racist, angry and violent by the left. The very foul-mouthed protesters of Bush dare to now label my words as “hate speech.”

Last week, the left quickly blamed the right for the national tragedy of a shooting spree by a madman who never watched

Fox News, never listened to Rush Limbaugh and likely did not know who Sarah Palin is.

Fortunately, the American public rejected out of hand that idiotic notion that the right was responsible.

Rather than apologize, the left wants to change the tone of the political debate.

The left suddenly wants civil discourse.

Bite me.

The left wants to play games of semantics.

Bite me.

The left wants us to be civil — after being so uncivil for a decade.

Bite me.

There is grown-up work to do now. Liberals ran up the federal credit card, destroyed the American medical system and undermined the rule of law — which is the foundation of capitalism — with a bunch of unconstitutional fiats from the president and his bureaucracy.

The economy is a mess. The president “inherited” a 7.6% unemployment rate. It’s now 9.4% — after we spent a record $787 billion on a stimulus.

I was not consulted on that stimulus. I had a very good argument against it. I said the money supply was too large and printing more money would fail. I said let the economic downturn run its course.

Lefties were too busy celebrating the 2008 election to listen.

When people protested lefties made vulgar remarks about tea-bagging and giggled.

So screw you and your civil discourse.

I don’t want to hear it.

I have been screamed at for 10 years.

It’s my turn now. I am not going to scream back. But I refuse to allow anyone to dictate what I say or how I say it. I refuse to allow the same foul-mouthed, foul-spirited foul people who dumped on me to now try to tell me what I may or may not say.

My free speech matters more than the feelings of anyone on the left. You don’t like what I say? Tough.

I will not allow people to label my words Hate Speech or try to lecture me on civility. I saw the lefty signs. The left’s definition of civil discourse is surreal.

We have a terribly unfit president who has expanded government control beyond not only what is constitutional but what is healthy for our freedom.

Indeed, this call for civil discourse is itself a direct threat to my free speech.

So screw you.

You don’t like my words? You don’t like my tone? You feel threatened?

Too bad.

No.

Actually, that is what I want. I want the lefties to feel bad. I want them to feel hurt. I want them to cry to their mommies.
That way the field will be cleared so we grown-ups can fix the nation and the economy. If you can’t put up with a little excrement, get the hell out of the barn.

Guest Commentary
Source: Old Frank [01/13/11]

Citizens Really Need to Read Some American History

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

A lot (far too much actually) has been made of vigorous political discourse that is now often characterized as “hate” speech. The complainers seem to long for a golden age, some earlier time in American history, when all was sweetness and light. However, in truth -- with the possible exception of the period from December 7, 1941 through early August 1945 – no such golden age ever existed.

There are many excellent biographies of our national leaders that should be required reading. These books clearly show that even from the earliest days of our republic, our political leaders have been mercilessly caricatured, libled, and vilified by their opponents. Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and even the near-sainted father of our country, George Washington himself, were targets of vitriol, distortions, rumors, and outright lies. In fact, Thomas Jefferson (who was Washington’s Secretary of State at the time) wrote some of the most damaging and libelous tirades against his boss, using a variety of aliases. President Jackson was viciously attacked in print and on the stump. Abe Lincoln was called an “Ape” and “ugly” and even the wives of presidents were subjected to strident criticism and continual sniping. It’s all there for any citizen to read about, if they even cared to become better informed. It wasn’t pretty then and it isn’t pretty now; but, every politician knows that it comes with the territory. As Harry Truman famously remarked, ‘..If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.”

In the final analysis, political criticism is neither new nor more volatile today than it was throughout the whole of the 222 years of our republic. To ascribe murderous acts of a lone madman to an atmosphere of charged and vigorous political debate is nonsense. And to tie the latest murderous rampage by a deranged 22 year old Arizonan to the second amendment is even more foolish. Recall please that throughout the same history referred above, the second amendment was in force and that every frontier homestead had firearms to protect against Indian raids, wild animals, and for hunting game. Voters at the time drank whiskey and brawled on election day, but they hardly ever shot the politicians they disagreed with. The father of the nine year old victim of this recent tragedy said it best, noting that we live in a country where a deranged person can do irreparable harm to others, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

Old Frank

Hambo Rant of the Week
Source: Hambo’s Hammer [01/12/11]

An American Riddle
Do you recognize us? Perhaps a few hints will prod your dormant gray cells:

* We fill a need felt by millions of Americans.

* We’re here in large numbers, throughout the USA, and you know it.

* You do your best to find us, and manage to catch a few, but most of us elude you.

* Millions more are either on the way or soon will be, but try as you might, you can’t stop them.

* You attempt to stop us at the source, but international cooperation is half-hearted at best, because our presence in the USA benefits numerous foreign economies.

* Some hacks and assorted ‘activists’ propose that you give up your decades long fight and legitimize us.

* Legalizing us would greatly benefit your economy, allowing us to donate tax money to offset our drain on public coffers.

* Legalizing us would cut down on crime directly associated with us and decrease the collateral damage done to innocent bystanders.

* We’re frequently discussed on Vast right-wingnut talk radio.

Do you know who we are yet? You probably think you do, but there’s a 50-50 chance that you’re wrong. Need another hint? Okay...

* You might think we’re illegal aliens since all of the hints apply to them, too, but you’re wrong.

For the correct answer, read the next item...

Quixotean Quests
Uncle Sam’s minions always deem meaningful immigration law enforcement so impossible that it’s not worth the effort. ‘How can we find and deport 20 million illegals?’ ‘How can we effectively guard our vast borders?’ It’s impossible, they insist, so instead, we’ll legalize border jumpers...legalize border jumping. Bold new concept.

It’s curious - and then some - that this lost cause excuse is perpetrated by the same hacks who persist in a decades long Federal Quixotean Quest to snuff out the illegal drug trade. The least these hacks can do is conduct the War On Illegal Immigration with the same damn-the-torpedoes zeal that they prosecute the War On Illegal Drugs.

If it’s impossible to stop illegals from crossing our borders, it’s 1000 times harder to keep out easily disguised drugs. Why is the War On Drugs fought so frantically and the War On Illegal Immigration isn’t?

If sheer numbers - of alleged humans - comprise the ultimate criteria for an unconditional War on Illegal Immigration surrender, why do the Feds persist in the Drug War when the illegal drug trade involves millions of Americans, from sea to shining sea?

If American consumer need is an essential factor justifying legalizing border jumping, how do the Fed drug Nazis rationalize their Drug War when millions of American drug consumers take great risks - physical and financial risks - to buy their illicit fix?

If legalizing border jumpers is validated by the way it strengthens our national economy, then they must favor legalizing drugs, too, on the same basis. A legalized drug trade would add billions to our GNP, so why don’t we hear the Lapdog or his minions sending up a drug legalization trial balloon?

If in feverish hack minds the War on Drugs - a losing battle, big damn time - is worth the effort and expense, then so is the War on Illegal Immigration. Allegedly, legalizing our border jumpers gives Uncle Sam greater control, cuts illegal immigration-related crime, and enhances American security. Perhaps...But, legalizing ‘illegal’ drugs would accomplish these things, too, to a much greater extent.

As long as hacks tilt the Drug War windmill, American taxpayers must demand equal Federal zeal in the fight to secure our borders. By their own actions in the Drug War, the Feds tacitly admit that ‘unwinnable’ is not a valid excuse. What we need to do is turn the DEA goon squads loose on America’s illegal aliens. It’s not fair to let drug dealers hog all this fun.

Assorted Pieces of Hambo’s Mind
Source: Hambo’s Hammer [01/08/11]

Item: PC

(A regular reader sent us a missive which proclaimed that the libertard moonbats have NOT cornered the market when it comes to perpetrating Political Correctness. He is, as many of you know, preaching to the choir, but I didn’t mind. It gave me an excuse to vent on right-wingnut political correctness. The following prose is the pertinent portion of my response.)

When I cut through all the crap and get to the bare facts, I conclude that political correctness is built upon the erroneous contention that an individual has an inherent right not to be offended. It's a brain fart that is NOT limited to those on the political left. In fact, when it comes to invoking this mythical 'right' that shields an individual from being offended, the right-wingnuts invoke it at least as much - probably more - than those on the left. Their mantra goes something like this:

"You can't say that, because I don't want to hear it."

"You can't show/do that, because I don't want to see it."

"You can't write that, because I don't want to read it."

"You can't teach that (Evolution, for example), because I don't what to know it."

"You can't pair off with him, her, himher, or it, because it offends my suffocating supernaturalism."

If there's a distinction between right-wingnut Korrectness and lefty moonbat Korrectness it's this:

By invoking political correctness, the lefty is saying, in essence: SHUT UP, MORON!

By invoking political correctness, the righty is saying, in essence: REPENT SINNER.

By rejecting these attempts to dictate elements of my life, I am saying: BITE ME!

Item: Labels

If your political philosophy defies conventional labels, you're obviously doing something right. I have an aversion to labels, since it allows others to dismiss and/or pigeonhole you as "oh, you're one of THEM". By rejecting a conventional label you force whomever to deal with you, the individual. Among other things, it makes someone put in the quality time to learn what you believe and why you believe it. I call those encounters "bestowing enlightenment".

Item: The murdering rat bastard in Tucson

By now, you’re all familiar with the events, so I’ll forego a repetition of the details. What interested me, was/is/shall continue to be the blame game.

A few decades ago, the fickle finger of media blame would cite:

* Society as a whole.

* America’s gun culture.

* A crappy childhood.

The bottom line is usually a steaming load that his murder spree is, in reality, a cry for help.

Fast forward to the present and we have a new set of culprits:

* Sarah Palin, because she had a cross hair graphic on her cyberspace speed bump which targeted Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ district.

* The Tea Party patriots. There’s no connection, yet, but that doesn’t keep them from trying to find one.

* The Pima County Sheriff impugned unnamed, vitriolic, individuals - Fox News, Rush, and the VRWC boom box hosts, no doubt - who whipped We the People up in to a table pounding frenzy. The shooter - an atheist, and an anarchist - was manipulated into acting out his rage.

Then, or now, the verdict is always the same: everybody else is to blame for the shooter’s murder spree except for the shooter. He, she, heshe, or it is - TA DA - a VICTIM.

Item: ‘Level Playing Field’

I was in my Paganmobile, with the radio on just for some noise, when Medved blundered into one of my hot buttons: "level playing field". As usual, he got on my last raw nerve, but that seems to be Medved’s primary purpose in life.

Medved obsessed on the fact that life, by it’s very nature, is ‘unfair’. He’s preaching to the choir, on that score, since that fact of existence is enshrined in our PIG Doctrine. Life’s inherent unfairness begins with the random - chaotic - distribution of physical attributes, skills, and intellectual capacity. Some are blessed that way, while others are merely mortal. Life’s inherent unfairness is amplified by the ‘luck of the draw’ nature of the environment into which each of us is born. Does all that mean some are fast tracked for ‘success’ while others are in the slow boat to nowhere? Not necessarily.

What, if anything, does life’s inherent unfairness have to do with a level playing field? It’s not as much as you think, nor are they as inexorably linked as Medved implied.

The leveling of the playing field, involves an equality of opportunity, not an equality of results (AKA ‘fairness’). That means making the Nanny State’s social engineers butt the hell out, because the only way for the playing field to get leveled involves removing all the artificial barriers. With the barriers gone, and the Nanny State out of the picture, each individual has the opportunity to go as far, and as high, as his, her, hisher, or its energy and intellect will take them.

When the playing field is ‘leveled’ by the removal of all barriers, the ‘beneficiaries’ of life’s inherent unfairness aren’t automatically guaranteed success, nor are those to whom life dealt a tough hand, doomed to failure. It’s not what you were issued at birth, or what kind of environment that awaits you when you’re born. Success is driven by what you do with it: your motivation, your work ethic, your character.

I’ll let you explain all this to Medved.

Item: The Cross in San Diego

Once again, I had the radio on for noise, when the host strayed into a pagan hot button. Eventually, after the requisite pummeling of activist judges, the VRWC host painted a bull’s-eye on the atheist who initiated the legal action. I get that, up to a point, because, based on the articles I perused, the prime mover sounds like that pernicious pest, the evangelizing atheist.

Full of smugly sanctimonious, holy roller, fervor, the VRWC host plunged into righteous rhetoric which was replete with annoyingly erroneous assertions. I won’t bore you with a rundown. Instead, I’ll simply deploy a few elements of objective reality which relate, more or less, to this topic.

* The Cross crisis boils down to property rights. Since it’s on public land, each member of that ‘public’ has a right to sound off on how the Nanny State is spending their money. I call this the ‘not on my dime’ factor.

* There is no religious litmus test for American citizenship. That’s the kind of crap that makes Islamikaze nations around the world notorious outposts of tyranny.

* Contrary to what this VRWC vixen spewed, ALL atheists are NOT Libertards, Demoncrats, or any other flavor of Rabid Lefty Moonbat. Many of them are unrepentant sovereign individuals whose politics is solidly on the RIGHT wing of the political spectrum.

* Contrary to what this VRWC vixen spewed, ALL Cross Cultists are NOT conservatives. In fact, many of them are - GASP - hard core lefties.

I get the ‘not on my dime’ argument. I’m down with it, on an endless variety of subjects. Maybe that’s why I’m inclined to give the Cross in San Diego - along with other similar deployments of the cross - a pass, when it comes to ‘not on my dime’.

When it comes to these memorials on public land that are marked with a cross, I tend to view them in a ‘non religious’ context. To me, the cross on these memorials - including those roadside crosses - is a ‘generic’, ‘cultural’ icon which tells me: someone died and we’d like you to take a brief moment out of your life to acknowledge, and honor, them.

When I cut to the chase, these cross memorials, and the legal wrangling that envelops them, aren’t about "we’re a Christian nation". They’re not about "those damn atheists aren’t REAL Americans". They’re not about some chronically offended asshat who thinks he, she, heshe, or it has a right that protects him, her, himher, or it from being offended. They’re not about church vs state. They’re about showing a little respect for someone - warrior(s) in this case - who died. I’d explain that to the VRWC vixen, but she’s a hammerhead who thinks everything is a nail that needs to be pounded into submission. So be it.

DECEMBER 2010

A PIGish Report Card
Source: Hambo’s Hammer

In January 2010 we served up a Top Story that was part wish list ("What We’d Like To See") and part prognostication ("What We Expected To See"). Today, just for the hell of it, I’ll boldly go where few others dare to go. I’m going to assess the outcome of our wishes and prognostications.

Item 1:

What We’d Like to See: Chris ‘The Tingler’ Matthews wearing his corset and garterbelt outfit, when he’s perp walked out of the Red Shed, after trying to consummate his unrequited ‘Take Me Barry’ lust.

What We Expect to See: More televised heavy breathing and pathetic pining, by this pimple on humanity’s butt.

Outcome: No corset. No ‘Chris Matthews arrested for stalking Barack Obama’. Lots of leg tingling and heavy breathing. We nailed this one.

Item 2:

What We’d Like to See: The Elephant Clan growing a spine and a robust pair of balls, then taking the fight to the Demoncrat Marxists like our life, liberty and property depended on it.

What We Expect to See: A group of spineless weasels who think that ‘we told you they suck more than we do’ will get ‘er done, again.

Outcome: We don’t detect any growth in the nether regions of the Elephant Clan and the spines are on backorder. The only reason they retook the House is because the Tea Party came along and changed the political landscape. BUT, there were brief glimmers, so I'll give them credit for 'slightly' exceeding our expectations.

Item 3:

What We’d Like to See: A mid-term election wherein We the People reassert our properly-Constitutional control over our own government.

What We Expect to See: The most infamous outburst of Demoncrat-inspired voter fraud in American history.

Outcome: The voter fraud wasn’t as blatant, or as widespread as 2008, and it didn’t impact the outcome. Harry Reid won, by blatantly breaking the election rules, but I don’t count that as fraud, just old fashioned corruption. By and large, thanks to the Tea Party Movement, we got, in large part, what we wished, a revival of We the People.

Item 4:

What We’d Like to See: A News Nitwit moment of clarity, wherein they, belatedly, admit that Dumbo-eared ‘Emperor’ is fraud who ‘has no clothes’, when it comes to meaningful POTUS qualifications.

What We Expect to See: Unrelenting media fawning over the most putrid piece of political shit who ever occupied the Red Shed’s Oval Office.

Outcome: For a brief period, right after the mid-terms, some of the media had a moment of clarity, during which they questioned The One. By the end of the year, thanks to the pachyderm punks’ pathetic performance during the Lame Duck session, the media was fawning all over Prompter Punk, hailing him as ‘the comeback kid’. Expectations met.

Item 5:

What We’d Like to See: A profoundly sincere apology from the punks running the Hysteria Channel (the so-called ‘History’ Channel) for insulting our intelligence with those steaming ‘Mayan Doomsday - December 21, 2012' loads, plus all that recycled Nostradamus sez bullshit.

What We Expect to See: A heavily armed Professor of Piety - PIGster J - going publically postal, now that this blight on the cable television dial has stomped on his last raw nerve with their 2012 Doomsday assault on his sanity.

Outcome: The Hysteria Channel is still pumping out the same sludge, but, to our profound disappointment, PIGster J, didn’t have a memorable, headline grabbing meltdown. We the PIGs got shut out on both ends of this one.

Item 6:

What We’d Like to See: Laugh-inducing images of a tragic San Fran Nan whose face shattered during a globally-warmed blizzard.

What We Expect to See: That infuriating Botox Bitch sneer, each time the 111th Congress poops out each new Marxist Legicrap turd.

Outcome: We nailed this one with our expectations, because Botox Bitch sneered her way through all of 2010, even after she lost her House majority. Sometimes being right really SUCKS.

Item 7:

What We’d Like to See: The Capitol Hill Clown Posse facing the fact that our nation needs to be defended from border jumping scumbag invaders. We want to see them realize that repeating past mistakes with ANOTHER amnesty is a horrendously bad idea.

What We Expect to See: The Obamunist Demoncrats expanding their parasite-infested 'voter base’ with a universal amnesty that confers instant citizenship on the chronically needy, disease-spreading, crime-infested invaders who are turning this nation that was conceived in liberty into a third world cess pool.

Outcome: We nailed it with our expectations. As expected, the Demoncrats tried to ram though Amnesty Light - the DREAM Act - during the Lame Duck debacle. It failed, narrowly, because some Demoncrats voted against it, hoping it would shield them from voter retribution in the 2012 election.

Item 8:

What We’d Like to See: Elected Tormentors who cut the crap and start downsizing government to match those functions clearly defined in the United States Constitution.

What We Expect to See: An endless series of fetid, 111th Congress, Nanny State bloating, frontal assaults on our inalienable individual liberty by Marxist, Elected Tormentor traitors.

Outcome: We expected runaway Nanny State growth, but we never anticipated anything as ruinous to our nation as THIS.

Item 9:

What We’d Like to See: A belated, but essential, admission by EVERYONE, that we are at war with a liberty-nuking flavor of political Islam.

What We Expect to See: A myopic, increasingly weakened, Uncle Sam who seems determined to make war on We the People, by pinning a ‘terrorist’ label on Tea Party Patriots and returning warriors.

Outcome: As far as I can tell, Barry’s Regime thinks we’re having an unfortunate squabble with some inexplicably cranky individuals who really just need a hug. So far, The One has bowed to Islamikaze leaders, refused to call Jihadikazes terrorists, and endorsed the building of a Mecca Maniac Victory Shrine/Terror Temple on Ground Zero in NYC. We nailed the part about Tea Party participants being vilified as ‘terrorists’.

Item 10:

What We’d Like to See: A mud wrestling match between Sarah Palin and Megan McCain with a string bikini clad Michelle Malkin serving as referee.

What We Expect to See: Three new ‘faces’ on our 2011 ‘Hotties Who Hit Us With A Restraining Order’ calendar.

Outcome: No mud wrestling match. No restraining order. Fear not, we’re carrying this one over for 2011's list.

There you have it, PIGsters. We did much better on our ‘expect to see’ than we did on our ‘like to see’ list. So be it. We’ll run up a new list in a couple weeks, so stay tuned.

A Hambo Rant Twofer
Source: Pagan Scribbler Shallow Thoughts [12/24/10]

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Now that the lame duck lunatics voted to dump don’t ask, don’t tell like a bad habit, I’m forced to wonder what, if anything, it means. My initial impression is that the law of unintended consequences is working overtime, on this one.

The most obvious unintended consequence is one that’s well documented. Highly motivated, commendably patriotic, individuals with all ‘the right stuff’ to be outstanding warriors are being kicked out for a seemingly irrelevant (GLAAD BAAGism) reason, robbing us of their badly needed skills. I must ask myself if the highly touted ‘good’ - unit cohesion - outweighs the bad - losing some exceptional warriors. I can’t answer that one. That answer has to come from the warriors who will be impacted by this social engineering.

Now that DADT is being phased out, I’m forced to ask the same question. Will the good, welcoming everyone with the right stuff - the requisite skills - in our military, outweigh the bad - a whole new set of unintended consequences.

In the brave new world without DADT, the most likely unintended consequence will involve some GLAAD BAAG whipping out the ‘Homophobe’ card, whenever things don’t go his, her, hisher, or its way. Will a tidal wave of political correctness destroy our military? I fear that the answer is ‘yes’.

Number One On My Wish List
[This is only a couple months old, but it’s a perfect ‘Tis the Season’ item. Why? Because it explains the number one item on my wish list. Don’t waste my time telling me about your iPhone, your 4G connection and all that crap. I want a telecommunications device that’s equipped with those two essential functions: "Smack ‘em" and "Smoke ‘em".

I predict that this cutting edge technology would, singlehandedly pull America’s economy out of the crapper. Why? Everyone will want it.

Given all that, do you still wonder why I’m running this one past you, again? I didn’t think so.]

Today, I’m going to serve up an item which has lingered on my wish list for much too long. What is it? You’re going to be thrilled.

Wish List Item: A "Smack ‘em" function on my phone, because there are times when you want to reach through the phone and SMACK the asshat on the other end of the call.

A "smack ‘em" function? You bet. There’s a pressing need for this goodie, and I can prove it.

* After you squander precious minutes of your life working your way through the "press ‘1' for" automated answering maze, you finally blunder into a living, breathing, human being. You’re so punch drunk from the automated answering system ordeal, you aren’t as alert as you need to be, in this situation. With your guard down, you agree - DUMBASS - to be put on hold. By the time you blurt out that "D’OH", it’s too late, and you’re in elevator music hell. But, if you had a "smack ‘em" function, you could administer a bitch slap on your tormentor, with the simple press of a switch. If you’re on your toes, you’ll "smack ‘em" the minute they answer, moving you to the front of the line, for as long as you need to stay there.

* Your friend, relative, acquaintance, or sniveling sibling, starts blubbering, the instant you answer the phone. Been there? Heard it? Don’t want to go down that long, torturous road again? No problem, "smack ‘em".

* When that telemarketing twerp calls you during dinner, or at the critical moment in your favorite boob tube show, don’t put up with their bull crap, "smack ‘em".

* Is your ex fond of calling you up and spewing a venomous trip down memory lane? Why put up with it one moment longer? Why wait for him, her, himher, or it, to call you? Instead, phone the pest up and "smack ‘em".

* Did some humor challenged Harpy take out a restraining order on you that bans you from Hooters, until the sun burns out? Don’t sit there feeling sorry for yourself, call the bitch up and "smack ‘em".

* Is your hippie neighbor blowing out your ear drums with his god-awful music? Don’t waste your time calling the cops, when you can call that music lover and "smack ‘em"

* Are you going postal listening to that blithering fool that your favorite boom box talk show host has as a guest? Don’t grit your teeth, don’t switch the station, just get the rat bastard on the phone and "smack ‘em".

* When your so-called best friend calls long distance COLLECT to gloat, after his favorite team beat your favorite team, you no longer need to imagine the joy of having this exchange of views in person, where you could respond with some chin music. With this goodie, no matter how far apart you are, you can sooth the agony of defeat the instant that you "smack ‘em".

Once you give this some serious thought, you’ll realize how essential it is to add "smack ‘em" to your phone. Hell, a technological advance of this caliber could revitalize the American economy.

Since I have been thinking about it longer than any of you, I have come up with a couple necessary enhancements that will take "smack ‘em" to the next level. The first is a targeting mechanism that would allow you to pin a bull’s-eye on the bellowing cell idiot in the restaurant, or that road warrior cell idiot in front of you who is driving 40 mph SLOWER, than everyone else on the expressway. Without this enhancement, you’re SOL, because you don’t have their number. BUT, with a targeting mechanism, you could put the cell idiot in the crosshairs and "smack ‘em".

The second enhancement is a very special case which targets those telecommunications terrorists, robocallers. For them, a simple "smack ‘em" isn’t enough. Besides, you can’t be certain they’re anywhere near the implement of technological terror when you get the robocall. What to do? For this situation, I envision a fleet of Predator drones armed with hellfire missiles. For a nominal fee, you can buy ‘time’ on the drone fleet. With that done, you can sit back and wait for some robocall asshat to press his, her, hisher, or its luck by calling you. When that happens, you hit the "SMOKE ‘EM" switch which will initiate a call trace, then deploy the nearest predator to take out the robocalling facility.

"Smack ‘em" and "smoke ‘em" are my idea of ‘reaching out to touch someone’. I’m just sayin’.

Hambo’s Christmas Survival Guide
Source: Pagan Scribbler Shallow Thoughts [12/17/10]

Tis the season, PIGsters and it’s time for this table pounding pagan to chill out and share some essential, suitably festive, wisdom with you. Am I up to the challenge? I have a feeling we’ll find out the answer to that one together.

The best way to start out is to share some of Hambo’s Rules of Christmas Engagement:

1) When cut to the appropriate dimensions, fruitcake makes a dynamite hockey puck. In fact, you’ll soon discover that it’s vastly superior to the real thing.

2) It’s not the thought, it’s the gift that counts, but you’re required to smile anyway. You’re obligated to grit your teeth and thank the clueless cretin who gave you another god-awful tie that you wouldn’t wear on a bet.

3) Regifting is cool, but make damn sure you keep track of who gave you the damn thing in the first place. Return to sender is spiffy, when you’re dealing with errant mail, but nobody’s idea of a good time if you accidentally give the damn thing back to the one who gave it to you.

4) I know you’re going to pig out and so do you, so why torture yourself with all those guilt-induced delusions about the diet you’re going to start the first thing next year? If you need an excuse, tell, whomever, that you’re PIGing out to honor a certain infamous speed bump in cyberspace.

5) If the hostess fires one of those "try some of that, it’s a new recipe" shots across your bow, wait for someone else to try it first. It’s better to be a witness at their inquest than to be the guest of honor at yours.

6) While attending the office Christmas party, make sure you know the full name of the hottie you selected for that dirty dancing exhibition. One poor bastard made that mistake and learned the hard way - you’re so fired, bump and grind Sparky - that dirty dancing with the boss’s wife can be the fast track to the unemployment office.

7) Speaking of the office party, watch your mouth, if you know what’s good for you. Honesty might be the best policy in most situations, but a notable exception is the Office Christmas party. It’s not the time or place to ask your amply endowed co-worker if her sweater puppies are home grown or high tech. It’s not the time to tell those above you in the chain of command how far they’ve got their head up their ass even if - especially if - it’s too, too, true.

8) When it comes to gift giving, KISS is still the road to gift giving glory. Keeping it simple stupid means just saying no to any gift idea which will take more than 10 words to explain.

9) Don’t be intimidated by the Grinches. It’s Christmas time in this land of the not as free as we’re supposed to be. That means, hitting every Grinch you meet with that seasonally-correct ‘bite me’, AKA "Merry Christmas".

10) Last, but far from least, remember that these holiday gatherings are the ideal time and place to scout for your designated Obamunist scapegoat. You’re going to need at least one of those, when you need to vent over the Marxist Messiah’s latest frontal assault on your life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

Stay tuned to the Free State of PIG during this holiday season for more of Hambo’s compelling wisdom, and advice. You’re going to need all the help you can get to negotiate this Christmas Season minefield.

Christmas: A One-size-fits-all Holiday
Source: Pagan Scribbler Rant

[This rant originated as an e-mail response to a message from my friend, PIGster J. The essential fact you need about PIGster J. is that he is a devote Christian.

As a result of our divergent philosophies, PIGster J. and I have perpetrated many spirited - but invariably respectful - debates on a variety of theological subjects. In one instance, in addition to an exchange of views on atheist 'activism' , we veered off onto the subject of Christmas and its true meaning.

Here, to the best of my meager ability, are my views on this recurring hot-button issue.]

As far as I can tell, Christmas has evolved into a one-size-fits all holiday that has something for everybody. For PIGster J. and those who share his Christian philosophy, it is, essentially, a celebration of the birth of a savior. For Hambo, it is an excuse to decorate his top secret bunker with various items depicting that Jolly Old Elf of secular folklore. For capitalists, it's a time of year when, they hope, cash registers ring out the year with rousing profits. For Grinches, it's a time to throw brickbats at PIGster J., Hambo and the capitalists. Like I said, it has something for everybody.

Ideally, everybody should step back, and take several deep breaths. Ideally, we should each honor this one-size-fits all holiday in the manner that thrills us spitless and give other sovereign individuals the space to do the same. If my neighbor puts out his manger scene and honors the birth of a savior, that's his right. If another neighbor is working 16 hour days at his outpost of capitalism, raking in those profits, that's cool too. I won't paint a bull's-eye on their manger or cash register, but I would appreciate the same consideration about my veneration of a Jolly Old Elf.

If you put a gun to my head and demanded my opinion - as if anyone ever had to coerce an opinion from Hambo - I would opine that this one-size-fits-all approach to Christmas is utterly, classically, American. Nobody is coerced into accepting one manner of celebrating this holiday. Instead, each individual is allowed deal with it as he, she, heshe or it sees fit. For PIGster J., Jesus is the reason for the season. For Hambo, Christmas is a time of year when he, like many others, brighten up their neighborhood with twinkling multicolored strings of lights, a tree decorated with tinsel, lights and ornaments, plus depictions of Santa's jovial self. For capitalists, it's a time to reduce that inventory and fill their cash register by selling PIGster J. the decorative elements that flesh out his holiday, and selling more Santa stuff to Mrs. Hambo. These highly individual approaches to the same event are the essence of this great nation.

The upshot of all this is that, despite our different approaches to this one-size fits-all Christmas holiday...despite our various motives for celebrating it, we all end up with that same feeling of joy...that same smile on our face. To this pagan scribbler, the real Christmas miracle is the fact that, for diverse reasons, this one-size-fits-all holiday brings a lot of joy and happiness to everybody. Well, everybody but the Grinches and the less said about them, the better.

I congratulate PIGster J. on the birth of his savior with a heartfelt Merry Christmas. I congratulate the capitalists for their full to overflowing cash registers with an equally heartfelt Merry Christmas. All I ask in return is the same consideration for my Jolly Old Elf approach, but I won't get suicidal if you throw in a Merry Christmas.

To get things off on the right foot, here's a heartfelt Merry Christmas from Hambo for everybody, even those damn Grinches.

[PIGster J. is on board - within reason - with my notion of a one-size-fits-all Christmas, but he, quite rightly, points out that the 'right not to be offended' pinheads aren't willing to live and let live:

"Unfortunately, I’m seeing more and more indications (as I would guess you are, too) that the one size fits all holiday in which everyone is welcome to celebrate it how they wish is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to the “victims” out there who are forced to either see Santa (horrors!) and so they complain, or are forced to see those dastardly, subliminal Christmas lights and/or manger scenes, and so they complain. More’s the pity, says I."

More's the pity indeed. Damn Grinches!]

Why are America’s rugged individuals an endangered species?
Source: Top Story Archives

North America has a long, storied tradition, when it comes to trailblazers and those exceptional humans I call "rugged individuals". The "new world" was not user friendly in the least, but more than 10,000 years ago, in the waning days of an ice age, Siberian trailblazers gazed upon the land bridge across the Bering Straits and asked themselves "I wonder where that leads?". Refusing to shrug it off, these trailblazers started out on a dangerous journey into unknown territory to face its dangers head-on. Why did they risk it? Because it’s a primal human impulse to find out what’s around that next turn in the road, beyond that hill on the horizon, or across that dangerous stretch of ocean.

Millennia later, another influx of rugged, trailblazing individuals started out on their own dangerous journey in boats that were barely up to the challenge of a notoriously unforgiving stretch of ocean. They landed on the new world and began to populate its eastern shores with men and women who dared to dream of a bold, untried form of government. Shaped by the new continent they now inhabited, these liberty-seeking Americans stunned the world by beating the reigning world superpower- England - in a war that they weren’t supposed to win. Far from finished, they threw away the existing political playbook and dared to form a nation whose government was strictly, severely, explicitly, limited to those functions that maximized the liberty of each and every American citizen.

During the years that followed, this nation conceived in liberty continued to produce those trailblazing rugged individuals who, instinctively, carve out their own niche by forging their own, one-of-a-kind identity. They are easy to identify because they’re, invariably the kind of sovereign individual who can’t be tagged with a convenient, one-size-fits-all label, pigeonholed and quickly forgotten.

At the dawn of this nation conceived in liberty, Thomas Paine took up his pen and wrote inspirational words that bolstered the colonists’ fighting spirit during the darkest days of America’s revolutionary war. Later, he traveled to France and risked his life by defying its ruling elites. His unrelenting advocacy for inalienable individual liberty landed him in jail and nearly cost him his life. Just getting started, Paine took on the world’s most powerful lobby, the Christian Church, and fought it to a standstill with a book that’s still widely read "Age of Reason". That last battle alienated Paine from the American mainstream, but he never backed down, because "quit" is one word this rugged American individual didn’t have in his vocabulary.

Throughout America’s history, trailblazers - rugged individuals - emerged from the teeming masses, but, the sad fact is that, over the years, decades and centuries following our nation’s inception, America grew soft and produced fewer of these essential individuals as the years passed. For every Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Mark Twain, Buddy Holly, George Patton or Ayn Rand there were thousands who sought the anonymous comfort that comes from being "another face in the crowd". I’d like to tell you that this trend is reversing itself, but I can’t.

"Back in the day" we would find an elected official like Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan or Barry Goldwater who was that ultra rare trailblazing rugged individual who defied the odds by winning an election. As much as I want to tell you that we still have some of these essential sovereign individuals around, I can't. In the 21st century, our liberty is being suffocated by a rising tide of dime-a-dozen Elected Tormentors who spout, with meaningless variations, the same liberty-zapping, Nanny State aggrandizing line.

America no longer produces the trailblazers we need and that’s more than a little troubling, because they are so essential to our nation’s survival. Today, America is teeming with pretenders who try to pose as trailblazers, but they lack that essential quality: the guts to face your critics in open battle, defeat them in the arena of ideas, then move ahead to face that next challenge. Instead, we have political punks like Jimmy Carter who writes an inflammatory book full of distortions, then refuses to accept a challenge to debate it in a public forum. We have a Malignant Narcissist named Barack Obama who has NEVER allowed his views, his qualifications, to be challenged in a open, no holds barred forum. All of The One’s public appearances are scripted, stage managed to a fault and completely controlled, especially those so-called interviews with fawning alleged journalists.

Now and then, one of those rare rugged individuals emerges where you least expect them. That’s certainly the case with author, lecturer and talk show host Tammy Bruce. After starting out as a card-carrying NO NAD, Tammy broke out of that suffocating mold and forged her own, unique identity. She doesn’t drink the pachyderm punk Kool-Aid and she won’t kowtow to the prevailing lefty loony tune agenda. Trailblazer Tammy’s views are utterly, uniquely Tammy.

A stark contrast to the News Nitwit horde, John Stossel is that rare exception, a rugged individual who refuses to censor himself to please his boob tube news bosses. John’s reports don’t contain a hint of Kool-Aid and they aren’t tainted by the merest trace of the approved lefty news spin. Trailblazer John is quite simply John, a man who defies conventional wisdom and refuses to accept a convenient label.

On a smaller, but no less important scale, Jon Basso, the man behind our favorite burger joint, The Heart Attack Grill, is one of those too damn rare, rugged American individuals. Defying the Fat Nazi horde and the Nanny State nitwits who aid and abet them, Jon blazed his own, restaurant industry trail at a time when most people - foolishly - believed all the great ideas had been road tested in the marketplace. Defying the Korrectniks, the Fat Nazis and the Nanny State clowns, Jon presses on with his plans to spread Heart Attack Grill franchises from sea to shining sea. He’s the classic trailblazing rugged American individual.

No list of modern trailblazers would be complete without mentioning a classic example of rugged individualism, Ted Nugent. Unlike the Libertard losers who play up to an adoring lefty media, Ted throws down the gauntlet with his enthusiasm for guns, hunting, individual liberty, and giving Korrectnik pinheads heartburn. There’s only one Ted and he is, we’re pleased to report, the embodiment of trailblazing rugged individualism.

Is there some magic way to repopulate America with this vanishing breed? Not really, but that doesn’t mean the situation is hopeless. You are the master of your own fate. Refuse to be pigeonholed. Dare to strike out on your own with some new, never been tried idea. Believe it or not, that’s how this speed bump in cyberspace got started. Two rugged individual wannabes decided to blaze a new trail with an your face, blatantly politically incorrect endeavor named PIG. We don’t claim to be Ted Nugent class trailblazing rugged individuals, but we’re working on it every damn day. If we can do it, why aren’t you? Don’t just sit there, start blazing your own trail.