LiberalLoather

A walk in the woods behind my house with my kids allowed me to get a few shots. None great, I admit, but here's a couple!


Wish to venture a guess as to what the "ruins" in the picture are?

You Passed 8th Grade Science

Congratulations, you got 7/8 correct!

I'm ashamed that it wasn't 8/8!

This is an amusing post from a new place I go to read.

My kids brought home a handful of pop-culture. Bathroom Buddies, the vulgar joke trading cards. I was amused by this one. I wonder if there are any that target Democrats? Is this the latest Democratic strategy for reaching our youth?

Go figger!

I try to keep my camera handy. It's new and I've not been able to spend much time with it as yet, but I'm keeping it near so I can at least try to get some good shots.

My bedroom window seems to be a great place to spot things in the morning while I'm watching "Washington Journal". I'll share a couple shots now and more as opportunity allows.





Both of these were taken from the same window.

Although I didn't care for her song tonight, I believe that Katherine McPhee will come out on top at the end of the American Idol competition this year.
She's got it all!
Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks will round up the final three.

That's what I think, anyway!

Wow!
How much fun is it to watch what is happening in France? Really, I know it's not that funny....well, not THAT funny, but interesting? Hell, yeah!

In reality it's very tragic. If Chirac, the lamest of lame ducks, capitulates to the mob which is crying for mommy (wauuugh, wauuugh), what message will that send to the immigrant population who has already reaked havoc in that nation? France is a mess.

The rest of Europe is in much the same boat and they fail to realize it.

Uh-oh! Another one bites the dust!

I believe civilian R&D is the direction of space-travel and exploration. It's unfortunate this effort ended in disaster as it did. I'm encouraged when the article quoted the spokesperson as saying they were in it for the long-haul.

Where's Space Ship One? They wow us with theatrics in the heavens and now leave us hanging?

Sir Richard is focused! But what's going on with Scaled Composites?

Fly, Baby, FLY!

Gawd! Here we go again!

All these protests about the pending border legislation-what the HELL is going on? Is this an invasion force? Are we to sit back and watch as these invaders who have no actual right to be in our country bully our government?
Remember the thousands of cars and all the damage caused by immigrants in France last year?
Remember the violent mobs erupting over cartoons?

I met a british family a couple of months ago on a weekend getaway with my better-half. I was stationed in the UK during Reagan's first term and I was curious about how things are over there.(I had gleaned from our conversation that he was clearly a Tory). He began to tell me how minorities--especially Muslims--have taken over their country. His wife, with her children at the breakfast table with us, actually told us she believes England is headed for civil war because of it. Minorities' rights trump those of native Britons.


If our leaders make being or aiding an illegal alien a felony...what are we going to see, then?

There's a lot of answers concerning illegal immigration. Unfortunately, there are not any that are very good ones.

This planet is in the midst of globalization. I don't believe that genie can be put back in the bottle.

Globalization is requiring quick assessment, planning, and implementation--I wonder if mankind is capable?

I doubt it!

Even so, Come Lord Jesus!

Let's dispel the mythical world where Democrats are the friends of people of color.

Let's nominate a black man or woman for president!

Notice I did not say to nominate an "African/American". I don't want an "African/American as the leader of the free-world (can you imagine?).

If conservatives really wanted to shake things up and have them settle nicely in their favor, we would seek to nominate and elect a Black-American.

What would the rest of the world, caught in the politically correct web as it currently is, think about that?

What would having a pro-America, Pro- Life, Pro-God, Pro-gressive (true progressive, that is) leader of our nation do to the stranglehold the left has on blacks in this country?

Think of the implications!

How many articles like this are we going to see in the coming millenia? How long until these people who put man's "wisdom" before God's wisdom realize that they're placing their bets on a losing hand? How many generations are going to be decieved by "accepted science" at the expense of morality and decency?
I am criticized and rediculed whenever I challenge "science" around the web. How can anyone trust "scientists" and "scientific" studies when they are so contradictory?

God-haters, why are there not any revisionist articles coming out debunking your faith in ameobas, apes, and the fabled Lucy? How long will it be before "accepted science" stops repressing truth?

This is disturbing. What would happen if the Democrats actually did win the house...or the Senate....or BOTH?
Would the pride I feel in my country for standing up to thugs and murderes be all in vain? Will I return to the loathing I felt for our national leadership during the last administration?
Oh my, will our war efforts resort to those of Mcnamara and Johnson?
Will our troops be met at their ports-of-entry with mindless hordes spitting on them and calling them "baby-killers"?

This is a call to arms, America. We must muster our resolve to defeat these clueless wearers of rose-colored glasses and insure that our sacrifices have not been wasted. We've got to let our troops know that their efforts are noble and a source of pride for our nation.

If we allow our government to be taken over by these people who put politics and social agendas before national security--if we let them lie and manipulate their way into the presidency AND the Congress, our country will never recover, I fear.

Our troops will come home from facing a cowardly enemy in humiliation and defeat. We cannot allow that to happen.

Lock and Load, America! This election requires us to be armed with truth. We must not allow the barrels of our weapons to cool! We must fight our domestic enemy which has been influenced by philosophies foriegn to our heritage with fierce determination!

Muster-up!

My regards to ElAshley!

Another night on The Fox Network. American Idol--Barry Manilow and Bye-Bye Chicken-Little (good luck, Kevin!)--followed by the newest cut-throat reality show, Unan1mous, proved to be interesting. I hadn't planned to watch this latest version of World Championship of Liars. However, when Kevin Covais' farewell croon was interrupted, I wasn't quite ready to get up and head to the bathroom, or get another Red Stripe out of the fridge so I sat there....and...watched it...Sigh!)

At first I thought it was just another run-of-the-mill revelation of man's unworthy condition, but as I watched....I....became.....how can I say it...HOOKED!

Only 28 minutes aired of the experiment, but it was intense. The producers went to great lengths to pick the participants. The cast is complete with different ethnicities, women both pretty and not so much so, men, likewise, young and handsome , old and fat.Then there's the token fag (this one chubby and militant), and a middle-aged black lady who is a vocal Christian with a few pretty strange beliefs.

At first I was skeptical, of course. But as the show progressed and the complexity of the game became more clear--and I honestly cannot say it IS clear as yet--It became pretty intense.

Let me set the stage for those of you who didn't tune into the show. Nine people are taken underground to what the show is calling a "bunker". It looks like Dr. Evil's headquarters in one of the Austin Powers flicks. They are seated at a round table and told that they will be playing a game for 1.5 million bucks.

Sounded good to the lot of them--smiles all around.

By poll, they would have to unanimously choose who would win the prize--a player is not able to vote for his/herself.

Frowns and eyebrow-raising all around--some breaking into evil grins, the middle-aged black Christian zeaolot decided she would be fine because money didn't matter to her. She quoted the Bible, in fact, filthy mammon and all. A pretty, young blond said something like, "I just don't think I was built for this".

No-one can leave until a unan1mous decision is achieved.
If any person decides to leave the game, the money is immediately cut in half.

More eye-brow raising and large intakes of breathe.

Enjoy yourselves, you'll be voting in a little while.

Dazed, the nine milled around as if stunned. Then the fireworks started. Fag flaunted his sexuality with the usual disregard for others feelings militant fags tend to display, and vocal Christian Lady attacks! Before it was over, lolly-pop boy is in middle-aged black woman's face, towering over her (as much as a 5ft 6in or so robust frame can tower, anyway), finger jabbing. The lady made a drastic tactical mistake--she told him he would go to hell if he didn't repent of his gayness. Wrong move, wrong move, wrong move. She not only put herself in a bad position, but her inability to back her religious positions with logic produced the effect intended by the producers of the show--she gave ammo to mocking liberal secularists.



Let me say this. I've believed for decades that one day, probably in my lifetime, I would be witness to persecution of Christians in this world and in our nation. It's coming to pass, folks. There is a real effort by the determined left to demonize Christianity as most of us know it and attempt to weaken the power of Christ, himself.

Mind you, it doesn't scare me--quite the contrary, it excites me!

Getting back to Unan1mous--when the vote was made a few minutes later, it was, of course, not unan1mous. No-one was really surprised.

Now you'll vote someone out.

Eyebrows and all that!

Mr. Gay-Punk-and-Proud was hopeful.

This "vote" was not actually a vote but a box of envelopes containing secrets about the lives of every contestant. Some were bad, some not so bad. They would read three randomly and anonymously and were to choose which was the worst of the three. The indescretion's generator (contestant), if chosen as worst, would be eliminated from the game.

Gay-boy's heart visibly sank before the cameras. Middle-age lady preacher's eyes widen in apprehension! I laughed. We got a game goin on here, now!

Here's the three indescretions:

1) The contestant had filed bankruptcy with combined income of over $100,000.(Lady Zealot)

2) The contestant had been detained twice before for posessing live ammunition.

3)The contestant had served time in a mental institution.

The episode ended as the group was discussing the secrets and were about to pick the worst of the three. We'll have to wait til the next episode to find out, I guess.

I will be watching! This may prove pretty interesting.

I concede! The '04 elections were skewed and corrupt as evidenced by this article!

Thanks, Alday!

This week's "American Idol" featured music from the fifties arranged by the great Barry Manilow.

As an eleven year-old, I loved listening to "Mandy". I can remember listening to his music a lot as a teenager. By the time I got to be a junior in high-school, however, I had become a die-hard rocker. I began to loathe his music--as good as it was.

When I was stationed in the UK in my early twenties, I can remember watching one of his concerts on whichever BBC station was showing it (The Brits ADORE him). This was around the time AIDS was first being publicized and also when it was well-known Barry Manilow was gay. I despised him even more, while admitting that I really enjoyed the concert. It WAS a good show as evidenced by my remembering it these many years later.

For some reason I thought I had heard he had died of AIDS back in the mid to late eighties. For years I was under this..er...umm...assumption, I guess? Then, to my great surprise, a few years ago I saw him interviewed on one of the morning shows.
I was shocked!

Over the years, I've realized how stupid I was to have dismissed his talent because of what I thought of him as a man. Even when I thought he was dead and buried. I'm glad he's still around.

The interview I saw made me realize what a great artist and professional this guy is and has always been. The segments on "American Idol" showing his leadership and insight while dealing with these budding artists made the whole show worth watching! I can say, after watching the full season from last year and parts of the previous seasons, last night's show was overall the best show, musically, I have seen. I'm sure it was because of Mr. Manilow.

He's a class act--there is no doubt! Thanks, Barry for the songs you write that make the whole world sing! He may be a pervert, but the man is a genius!

I'm looking forward to his performance on the elimination episode tonight.

The Fox Network really pisses me off at times. Not only because of the filthy content that fills most of the regular line-up, but for the way they disregard children in the audience.
I've already voiced my anger at Fox News Channel for running the erectile disfunction drug commercials over and over and over again.
Tonight, while my family was watching American Idol, they ran a spot for some news magazine show on the FOX 5 out of NYC. The story they were promoting was about child-prostitution. The language, during early primetime no less, was graphic and inappropriate for childrens' ears.
It pisses me off, greatly. They didn't have to run that commercial while a family program like American Idol was airing. It is very irresponsible!

I'm a college student now...well a junior college student, anyway. Many spring-breakers this year, thousands in fact, are volunteering their time and energy while sacrificing the good time they could have had a little farther right along the Gulf-coast.

I'll not be attending. If a victim asked me to help them clear some land out at a safe distance inland I might go...or at least praise those who do.

It's absolutely rediculous to help people rebuild their homes at the exact location where Katrina wiped them out, don't you think?

These "do-gooders" are contributing to higher insurance rates and future massive government bail-outs. I don't want to be a part of that.

This morning on "Washington Journal" as the host was going through newspaper stories, he read one where Al Gore said he has no plans to run for the presidency in '08. I don't believe it.

LL's prediction? Al Gore will be the Democratic nominee in the summer of '08.

Can you imagine a bumper sticker that reads: "Gore/Clinton '08"?

Well, I spent over an hour writing this piece. It had already been posted in full as written. It was displayed correctly on my blog. I get up this morning and my post is gone and it has been moved from when originally posted on Sunday morning to Monday.
Anyone else have mysterious things like this happen?

Remember this post? It sparked a lot of comments and even was written about on another blog or two back in the summer of this past year. It seems the little furry guys are back in the picture. This time it seems that conservatives are being chided for acting like liberals and not respecting life.

Newfoundlanders are just contributing to the evolution process, ya'll! C'mon!

First, the immigrant population...now THIS

The nation's "premiere" news-rag (New York Times) proves the Blogosphere is as credible as it is!

Maureen Dowd, is it you behind that camera?

I've been noticing a phrase that seems to be catching hold among the anti-wa....I mean the anti-Bush left. You may have heard or read it as well. It is as follows:

"...now that the truth is coming out..."

I only discovered and began using the internet as a soap-box a little under two years ago. Along the way, as I voiced my own thoughts and opinions, I have repeatedly accused the left of distorting and politicizing every act of the present administration at the expense of the security and well-being of our nation.

Presently, liberals are basking gleefully in the shadow of poll numbers that show Dubya 's support at its lowest. They joyfully explain the polls as evidence that the "truth" is getting out.

Is it really?

What truth?

The "truth" at the forefront of Bush era liberal revisionism is the one that says the administration knew there were no WMDs in Iraq before the invasion. This is the "truth" that is coming out which is in support of the "truth" that says Bush misled the nation into war.

How about the torture "truth" that inflamed Iraqis and sparked an on-going season of beheadings and kid-nappings.

We must accept the "truth" that Iraq, under Sadaam Hussein, was not a threat to the US.

"Truthfully", Iraq did not encourage or take part in international terrorism against the west (including the USA).

Personally, my favorite "truth" is the one that says that the Iraqi people were better off under the rule of Hussein.

Here's a very interesting "truth": The Bush administration orchestrated the events of 9/11.

How about the "truth" that says that the NSA illegally eaves-dropped on American citizens.

A sobering "truth"--Bush is Hitler!

Then there is the "truth" that Iraq is inevitably headed for civil-war.

You remember the "truth" when Dan Rather and his crew exposed it on CBS during the '04 presidential campaign, don't you?

Then there is this "truth": Supporters of Bush's oil-war are glad to send other people's "children" off to fight but won't "send their own children".

We must not forget the "truth" that Dick Cheney attempted murder upon his friend on a Texas bird-hunt.

Recently I've read the "truth" touted concerning Iraqi civilians--women and children. It seems the children of Iraq are being murdered by the President of the United States of this here America!

George W. Bush caused hurricanes Katrina and Rita....and that's the "truth"!

It also seems that the "truth" is that America deserved the acts on 9/11.

We can't forget the "truth" of Casey Sheehan's "murder", can we?

A "truth that cannot be ignored: The Iraqi people don't want us there.

The "truth" is, George W. Bush invaded Iraq to avenge the assasination attempt by that country's leader on George H. W. Bush.

Here's the "truth": George Bush doesn't care about poor black people.

A major "truth" that has been revealed is the fact that the main-stream media is biased toward the right!

The honest "truth"? Maureen Dowd is a good journalist--so is Paul Krugman and Thomas Friedman.

You know what? I believe the TRUTH is coming out! Liberals will stop at nothing to have their immoral and irresponsible form of government forced upon reasonable, peace-loving, freedom-cherishing Americans.

It grieves me to see America putting stock in the "truth" of a left which not only lies, but lies in the act of accusing others of being liars.

If you have any more leftist "truths", please post them!

Yesterday I went searching for an old tune on my PSP network. Remember "10 CC"? I found the song I was looking for plus one I had forgotten about (my Store-bought cassettes melted on the dashboard years ago). The song was "Dreadlock Holiday" or you may remember it as "I Don't Like Reggae". I downloaded it as well as the other and when I listened it inspired me to hunt for some real reggae bands I used to listen to often. A couple of the old Bob Marley songs turned into a playlist of several bands which includes my favorite--Black Uhuru!

I had forgotten how much fun reggae truly is. I love American Blues so my love of Reggae is only natural, I guess. Getup! Swing your arms! Walk in place!

America's problems could be solved if our government declared a week-long Reggae Festival. We would all come out united in ways we couldn't imagine!

Rasta, Mon!

I found a site today called the Arkansas Family Blog. One of it's posts directed me to this fascinating video of a secularist Arab woman lecturing a Muslim cleric. She does so brilliantly. You must see the video!

I wanted to re-run this post. It's still valid.

Friday, October 21, 2005

Feeling Patriotic? A Question For Pundits And Posers
This question is aimed at every American who gives a shit. I particularly would like to know how the following political pundits would answer this question:

Ann Coulter
Maureen Dowd
Thomas Freedman
Thomas Sowell
Bill Press
Rush Limbaugh
Michael Reagan
Randy Rhodes
James Carville
Michelle Malkin
Chris Matthews
Joe Scarborough
The two Als-Sharpton and Franken
The Buchanan siblings-especially Pat!

You can make your own list. Add to mine in the comments if you like!

The one essential thing about this pop-quiz on patriotism is that the participant MUST answer sincerely! Without this crucial element, the test is useless.

Feel free to fantasize about how your favorite pundit or politician might answer.

Here goes:


POP QUIZ




Do you secretly hope for a future terrorist attack against the United States of America?

In light of the growing cries from the left comparing the President with Hitler, I think it would be good to list the similarities between the left and America's enemies.
I'm hoping you might list some of your own in the comments. I'll start it off with the latest revelation.

Today a Fox News reporter was ridiculed by the Iranian Ambassador when he asked the diplomat: "Why do you call the leaders in Washington, 'warmongers'"? Other reporters joined in laughter as the ambassador berated the reporter and his employer.

So, we now KNOW that the left in America are in line with one of our top threats. Is that revealing?

My kids and I stood out in the misting rain on Election Day '04 across the road from our town's main polling place with signs that read: "US Troops Support Bush, Alqaeda Supports Kerry, Which Do You Choose?" You may have seen the photo on the blog last year.
There are many more similarities. I'll let you have some fun with it.

I've had my weekly dose of Ozarka today. It was a sweet fix. My spirit is soaring.

This morning I watched "National Treasure" for the first time ever. My family rented the DVD last year but I was blogging and never watched it. It was with that feelng of adventure and history that I left when my road-running buddy came and picked me up in his Jeep this morning.

Years ago, this same friend and I, along with two others, went to a site deep in the hollows near old Lafferty Creek. We hiked down a deep draw, stopping awhile at an awesome shelter cave that spanned the draw. There was much evidence of habitation--the natural shelter was well-suited for stone-age families. There is a hole in the roof of that cave which allows the water from the draw to fall into a pool at the bottom and run out of the cave to continue on its way. From memory, I would say that the area of covered protection was some 500-600 sqare feet. I didn't go to that sight today--not enough time (or energy). I did go to the object of our adventure that day long ago, however--the Gid Waterfall.


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Gid was an early community in Izard County Arkansas. It was only a few miles up-creek from the first settlement--Lafferty. I don't know much about its history. I've asked the landowner and a few old-timers from the area about the old community but no-one seems to know much. I've researched a little and found the same. I intend to do a little more research.
I do know that there was a grist-mill at the site. One of the reasons I love the place so much is that it reminds me of my youth, walking across ruin-strew hills on the island of Crete. I can't be sure, but I believe that the ruins in the photos are those of the old grist-mill. I'd really like to know more about the history of the place.

The waterfall, itself is 30-40 feet high (I've never actually measured it), and though not lively at this time because of near drought conditions in our area, the fall can sometimes stretch across most of the precipice at the top and much of the time slides like two wide ribbons across the moss-encased limestone. It's fed from a spring high up on the hill and runs all year long. Because of this, I have seen the waterfal in the full grips of old man winter. Once, I hiked through the snow with some others to see the waterfall. In close to zero weather the water channels through encrusated ice at the top splashing onto a 5-6 foot frozen mound at the bottom. The walls of the cliff behind the fall is layered with frozen spray. It was quite a sight--I actually have some shots I took with an old PENTAX 100 years ago, buried in some album.
I hope you enjoy these shots. I love sharing the hills where I reside. Now I have a better camera. I don't know the best settings on it yet, but I'll figure the thing out sooner or later.

I know this isn't an original idea. I'm sure I've heard of incidents where a large group of internet-users on one side of an issue has flooded a web-site in order to censor it somehow. What about a blog-based community doing the same thing on a smaller scale? Couldn't some of us link arms from time to time and go to specific blogs just to get our own message apart and hopefully piss-off the opposition a little?

It seems like it could be a powerful tactic to me. Even smaller groups with common ties in blog loyalties could have significant effect.

Any feedback?

When The Levee Breaks
(Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant/Memphis Minnie)

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down South
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about Chicago.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned, (X2)
Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home.
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can't take you...
Going down... going down now... going down....


I downloaded this tune the day before the levee actually did break in the Big Easy. I didn't listen to it until the next afternoon while I was sitting around probably doing almost exactly the same thing as I'm doing now--blogging. I had been watching The Weather Channel for two days as Katrina approached the Gulf coast. I was well aware, that there was a real possibility of a levee breach. I had watched as the population of the coast fled in anticipation of the storm's wrath. I began to exhale as the hurricane seemed to have passed by the city of New Orleans with minimal damage. Tapping the keys on my keyboard, the television was on across the room as I launched the song on my player and began to listen. While I listened, I glanced up at the tube and saw a live feed coming from a chopper-mounted camera showing the 9th ward flooding.

There were some tapes released yesterday and offered as evidence that "Bush lied, people died". Journalists, foaming at the mouth, knees jerking uncontrollably, decided to spin the "new" revelations in the way they always do. Katrina and its aftermath was all Bush's fault. When the dust settles it will be clear that the tapes tell a different story.

The leftists want the world to believe that because Dubya didn't ask any questions of local leaders that he was not informed as to their needs. Chertoff, the one who probably deserves the lion's share of federal blame, was responsible for asking those questions and informing the president. To say that our president was not engaged and didn't care about possible consequences of the storm is utterly laughable.

I've got to ask--What could George W. Bush have done differently that could have saved New Orleans from the tragedy that befell it?

Then I've got to ask--What could Nagan and Blank-o have done differently that would have saved their own crown-jewel from the trajedy that befell it?

I believe if you rendered these two questions logically and put them on a set of scales you would find that the blame lies almost SQUARELY on the local leaders.

Michael Brown deserves an apology from the nation starting with the president and ending with the sheep who accept the crap the MSM wants to throw at them.

A few questions, if answered honestly, will reveal why conservatism is so important.

Would you say that:

All people are bad all of the time?

All people are good all of the time?

Some people are bad all of the time?

Some people are good all of the time?

All people are good some of the time?

All people are bad all of the time?

Conservatism is important because it demands personal responsibility. Today's brand of liberalism wants to eliminate any conservative view. Is that really wise in light of the FACT that all people are bad some of the time?

Moral, Law-abiding citizens deserve to be protected from an unhinged left.