GRRRRRRRRRR

Ok, I just wanted to let everyone know I haven't forgotten you. I keep getting e-mails from friends asking me if I forgot about this forum. No, I haven't. I've just been really busy at work and with my boys. I just got back recently from another underway period, and I'm getting ready to deploy in early January. So, the posts will be further between, but I won't forget to post whenever I pull into a port with wifi.
I'll be spending this weekend up in Anaheim taking the kids to Disneyland with 3-day park hopper tickets. :)
I gotta admit, I'm a little excited, too. This is my first time going to Disneyland here in California. I've been to Tokyo Disneyland enough times.
On our way back home on Sunday night we're stopping off at a restaurant called Gyu-Kaku. It's a Japanese style Korean BBQ restaurant that we went to a lot when we lived in Yokosuka. There's a location in Costa Mesa. I'm already hungry...

I'm sort of back

Greetings good internet folk. I'm sure it's now sort of safe to say, I'm back. There've been a few set backs in my real life as of late, but it's not enough to keep me from providing my thoughts on things in general. In case anyone is wondering...yes my boss is still retarded, most of the people I work with are morons, and we now have a socialist as our president-elect. Hooray!
Tonight's post isn't going to be too long..at least I don't think it will be.
Just to re-cap however: McCain/Palin were up for a minute in October and then overshadowed again by the big leberal lie machine as Obama was promoted into the ranks of presidency on the night of Novemeber 4th. Election results came back surprisingly quick. Everyone is blaiming Sarah Palin for the loss, and I still have no real idea why other than people being unable to accept their own idiocy and shortcomings in life and blaiming others for their being inept.
Pirates are running ramapant still off the horn fo Africa, and people are surprised by this. I believe the word "duh" sums up my thoughts on this. Think back to the times of wooden, tall-masted ships, and think, "Gee...pirates weren't too nice back then either. Only now technology prevails and they can use an RPG instead of a cutlass." Too bad those swashbuckling days are over.
Casey Anthony...oh screw it. This girl's head is so screwed up it's scary. Worse yet her little girl is dead, and she's too dumb to figure out she did it. I'm moving on.
Shrillary Clinton has been given the nod for Secretary of State...f--- me. We're screwed. If Jimmy Carter didn't set our Foreign Policy back 20 years, she'll finish the job.
What ever happened to the news of Osama Bin Laden's new video? Oh yeah, the liberal media didn't want us to see UBL being happy that Obama won the election. Why does he hate us again? Oh yeah, because we aren't muslim like he is. Hey, that's reason enough for me to go kill people with airplanes! Whoopee!
High School Musical 3 came out recently...can't they just quit? How many more of those movies do we really need in our society? That and the Home Alone series. They should've quit half-way through the first one.
Oh! before I forget Prop 8 won! I rejoice. Not because certain people can't get married, but because of how it came about. Back in 2006 it was put up for voting as Prop 22. Guess what? It passed! But, California's activist Supreme Court overruled a valid winning vote and overturned what the populous of California voted on. So, you can vote on it, but the judges in Sacremento can tell you to take your vote and shove it if they want to. Even though the vote fell in line perfectly with the state's constitution, and the U.S. Constitution that all the state's govern themselves. I've had many debates on this issue with countless folks. It always comes down to legallity of the whole thing in general. Now, I did vote Yes on 8. I made a concious decission to ban gay marriage...in California of all states. Go figure. The measure passed and what's happening now? History Part II. The California State Supreme Court is hearing cases. Do we really have to go through this every two years?
The news can somtimes be a funny thing. Unlike Al Franken. Did he end up finally accepting defeat?
Oh well. I'm out.

bad times

Hi everyone, I haven't forgotten my blog here, I've just been pre-occupied with other things happening closer to home. I'm fully aware of the idocies going on in both parties, and actually agree with Congressman Ron Paul on certain points with this whole financial disaster. But, that will come later. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks.

-Brock

This week in voting away your pocket book

Well, Monday had to have been one of the most treacherous days in congressional history. Probably one of the most important bills for congress to vote on, was written hastily, unclearly, rushed, pushed and then the democrats pulled a sheet over the eyes of the American public and voted the bill into the Senate the next day. Some of you may already be aware of HR 6899. This was going to be the big Bi-partisan energy bill that would help us to drill for more oil here in the United States, and get us off of our dependence for foreign oil to refine and may huge amounts of taxes on. I'll take this opportunity to say to House Minority Leader, Representative John Boehner, Kudos to you! Folks, the way Representative Boehner stood up before his fellow members of the House and called this bill for what it was, a sham, was gutsy, brave and almost heroic. A 230 page document introduced at 9:45 pm, and then expected to be voted on the following afternoon. The democrats wanted everyone to read this...nobody did. Rep. Boehner even asked, by show of hands, how many people had actually read the entire bill. The room fell silent, and not one hand was shown on CSPAN. I was absolutely disheartened on Tuesday by the actions of our House of Representatives. To actually vote in a bill that they had just admitted to not fully understanding is wreckless and irresponsible. To everyone living in a district represented by a Democrat, or even one of the 14 or 15 Republicans that actually voted for this written piece of garbage, call them up and demand a reasonable explanation. The only purpose I see this serving is the opportunity for them to say, "Look, there was a bill in favor of drilling, and I voted for it!" Unfortunately, this particular bill did not relax any of the current restrictions on drilling, and in fact, put in more red tape in some areas. Really, the only thing that was voted on with this bill was more Democrat strategy for them to keep their jobs by lying to hard working, tax paying Americans who they are hoping don't pay too much attention to the news, and channel surf past CSPAN. Shame on them.
Enough of that. There were a few things going on this week. Governor Sarah Palin sat down with Sean Hannity for a one on one interview, and consistently answered every one of his questions with ease and confidence. Not once contradicting herself. The more and more her ideas for this country come to surface, I get scared of having an America without McCain and Palin at the helm. We need the kind of change they will bring to DC.
Oh! before I forget, let me back up a little. Monday morning. I was driving from the gym back to my office around half past eight, and passed a black SUV with some shoe polish writing in all the windows. No biggie, see stuff like that all the time, right? Wrong. This lady had every window covered with praise for Obama. The rear window is what really got me worried, though. "OBama '08 / Time for (up arrow) Change! / VOTE OR DIE!" Does anyone else see a problem here? Other than a liberal driving a gas-guzzling SUV? Vote or die? I'm wondering how she exactly plans to enforce this. But, this wasn't the last time this week that an Obama supporter would do something like this. Think back further in this campaign to Senator Obama making a statement that our National Anthem promotes war, and should be changed to something different. Earlier this week, a YouTube video was posted dating back to July, in which forward for the Dallas Mavericks, Josh Howard, is shown while the the Star Spangled Banner is playing. He's told that the national anthem is playing, and he says, "The Star-Spangled Banner' is going on. I don't celebrate this s---. I'm black."
So, apparently skin color makes you exempt from showing respect to the nation in which you live, and provides the very freedom he's exercising in not standing still. That's fine, he's entitled to his opinion. But, what really gets this going is what he said next, you hear another male, probably the cameraman say, "Obama '08!" Which is then immediately followed by Josh Howard with, "Obama, and all that s---!" Gee...Obama has some swell support for him. These are the kind of guys he should put on tv to campaign for him.
Has anyone seen these new ads on spanish tv for both candidates? As I hear more about it, it seems that Senator OBama first put out a spanish commercial claiming that Senator McCain is anti-immigration, and that Rush Limbaugh thinks all mexicans are monkeys and unintelligent. Senator McCain countered with an equally untrue commercial claiming that Obama voted "No" on the immigration reform, and national security bills that would enforce immigrations requirements and laws. In truth, and I hate to admit this, Obama voted in favor of both issues. Not once, but twice. I know that recently I've been showing a lot of support for John McCain, but wrong is just plain wrong. Both candidates showed poor judgement when they endorsed these ads, and both should face the music and apologize to the American public they expected to be dumb enough to believe the lies. Sadly, I only see John McCain as being man enough to step up to the plate and actually do it. Which is also one of the reasons, I can't vote for OBama...ever. I just can't trust him to ever show strong enough conviction to anything, and definitely not enough cojones to admit when he's wrong, or has done something wrong. I honestly expect him, in some way to twist this just enough to where he won't have to apologize to anybody for anything, and shift the blame onto the republicans. I see it coming. Mark this day on your calendars.
As I write this blog, I'm getting tired. It's kinda late at night, and I desperately need some sleep, so I'm going to wrap this one up here. I will post again a little sooner than I posted this one. In the meantime, however, I will remain diligent in my research for issues that should be addressed here, and make sure that at least my voice is heard from the tiny corner of the Blog-osphere.

Deli encounters

I went to dinner tonight with my family to a little Austin-based delicatessen that happens to have a shop in La Mesa, California. For those not familiar this Southern California, La Mesa is a small suburb of San Diego. As I was sitting there, enjoying my Turkey, Bacon Club on Sourdough (quite delicious), I noticed some folks wearing a lot of Texas Longhorns emblematics. "How quaint," I thought. The older woman in front of the family also happened to be wearing a Longhorns jacket. As all of us began talking, sensing that we were all from the Central Texas region, and it did eventually come out the I am a die-hard Aggie Fan, we discussed briefly the many changes in our beloved home state. That's when the Lib-Bomb hit. The older woman blind-sided me in a casual conversation with the classic "and that's why I hate Karl Rove!" Huh? I was talking about Kerby Lane Cafe. As she explained herself, she kept the finger pointing tactics up with the famous "you people" comments dropped here and there, and everywhere. I feel less on the defense when I talk with Bryan. This woman was in attack mode. And, of course she brought up the Supreme Court "handing over" of the presidency to our current President Bush. Not fair. Let's recap that little debacle. Al Gore lost the whole state of Florida with three heavily democratic counties, Miami-Dade county being one of them. Huge populous. Yes, he may have had those, in turn he did. However, what actually happened with the Florida Recount, was that Al Gore only wanted those three counties to be the recount, not the rest of Florida, which as it turns out is quite conservative. Not only that, but it's part of Florida's State Constitution. After the first state-wide recount, the votes still didn't fall into Al's favor, and he pouted. And, like hoping the scary shadow will go away if you just close your eyes and open them, he demanded another recount, which he lost again, and again. It finally got so ridiculous that the Supreme Court had to step in and tell Al Gore that enough is enough. But, unfortunately all the Dems tend to conveniently forget this. Good for America, though, John Kerry had a sudden flashback the morning of Nov. 5th and ceded his bid instead of wasting countless taxpayer dollars in another useless recount. Finally, she had to leave, and that was that. I could only shake my head and hope that her misguided beliefs could one day be brought to her attention as ill-informed.
Now, on to the many happenings over the course of this week. Governor Sarah Palin went on tv with Charlie Gibson. This was a moment of triumph for all of us conservatives. When you go back to the moment when he kept asking her the same question about Israel and Iran, she stuck to her guns, and just would not let him put words in her mouth. She kept giving him the same answer like a broken record to make sure he understand that her stance was exactly what it was, and no matter how many times he asked the same question with different words, he was not going to make a fool of her, and she would remain steadfast.
You can see it in each of her responses to each time he asked, check it out.
GIBSON: "What if Israel decided it felt threatened and needed to take out the Iranian nuclear facilities?"
PALIN: I don't think that we should second guess the measures that Israel has to take to defend themselves, and for their security.
GIBSON: So if we wouldn't second guess it and if they decided they needed to do it, because Iran was an existential threat, we would be cooperative or agree with that?
PALIN: I don't think we can second guess what Israel has to do to secure its nation.
GIBSON: So if it felt necessary, if it felt the need to defend itself by taking out Iranian nuclear facilities, that would be all right?
PALIN: We cannot second guess the steps that Israel has to take to defend itself.
That was a beautiful moment. She told Charlie Gibson to screw off with her answers. All he was looking for was one slip up that the left could use to spray all over the headlines of the next morning's news papers. And, of course, she didn't fall for it. I was giddy.
Charlie Gibson, on the other hand, ended up looking like he was unprepared for anything substantial,a s he should have been, and was obviously under-prepared.
Later, on a CNN round-table discussion, in which Lou Dobbs was sitting, Governor Palin was defended by none other than Mr. Dobbs himself. I was in shock when I heard it. Could it be that he's a supporter? Dunno. We'll find out when the time comes. For now, as I understand it, he's in the Obama camp. There was an exchange between Jeffrey Toobin, Wolf Blitzer and Lou Dobbs all about the question that Sarah Palin was asked about the crisis in Georgia with Russia's invasion and absolute refusal to leave. Check this exchange out.
BLITZER: On the Georgia thing and what Palin basically said was that if Georgia were to be a member of NATO the US, of course, would be obliged to come to the defense of Georgia or Ukraine or any other NATO ally under those circumstances, so she had that little nuance in there.
TOOBIN: Well, yes, but we went through 50 years of a Cold War without going to war with Russia over things a lot more important frankly than Georgia, so I mean I just thought it was a somewhat odd answer, but we'll parse them very carefully.
BLITZER: First of all, what do you think about this latest sort of twist and turn in the presidential contest?
DOBBS: If you're sitting there listening to Obama, who's run the slickest, smartest, shrewdest campaign right up until Russia invaded Georgia, the man cannot find his tempo again. His campaign is like they're still on vacation. You just heard the man talking there with Letterman. He's boring, just as Palin comes in to give excitement to the Republicans. He talks about exciting the base -- 62 percent of men in this country have a favorable view of Governor Palin. And I heard our colleague Jeff Toobin say, "Well, he's got some questions or he's got to think about that answer of hers on whether or not, as a member of NATO, the United States would have to defend Georgia had Russia invaded it." Let me help you out, Jeff Toobin. No nuance required. We would be required to do so, as would all of the members of NATO.
BLITZER: So I hear you saying that Obama seems to have lost his momentum, his mojo, if you will, but McCain's gained it, is that what you're thinking, Lou?"
DOBBS: This woman has turned feminism on its head. You're watching women in this country trying to figure what in the heck, on the left, what in the heck this woman is doing to them. Women on the right are sitting there saying, you know, wow she's talking sensibly because she's first, pragmatic, who is trying to be painted as an ideologue of course by the Democrats, but she's coming across very pragmatic, she's strong, and, man, you gotta love the fact that this woman knows how to shoot.
Did anyone else have to read that over? I had to hit rewind to believe it. Later, in the same interview with Charlie Gibson, he ask Governor Palin what she thought about the Bush Doctrine. After goading her for a minute, he finally described what he THOUGHT it to be. Palin came back with yet another solid answer.
GIBSON: The Bush Doctrine, as I understand it, is that we have the right of anticipatory self-defense, that we have the right tie preemptive strike against any other country that we think is going to attack us. Do you agree with that?
PALIN: Charlie, if there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country.
This is right in line with the answer she grave previously with Israel and Iran. She remains consistent and with tons of confidence she rolls out her answers and just shuts him down every time he tried to derail her. I was in awe.
Did anyone else notice the hurricane in Texas? I also noticed that Michael Moore didn't have any sarcastic comments this time around. Was it because people that have a different view point from his weren't having a convention? I noticed he hates people that think differently than he does. Maybe that's why he likes Cuba so much.
However, to the police, paramedics, fire-rescue crews in Louisiana and Texas, I sincerely hope that all of you are able to accomplish all the things you wish to accomplish without any incidents. You have a tough job ahead of you, and not enough time to do it in. our thoughts and prayers are with you.

A new hopelessness

So, I just got off the phone with my brother back in Texas. It was an interesting conversation to say the least. The thing everyone needs to understand right off the bat, id that he is a diehard Libertarian. I've learned to take everything he says with a grain of salt. His ideas, while a bit extreme in nature, and ill-thought out, at least have the best intentions at heart.
He's still under the presumption that the Patriot Act gives blanket authority for the NSA and CIA to wiretap his phones at will. In truth, he couldn't be more wrong. As I tried to remind him that in order for the wiretapping to take place there has to be Probable Cause (PC). No different than a Police Officer pulling someone over or entering a private residence without permission. Reasonable PC has to exist, and you would then have to be able to back it up in a court. In this case it would be a FISA court. The biggest thing to understand with all of this, is that the average citizen is in no way targeted for surveillance. the CIA and NSA in no way have the manpower, the capabilities, and the inclination to wire tap the phone lines of every last person in the country and listen to their phone calls back and forth between them and the pizza delivery place, or Gramma. It's just not feasible. What they do is find PC with one person individually, be it they make frequent overseas calls to known terrorist organizations, they contribute large sums of money to terror groups, etc... There has to in some way be a logically deduced relationship between the individual and terrorism. Yet for some reason he's still up in arms thinking that the Government has violated his rights. Suuuuuuuuuuuuure.
Also in our conversation he stated he believes that every group within government that has an acronym should go away. IRS, CIA, NSA, FBI, etc... I gotta say that this idea is pretty retarded. As much as I dislike the IRS, they do serve a fundamental purpose within the existence of our nation. As a country we do need a method of collecting revenue. And, while paying taxes does suck, it is a necessity if we wish to survive as a country. Now, I do agree with my brother that the American public is taxed entirely too much, and for frivolous programs that should have gone away decades ago. However, eliminating the IRS is not the way to go about it. Nor is eliminating the FBI or CIA. Both of these organisations maintain the security and integrity (what little is left) of our national borders from within and externally. Without these two organizations, believe me, this country would be really screwed. Not to mention I would have to argue that once their failures outnumber their success, classified and unclassified, then we should talk about dismantling them. Then and only then. Right now, we need them too much. Whether anyone likes to admit it or not, they play far too important a role in our National Security to even consider getting rid of them.
Another topic that got brought up in our conversation was eminent domain. I couldn't agree more with him about this topic. It's just flat out wrong, and yes unconstitutional. Businesses and government do have the right to offer someone compensation to move for the development of an area, but to flat out force them out, is just wrong. And, I would argue that the individual citizen would then have a case against the government. Ownership of property is a liberty that is guaranteed under our living Constitution. This is one of the few things that I do agree with my brother on. That and we do need to shrink our government, and in turn lower taxes due to a lot of these useless programs sucking up money and not providing any return. Our current government is pumping all of our hard earned money into frivolous spending that none of us will ever see the fruits of it's labor. Meanwhile we slave away in our own jobs, so that we can support someone else's family, and not our own. Does anyone else see a problem with that? I'm not going to play partisan on this one, because both sides have screwed the pooch here. Republicans are just as much to blame. Until half of these idiotic taxes are in place get removed, then I will be constantly pissed and hold everyone in government accountable. It's just unrealistic to continue to increase taxes and expect everyone to maintain their current way of life. We're creating a welfare state. The more taxes increase and get pumped into welfare programs, the more people are going to fall into the welfare trap, because they can't maintain. I guarantee we're going to start seeing a rise in welfare families in the next decade unless we stop being stupid. When it comes to balancing the budget, the answer is not to increase the income, but instead decrease the output of money. Duh.
I want to take this opportunity now, before I close out this blog entry, to challenge our elected officials. Have some balls. It's ok to lower taxes and cut programs. Most of the republicans have already promised to do so.....now it's time to actually go forth and do it. Your constituents would appreciate it, and you'll probably have a better chance of getting re-elected. Not to mention folks will actually have money in their pockets to actually have enough gas to drive down to the polling precincts. Let's use our heads, Folks. That's why we got 'em.

Return of the Conservative

That would be the return of conservative values to the plate. I woke up yesterday morning to find some long awaited good news on my television set. As I sat down with Fox News filling my screen, I saw the headline that Senator McCain had finally picked, and announced his VP choice. Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. I first got to research her a few weeks ago, actually. It was during a google search for hot politicians, that I came across an issues breakdown page that had her stances on key issues, and her ideas for direction. Pro-Second Ammendment, a life-time member of the National Rifle Association, avid hunter and fisher, and so on. I first thought to myself that she seemed like she had at least half a clue what she was talking about in regards ro gun ownership rights, which is far more than what we can say for most other politicians. Governor Palin is also vehemently Pro-Life. And for this she is to be commended. She recently gave birth to a new child, who unfortunately is afflicted with Down's syndrome. Instead of cowering behind Roe V Wade, as so many liberals like to do, she and her husband stepped up to the plate, accepted the responsibility that they put themselves into, and welcomed their new baby boy into the world (which would be their fifth). And they couldn't be happier. Nor is there any reason they shoudn't be.
Over all day yesterday and today, I've been hearing both praise and comndemnation for Governor Palin. Rush Limbaugh, Roger Hedgecock, and many other media outlets on the forefront of coherent thinking, have stood up and lauded the efforts of the VP pick, and are showing enthusiasm for where this election could go. In fact, I would honestly have to say, that I believe that Senator McCain picking her as his Vice-Presidential running mate has energized his almost doomed campaign. I can only speak for myself when I say that before this announcement, I really had no idea what I was going to do on election day. Senator McCain had left a slightly bad taste in my mought during the primary campaign. I knew that I couldn't and would not ever vote for Obama, and the idea of voting for McCain gave me reserves, but I still gave thought to it, since I knew note voting would be the same as giving a vote to Obama, and giving the Democrats the White House. However, after hearing that this election will be McCain/Palin against Obama/Biden, I knew that my vote was solid in the Republicans court. Should anything happen to President McCain, let's pray nothing does, then Vice-President Palin would step up to the plate, and show the world that she is more than capable to take the reigns. America would then, along with having the first Madame President, have the first, First Gentleman. Governor Palin's husband is a man's man. He doesn't get $300 haircuts, and manicures. He's a blue-collar, steel workers union (No, I'm still not pro-union), hunter, fisher, sportsman, father, and leader. He's has just as much class, as his beautiful wife, and she has a lot. I think it would also be safe to say that these two may also bring back some class to Washington DC that has been missing for many, many years.
To continue to toot Governor Palin's horn, she, like many other mother's, has an enlisted son. Her eldest son, about a year ago enlisted in the United States Army, and will be shipping out to Iraq on September 11th. Cindy Sheehan...eat that. Your insipid belly-aching over the loss of your son has cast a digusting shadow over your son's death, and left a stain on the country he swore to defend. I'm sure he'd be turning in his grave if he knew what you were up to. I seriously doubt that, if in the same situation, that Governor Sarah Palin would follow in your footsteps. She understands the choice her son has made, and stands by him in his decision. That's how responsible parents act.
And with that, there is reason to celebrate now in the GOP. It's time to break out the walking shoes. With her acceptance to run with Senator McCain, I feel rejuvinated with this campaign, an dI look forward to doing whatever I can to make sure the McCain/Palin are shown to their new offices in Washington DC come January.

Liberal League Baseball?

As I sit here stupified by the audacity of liberalism, I have open in another window the sad story of a nine-year old boy, whose baseball team was disqualified by the little league in Connecticut because he was too good. This just stinks of typical liberal muck. How often do we hear about someone being successful and starting to climb out of the ordinary, mundane world in which they leave, only to be pulled back in by those that want you to remain in the realm of normalcy. The liberal movement over the last 50 years has produced a train of thought amongst their subsribers, that if you are successful, it's not only your responsibility to help everyone else around out, but it's your legal obligation. Bill Gates and his wife have obviously climbed the ladder of success and built themselves a beautiful home in the Pacific Northwest. Using his vast knowledge of computer sciences, he forged his own future and pioneered his industry. And due to his contributions to our economy (new products for purchase on a constant basis, and increased ability to communicate) the liberals constantly attack him for not spending all of his hard-earned money on everyone else, moving into a normal home in the ghettos of New York, and living in trash the way they think that all of us Americans apparently live in.
This all relates to this young boy in Connecticut, because, as I watch from the news stories, his case is much like Bill Gates, Steve jobs, Micahel Dell, and other successful business giants who constantly get attacked from the elitest members of the liberal left. Yes, elitest. Because while they go through their constant verbal assaults on big businesses, they themselves are creating lucritive business deals to ensure their own little slice of the treasury pie. And then, condemn others who make any attempt to raise themselves up a tax-bracket or two. So, as this young boy steps onto the pitcher's mound at another empty ball park, because the liberal leaders of this community have declared that his team os no longer allowed to compete in any furhter events within the league, because he's just too good. His natural talent does not allow for competetive growth within their own childeren, becaseu nobody has taught their childeren yet, how to deal with defeat. It's a wonder how none of the mothers of young nerdy kids have never sued the family of another popular girl for rejecting their kid's to prom. Or is that right around the corner? I thought that winning and losing was all just a part of youth sports. I remember when I was playing soccer when I was younger, my coach would always tell us that some of our best games would be games that we wouldn't win. He was right. I remember several games we played, where all of us on the field played our little hearts out. We ended up losing sometimes, but when we played our best, and played as a team, we actually felt good about losing one or two games over the course of the season. the other team was just plain better. It meant we had to go back to the practice field and focus more of our efforts in our weak areas. Instead of blaming the other team of being too god, and demanding tha tthe number one team in the league be disqualified, we just learned to adapt and overcome, if possible. If not, then go make every effort to win by luck.
Being a father myself, I would quickly lose my cool if my son's coach ever forfeit a game simply because the other team was better, and he thought that the team didn't stand a chance. Part of youth sports is that children learn how to deal with defeat. If coach can't let that happen, then maybe he just doesn't need to be coaching sports at all. We're setting ourselves up for a future and candy-assed people going into the working world with an ability of accepting that you don't always get what you want. Work your damndest for it, and keep working until you get it, but understand that in the laws of life, it's nobody's obligation to just up and give it to you.
I can't wait to see who this kid gets drafted by in 10 years. Hopefully it's the Padres.

Teddy's Song

Well folks, the DNC Convention is going on, and only moments ago, Senator Kennedy took the stage to lage applause. Must meen that's the Democrats are getting ready to hold a new vote in Congress making it okay to drown young women when you're drunk as long as you're a senator. So, in honor of the Senator from Massachussetts, I changed the lyrics of Katy Perry's "I kissed a girl" to something more suitable to Senator Kennedy's honor. Try singing with a psuedo Boston accent.

"I KILLED A GIRL"

This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got in the car,
drink in hand
Lost my discretion
It's just what I'm used to
Just wanna run away
I'm worried for me
I lost my attention

I killed a girl and I liked it
Drove her off a bridge in Chappaquiddick
I killed a girl just to try it
I hope my senate district don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'll call the cops tonight
I killed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

No, I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter, You're my experimental game
Just human nature, It's what, Senators do
Not how they should behave
My head gets so confused
Hard to obey

I killed a girl and I liked it
Drove her off a bridge in Chappaquiddick
I killed a girl just to try it
I hope my senate district don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'll call the cops tonight
I killed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

Us Senators are magical
Soft head, red nose, so liberal
Hard to resist so questionable
Too good to deny it
Ain't no big deal, it's innocent

I killed a girl and I liked it
Drove her off a bridge in Chappaquiddick
I killed a girl just to try it
I hope my senate district don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'll call the cops tonight
I killed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

Chinese lies and the announcement of Joe Biden: Coincidence?

Over the last week or so the media has been in a feeding frenzy over the two top biggest news morsels in a long buffet line of news stories happening all over. Casey Anthony was freed, a tropical storm came in, Russia lied when they signed the cease fire, Mayor Bloomberg wants to put windmills on top of the buildings, and so on. No two stories have taken up more of my tv screen this week, than China lying about their gymnastics girl's ages, and Senator Obama's pick for his VP candidate. Is it mere coincidence that these two stories are happening simultaneously? Yup, but it's still kinda funny to think that the two biggest communist countries in the world are making news at the same time for lying to the world the same week as the DNC National Convention. Senator Obama made his choice in Senator Joe Biden. I'm reminded of a liberal literary favorite entitled "LIES! AND THE LYING LIARS THAT TELL THEM." Communist China is lying, Communist Russia is lying, and then the news comes out about this. Hmmmmmm... It very well could be pure coincidence, and more than likely is, but it's still entertaining.
Enough about that, let's discuss what exactly we're getting ourselves into with this selection. Senator Biden, who has been serving in the US Senate since the 70's, is an open supporter of Roe v Wade. This is pretty much in tune with Senator Obama's stance, but hopefully not as extreme. Obama thinkis it's still ok to abort the child, even after it's already been born. Is anyone else feeling kinda sick? It was my understanding that liberals long held to the belief that life did not begin until th efetus exited the womb. Yet, here is a clear case in which the fetus had exited, and Barack still says, it's ok to end the child's life. With these two on the ticket for the dems, I don't see much changing in the struggle for ending this heinous practice. Although, I'm still wondering how one can be for post-birth abortions, and anti-death penalty. It's ok to kill a baby, but no ok to kill a heinous monster who just raped and murdered a seven year-old? Where are your priorities Mr. Senator?
Oil: ANWR. this has to be the pot of gold a tthe end of the rainbow. Just sitting there waiting to be taken. So much oil sits under the ANWR preserve that could just about free us from the dependency of foreign oil that we have in this country. And we just can't get to it, because the democrats just refuse to listen to reason, and want to only spout rhtoric about our energy crisis, instead of actually doing anything. And, yup....you guessed it. Senator Biden is one of those liberal do-nothings. He has continously voted against drilling in the Alaskan oil field, off-shore sites (one of which holds more oil than all of Saudi Arabia combined). How the hell are we supposed to free ourselves, if you won't let us, Mr. Senator?
Time and time again Senator Biden has presented the American public with a problem, and no real solution. His voting record speaks for itself when you see how he voted on certain issues (Iraq War, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, etc...) and the flip-flops afterward. Wait....isn't that from the Senator Kerry Playbook? Delaware and Massachusetts are pretty close to each other. "I voted for the war, but that was before I voted against it!" Wow! That's amazing.
I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth for our United States Senate. With these two bozo's representing the DNC ticket, and the Dems controlling both houses, this only brings to light the continuing follies and bends in the truth that that would love for us to believe. It's so easy to see that Obama/Biden are going to base their campaign on pulling a blanket over our eyes, and putting on a show for the American public like David Coperfield. Only this time, when we open our eyes, we'll be missing our pay checks every time we go to the pumps. We'll be spending more on the taxes they created to fund themselves, than what we're actually getting.
I'm no more impressed with Obama's pick, than if he had picked Senator Clinton. At least with her, you know you're getting screwed from the beginning.
Senator McCain, where's your answer?

8-19-08. I'M A NEW BLOGGER!!!!

Well, here I start my blog. My own little section of the web to post my rantings and ravings of the audacities of the liberal left and the Democratic National Committee...and sometimes the misadventures into stupidity of my own party, the Republican National Committe (GOP), the conservative wing. Hopefully that won't be as often. As most folks who already know me, know that I am fairly bull headed, and it takes a lot to get me to change my views on most anything, but I'm always willing to listen to a new point of view. I may not agree with it, but at least I'll listen. I draw from many different influences. First off, my grandfather. Unfortunately for the world, he passed away a couple of years ago. Fighting in WWII, LT Richard Wilbur, USN, gave birth to my mama in the fifties, who then gave birth to an over-opinionitve little boy at the beginning of the eighties. That was me. I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh on the radio, and even watching his tv program. I read Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, the Politically Incorrect Guides, etc... I drive home from work everyday listening to Roger Hedgecock. Yup, I live in sunny San Diego, California. Probably the last bastion of conservative though in Southern California. We can just give up on North California. That's one big safe haven for liberal follies.
Now that you guys know a little bit about me, let's get this shin-dig started.
In the news nowadays, as we all know, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is facing off against Senator Barrak Obama (D-IL). At this point all I've determined is that I'm not voting for Senator Obama. I have yet to form an opinion on Senator McCain. I have reservations on his plan for immigration reform. Something about such a blanket of amnesty for people soaking up my tax dollars while remaining within the United States illegaly just disturbs me.
As for Senator Obama....I just simply cannot support him. His plans for troop pullouts based on his timeline is wrong. His being dead set against drilling (even though recently saying he might support in the idea of compromise) is wrong. I just don't believe him. His ideas, while having sometimes the right thing at heart, are not fully thought out, ill-advised, and mostly appearing to be only for star charm. And what the hell is the idea of having George Clooney as a top advisor? Did I miss something? I know President Reagan, Governor Ventura, and Governor Szchwarzenegger were all movie stars as well, but something about Mr. Clooney all of the sudden becoming a top advisor to a presidential candidate seems odd. I need to do some more researching on this before I speak anymore on it. Same goes with Angelina Jolie, who seems to have turned a new leaf over the last year, and now, to some small degree, supports the efforts our troops are making in Iraq ro rebuild the war-torn country and restore peace (what little actually exists between the three tribes). Again, I need to dig a little more on this, even though Rosanne Barr seems to be pretty pissed at her for her supporting the efforts while having asian and african childeren. Seems Rosanne thinks that Angelina's adopted kids should be influencing her to support Senator Obama alone. She even said as much in her post saying that since one of her kids skin colo matched Senator Obama's, then she should support him because of that. What a strange woman.
Anyhow, that's the end of my first entry here. I hope I've at least touched your curiosity to come back from time to time to read my thoughts on what's going on in the politcal arena. I'll do my best to update a few times a week. If I fall behind, I apologize. I do keep a hectic schedule at my real job.
Cheers!