See the Parallel?

In my daily email from Rasmussen the top highlighted title tells us that 3 in 10 persons consider themselves to be socially liberal.

If you look to the right there is another on the page titled "29% Have Favorable Opinion of Federal Government".  Who out there wants to bet against me when predicting that a very high percentage of questioned individuals within the two polls answered both questions affirmatively.
So, if you are socially liberal, it is likely you are comfortable with government enforcing laws and rules that have the intent of making all persons "equal".  The goal "equal" achieved by taking from one person to give to another.
Equal is a nice objective.
Government is the worst tool for accomplishing that.
That is if the objective is to lift the "less fortunate" to the status of the "more fortunate".
If the objective is to lower the standard of living to where there are groups of "less fortunate" and "fortune deprived".
Then again there will always be the additional "ruling class" and "ruling class associates", that are exempt from the laws and rules created by the "ruling class".

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Raylan

Another of last year's Christmas gifts. Happy to say that I got another $50 gift card for Barnes & Noble and should be able to restock my ready to read pile.

Anyway, this is a book written by Elmore Leonard the includes the character used as the foundation for the Fx television series Justified. The show is entertaining and I had heard that Elmore Leonard had a cult following so we grabbed Raylan of of the bargain table. In checking up on the author I learned that he wrote 3:10 to Yuma which in the remake my cousin had the lead female role.

Written in a style that suits itself to television, Leonard's writing has a rapidly flowing pace, changing scenes often, sometimes with only a minimum of linkage, that being the main character, the gun slinging Federal Marshall Raylan Givens.  The main character has an abundance of country street sense that serves the man well his pursuit of murderous criminals and tainted women.
I enjoyed the short book, would read another, but would not make an effort to purchase another.

Kerry is a Fool Masquerading as a Wise Man

Ms. Glick has succinct way of getting to the point, anybody who thinks that he latest peace initiative is anything but retreat from reality is a fool.
I could not agree more.
Love the cartoon.

Caroline B. Glick: Kerry isn't just another fool masquerading as a wise man. He's dangerous

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Money for Nothing and Your Shiks for Free

My incredibly insightful points are in an italic blue font, this to make the important content to stand out.  Not.

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, December 23, 2013, for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

Senate: Jeh Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security

Senate: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Senate: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Senate: John Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue

The First Session of the 113th Congress has come to a close.

The Senate will be back on January 6, 2014.  Too early.

The House will be back on January 7, 2014.  Not late enough.

Recent Senate Votes:

Jeh Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security

Vote Confirmed (78-16, 6 Not Voting)

Jeh Johnson, a former Defense Department lawyer, was confirmed as the fourth secretary of Homeland Security.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES

Anybody proposed by the President to run Homeland Security is bound to be a stooge, regulated to press conference speeches that are seld congratulatory lies about how tough they are.  I don’t care who has the office, the job is to spread bullshit.

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Vote Agreed to (64-36)

The Senate gave final approval to this two-year budget deal that increases discretionary spending caps to $1.012 trillion in 2014 and $1.014 trillion in 2015. The 2011 sequester level was $967 billion.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES

My Senators joined the bandwagon and approved a 4.6% spending increase in the first year, greater than official inflation, way greater than wage growth. In their minds they have an agreement so it must be good. As always in the minds of elected officials spending growth is good, even if spending out-paces GDP.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Vote Agreed to (84-15, 1 Not Voting)

The Senate cleared the 2014 fiscal year defense policy bill for the president's signature. The bill authorizes $625.1 billion in discretionary spending, which is $3.1 billion less than last year.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES

Seeing that the above continuing resolution was a decision to spend an additional 45 billion dollars, saving 3.1 billion on defense seems about right for this group.  Spend more money than you didn’t have yesterday and pretnd you are balancing by making miniscule cuts the liberals favorite peace time target.

John Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Vote Confirmed (59-36, 5 Not Voting)

The Senate confirmed John Koskinen to be head of the Internal Revenue Service.  The IRS has been led by acting commissioners since November 2012 and is under increased scrutiny as the agency takes on new responsibilities under the 2010 health care law. Koskinen's term runs through November 12, 2017.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted Not Voting

I am curious as to why Isakson dodged the vote, perhaps a NO would draw an audit.

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Gigi

This puzzle finished just in the nick of time for Christmas. The star being as small as it is was a pain to fit, ended up wedging it in using the justification that we do not want the piece being swallowed by a teething toddler.

Is for my neighbor's youngest and 5th grandchild.

Ho Ho Ho

Ha Ha Ha

 On first glance I thought the above was a store coupon, probably from Macy's.

I was already a fan and now I can see he is capable of some twisted humor.
Paul Broun should be the favorite to replace Senator Saxby Chambliss.

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No More Money for the RNC

That is what you get for insulting the base.

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, December 16, 2013, for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Millett Nomination  confirmation
• House: Budget Agreement  passage
• House: Defense authorization  passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Fiscal 2014 Budget Compromise

The House is in recess until January.

Recent Senate Votes:

Millett Nomination confirmationVote Confirmed (56-38, 6 Not Voting)
In the first vote on President Barack Obama's nominees to the federal judiciary since the chamber changed its filibuster rules, the Senate confirmed Patricia Ann Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on December 10. Her confirmation required a simple majority under the new cloture rules adopted on November 21, which apply to all nominees except for those to the Supreme Court. Milletts nomination received two votes from the Republican caucus  Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska  while five Republicans did not cast a vote. Her confirmation was the first of 11 votes mustered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. during the week of Dec. 9.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
I think it is pretty interesting that the Senate leader was willing to blow up decades of precedent for such an inconsequential nominee. Frankly I am also surprised that the President  didn't just go ahead and stick Millett in the spot while they were voting on the subject, all while claiming that the Senate was on recess. Senator Frank Leahy stalled nominations for years while the Bush family was in office.  
Well all I can say about this is, you better get you shit in order because if the pointers are right, the Senate will go Republican in the next election. Payback is going to be a bitch. 
  
Recent House Votes:
Budget Agreement  passage
Vote Passed (332-94)
Before leaving for the rest of the year, the House passed legislation based on talks between House and Senate conferees that establishes a budget for fiscal 2014 and increases discretionary spending caps for fiscal 2014 and 2015 that would be offset by increases in passenger air travel fees and federal employee pension contributions and a two-year extension of sequester cuts to Medicare. The agreement raises the spending cap for this year to $1.012 trillion from the sequester level of $967 billion established in 2011. The bill modifies oil and gas programs to reduce spending by $4.5 billion over a decade and federal student loan debt collection that would save $5 billion. The compromise passed the House comfortably with 169 Republicans and 163 Democrats in support. The Senate is expected to vote on it this week.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Leading indicator says if my Representative voted for it, it probably sucks. Let's all pretend we're cutting cost. Never considered myself a TEA Party man, but if you look underneath all of it the principles are sound. Never mind all those liberal labels that are aim at disguising the goal of always increasing spending. The Republican National Committee will get NO more money from me; for the crap the Speaker spewed onto the group that put the Republican in control of the House of Representatives.  

Defense authorization  passage
Vote Passed (350-69, 13 Not Voting)
In one of its final acts of the year, the House passed the defense bill (HR 3304) by a vote of 350-69, authorizing $625.1 billion, which would account for more than half of the federal governments discretionary spending in fiscal 2014. Including mandatory spending, the defense bill authorizes $632.8 billion. To save time in the waning days of the session, the defense authorization agreement was simply loaded onto a small House bill the Senate already had passed. The authorization bills is roughly $3.1 billion less than the fiscal 2013 enacted level. Of that, it would authorize $526.8 billion for the Defense Departments base budget, $80.7 billion for overseas contingency operations  mainly the war in Afghanistan  and $17.6 billion for national security programs within the Energy Department. In addition, the measure would make several statutory changes aimed at reducing sexual assaults in the military. It also would continue the existing ban on transferring detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba to the United States.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Fiscal votes that include policy alterations for the military. Is that the carrot or the stick? Insist on women being in the armed services, ok. Insist that women be held to different standard than soldiers, for the same pay, ok. 
I am sorry this stuff is happening, but when you put women into a testosterone driven profession, filled with, at least on the non-commissioned side, the marginally illiterate. People are going to be hurt. Besides the victims, who's screaming, the same folks that insisted on putting women in harms way.

Upcoming Votes:
Fiscal 2014 Budget Compromise - H.J.Res.59
The Senate will take up the House passed budget compromise on Tuesday.
More evidence that it sucks. Reid never calls a vote that doesn't screw some conservative over.

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Nelson K. Rodgers

Saw this story in the last Georgia Tech Alumni magazine.
As head of the undergraduate Industrial Engineering students, this man help me pick a career that has been stimulating and stable.  I grew up with another man who captained similar ships in the Navy of the 1950's, they were both great men for their service to our country.
Nelson, as all the ISyE students referred to him, was interesting when he described how sitting in a bar he and coworkers drew up the plans for the first container ships, he had all of our attention when he taught the major's ethics class.

This man made me feel at home academically when I probably did not deserve to be.
Thank you and rest in peace.

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Meddling With The Internals

The darned UN is trying to stretch its legs and apply external pressure to stop law passed in the Senate of Uruguay. This not unlike what US citizens can expect from the UN' small arms treaty signed by Ambassador Kerry.

BBC News reposts that The United Nations has issue with new Uruguay's passage of a law legalizing the production and sale of marijuana.

The new law will allow registered Uruguayans over 18 to buy up to 40g (1.4oz) of the drug a month.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25340324?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief&utm_campaign=MB%2012.13.13

Uruguay is a sovereign nation and as such has the right to decide what goes on inside its borders. If that breaks the terms of a signed treaty, so be it, promises made by governments are broken all the time, usually to its own citizens.

Stinkin Pequots

On this day almost four-hundred years ago....

1636, the Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians.  This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.

The family farm is near the Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard Connecticut. For folks having both the proximity and the requisite family lineage, there is a palpable anger focused on the Pequots. They were responsible for the murder of many settlers. Much like foreign diplomats the Pequots are not always held responsible for damage done to persons and property off of the reservation grounds. More so it is well known that many "indians" would be better classified as the decendants of runaway slaves, who prior to the Civil War hid out on the Federally protected reservations. 

Anyway, I was in Mystic last week eating pizza and ended up in a discussion with a waitress on the subject of the "stinkin Pequots".

Congratulations to the National Guard. 

The UN 2nd

John Kerry is such a douche bag, to sign a treaty that contradicts the Consitution should be judged as treason. Not only that the man had his goons cut in front of me at Logan.

An Obama stooge.

Letter received from one of my Senators in response to signing a pertition posted by Dick Morris.

Dear  Mr. Stathamadness:

Thank you for  your recent correspondence regarding the United Nations Small Arms Treaty.  Your taking ti me to contact me is appreciated, and I understand your concerns regarding its potential impact on the Second Amendment right s of law-abiding Americans.   

On December 6, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 89, which was developed as a new international treaty for the global trade in con ventional arms.  The resolution was adopted without the support of the United States under  President George W. Bush's Administration. 

The Obama Administration , in October of 2009, reversed this decision, and announced that the United States would support negotiations on the condition they were, "under the rule of consensus decision-making needed to ensure that all countries can be held to standards that will actually improve the global situation." 

Despite vocal opposition and a failure to reach that "consensus ," a term that implies common resolve by the U.N.'s 195 parties,   Secretary of State John Kerry signed the treaty on  September 24, 2013.     Fortunately ,  ratification of the  agreement  would still require two-thirds of the Senate (67 Senators) to vote yes .   

On multiple occasions, Senators from both sides of the aisle have stated their intention to vote against ratification.  Most recently, o n October 15, 2013,  I joined,  along  with 49 of my colleagues to submit a letter to President Obama reiterating our staunch opposition.  On March 23, 2013, 53 Senators voted for an Amendment that would block the U.S. from entering the Treaty.    Only 34 votes are needed to bock ratification.

The Secon d Amendment rights of American c itizens should not be  subordinate to an international agreement , no matter how well-intended .  To be sure, should a vote on ratification come before the full Senate, I will be voting no.

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Through The Spyglass

Found this over at GottaGetDrunkFirst.
Gang banging a goat, there's moral authority for you.

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They Did It

Congress.org (congress.org) presents: MEGAVOTE November 25, 2013, for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Executive and Judicial Nominations  Cloture
• House: Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting  Passage

The Senate is in recess until Monday December 9, 2013. The House is in recess until Monday December 2, 2013.

Recent Senate Votes:
Executive and Judicial Nominations  Cloture
Vote Sustained (52-48)
Senate Democrats succeeded Thursday in deploying the nuclear option to make the most fundamental change to floor operations in almost four decades, ending the minoritys ability to kill most presidential nominations by filibuster. The Senate voted, 52-48, to change the rules by rejecting the opinion of the presiding officer that a supermajority is required to limit debate, or invoke cloture, on executive branch nominees and those for seats on federal courts short of the Supreme Court. Three Democrats  Carl Levin of Michigan, Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, and Mark Pryor of Arkansas  voted to keep the rules unchanged. The nomination of Patricia Ann Millett to the District of Columbia circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals was the direct cause of this rule change. Senate Republicans, however, had blocked the nominations of two other D.C. Circuit Court judges in recent weeks as well, setting up the parliamentary showdown.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
If the Republicans had done this the press would have gone freakingg ape shit. As it is, they get a pass for sidestepping the opinion of the opposition.  Senator Leahy was a chronic appointment obstructionist. Basically, the Democrats have gone off the reservation following the President.  

Recent House Votes:
Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting  Passage
Vote Passed (252-165, 14 Not Voting)
In the last vote of the week, the House passed legislation on Thursday to ensure the timely consideration of all licenses and permits required for construction or operation of any natural gas pipeline projects. The bill, sponsored by Republican Mike Pompeo of Kansas, requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve or deny certificates within one year of receiving a complete permitting application. If other federal agencies, like the EPA, have to approve part of the project, then they would have 90 days to make a decision after the FERC ruling. In a mostly party-line vote, 26 Democrats joined all voting Republicans in support of the bill, and Democrats contributed all 165 dissenting votes.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Why would the Democrats resist legislation that is designed to expedite shovel ready projects? Why would Democrats resist expansion of energy reserves of the United States and in agreement with North American allies?

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Branch Manager

Not sure where this picture came from but as a dog lover it is funny.

As an engineering manager (aka assistant) it is a common to get the short end of the stick.

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Well Said Mr. Margulies

With Thanksgiving coming on and the fact that some people do not have enough money to buy the turkey they want, the President should devise a program where families receive a voucher for 1 pound of  turkey per family member. Taxpayers have pay for 2 pounds of turkey per family member.  The government will then invest the excess turkey dollars into minority run industries offering PETA approved meat alternatives.

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Transgender Dander

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, November 11, 2013 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Employment Nondiscrimination  Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Drug Quality and Security
• House: Health Plans

Recent Senate Votes:

Employment Nondiscrimination  Passage Vote Passed (64-32, 4 Not Voting)
Senators passed a bill prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity on Thursday after a week of negotiations and close procedural votes. The bill would bar employers from firing, refusing to promote or refusing to hire workers because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.     Similar bills have been introduced over recent years, and one passed the House in 2007 before dying in the Senate. This current piece of legislation extends equal employment protection to transgendered individuals for the first time. The bill exempts employers not subject to existing workplace discrimination laws concerning employees religions, primarily churches and religious schools. Before the final vote, ten Republicans joined the Democratic caucus in securing the three-fifths vote majority required to invoke cloture. The House is unlikely to vote on the bill.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Like so much dried up old skin our wonder Senate saw fit to spend time voting for special protection for the sexually aggrieved.  Most "protections" created by politicians are in reality punishments to the majority, there is example after example of how protections make systems less efficient, more costly and generally crappy governance. Here Democrats want to give special protections to a group that by definitions are aggrieved, homosexuals, lesbians, transgenders are all persons which have by nature or environment passed through or within a struggle about how to become comfortable and happy within themselves and their communities. Because of where, what and who they are, the nature of their experience puts them mentally on the outside of the bubble. Who in the world, of any orientation thinks that a government can make that component of individuals' psyches better. 
The only things that governments do effectively is spend money, and favor one group over another.
Governments cannot fix things felt by the heart.
The house would be correct to table the bill.

Upcoming Votes:

Drug Quality and Security - H.R.3204
The Senate returns Tuesday to consider legislation that updates regulations of pharmacies that compound drugs.
Fiscal motivation for profit leads to improved products, lower prices for customers, and efficiency, not a place where politicians dwell. 

Health Plans - H.R.3350
The House is scheduled to debate a bill that allows individuals to keep their health coverage plans, even if they have received cancellation notices. The plans may not meet minimum coverage requirements established in the 2010 health care overhaul, but would be grandfathered for another year through 2014.
Some of the Democratic talking heads on this topic have tried to tie this bill to Republicans being socialists. The bullshit never ends.

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After posting this above, received a new email almost simultaneously from the White House, the general tone was a list of all the things that Congress should be doing. This one went right for the nuts....

End workplace discrimination for millions of LGBT Americans once and for all. This isn't difficult: Nobody should be discriminated against because of who they are or who they love. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act would make it illegal to fire someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, and it passed the Senate earlier this year. Once again, no vote in the House.

Yep, we cannot be open about what is in a national health care bill until years after the vote, hell even after it is active and these executive prima donnas have the  audacity to lecture other groups of governance about right and wrong.  White House, try putting forth a budget that every single representative doesn't reject. Once again, no vote, look at what that "leader" of the Senate has tabled in the last three years, every single budget proposal offered.    

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Yep

Henry was always good with the pithy quotations, this seems on spot...

"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron."

H. L. Mencken

Wait Till Next Year

Last Christmas my mother gave me a$25 gift certificate for Barnes and Noble. After about six months a swung around there and in the discounted section found four books I really wanted to read. This is the first of those Wait Till Next Year is a short book written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin. Published in 1997 this historian to Lyndon Johnson has put together a memoir that encapsulates he experience growing up in Brooklyn New York, in 1949 being taught by her father the love for baseball and specifically the Dodgers.  In that period the Dodgers, led by Jackie Rodinson and Pee Wee Reese were talent laiden teal that had never won a World Series.  The team's slogan was "Wait Till Next Year", for the author it would take six years until 1955 for the Dodgers to win it all, an unbelievably long time for a teen aged girl.

After the 1957 season Jackson retired rather than play for the Giants, the author's mother passed due at 51 and the Dodgers decided to move to Los Angeles.  The author understandably shelved her enthusiasm for the game.

Later as a Boston occupant the author was introduced to Fenway Park and the Red Sox. The similarities between her new home and Flatbush were enough to make her a convert.

At the time of publishing, 1997, the Red Sox had not won a World Series since 1916, she would have to wait another seven years for the curse of the bambino to be broken.

I enjoyed this sweet rememberance of childhood love for family and baseball. Her other more famous work not so much, her being a flaming Yankee liberal and all. Luckily very little of that snuck into this work.

Good Man

Speaker Boehner gets it right with the statement that we aren't going to consider a one size fits all immigration approach. Bills that make most politicians happy mean that the backlash anticipated can be withstood, regardless of appropriateness or effectiveness. Chew on it a little bit at a time and that keeps the bullshit from entering in small print.
AG: The Affordable Care Care

Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that House Republicans will not enter into negotiations with the Senate on that chamber's massive immigration bill, effectively killing chances this year for a broad bill that would legalize illegal immigrants and rewrite the legal immigration system.

Mr. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said the House will operate on its own timetable and won't be rushed by President Obama's suggested year-end deadline or the looming 2014 elections -- though he said he does still want to take some action on immigration.

"We've made it clear that we're going to move on a common sense, step-by-step approach in terms of how we deal with immigration," Mr. Boehner, Ohio Republican, told reporters Wednesday. "The idea that we're going to take up a 1,300-page bill that no one had ever read, which is what the Senate did, is not going to happen in the House. And frankly, I'll make clear we have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate bill."

Stick to your guns, broken down to realistic portions amnesty never happens.

Poor Choice of Words?

From a Nonwovens Industry trade website, the article title: Feminine hygiene market continues to grow

Feminine hygiene manufacturers continue to grapple with ways to expand their customer base in the already saturated markets of the developed world while responding to the ever-changing needs of customers in developing regions. The result has been a series of product introductions designed to woo new customers or keep existing customers longer.

http://www.nonwovens-industry.com/contents/view_features/2013-11-06/fem-hy-market-continues-to-grow/

What's Happening

This weekend a rerun of the remake "The Longest Yard" was on television.  There is a scene during the game where a players groin region is kicked and the Colonel Sander lookalike makes the exclamation "the even hurts my marble sack".
Here is a better example of a good case of sympathetic pain, as found on The Guardian website.

Performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky nails his scrotum to the cobbled road at Moscow's Red Square, then sits naked on Russia's most famous spot outside the Kremlin on Sunday. Police arrested him and took him to the hospital. Pavlensky says his protest was his response to Russia's descent into a police state and was timed to coincide with Police Day, which Russia's law enforcement officials celebrated on Sunday.

Here is a link to the site which I cannot directly share the video clip from.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/artist-nails-testicles-red-square-pyotr-pavlensky?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief&utm_campaign=MB%2011.11.13

We know that  the policeman is speaking Russian but it does sound like he repeats the question "what's happening?".  We also know what has happened, self mutilation, caught on video for the casual  study of foreign bystanders.

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Army Veteran Banned from Daughter's School

Local Georgia news, a mother is banned from visiting here daughter's school for exercising constitutional rights.
The whole story leads me to ask; with the constant pressure to conserve education expenditures, why are government employees, that are not in law enforcement, spending tax dollars to research the activities of parents?
I have no problem with the school having a firearms prohibition and would obey any such rule. For non-law enforcement government employees to be researching my presumed innocent lawful activity, and making access decisions based on my beliefs is WRONG.

NRA-ILA | Army Veteran Banned from Daughter's School after Facebook Posting of Concealed Carry Permit

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Stupider

I enjoy Bill Maher's commentary, it is intelligent and has rational relationships fact. Unfortunately, the conclusions he reaches are shaped by Hollywood's liberal pseudo-intellectual dogma.  In this case Maher holds the belief that the general population needs to be led by whatever means necessary the achieve the goals of making lives of the gen-pop better.
It is only a guess, but, that I might disagree with his conclusions, at times applying vociferous arguments, would gain me the label of "stupider". He would be guilty of class bigotry, my guess.

Bill Maher: Obama Had to Lie to ‘Stupider’ Americans | Truth Revolt

The comedian's acceptance of the President's dishonesty, as an efficient tool, renders him no better than the liar himself.

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Gimmie Your Sandwich

Found this over at the Grouchy Old Cripple.
Dinesh D'Souza has been a leader in the logical deconstruction of our immoral president.

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Don't Know What to Call Myself

Anymore, being a Republican means having leaders with no balls.

This is the email I've received from the White House propaganda machine.  Some nasty comments are likely to be inserted.

Hello, everyone --
Try not to notice the majority party of the House of Representatives, all of whom were elected last year and we're going to pretend are out of touch with what America wants. They're pushed up against the wall over there, guarded from having a voice by the media brandishing microphones and laptops. See how they cower, but don't worry, they are not really part of "everyone", they're just here to pay taxes.
    
Late Wednesday night, after a 16-day shutdown, the President signed a bill to reopen the government and pay our country's bills. Today, a government shutdown over delaying or defunding the health care law can no longer hurt our economy. We are no longer facing the threat of default.
Federal income never ended, only your damned ability to spend beyond your means. But you fixed that, didn't you, you irresponsible bastards.

While this bipartisan compromise is the right thing to do for the country, there are no winners when Washington keeps hijacking our economy month after month.
There are plenty of indicators, in final review, that the Republicans were willing to negotiate and the Democrats were not.  The executive from start to finish treated this as a zero sum game.  It is his right, but afterwards you don't rightfully get to claim you played fair.

Nobody wins when hundreds of thousands of people don't know when their next paycheck will come. Nobody wins when millions of veterans and seniors risk losing benefits that they've paid for, earned, and rely on. Nobody wins when businesses stop hiring and our economy grows slower than it could.
Businesses are reluctant to hire already because of the health care legislation taking effect.  The Republicans are trying to avert job stagnation and regression. 

Ultimately, the reason this shutdown ended was simple: Democrats and responsible Republicans got together, recognized that holding the American economy hostage should have no place in our politics, and got the job done. They did what the American people elected them to do.
Do you understand the dig, "responsible Republicans", horseshit, to them the only person that is responsible is the one that blindly follows Democratic dogma. People elected over half of the House of Representatives, have you forgotten that.  This group is legislators is more in tune with local needs than the Senate or the executive, that is by design.  Just because you say you are responsible, it does not mean you are.

Today, every American should have a clear sense of where we stand, and where we're going. Watch the President's statement yesterday about the end of the shutdown, and then pass it along so that other folks see it, too.
Yes, were all fucked.

In his remarks, the President asked Congress to focus on finishing three specific policy priorities in the weeks to come.
Since your already greased up and loose, get ready for some more stuff rammed up your ass.

First, that means passing a budget that invests in the things that will create a better bargain for the middle class -- like educating our children, and improving our infrastructure -- while continuing to cut our deficit in a balanced way.
PASSING A BUDGET you've got to be out of your freaking mind, Harry Reid and the spend-aholics in the Senate have been tabling Republican budget proposals since before Obama took office.  Yesterday I heard Carney talking about how they've cut the deficit by over half, would like to see his measuring stick. 

Second, it means fixing our broken immigration system so everyone plays by the same rules. The Senate has already passed a bill that would continue to strengthen our borders and grow our economy by bringing millions of undocumented immigrants out of the shadows and give them the chance to earn their citizenship by paying a fine and taxes, passing a background check, and going to the back of the line.
Break the law go to jail, or go home.  Executive and Democratic example of leadership from behind, see a problem, paste something pretty over it and call it progress.

And third, it means passing a farm bill that ranching and farming families can rely on: one that protects working families and gives rural communities opportunities to grow.
People that the Democrats go out of their way to isolate.

We'll be back in touch soon with more specific ways that every one of us can support this work. But for now, we should all have the facts on exactly what ending this shutdown means for all of us -- today, and in the weeks to come.
Got paid today, you've already been in touch, with my wallet.

Take a look at the President's remarks from yesterday, and pass them along to the folks you think need to see them:
No, it is all bull shit anyway.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/the-shutdown-is-over

Thanks, and stay tuned.

David Simas
Deputy Senior Advisor
The White House

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Total Agreement

Comments offered by the author may or may not be based on intelligent observation, may or may not be based in anarchic rage.

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, October 15, 2013 for for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• House: Military Death Benefits  Continuing Resolution

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Debt Limit
• House: Debt Limit and Government Funding

Recent House Votes

Military Death Benefits  Continuing Resolution; Vote Passed (425-0, 6 Not Voting)
Last Wednesday, the House passed a joint resolution that provides sums as necessary to pay for U.S. military death benefits. It includes the $100,000 death gratuity, funeral and burial expenses, and a housing allowance for dependents of service members who die on active duty. The funds would be available through Dec. 15, 2013. The motion passed without a dissenting vote in the House. On Thursday, the Senate passed the legislation by unanimous consent, and President Obama signed it later the same day.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Never should have gotten to this point, as proven by the unanimous vote.   

Upcoming Votes
Debt Limit - S.1569
The Senate is likely to vote on this bill to suspend enforcement of the debt ceiling. Its possible the Senate could vote on legislation that would both fund the government and raise or suspend the debt limit.

Debt Limit and Government Funding - H.R.____
The House may take up its own bill to address both the debt limit issue and funding the federal government or Senate legislation that would do so. Until then the House is expected to continue voting on mini CRs funding intelligence agencies, American Indian and Alaska Native social and education programs, and weather forecasting.
If you don't know what happened yet, it is a good thing there is a benevolent government that promises to wipe the dribble off your chin. Short story, pussified Republicans cave to obstinate money grubbing Democrats. 

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O'tay Obama

Caroline Glick speaks of executive abandonment of Israel.

• Turkey out Israeli agents, o'tay.
• Iran keeps enriching uranium, o'tay.
• Leaking secret Israeli intelligence operations to the media, o'tay.

When the next attack on Israel occurs, the President will probably be retired, the buck will be passed.
Like with North Korea, negotiation is a delaying tactic.
When met with an enemy of undeniable resolve, leaders must strain to protect not embrace.

White House seems giddy about genocidal, nuclear weapons-developing mullocracy

Dick Morris has more to say on the subject, basically that the President of Iran is the puppet of the Ayatollah who is experienced in global political deception.

http://www.dickmorris.com/iran-suckers-obama-dick-morris-tv-lunch-alert/?utm_source=dmreports&utm_medium=dmreports&utm_campaign=dmreports

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Lemonade

The shutdown is over, Obama and Reid managed to obstruct all offers of controlling costs, winning the battle but probably pissing off Conservative voters so much that they are going to break up the Republican party.  The current Republican leaders are feckless, unwilling to risk looking bad for fear of being locked second place.  Second place is what their timid behavior guarantees.
Been holding this picture for a couple of days, the girl looks like Honey Boo Boo, seeing kids having fun is always pleasant.

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Fart Jokes in China

Foreign Policy dot com has this article title, but the content is not nearly a fulfilling as the hook. The Chinese people think American influence is over-arched, to which I do not care if it is or it isn't. I do think our President cares very much, and through both willful intent and ignorant forays, is doing his darnedest to take the country down a notch in the eyes of the world.

Journalist's Call for 'de-Americanized World' Provokes Alarm in U.S., Fart Jokes in China | FP Passport

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Play It Through

The shutdown is funny thing. We have a Congress that has with the President grown expenditures enormously.  This is basically a Democratic-Keynesian philosophy that many Republicans enjoy the band wagon on. 
On shorter election cycles the Republicans have come to a strong majority in the House, are without a doubt more responsive to local pressure and the national media is treating the Senate as the group with their fingers on the pulse of America while for last five years the Senate has stalled every attempt to pass a budget. The Democrats do not want a budget they want to keep buying votes with impunity.
Enough about the greedy liberal politicians.  On the conservative side we have the Republicans egged on by representatives responsive to Tea Party pressure, feeling that pressure, they get their issue to the front line and start to take the media hits that are uniformly and unfairly deposited at their doorstep. Pressure starts to come from Wall Street, run by folks that could give two stinking shits about national debt and tax burdens as long as they can continue to get their cheap money via the Fed discount rate. The Republicans start to waffle which the President erred on receipt by insisting on new higher spending limits.  The problem continues.
What I have to say is this, if the Republicans are believe in their cause, and they are going to take the popularity hit regardless of the true root cause, why not stay the course with resolve? Screw popularity, do what is right, don't spend more than you bring in, then let time and growth take care of the rest.

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE October 7, 2013, In this MegaVote for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations Conference Request  Motion to Table
• House: Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
• House: Womens and Childrens Nutrition Funds  Continuing Resolution

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Continuing Resolution
• House: Continuing resolutions for FDA, national intelligence and border security funds

Recent Senate Votes:

Continuing Appropriations Conference Request  Motion to Table
Vote Agreed to (54-46)
As the federal fiscal year came to a close, the Senate rejected a request by the House of Representatives to form a conference committee for fiscal 2014 continuing appropriations. The House request included the insistence that the Senate accept its amendment to the joint resolution to delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act until January 2015 and repeal the medical device tax included in the law.
The vote to table the request fell straight down party lines, with both independent senators joining the 52 Democrats against the House invitation. With the rejection, the Senate effectively ensured the partial federal shutdown that began at midnight on Oct. 1 continued. The day before, the Senate rejected a nearly-identical amendment to the continuing appropriations resolution. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has made it clear that he will not bring a continuing appropriations resolution with any amendments to a vote.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
See later CNN comments on the statesman Reid.

Recent House Votes:

Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
Vote Passed (259-157, 15 Not Voting)
After Congress failed to pass a full continuing resolution (CR) last week, the government officially shut down on October 1. The House decided to take up mini-CRs to fund various parts of the government like military pay and veterans programs. This particular mini-CR, passed by the House Republicans with the help of 35 Democrats, would fund veterans programs including disability payments, education benefits and home loans at current levels until December 15. The bill would also fund the Veterans Benefits Administration at the annualized rate of $2.5 billion to process disability claims.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Explain that vote next election cycle. 

Womens and Childrens Nutrition Funds  Continuing Resolution
Vote Passed (244-164, 23 Not Voting)
On Friday, the House passed another mini-CR to fund the nutrition programs for women, infants and children (WIC). The bill would fund the special supplemental nutrition program until December 15 at post-sequester fiscal 2013 levels. The Senate is extremely unlikely to consider any of the House mini-CRs.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
No doubt the Republicans are trying to save face and the Democrats, with the reckless sychophantile media, insist on playing politics pointed at the next election cycle.  Today I listened to a CNN pundit who glorified Harry Reid for attempting to negotiate a settlement. That damnable relative of a horse thief  has done everything he possibly could for the last 5 years to isolate the Republican controlled house. It is all just bull shit posturing. 

Upcoming Votes:

Continuing Resolution - H.J.Res.___
The Senate is unlikely to take up any mini-CRs this week, but they may take on a large continuing resolution to fund the government.

Continuing resolutions for FDA, national intelligence and border security funds - H.J.Res.77,78,79
The House is expected to vote on additional mini-CRs this week to fund FDA, national intelligence and border security programs.


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17% Non-Essential Sounds Alright

Now when things are settled, lets close the non-essential services permanently and apply savings against the budget shortfalls, then against the permanent debt.
Found this clip on the site Sondrakistan "Knowledge is Power", Bill Whittle gives his calm and rational thoughts on the left's maximization of pain during the government shutdown.
As said before, a person I know working for the Federal government who described how unionized Federal employees were advising non-union employees to maximize the impact of both the sequester and shutdown. Cost is not on the minds of the left only that the rate of flow must continue to increase.



Well constructed and delivered.
I think that it is shameful, the President's behavior; to act in a manner so offensive to half of the population; to act with impunity towards half of the persons he is obligated to protect.

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Ted Cruz Is a Chip Off His Old Man's Block

As a Cuban ex-patriot, Raphael Cruz understands the effects of tyrannical socialism by personal experience. Hope and change was promised by Fidel Castro, subsequently substituted with totalitarianism.



Son Ted Cruz's zeal is easy to understand.

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Park and Wreck

You can hear the shoe-less Democrats scuffling behind the scenes murmuring "make it hurt, make it hurt". Too bad for them, that so many people realize that it 's simply an exaggeration intended to illicit an emotional response from their moronic core.

Picture stolen from Best of the Web, who by the way, admit to a little modification.

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Most Oppose Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

The poll reveals that 2 of every 3 persons think illegal aliens should be denied the right to obtain driver's  licenses in their home state. The same poly shows that only 1 in 5 persons should have the right.

68% Oppose Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants - Rasmussen Reports™

Seems to me, public opinion is conflict with the operating objectives of the Department of Justice and Democratic leadership.  Folks understand that this is a path to legal presence in the United States and so not want to occur.

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That was then...

Seven years ago, an Illinois Senator had this to say about raising the debt ceiling.

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies.
Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that "the buck stops here." Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.

Times change, now the same man as President refuses to negotiate with Republicans in Congress.
What he meant to says is that the buck stops at George Bush.
That your pick which one, but at the time W.

Wheelchairs Steamroll Symbolic Barricade

This probably will not be on the national news, because the reality of closures intended to be public statements might make the President look bad and the press cannot do that.
In the end though the guards did the right thing and allowed these veterans to fulfill the goal of their trip.

WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown - News - Stripes

Thinking more on it, were he guards working for free?
And what was Congressman King doing there?

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Continuing Pollutions

Snotty comments might be found in blue italic font...

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE for September 30, 2013, and Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Continuing Resolution
• House: Continuing Resolution  Medical Device Tax Repeal Amendment
• House: Continuing Resolution  Defunding of the Affordable Care Act Amendment

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Continuing Resolution
• House: Continuing Resolution

Recent Senate Votes:
Continuing Resolution  Vote Agreed to (54-44, 2 Not Voting)
After receiving the House approved stopgap spending measure that removed funds for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the Senate passed an amended version on a completely party-line vote, 54-44. Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Orrin G. Hatch of Utah were the only members who did not vote on the bill. The Senate-approved version eliminated the House language to defund the Affordable Care Act and would fund the government only through Nov. 15 at an annualized rate of $986.3 billion.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
It must have been a bitter pill for our Senators being forced to vote the party line. Neverthess they did as I wished.

Recent House Votes:
Continuing Resolution  Medical Device Tax Repeal Amendment Vote Passed (248-174, 9 Not Voting)
After the Senate amended and approved its version of the government funding legislation, the House voted on two amendments to the legislation in the early hours of Sunday. The first vote approved Minnesota Republican Erik Paulsens amendment that would remove the medical device tax implemented to help fund the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. 17 Democrats joined Republicans to approve the amendment.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Have you ever seen one of those bumper stickers that says "My Other Car Is A ####"?
Well, MY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE IS SOCIALIST PIG.

Continuing Resolution  Defunding of the Affordable Care Act Amendment Vote Passed (231-192, 8 Not Voting)
The second amendment, sponsored by Republican Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, would reinstate the House language eliminated in the Senate bill to remove funding for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Only 2 Democrats (Jim Matheson of Utah and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina) and 2 New York Republicans (Chris Gibson and Richard Hanna) crossed party lines to vote in favor of or against the amendment, respectively.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
MY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE IS SOCIALIST PIG
And, it looks like the pressure on the Democrats is growing to toe the party line.

Upcoming Votes:
Continuing Resolution - H.J.Res.59
The Senate convenes at 2pm Monday to consider the House amendments to the spending bill, only 10 hours before the government would shut down.
If you don't know what happened, then you probably don't give a shit.

Continuing Resolution - H.J.Res.59
The House is waiting on the Senate to consider its changes to the bill and potentially send it back to the House before the government would shut down on Tuesday.
Speaking of not giving a shit, where the hell is the Republican leadership of both houses?

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I'd Rather Have a Lunchable

Being on the White House email gives me the opportunity to see how the executive branch is pumping its position.  Today we received links to the White House "white board"; a collection of "shareables".  Text of the email follows....

Everything you want to share, in one place:
Whether it's with an infographic or a White Board video, we're always looking for new ways to highlight the work President Obama is doing on behalf of the American people in a way that's interesting and easy to understand.
Now we've put all of our favorite content in one easy-to-navigate page: White House Shareables. You can sort by the issues important to you, or the type of content you'd like to see.

 Here is a screen shot of the page.

Lets break it down, four panels on the first page.

1. What Obamacare Means For You; aka free medical attention AND government control of the medical industry
2. A Plan For College Affordability;  aka free tuition AND government control of higher education
3. Immigration Reform & Our Economy;  aka free everything for illegal aliens
4. Student Loan Compromise;  aka freedom from the requirement of being responsible to one's obligations.

What I do not see on the"shareables" page.......

1. Evidence of effort to keep promises of disclosure made to the families of those killed in Benghazi. 
2. Responsibility assigned for the ordering of the offensive application of IRS and NSA facilities against conservative political opponents.
3. Objectiveness in the issue of gun control, acknowledgement of the fact that existing control policies augment violence in urban areas.
4. Honesty within the issue of alien policy.  Law are being broken and the federal government is passive; by abstaining from action shows favoritism to the corporate goal of minimizing labor costs. 

The "white board", the White House's infomercial for crap that costs a lot and does not ever achieve what it promises! 

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