Red, White and...Green??

Sorry amigos, try again.

I'm not sure how much you all are paying attention to the immigration reform protests around the U.S., but I'm personally growing a bit tired of it.

I keep seeing footage of streets FILLED with people protesting the United States' decision to re-evaluate our immigration and border policies. Millions of people in Arizona, Colorado, California and other states with a large hispanic population have taken to the streets to voice their opinion.

I have no problem with that. As a matter of fact, I think voicing your opinion is a good thing. Especially when it is done peacefully. I haven't heard of any violence during these demonstrations, by the way. That should be commended.

I personally think your voice should be heard at the voting booth though. That's the only place it's going to count. Of course, you must be a CITIZEN to vote. So therein lies the problem.

The thing that's gotten my goat this week though, is the fact that I keep seeing these protestors flying the Mexican flag. I've even read stories about American high schools in Texas (predominantly hispanic) flying the Mexican flag on the flagpole next to the U.S. and Texas flags.

Doesn't that kind of make the argument against the illegals even stronger? They show no allegiance to this country at all. Their allegiance is to Mexico. How dare you come here and insist on flying another country's flag? The whole idea of immigration is to become part of the society that you're entering into.

We've got many immigrants in the U.S. from many different countries. We don't fly Irish flags and British Flags and Pakistani flags at our schools if there is a large population of those ethnicities there. THIS IS AMERICA. We fly the AMERICAN FLAG. Have some respect for this country if you insist on coming here to enjoy our freedoms and lifestyle. I don't think it's fair for them to come here illegally, make more money than they've ever made before, send it home to their families, and then have the nerve to fly another country's flag. Immigration should include the idea of assimilation, not separatism. If you like your country's customs and flags so much, then maybe you should just stay there.

Conversely, if you want to immigrate here...just do it according to the rules. There's a process to follow. Do it legally. Learn our language. Learn our history. Learn our customs. And learn to love OUR flag. You can't have it both ways. Either you like it here and want to be one of us, or you don't. It's not fair to think that you're going to transform this country into another version of yours. You can't enjoy the benefits here and spit in the face of the U.S. every chance you get.

I would never move to another country and expect them to adapt to my American lifestyle and speak my language. I would make every effort to learn theirs and integrate myself into their world. To do otherwise would just be rude. I certainly would never insist on them flying the flag of my home country. I know that other countries would not tolerate that anyway (nor should they). We shouldn't either.

I have no problem with people coming here. They just need to do it correctly. This massive, undocumented influx is a huge problem. Hopefully, we can find a way to plug the gaps in our borders and then work on getting these illegals documented (and deported or jailed if they're criminals).

Obviously, you like our country so much that you jump fences, cross hot deserts and swim through rivers to get here. It's obviously a much better place than your country, or else everybody wouldn't want to come here so bad. Respect it like you should. Our flag is RED, WHITE and BLUE. Deal with it or get the hell out. Thank you.

Slave Drivers

I realized that I've been kind of lazy with my posting lately. I've been really busy at work (actually WORKING for once). There are a lot of changes going on at the office and lots of restructuring within my organization. So, the slave drivers have been keeping me busy (those bastards). I foresee this as being something that will continue for a while, so please bear with me. I will be trying to post when I get a break in my day.

Don't think I have run out of things to rant about, by any means. I'll be back!

Removed From the Gene Pool

Holy crap, you all have to read this. This article made me laugh for like 5 minutes when I read it this morning. I am never surprised by how dumb people really are. Normally, I wouldn't find humor in the peril of others...but this one might be a Darwin award in the makings. Maybe the gene pool is better off without these folks in it.

HYDERABAD (Reuters) - Forty people have died from drinking home-made alcohol in southern India over the past five days, including 17 attending the funeral of a man who was also poisoned by toxic brew, officials said on Wednesday.

Farmer D. Jaggaiah died on Saturday in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh after consuming moonshine that had been smuggled from neighbouring Orissa.

Ten people died and 16 were hospitalised after toasting Jaggaiah at his funeral in Ratta Kanna village, 730 km (450 miles) north-east of the state capital Hyderabad.

Seven more victims died in hospital on Tuesday, according to local official Y. Chaitanya Murali.

The mourners knew Jaggaiah had died from consuming a deadly brew but, following a custom of drinking toasts at funerals, they apparently assumed their drink was safe. It was not clear whether the same batch of alcohol was to blame for the deaths.

Officials said another 23 people died after drinking country liquor in border villages in Orissa over the past five days. While Andhra Pradesh had banned the production and consumption of so-called country liquor, it is a licensed product in Orissa and smuggling is rampant, officials say.

The drink sells for as little as eight rupees (18 cents) a bottle, one-third of the price of commercial liquor.

Toxic varieties are made from regular spirits, to which bootleggers add a cocktail of ingredients that could include vegetables, battery acid and pieces of old rubber tyre. According to common lore, such ingredients can make the brew more intoxicating.

The deadly mix is then boiled and distilled, and kills hundreds of poor Indians every year.

BATTERY ACID??? RUBBER TIRES?? Jeebus, mannnn. Life must be REALLY bad in India for them to want to get drunk that bad. Sheeesh! On the other hand...$0.18/bottle? Hmm...that DOES sound tempting.

My Next Book Purchase

Last night, I was watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He had a guest on there named Georges Sada. Mr. Sada was one of the top Generals in the Iraqi Air Force. In fact, he was the number two guy in the Iraqi Air force. He served under Saddam Hussein since he came to power more than two decades ago.

Mr. Sada has first hand knowledge of Iraq's WMD's and has written a book about it. As a pilot, he has flown WMD's in and out of Iraq himself, at the command of Hussein. He is not a particular fan of Hussein, but had to endure his reign for many many years. He knows pilots who personally flew WMD's (and related materials) out of Iraq and into Syria before the war started in 2003. He has intimate knowledge of Hussein's deception and intent to mislead the international community in regard to the banned weapons.

Apparently, they used commercial passenger planes to avoid scrutiny. The seats were taken out and the contraband was carried across the border.

(an excerpt from an article published by the New York Sun in January of this year:)

The pilots told Mr. Sada that two Iraqi Airways Boeings were converted to cargo planes by removing the seats, Mr. Sada said. Then Special Republican Guard brigades loaded materials onto the planes, he said, including "yellow barrels with skull and crossbones on each barrel." The pilots said there was also a ground convoy of trucks.

The flights - 56 in total, Mr. Sada said - attracted little notice because they were thought to be civilian flights providing relief from Iraq to Syria, which had suffered a flood after a dam collapse in June of 2002.

That article gives a little bit of insight into the issue. I want to read the entire book though. It sounds very interesting.

Anyone who watches Jon Stewart knows how critical he is of the Bush administration. He constantly criticizes this war effort and uses sarcasm to make it look like we had no business taking Saddam out (he does it in a very humorous way, I might add).

However, after hearing first hand from a very high level Iraqi General that the U.S. was correct in their assertion about WMD's, Stewart notably did not seem too impressed with the revelation. I'd say that Mr. Sada's comments were certainly enlightening, to say the least. He also glossed over the part where Mr. Sada made it very clear that he is thankful for the U.S. involvement in liberating his country from a tyrant. Frankly, I'm surprised that Stewart put this guy on his show, knowing that he was going to say complimentary things about this war and the U.S. I'm glad he did though. Stewart's audience needs a dose of reality. And who better to give it to them than an Iraqi who was involved from the inside?

Anyway, Kudos to Jon Stewart for giving the General airtime to tell his story. And I am going to buy this book to read the full story. I'll let you all know how it is. Read the article that I link to above in the meantime.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Go out, have fun, and drink whatever green beverage you drink on this day. Dress up like this drunk idiot, if you feel inclined to do so. And don't forget the corned beef.

What the hell is corned beef, anyway? Exactly how does one corn beef? When did corn become a verb? Can you corn other meats? Corned chicken, perhaps? Corned pork?

Hmm...

Vile Parents Breed Vile Offspring

Okay, here's one for ya.

A guy makes some Anaheim gang members mad. They kidnap the guy's 23 year old girlfriend. The seven gang members and 3 female associates proceed to gang rape this poor girl (to "teach her boyfriend a lesson") over a 7 hour period of time. The Anaheim police chief called it "one of the worst rapes I've seen in my 35 years of experience". Forced oral copulation, forcibly using objects, forcible rape, and false imprisonment were among some of the charges.

Here's the kicker. One of the rapists (18 year old Martin Carlos Delgado) even had his mom there to watch. 38 year old Connie Herrera Retana was there the whole time, encouraging her son to carry out this awful crime. Nothing makes a gang rape more fun than having your mom looking over your shoulder in approval!

You'll have to read the story (link provided above) for all the details.

I'd like to say I'm shocked that a parent could witness something like this and actually participate. But I'm not shocked. I'm sadly aware that this world is full of sick people like this. I'm assuming that this wasn't the traditional family unit that I grew up with. I notice that the mom has a different last name than the boy, and I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the dad probably doesn't have much to do with this kid. This mother obviously has no regard for her child, or herself for that matter. She failed miserably in her role as a mother. Actually, I think I'll refer to her as a "breeder" rather than a mother. I can't see any behavior displayed that would even loosely be considered "mother-like".

It sickens me that people like this breed and pollute the rest of the world with their shitty genes. Look at the kind of legacy her and her child are leaving for the world. Vile people breed vile offspring.

I wish people would have to take some sort of test before they were allowed to have babies. Background check maybe? Perhaps a simple intelligence test? Maybe one of the questions could be:
- If your son wants to gang rape an innocent woman, do you:
A) Call the police
B) Grab your dumbass kid by the ear and enroll him in boot camp
C) Ignore him, and continue having unprotected sex with random men or
D) Cheer him on, encourage it, and watch the crime as it happens

People disgust me. That is all.

Criminals Are Idiots

When you read this story, it will become painfully obvious why some people end up being criminals. I think it's simply because they're just too damned stupid to do anything else (and this one is so stupid he even fails at being a thug). It's no wonder why they're in jail or on their way there. I just wish our wussy criminal justice system could do more to keep them there.

The short story is that this idiot (Jerome Nez) got arrested for carjacking. He was released because the witness/victim refused to testify. Within minutes of him being released on those charges, he carjacks another person's Jeep at a gas station across the street from the jail.

It gets better. There's a 4 year old child in the car at the time. And if that's not enough, the parents of the 4 year old child are a Sheriff's deputy and a bail bondsman (does that seem like a conflict of interests, or is it just me?). Anyway, they end up shooting at the guy after the 4 year old jumps out and the guy ends up crashing. He's subsequently arrested and put back in the slammer.

I'm not sure they were justified in shooting, as this was a crime against property and there was no lethal threat once he was driving away. But that will be up to the investigators to decide.

My question is this: HOW STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE??? What makes a person walk out of a jail and commit another crime within minutes of being released?

THAT should tell you how lax and easy our jails are. I've said it before. Our jails and prisons are a joke and criminals know it. It's obviously not that bad of a punishment if a guy has that little fear of getting thrown back in there. If our jails were so bad, they would do everything they could to stay out of there. As it is now, criminals laugh at the system. They know that they won't be kept inside because of legal loopholes, early release, etc. And even if they don't get released, it's not that bad in there anyway.

We've got whiny, crybaby activists in the U.S. who think our system is so "cruel". I disagree. I think our jails and prisons need to be far worse and drastically less accommodating than they are. I guarantee you, a thief in the Middle East would not get out of jail and go right across the street and commit another crime. You want to know why? Because the authorities would have cut their hands off or killed them!

I'm not saying we need to be barbaric or start mutilating people like they do over there, but we definitely need to get away from pampering our prisoners. It's PUNISHMENT. They shouldn't get TV, weights, vocational training, etc like they do now. They should be locked up in a cold cell and be given the minimum sustenance needed to survive. Why give them more, so they can make themselves stronger (and a threat to the other prisoners)? When they get out, they should be frail and weak so they will have a harder time victimizing others.

My other idea is that we make prisoners work hard labor. Have them on a chain gang or something. Use their labor to generate revenue for the state for all I care. Just punish them somehow.

At the very least, we need to make it a little more uncomfortable for them. And maybe it will serve as more of a deterrent, so idiots like Jerome Nez won't be so quick to get out and re-offend.

"Woke up this mornin'...got myself a gun..."

After an excruciatingly long delay, the Sopranos are back! Oh how I've missed it. Hearing that song in the beginning is a great sound.

It's been so damn long that I've forgotten what the heck is going on in the show though. That pisses me off when they take so long between seasons. Should there really be YEARS between seasons of a show?? Those bastards.

I'm thinking there will be some crazy stuff happening on this season, simply because it's supposed to be the last. I'd say the first episode last night was a good start. If that's any indication of how the season is going to be, I'd say it should be pretty good. We shall see.

My Prediction: There Will Be No Riots

A small college newspaper in Saskatchewan (The Sheaf) recently published a cartoon depicting Jesus giving a pig a b.j. You may or may not have heard about it, but I've got several comments about this.

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1. Why isn't this a big news story? When the cartoon depicting Mohammed with a bomb on his head came out, the WORLD was outraged. Muslim fanatics rioted. People died. Embassies were burned down. Apologists made excuses and tried to pacify the Muslims. Etc, etc, etc. (see: previous rant)

2. I'm glad this isn't a big news story. That's the way it should be. Who cares if some jackass wants to publish an offensive cartoon? I think it's trash and that it's vastly more offensive than the Mohammed cartoon, but I don't have to look at it, so who cares? Why give them the attention? If the news reported every offensive gesture, or inflammatory statement, the daily newspaper would be 6 inches thick. We already know that there are hateful idiots all over the world. This isn't news.

3. I also take notice of the fact that offended Christians are NOT rioting and killing people in the streets. See the difference, you crazy Muslim fanatic freaks?? You CAN be offended and not resort to violence! Imagine that!

4. The Sheaf chose not to publish the Mohammed cartoons "out of respect for Islam", but they publish crap like this Jesus cartoon? Does that mean that they do respect Islam, but they don't respect Christianity? Or is it that they're just scared of Muslims because of the violent, bloodthirsty lunatic factor? (i.e., TERRORISM)

Who knows? Pay attention to how this one unfolds though. I'm curious to see what happens (if anything). I do predict that there will be NO rioting and killing in the streets by Christians.

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Attention: Apologists (Warning - graphic content)

I'm sorry to post such graphic links here, but I think all protestors against the U.S. and other assorted apologists should be forced to watch these videos. I challenge anybody who watches these video clips to justify these savage people's actions to me. These are the kinds of people we're fighting in this war on terror. These are the kinds of people that CU professor Ward Churchill and Overland High School teacher Jay Bennish make excuses for.

I'm going to warn you again that these are pretty graphic, but I think it's necessary to see them because it's the only way you'll know the extent of the hate these people exhibit. This is the only way you'll know how much we need to win this fight against these radical savages who wish to do all non-Muslims harm. Be sure to have your sound turned on so you can hear what it sounds like. This kind of stuff cannot be sugar coated and filtered. It's important to understand the brutality of it all. This happens all the time over there. It is nothing new. (these are from 2004) We can't lose sight of the horrific actions of the group we're fighting. THESE are the bad guys - NOT the U.S.A.

VIDEO: Eugene Armstrong - American kidnapped in Baghdad by Al Qaida

VIDEO: Shosei Koda - A Japanese drifter kidnapped in Iraq by Al Qaida

Do a Google search on their names if you want to read their stories. There are plenty more of these on the internet, if one really wanted to see more. This is a common occurence in their world, there are many that are not captured on film for us to see. I frankly can't watch much of this, as it is one of the most appalling things I've ever seen. These are human beings. Living, breathing human beings. Someone's brother, son, dad or uncle. I post these with all due respect to the families of these people. My only intent is to offer some perspective for those who bash the U.S.A. for going after these terrorists/insurgents/shitbags.

Every one of us should be supporting our brave soldiers and saying a prayer for them, for sure (as well as the families of these civilians).

Cindy Sheehan Is So Hot

She just got arrested again for laying across the steps of the U.N. Mission to the United Nations and refusing to leave. She was arrested for criminal trespass and resisting arrest. Way to go, Cindy. You're so hot.

Apparently, she was invited in to discuss her issues and refused. She chose to lay down like a 2 year old and throw a tantrum instead. Go figure.

Richard Grenell, the spokesman for the U.S. Mission, said in response to Sheehan's arrest: "We invited her in to discuss her concerns with a U.S. Mission employee. She chose not to come in but to lay down in front of the building and block the entrance. It was clearly designed to be a media stunt, not aimed at rational discussion," Grenell said. (from breitbart.com)

"We were absolutely willing to meet with them," said Richard Grenell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Mission. "When the group showed up, we told them that an individual or small group of individuals could come up. . . . I came down and invited them in. But they weren't interested in coming in and having a rational discussion. They wanted a media event downstairs for the cameras." (from the Village Voice)

She's becoming quite the criminal these days. I bet she's actually proud of her arrest record. Too bad they're not felonies. That would be sweet. If nothing else, if she got locked up, we wouldn't have to see photographic representations of her anymore. Damn, she's nasty.

I always notice that she's usually smirking the entire time she's being arrested too. Until the news cameras start rolling. Then, she conjures up some tears to make people think she's a "grieving mother" instead of the radical political jagoff/attention whore that she really is.

Allah Wants You To Run Over Innocent Students With Your Car

By now, I'm sure you've all heard about the moron that ran down 9 people at the University Of North Carolina this past Friday with his SUV (follow-up story).

He told investigators that he did it to "avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world". At his hearing today, he told the court that he was "thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah".

So let me see if I understand this correctly. Allah wants nuts like this to arbitrarily run over innocent human beings? That is his "will"? What a cool religion. I can see why so many people across the globe subscribe to Allah's teachings. You get the freedom to kill random people, and you do so under the name of religion. In addition, if I (as a Muslim) am killed in the process, I get 72 virgins in heaven? What a sweet deal! All praise be to Allah!

For one thing, how is this idiot "avenging the deaths of Muslims" by trying to kill college students? I'm sure these people that were hurt last Friday had nothing to do with killing any Muslims. I'm just making an assumption here though. Furthermore, most college kids these days are more sympathetic to batshit-crazy Muslims like this guy than they are to our own country. So it really makes no sense at all to attack them.


Speaking of being sympathetic to these radical Muslims...when are Americans going to wake up and understand that this is how they view us (as targets)? I say US because they don't differentiate between liberals and conservatives, supporters and opposers when they're targeting Americans.

You can protest all you want. You can demonize the U.S.A. all you want. You can send flowers to Muslims all over the world if you'd really like to. It won't change a thing. They will cut your head off, blow you up, run over you at the first chance they get. You can explain to them how much you love them and how you love peace, and how much you hate the free country in which you live. They'll STILL murder you without blinking an eye. You can't reason with the unreasonable.

(by the way, look at the smirk on this bastard's face in the picture getting into the car [above]. What a guy, huh? It's SO funny when you run over people in a courtyard, isn't it?)

Wise up, people. Show some solidarity with your American people for once. Quit trying to be politically correct and sympathizing with every fringe group in the world. The world is not ever going to be the utopia that you think it should be. There are people out there that wish to kill us all (and yes, that includes YOU). That's just a fact of life. It's unfortunate, but it's just the way it is.

Maybe if we all stuck together as Americans, we would have an easier time beating these evildoers. It sure beats fighting amongst ourselves and weakening our great nation for partisan political reasons.

People Will Buy Anything

I've got two words for you. Truck Nutz.

Someone came up with the idea to sell balls for your truck. I guess the idea is to hang them off of your towing hitch. Is this cool? Am I missing something? Do we want to distinguish our male trucks from our female trucks? If so...why?



Maybe I'll come up with something for the female trucks out there. Truck Snatch? Truck Beaver? Truck Tits? I could be on to something here. If people are stupid enough to buy Truck Nutz, I don't see why they wouldn't buy Truck Tits.

I don't know why people feel the need to decorate their cars in the first place. Bumper stickers, silly heads on your antenna, Calvin and Hobbes peeing on things, stickers of the Virgin Mary and/or your name (or the Mexican city you're from) in old English calligraphy on your back window, Tweety Bird, Taz, etc. I really don't need to know your political affiliation, where your kid "excels at school", that your brother is a transexual, or that you're a Catholic named "Gallegos" from Chihuahua. I figured that last one out on my own. Maybe it was the fact that you're driving a 1982 Honda with bubbled window tint, no rearview mirrors, a trunk lid that's duct taped closed, with 4 doors from 4 different cars (all different colors), dragging your muffler, carrying 6 passengers, sporting the perpetual temp tag in the window, all while driving 45mph in the fast lane during rush hour. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I kind of just assume you're not from 'round these parts when I see that.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic here. All I wanted to say was that I'm never amazed at the amount of useless crap Americans buy. Which brings me full circle back to the Truck Nutz.

Maybe I'm just annoyed that I didn't think of it first. Apparently, they're selling. Which means that someone's making money off of the idiots that buy them. Who would have thought?