A Response to Lemony Snicket and his Thirteen Observations about Occupy Wall Street

1. No one was ever successful without hard work, so it is logical to assume that the two are somehow linked. After all, when was the last time you met a millionaire who gained their success as a direct result of their laziness? Even an inheritance had to be earned at some point by someone’s ancestor.
2. If “fortune” only has one definition, then fortune cookies are filled with money and luck. No? Well then perhaps the word “fortune” DOES have more than one definition.
3. Money IS like a child… those who are irresponsible & lazy are likely to lose either or both of them.
4. Those who demand cake, are just like those who demand money – they are both ignorant concerning that which makes one healthy & truly happy in life.
5. Anyone who steals ingredients and forces someone else to bake them a cake in a borrowed oven, probably finds it very reasonable to share that cake with others. However, in reality, they will just tell others to steal, enslave and borrow on their own. By the way, what is this obsession with cake??
6. Nobody wants to fall into a safety net because nets are designed to entrap and confine. However, a hammock is just lovely in the springtime.
7. Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. It is just a feeling. Now get off your butt and go get yourself a glass of water!
8. Don’t waste your time asking people if something is fair or not. Life is not fair. Just ask Jesus about it sometime.
9. People gathering in the streets with no other cause except for feeling wronged, tend to become violent. Don’t take my word for it; just ask the French, the Romanovs, the Jews…
10. The idea that people inside of impressive buildings should solve all our problems, is the idea which the Founding Fathers rebelled against!
11. Historically, people standing outside of impressive buildings shouting… have WAY too much time on their hands. By the way, first it was cake and now it is impressive buildings. What is the deal with this guy’s fixations anyway?
12. If you have a large crowd shouting outside your building… it might be Mardi Gras! Oh yeah, it must be Mardi Gras… that hippie just flashed her boobs on TV!
13. If 99 percent of people do not have a roof over their heads, food on their tables, or the occasional slice of cake for dessert (again with the cake??); perhaps they are in Russia or China but that has never happened in America. Give me a break. 99% of Americans are NOT being represented by OWS, so stop claiming it.
Leave Wall Street, take a shower, get a job and vote. THAT is what the 53% do, and we wish that the rest of the population would give it a try.

To read the original list by Lemony Snicket, please follow this link:

http://occupywriters.com/by-lemony-snicket

The Cult of Deceit: a.k.a. - The Democrat Party

It is really sad to see Democrats in Washington calling for hearings and prison sentences for Bush Administration officials over water boarding. Especially when almost all of them were aware of the programs, and approved at the time. In fact, in the clip below you will hear Chuck Schumer calling for full blown torture to insure the protection of our citizens. The professionals at Gitmo decided NOT to follow Chuckie's advice. Instead of doing "whatever you have to do", they chose to water board the Al Queda agents in order to gain the information needed to prevent the planned attack against Los Angeles.

I think it is time to refer to the Democrat Party as the Cult of Deceit. Lying has become their default tactic in almost all situations. Truly a sad situation.



In the following video, John Stewart points out the lying and hypocracy of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. You know it is bad when the Congressional Dems can no longer count on support from John Stewart!

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More "Smart Power" from BHO!

"Hey Mr. President, i have a great idea. Let's fly Air Force One over Manhattan, and take pictures of it."
"Uh... that's brilliant! Make sure you fly low and slow, uhhhh and just keep circling over and over. Uhhhhh, maybe we should have some military jets follow behind the plane too. Uhhhh, and make sure that it is a secret."
"No problem Mr. President! We will get right on it!"

What could go wrong? What could possibly go wrong with this wonderful plan? A huge 747 flys very, very low over the buildings of Manhattan while being chased by military jets... what could possibly go wrong? To make things even better, the public will be kept in the dark and the local authorities will not be authorized to comment on the situation because it is a classified secret. So if anyone does freak out and call the police, they will have no freakin' idea what is going on either... this is just brilliant!!
Check out the video to see what happened:


In case you think i am inappropriately blaming the Obama Administration, read this exerpt from the Washington Times:

White House Military Office Director Louis Caldera issued a brief statement saying he was too blame.

"Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision," he said. "While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, its clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused."

The panic started Monday morning when a backup 747 known as Air Force One when the president is aboard flew by Lower Manhattan with a U.S. fighter jet closely following, rattling windows and causing some limited evacuations.

Over the course of a half-hour starting at 10 a.m, the plane flew low over the city and near the Statue of Liberty.

Obama is just lucky that no one was hurt during this stupid stunt. It is quite remarkable when you think about how many people were running in the streets and totally freaking out with flashbacks to 9/11. No heart attacks or stampeding... he got really lucky this time.

Swine Flu & Gun Control – compare & contrast

There are over 40 cases (so far) of swine flu here in the United States, all of which originated in Mexico. They have shutdown schools here in Texas and in New York. The government is suggesting that all “non-essential travel” to Mexico be cancelled. They are also advising that people stay in their homes and avoid crowds as much as possible. Over 100 have already died in Mexico, and hundreds more are possibly infected.
When liberals heard that 90% of all guns used to commit crimes in Mexico, were smuggled into Mexico from the USA, they immediately called for stronger gun control laws. Even after that figured is proven to be completely false, they still say that we need stronger gun control here… for the sake of Mexico. Now that we have PROVEN cases of a deadly infection which originated in Mexico, where are the liberals? Why aren’t they demanding tougher customs laws to protect our citizens? Why aren’t they calling for tougher immigration laws? Why aren’t they demanding we build a wall along the border to protect our citizens from deadly Mexican diseases? The truth is that those liberals already had their agenda, and they were just looking for a situation to exploit. It wasn’t really about protecting poor people in Mexico. Now that there is a situation which is threatening American lives, it is not of major concern because it does not fit their agenda. In fact, this situation is in opposition to their agenda of open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens. No, we are happy to restrict our freedom and our lives in order to fight the spread of this disease. Restricting the free (and illegal) flow of traffic across the border is considered outrageous, mean-spirited, and unnecessary. Besides, if we do have a full blown outbreak of one form or another, you can always go to your local hospital for vaccines and emergency health care. Unless you live in a border state where many hospitals are closing their doors because illegal aliens use their services and never pay their bills. In those places, you will have to fend for yourself.
I wonder if we can use the bricks from those bankrupt hospitals to build a wall along the border.

What happens when you buy your kids a Mac??

You have to watch this video to the very end to understand the title of this post. It is hilarious!
These kids actually thought they were in control. They actually thought they were doing something positive for NYU. It turns out that the leader (the idiot with the camera) isn't even a student at NYU. He probably lead to the expulsion of dozens of students... and then quietly went back to his own school. This is typical liberalism - get a bunch of people to pay the price for your own stupid ideas.
I weep for the future of our country if idiots like this are allowed to take over... oh wait, we already elected Obama... too late!

Socialism is wrong!

This is a recent post from a friend of mine. I do not have his permission to publish his name, so he will remain nameless for now.

Every nation state today has a tax system that redistributes peoples’ income and assets to some degree, which generally means the State takes money from those who are wealthier and redistributes that money to those who are less wealthy. This kind of tax system is most strongly advocated by the political left. What most people, especially those on the left, don't understand is that this system of taxation is not morally legitimate. If an individual legitimately owns something, then they are entitled to keep or dispose of it as they see fit, no matter how poor others are. It is commonly argued that the State has the right to take at least some of wealthier peoples’ earnings to help those who are truly suffering, particularly when children are involved. Yet the State does not have this right because this activity is tantamount to forcing wealthier people to work a portion of their lives for the sake of others; they are forced to give up a portion of the fruits of their own labor. Therefore, redistributive taxation is morally wrong because it violates the principal that one is entitled to fruits of his or her own labor. To deprive a person of a portion of the fruits of his or her labor for redistribution to others is to force that person to labor for the welfare of others, which violates a deep right of ownership of one’s own self and body. Therefore, most people have two contradictory moral views, namely the view that forced labor is wrong and the view that the State has the right to take away peoples’ earnings for redistribution to others. We intuitively understand that forcing someone to work on behalf of others is wrong because it is treating a human being as merely a means to another’s welfare. This is precisely why we view slavery as immoral. It is not really the harshness of the kind of work a slave carries out that makes slavery morally wrong. We would of course still condemn slavery even if the slave work was entirely pleasant. What makes slavery wrong in our minds is our understanding that slavery treats human beings as mere means to the interests of others. Forced labor, such as is necessitated by redistributive taxation, is like slavery in that it treats humans as mere means.

I borrowed some material from a chapter in “What’s Wrong? Applied Ethicists and Their Critics” edited by David Boonin and Graham Oddie.

I thought of writing this in my own words, but this was too good not to repost. There isn't much more to add to this except to say, "I agree".

In addition to this information, i will say that helping those in need is really not the role of the government. That is the role of individuals and society, not government. The best form of government is one that protects the individuals rights and liberties. The government can "encourage" generosity through tax breaks and such, but mandating benevolence is over-reaching. If someone in need receives a government check from a government employee, then that recipient is beholden to the State. The government employee distributing the check has no real motivation to help the needy. It is simply their job, and so they have no interest in the individual recipient. Their are only interested in their own paycheck. Most of the time the recipient does not feel any sense of responsibility to anyone or anything, but instead cultivates a sense of entitlement. This sense of entitlement leads to a perpetuation of handouts, since the recipient does not feel the need to pay back what they have been given. If there is no obligation to pay back, then there is no motivation to earn anything. So the cycle of distribution is re-enforced by the demand of the recipient, and the demand upon the supplier (the taxpayer). Indeed, the government employee has no desire for the recipient to become independent. Such independence would reduce the need for distribution of wealth, and the employee might find themselves without a job. The same can be said for the employees at the IRS, and even the politicians who now have a marketable "success" story. If they can not show how they are helping these poor souls, then how will they stay in office? The quickest way to the ballot box is through the emotions of the well intentioned voters.
What if these same poor and needy individuals received support from generous volunteers? How does this change the dynamic?
First, the individual actually chooses to give their money - the tangible symbol of their life's efforts - to the organization or ministry. Already we have shifted away from the "slave labor" mentioned above, to something much more personal and even precious to the giver. The money goes into the hands of an organization which is actually motivated by a desire to help people in need, instead of a faceless government only motivated by mandates & laws. Unlike the government this group views this money as a precious resource, and they know that every penny can make a difference. They work hard to eliminate waste, and they proudly boast to their supporters how much of every dollar makes' it's way into the hands of those in need. Can this be said for ANY government program? Does anyone actually want to debate the issue that there is no more wasteful program than a government program? Non-profit, ministry groups are NOT filled with workers who argue over time-off & pay raises. They are not seen organizing a strike outside the massive headquarters of their particular organization. They do not go on destructive rampages, and murder their co-workers (or former co-workers). They are motivated by the end goals of helping those in need, and/or ending some form of injustice, poverty, sickness or hardship. They have a vested interest in seeing the numbers of those they help, decline! They have the hope that someday their "job" will no longer be required.
This is why they will see success in a critical area, which seems elusive to the government organizations... growth in independence! Anyone who has worked with the homeless will tell you that it takes years of dedication and investment to see one individual "succeed". Any one of them can tell you multiple heartbreaking stories of those that have been lost forever to the homeless lifestyle. But they will console themselves by telling you at least one success story, which they witnessed. They will also tell you about the support that their co-workers have given them during difficult "cases". This genuine dedication from the heart, this motivation to see homelessness eradicated cannot be artificially generated through Socialism. Without it, the extraordinary measures necessary to rescue someone from the homeless cycle... are missing. Government workers will not spend all night with someone who is suffering through withdraw symptoms. They will not work on their own time, to hunt through the streets for someone who did not check-in to the shelter on a very cold night.
When someone goes through that extra effort on your behalf, there is a sense of debt felt by the recipient. Not a debt that leads to a slave mentality, but a debt of gratitude. A sense that much has been given to them, and therfore they must do much in return. When you talk with a formerly homeless person, 99.99% of them will tell you of the individuals who sacrificed for them. I have never heard one describe the government programs which "made all the difference" in their lives. I have had people invest their time, efforts and lives on my behalf. I know how it made me feel, and how it changed my life. Ask yourself... have you? Has there been someone in your life that made a difference? Maybe it was your parents or grandparents. A sibling or other relative, who took extra time to help you in some way. Maybe it was a teacher, coach or friend. Isn't there someone who helped you in your life? If you honestly look at the growth in your life, you will most likely find a person connected to that growth. It was personal, for you and for them. How can government replace that? I am sure that there are plenty of government workers with good hearts and great intentions. I am certain that some government employees make a difference in people's lives too. Over the whole, I can promise you that the real "change agents" are not on the government payroll. Think of it this way: How many teachers did you have in your experience in public schools? How many were good teachers that truly affected your life vs. how many just did their jobs? You may have learned information, but how many really changed your life?
If you still believe that Socialism is so great, I encourage you to visit your local Post Office or DOT. Do those people really show you how much they care about your letters? How much do they really care about your passport applications? Your Driver's License? Do they care that your hair is out of place and you look like an idiot? Do they care that your ID is about to display the worst photo of you for the next few years? How do they treat you? Now imagine that you are there for food or shelter. You are there to feed your family. You are there because your child is sick and you need help. Do you really want those people to help you? How do you feel about yourself when you are waiting in line?
Socialism is unfortunately on the rise in America. There have always been aspects of it in our society, but it has always taken a back seat to Capitalism and Freedom. I hope that as long as I am alive, Socialism will remain a homeless wandering vagabond on the streets of America.

Video of 2004 Hearings on Fannie and Freddie!!

You will not believe this video showing excerpts from the 2004 Congressional hearings on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac! The video speaks for itself.



Even Bill Clinton has admitted that deregulation was NOT the cause of the economic crisis. Check out this quote from a recent interview with the former President (emphasis mine):

In BusinessWeek.com, Maria Bartiromo reports that she asked the former President last week whether he regretted signing that legislation. Mr. Clinton's reply: "No, because it wasn't a complete deregulation at all. We still have heavy regulations and insurance on bank deposits, requirements on banks for capital and for disclosure. I thought at the time that it might lead to more stable investments and a reduced pressure on Wall Street to produce quarterly profits that were always bigger than the previous quarter.

"But I have really thought about this a lot. I don't see that signing that bill had anything to do with the current crisis. Indeed, one of the things that has helped stabilize the current situation as much as it has is the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, which was much smoother than it would have been if I hadn't signed that bill."

Here is more from another recent interview with President Clinton (emphasis mine):

Clinton, however, said that Democrats weren’t entirely blameless, stating that they should have highlighted problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and “tried more aggressively to regulate derivatives.”

He also acknowledged that there was possible danger in his administration’s policy of pressing Fannie Mae, the mortgage company, to lower its credit standards for lower- and middle-income families seeking homes.

Excellent Videos on Economic Crisis!

These are great videos, which sum up much of what i have been talking about with friends & co-workers. They move really fast, so you may need to pause or replay sections to get all the details.



Here is another great video on the truth:

The inevitable destination of the modern Democrat!

Someone told me the other day that Crazy Cynthia McKinney was back, and this time she is running for President! Oh how i love this complete loon! She is so nuts that even the current leaders of the Democrat party, the very people who praised her for her bravery and intelligence, have turned their backs on her. The problem is the Cynthia is a true believer. Cynthia swallowed the Democrat crap for years, and she personifies the results of that intellectually empty diet.
This is still one of my favorite clips of the deranged former Congresswoman:


This is a more recent clip of Cynthia on the campaign trail:


How in the world do you hide 5,000 bodies at one time in the swamps of Louisiana? Also, why would you murder 5,000... and before you drop their bodies in the swamp to "hide" them... why would you "process" them and enter data on each body into a "computer" at the pentagon?? Who would be stupid enough to keep detailed records of a cover-up? Cynthia is a complete moron. The inevitable result from absorbing years of liberal nonsense.

Another Joe Biden lie!

These are the words of Joe Biden on September 22nd, speaking in front of The National Guard Association:

"If you want to know where Al Qaeda lives, you want to know where Bin Laden is, come back to Afghanistan with me," Biden said. "Come back to the area where my helicopter was forced down, with a three-star general and three senators at 10,500 feet in the middle of those mountains. I can tell you where they are."
Biden said that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., "says he’ll follow them to the gates of hell. You don’t have to go to hell. Just go to Pakistan. Just go to that area. That superhighway of terror that exists between Afghanistan and Pakistan."

And again on September 10 at a Lincoln Park fundraising event in Chicago:

Biden said he would ask Palin about "The superhighway of terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced down...John McCain wants to know where Bin Laden and the gates of Hell are? I can tell him where. That's where Al Qaeda is. That's where Bin Laden is. It's not in the country of Iraq."

From these comments it sounds like Biden came under fire or that Al Queda used some means of force agaisnt his chopper. In those sentences he is linking Al Queda, the war on terror, McCain's pledge to get Osama, and his chopper. So what else would any reasonable personal conclude except that the chopper was forced down by some kind of hostile action?? How about snow instead of bullets?

Here is the account according to John Kerry:

"The weather closed in on us," Kerry told the AP at the time in a phone interview from Turkey. "It went pretty blind, pretty fast and we were around some pretty dangerous ridges. So the pilot exercised his judgment that we were better off putting down there, and we all agreed...We sat up there and traded stories."

Kerry joked, "We were going to send Biden out to fight the Taliban with snowballs, but we didn't have to do it…Other than getting a little cold, it was fine."

There you have it folks. Joltin' Joe throwing snowballs at the Taliban while the rest of the passengers sit back and wait out the storm.
So where is the media outrage on this one? This is just as misleading as Hillary's lie that she was under sniper fire in Bosnia. Also, it now appears we have a simple way to determine the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden... snow!

Rosie O'donnell exposed!

I can't believe this happened!!
Apparently the professional handlers for Rosie fell asleep on the job, and let her actually say what she thinks!! Isn't this crap the same stuff that killed her last job?? Here is the clip that almost makes me wish i watched The View... almost.



Obviously i used the video provided by NewsBusters.com. I will comment on this more tomorrow.

UPDATE:

First of all i must apologize for the title of my post. When i read it this morning i almost threw-up. Then i realized that i was not posting a video of Rosie naked, but one where she tells the truth about what she thinks.

Lets deal with the obvious first... Christians have not been respondsible for this kind of global murder and terror in history. Of course, the first thing my liberal friends will say is "what about the Crusades?" The Crusades ended before 1350... that was over 600 years ago!! They haven't been repeated since then, and no one wants to repeat them now. Besides, muslims killed many more people in the name of Allah during those years than the Crusaders ever could. Do not forget that the 2nd worst butchery this world has ever seen was at the hands of Amir Timur (or Tamerlane) who came to power immediately following the Crusades. He ranks at #2 behind Hitler and just in front of Saddam, who both used modern technologies to kill more people. It is amazing that Timur was able to slaughter so many people only using horses, swords and soldiers. For 500 years Timur was the #1 mass murderer in history, and all so he could establish the first caliphate! Whenever he conquerored a city, he would pile the skulls of the men, women and children he slaughtered into pyramids outside the cities as a warning. It wasn't a warning to the city since all of the inhabitants were usually killed and the city was burned to the ground... it was a warning to anyone who came upon the city later. He would sow salt into the surrounding fields so that noone could ever reestablish a community in areas that resisted him. Many tried to appease him with tributes and treaties, but many times he invaded, conquerored and destroyed them anyway. One particular tactic used exclusively by Amir Timur was the murder of pregnant women. His soldiers were instructed to cut open the womb and kill the unborn first, so the mother had to watch her child die before her own death. Still think the Crusaders were the most evil religious fanatics in history? Think i'm lying? Do a quick Google.com search for Amir Timur and read it yourself.


I have never met anyone in my life who actually remembers being a part of the Crusades, and i bet you haven't either... so lets try to stay within the modern age.

So what are some examples of modern "radical Christianity"? Some try to claim that the KKK are/were "radical Christians". This is not a good example for the pro-jihadist argument, since the KKK never even equaled 1% of the total Christian population in America. Also, there are plenty of examples of top Christian leaders, pastors, priests, clergy, elders, laymen, politicians,...etc. who spoke out openly and loudly agaisnt the KKK. Some supported the KKK, but they pale in comparison to the global support for terrorists by islamic leaders. Again, do a little research and you can find videos of thousands of muslims chanting "death to America" and "kill all the Jews" and "Allah is great". At best, you can find old photos and films of maybe 100 people (who knows if they are Christians or not) who supported the KKK.

Others have mentioned abortion clinic bombers as examples of "radical Christians", but this is also a very bad argument for the pro-jihadists. Abortion bombers are always openly rejected and denounced by Christian leaders. I have never heard a prominent Christian leader speak in support of bombing a clinic or targeting abortionists. Where are the donations to the families of clinic bombers? Where are the pledges by prominent Christian leaders to give thousands of dollars to the families of abortion bombers? Where are the shrines commemorating clinic bombers?

No, the truth is that Rosie herself identified who she meant when she said "radical Christians". In reply to the comment that Christians are not bombing ourselves, Rosie responded by saying, "No, but we are bombing innocent people in other countries... true or false?" So she is linking the actions of our government with "radical Christians"?? She is basically saying that America is currently being run by "radical Christians"... so she is talking about President Bush and his administration. This amazing attack by Rosie is easier to understand when you realize that she puts homosexuality above all else. This administration has called for a Constitutional Ammendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman. This is something that radical homosexuals like Rosie cannot allow. Therefore she believes that the Bush Administration is just as threatening to her way of life as radical islamic terrorists. Rosie is insane! Again, do a little research and you will find that Iran (and other islamic states) execute homosexuals routinely. You will also find that homosexuals are lynched, stoned, shot and beheaded by muslim mobs who are goaded into vigilantism by muslim clerics.

If you are really interested in knowing more about this, you can read these exceprts from a "politically incorrect" (and yet very accurate) book about islam.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/Printable.asp?ID=5704

So on the homosexual issue alone, i am suprised that Rosie is making her claim about Christianity vs. islam. When you factor in all of the other issues like terror attacks, beheadings, brainwashing children to become terrorists,... etc.; it appears that Rosie has no capacity for logical reasoning at all!

ShooterTX

Olbermann politicizes 9/11

This has to be one of his most deplorable moments. I cobbled together a quick video yesterday, so i will let the video speak for itself.

KO is at it again!

The other day i watched the latest Keith Olbermann rant for higher ratings. How crazy can this guy get? He basically claims that the president attacked reporters and journalists by linking them with Al Queda terrorists. What a joke! I read the entire speech, and there is nothing of the sort in there. The President did quote a terrorist letter which described using a media campaign to try to turn public opinion against the administration, but it was a quote from the terrorists... not some conjecture on the part of the President. Also, it was an internal letter stating that Al Queda needed to start a "media campaign"... not to call up their cohorts at the New York Times and MSNBC to spread jihadi propoganda! The President never claimed any linkage between the media campaign and "The Media" or "The Mainstream Media" or liberals or Al Franken or anything of the sort. Olbermann just made all of this up.

Anyway, i edited together another video response. It is good practice, if nothing else and it also gets the liberals over at YouTube all in a tif.

ShooterTX

Video Response to Countdown

I decided to make a vblog entry as a response to the Countdown segment. Here it is:



ShooterTX

Olbermann drinks the Kool-Aid

I recently viewed the clip from Countdown with Keith Olbermann where he responded to a speech given by SOD Rumsfeld. Wow! Keith is just plain crazy!!
How on earth does he think that this administration is anything like the appeasement group under the leadership of chamberlain?? I will have to try my hand at a vidpost today, if I can get the technology to work for me. For now I will just have to say that the supposed logic of Keith Olbermann can be summed up in one word: Bizarre!
Watch the video for yourself, if you dare. As Glenn Beck might say, this is a duct tape moment.

ShooterTX

Opening Shots!

Welcome all!

I have decided to create a blog to air my grievances with the world at large, and to post info that I deem important... Oh wait... That is basically the definition of a blog... Crap! I wanted to do something unique and different... Oh crap, that has been done too!!

Oh well.
Since I am just getting started here, I will address a topic that everyone else in the blogosphere has already ranted about... The War in Iraq. I am not going to address whither or not it is a just war or if we should have started the war in the first place, since those are moot points at best. The issue is should we stay the course or get out. THAT is reality and so I will address what is real instead of creating a time machine and addressing the past. I think we should stay the course, and my reasons couldn't be better articulated than by saying two words: Lebanon and Hezbollah (or Hizbollah or Ebola... whatever).

The recent conflict between Hezbollah (a.k.a. the terrorists) and Israel (a.k.a. our allies) gives the perfect example of what happens when you pull out of a conflict before defeating your enemy. Everyone in the free world (a.k.a. the reality world) acknowledges that this conflict was started by the terrorists, and that Israel attacked and invaded southern Lebanon to crush the terrorists. What is truly strange is that Israel listened to the terrorist sympathizers and pulled out of Lebanon before the job was done. The result has been a "victory" for the terrorists, and celebrations by all of their supporters (a.k.a. the muslims). This is a perfect example of why we cannot listen to Cindy Shreaker, Ted "Boozer" Kennedy, John F-in Kerry and the rest of the idiot left wingers. If we pull out of Iraq before the job is done, the results will be devastating! The terrorists will celebrate their amazing victory over "the Great Satan", and they will be emboldened to strike without worry of provocation or retaliation.

So we should thank Israel for it's biggest blunder in the new millennium, for they have shown us a clear picture of what "cut and run" will mean for America and the free world.

Stay on target,
ShooterTX