Turkey Day

On the

Rott

, Misha, the Empress, and the gang are mulling over what they're thankful for.

Here's my list:

-I'm here in the good ol' USofA, where I can go to church without fear of being killed or beaten within an inch of my life.
-I came out of the accident I was in in March alive, and able to walk, drive, work, and have children.
-A wonderful boyfriend that I love to death, and that loves me.
-A great family that loves me, and (as much as they drive me crazy at times), that I love.
-The extended family that is my church, especially my pastor's little ones.
-My online friends, as weird as some of them may be.
-My best friend Barb, who encouraged me to join the military, and gets me out of the house once in a while.
-Having a job, and my physical needs being met (food, clothing, shelter).
-My contemporaries overseas, that are away from their loved ones so I can be able to do those things.
-Those veterans that have gone before me.
-Being able to read and write.

What The Hell Were They Thinking...

When they

enlisted?

I know that no one likes the aspect of having to go to war and break things, but if someone goes in only for the college money (which I seriously could care less about-I only went to school at first to make my parents happy), then they should seriously reconsider enlisting.

What really got me was this:

"My personal opinion is the only way to stop desertions is to change the climate ... how they are living and doing what they need to do," said Wallace, adding that good officers and more attention from Army leaders could "go a long way to stemming desertions."

Do you really think that will work, sir?

If you ask me, what would really work is make an example out of each and every one of these cowards and give them a courts-martial in the field, then execute them.

It's not just me saying that, it's the punishment in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

UPDATE:

Color me surprised

.

Exactly something I should expect from the lamestream media. They're so hell-bent on us losing this war that they'll pull out all the stops to do so.

Yet people wonder why I don't watch the news on TV or read the paper.

I Forgot Again

Yesterday was Veterans Day (it's being observed today), but I think the comic strip below should sum up every American's feelings


I personally know many veterans: My dad (Army), my grandpa (Air Force), my pastor (Army), my godfather (Navy), my "adopted grandpa" (Marines), my best friend's husband (Marines, Army), another gentleman in my church (Marines), and a colleague (Navy).

To those men above, and those vets I don't know, I thank you for your service.

Absolutely Hillarious

Spew alert!

Great video

that has a "dead" terrorist".

Be sure to swallow all liquids in your mouth before you watch it.

They Got It!

The Chicago Cubs just clinched

the NL Central Division

It looked like it was going to be a typically terrible season at first, but they got it together, and they are going to the playoffs.

Great job, Cubbies.

I Meant to Post This Before

This just came to my attention again while chatting with my boyfriend.

I'm wondering how they got a hold of so much hydrogen peroxide without raising a red flag. I mean, no one can be that accident prone.

I'm also glad that I'm not stationed there right now.

Well...

Tomorrow's the day that I've been waiting for.

It's the day that

Fred!

will announce that he's running for president.

He will also be on Jay Leno tonight.

Hold on to your hats, it's going to be quite a ride.

What a Bunch of Whiners

It's really starting to get annoying.

New Orleans

is lagging behind Biloxi for one reason: Too many people expecting handouts from the government.

Mississippians and Alabamans aren't whining because they're too busy rebuilding their homes. Galvestonians were smart and got out of there before Katrina hit.

And if I hear the mantra that it's Bush's fault, I am going to scream, because it just isn't so.

Why didn't Nagin get off of his butt and get things rolling when the storm was about to hit? Why didn't Kathleen Blanco spend the money that was supposed to help get Louisiana up and running on that instead of on office furniture? I guess I should have expected it from them.

Ticks me off.

Grrr...

First Fred! says that he's going to announce right after the 4th of July.

Then he says that he's going to hold off announcing until the middle of July.

Now he's delaying it even

further

Enough of the teasing, just announce!!

That'll Teach 'Em

At least, I hope it does.

The most idiotic

bill in the history of this country

got defeated in the Senate.

I hope they learned their lesson ,which is to listen to you consituents.

I Can't Believe This

A few weeks ago, the Senate tried to get a bill through that would have granted legal status to millions of criminals (aka illegal aliens).

The American people spoke, and it was shot down rather quickly.

However, rather than getting the message and dropping the damn thing like a lead balloon, they decided to get it through AGAIN. So once again, the American people hit the computers and phone lines and told them to knock it off with this stupid bill.

However, the Senate instead decided to

end debate and put it to a vote.

What I would like to know is where the hell they get off going against the wishes of the American people that ELECTED them and get this bill written in the first place.

Misha

has a list of the traitors that are determined to get this piece of crap through and send this country to Hell in a handbasket.

It looks like it's time we hit the reset button.

Bwahaha

You gotta love

Tex

at Whacking Day.

And, no, Tex, I don't think he'll respond.

The Longest Day

62 years ago today, our brave men stormed the beaches of Normandy and began the spanking of Hitler and his buddies. Yet again,

Misha

can articulate it better than I can.

What he said about the press fit my sentiments exactly. We need our leaders in Washington to just sit back and let our men and women do their jobs, which is to kick some jihadi ass.

Some Really Bad News

I found out yesterday that one of my blogfathers,

Allan

at Barking Moonbat, was found dead in his townhouse in St Louis.

I really have no idea what to say about this, except that my condolences go out to his sons, Sean and David, and his half-brother, Brian.

We will miss you, Skipper.

Before you kill me...

I'm sorry that I didn't post anything for Memorial Day (i know, bad me), but I shall make up for it now.

Once again,

Misha

knows just what to say.

For those that have gone before me, I thank you.

Finally

Well, it looks like

Fred!

decided to quit teasing and run.

You definitely have my vote.

Now let's kick on Demoncrat ass.

Good News

I had court regarding my ticket in the car accident Monday. It got dismissed.

What I really thought was odd, though, was the kid that hit me showed up to court, but he refused to testify against me. I think he only went because his mom made him, as I saw who was apparently his mom there as well.

In Honor of Our Allies

Emperor Misha is honoring our allies Down Under that are fighting alongside us in Iraq today, for

ANZAC Day

, which is the Aussie and New Zealand equivalent to our Memorial Day.

I salute you, mates.

Random Top Ten

All right ,

Elisson

is posting his typical Friday Random Top Ten list from his iPod.

I don't have one, mind you, but I do have a big mp3 player, so I'm contributing.

1.April Skies-Jesus and Mary Chain
2.Cornerstore-Dogstar
3.Goodbye Stranger-Supertramp
4.Gold-Spandau Ballet
5.The Blower's Daughter-Damien Rice
6.In a Big Country-Big Country
7.Eye in the Sky-Allan Parson's Project
8.This Year's Love-David Gray
9.Crush-Dave Matthews Band
10.Jungle Love-Steve Miller Band

Three of them have a special significance to a very special fellow I met online a few months ago (he knows one, he'll have to guess at the rest).

Of all the times to get hurt...

...why now?

Three weeks ago Friday (the 23rd), I got into a car accident. I got T-boned by a Chevy Cavalier while drving down Cicero Ave in Country Club Hills, IL. I was giving my neighbor Susan a ride to pick up her kids from daycare. We were both taken by ambulance to St James Hospital in Olympia Fields. My neighbor was released with only minor bruises. I, however, was admitted with a concussion and fractured pelvis. I spent one night in the intensive care unit, and the next night in a regular room, and was released that Sunday.

This is where it starts to get interesting.

The police officer that came on scene gave me a ticket for running a red light (I didn't run it, according to Susan) because that's what Cav driver told her. The fact that I don't remember what happened (concussion)won't help me much in court. As a result, I have court on the 23rd to clear this up. There was another witness, however, and he said that he just saw the accident, and didn't tell whether or not I had the green light. It makes me wonder, though, if the cop knew the guy who hit me and was cutting him a break.

Unfortunately, I can't work right now because of my fracture, so I have to bide my time until I can.

Another Bites the Dust

It looks like another one of Saddam's buddies is now

pushing up the daisies

I can't wait until it's time for Baghdad Bob to do his dance.

I Know Who Not to Bank With Now

I can't believe a bank would do

this

I don't have a bank account, mainly because I'm happy dealing on a cash and carry basis (my military pay goes into my parents' bank account, which they use to pay for my bills, like car payment, insurance, and cell phone). Also, I never had an account with Bank of America because there weren't any branches near me. There was recently one opened in Tinley Park, and I now know that I will never have one with them because of this.

If you have an account with Bank of America, close it. If not, then don't get one in the first place.

More Twists than a Texas Tornado

Yes, I know that's a stupid phrase, but I'm not sure what else to say about

this

From what I can tell, if a mistrial isn't declared and Johnny Sutton isn't disbarred as a result of this information,there is something seriously wrong with our justice system.

Name that Weapon

An interesting-looking

weapon

has surfaced in Iraq, and no one can figure out what the heck it is.

So I pose a challenge to everyone-email me your ideas at rottweillercub84@comcast.net.
I will post your suggestions in a later post.

What the Hell is the Matter With This Guy?

Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean aren't Johnny Sutton's only victims.

Sheriff's deputy

Guillermo "Gilmer" Hernandez

is also in jail for doing his job.

He fired shots at the tires of a car that was trying to run him over. One of them went off-target and hit the trunk, which hit an illegal alien the men were trying to smuggle in.

Texas Rangers and ATF do an investigation and clear him of any wrongdoing.

This is where it starts to sound just like the Ramos and Compean case.

The case got reopened after they tracked down the illegals involved, which once again, Sutton believed, and convicted and sent Hernandez to prison.

I don't know what this man's problem is, but he needs to be investigated and disbarred.

Please, sign the petition at

Grassfire.org

to get yet another victim of this evil SOB pardoned, ASAP.

Thank you.

How Insane Can These People Get?

It looks like

polio

is making a comeback in Pakistan, as they believe that it's a plot to sterilize Muslims.

I am just amazed at how they care more about what the imams think then what doctors tell them, and their lack of concern for their children's health.

That's similar to what was stated in 2003 in Nigeria, which caused polio to spread to polio-free countries in a year and a half.

I am just speechless.

The hits just keep on coming...

My blood pressure, which is already sky-high, has now gone into the stratosphere thanks to

this

I can't believe our government was intimidated by another country, which hates our guts, to prosecute these men for doing their jobs.

Granted, they didn't file the proper paperwork, but that was an internal matter for Border Patrol to have taken care of, which carried a max sentence of a five-day administrative leave.

I've said this before, and I'll say this again, go to

Grassfire.org

, sign the petitions and schedule the faxes to put pressure on Congress, the President, Attorney General, Department of Homeland Security, and US Attorney Johnny Sutton to pardon Ramos and Compean, as well as Deputy Gilmer Hernandez, and launch an investigation into the actions of DHS.

Also, pray for these men and their families. I have been doing so every night this week, and will continue do so.

Pray without ceasing. 2Thes. 5:17

This just keeps getting worse and worse...

There is a grave injustice being done in this country right now.

It involves the case of two Border Patrol agents, Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Compean.

There's a lot to say, but I'm just going to give you the highlights.

In February of 2005, there was an incident in El Paso, Texas, where Ramos and Compean were working. A drug smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, was running over 700 pounds of marijuana into the States. Compean claimed to see a shiny object in Davila's hand and Ramos fall down. He put two and two together and figured that his partner got shot. He started firing his weapon (by the way, the first time he had done so in his five years as a Border Patrol agent), and none of his shots were hitting.

Ramos finally shot at the smuggler and hit him in the buttocks.

Last year, the men were convicted of assault with serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and civil rights violations. Despite the fact that three of the jurors felt compelled to vote guilty, the judge refused to grant them a new trial. In January, Ramos and Compean were told to start serving their sentences.

This is where it really starts to get bad.

After

America's Most Wanted

aired a story on the men, Ramos was reportedly beaten by several other prisoners at 10PM Saturday night in a federal penitentiary in Yazoo City, Missisippi, where several illegals are serving jail terms. They had waited until he had fallen asleep to start kicking and beating him, all the while yelling "Kill the Border Patrol agent!". He has several bruises on his chest, neck, head, and back.

This ordeal enrages me, and I suggest that everyone go to

Grassfire.org

and sign a petition for President Bush to pardon, no, exonerate these men, and pray for Ramos and Compean's safety, as well as their families, and for their quick release and reunion with their families.

This is a late dictator...

According to a source close to Pajamas Media,

Ayatollah Khamenei

has rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible.

He is stiff, bereft of life, but not resting in peace.

He is, however, pushing up the daisies.

All right, I'm done with my Monty Pythons references.

Gotta Love the IDF

If I'm not mistaken, "kahlb" means bitch. It's also extrememly addictive, and is driving me to learn Hebrew.

The butcher is hung

Saddam

did his dance

just after 6AM Baghdad time (10PM EST).

Right now, all I can say is that the bastard deserved it, and I hope he suffered, after what he put thousands of innocents and their families through.

I pray that the Iraqi people gain some closure from this, and that things will improve from here.

In Case You're Wondering...

Yes, I'm still alive.

I have been quite busy these days. I am no longer repoing, but I am back at UPS, which is great. I am also working a second job at Sports Authority in Matteson, where I'm a cashier. It's great there. It's hard on the feet, but it's fun.

Life is, well, interesting with my boyfriend. I haven't seen him in ages due to him working like a nut, and he's going through all this nonsense with the divorce. I hope that things get straightened out soon.

Where do I begin?

The midterm elections were a farce, and now the Dhimmis have control. I hope that given the right Republican, Hillary will stay out of the White House forever.

Saddam Hussein won't live to see the New Year. Last month, he was found guilty of all charges and was sentenced to death by hanging. He is slated to be done away with by the end of the month. All I have to say about that is that I would love to be the person to hang the bastard.

Well, I'm off to bed, I'll see you later.

This is Great

I found this while on LGF

A Christian Witness

I find it fitting now more than ever, as Israel is the beacon of hope for democracy in the Middle East.

Don't Mess with us Bloggers!!

That was the lesson learned from the

Murry Gunty saga

The reason you don't mess with bloggers is pretty simple: we will never let it go away quietly.

That is the tenacity of bloggers.

Well...

It's been a while since I last posted to this blog.

I've been busy, but I've also been lazy with this. The main reason is I just haven't felt like psoting anything to this site. I guess you could say that I've been going through a bit of a personal crisis. I had issues with medical bills being paid by the Army so I could go back to the doctor and get cleared to go back to work (despite me calling them and telling them on Monday, however, they won't even schedule and appointemnt with me until the check is cleared).

I have, however, been filling the void with doing annual training at my reserve unit, and working with a friend (he's a repo man, or as they are referred to today as, recovery agents). Yes, I am the last person you want to see in the middle of the night. I am the one that will tell you to clean out your car and hand me the keys because you haven't been making your payment, or because you took out a title loan and you didn't keep up with the payments, or you didn't pay for your car insurance and you have it on a loan. So, my readers, I am asking, no make that begging you to keep up with your payments of whatever it is that you need to, because if you live in the South Suburbs of Chicago, you will be seeing me at your front door if you don't.

I am now also going to school. I am now majoring in Information Technology, and my concentration is going to be in programming. I am taking classes on accounting, operating systems, and Visual Basic programming. Visual Basic is more of a challenge than I thought it was going to be, since I never took any programming classes before, but I think I'm going to survive. The operating systems class is an absolute breeze, though. I just do some stuff on the computer with a data disk I was given, and I just give answers based on what it does. The accounting class induces hair-pulling with me, as it is heavy in math (or rather, basically is math), and math and I were never friends. I'm just a shy dork that likes to fool around on computers and wants to get paid to do that.

Well, my attitude about the deal with the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbullshit is that it's, well, crap. If you ask me, Ehud Olmert should have just told the UN to fuck off and told the IDF to go nuts. Actually, he should have also sent some nuclear warheads over to Iran while he was at it. It would have killed tow birds with one stone. But you know what, all the ceasefire is going to do is give the both of them time to reload, and when Hezbollah does something stupid again, it's going to be even worse for them. About the kids held hostage over there, it's safe to say that they're both dead, or that their captors are dead, but more likely it's the former. What they really need is Netanyahu back in power. Maybe he will show the terrorists a thing or two.

Steve Irwin, the goofy Aussie known around the world as the "Crocodile Hunter", died last week while swimming too close to a sting ray and got stung in the heart. He was 44 years old. He is survived by his wife Terri, daughter Bindi Sue, and son Bob.

That's all I ahve to say right now. I promise I will update sooner than I have been.

"Why Do They Even Bother" of The Day Award

Some things just make you wonder "Why are they even bothering?"

This

is what's making me wonder why they're even bothering.

The man is a terrorist who doesn't want to eat, and they're force-feeding him with a tube. If I were in charge of things over there, I would just let him starve to death, or I would force-feed him bacon and sausage for breakfast, ham sandwhiches for lunch, and pork roast with chitlins for dinner. Yes, I know, I'm pure evil. Tell me something I don't already know.

Has the Public School System Gone Too Far?

A high school district in the People's Republic of Ill-Annoy

gave detention to students

.

For posting stuff on blogs

At home.

Granted, the stuff was illicit in matter, but where are the parents? If they were around, they probably wouldn't be doing that stuff. This is also why it is recommended that parents put the PC in common area, such as a den, living room, or family room. That is what my parents did when we first got a computer that could access the internet, as my sister and I were twelve and fifteen, repectively, at the time. They also set up rules about where to go and not go, and what to say and not say when talking to people online.

Granted, I have a computer in my bedroom, but I didn't get it until I was nineteen ( I will be twenty-two in October), and I bought it with my own money. Add to that, I was a legal adult at the time, and I have better sense than to do what they do. If anyone propositions me, or proposes to me online (that has actually happened to me once), I block their E-mails and instant messenger screen names.

The Saga Continues...

The insanity that is the trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants is finally getting under control due thanks to Maouf Abdel-Rahman.

Tariq Aziz

(aka "Baghdad Bob")took the stand yesterday in his PJ's to show how sick he is. He wants to go overseas to be treated for a heart ailment. However, prison officials say that he is getting adequate treatment.

Also, the same old stuff happened during the trial. They accused the court of being illegitimate, making the trial illegitimate, and that they shouldn't be there. The judge finally had enough of this and told them to knock it off, or, he'll have them thrown out. It got a guard to approach the defendant's pen for them to shut up.

I just hope the circus ends soon, and that Saddam and his crew will be found guilty of all the crimes he's accused of, and speedily executed.

Rope, tree dictator. Some assembly required.

Yes, I'm still alive

Just to let you all know,I haven't fallen off the face of the earth.

I am thinking about starting a podcast. I have downloaded Audacity, and I have a membership at podcasting site. I just need to get around to actually doing the damn thing.

Barb

is going to end blogging activities at Typepad and will move on to another free site. She is also going to be moving to St. Louis within the next month or two. In case you're wondering why, Mike quit his job as a railroader (he wanted to quit that job for the last eight years, and he finally reached his breaking point). So, fare thee well, Barb, and good luck in St. Louis.

I also broke up with Tim, and am dating a wonderful man. I have a hell of a lot more in common that I did with Tim, and I would like to see where it goes. Hopefully, this one will be the one that I can settle down and start a family with.

The semster is finally over at Prairie State!!! I am not going to be taking classes over the summer. Instead, I am going to see if I can't find a job, and focus on doing stuff with my reserve unit. I would also like to spend time with my boyfriend.

Right now, I am pissed off about the situation with the illegals. They are doing demonstrations left and right, demanding "rights" that they don't have. The only right that they have is to leave and not come back. Hopefully, Congress and President Bush will get their acts together and figure something out that doesn't involve amnesty. However, they did establish English as the national language, so that's one good thing they've got going. They also plan on using National Guard soldiers from the border states to help the Border Patrol. All I have to say is that they better be allowed to carry loaded weapons, in case the illegals decide to do pull some funny business.

The Cubs are also sucking ass right now. Derek Lee got hurt, and they just went downhill from there. They managed to salvage one game from the series against the White Sox, but they got a real whooping last night against the Marlins, 9-1
I'm supposed to be working right now, so I will get back to all of you later.

New link

In case you haven't noticed, there's a new link in my blogroll. It's from the Free Iran blog.

The reason I put it there is very clear. The situation with Iran is escalating, and we need to help the Iranian people depose this lunatic that they have in power.

I hope we are able to nuke the crap out of wherever the hell this stuff is getting enriched, and be done with it.

I am so sick and tired

... of this

bullshit

!!!
I just don't get why there aren't any INS or Border Patrol agents at these things, arresting every single one them. If you ask me, the only right they have is to leave and not come back until they have their i's dotted and their t's crossed.

Now, before you start accusing me of being a xenophobe, I'm not. I'm fourth-generation Irish and German American, and damn proud of it. Immigrants are welcome to come here. All that we ask is that you get your paperwork in order before you come.

I have a friend who is trying to come to the States-legally. He applied for the Green Card Lottery, and he's not going to find out until next year whether or not he will be able to come. I can only imagine what he's going through, waiting to hear whether or not he can come here and enlist in the Army, which is the reason he's doing what he is doing.

Now, if only we had more prospective immigrants like that...

Sounds like Frank

I got his from my grandpa today.

There's a parody

of the classic "Strangers in the Night" on that web page.

Personally, I believe the Chairman would feel that way about the terrorists and would try to start something with them. If only he were around today...

If This Doesn't Wake People Up...

I don't know what will.

Mona Charen

at Townhall hit it right on the head with this column.

A fellow by the name of Matt Dubay, who is a 25-year-old computer programmer from Saginaw, Michigan, was rently ordered to pay $500 in child support for a duaghter he fatehr with is ex-girlfriend, who claimed that while they were together that she couldn't get pregnant.

Now, before you say "Pay up, you bum", chew on this; for years, feminists have ranted on and on about "reproductive rights", and that it's their body, etc, whereas men have been told that if you get a girl pregant, you should support the child.

Personally, I hope that he wins this suit.

As for myself, Tim knows what the consequences will be. We will get married, he will become a member of the church, and we will raise the baby together, if such a situation arose.

Farewell

I found out this morning that a regular poster on my

Blogfather's

site (as I am as well) passed away this week of a heart attack. Robert Kerr, better known as "StinKerr", or simply "Stin", was on his way from Ohio to Buffalo, New York when he was found dead in his car at a rest stop along I-71.

I didn't know a lot about him, but what I do is that he will sorely missed on that site.

Is that all they got?

The new strategy for the Dhimmicrats in 2008 is not to vote Republcian because they're fat.

Hat Tip Misha

Gee, with a strategy like that, there's no way they're going to lose this election.
*sarcasm off*

Where the hell do I begin?

Dang, it's been over a month since I last blogged.

Well, Justice Sam Alito got confirmed without much of a fight.

Dick Cheney

also accidentally shot someone while hunting last weekend.

Muslims

have their abiyahs in a knot over some cartoons published by a Danish newspaper that 1) Depicted Mohammed, and 2) Showed him with a bomb for a turban. All right, I'd be pissed if someone made a bad cartoon about Jesus, but I woudln't start a riot over it.

On the personal side of things, I'm off from work until I get cleared from a orthodpedist about my knee (long story), I'm back in school, am debating about changing churches (I'm Lutheran, and I might become a Nazarene), and I have a boyfriend.

I'll keep updating more often, but until next time, behave.

Planet of the Liberals?

Townhall Opinion Alert columnist

Burt Prelustky

put it best today in his column.

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be a liberal, and to have self- righteous blowhards like Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd and Charles Schumer, speaking for me. And then I wake up screaming.

That sums up what I think as well. Read the rest, it's well worth it.

Idiot

I just found out from

Lair

that I need to post on the picks INDIVIDUALLY in order for it to count. I also need to do it on the Dead Pool site.

Duly noted, and the round-up post has been deleted, as it was a waste of time.

For all the dads out there

I have a question to pose to you dads who read this blog; what do you do if your daughter decides to marry someone for love?

If you were normal, you might be mad if the guy is a "dirt bag", in your opinion, or overjoyed if you like your son-in-law.

In Pakistan, though, you

murder

her, and possbibly any sisters she has.

This just makes me sick.

I thought fathers were supposed to protect their daughters from this sort of thing, not kill them because they make you look bad.

I also thought the reason people get married are because they love eachother and want to spend the rest of their lives together, not because their parents micromanage every aspect of their lives.

For a while I joked about trying arranged marriage because I wanted to be settled down with a family by now, but I really despise it. I am not a big fan of the idea that who you are going to be spending the rest of your life with is decided as a child by your parents.

I guess that's just my evil Western attitude.

Merry Christmas

1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
2.(And this taxing was first made when Cyreneus was governor of Syria).
3. And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city.
4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazereth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethelehem.
5. To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.
6. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered
7. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; for there was no room for them in the inn.
8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shown round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10. And the angel said unto them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.
12. "And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
14. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men".
15. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into Heaven, the shepherds said one to another, "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which has come to pass, which the Lord hath made know unto us."
16. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them, concerning this child.
18. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19. But Mary kept these things and pondered them in her heart.
20. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all the that why had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

Luke 2:1-20 (KJV)

Merry Christmas everybody!!!

There's a reason I changed my major...

And this is just as good as any.

="http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/Church___State_Issues/">Teaching intelligent design

is now banned in public schools in Pennsylvania.

Why?

It's "unconstitutional".

How?

It breeches the division between church and state.

Where in the Constituion was it? I don't see it anywhere. All I see is that there isn't any official religion.

For those of you wondering exactly what intelligent design is, it's basically the teaching that someone bigger than us made us.

Well, duh.

For me, I'm a Creationist. I believe what is said in Genesis is exactly what happened. I was taught it in school (I went to a Christian school K-8, and was home-schooled through high school). I wanted to become a high school teacher, but decided to change over to business management.

Now I'm glad I did.

A little late decorating

I decided to to a little late Christmas decorating, as evidenced by the nativity scene on the right side of my blog. I got it courtesy of

Jay

at Stop the ACLU.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but it just isn't Christmas unless you see a Nativity scene somewhere. I remember across the street from my old church, one of the members that lived across the street always put theirs out, without fail, just after Thanksgiving, and put it back right around Epiphany, which is January 6. Anyhow, I just figured I should put it up.

Uh oh...

It looks like one of my picks, Gerald Ford, is

in the hospital

Oh, but guess what?

Ford, 92, was admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center late Monday and was expected to be released Wednesday, spokeswoman Penny Circle said from Ford's Rancho Mirage office about 110 miles east of Los Angeles

Let's hope that he sticks around for at least another 18 days, 19 to be on the safe side.

I want to get at least one score this year.

The Intifada is moving

It looks like the Intifadas that happened last month in France and Belgium have

moved Down Under

This is what happens when you ban private ownership of weapons, and when immigrants won't assimilate into their new society. So liberals, take note. Do you really want riots to happen? No? Then don't take away our weapons, for one thing.

Leave to him...

Saddam is turning his war-crimes trial into

a three-ring circus

First, his lawyers drop like flies, then there's Ramsey Clark with his non-defense of "this whole thing is illegal", Saddam tells the judge to "go to hell", and now...

he decides not to show up

Here's the kicker as to why...

He hasn't gotten any clean underwear!!!

There are a few things that you can do about that.

Buy some more, wash what you have, or (the gross option) go commando.

Can't we just shoot him and get it overwith?

Bloody surveys...

I got this food questionaire from

Elisson

I saw it and just had to participate.

I’ve shown my preferences in boldface, with commentary as appropriate.

CHEESE or CHOCOLATE? No contest. It's more nurtitious, and I'm not that big of a chocolate person
BLUEBERRIES or STRAWBERRIES? No contest, for me.

COFFEE or TEA? Coffee gets the nod, but I like ’em both.

CORN MUFFIN or ENGLISH MUFFIN? English Muffins rule!!
PANCAKES or FRENCH TOAST? If I gotta choose.

YOGURT or CREAM CHEESE? If I’m eating it by itself.

RICE or PASTA?

CAKE or PIE?

GROUND BEEF or GROUND TURKEY? Turkey's a lot better, nad my mom got me hooked on it ever since she went on Weight Watchers

HOT DOGS or HAMBURGERS?
JELLY or MARMALADE? Was never big on oranges...

AMERICAN CHEESE or SWISS CHEESE?

DIET SODA or NO SODA? I'd rather go without than to be subjected to that diet crap!!
LEMONADE or ICED TEA? Why not both at the same time, Mr. Palmer?

CHERRIES or GRAPES?

CHOCOLATE QUIK or STRAWBERRY QUIK? You gotta be fucking kidding.

WAFFLES or PANCAKES? Aw, c’mon, I gotta pick just one?

WHITE BREAD or WHOLE-GRAIN/WHEAT BREAD?

PEAS or CARROTS? I like ’em both.

PUDDING or FRUIT-FLAVORED GELATIN? They're both good

COLD CEREAL or HOT CEREAL? Again, I like ’em both.

KETCHUP or MUSTARD? Mustard stings my lips, with the exception of hot dogs.
MUSTARD or MAYONNAISE? See above.

MAYONNAISE or KETCHUP? You had to make me choose...
BLACK OLIVES or GREEN OLIVES? GAAAAAHHH!!!! Neither
ONION or GARLIC? Can't stand either one.

PLAIN BARBECUE or BARBECUE WITH SAUCE? Assuming you mean beef brisket or sausage. Ribs, I prefer without the goop.

SCRAMBLED EGGS or FRIED EGGS?

EGGS or EGG REPLACEMENTS?

MEAT or VEGETABLES? No frickin’ contest. A Vegan I’m not.

CHINESE TAKE-OUT or PIZZA? I know, Chinese would be healthier...
SUSHI or DELI SANDWICH? Never had sushi, but the thought of eating food that should probably be cooked grosses me out.

WHITE CLAM CHOWDER or RED CLAM CHOWDER?
KEY LIME PIE or LEMON MERINGUE PIE?
PIE & ICE CREAM or CAKE & ICE CREAM?
WHIPPED CREAM or CAKE FROSTING?
HONEY or MAPLE SYRUP?

Another year, another dead pool

Today is December 1.

Do you know what that means?

Time for another

Dead Pool

!!!

Yes, His Royal Crappieness, Laurence Simon, is accepting rosters for the 2006 Dead Pool.

This is going to be my first year on the Dead Pool, so it should be interesting to see how long it takes for somebody on my roster to die.

Here's how it works:
-You pick fifteen people. They must be human, and at least eighteen years old. The best picks would be ones who are old, in failing health, are living too close to the edge, or you just plain hate.
-Throughout the year, you watch to see who dies.
-You win prizes!!
-You must blog about these people at least once a month.

If you are blogging, and are interested, click on the link above.

One score and one years ago today...

Another Annoying Little Twit came into the world!!!
Twenty-one years ago today, at 6:30 A.M, I was born by Caesarian section at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois. Two weeks later, I was baptized Jennifer Leah Clark at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Chicago.

I will be celebrating with my best friend, Barb (a.k.a,

annoyinglittletwerp

at an Irish pub in downtown Chicago. I am not going to get crazy, and yes, I will eat something. I may be reletively new to drinking, but I am not stupid.

Well, well, well

A lot of people questioned my decision to

root for the Angels

in the playoffs.

All I have to say is

WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?????

Yes, the Angels tied up series Wednesday night, beating the Bronx Buffoons 5-3.

I just hope Randy Johnson has a bad night and they walk all over him.

Let's break out the rally monkeys and win it all, like we did three years ago.

GO ANGELS!!!!

Happy Days Are Here!!!

John Roberts is now

Chief Justice Roberts

. The Senate voted to confirm him 78-22. The naysayers included the regular suspects (Boxer, Durbin, Kennedy, Kerry, Obama, Schumer).

Hopefully, this will turn things around (meaning, Roe v. Wade among other things) and get the SCOTUS to clean up their act.

I can hardly wait for him to get to work.

It's Gotten Worse

Rita has been

uprgraded to a Catergory 4

and is paced to make landfall on the southwestern coast of Texas (Houston, Galveston, et al) Friday night.

My advice to everyone in the area; pack up what you need to (clothes, hygeine items, medicines, any pet needs, etc) and get the hell out of there.

NOW.

And

Laurence

, this means you as well.

I Am At a Loss Right Now

I don't know what to say about these, these... I don't know what to even call them.

Alan

has the scoop on these shits for brains, saying that our brave men and women who got wounded and are recovering at Walter Reed are getting maimed and killed for Halliburton.

Frankly, I want to grab my M-16A2 and tell them exactly what I think about every single one of them. Not to kill them, mind you, just make them run for their lives.

Something personal

I have a friend who is on his way to Kuwait as we speak. His name is Senior Airman (soon to be Staff Segeant)Brian Struc. He is in the Illinois Air National Guard, testing airplane parts to ensure their safety and that none of the pilots crash.

His orders say that he is going to be there for sixty days, which means that he will be coming home (hopefully) in October, sometime around my birthday (my birthday is the twelfth, so that would be the best birthday present I could get, I think.).

In the meantime, all I am asking of all of you is that you keep Brian in his prayers, if you are the type to do so. Heaven knows I am. I just want him to get there safe, get done what he needs to get done, and then get home safe.

That is all. I will get to posting something of substance when I have the time and in the mood to do so.

A little bit about me

I got this from Tex at

Whacking Day

. If you want to copy it from here, feel free.

Name: Jennifer Leah Clark

Nickname: Jen

Astrological sign: Libra

Age: 20, but will be 21 in two months, one week, and five days, but who's counting?

Height: 5'4"

Level of Education: Some college

Occupation: College student/package handler/citizen-soldier

Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois

Marital status: Singlwe

How many children: zero

Do you drink (alcohol): Not yet

Do you smoke: never

Favorite outdoor activities: Swimming, plaing with my pastor's kids, playing any sport, and generally just doing anything.

Favorite indoor activities: Movies, web-surfing, TV, blogging

Favorite colors: Cubbie Blue

Favorite type of music: Classic rock/oldies,Eighties, Adult Alternative, contemporary,very little country and hip hop
Favorite musical groups/performers: Too many to name, but my top three are Bruce Springsteen, U2, and the Beatles

Favorite soundtracks: High Fidelity

Favorite song at the moment: "Cold Hard..."-Jet

What's in your home CD/Casette player right now: John Mayer Heavier Things

Do you play an instrument: Yes, guitar

One pillow or two: Two

Croutons or bacon bits: Bacon bits

Favorite salad dressing: Bleu Cheese

Have you ever had your appendix or tonsils removed: Nope

Have you ever gone skinny-dipping: No.

Do you make fun of people: Only if they deserve it.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up: Fire fighter, athlete, journalist .

What would be your dream job now: Detective.

Have you ever been convicted of a crime: No.

Places you'd most like to visit: Australia, Ireland, England, Germany, Texas

Your first car: 1993 Saturn SL-1

Dream car: Mini Cooper

Toothpaste: Crest Whitening Expressions Cinnamon.

Shampoo/Conditioner: Tresumme

Favorite season: Summer

Favorite holiday: Christmas

Favorite board/card game: Trivial Pursuit, chess, monopoly, Sorry

Favorite hobbies: Blogging, playing music, being a wannabe technogeek

Favorite sport to play: Basketball, baseball, football (American),hockey, soccer, anything, basically

Favorite sport to watch: Baseball, football(American)

Least favorite sport to watch: Golf.

Most humiliating moment: I'll pass on this one.

Do you have any siblings: One- a younger sister Roberta, who is almost eighteen (Christmas Day) and drives me insane.

Do you get along with your parents: Yep.

Favorite place to chill: At home.

Favorite place to visit: West Point, Nebraska.

What is your bad time of day: Trying to wake up.

What is your good time of day: lunch

Favorite perfume or cologne: Healing Garden Green Tea eau de parfume

Favorite scent of candle: dunno

Favorite flower/plant: Don't. Like. Flowers.

Favorite subject in school: A tie between English and history.

Least favorite subject in school: Math.

Favorite authors: Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Joe Scarborough

Favorite book genre: Politics

Favorite book: Welcome To the Ivory Towers of Babel by Mike S. Adams

Current book I'm reading: None

Favorite magazine: Used to be Rolling Stone, until they turned moonbat

Favorite movie you have seen recently: Bad News Bears

Favorite movie of all time: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Other favorite movies: Too many to list

Favorite actors/actresses: None

Favorite TV program: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Favorite cartoon character: Tasmanian Devil and Daffy Duck

Favorite food: Italian

Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla

Favorite ice cream: Anything with mints or strawberries

Favorite alcoholic Drink: Anything that doesn't burn your throat.

What is your bedtime: I try to get to bed before midnight, but it's definitely ten before drill

How many rings before you answer the phone: Depends how far away it is, doesn't it?

The first thing you think of in the morning: Coffee.

Favorite thing to do when you're home alone: TV, surf web, eat, drink.

Do you get motion sickness: No.

Thunderstorms - Cool or Scary: Very Cool

Pen or Pencil: Pencil

Do you like to drive: Sure.

Do you sleep with stuffed animals:Yes. A tie-dyed, camoflague-and-Converse-wearing Build-a-Bear named Maggie, a gift from my friend Barb.

Did you have imaginary friends or a blanket as a child: Yes. I had two imaginary friends named Bob and Jim.

What is on the walls of your room: Paint.

What words or phrases do you overuse: fuck

How would you characterize your political leanings: Reagan Republican.

If you could pick one super-human power, what would you choose: ESP

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my dad's birthday. He is turning 62 today.

Let me tell you a little bit about my dad. William Boyd Clark (or Bill, as most people know him) was born in 1943 on the West Side of Chicago, the fifth of nine children, and the last to marry, oddly enough. He was almost eleven months old on D-Day, and two years old the last time the Cubs won the pennant. His mom, Clara, was a second generation German-American (her parents, Herman and Augusta Schliebe, came over at the turn of the 20th century and settled in South Dakota). His dad, Hillery, was of Irish and English heritage.

He got drafted into the Army in 1965, and served as a parts specialist until 1967 (yes, he spent some time in Vietnam). After he got out, he got a job at Howell Tractor, and has worked their ever since, with the exception of a brief time off in Oregon between 1989 and 1991 (I'll explain that to you another time).

He married my mom, Patricia, on October 17, 1981. He was 38, and my mom was almost 24 (her birthday was nine days later). He had to have an operation in order for me and my little sister, Roberta, to be here. He had it, and was an overjoyed father when I was born on October 12, 1984, and my sister Christmas Day of 1987.

He is really old-fashioned, which drives me crazy at times. He also is the one who nearly hit the roof when I told him I was going to enlist, but was also the first one to greet me with a coat when I came home for good after finishing my training. He was also the one who, when I returned home late, spent most of the night searching for me, and then going to the police station to see if I had gotten into a crash and wasn't able to call them.

I found out an alarming statistic the other day. Less than half of all kids today live in a household where the father is present. In a lot of ways, I am lucky to have him.

Above is a picture of me with him that was taken sometime during the summer of 1985. Nothing big, just a picture of a daddy and his little girl on a summer day.

So, again, happy birthday Dad. I love you.

This Makes Me So Mad

This just angers me so much. A San Francisco police officer lies in a hospital bed in serious condition with brain swelling and a blood clot because of some anarchist thugs. I got the scoop from

Michelle Malkin

I hope that his condition is improving, and that if he dies as a result of his injuries (God forbid), these imbeciles get charged with second-degree murder.

I just have to post about this

If you haven't heard already, there have been not one, not two, not three, but

four

bombings in London. The final numbers are 40 dead, and 360 are wounded.

Boy, I tell you, I am just shaken up about this. I had just woken up when I heard about this, and am not on right after I wake up (in fact, I am a weary-looking mess right before I have my coffee), so I was more like "Huh?" right after I turned on the T.V., but after I got some caffeine into my system, I was in shock, and then angry with some jackass on Michael Medved, saying that we were asking for it, calling us "Little Britain", and saying that despite being born and brought up here, that he was not a United States citizen. It's people like this who tick me off, and the reason I went into the Army in the first place- to fight and kill people like this.

Late 4th of July Post

"America"

My country 'tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrims' pride
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!

Hope everybody had a great Fourth of July and didn't get too drunk or lose too many body parts from the fireworks.

Trying to get caught up

Well, hello there.

Sorry I have been so negligent in blogging, but I have had a few things to do, speeches to get ready, and working and working out to do. Yes, I am going to school in the summer, I have to if I want to get my degree some time this century.

Anyway, to get you caught up...

Edloe, the giant grumpus who Laurence Simon adored,

passed away

Tuesday at the age of thirteen. She is greatly missed by the Simons and those in the blogopshere who had the opprotunity to get to know her through the blog.

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to ever be appointed to the United States Supreme Court,

retired

yesterday. She served for over twenty years.

Shasta Groene, one of the children from Idaho who was abducted about six weeks ago,

was found alive and well

at a local Denny's restaurant today. They fear that her brother, Dylan, may be dead.

Wednesday was a horrible day, as far as both work and school were concerned. My political science professor went on this long "Bush-dictator-oil-Haliburton" (as I like to think of them) the flames of which were fanned by the students, then at work I was in this stupid load that I swear wanted me dead (there were a lot of unstable walls of packages).

Well, anyway, I have to get a few things done, so I shall try to post another time.

:::Summoning Rush Limbaugh::::

Hey, I recently discovered a tool to help get traffic to your blog. It's called

Blog Explosion

I've got a banner on the right. If you want to get more traffic to your blog (and who doesn't?) click on the banner and get it started. That's all you have to do. Then you visit sites that are members to get credits and post banners to refer others, aking them members. This will help you to advertise on your blog, and then get even more traffic.

Anyhow, get your tails over there, and sign up to get more hits on your blog.

:::Rush Limbaugh off:::

A couple things to put out

First, Dick Durbin is officially an asshat. He recently referred to our brave men and women in the armed forces as

Nazis

.

Excuse me? I am in the service, and I know I haven't been in Iraq and I have only been in for a year, but I don't remember herding any so-called "undesirables" (Jews, Poles, Russians, Gypsies, intellectuals, dissidents, handicapped persons, and homosexuals) to places like Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Treblinka, or Dacau. This guy is supposed to be representing my state. All he seems to be doing is making a complete ass of himself.

This man is one of the reasons that I want to get out of the People's Republic of Ill-Annoy. As my friend Barb (a.k.a annoyinglittletwerp)put it, a bottle cap can be put on the ballot and win if it says "Democrat" by their name (or some words to that effect).

Second, I'm looking into doing the

Blogathon

I will have the day off from work and I don't have drill that weekend, so I son't think it will be a problem. I will probably just be looking for stuff and bloga bout that and have the proceeds benefit my church, the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.

Two things

I have two things to get out here...

First, Wacko Jacko was cleared of all ten charges levied against him. I was hoping he would at least been convicted on at least one count of giving minors alcohol (he ADMITTED to giving them "Jesus juice" for crying out loud!!), but I guess you could now call him the "Teflon Pedophile".

Next, today is Flag Day and the

230th birthday of the United States Army

(can I hear a giant HOOAH out there?) Yes, Old Glory has been flying proudly over the land of the free and the home of the brave and men and women have been given the chance to be all that they could be for 230 years.

Tell me something I don't know

I found out something that I already knew, but just had confirmed to me yesterday:

JOHN KERRY DID TERRIBLE IN SCHOOL!!!

Gee, that picture isn't all that flattering. He looks like he was either taking a crap or drunk.

What Will They Think of Next?

There has to be something in the water in the land Down Under. I got the scoop from

Stanley

over at Barking Moonbat EWS that there are going to be some Koran-destroying toilets popping up over in Sale, Victoria, Australia. Go over there to check it out.

I'm sad and angry

All right, now I'm really depressed. I finished my history final a couple of hours ago. Which means NO MORE FUN ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS!!!!! WAAAAAH!!! I really did have fun in that class. Say what you will about my crush from hell, but I really am a history nut.

Also, I had to go to Fort McCoy over the weekend. I shot a lot of rounds, and did what we call WTT (Warrior Task Training). It was mostly just doing stuff like dealing with the media, treating a casualty suffering from shock, and maintaining an M-16. That stuff was easy.

Now on to some news. I am really ticked about the whole bullshit about

Newsweek

The reason should be sort of obvious. They made up a stupid story about interrogators flushing a copy of the Koran down a toilet in order to break insurgents.

For one thing, that just ain't possible without having to call the plumber and getting a huge bill, as

Frank Salvato

learned in an experiment.Secondly, they made it up without knowing who the source was. I was a one-time aspiring journalist, and I think that is the MOS that I'm going to relcass to (I'll get to that in a minute), and once thing I learned from doing reports and all that is that if you don't where you information about something, you don't inlcude it.

Now on to me reclassifying. That means, in other words, changing your MOS (Military Occupational Specialty- in other words, your job in the Army, in this case). I have to change it because my current one, Administrative Specialist (secretary, in other words) is being phased out, and being changed to a civilian occuapation.

FUN! FUN! FUN!

I'm just recovering from last night. Barb (aka annoyinglittletwerp)and yours truly went to go see U2 live at the United Center last night. It was a blast, just like it was when I went on October 15, 2001, on the last leg of their Elevation Tour. Well, I must say they've done it again with the Vertigo Tour. Even though so much about me has changed between then and now (I'm going to college, I've gone through two lackluster jobs, and I've joined the Army), they still made me feel like I did four years ago, like a giddy seventeen-year-old kid. It's a wonderful feeling, despite being exhausted (I didn't get back home until 1 A.M., and I had class at 8 A.M. the next morning) and my ears and my knee still hurting (from the loud music and standing so long). I'll put up the setlist when I am able to jog my memory a bit more.

Well, in other news, finals is upon us, and I just know I'm going to be depressed after the history final (I had fun, believe it or not, in that class). With the other two, I'm just going to be grateful it's all overwith.

UPDATE: I got the setlist courtesy of

Interference

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Cry/ Electric Co.
An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart
Beautiful Day
New Years Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can¹t Make it On Your Own
Love and Peace
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running to Standstill
Pride in the Name of love
Where the Streets have No Name
One

Zoo Station
The Fly
Mysterious Ways

All Because of You
Original of the Species
40

Show your true colors

My good friend

Laurence Simon

made is opinion known on Operation Iron Fist, and now I am making mine known.

Unles some of you don't know, I'm in the Army Reserve. There's a certain pride that comes with being in the service. Pride in your unit, pride in your battle buddies, pride in your branch of service (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard), and pride in your country. These subhuman pieces of dirt show nothing but shame an cowardice when they have these masks on. Soldiers are supposed to show pride in the above and courage in the face of danger. These guys don't.

A Song for You

How's everybody's day been going? Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Here's one of my favorite songs of the new U2 album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

"Miracle Drug"

I want to trip inside your head
Spend the day there
To hear the things you haven’t said
And see what you might see

I want to hear you when you call
Do you feel anything at all
I want to see your thoughts take shape
And walk right out

Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a new born baby’s head

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I’ve seen enough, I’m not giving up
On a miracle drug

Of science and the human heart
There is no limit
There is no failure here sweetheart
Just when you quit

I am you and you are mine
Love makes nonsense of space
And time will disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side, love

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I’ve had enough of romantic love
I’d give it up, yeah, I’d give it up
For a miracle drug, a miracle drug
A miracle drug

Oh God, I need your help tonight

Beneath the noise
Below the din
I hear a voice
It’s whispering
In science and in medicine
I was a stranger
You took me in

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I’ve had enough of romantic love
I’d give it up, yeah, I’d give it up
For a miracle drug, for a miracle drug

Miracle, miracle drug

Here's what's up...

All right it's been about five years since I posted (not quite, but close), so I am going to update you on what's been going on...

I got a C on that blasted paper on The Shawnee Prophet and got an A n a more recent history test.

I am looking for a new job since my boss seems to think that I'm a 90-pound weakling that is only good for toting smalls and working the rerun belt.

I finally decided on the subject taht I'm going to teach- HISTORY!!!

Terry Shiavo passed away after being starved to death. Her body was cremated and her ashes were buried in Philly.

Pope John Paul II died. His successor is Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who's papal name is Pope Benedict XVI.

The Cubs are 8-8, and Nomar Garciaparra is out with a pulled groin muscle. I'll update you on when he'll be back.

The Master Has Sold Out

It looks as though Frank J. is going on hiatus from blogging. He sold the URL to a Korean company, and I guess they gave him a very good deal for it.

Sarah K

has the details.

In other news, Terri Shiavo has passed away, after 13 days of being without food and water. She was 41. Her body is going to be cremated and buried in Philadelphia. However, her "husband" did grant an autopsy to be done. Maybe we will now see how badly he abused her.

Update: APRIL FOOLS!!!! He didn't sell out after all.

It happened

I knew it was going to happen!!!!

Frank J

proposed to Sarah K and she said yes!!!! A date hasn't been set yet, as it just happened two days ago. God bless and good luck to the happy couple.

I hope everyone had a happy Easter. It was kind of weird this year as We didn't get up long before dawn to go to church for sunrise service and have Easter breakfast like we did at Gloria Dei. Oh, did I mention that while I was gone, Gloria Dei imploded? Yeah, while i was in basic training, there was a falling out among a lot of the members involving my friend Victoria's wedding due to the fact that it was perfomed at a different church by a different pastor (big no-no) and that Victoria told our pastor that she would go wherever her husband did (another big no-no). I didn't find out all the details, however, until my aprents came down to South Carolina for my graduation. As a result of all this, my parents were among the many who made the exodus from Gloria Dei to the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (a small congregation that my parents and I belonged to at one time and that my pastor, who resigned from Gloria Dei, is a vaccancy pastor at). We had church at ten and that was it pretty much. Really weird.

Sorry I'm so behind....

Hey, I've been busy for the last month or so. I have school, work, drill (moments of sheer boredom accentuated by more moments of sheer boredom), and other concerns. I have a paper on The Shawnee Prophet to work on for my history class, been suffering from a crush from hell on same professor, and a project for psychology among other things.
On March 19, the Chicago chapter of Protest Warrior will be hitting the streets of Chicago to show moonbats how wrong they are. We will also be welcoming radio talk show host Michael Medved (known to me and the Twerp as simply "The Medved" *bows*). He will be making an appearence at a local college to sign copies of his book , Right Turns, among other things. So yeah, I'm gonna be busy for a while.

You guys have to check this out

I got this in an e-mail from Right March. It's a video from a band called The Right Brothers. It is absolutely wonderful.

I Want to Live

I'm thinking of buying this CD, if only I had the money, but things are a little tight right now as I have just gotten a new car.

I'm back for good this time

Well, guess what? I'm back-for good now. I graduated from Advanced Individual Training (AIT) on January 21st and arrived back in Chicago that day. I attended my first drill Feb 05 and 06th at Parkhurst Reserve Center in Darien,Illinois. All we did was give classes and got shown around the place. The most exciting thing that happened to me that weekend was that I fell asleep at the wheel on my way home from drill Saturday night (I'm okay, I swear to God). I start classes on February 14th, and I went back to work at UPS.

Now on to some news. This Ward Churchill guy is starting to piss me off. First he says that the people who died in the WTC, Pentagon,and Shanksville,Pennsylvania are not "innocent" and that we need more 9-11's, then he continually lies about being an Indian (YOU'RE NOT AN INDIAN, GET OVER IT!!!), thenhe says that he wants America off the planet!!!

You know what? THis guy is just asking for me to demonstrate some unarmed combatives on him. Not only for that, but also for desecrating the name of one of the best statesman the world has ever known- the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

I"ve Returned (briefly)

Hey, remember me? I'm back, for a while (on leave for Christmas). I arrived in O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Monday morning. I've just enjoyed the past few days with my family (mom, dad, sister, and the best of all MY GRANDPA!!!!). I am also reveling at home about the re-election of George Walker Bush, the gaining of four more seats in the Senate and four more in the House of Reps, the fact that Tom Daschle is gone (na na na na na, na na na na na, hey hey hey, good-bye), and enjoying the new U2 album (listening to it right now). Anyway, a Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year as well (or Hanukkah, Kwanza, or whatever you all celebrate). I will be back after January 21st, which is when I'm supposed to graduate AIT.

Okay, not quite...

I just found something on Barking Moonbat that John O'Neill, author of the book Unfit for Command, has told John Kerry and his people to put up or shut up. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40096

If you ask me, it's high time that the Bush campaign stands up for these guys. I'm not saying they're doing his "dirty work"; they're not. I'm merely saying that these fine men could be instrumental in getting him elected, as well as the former POWs who are now speaking out against him, as well as the Catholics against Kerry.

Another bit of good news about this is that it is number one on the New York Times best-seller's list (it debuted at number three last week, surrounding Klintoon's book with the help of General Tommy Franks(ret.))

Just a Post Before I Go...

Apologies to Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young for the above title. Anyway, I'm going to be leaving in about an hour for the recruiter's station, from which they will take to a hotel near O'Hare International Airport. I will be reporting to MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) very early the next morning, where they will be doing a quick once-over just to make sure I'm still okay, and then I will be off to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where I will be in Basic Combat Training for the next nine weeks. After graduation (if I make it that far), I will be going through AIT (Advanced Individual Training), after which I will finally be a soldier in the United States Army Reserve.

I am not going to be able to post here for a long while, so until I come back, behave, and, in the words of Gen. Douglas McArthur, "I shall return".

Time to set the record straight

I got a link from my friend Barb to

Sworn Enemy

. On there is a link to an aviation web site that sets the record straight about Junior's (Dubya's getting way too redundant for me) time in the Texas and Alabama Air National Guard.

All I have to say about this is if you think anything other than "he didn't take the easy way oyut after all", then you are a bigger goober (thanks Frank J.) than the Poodle.

I've been recognized by the Master!!!

I submitted something to be posted under Our Military on

IMAO

, and he put it up!!!

Also, in case you haven't noticed, I've gone from Insignificant Microbe to Crawly Amphibian in the Ecosystem since signing up with Truth Laid Bear!!! I'm moving up in the blogging world!!!

Another thing I wanted to tell you about is that my friend Barb got me an early birthday present (I'm going to be in BCT over my birthday), and i absolutely love it!!! It's a teddy bear from the Build A Bear Workshop. Her name is Maggie (after former British PM Margaret Thatcher), she has tie-dye fur, wears Army fatigues and Converse sneakers, and holds an American flag. I'll put up a picture of the beautiful Maggie when the film is developed (if it is the case before I leave).

Yippee!!! The original Annoying Twerp Has a Blog!

My best friend Barb (a.k.a Mako on Protest Warrior, a.k.a Annoying Little Twerp on Barking Moonbat Early Warning System) has a

blog

of her own now. Go there, and enjoy.

In other news, I went to my first Cubs game today (I've been to three White Sox games, a Cook County Cheetahs game (indy-league) and a Joliet Jackhammers game), and they WON, 6-3. Greg Maddux was going for his 300th, but he didn't get it :-( But I enjoyed it despite that and the CTA's Orange Line got fucked up (I'll explain later) and we didn't get to the game till the third inning :-*(

This is Just Insane

I got the following from the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiller, who got it from Swiftboat Veterans for Truth.  Apparently, the people who the Poodle worked with while in the Navy didn't like him all that much, and from what they said, he is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief (tell me something I don't know).

These quotes below are from men who served with Kerry in Vietnam, and who knew him best. If his own buddies despise him, how can any right-thinking American vote for this man for president?
Swift Boat Quotes about John Kerry
"We resent very deeply the false war crimes charges he made coming back from Vietnam in 1971 and repeated in the book "Tour of Duty." We think those cast an aspersion on all those living and dead, from our unit and other units in Vietnam. We think that he knew he was lying when he made the charges, and we think that they're unsupportable. We intend to bring the truth about that to the American people.
We believe, based on our experience with him, that he is totally unfit to be the Commander-in-Chief."
-- John O'Neill, spokesman, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth __________________________________________________________
"I do not believe John Kerry is fit to be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the United States. This is not a political issue. It is a matter of his judgment, truthfulness, reliability, loyalty and trust -- all absolute tenets of command. His biography, 'Tour of Duty,' by Douglas Brinkley, is replete with gross exaggerations, distortions of fact, contradictions and slanderous lies. His contempt for the military and authority is evident by even a most casual review of this biography. He arrived in-country with a strong anti-Vietnam War bias and a self-serving determination to build a foundation for his political future. He was aggressive, but vain and prone to impulsive judgment, often with disregard for specific tactical assignments. He was a 'loose cannon.' In an abbreviated tour of four months and 12 days, and with his specious medals secure, Lt.(jg) Kerry bugged out and began his infamous betrayal of all United States forces in the Vietnam War. That included our soldiers, our marines, our sailors, our coast guardsmen, our airmen, and our POWs. His leadership within the so-called Vietnam Veterans Against the War and testimony before Congress in 1971 charging us with unspeakable atrocities remain an undocumented but nevertheless meticulous stain on the men and women who honorably stayed the course. Senator Kerry is not fit for command."
-- Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman, USN (retired), chairman, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth __________________________________________________________
"During Lt.(jg) Kerry's tour, he was under my command for two or three specific operations, before his rapid exit. Trust, loyalty and judgment are the key, operative words. His turncoat performance in 1971 in his grubby shirt and his medal-tossing escapade, coupled with his slanderous lines in the recent book portraying us that served, including all POWs and MIAs, as murderous war criminals, I believe, will have a lasting effect on all military veterans and their families.
Kerry would be described as devious, self-absorbing, manipulative, disdain for authority, disruptive, but the most common phrase that you'd hear is 'requires constant supervision.'"
-- Captain Charles Plumly, USN (retired) __________________________________________________________
"Thirty-five years ago, many of us fell silent when we came back to the stain of sewage that Mr. Kerry had thrown on us, and all of our colleagues who served over there. I don't intend to be silent today or ever again. Our young men and women who are serving deserve no less."
-- Andrew Horne __________________________________________________________

"In my specific, personal experience in both coastal and river patrols over a 12-month period, I never once saw or heard anything remotely resembling the atrocities described by Senator Kerry. If I had, it would have been my obligation to report them in writing to a higher authority, and I would certainly have done that. If Senator Kerry actually witnessed or participated in these atrocities or, as he described them, 'war crimes,' he was obligated to report them. That he did not until later when it suited his political purposes strikes me as opportunism of the worst kind. That he would malign my service and that of his fellow sailors with no regard for the truth makes him totally unqualified to serve as Commander-in-Chief."
-- Jeffrey Wainscott __________________________________________________________
"I signed that letter because I, too felt a deep sense of betrayal that someone who took the same oath of loyalty as I did as an officer in the United States Navy would abandon his group here (points to group photo) to join this group here (points to VVAW protest photo), and come home and attempt to rally the American public against the effort that this group was so valiantly pursuing.
It is a fact that in the entire Vietnam War we did not lose one major battle. We lost the war at home ... and at home, John Kerry was the Field General."
-- Robert Elder __________________________________________________________
"My daughters and my wife have read portions of the book 'Tour of Duty.' They wanted to know if I took part in the atrocities described. I do not believe the things that are described happened.
Let me give you an example. In Brinkley's book, on pages 170 to 171, about something called the 'Bo De massacre' on November 24th of 1968... In Kerry's description of the engagement, first he claimed there were 17 servicemen that were wounded. Three of us were wounded. I was the first..."
-- Joseph Ponder __________________________________________________________
"While in Cam Rahn Bay, he trained on several 24-hour indoctrination missions, and one special skimmer operation with my most senior and trusted Lieutenant. The briefing from some members of that crew the morning after revealed that they had not received any enemy fire, and yet Lt.(jg) Kerry informed me of a wound -- he showed me a scratch on his arm and a piece of shrapnel in his hand that appeared to be from one of our own M-79s. It was later reported to me that Lt.(jg) Kerry had fired an M-79, and it had exploded off the adjacent shoreline. I do not recall being advised of any medical treatment, and probably said something like 'Forget it.' He later received a Purple Heart for that scratch, and I have no information as to how or whom.
Lt.(jg) Kerry was allowed to return to the good old USA after 4 months and a few days in-country, and then he proceeded to betray his former shipmates, calling them criminals who were committing atrocities. Today we are here to tell you that just the opposite is true. Our rules of engagement were quite strict, and the officers and men of Swift often did not even return fire when they were under fire if there was a possibility that innocent people -- fishermen, in a lot of cases -- might be hurt or injured. The rules and the good intentions of the men increased the possibility that we might take friendly casualties."
-- Commander Grant Hibbard, USN (retired) __________________________________________________________
"Lt. Kerry returned home from the war to make some outrageous statements and allegations... of numerous criminal acts in violation of the law of war were cited by Kerry, disparaging those who had fought with honor in that conflict. Had war crimes been committed by US forces in Vietnam? Yes, but such acts were few and far between. Yet Lt. Kerry have numerous speeches and testimony before Congress inappropriately leading his audiences to believe that what was only an anomaly in the conduct of America's fighting men was an epidemic. Furthermore, he suggested that they were being encouraged to violated the law of war by those within the chain of command.
Very specific orders, on file at the Vietnam archives at Texas Tech University, were issued by my father [Admiral Elmo Zumwalt] and others in his chain of command instructing subordinates to act responsibly in preserving the life and property of Vietnamese civilians."
-- Lt. Col. James Zumwalt, USMC (retired) __________________________________________________________
"We look at Vietnam... after all these years it is still languishing in isolated poverty and helplessness and tyranny. This is John Kerry's legacy. I deeply resent John Kerry's using his Swift boat experience, and his betrayal of those who fought there as a stepping-stone to his political ambitions."
-- Barnard Wolff __________________________________________________________
"In a whole year that I spent patrolling, I didn't see anything like a war crime, an atrocity, anything like that. Time and again I saw American fighting men put themselves in graver danger trying to avoid... collateral damage.
When John Kerry returned to the country, he was sworn in front of Congress. And then he told my family -- my parents, my sister, my brother, my neighbors -- he told everyone I knew and everyone I'd ever know that I and my comrades had committed unspeakable atrocities."
-- David Wallace __________________________________________________________
"I served with these guys. I went on missions with them, and these men served honorably. Up and down the chain of command there was no acquiescence to atrocities. It was not condoned, it did not happen, and it was not reported to me verbally or in writing by any of these men including Lt.(jg) Kerry.
In 1971, '72, for almost 18 months, he stood before the television audiences and claimed that the 500,000 men and women in Vietnam, and in combat, were all villains -- there were no heroes. In 2004, one hero from the Vietnam War has appeared, running for President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief. It just galls one to think about it."
-- Captain George Elliott, USN (retired) __________________________________________________________
"During the Vietnam War I was Task Force Commander at An Thoi, and my tour of duty was 13 months, from the end of Tet to the beginning of the Vietnamization of the Navy units.
Now when I went there right after Tet, I was restricted in my movements. I couldn't go much of anyplace because the Vietcong controlled most of the area. When I left, I could go anywhere I wanted, just about. Commerce was booming, the buses were running, trucks were going, the waterways were filled with sampans with goods going to market, but yet in Kerry's biography he says that our operations were a complete failure. He also mentions a formal conference with me, to try to get more air cover and so on. That conference never happened..."
-- Captain Adrian Lonsdale, USCG (retired) __________________________________________________________
"I was in An Thoi from June of '68 to June of '69, covering the whole period that John Kerry was there. I operated in every river, in every canal, and every off-shore patrol area in the 4th Corps area, from Cambodia all the way around to the Bo De River. I never saw, even heard of all of these so-called atrocities and things that we were supposed to have done.
This is not true. We're not standing for it. We want to set the record straight."
-- William Shumadine __________________________________________________________
"In 1971, when John Kerry spoke out to America, labeling all Vietnam veterans as thugs and murderers, I was shocked and almost brought to my knees, because even though I had served at the same time and same unit, I had never witnessed or participated in any of the events that the Senator had accused us of. I strongly believe that the statements made by the Senator were not only false and inaccurate, but extremely harmful to the United States' efforts in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. Tragically, some veterans, scorned by the antiwar movement and their allies, retreated to a life of despair and suicide. Two of my crewmates were among them. For that there is no forgiveness. "
-- Richard O'Meara __________________________________________________________
"My name is Steve Gardner. I served in 1966 and 1967 on my first tour of duty in Vietnam on Swift boats, and I did my second tour in '68 and '69, involved with John Kerry in the last 2 1/2 months of my tour. The John Kerry that I know is not the John Kerry that everybody else is portraying. I served alongside him and behind him, five feet away from him in a gun tub, and watched as he made indecisive moves with our boat, put our boats in jeopardy, put our crews in jeopardy... if a man like that can't handle that 6-man crew boat, how can you expect him to be our Commander-in-Chief?"
-- Steven Gardner __________________________________________________________
"I served in Vietnam as a boat officer from June of 1968 to July of 1969. My service was three months in Coastal Division 13 out of Cat Lo, and nine months with Coastal Division 11 based in An Thoi. John Kerry was in An Thoi the same time I was. I'm here today to express the anger I have harbored for over 33 years, about being accused with my fellow shipmates of war atrocities.
All I can say is when I leave here today, I'm going down to the Wall to tell my two crew members it's not true, and that they and the other 49 Swiftees who are on the Wall were then and are still now the best."
-- Robert Brant __________________________________________________________
"I never saw, heard of, or participated in any Swift boat crews killing cattle, poisoning crops, or raping and killing civilians as charged by John Kerry, both in his book and in public statements. Since we both operated at the same time, in the same general area, and on the same missions under the same commanders, it is hard to believe his claims of atrocities and poor planning of Sea Lord missions.
I signed this letter because I feel that he used Swift boat sailors to proclaim his antiwar statements after the war, and now he uses the same Swift boat sailors to support his claims of being a war hero. He cannot have it both ways, and we are here to ask for full disclosure of the proof of his claims
-- James Steffes

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Surprise, surprise

I have wanted to say something about this for a while, but now I'm going to it.

It looks as though Sandy Berger got caught sticking a few things where they don't belong. The "few things" being classified documents, and "where they don't belong means stuck in his shirt, socks, and worst of all, DOWN HIS PANTS!!!!! ICK!!!!!!

For this, he got awarded Barking Moonbat of the Week by

Vilmar

(Allan's gone for now, but don't worry, he'll be back).

You know, this is exactly the sort of thing I've come to expect from the press. If Condi Rice did something like this, they would be screaming for her head on a platter. However, since this is a Klintoonista (thanks, Misha), you don't hear a damn thing. Anyone? Bueller? I hope they throw his ass into jail. Goddamn.

What A BITCH!!!!

...and I don't use that term lightly, either.

Allah

tells us of the most selfish person ever, Amy Richards, who had selective infanticide because she didn't want to give up her job, even though her OB/GYN assured her that her pregnancy was low risk.

It's people like her that makes me grateful for my parents. Heck, my dad had to have an operation just to have me (he was 38 by the time he and my mom got married, and 41 by the time I was born) and my sister.

I think she and her husband should be sterilised if they are this selfish and have such a low regard for human life. We certainly don't need them procreating if this is the case.

That's It!!!

I knew people like this were retards from the word go that were in cahoots with the Dummycraps, and now all doubt has been removed. I got the scoop from

Allan

about darlings like these trying to disrupt things in New York this August.

That's real nice. If you can't win because your guy's the right man for the job, disrupt the other side. How immature is that. I hope every single one of these motherfuckers get arrested for holding up traffic.

That Does It

I received word from

Emperor Misha

that the World Court in the Hack found the wall separating our ally Israel from her enemies "illegal". Theres also a link to E-mail them to tell you exactly what you tink about it.

To be honest with you, I think they should add to it, like Misha suggested.

For the Love of God...

Will those two keep their hands to themselves? My God!!!

EEEWWW

I'm glad our current President and VP aren't like that. FI they were, I would be blowing chunks all over the place all the bloody time.

For the Birthday Boy..

I was just reminded by Allan that today is our President's birthday. He's 58 today (how bout that, not much younger than my dad, who'll be 61 this month).

Happy birthday, Mr. President. Enjoy your day.

What the Hell?

I just received word from Emperor Misha that appparently Cpl Hassoun (the Marine that was kidnapped and supposedly "beheaded") is alive and free.



As glad as I am about this, something doesn't add up. Usually, they do someting like this, mae a demand, we tell them to go fuck themselves, and then they go ahead and behead them. Either they're yanking his family's collective chains (for that, they must be torutred and killed), or they realised what deep shit they were for getting a U.S. MARINE and threatening to kill him, and let him go to save themselves from some angry Marines (no enemy would want to piss off of them) making an example of what happens when you do something like that.

I'm praying it's the latter.

I wanna Blog for Bush!!!

Blogs for Bush

Boo-yeah!!!

Three days ago, Iraq became sovreign and not to mention two days early (nice try, terrorists). As our President wrote on the note that Dr. Rice gave him stating what happened, "Let Freedom Reign"! Now, let's just hope that the only regime change that occurs in November is that the current one is lengthened by four years.

Also, Saddam went to a hearing about his charges (whatever they decide to do with him once he's convicted, he's in deep shit) and put on quite a spectacle. I watched it on Fox News this morning, and I almost died laughing at how delusional the man has to be, to think that he's still in power.