Rebels and Patriots or Siding with the King?

On my way into work this morning the talk show host on AM790,
www.wnis.com Tony Macrini raised an interesting question with respect to
Rush Limbaugh. The question, in general terms was something along these
lines. Would Rush be a rebel, against the crown of England or a
lockstep torry in full support of the Kings actions here in the
Colonies. I think this is a very difficult question to answer. However
the founding fathers not only gave us the right, but told us to do so
when the conditions of the established government become destructive to
our rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness...

...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new Government...
....it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government...

U.S. Declaration Of Independence

The bigger issue is how to rally the masses to support one agenda to
change a particular part or action of the government. Although I am not
suggesting or supporting insurrection within the United States, I do
believe that we the people, in order to make changes with in our
communities and governments need to rally as a whole, and not fragmented
behind issues affecting the people. I can almost guarantee with
certainty that if 10,000 people showed up every single time the city
council met to address one issue with one agreed upon solution by the
people the peoples voice would be heard and the issue rapidly addressed.
A one time showing of the people would not incite the change it would
have to be consistent and growing crowd in order to affect change.

As for Rush, who knows?? In my case, well depends on which side of the
proverbial "pond" my interest lie. I know as an officer in the
military, I would have a real hard time ordering my subordinates to open
fire on my countrymen in any situation other then self defense.

Just some food for thought.
NUTZ

SoU Commentary

How many people picked up that the dems did not stand and applaud when
GW talked about winning a being a success in the war on terror??

How many people picked up on during the State of the Union address last
night that GW wants to increase the size of the petroleum reserves?
Interesting....

How many people picked up that the dems did not applaud when GW talked
about limiting frivolous malpractice lawsuits against doctors. A huge
price driver for medical bills? Obviously the trial lawyers are deep
deep deep in the pockets of the dems!

Just some food for thought..

Fighting the war at home and abroad!

An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a
simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some
floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold,
bug-infested ground.
What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company's Web site,
which not only refused the request but added insult to injury with the
admonition, "If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of
Iraq <> ."
Army Sgt. Jason Hess, stationed in Taji <> , Iraq, with the 1st Cavalry
Division, said he emailed his request to Discount-mats.com because he
and his fellow soldiers sleep on the cold ground, which contains sand
mites, sand flies and other disease carriers.
In his email, dated Jan. 16, 2007, he asked the Web-based company,
registered to Faisal Khetani, an American Muslim of Pakistani descent:
"Do you ship to APO (military) addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry
Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we
are looking for ships to APO first."
On the same day, Hess received this reply:
"SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship
to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of
Iraq.
Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com"
Khetani on Monday told FOX News that the person responsible for the
email reply had been fired. The Web site, meanwhile, has been
temporarily taken down.
Hess emailed that he has since found two mat suppliers willing to ship
to an APO address in Iraq.
FOX News' Douglas Kennedy contributed to this story.

They Walk Among Us

Thanks to a special friend in MD for sending this along...


We know most of these people

One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone
shouted...."Look at that dead bird!" One of them looked up at the sky and
said..."where???"

They walk among us.

====================

While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which
direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun
waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the
north?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and
has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up
with that stuff."

They walk among us.

====================

I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I
got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was
open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to
end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific." That satisfied him.

They walk among us.

====================

My colleague and I were having lunch in our cafeteria, when we
overheard one of our coworkers talking about the
sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a
convertible but didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was
moving.

They walk among us.

====================

My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut
through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.


They walk among us.

====================

My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were
discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The
cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount on both.


They walk among us.

====================

I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to
the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never
showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a
trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me,
"has your plane arrived yet?"


They walk among us.

====================

While working at a pizza parlor, I observed a man ordering a small
pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he
would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time
before responding, "Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm
hungry enough to eat 6.”

Yep, they walk among us. And drive. And . . .

Track US House and Senate Bills

It's interesting to watch the news and hear about all the great bills that were passed in the first 100 hours of the US House. However, if you look closely at the wording, it may or may not be what is talked about in the media.

To see the wording of the bills that are voted on in the US House of Representatives go to US House of Representatives Roll Call Votes.

To see bills being voted on in the US Senate, go to US Senate: Legislation and Records.

Crackerz

Get over it!

This is fantastic... Be sure you drop Delegate Frank D. Hargrove A note!

RICHMOND, Va. — A state legislator said black people "should get over" slavery and questioned whether Jews should apologize "for killing Christ," drawing denunciations Tuesday from stunned colleagues.

Del. Frank D. Hargrove, 79, made his remarks in opposition to a measure that would apologize on the state's behalf to the descendants of slaves.

In an interview published Tuesday in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Hargrove said slavery ended nearly 140 years ago with the Civil War and added that "our black citizens should get over it."

The newspaper also quoted him as saying, "are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?"

Black lawmakers swiftly denounced Hargrove's comments.

"When somebody tells me I should just get over slavery, I can only express my emotion by projecting that I am appalled, absolutely appalled," said Del. Dwight C. Jones, head of the Legislative Black Caucus.

Del. David L. Englin also criticized Hargrove's remarks, recalling that his grandparents were driven from their homes in Poland "by people who believed that as Jews, we killed Christ."

When Hargrove rose to speak, he told Englin he didn't care about Englin's religion. "I think your skin was a little too thin," Hargrove said as lawmakers gasped and groaned.

Gators Win!

Yes, I was the sole Gator fan at our friends' house last night. In the end, it was me who left with a smile!

Go Gators!

http://www.gatorzone.com/football/

Democratic Tax Refunds

If you don't understand the Democrats' version
of tax refunds, maybe this will help explain it:
50,000 people go to a baseball game, but the
game was rained out.

A refund was then due.

The team was about to mail refunds when a group
of Congressional Democrats stopped them and
suggested that they send out the ticket refunds
based on the Democrat National Committee's
interpretation of fairness.

Originally the refunds were to be paid based on
the price each person had paid for the tickets.
Unfortunately that meant most of the refund
money would be going to the ticket holders that
had purchased the most expensive tickets. This,
according to the DNC, is considered totally unfair.
A decision was then made to pay out the refunds
in this manner:

People in the $10 seats will get back $15. After all,
they have less money to spend on tickets to begin with.
Call it an "Earned Income Ticket Credit." Persons
"earn" it by having few skills, poor work habits, and
low ambition, thus keeping them at entry-level wages.

People in the $25 seats will get back $25, because
it "seems fair." People in the $50 seats will get back
$1, because they already make a lot of money and
don't need a refund. After all, if they can afford
a $50 ticket, they must not be paying enough taxes.
People in the $75 luxury box seats will each have
to pay an additional $25 because it's the "right
thing to do."

People walking past the stadium that couldn't afford
to buy a ticket for the game each will get a $10 refund,
even though they didn't pay anything for the tickets.
They need the most help. Sometimes this is known as
Affirmative Action.

Now do you understand?

If not, contact Representative Nancy Pelosi, Senator

Ted Kennedy, Senator John Kerry or Senator Hillary

Clinton for assistance.

REPEAL FICA

National Championship Game Tonight!

Florida vs. Ohio State

Our friend Bobby sent these pictures from Iraq!

Gas Price

Come quick $1.99 gas at el chepos in OV

Bolivars

Here is a new one from the Cigar Dave collection. I wish I could give some specifics.. Right now it is going quite well with the glass of crown royal I am drinking... My after cutting the back yard grass cigar. You know something is wrong when you have to cut your grass in January. A very mild winter so far here in the tidewater. However i am not compaining. As for the grass, this fall I spread a little rye grass and things turned out quite well, a green lawn that I have cut at least three times since the time I thought I was going to put the mower up for the season. A decent cigar I would purchas this again. Along those lines I need to get a larger humidor!

I did smoke another series of Qunitessas cigars over the holidays however i forgot to make an entry.. they were pretty good as well.

Draw: Pretty smooth, a little tough at the begining.

Burn Time: I sucked on this thing for about 45 minutes or so.

Uniform Burn: The cigar burned well through out the evolotion. I had a little inconsitant burn at the begining.

Flavor: I was suprised with this one, the flavor was actually quite mildfor a dark cigar

After Taste: TBD

Price: Unknown Cigar Dave Special

Purchase Again: Yes

Want to give the People a pay increase.. try this!

Repeal the FICA tax

WEATHER BULLETIN

Up here, in the "Mile-Hi City", we just recovered from a Historic event
---may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions"

.........with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds
to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded
hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated
scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.

FYI:

George Bush did not come.
FEMA did nothing.
No one howled for the government.
No one blamed the government.
No one even uttered an expletive on TV.

Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.
Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5
snowstorm.

Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.

No one looted.

Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.

Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.

No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No
Geraldo Rivera.

No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.

Nope, we just melted the snow for water.
Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.
The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a
penny.

Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments
delivered it to the snowbound families.

Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.

We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman
lanterns.

We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".
We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of
a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades
votes for 'sittin at home' checks.

Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this
early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.

"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48
degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems evaporate."

It does seem that way, at least to me.

Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a
living.

Pakistan Lifts Kite-Flying Ban

You really have to be "in the know" to appreciate this story! Not only
does the string kill people but people firing their AK-47s at kites kill
people as well! Lahore is a Gem of a city as well! Remember, you get
Karachi from a Lahore, so be sure to wrap it before you ride it!
NUTZ

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Authorities on Thursday lifted a ban on
kite-flying in a Pakistan province after the sport was forbidden last
year following a series of deaths caused by reinforced kite strings, an
official said.
The ban was lifted about a month ahead of Basant, an annual festival
that heralds spring and is marked by flying colorful kites in the
eastern province of Punjab and its capital, Lahore.

This year's festival will be celebrated on Feb. 25, said Salman Ghani,
chairman of Punjab's planning and development department.

During Basant last year, seven people were fatally slashed by glass-
coated or metal-reinforced kite strings, prompting authorities to ban
kite-flying. They arrested hundreds who defied the new regulation.

Among last year's fatalities was a 4-year-old boy whose throat was slit
by a string coated with glass as he rode on a motorcycle with his
father.

Ghani said that glass-coated or metal strings will be banned, and that
authorities will issue licenses for selling kites and strings during
this year's festival.

The ban will be re-imposed after the festival's final day celebrations,
he said.

Kites larger than 2 feet by 2 feet will not be allowed to prevent the
use of heavy strings, Ghani said.

Offenders will face up to four years in jail, or a fine of 100,000
rupees ($1,800), he said.

You know you're getting older when...

...the number of children at your parties are greater than the number of adults.
...the upstairs becomes a makeshift pack and play condo!

and finally...

...byob now means Bring Your Own Baby/Bottle/Booze!

Courtesy of Nutz's creative mind

I Loved This Guy

Wisdom and Leadership

"Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose."
- Ronald Reagan

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
- Ronald Reagan

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
- Ronald Reagan

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."
- Ronald Reagan

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."
- Ronald Reagan

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
- Ronald Reagan

"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."
- Ronald Reagan

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will e ver se e on this earth is a government program"
- Ronald Reagan

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."
- Ronald Reagan

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
- Ronald Reagan

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
- Ronald Reagan

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
- Ronald Reagan

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."

- Ronald Reagan

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

- Ronald Reagan

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
- Ronald Reagan

Gas and immigration Plan

This was too good not to post!

New Gas Plan.... Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The
best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal
immigrants! That would be
11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would have to
come down as a result.

New Immigration Plan... Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the
border. When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand
him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq. Tell him if
he wants to come to America, then he must serve a tour in the
military. Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it.

After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he
defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a
legal patriot.
This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a
solution for the troops in Iraq, and the aliens trying to make a
better life for themselves.

If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the
canteen, rifle or ammo. Problem solved.

Happy New Year 2007

Yes it is the dawn of a brand new year, how exciting! There are many things to look forward to. The future is now so we must be ready for all the opportunities it presents. 2006 was an interesting year both personally and professionally. I don't think i will forget the highlights of the year. Most importantly I will not forget the people who have had an impact on my life in 2006. Some of whom we partied with last night and it was fun. 8 hours of eating, drinking, and being merry. Our friends from Virginia Beach were victorious in pictionary and Mrs. Jones once again was a fabulous hostess with the mostess. I promise next year I will host and we can celebrate together once again.

Have a great and prosperous 2007!

See our new years eve party Pics