Sam, twice in my mistake prone life I have let imposed prejudices almost cheat me out of two of my best friends. They were fish-eaters( catholics) and I wasn't. Just before WWII ended June 1945, I was sworn in the navy and admitted to the V-5 pre-flight training unit at Denison U,(Granville,O). One of my three roommates was Capt. of Central Catholics Titans, football, in the 1944 season. Dick Diehl.----- OSU after the war I pledged a fraternity that was going broke. Another Portsmouth guy( Sam Ware) and I were made co rush chairmen to save us with the dues of new members. This we did! With most of the new members being from Portsmouth. One was Capt. of Central catholic Titans football 1943, Rodney Kinskey. Rod and Dick both remain good, good friends. Jim Fout and I visited with Dick in the assissted living facility about six weeks ago ln Ports.Rod has retired to Ariz. having sold a vast commercial empire in the NW U.S. to a subsidiary of Kroger. Included 116 convenience stores. Some he had acquired from 7-11. Both these guys were excellent athletes and friends. Life has treated me very kindly in it's provision of good firends. Jack P
Jack P.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Nasty fall in Georgia ... Thanks Anon Ymous!
It is too bad about Tyrone's injuries. ;) I hope the slob was arrested and I hope he doesn't win a law suit against the store.
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skegley.blogspot.com Index 7-1 thru 10-26, 2011
This is long; however, it shows the posts to my SamKat blog over the last four months. You cannot activate the posts as links here; however you may by coming to the blog and searching a little or by writing and asking me to present the item you may be interested in again. It is easy to see that I am conservative and that I have no use for the criminals currently running our wonderful country. I also love Portsmouth Ohio and the University of Kentucky, my alma mater.
SamKat aka Sam Kegley
skegley@columbus.rr.com
Recent SamKat Blog
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10-26-2011 Conservqative Christian Bolg
To Bloggers Everywhere
We Tea Partiers must peacefully resist the 'Occupy Wall Street'
mobs. Be sure to vote in 2012.
1
2
Contents
Best joke of year ... Thanks Pat Whitehead! 15
The school reunion Thanks Clay Vice! 16
Social Security Checks Aug. 3, 2011 ... Thanks Marge! 18
Thanks you Dawood Kahn aka Dave Kaelin! 19
Healing miracle for burns ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 20
Catching pigs ... Thanks Dan Baird! 22
NASA data confirms clamate change to cold era ... Thanks Alma
Holl! 23
Remember this guy? Thanks John & Yvette! 27
Amen to this ... Right on, Mr. Massey! 29
House approves and Senate rejects - Newsmax.com 29
Federal judge throws out atheist law suit vs. Gov. Perry 34
The Columbus Dispatch 07/30/2011- Larry Larson 36
Medicare coverage in a nutshell ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 39
Little girl on an airplane ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 40
Obamacare explained by Trump ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 41
Xenos- Means "hospitality" SamKat 42
Hell for three leaders ... Thanks Marge! 43
Blessed Re-Cycle ... Thanks friend, Clay Vice! 44
o agrees with two trillion dollar Debt Deal- Newsmax.com 46
Shot and killed in Columbus- Desmond Allison- (Long) 49
CO2 emissions and volcanic erruption Thanks Sarah and Alma! 59
Aug 1 to Sept 1 ... Seek to Avoid Chinese goods! 63
Smart meters are "Big Brother" spies 65
Quote of the Decade- Senator Barack Obama- 2006 67
3
Tea Party should never vote for Biden-o: Sam Kegley 68
From: George F. Will's Debt-ceiling debate was instructive 69
Prayer Circle ... Thanks Judi Cole! 70
Catholic Saint ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 70
Sex and grammar ... Thanks Clay! 71
A blog post ... Thanks Beau and Nicole Hummel and Dr.
Hovermale! 72
Cancer is a strange cell ... Thanks Ron Walters! 75
Friday, August 05, 2011 76
Friday, August 05, 2011 78
From an anonymous friend ... Kalula Airlines So. Africa 80
New assistant for Jesse Jackson ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 85
A polite way ... Thanks Bob Looney! 85
About profanity ... From friend, Dawood Kahn 86
2011 08 08 3:21 AM Thanks Bob Looney! 92
The truth about Dorothy ... Thanks Bob Looney! 95
Best Quotes ... Thanks Dan Baird! 95
Thoughts to ponder ... thanks Dan Baird! 100
Afternoon sex ... Funny, Clay! 102
Re- The Decade of the forties ... Thanks Sonny Hoskins! 103
History Lesson Your social security Thanks Ron Walters! 104
Tolerance, Australian Thanks friend! 108
My blog might retain its innocence without these darts, Clay! ;) 109
Newsmax- obama engineering America's destruction 110
The pickle jar ... Thanks Bob Looney! 113
1940's, very well done. 118
4
Gotta read this one ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 120
Recession is hurting everybody ... thanks Lyle shover! 124
Twenty dollars 125
Well spoken American ... Thanks Clay Vice! 127
Acorn fined for election fraud in Nevada Radio this AM 133
Aug. 10 2011 Post from Tim Wildmon, AFA 134
Tom sowell is a notable black conservative economist 134
Cost of Illegal aliens in USA ... Thanks Clay! 137
Hanging by my ____ ... thanks Sonny H.! 141
Green ... Thanks John & Yvette! 143
o and Texas wisdom 144
ABC bans wearing of flag lapel pins Thanks John & Yvette! 145
Don't laugh. ...Thanks Ron Walters! 146
Green Bay Packers Thanks Ron Walters! 147
Obituary- Important for Americans to understaand! 148
Children are quick ... Right on, Carol & Clay! 151
Nero by black gentleman in World Net (WND) Thanks Marge! 154
Math- Big and little- Beyond my scope- SamKat 156
Christians and government Xenos teacher- Ryan Lowery 156
Cancer update- Johns Hopkins- Thanks Clay Vice! 157
Bill Cosby does it again! Thanks Judi Cole! 163
The honeymoon is over ... Thanks John Massey! 166
Fact vs. fiction You could have heard a pin drop 168
Raising the national debt limit? 171
Columbus Dispatch- Forum A11-2011 08 17 173
Why I am so depressed ... Thanks Nita Elliott! 174
5
Disgusted with NBC ... Thanks Judi Cole! 175
Be what you see for yourself ... Thanks Bob Looney! 176
A long but wonderful dog story Thanks Terry Krause! 177
Change your underwear ... From a good Dension co-worker 182
Saturday, August 20, 2011 183
Roadside traps ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 183
Irish jokes ... Thanks Clay Vice! 186
Happy Sunday Morning! Thanks Pat Whitehead! 189
Preamble to state constitutions >>> Thanks John Massey! 193
Grey-haired brigade! Thanks Nita Elliott! 197
It is no secret what God can do ... Thanks Nita Eelliott! 198
Fawn rescued ... Thanks Marge Rusnak and Nana! 201
Fun- Transferred to Detroit Thanks Clay! 202
Darling, we are growing old ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 203
George Will Dispatch forum page today- NJ Christie 207
Weddding ring and watch in repair ... Thanks Doug 210
Dispatch Forum page 2011 08 25 Cal Thomas 211
Returning home ... Thanks Tom & Carolybn Lynch! 211
English language ... thanks John & Yvette Massey! 215
The Gingham Dress ... Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 216
Driving inm the rain ... thanks Tom & Carolyn! 217
Friday, August 26, 2011 220
" ... There's a mousetrap in the house ..." Thanks Marge! 221
Darius Miller back from China Kentuckysportsradio.com 230
"Gray-Haired Brigade" ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 231
Message removed- A town called Pilsen, Czek 233
6
Thanks Marge Rusnak ... A reminder of God 234
News you can use ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 237
A prayer request ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 237
Dog's loyalty to his Seal master upon his death ... thanks Dr.
Hove... 237
Re- Seal Team 6 and treason ... Thanks Ron Walters! 239
What we have learned in 2,064 years- Dr. Hovermale! 240
Lifespan Calculator by Northwestern Mutual Life 241
Awesome photography around the world 241
Little Duncan A new favorite ... Thanks Pat whitehead! 242
... Poster Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 243
... a good one ... thanks Sarah Rapp! 244
Women ... Thanks to a good anonymous friend! 244
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 246
Only funny ... thanks to another anonymous friend! 248
Health advice ... thanks Lyle Shover! 249
Maine's new governor LePage ... thanks Sonny! 249
Foreign aid ... thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins! 254
Fundamental liberal philosophy ... Yep, friend! 257
PHS 1950 Necrology since our 60th reunion 258
Oh to be six again ... Thanks Terry Krause! 258
Bruce Thomas Metallurgical Engineer 259
Tata- India- Air car ... Thanks Sonny! 260
Translations ... Thanks John & Yvette Massey! 261
Football jokes ... thanks Sonny Hoskins! 263
Hats off to Sherry! Thanks Lyle Shover! 275
7
APOLOGY ... Sherry Hacket did not write "We Noticed" 280
Facebook post Frank Hunter 283
Fox News report on the Republican debate last night 283
Dallas traffic problem solution ... Thanks Ron Walters! 286
Barack Bingo! Thanks John Massey! 287
Perry-Rubio sounds good, John & Yvette Massey! 288
Thanks Dan! ... France to rule on Noriega's extradition to
Panama 290
5 best sentences ... Thanks Doug! 292
Doctor's visit ... thanks Terry Krause! 293
USA Today 9-8-2011 Headline story 294
Greedy Non-Representatives of our Partnership Republic 294
"It's his fault! o speaks again! More money for the rat hole. 296
Biden, Hoffa, & o- O'Reilly-Thanks John Massey! 298
Shell Oil co. Warnings- Gas tank filling Thanks Ramey! 301
Immigration letter Thanks Carol & Clay Vice! 303
Prayer ... thanks Carol and Clay Vice! 306
Should Christians support obama? Thanks Sarah Rapp! 306
the obama cult ... thanks Ramey! 309
The Tea Party email 9-11-2011 315
Interesting ... Thanks Sonny! 316
Voting on 2nd amendment rights ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 323
Right foot direction Thanks Marge Rusnak! 324
Outstandingly re-cyclable, Sarah Rapp! For ALL! 324
Flat tax and Tort Reform 329
2012 o stimulous package Thanks anonymous friend! 329
8
Hubris ... Well put, Mr. Walters! 330
I am so happy to know good P'Town people like Carol and Clay
Vice! 331
Great Quote! Probably a repeat, but so apropos, Sarah Rapp! 332
Police stop at 1 AM ... Thanks Lyle Shover! 333
When your hut is burning ... Thanks good friend! 333
Thanks Judi Cole ... Author dave Barry describes his
colonoscopy 334
Tradition ... Thanks Clay Vice! 338
Check your vehicle door handles ... thanks Terri Kusner! 340
New way of stealing ... thanks Ralph! 342
Thomas Jefferson ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 346
New Poster Thanks Sonny! 350
911 Pentagon Marines act 351
Jokes you can tell in church ... Thanks Judi cole! 353
German parade floats ... Thanks Leswinner! 360
For the ladies! Thanks Lyle! 361
Cecil Adams ... Denison Hydraulics! Thanks Jim and Barbara
Walker! 363
Panetta's biggest fear ... Thanks Sonny! 364
"I'm Tired" Good, but Not Bill Cosby ... Thanks Nita! 367
A beef with McDonalds ... thanks good friend, Sarah Rapp! 370
A OBAMA Democratic supporter who is a Muslim speaks out in
Canada -... 373
Monday, September 19, 2011 373
Quotes from obama from his books Thanks Ramey Sonny
Hoskins! 375
Cartoons getting tougher ... Thanks Luis! 377
9
National day of prayer ... thanks Nita Elliott! 379
Constitutional- Proposed 28th amendment. Thanks Ron
Walters! 382
Justice for self-protection ... thanks Sonny! 384
Baptizing a drunk ... Thanks John Bob! 391
John Voight; This took guts...career Over? 393
Where did the shirt come from, Bob? 393
Portsmouth's Coach Bill Rohr ... Thanks Blaine Bierley! 394
Apologies for my computer problems ... Sam Kegley 396
Recycled and worth it ... Thanks Dan Baird! 396
Cabinet ... Thanks Alma Holl! 397
Actor Morgan Freeman calls the tea Party "racist" 399
Nothing wrong with new stamp's glue ... Thanks Lyle! 402
He's my brother ... Thanks Mr. Shover! 402
Mitch Albom's "the five people you meet in heaven" 403
Non-Representatives of 'We the People' Thanks Dan! 403
To my friend ... Thanks Pat Whitehead! 411
obama's illegal internet takeover ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 413
Mathematics ... thanks Lou! 417
Poorest junk bond towns ... thanks John & Yvette Massey! 418
Enjoy reading this ... Thanks Bob Looney! 422
Bus Ride ... Oh Margie! Toupee or not toupee ;) 422
Friday, September 30, 2011 423
A fly in the toilet ... thanks tom & Carolyn Lynch! 425
Campaign Poster ... Thanks John & Yvette! 426
New federal golf rules ... Thanks John Massey! 427
10
What if he's right? Thanks Luis Flores! 428
Coach Cal says "You Kentucky fans are 'crazy' " 432
The lawyers' party Thanks Sarah Rapp! 439
Kentucky plane crash ... Thanks Bob Looney! 444
God's 26 guards ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 446
Waking a sleeping giant ... Thanks Luis Flores! 449
Googled Gary Hubbell- SamKat 452
"Cooler Corn" ... thanks Luis Flores! 454
Irony ... thanks 456
Ramey's interpretation of 'Daughter gone bad!' Me too! 457
Selfishness betrayed in a non-representative republic 457
obama's czars ... Thanks for a worthy re-cycle, Ron walters! 460
Golf help ... thankis Luis Flores! 463
This is STAND BY ME like you've never heard it! 463
Happenings in fresno, CA ... Thanks Ramey! 463
He is the great I Am ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 467
Can of worms sermon & Maxine ,,, Thanks Lyle Shover! 471
Quote by a Navy Seal ... thanks Dr. Hovermale! 472
High School Principal's speech ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 473
Pics from "You Know You Are From Portsmouth IF" 475
You're the one ... Thanks Clay Vice! 476
Fear of the Lord ... Dr. Jeff Gordon Xenos Cafe' 477
Snopes fan's rebuttal to "principal'sSpeech" authenticity 478
My omission of comment replies- I apologize 479
Highway Patrol Sergant speaks - Google alert about Portsmouth 479
Back when we were negroes ... Thanks Sarah! 480
11
An eagle kissed by God ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 482
Shocking obamacare items ... thanks Luis! 487
Why go to church? Thanks Dave Miller! 490
Thursday, October 06, 2011 491
Thanks Marge Rusnak- Never look down on someone unless
you are help... 491
Mars or Venus? Oh doctor- What a perspective! 493
obama's objectionable acts ... thanks Ramey! 494
Hooray for Florida ... and you, too, Dr. Hovermale! 496
Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Address 497
Halal meat in the US ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 504
Threat and reply ... Thanks Ramey! The lady has guts! 506
Worthy repeat, Ramey! 510
A simple message ... Thanks Clay! 517
Watch your receipts- scam ... Thanks Dan Baird! 517
Down in El Paso ... Thanks Luis Flores! 520
Cancer is a strange cell Thanks Clay Vice! 521
A Class Act ... Thanks Luis! 522
Truth about Sarah Palin ... thanks Ramey Hoskins! 524
Child writes the Bible in a nutshell ... Thanks Ramey! 528
Words ... Thanks TJ and Sarah duPuy! 530
Portsmouth's Municipal Stadium ... Thanks Frank Hunter! 531
About Herman Cain ... Thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins 532
Occupy Wall Street is a play ... thanks Judi ! 534
I back! Our little granddaughter, Tobey and my computer outage 536
Cutest ... Thanks Joyce and Jim Smallwood! 537
12
Go to Newsmax.com for these stories- SamKat 538
Is this a great country or what? Yeah, Luis Flores! 539
Universal laws ... thanks Luis Flores! 540
Social Security ... thanks Luis Flores! 542
Breaking news ... Thanks Bob Looney! 545
So thoughtful, Bob Looney! Quality time 545
Cowboy Bob- Do you know Mr. Looney, Clay? 546
Small business analysis from a friend 548
Thanks for being my friend ... Thanks Sarah Taylor! 551
Planning ahead for 2012 ... thanks Ramey! 553
Bible study ... thanks Ramey! 554
Haloween moon from our friend, Clay Vice 557
Over 19,000 hits now to this SamKat Blog 557
Another Haloween Greeting from a good friend ... thanks Ron
walters! 558
reat repeat- World's largest army... Thanks Nita Elliott! 559
Slow Dance Thanks Bob Looney! 559
Senior Health ... Thanks Bob Looney! 566
Splinter removal ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 567
A follow-up to Ramey's Splinter removal- SamKat 569
My SamKat blog vs. Daily Newspaper circulation 569
Good Morning ... Thanks Judi Cole! 575
Among Best Quotes ever ... Thanks Ron Walters! 576
Ineptocracy ... A good word, Luis Flores! 576
Very Un-Presidential behavior ... Thanks Luis Flores! 577
A good chuckle ... Thanks Dave Miller! 578
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85 Thanks Dave Miller! 579
Just home from church at Xenos- SamKat 583
Chaplains refuse Pentagon directions ... Thanks Sonny! 584
Flat tax by politicians- I'm for it! SamKat 585
Winter Coming and Clay sends such a thoughtful message 587
SamKat on "Comments" section of the blog- 587
The boss explains "Wall Street" for us who have been
employees 587
So, so recyclable! Thanks for another diamond, Pat whitehead! 593
A bar tab to end all bar tabs ... Thanks Anon Ymous! 594
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 596
Free Stuff- Said plainly and well, Luis Flores! 598
Old Paths- Thanks Pat Whitehead! 600
Book Signing in Portsmouth Newberry's Nov. 5 603
Cain more like us blacks than obama- Newsmax.com 604
Man Without a Country ... Google Wikipedia 608
Moose Hunting camp ... Thanks Clay! 612
USA Today feature article "The Fading Middle Class" 613
SamKat aka Sam Kegley
skegley@columbus.rr.com
Recent SamKat Blog
skegley.blogspot.com
10-26-2011 Conservqative Christian Bolg
To Bloggers Everywhere
We Tea Partiers must peacefully resist the 'Occupy Wall Street'
mobs. Be sure to vote in 2012.
1
2
Contents
Best joke of year ... Thanks Pat Whitehead! 15
The school reunion Thanks Clay Vice! 16
Social Security Checks Aug. 3, 2011 ... Thanks Marge! 18
Thanks you Dawood Kahn aka Dave Kaelin! 19
Healing miracle for burns ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 20
Catching pigs ... Thanks Dan Baird! 22
NASA data confirms clamate change to cold era ... Thanks Alma
Holl! 23
Remember this guy? Thanks John & Yvette! 27
Amen to this ... Right on, Mr. Massey! 29
House approves and Senate rejects - Newsmax.com 29
Federal judge throws out atheist law suit vs. Gov. Perry 34
The Columbus Dispatch 07/30/2011- Larry Larson 36
Medicare coverage in a nutshell ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 39
Little girl on an airplane ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 40
Obamacare explained by Trump ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 41
Xenos- Means "hospitality" SamKat 42
Hell for three leaders ... Thanks Marge! 43
Blessed Re-Cycle ... Thanks friend, Clay Vice! 44
o agrees with two trillion dollar Debt Deal- Newsmax.com 46
Shot and killed in Columbus- Desmond Allison- (Long) 49
CO2 emissions and volcanic erruption Thanks Sarah and Alma! 59
Aug 1 to Sept 1 ... Seek to Avoid Chinese goods! 63
Smart meters are "Big Brother" spies 65
Quote of the Decade- Senator Barack Obama- 2006 67
3
Tea Party should never vote for Biden-o: Sam Kegley 68
From: George F. Will's Debt-ceiling debate was instructive 69
Prayer Circle ... Thanks Judi Cole! 70
Catholic Saint ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 70
Sex and grammar ... Thanks Clay! 71
A blog post ... Thanks Beau and Nicole Hummel and Dr.
Hovermale! 72
Cancer is a strange cell ... Thanks Ron Walters! 75
Friday, August 05, 2011 76
Friday, August 05, 2011 78
From an anonymous friend ... Kalula Airlines So. Africa 80
New assistant for Jesse Jackson ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 85
A polite way ... Thanks Bob Looney! 85
About profanity ... From friend, Dawood Kahn 86
2011 08 08 3:21 AM Thanks Bob Looney! 92
The truth about Dorothy ... Thanks Bob Looney! 95
Best Quotes ... Thanks Dan Baird! 95
Thoughts to ponder ... thanks Dan Baird! 100
Afternoon sex ... Funny, Clay! 102
Re- The Decade of the forties ... Thanks Sonny Hoskins! 103
History Lesson Your social security Thanks Ron Walters! 104
Tolerance, Australian Thanks friend! 108
My blog might retain its innocence without these darts, Clay! ;) 109
Newsmax- obama engineering America's destruction 110
The pickle jar ... Thanks Bob Looney! 113
1940's, very well done. 118
4
Gotta read this one ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 120
Recession is hurting everybody ... thanks Lyle shover! 124
Twenty dollars 125
Well spoken American ... Thanks Clay Vice! 127
Acorn fined for election fraud in Nevada Radio this AM 133
Aug. 10 2011 Post from Tim Wildmon, AFA 134
Tom sowell is a notable black conservative economist 134
Cost of Illegal aliens in USA ... Thanks Clay! 137
Hanging by my ____ ... thanks Sonny H.! 141
Green ... Thanks John & Yvette! 143
o and Texas wisdom 144
ABC bans wearing of flag lapel pins Thanks John & Yvette! 145
Don't laugh. ...Thanks Ron Walters! 146
Green Bay Packers Thanks Ron Walters! 147
Obituary- Important for Americans to understaand! 148
Children are quick ... Right on, Carol & Clay! 151
Nero by black gentleman in World Net (WND) Thanks Marge! 154
Math- Big and little- Beyond my scope- SamKat 156
Christians and government Xenos teacher- Ryan Lowery 156
Cancer update- Johns Hopkins- Thanks Clay Vice! 157
Bill Cosby does it again! Thanks Judi Cole! 163
The honeymoon is over ... Thanks John Massey! 166
Fact vs. fiction You could have heard a pin drop 168
Raising the national debt limit? 171
Columbus Dispatch- Forum A11-2011 08 17 173
Why I am so depressed ... Thanks Nita Elliott! 174
5
Disgusted with NBC ... Thanks Judi Cole! 175
Be what you see for yourself ... Thanks Bob Looney! 176
A long but wonderful dog story Thanks Terry Krause! 177
Change your underwear ... From a good Dension co-worker 182
Saturday, August 20, 2011 183
Roadside traps ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 183
Irish jokes ... Thanks Clay Vice! 186
Happy Sunday Morning! Thanks Pat Whitehead! 189
Preamble to state constitutions >>> Thanks John Massey! 193
Grey-haired brigade! Thanks Nita Elliott! 197
It is no secret what God can do ... Thanks Nita Eelliott! 198
Fawn rescued ... Thanks Marge Rusnak and Nana! 201
Fun- Transferred to Detroit Thanks Clay! 202
Darling, we are growing old ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 203
George Will Dispatch forum page today- NJ Christie 207
Weddding ring and watch in repair ... Thanks Doug 210
Dispatch Forum page 2011 08 25 Cal Thomas 211
Returning home ... Thanks Tom & Carolybn Lynch! 211
English language ... thanks John & Yvette Massey! 215
The Gingham Dress ... Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 216
Driving inm the rain ... thanks Tom & Carolyn! 217
Friday, August 26, 2011 220
" ... There's a mousetrap in the house ..." Thanks Marge! 221
Darius Miller back from China Kentuckysportsradio.com 230
"Gray-Haired Brigade" ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 231
Message removed- A town called Pilsen, Czek 233
6
Thanks Marge Rusnak ... A reminder of God 234
News you can use ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 237
A prayer request ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 237
Dog's loyalty to his Seal master upon his death ... thanks Dr.
Hove... 237
Re- Seal Team 6 and treason ... Thanks Ron Walters! 239
What we have learned in 2,064 years- Dr. Hovermale! 240
Lifespan Calculator by Northwestern Mutual Life 241
Awesome photography around the world 241
Little Duncan A new favorite ... Thanks Pat whitehead! 242
... Poster Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 243
... a good one ... thanks Sarah Rapp! 244
Women ... Thanks to a good anonymous friend! 244
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 246
Only funny ... thanks to another anonymous friend! 248
Health advice ... thanks Lyle Shover! 249
Maine's new governor LePage ... thanks Sonny! 249
Foreign aid ... thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins! 254
Fundamental liberal philosophy ... Yep, friend! 257
PHS 1950 Necrology since our 60th reunion 258
Oh to be six again ... Thanks Terry Krause! 258
Bruce Thomas Metallurgical Engineer 259
Tata- India- Air car ... Thanks Sonny! 260
Translations ... Thanks John & Yvette Massey! 261
Football jokes ... thanks Sonny Hoskins! 263
Hats off to Sherry! Thanks Lyle Shover! 275
7
APOLOGY ... Sherry Hacket did not write "We Noticed" 280
Facebook post Frank Hunter 283
Fox News report on the Republican debate last night 283
Dallas traffic problem solution ... Thanks Ron Walters! 286
Barack Bingo! Thanks John Massey! 287
Perry-Rubio sounds good, John & Yvette Massey! 288
Thanks Dan! ... France to rule on Noriega's extradition to
Panama 290
5 best sentences ... Thanks Doug! 292
Doctor's visit ... thanks Terry Krause! 293
USA Today 9-8-2011 Headline story 294
Greedy Non-Representatives of our Partnership Republic 294
"It's his fault! o speaks again! More money for the rat hole. 296
Biden, Hoffa, & o- O'Reilly-Thanks John Massey! 298
Shell Oil co. Warnings- Gas tank filling Thanks Ramey! 301
Immigration letter Thanks Carol & Clay Vice! 303
Prayer ... thanks Carol and Clay Vice! 306
Should Christians support obama? Thanks Sarah Rapp! 306
the obama cult ... thanks Ramey! 309
The Tea Party email 9-11-2011 315
Interesting ... Thanks Sonny! 316
Voting on 2nd amendment rights ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 323
Right foot direction Thanks Marge Rusnak! 324
Outstandingly re-cyclable, Sarah Rapp! For ALL! 324
Flat tax and Tort Reform 329
2012 o stimulous package Thanks anonymous friend! 329
8
Hubris ... Well put, Mr. Walters! 330
I am so happy to know good P'Town people like Carol and Clay
Vice! 331
Great Quote! Probably a repeat, but so apropos, Sarah Rapp! 332
Police stop at 1 AM ... Thanks Lyle Shover! 333
When your hut is burning ... Thanks good friend! 333
Thanks Judi Cole ... Author dave Barry describes his
colonoscopy 334
Tradition ... Thanks Clay Vice! 338
Check your vehicle door handles ... thanks Terri Kusner! 340
New way of stealing ... thanks Ralph! 342
Thomas Jefferson ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 346
New Poster Thanks Sonny! 350
911 Pentagon Marines act 351
Jokes you can tell in church ... Thanks Judi cole! 353
German parade floats ... Thanks Leswinner! 360
For the ladies! Thanks Lyle! 361
Cecil Adams ... Denison Hydraulics! Thanks Jim and Barbara
Walker! 363
Panetta's biggest fear ... Thanks Sonny! 364
"I'm Tired" Good, but Not Bill Cosby ... Thanks Nita! 367
A beef with McDonalds ... thanks good friend, Sarah Rapp! 370
A OBAMA Democratic supporter who is a Muslim speaks out in
Canada -... 373
Monday, September 19, 2011 373
Quotes from obama from his books Thanks Ramey Sonny
Hoskins! 375
Cartoons getting tougher ... Thanks Luis! 377
9
National day of prayer ... thanks Nita Elliott! 379
Constitutional- Proposed 28th amendment. Thanks Ron
Walters! 382
Justice for self-protection ... thanks Sonny! 384
Baptizing a drunk ... Thanks John Bob! 391
John Voight; This took guts...career Over? 393
Where did the shirt come from, Bob? 393
Portsmouth's Coach Bill Rohr ... Thanks Blaine Bierley! 394
Apologies for my computer problems ... Sam Kegley 396
Recycled and worth it ... Thanks Dan Baird! 396
Cabinet ... Thanks Alma Holl! 397
Actor Morgan Freeman calls the tea Party "racist" 399
Nothing wrong with new stamp's glue ... Thanks Lyle! 402
He's my brother ... Thanks Mr. Shover! 402
Mitch Albom's "the five people you meet in heaven" 403
Non-Representatives of 'We the People' Thanks Dan! 403
To my friend ... Thanks Pat Whitehead! 411
obama's illegal internet takeover ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 413
Mathematics ... thanks Lou! 417
Poorest junk bond towns ... thanks John & Yvette Massey! 418
Enjoy reading this ... Thanks Bob Looney! 422
Bus Ride ... Oh Margie! Toupee or not toupee ;) 422
Friday, September 30, 2011 423
A fly in the toilet ... thanks tom & Carolyn Lynch! 425
Campaign Poster ... Thanks John & Yvette! 426
New federal golf rules ... Thanks John Massey! 427
10
What if he's right? Thanks Luis Flores! 428
Coach Cal says "You Kentucky fans are 'crazy' " 432
The lawyers' party Thanks Sarah Rapp! 439
Kentucky plane crash ... Thanks Bob Looney! 444
God's 26 guards ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 446
Waking a sleeping giant ... Thanks Luis Flores! 449
Googled Gary Hubbell- SamKat 452
"Cooler Corn" ... thanks Luis Flores! 454
Irony ... thanks 456
Ramey's interpretation of 'Daughter gone bad!' Me too! 457
Selfishness betrayed in a non-representative republic 457
obama's czars ... Thanks for a worthy re-cycle, Ron walters! 460
Golf help ... thankis Luis Flores! 463
This is STAND BY ME like you've never heard it! 463
Happenings in fresno, CA ... Thanks Ramey! 463
He is the great I Am ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 467
Can of worms sermon & Maxine ,,, Thanks Lyle Shover! 471
Quote by a Navy Seal ... thanks Dr. Hovermale! 472
High School Principal's speech ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 473
Pics from "You Know You Are From Portsmouth IF" 475
You're the one ... Thanks Clay Vice! 476
Fear of the Lord ... Dr. Jeff Gordon Xenos Cafe' 477
Snopes fan's rebuttal to "principal'sSpeech" authenticity 478
My omission of comment replies- I apologize 479
Highway Patrol Sergant speaks - Google alert about Portsmouth 479
Back when we were negroes ... Thanks Sarah! 480
11
An eagle kissed by God ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 482
Shocking obamacare items ... thanks Luis! 487
Why go to church? Thanks Dave Miller! 490
Thursday, October 06, 2011 491
Thanks Marge Rusnak- Never look down on someone unless
you are help... 491
Mars or Venus? Oh doctor- What a perspective! 493
obama's objectionable acts ... thanks Ramey! 494
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This is a rather long read but very informative. After reading the following narrative, then check out the attachment.
You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door. Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear,
you hear muffled whispers.
At least two people have broken into your
house and are moving your way.
With your heart pumping, you reach down
beside your bed and pick up your shotgun.
You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch
toward the door and open it.
In the darkness, you make out two shadows.
One holds something that looks like a crowbar.
When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike,
you raise the shotgun and fire.
The blast knocks both thugs to the floor.
One writhes and screams while the second
man crawls to the front door and lurches outside.
As you pick up the telephone to call police,
you know you're in trouble.
In your country, most guns were outlawed years
before, and the few that are privately owned
are so stringently regulated as to make them useless..
Yours was never registered.
Police arrive and inform you
that the second burglar has died.
They arrest you for First Degree Murder
and Illegal Possession of a Firearm.
When you talk to your attorney, he tells
you not to worry: authorities will probably
plea the case down to manslaughter.
"What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
"Only ten-to-twelve years,"
he replies, as if that's nothing. "Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
The next day, the shooting is the lead
story in the local newspaper.
Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric
vigilante while the two men you shot
are represented as choirboys.
Their friends and relatives can't find
an unkind word to say about them..
Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have been arrested numerous times.
But the next day's headline says it all:
"Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die."
The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type pranksters..
As the days wear on, the story takes wings.
The national media picks it up,
then the international media. The surviving burglar has become a folk hero. Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably win.
The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their lack of effort in apprehending the suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that you would be prepared next time.
The District Attorney uses this to allege that you were lying in wait for the burglars.
A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been reduced, as your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the stand, your anger at the injustice of it all works against you.. Prosecutors paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you of all charges.
The judge sentences you to life in prison. This case really happened. On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed one burglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term... How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British Empire ?
It started with the Pistols Act of 1903. This seemingly reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only handguns but all firearms except shotguns.. Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns. Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the Hungerford mass shooting in 1987.
Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw. When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead. The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control", demanded even tougher restrictions.
(The seizure of all privately owned handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a semi-au tom atic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable, or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearms still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released.
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying, "We cannot have people take the law into their own hands."
All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars.
When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three months to turn them over to local authorities.
Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply.
Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been registered and licensed. Kind of like cars. Sound familiar?
WAKE UP AMERICA ; THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION.
"...It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." --Samuel Adams
If you think this is important,
please forward to everyone you know.
You had better wake up, because Obama is doing this very same thing, over here, if he can get it done.
And there are stupid people in congress and on the street that will go right along with him.
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You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door. Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear,
you hear muffled whispers.
At least two people have broken into your
house and are moving your way.
With your heart pumping, you reach down
beside your bed and pick up your shotgun.
You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch
toward the door and open it.
In the darkness, you make out two shadows.
One holds something that looks like a crowbar.
When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike,
you raise the shotgun and fire.
The blast knocks both thugs to the floor.
One writhes and screams while the second
man crawls to the front door and lurches outside.
As you pick up the telephone to call police,
you know you're in trouble.
In your country, most guns were outlawed years
before, and the few that are privately owned
are so stringently regulated as to make them useless..
Yours was never registered.
Police arrive and inform you
that the second burglar has died.
They arrest you for First Degree Murder
and Illegal Possession of a Firearm.
When you talk to your attorney, he tells
you not to worry: authorities will probably
plea the case down to manslaughter.
"What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
"Only ten-to-twelve years,"
he replies, as if that's nothing. "Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
The next day, the shooting is the lead
story in the local newspaper.
Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric
vigilante while the two men you shot
are represented as choirboys.
Their friends and relatives can't find
an unkind word to say about them..
Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have been arrested numerous times.
But the next day's headline says it all:
"Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die."
The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type pranksters..
As the days wear on, the story takes wings.
The national media picks it up,
then the international media. The surviving burglar has become a folk hero. Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably win.
The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their lack of effort in apprehending the suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that you would be prepared next time.
The District Attorney uses this to allege that you were lying in wait for the burglars.
A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been reduced, as your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the stand, your anger at the injustice of it all works against you.. Prosecutors paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you of all charges.
The judge sentences you to life in prison. This case really happened. On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed one burglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term... How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British Empire ?
It started with the Pistols Act of 1903. This seemingly reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only handguns but all firearms except shotguns.. Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns. Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the Hungerford mass shooting in 1987.
Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw. When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead. The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control", demanded even tougher restrictions.
(The seizure of all privately owned handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a semi-au tom atic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable, or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearms still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released.
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying, "We cannot have people take the law into their own hands."
All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars.
When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three months to turn them over to local authorities.
Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply.
Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been registered and licensed. Kind of like cars. Sound familiar?
WAKE UP AMERICA ; THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION.
"...It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." --Samuel Adams
If you think this is important,
please forward to everyone you know.
You had better wake up, because Obama is doing this very same thing, over here, if he can get it done.
And there are stupid people in congress and on the street that will go right along with him.
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Washington Post article about obama Thanks Ramey!
Extremely well written and appropriate article. It’s amazing that the Wash. Post would actually print this.
Washington Post article about Obama.
The Washington Post
August 18, 2011 Obama: The Affirmative Action President by Matt Patterson (columnist - Washington Post, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner)
Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?
Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life: ushered into and through the Ivy League despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer"; a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present") ; and finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions. He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator.
And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor"; a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?
Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal:
To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers, would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberaldom to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass.
Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass -- held to a lower standard -- because of the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues:
And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?
Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon -- affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.
Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist.
Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin -- that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what America did to Obama.
True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary. What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks?
In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people -- conservatives included -- ought now to be deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clichés, and that's when he has his teleprompter in front of him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth -- it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years.
And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?
In short: our president is a small and small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office.
Washington Post article about Obama.
The Washington Post
August 18, 2011 Obama: The Affirmative Action President by Matt Patterson (columnist - Washington Post, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner)
Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?
Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life: ushered into and through the Ivy League despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer"; a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present") ; and finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions. He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator.
And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor"; a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?
Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal:
To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers, would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberaldom to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass.
Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass -- held to a lower standard -- because of the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues:
And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?
Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon -- affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.
Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist.
Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin -- that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what America did to Obama.
True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary. What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks?
In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people -- conservatives included -- ought now to be deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clichés, and that's when he has his teleprompter in front of him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth -- it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years.
And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?
In short: our president is a small and small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office.
Car Brand loyalty
Are Fancy Gadgets The Key To Hooking Buyers For Life?Are Fancy Gadgets The Key To Hooking Buyers For Life?
After watching loyalty fade for a decade, automakers are using technology to keep you addicted to their brand
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Social media and "transparent connectivity" may play an increasing role in automotive brand loyalty (Hyundai).
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After a decade of watching brand loyalty fade away, automakers are trying to hook customers into long-term relationships by offering them technology they can't live without.
Doug Scott, senior vice president of GfK Automotive, a market research group, says automakers who can give their buyers all-encompassing access to music, Internet search and GPS will make their customers feel like they are still at home. And that gives the carmaker a better shot at keeping those customers next time they're in the market for a car.
"At home, you're using your Facebook page, checking your email," Scott said. "People are going to want to hop in their car and be exactly where they were when they were connected in their breakfast nook or home office. It's the Apple experience."
Brand loyalty used to be a much bigger part of car buying. Families identified themselves as Ford or Chevy buyers (or some other brand) and that's the brand they stuck with, until they had enough money to move up the chain into a Lincoln or a Cadillac.
But that's changed.
Gen Y, the youngest generation buying cars today, buys from the same automaker only 32% of the time. That's compared with 55% of Baby Boomers, and 62% of pre-Boomers.
Kelley Blue Book recently released its top automotive loyalty rankings. Hyundai came in first, followed by Toyota, Subaru, Kia and Ford. Ford has been working diligently at offering consumers a bevy of in-car entertainment and connectivity, so it's no surprise it is the one domestic car manufacturer to make this list.
Consumers shouldn't mourn the loss of loyalty, though. When automakers could rely on a certain percentage of its customer base just coming back year after year, they got complacent and started making bad cars. That opened up the market to foreign brands like Toyota, which came in and started listening to consumers and making cars they wanted.
Younger customers don't feel the need to just buy the same thing they bought before. But Scott says they could get hooked on a brand if it offers them what they want.
And brands who have the best social media strategy may be the ones who are best at getting younger customers into the dealership. Getting them in the door is a huge step towards selling them a car.
A generation ago, buyers knew very little about a car before going to the dealership. So they relied on dealers to get 80% of the information crucial to buying their next vehicle from the dealer.
"The buyer experience is going to be dictated by how connected I was prior to going to the dealership," Scott said.
After watching loyalty fade for a decade, automakers are using technology to keep you addicted to their brand
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Social media and "transparent connectivity" may play an increasing role in automotive brand loyalty (Hyundai).
by: Ross Kenneth Urken See More Articles
from this Author
After a decade of watching brand loyalty fade away, automakers are trying to hook customers into long-term relationships by offering them technology they can't live without.
Doug Scott, senior vice president of GfK Automotive, a market research group, says automakers who can give their buyers all-encompassing access to music, Internet search and GPS will make their customers feel like they are still at home. And that gives the carmaker a better shot at keeping those customers next time they're in the market for a car.
"At home, you're using your Facebook page, checking your email," Scott said. "People are going to want to hop in their car and be exactly where they were when they were connected in their breakfast nook or home office. It's the Apple experience."
Brand loyalty used to be a much bigger part of car buying. Families identified themselves as Ford or Chevy buyers (or some other brand) and that's the brand they stuck with, until they had enough money to move up the chain into a Lincoln or a Cadillac.
But that's changed.
Gen Y, the youngest generation buying cars today, buys from the same automaker only 32% of the time. That's compared with 55% of Baby Boomers, and 62% of pre-Boomers.
Kelley Blue Book recently released its top automotive loyalty rankings. Hyundai came in first, followed by Toyota, Subaru, Kia and Ford. Ford has been working diligently at offering consumers a bevy of in-car entertainment and connectivity, so it's no surprise it is the one domestic car manufacturer to make this list.
Consumers shouldn't mourn the loss of loyalty, though. When automakers could rely on a certain percentage of its customer base just coming back year after year, they got complacent and started making bad cars. That opened up the market to foreign brands like Toyota, which came in and started listening to consumers and making cars they wanted.
Younger customers don't feel the need to just buy the same thing they bought before. But Scott says they could get hooked on a brand if it offers them what they want.
And brands who have the best social media strategy may be the ones who are best at getting younger customers into the dealership. Getting them in the door is a huge step towards selling them a car.
A generation ago, buyers knew very little about a car before going to the dealership. So they relied on dealers to get 80% of the information crucial to buying their next vehicle from the dealer.
"The buyer experience is going to be dictated by how connected I was prior to going to the dealership," Scott said.
Teacher arrested ... thanks Dr. Hovermale!
Subject: FW: Teacher Arrested
Love this!
Thank Heaven for people like this keeping us safe........... Teacher arrested
A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General Eric Holder said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
'Al-Gebra is a problem for us', the Attorney General said. 'They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.' They use secret code names like "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns" but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Obama said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.
Love this!
Thank Heaven for people like this keeping us safe........... Teacher arrested
A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General Eric Holder said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
'Al-Gebra is a problem for us', the Attorney General said. 'They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.' They use secret code names like "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns" but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Obama said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.
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