01/14/2011
Egypt, et al...
At various times in the past I was very concerned about the possibility of large numbers of ''Iraqi (and Afghani) refugees'' fleeing to the US and Europe. I suspect there was a quiet policy to 'localize' those fleeing those hellholes.
In the case of Iraq, those 'refugees' would be coming to the West with a (not unjustified) chip on their shoulders. And that would have put the lie to both ''we are making a better life for them'' and ''we are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here''. So Iraqis that fled had to go to Syria, Jordan and to a lesser extent Iran.
In the case of Afghanistan the reason was much more plain. In a word, dope. Really, what is the only thing Afghanistan produces? Narcotics. And Europe has more than enough trouble in that regard (as does the US). Afghanistan is a rotten, corrupt, dope-growing, illiterate (in any language) tribal anarchy. I know that there are many that don't particularly like this guy, but this is an important read (and I tend to dislike .pdf files).
Any ''refugees'' from Afghanistan would only be more welfare basket cases or in the narcotics trade or both.
And that is where Egypt comes in, because no matter how this current mess shakes out there will likely be a substantial number of refugees. And like Mr. Darby and Mr. Roach, I have little reason to be optimistic about the future there. And if the Egyptians thought times were tough before, things will get worse. Kiss tourism goodbye for quite some time, all they have left is cotton exports. I've never seen why 'Egyptian cotton' is supposedly so great, but SWPL's consider it premium. To me cotton is cotton, it's either fabric, white balls of fluff or cooking oil. I'd just as soon it was grown in the US as anywhere else.
Though I suspect the Camp David accords that resulted in a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel is likely toast. And for both sides if they want us to broker a new peace deal with them, fine. But otherwise, let the two nations sort their own issues out. And no more money for either one of them. Tell 'em we're broke, it's the truth.
UPDATE: Vox Day has also added his two cents worth:
BTW, Yes, that link in his blogroll is to my old blog. The odds of getting him to update it are pretty slim. It's rare when he does...
In the case of Iraq, those 'refugees' would be coming to the West with a (not unjustified) chip on their shoulders. And that would have put the lie to both ''we are making a better life for them'' and ''we are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here''. So Iraqis that fled had to go to Syria, Jordan and to a lesser extent Iran.
In the case of Afghanistan the reason was much more plain. In a word, dope. Really, what is the only thing Afghanistan produces? Narcotics. And Europe has more than enough trouble in that regard (as does the US). Afghanistan is a rotten, corrupt, dope-growing, illiterate (in any language) tribal anarchy. I know that there are many that don't particularly like this guy, but this is an important read (and I tend to dislike .pdf files).
Any ''refugees'' from Afghanistan would only be more welfare basket cases or in the narcotics trade or both.
And that is where Egypt comes in, because no matter how this current mess shakes out there will likely be a substantial number of refugees. And like Mr. Darby and Mr. Roach, I have little reason to be optimistic about the future there. And if the Egyptians thought times were tough before, things will get worse. Kiss tourism goodbye for quite some time, all they have left is cotton exports. I've never seen why 'Egyptian cotton' is supposedly so great, but SWPL's consider it premium. To me cotton is cotton, it's either fabric, white balls of fluff or cooking oil. I'd just as soon it was grown in the US as anywhere else.
Though I suspect the Camp David accords that resulted in a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel is likely toast. And for both sides if they want us to broker a new peace deal with them, fine. But otherwise, let the two nations sort their own issues out. And no more money for either one of them. Tell 'em we're broke, it's the truth.
UPDATE: Vox Day has also added his two cents worth:
"However, this excitement is every bit as ill-conceived as the neoconservative adventures that brought democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan. And seeing that Egypt lacks a military occupying force, it is unlikely that the establishment of a democratic government in Cairo will end as well as the foundation of the corrupt puppet regimes in Baghdad and Kabul have to date."Read the whole thing here (or part of it here).
BTW, Yes, that link in his blogroll is to my old blog. The odds of getting him to update it are pretty slim. It's rare when he does...
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01/14/2011
BTW my friend...
As soon as I can figure out how to change the 'blogroll' here, you WILL be the first!!! I promise.
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A ''birther''? Well I didn't USED to be one...
As the title suggests, I had my doubts about the whole ''birther'' issue. I thought ''Hmm, if Hillary and then McCain didn't go there, that suggests there is reason to believe 'the smoking gun' doesn't exist''. After all, if they could have used the ''ineligible to be President'' claim against him, why the hell didn't they? In the case of Hillary, I can believe it was 'horse trading' (Obama: Hillary, what can I do to get you out of my way to the White House? Hillary: Secretary of State. Obama: If I win, it's yours! Hillary: Deal.)
But that doesn't explain McCain. Other than to say he didn't have the guts 'to go there'. I didn't think any of them were fit to be Prez, (that includes both Palin and Biden) but then again, by that point I thought: ''Bush will wind up as being the GOP's Jimmy Carter''.
That said, I don't hold any ill will towards Gov. Abercrombie, I'm thinking Occam's Razor here; He figured ''I'm thee Gov. of Hawaii, if anyone can put this issue to rest, I can and should!'' (The birthplace of a President; THERE IS 'BRAGGING RIGHTS' THERE!!!).
Not only did he not 'settle the issue' he brought it back to the forefront!
If he could not obtain Obama's OFFICIAL Birth Certificate, it may well not exist!
I've recently had to go through the whole 'Obtain your Birth Certificate' thing (I needed to renew my ID). It cost me $65us, but the questions to get it were quite straightforward:
And BTW, I obtained it and paid for it 'online'!
It was shipped to me UPS, ppd. in 10 days.
It's 'Public Record'; I CAN'T BELIEVE the Gov. of HI can't get the BC for President Obama!
But that doesn't explain McCain. Other than to say he didn't have the guts 'to go there'. I didn't think any of them were fit to be Prez, (that includes both Palin and Biden) but then again, by that point I thought: ''Bush will wind up as being the GOP's Jimmy Carter''.
That said, I don't hold any ill will towards Gov. Abercrombie, I'm thinking Occam's Razor here; He figured ''I'm thee Gov. of Hawaii, if anyone can put this issue to rest, I can and should!'' (The birthplace of a President; THERE IS 'BRAGGING RIGHTS' THERE!!!).
Not only did he not 'settle the issue' he brought it back to the forefront!
If he could not obtain Obama's OFFICIAL Birth Certificate, it may well not exist!
I've recently had to go through the whole 'Obtain your Birth Certificate' thing (I needed to renew my ID). It cost me $65us, but the questions to get it were quite straightforward:
- Mom's full 'maiden' name.
- Dad's full name.
- Where I was born.
- And when.
- What State.
- What County in that State.
And BTW, I obtained it and paid for it 'online'!
It was shipped to me UPS, ppd. in 10 days.
It's 'Public Record'; I CAN'T BELIEVE the Gov. of HI can't get the BC for President Obama!
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01/14/2011
Maybe ESPN will take him back...
Keith Olbermann abruptly fired by NBC.
I liked him on ESPN, he was a pretty good sportscaster, on MSNBC it averaged about 30 seconds before I had the urge to throw up...
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01/14/2011
Hmm, let's see if this works...
UPDATE: After some fussin' and cussin' I finally got around the 'net nanny' type program and now I can post pics here! Scroll down to see it.
VA, You will absolutely love it!
Brand new blog, now let's see if I can post pics to it:
The computer I'm using has a ''net nanny'' type program on it.
A VERY strong one in fact, I can't go to AmRen:
VA, You will absolutely love it!
Brand new blog, now let's see if I can post pics to it:
The computer I'm using has a ''net nanny'' type program on it.
A VERY strong one in fact, I can't go to AmRen:
Category Blocked
The site you tried to visit belongs to a category that your computer is set to block.
http://www.amren.com/ is blocked because it is currently categorized as: Not happy about that. I can't put an innocent image on this blog nor can I go to AmRen!k
The 1st Amendment has a reason for being folks!!!
I can go (for now) to VA's blog, and Forum or OA's blog but how long will that last?
If I can't go to AmRen or host even innocent pics:
http://f1141.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1_4797_1_33443_0_ALKniGIAAVrHTMwxWQHUKDHZc%2F8&fid=%2540S%2540Search&pid=15&clean=0&inline=1
Don't worry, if you can get that URL to work (I couldn't) it's 100% innocent (In fact, if you're a 'cat person' it'll melt your heart)
I don't want this (or any other 'Pro-White') blog to be BLOCKED.
But the liberal that chained me thinks I'm a child. In an employment situation I could support that, it's their computers. An employer can and even should use blocking software.
If you want to BLOCK me, YOU MUST EMPLOY me.
PAY ME!!!
The 1st Amendment has a reason for being folks!!!
I can go (for now) to VA's blog, and Forum or OA's blog but how long will that last?
If I can't go to AmRen or host even innocent pics:
Don't worry, if you can get that URL to work (I couldn't) it's 100% innocent (In fact, if you're a 'cat person' it'll melt your heart)
I don't want this (or any other 'Pro-White') blog to be BLOCKED.
But the liberal that chained me thinks I'm a child. In an employment situation I could support that, it's their computers. An employer can and even should use blocking software.
If you want to BLOCK me, YOU MUST EMPLOY me.
PAY ME!!!
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Wait a minute, I have a blog again...
"More of the same?" I don't disagree. When Steele was made GOP chair I thought "so the Dems have their black President, I guess the GOP needs an 'affirmative action' leader as well".
And that's what he was. I have nothing against anyone when it comes to race, gender, ect.
IF that person can 'make the grade'. For a year and a half I honestly thought you were a guy!
I was kind of embarrassed when you "came out as a woman" (your words).
My point being is you "made the grade"! I liked your blog and your gender became meaningless.
Steele was put in that position purely due to his race and nothing else.
Robert Jindal "made the grade" as Gov. of LA, as you said "the bar is set pretty low for him". But he was capable of stepping over it. As far as I can tell, he's neither incompetent nor corrupt. David Duke couldn't pass 'the corrupt test' and he ran against a guy that openly ADMITTED 'he was a crook'!
That said, I don't think I could support him in a bid for President either unless it was Obama vs. Palin. In that case I would vote for him.
I know you like Gov. Palin, but I don't. When I heard her tell Katie Couric as a reply to the question "What magazines do you read?" she said "All of them".
That's the "FAIL", no one can read "all of them"!
Could she read "all of them" blogs? Even if she did nothing but read and sleep? Not likely...
UPDATE: First, fixed the 'but I don't' link above. Still getting used to this new post editor. In Blogger (and for commenting elsewhere) I generally wrote 'raw HTML' I forgot this won't accept a link wrote that way.
Second, Some suggested I was wrong about Gov. Palin saying 'all of them' when it came to magazines she read. Luckily there is:
http://youtu.be/xRkWebP2Q0Y
Yeah, that's a YouTube link, they have an auto-shorten link function for those who are into Twitter. BTW, I'm not a twit, I don't do Twitter.
UPDATE II: Ok, now I do know how to access it's 'edit HTML' mode, now I can do things like drop in the YouTube video itself into a post.
Now let's see if I can get a pic to work...
And that's what he was. I have nothing against anyone when it comes to race, gender, ect.
IF that person can 'make the grade'. For a year and a half I honestly thought you were a guy!
I was kind of embarrassed when you "came out as a woman" (your words).
My point being is you "made the grade"! I liked your blog and your gender became meaningless.
Steele was put in that position purely due to his race and nothing else.
Robert Jindal "made the grade" as Gov. of LA, as you said "the bar is set pretty low for him". But he was capable of stepping over it. As far as I can tell, he's neither incompetent nor corrupt. David Duke couldn't pass 'the corrupt test' and he ran against a guy that openly ADMITTED 'he was a crook'!
That said, I don't think I could support him in a bid for President either unless it was Obama vs. Palin. In that case I would vote for him.
I know you like Gov. Palin, but I don't. When I heard her tell Katie Couric as a reply to the question "What magazines do you read?" she said "All of them".
That's the "FAIL", no one can read "all of them"!
Could she read "all of them" blogs? Even if she did nothing but read and sleep? Not likely...
UPDATE: First, fixed the 'but I don't' link above. Still getting used to this new post editor. In Blogger (and for commenting elsewhere) I generally wrote 'raw HTML' I forgot this won't accept a link wrote that way.
Second, Some suggested I was wrong about Gov. Palin saying 'all of them' when it came to magazines she read. Luckily there is:
http://youtu.be/xRkWebP2Q0Y
Yeah, that's a YouTube link, they have an auto-shorten link function for those who are into Twitter. BTW, I'm not a twit, I don't do Twitter.
UPDATE II: Ok, now I do know how to access it's 'edit HTML' mode, now I can do things like drop in the YouTube video itself into a post.
Now let's see if I can get a pic to work...
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I guess I'm back...
I just posted a comment over at my old friend's blog Vanishing American. I suggested that I may begin blogging again but at a new location.
And here I am. I quit blogging in 6/1/07 because of 'writer's block' and the feeling that I did not want to simply parrot the posts of other blogs.
If I wanted to do that I could simply link the blog posts of others, but I would not have much to say of my own. And that would suck.
I'll refer back to my former blog but it will not be updated. Bear with me, this is a new blogging system that I'm still 'cutting my teeth' on. It's not Blogger and I'm not very familiar with the software involved.
So there are going to be glitches, some with the blogging software used here, some with adapting to the new format.
As to comments; I encourage them but some general rules apply:
1. Keep the profanity under control. It's seldom necessary to use it to make a point, and even in quotations it does not need to be blatant (Example: Obama's pastor said "No, no, no, G** d*** America!!!").
2. I generally believe in the 1st Amendment, but it can go to far: If you want to abuse me, I don't mind, I've been through worse, I have a thick skin. If you want to call me a scum-sucking bottom-feeder, go for it! (NOTE: I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY! Sorry, Mr. Roach, I couldn't leave the lawyer joke alone. There is an attorney in Central FL that not only advertises heavily on TV but he also buys an hour on Saturdays to do an 'ask a lawyer' show on three different radio stations! Mr. Roach, you likely know who I mean) as above, profanity is not necessary, if you want to insult me at least be a bit creative about it! Profanity is boring, and reflects badly on the profane.
What is this blog about? I never really defined what the 'old' blog is about, and I'm not about to start now. For right now it's a new start...
And here I am. I quit blogging in 6/1/07 because of 'writer's block' and the feeling that I did not want to simply parrot the posts of other blogs.
If I wanted to do that I could simply link the blog posts of others, but I would not have much to say of my own. And that would suck.
I'll refer back to my former blog but it will not be updated. Bear with me, this is a new blogging system that I'm still 'cutting my teeth' on. It's not Blogger and I'm not very familiar with the software involved.
So there are going to be glitches, some with the blogging software used here, some with adapting to the new format.
As to comments; I encourage them but some general rules apply:
1. Keep the profanity under control. It's seldom necessary to use it to make a point, and even in quotations it does not need to be blatant (Example: Obama's pastor said "No, no, no, G** d*** America!!!").
2. I generally believe in the 1st Amendment, but it can go to far: If you want to abuse me, I don't mind, I've been through worse, I have a thick skin. If you want to call me a scum-sucking bottom-feeder, go for it! (NOTE: I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY! Sorry, Mr. Roach, I couldn't leave the lawyer joke alone. There is an attorney in Central FL that not only advertises heavily on TV but he also buys an hour on Saturdays to do an 'ask a lawyer' show on three different radio stations! Mr. Roach, you likely know who I mean) as above, profanity is not necessary, if you want to insult me at least be a bit creative about it! Profanity is boring, and reflects badly on the profane.
What is this blog about? I never really defined what the 'old' blog is about, and I'm not about to start now. For right now it's a new start...
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01/14/2011
Testing, testing, 3-2-1
Well let's see how this shakes out, shall we?
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