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Needless Casualties

Posted by Charlie on Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:10:22 AM
In all of the interviews I have seen on TV with, so-called military experts, I have never heard this question asked: Over sixty years ago, during the second World War, the armed services had mine detecting equipment. Newsreels showed minefields being cleared using this equipment so that advancing troops had a clear path through a minefield.The greatest cause of our casualties in Iraq has been from roadside bombs. Surely. in the sixty plus years that have passed since the second World War there should have been great advances in mine detecting technology. Surely, with this greater technology these roadside bombs should be detectable from a safe distance and detonated without endangering our soldiers and Marines.

Did our military not do the necessary research to improve the technology? Is the proper equipment not available because our industries have been exported to foreign countries?
I hope someone can enlighten me on this subject.

Whatever the reason the unnecessary loss of life makes me FURIOUS!!!

 
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We Need An Alternative

Posted by Charlie on Saturday, October 07, 2006 9:00:27 AM
Can there be any doubt that there is a crying need for another political party? Just look at the sorry performance of our elected "representatives" of the Democrat and Republican persuasion.

There is no need to go into great detail. Generally speaking under the leadership of these two decadent parties we find ourselves trillions of dollars in debt. Our foreign trade balance of payments is nearing a trillion dollars per year. The president refuses to enforce immigration laws. Certain communities declare themselves "Sanctuary Cities" in defiance of federal laws. An invasion by alien migrants is allowed to proceed almost unimpeded.

The list of abuses of the average American by our government could go on ad nauseam.

The greatest argument against another party can only be put forward by those in power in the two major parties. To that end the powers that be have made it almost impossible for a new or "minor" party to get a place on the ballot.

The only chance for the minor parties to have an effect on any election is to unite and use their collective membership to get on the ballot and give voters an alternative to the two major parties which are rotting from within.

Unfortunately for America the Constitution Party is refusing to consider uniting with the Libertarian Party. These are the two largest of the minor parties and although they have ideological differences they might have an effect even if they united only on a temporary basis. Their partnership would probably cause many of the other small parties to join in a coalition which would shake the major parties to their very foundations.

Some representatives of, let's call it the American Party, sitting in Congress would serve notice that the natives are restless. That unless those in power become more responsive to the wishes of the majority of Americans their days in power are numbered.

It's too bad that the Constitution Party is refusing to consider partnering with the Libertarians. This is a disservice to the American people and unpatriotic as well.

And this makes me FURIOUS!!
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Catching Up

Posted by Charlie on Monday, October 02, 2006 1:35:41 PM
I've been out of town for awhile so let me review what has happened while I was gone.

Bill Clinton (he of the forked tongue) blew his top while being interviewed by Chris Wallace and spouted a string of lies.

A congressman had to resign because of sexual misconduct.

Bob Woodward came out with a book critical of the Bush administration just before the election.

Violence in Iraq continued unabated.

Ho-hum. Business as usual.

But because it is business as usual it makes me FURIOUS!!!    
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Chicanery?

Posted by Charlie on Friday, September 22, 2006 2:03:07 PM
Has anyone noticed that Michael J. Fox only has bad muscle spasms when he's testifying before a Congressional committee?

The other night on "Boston Legal" he looked almost normal....for an actor that is.

This sort of chicanery, if that's what it is, makes me

FURIOUS!!!

10/23/06   Mr. Fox is putting on his twitching performance in a campaign ad for
Claire McCaskill Democrat candidate for the Senate in Missouri. This performance includes bizaare facial expressions and "involuntary" body movements. Check out www.wnd.com or www.drudgereport.com for a video clip.

10/25/06 Rush Limbaugh questions Michael J. Fox's "convenient" twitching.
             Has Rush been reading FURIOUS?
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Agenda For The Next Congress

Posted by Charlie on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:20:15 AM
Agenda For The Next Congress

The president’s poll numbers are very low. This gets a lot of publicity. What doesn’t get a lot of publicity is that the poll numbers of congress are even lower. As in the time of George III government is out of touch with the governed.

It is time our government started doing what the people want done instead of kow-towing to the monied special interests. In order to help them I put forward this agenda for the new congress to follow when they convene next year.

1. Make English our official language. This should have been done long ago. Most people if asked would probably say that English is already our official language. No more multi-lingual ballots. No more government websites or phone banks which ask if you prefer to communicate in Spanish. American citizens are supposed to be able to speak and understand English. If you can’t that’s tough.

2. CONTROL THE BORDERS!! Enforce our laws. President Bush has called the Minute Men vigilantes which was a dumb thing to say. Our immigration laws had better be enforced, internally as well as at the border, before some real armed vigilantes go to the border and enforce the laws that our government will not enforce.

3. Clarify that anchor babies are not automatically American citizens. No child born in the USA of an illegal alien mother should be rewarded with automatic American citizenship.

4. Stop bearing the financial burden every time there is a disaster somewhere in the world. Let China or Saudi Arabia pick up the tab. They have plenty of our money. We have enough debt as it is.

5. Let’s get serious about becoming energy independent. The Democrats and their eco-lunatic allies have been blocking oil drilling offshore and in ANWR for years now. Republicans should put the blame on them for the high price of gasoline and fuel oil. The possibility of not being re-elected should put the fear of God in them. Other sources of energy should be developed but for the immediate future oil is still the answer.

6. Repeal the political asylum law. This law is much abused. Practically anyone who claims to be oppressed in his home country is granted political asylum. Let them go back to their own country to fight for their rights. If George Washington had fled to France in 1775 we would still be singing “God Save The Queen.”

I don't expect congress to do any of these things and that makes me

FURIOUS!!

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Our Own Worst Enemy

Posted by Charlie on Friday, September 15, 2006 6:06:50 PM
When 190-200 Taliban, some of them identified as higher ups, were spotted attending a funeral, a chance to wipe them out was passed up. Rules of engagement prohibited our unmanned drone aircraft from blasting these thugs into bloody shreds.

We have become soft and over confident. Our leaders grow pale at the thought that we might cause some civilian casualties. They get the vapors over the thought that we might put a bullet hole in the dome of a mosque. The same was true in the Korean War. General MacArthur was relieved of his command for, among other reasons, bombing the Yalu river bridges which brought troops and munitions into North Korea. In Viet Nam bombing and invading Cambodia, again to cut off enemy supplies, gave the lily-livered in Washington a hissy fit. Our leaders have become infused with the "nice guy" syndrome. They worry about what the rest of the world will think of them. As Douglas MacArthur said,"There is no substitute for victory." Our leaders are not ruthless enough to win a decisive victory against a determined enemy.

At the beginning of World War II the Luftwaffe bombed British cities with little regard to where the bombs fell. Civilian or military, man, woman or child it didn't matter. Any damage inflicted was to the advancement of German war aims. As the tide of war changed the British and American Air Forces returned what the Germans had done to the British tenfold. The firestorm after the mass bomber raids on Hamburg was so hot it melted steel girders. Nothing even approaching this would even be contemplated today.

One definition of leadership is to take responsibility for the actions of subordinates. It's time for our leaders to take the shackles off of our troops. We must become ruthless when dealing with this enemy and stop confining those we capture in the equivalent of a four star hotel while Americans captured by the Islamofacists are mutilated and beheaded.

It's time for the girly-men in Washington to stiffen their spines and serve notice on the barbarians that we are not going to let up until all Islamofacists are dead. No more mealy mouthed apologies for real or perceived slights to Islam.

Since World War II we have fought wars in a manner that precludes victory. In a manner that guarantees that the best we can expect is a draw. This is unacceptable. The American people will rally behind a call for complete victory. But don't hold your breath for any of this to come to pass.

This makes me FURIOUS!!




 


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If The Democrats Win The House Part I

Posted by Charlie on Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:49:47 AM
To those who are considering voting Democrat in the coming election and the Democrats become the majority party, consider this:

Nancy (San Francisco Leftist) Pelosi will be Speaker of the House.
"Cut and Run" Murtha, with Pelosi's backing will be elected majority leader.
The House will eventually withhold funding to keep our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan  We will then, of course have to withdraw our troops and as Murtha says "redeploy" them possibly to Okinawa as Murtha has suggested.
The violence in Iraq, largely fomented by Iran,will continue unabated. Iran will occupy Iraq to restore order.
Iraq will become an Iranian protectorate. Iran with their ally Syria will then control the Middle East from the border of Afghanistan to the Mediteranean Sea.
Afghanistan will be next on the Islamofacist timetable and will fall without a fight.
Pakistan which is largely pro Al Qaida will join the Pan-Islamic Empire after the deposition, either by military coup or assassination, of President Mushariff. When Pakistan falls we won't have to worry about Iran developing nuclear bombs. Pakistan already has them in abundance.
All this could happen if Iran is left to do as it pleases. If Israel stands by and lets it happen. What could happen is that when Iran tries to take over Iraq Israel will attack Syria. This will precipitate a Mid-East War into which we will inevitably be drawn.
If Israel does nothing we will still be drawn into a major war in the area to protect the oil fields of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.
The casualties we will sustain in such a war will make those we have sustained in Iraq seem insignificant.
We have a tiger by the tail in Iraq and can't let go. The politicians won't allow the use of sufficient force to put an end to terrorism because they fear adverse world opinion. When our troops try to do the job they were sent there to do they are often charged with crimes.
So, like it or not, the lesser of two evils, odious as that is, is to stick with the Republicans.

This makes me FURIOUS!!

For the doubters here is a headline from the Drudge Report of September 26, 2006:

Dem Rangel Promises To Cut Off Funding For War In Iraq If Dems Win House...

This refers to a story printed in "The Hill." There are also  comments from some of the 73 members of the "Out of Iraq Caucus" who are only too anxious to stab our servicemen in the back.

Another headline from the Drudge Report of September 26, 2006:

Iraqi President: US troop presence keeps neighbors from invading...

It's not hard to figure out which neighbors would want to invade Iraq.

Story in World Net Daily - November 2, 2006

U.S. warns of coup in Lebanon
'Mounting evidence' Syria, Iran, Hezbollah plotting to topple government
--YNetNews
And so it begins.







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Part "D" Fiasco

Posted by Charlie on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:44:28 PM
PART  “D” FIASCO

There is an old saying that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. If there is anything worse than a horse designed by a committee it’s a prescription drug plan designed by a committee of congress. Well actually, as we shall see, this drug plan was designed by lobbyists for the benefit of insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

When first proposed it sounded like a good idea. To give retired people some relief from the exorbitant cost of drugs seemed like a noble if expensive gesture. People on Medicare would pay a co-payment and the government would pay the balance of the cost.

So far the horse had no humps.

At this point the vultures began to circle. The pharmaceutical companies and the insurance companies sent in their legions of lobbyists. These legions were more invincible than the Roman Legions of ancient times.

Suddenly, the simple plan became a hodge-podge of hundreds of different plans with different coverages. Some plans covered some drugs and not others. There were  initial coverage limits which differed from plan to plan. After the initial coverage period there came a gap in which the really expensive drugs, where coverage was most needed, were not covered at all. It now became a crap shoot to pick the right plan. Picking a plan required a combination of savvy and clairvoyance. In addition, once you pick a plan you are stuck with it until January 1 of the following year. So someone who picks the wrong plan could be pauperized before they can change to a plan which more precisely suits their needs.

Suddenly the horse had a hump.

Then the lobbyists for the pharmaceutical companies moved in. Their task was simple and was accomplished with consummate ease. They lobbied for and got a provision written into the bill establishing this program which prohibited the government from negotiating with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices. The governments of other countries negotiate lower drug prices for their people. Our government turned its back on the American people and left them to the tender mercies of the avaricious pharmaceutical companies.

Americans already pay the highest drug prices in the world. Most of these drugs are developed in the United States often with government (taxpayer) assistance. So Americans pay the highest prices if not covered by a drug plan or have exceeded their basic drug coverage limit of $2250. In addition seniors are required to pay a premium for coverage under part “D” and the insurance company gets a fee of up to $758 for each person enrolled.

It’s time for this plan to be scrapped. Will our “representatives” in Washington do the right thing? Not a chance.

And this makes me “FURIOUS”

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Petitions

Posted by Charlie on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:59:14 AM
Recently I received a mailing from the National Pro-Life Alliance, under the imprimatur of Congressman Steven King, asking me to sign a petition urging  passage of a law called "The Life at Conception Act" to grant personhood to a fetus at conception. This would negate the Roe v. Wade decision since fetuses would then be protected under the Fouteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. this noble cause is one that is close to my heart so, of course, I signed the petitions.
There was also a request for a contribution which puzzled me. It would seem to me that since the congress is mostly pro-life all that would be necessary would be to introduce the bill and it would pass easily.
The request for a contribution troubled me since my puzzlement aside I am unable to make any contributions however worthy the cause. This prompted me to write a letter which I included with my signed petitions. the letter is reproduced below.

"Rep. Steve King
National Pro-Life Alliance
4521 Windsor Arms Court
Annandale, VA 22003-9916

Sir:

Enclosed are my signed petitions. Abolishing abortion has been a priority of mine for many years. I have written numerous articles in local newspapers describing the horrors of this savage practice. My question to you is why did it take thirty-three years and over 45 million dead babies for this law to be proposed.
 
I supposed members of congress were too busy voting themselves pay increases at three in the morning to bother with such a trivial matter as the slaughter of the unborn. That is until you voted yourselves automatic increases a few years ago. This is in contrast to minimum wage workers who have to beg for an increase only to have it defeated because the estate tax which was included in the bill.

Unfortunately, I am unable to financially support this noble, if belated, cause. My wife has a chronic disease which requires very expensive medication. This drain on our finances might have been avoided if congress had passed a law to require that Americans pay no more for medication than people in foreign countries pay. Most of these medications are the result of research by American pharmaceutical companies, quite often with government financial assistance, but Americans pay far more for medication than people in other countries do. Once again Americans are stuck with the bill.

In addition, the high cost of fuel is not only driving up the cost of transportation it is also making everything else more expensive. The inaction of congress in not opening our off-shore and North Slope oil deposits to development has left us at the mercy of foreign oil producing countries. I hope congress won't wait thirty-three years to do something in this regard.

I don't mean to put the blame for all of this on your shoulders, Mr. King, but our government has neglected the welfare of the average American for far too long.

I hope this will change in the future. That is if we have one."

A day after I mailed this letter President Bush announced that we were sending hundreds of millions of dollars to repair the damage in Lebanon. Once again the American taxpayer gets stuck with the bill.

This makes me FURIOUS!!




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