This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here

Author: Don Carl

  • Another Invention Comes Along Twenty Years Too Late

    Twins Jared and Justin Serovich maybe just eight years old, but their invention the “Rip Away 1000” could save thousands of geeks, nerds and goobers from the pain and humiliation of a wedgie. MSNBC/AP reports:

    Using rigged boxers and fabric fasteners to hold together some seams, Jared and Justin came up with the “Rip Away 1000,” a pair of underwear that cannot be jerked up to give its wearer a painful “wedgie.”

    “When the person tries to grab you — like the bully or the person tries to give you a wedgie — they just rip away,”

    Genius, sheer, unadulterated genius…

  • Another Day, Another Democrat Lying About His War Record

    Democrat Former Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy (note: Not the Honorable Robert Levy) has plead guilty to lying about his war record in order to defraud the Department of Veteran’s Affairs of nearly $25,000. Levy who lied, claiming he had been a Green Beret in Vietnam also lied about having been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).
    Like Tom Harkin, the Iowan United States Senator who lied, about his war record, claiming to have flown missions over Vietnam, when in fact, he flew over Cuba, who claimed Harkin claimed he flew combat air patrols over Vietnam. It turns out it was over Cuba… who claimed he spent “eight years, eight months and eight days as a Navy pilot.” when his records show only five years on active duty, who claimed he spent a year in Vietnam, while being stationed in Japan…
    Yes, some republicans have displayed appalling behavior, the difference then is how the parties handle miscreants in their ranks. The democratic party lauds them, praises them, calls them “Elder Statesmen” (Ted “Swimmer” Kennedy), while the republican party, when faced with a member, even accused of misconduct, no matter how spurious the charges (Tom DeLay) ask that they step down.

  • President Bush Tries Again to Convince Democrats That We Are at War.

    President Bush compared Congress’ Democratic leaders Thursday with people who ignored the rise of Lenin and Hitler early in the last century, saying “the world paid a terrible price” then and risks similar consequences for inaction today.

    Bush accused Congress of stalling important pieces of the fight to prevent new terrorist attacks by: dragging out and possibly jeopardizing confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, a key part of his national security team; failing to act on a bill governing eavesdropping on terrorist suspects; and moving too slowly to approve spending measures for the Iraq war, Pentagon and veterans programs.

    “Unfortunately, on too many issues, some in Congress are behaving as if America is not at war,” Bush said during a speech at the Heritage Foundation. “This is no time for Congress to weaken the Department of Justice by denying it a strong and effective leader. … It’s no time for Congress to weaken our ability to intercept information from terrorists about potential attacks on the United States of America. And this is no time for Congress to hold back vital funding for our troops as they fight al-Qaida terrorists and radicals in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

    Sadly, they still won’t get it. It is childish, really, to not believe something, because to do so would force you to change your position on it. The Democrats, by being so enamored of polling, (kook) bloggers and mostly the vast sums of money churned up by liberal 527’s such as MoveOn.Org, have ceased any actual work in favor of the pretense of work and the idea that their ideas, (global warming, open borders, free this, free that) will make the world better. Well folks, I hate to tell you, but The Road to Hell was paved with good intentions. 9-11 came about because while Al Qaeda was at war with us, we refused to acknowledge it. Clinton’s handling of the Khobar Towers, the 93 WTC bombing and other acts of terrorism as criminal acts rather than as the acts of war that they are weakened the country. From the Church Commission to Gorelick’s wall, the democratic party has continually weakened the United States’ ability to defend ourselves and our allies. I can only hope the voters figure this out before it is too late.

  • Father of Slain Marine Wins $11MILLION from Westboro Loons

    Albert Snyder, father of slain Marine LCPL Matthew Snyder won every count of his lawsuit against the Westboro Baptist Church loons who protest at his son’s funeral in 2006. The jury awarded Mr Snyder $2.9 million for compensatory damages and a staggering $8 million in punitive damages.
    The Westboro Church is headed by Fred Phelps, who also runs the WWW.godhatesfags.com website. Some thirty thousand protests are claimed by the, largely Phelps family group.

    U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, who had sealed the church’s financial documents, said from the bench that the compensatory damage award would already eclipse Westboro’s assets.

    Good! Hopefully these jackals will be forced into poverty, then they won’t be able to disrupt any more funerals of servicemen.

    The Baltimore Sun has the story

  • House Committee Ignores Common Sense Blames Fires On Global Warming

    Here is a press release from The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (A creation of Nancy Pelosi)

    Select Committee to Examine Link Between Changing Climate, Frequency and Intensity of Wildfires on Thursday

    MEDIA ADVISORY FOR 10 AM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007

    Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4012

    A Spark Neglected: Wildfires and Global Warming
    Select Committee to Examine Link Between Changing Climate, Frequency and Intensity of Wildfires

    “A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.”
    –Robert Herrick

    Following the devastating fires in Southern California, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing examining the scientific link between a changing climate and the frequency and intensity of wildfires.

    Witnesses will discuss the present effects of climate change on wildfires and contributing factors such as increased drought, changes in snowmelt patterns, changes in precipitation, and higher temperatures. In addition, mitigation and adaptation strategies will be discussed.

    The frequency and intensity of wildfires have increased in recent decades throughout the Western United States. Last year, the Forest Service spent a record $2.5 billion fighting wildfires that burned a record 9.9 million acres (4 million hectares), compared to the ten-year average of 6 million acres. This year 8.7 million acres have burned thus far. The current fires burning in California are expected to cause over $1 billion in property damage alone and have already burned an area the size of Rhode Island. Mounting scientific evidence indicates that the growth in wildfires is linked to global warming and that this trend is likely to intensify in the coming decades.

    This ignores a number of factors that actually contributed to the fires. Global Warming didn’t put a stop to the responsible practice removing of deadwood and brush from forests, activists and their willing accomplices in the legislatures did.

  • Liberty City Seven “On Path to Jihad”

    The Liberty City Seven, who are they you ask? The seven black converts to Islam from Florida who the media assured us were no threat, just “Foolish kids with pipe dreams” who couldn’t possibly blow up the buildings they wanted to.
    A government witness and noted terrorism expert testified that all seven are in the jihad phase of Islamic radicalization: (pre-radicalization, self-identification, indoctrination, and jihadization) have organized themselves as if they are a military organization, with a definite hierarchy and leadership. Is it that the Bush admin is paranoid? No, there actually are terrorists out there, the media just chooses not to tell us about them, thinking the daily foibles of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan so much more important to report.

    Miami Herald Story

  • Democrats to Gain Voters In New Jersey

    TRENTON, N.J. – In about two weeks, New Jersey voters will decide whether to eliminate insensitive phrasing in the state Constitution that characterizes people with disabilities as “idiots” and “insane.”

    The offensive language, adopted in the Constitution in 1844, is aimed at barring people with limited mental capacity from voting: “No idiot or insane person shall enjoy the right of suffrage.”

    At least seven other states _ Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico and Ohio _ have the words “idiot” or “insane” in their constitutions to define who can vote.
    Newsday/AP Story

  • Warren Should Quit Whining

    In a Guardian Unlimited article, billionaire Warren Buffett complains that he doesn’t pay enough in federal taxes. Well, golly, Warren, I do. I need the money I work for, I don’t have billions in assets I could sell. The money taken from every paycheck is money I need. Sure, I tend to get a refund each year, you know, the government gives back the money it shouldn’t have taken from me. But, the interest they add for holding it for up to a year is nice.

    Oh, wait, that’s right, they don’t pay interest on that…

    By the way, every year when I do my taxes, at the bottom of the form is a line item for money I would like to VOLUNTARILY donate to the government. If Buffett feels he isn’t paying what he should, by all means, he should check that box and cut a check. What he shouldn’t do is encourage a government who cannot even spell efficiency to raise taxes.