2009 USMC Birthday Message

I shamelessly stole this from Eric.

This is one of the best birthday videos that the Corps has made to date. Well done.

Happy 234th Birthday Marines!

To my fellow Marines, including those no longer on active duty, I say, "Happy Birthday."

Here's a bit of the trivia from Marines dot com:

"During the American Revolution, many important political discussions took place in the inns and taverns of Philadelphia, including the founding of the Marine Corps.

A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern to draft a resolution calling for two battalions of Marines able to fight for independence at sea and on shore.

The resolution was approved on November 10, 1775, officially forming the Continental Marines.

As the first order of business, Samuel Nicholas became Commandant of the newly formed Marines. Tun Tavern’s owner and popular patriot, Robert Mullan, became his first captain and recruiter. They began gathering support and were ready for action by early 1776.

Each year, the Marine Corps marks November 10th with a celebration of the brave spirit which compelled these men and thousands since to defend our country as United States Marines."

A great post about our heritage can be read by visiting Taco's blog here.

D.C. Sniper To Be Executed

John Allen Williams (who later changed his name to the more appropriate "Muhammad") is set to be executed today. To this I say, "It's about damned time." This one is a no-brainer.

One of the pinheads that likes to spend their time milling about outside the prison walls at execution time said,

"The greater metro area and the citizens of Virginia have been safe from this crime for seven years," Panilaitis said. "Incarceration has worked and life without the possibility of parole has and will continue to keep the people of Virginia safe."

I have a couple of questions for the starry-eyed protester--Does your crystal ball use batteries, or is it powered by fairy dust? By what other means are you predicting the future? How many people should go ahead and bet their lives on your assurances that monsters like this one will never get out of prison? In the mean time, I'll rely on the method that absolutely guarantees that the offender will never repeat their wicked crimes.

Story here.

Biden Says, But Cheney Does

Our illustrious Vice President said, "...who cares?" when asked about former VP Dick Cheney's assessment of this administration. I say, "Who doesn't care?"

Dick Cheney has REAL leadership experience (click here to view his bio). He has actually been in charge of things, real things.

Some folks have labeled Cheney as, "Darth Cheney." I say, "Damned straight." He's a badass, and he even shot a lawyer in the face. He's got real credentials.

Pew Research Data About Fox News Channel

So, the pros can see through the b.s.:

"...a study by the Pew Research Center showed that 40 percent of Fox News stories on Obama in the last six weeks of the campaign were negative. Similarly, 40 percent of Fox News' stories on Obama's Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, were negative.

On CNN, by contrast, there was a 22-point disparity in the percentage of negative stories on Obama (39 percent) and McCain (61 percent). The disparity was even greater at MSNBC, according to Pew, where just 14 percent of Obama stories were negative, compared to a whopping 73 percent of McCain stories -- a spread of 59 points. "

This was discussed in an article on Fox (click here) about how a D.C. appointee has labeled Fox News a "wing of the Republican Party." I suppose that's in opposition to a few other news channels being rabid pawns of the Democrats. Can you imagine the response of CNN if that cesspool known as Chicago HAD been given the nod for the Olympic Games? How many reporters would have been peeing themselves in glee over that debacle?

Fox also dared to air some news about ACORN, and other untidy subjects (how much coverage did that get on CNN?). For this, a D.C. stuffed suit claimed that Fox is not a news channel, "...the way CNN is."

Maybe Fox should Reuter a few photos; would that do the trick for the D.C. crowd? Perhaps they could distribute a few pictures that a cabinet member personally, and professionally requests that they shelve; would that put them in the same league as the AP? Perhaps they could get Dan Rather to air some forged documents about the president's employment history; would that make them a "real" news channel?

Career politicians continue to disgust me.

The Mechanics of Fear

There are certain things that will always bother me.

The sound of gunfire, movies that accurately depict warfare, loud noises, crowds, etc.

There's probably no getting past the mechanics of the crap that I've been through. This is not a new concept, and it's been around since Christ was a Corporal.

What really pisses me off is those that think there's nothing to that whole PTSD thing.

I know of a couple of guys that have been told that their combat experience is a crutch, or that they need to grab a straw (suck it up).

This article here is just plain sad.

Second Amendment Blessings or Burdens?

Kurt Hofmann has an interesting piece in the St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner (click here to read it) about how the Second Amendment is truly recognized in D.C.

Draconian gun "control" still reigns supreme in the District of Columbia. In a previous post, and a paper I wrote (click here) about the fallacy of gun control, I touched on the increase in violent crime in D.C. after the implementation of their foolish anti-gun laws. In comparison to the national average, and even the average in states with little or no anti-gun laws, it's downright appalling.

Anti-gun laws do NOT reduce crime; they only hinder law abiding citizens' rights to defend themselves. Cops do a great job of investigating the crime after it has occurred. I'll rely on my ability to defend my family from harm, thank you very much.

Heisman Nomination

Let's all nominate our beloved Nobel Peace Prize winner for the Heisman Trophy. Click here to vote.

This is the logical choice; he's done just as much to warrant the Heisman Trophy as he has to warrant the Nobel.

UPDATE: ESPN and Nissan have obviously received enough nominations to take note of this absurdity, since they posted this aside on their website:

"* Only those candidates with a legitimate chance of winning the Heisman Trophy in the view of ESPN and Nissan will be added to the leaderboard."

Hope and Change, Chicago Style

4 Charged in Beating Death of Chicago Honor Student.

I wonder if Obama will share this touching story of Chicago community "progression" while he's overseas making a bid for Chicago to host the Olympics? Doesn't this seem like a wonderful place to host the Olympic Games?

Regulatory Czar? WTF?

A person by the name of Cass Sunstein is currently serving as the "regulatory czar." Does anyone else see a problem with this?

This person has declared that the federal government (the same folks that brought you a long line of corrupt and bankrupt agencies) should be able to force broadcast media companies to air commercials that offer "diversity." This is part of his draconian belief in some sort of fairness doctrine, or a guarantee of results.

Sunstein seems to be basing this farce on his belief that privately owned companies shouldn't be able to tell a customer, "no." In other words, if a customer wants to air an ad, a broadcast company cannot say, "no." Equal access, aka: equality of results, is the name of the game here.

Sunstein even wants to establish some sort of panel that will ensure "diversity of view" on the airwaves. Didn't this sort of thing fail in the USSR? I know that it's alive and well in China, but come on!

Sunstein doesn't try to hide the fact that he despises a competitive market. Far left broadcasters have proven to be monetary bombs; the only hope they have is force-feeding from extremists like Sunstein.

Our federal government, which was designed to be inefficient and far-removed from our lives, is encroaching farther every day. When will the electorate stop voting for snake oil salesmen?

Article here.