15 May 2008

This Is Probably Not Healthy

A 20 year old Austrian woman has purchased the house where she was held captive for eight years. When she escaped, her abductor avoided prosecution when he killed himself by jumping in front of a train.

Kampusch told German magazine Bunte that she wanted to keep the house where she was held to protect it from vandals and stop it being torn down, SkyNews reported.

I could understand if she bought it to have it razed and the ground salted, but to preserve it seems unhealthy.

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Kim du Toit Speaks To The GOP... They Should Listen

Kim du Toit always has good stuff, but this is exceptional. He accurately describes why many conservatives no longer have any use for the GOP and what the Republican Party can do to bring us back. We're conservatives first... try to be conservative.

Hereâ€™s your blueprint. Get back to these bedrock principles, and youâ€™ll win everything.

The Constitution, strictly interpreted
Smaller government
Lower taxes
Armed citizens
Frugal spending
Robust foreign policy
Law and order
Conservative judges.

Read it all... and pass it on.

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Links Around The Moronosphere

Some good links over at doubleplusundead's today. Especially check out Conservative Belle and It's Vintage Duh who each have a couple of links.

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Great Advice

Someone gave me some great advice recently. I've edited it a bit and am passing it back with my thanks, concern, and respect for the person who gave it and seems to be in need.

1. Do more than take a break. You need to really de-stress and not just go through the motions. Take a deep breath. Take a hot shower or drink some hot tea and honey. Watch a funny movie with your kids/spouse and REALLY LAUGH. Laugh a lot, even if you don't feel like it. That's very important for you and for your kids, because they know when parents are stressed. And if everything works out, it won't do your kids much good to have a sick parent.

2. At some point, you will need to calmly explain all your concerns to your attorney(s) so, in the next days, you need to think about your concerns and write them down as succinctly as possible. For instance, one point might be that you are concerned they are asking you for documents you provided at the first meeting because it suggests they are not careful with your documents and/or sufficiently familiar with your file.

3. I think it's a good idea to stop blogging for awhile. Your mind has other things to think about right now. All bloggers blog in fits and starts and it will still be here when you're ready.

You are loved.

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14 May 2008

Misha Clears Up The Confusion

I have been hearing about John McCain's ACU rating, and how it proves his conservative credentials, for months now. Head on over to The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler for the explanation of why it doesn't mean squat.

I won't ever vote for John McCain... ever! I don't trust him... not.at.all. Well done Emperor!

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1 Why all the fuss over some Senator from AZ? It's not like he's the Republican nominee for POTUS or anything. If you lived [hold on a minute]
...he's what?!
What about the conservatives?
Whaddya mean "What conservatives?"
That's it?!
That's who we're stuck with?!?!
*&@&$*!
[sorry, about that]
Never mind.

Posted by: Paddy O'Furnijur at 14 May 2008@19:44:45 (DyUi6)

2 He's a liar who should have switched over to the Dems in 2004. I respect his service and sacrifice, but can't stand his politics or arrogance.

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 14 May 2008@19:51:40 (Q5ggV)

3 It's actually a smart strategy on the part of the GOP. Since a Democrat will probably win this year, they've decided to nominate a Democrat for themselves. I was going to say I'll be voting for the Libertarian candidate this year, like I did in 2004, but there is serious danger the LP will nominate a nut or an ideologue who is so nutty he/she might as well be a nut, in which case I don't know what the hades I'll do. (There is a sizable group in the LP who seem to think that the LP should be the world's only political party for whom an elected candidate is a badge of dishonor.) Not the Constitution Party--too theocratic for me. BTW, according to the ACU (and Rottweiler's adjustment) the meme that Obama is the most liberal senator is wrong. A rating of 4 may be pretty liberal, but there's a whole bunch of them who rate zero.

Posted by: kishnevi at 14 May 2008@20:58:35 (N1rjO)

4 At 0.3% of the vote, what does it matter that the LP candidate might be a nut-job? 8% of the population thinks that Elvis is still alive - 3% think if you write him a letter he'll get it. 26 times more people think Elvis is alive than voted LP in the last presidential election. Just think what that voting block could do for the LP!
/sarc

Posted by: Paddy O'Furnijur at 14 May 2008@21:09:44 (DyUi6)

5 If I thought it was GOP strategy I might... nope, I still would have left them. I'm understanding now why so many conservatives call the GOP "the stupid party". As far as Obama's rating goes, I care less about his than I did McCain's. It's the policies I don't like, not somebody else's rating. I trust my own judgment much more than I do theirs.

Saying that nominating McCain was a deliberate strategy is also saying that the GOP is more interested in political strategy than what is good for the country. No matter what their reasoning, be it strategy, backroom deal because it was McCain's "turn", or really believing that he is the best candidate... the GOP no longer represents what I believe in. They're going to get stomped in November on all fronts and deservedly so. Once the Dems have a nominee, they will close ranks with the MSM and you're going to see a half-dozen negative McCain articles every single day until the election.

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 14 May 2008@21:17:42 (Q5ggV)

6 "that the GOP is more interested in political strategy than what is good for the country" Stashiu, they're a political party. They've always/ been more interested in strategy than the good of the country.

Posted by: kishnevi at 14 May 2008@21:48:01 (N1rjO)

That's pretty cynical my friend, but I won't say you're wrong. Might be that I just never saw it before. Whether it's true or not, they won't be getting my vote just because they have an (R) next to their name. McCain won't get it no matter what. I am enjoying the Dem meltdown as it is of their own design. The GOP meltdown... feh, I'm completely indifferent to them right now. I'll vote the individual and hope for gridlock for the next four years. Maybe there will be a conservative party by then, because there sure isn't one now.

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 14 May 2008@22:08:14 (Q5ggV)

8 Once the Dems have a nominee, they will close ranks with the MSM and you're going to see a half-dozen negative McCain articles every single day until the election.

I had to smile when I came across this post
http://www.samefacts.com/archives/campaign_2008_/2008/05/cindy_mccains_tax_returns_an_issue_after_all.php
Democrat kvetching that the MSM is too soft on McCain.

Posted by: kishnevi at 15 May 2008@20:11:32 (ntdZU)

9 Here is the link to that article.

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 15 May 2008@20:16:27 (Q5ggV)

10 Pretty lame stuff. Cindy McCain isn't the one running and they've always kept their taxes separate, so I would tell them to go pound sand too. Of course, I'd tell the MSM to go pound sand if they asked me the time, so....

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 15 May 2008@20:20:52 (Q5ggV)

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Sad Thing Is, He'll Probably Get His Wish

Hugo Chavez is "anxious" at the prospect of improved relations with the United States once a new President takes office.

Chavez, who rejects traditional U.S. influence in Latin America and has called the U.S. president 'the devil,' denied OPEC-member Venezuela represented a danger to Washington.

"Whoever the next president is and whatever party they are from, we aspire, we are anxious, that 2009 start with a new level of relations," Chavez said from an oilfield close to the Orinoco River.

With concrete evidence of his "relations" to FARC, the only improved ties the United States should establish is adding Venezuela to the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

More on what the FARC computers contained can be found here.

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13 May 2008

Couple Locked Inside Their Home

A 2005 law in India resulted in an elderly couple being mistakenly locked in their own home.

The couple was caught up in a sweeping municipal drive to instill order in India's chaotic capital by shutting down and demolishing illegally built structures that have sprung up like mushrooms across the sprawling city of 14 million.

City employees mistook the residence of Madhusudan Wadhwa, 76, and his wife for a commercial business in violation of local zoning laws when they locked their gate Monday, officials said.

They didn't even know they were locked in until the son came to visit and saw the municipal seal. Maybe India should take care of their own business before trying to give advice to Americans.

Just sayin'

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12 May 2008

This Is Supposed To Be A Surprise?

After being at war in Iraq for five years and almost seven years after 9/11, we're now seeing an increase in wounded veterans.

Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come â€” even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.

Because we're supposed to fight wars without letting soldiers get hurt I guess. As a disabled veteran (non-combat related), it's blindingly obvious to me that soldiers are going to get injured, especially when we're at war. The more injured you have, the more it costs to take care of them. Most of us accept that as the cost of preventing civilian casualties here at home, that's why we were in the military in the first place.

Worse wounds. More disabilities. More vets aware of the benefits and quicker to file for them.

Also, ironically, advanced medical care. Troops come home with devastating injuries that might well have killed them in earlier wars.

more...

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1 Yes, I remember all that paperwork from my stepfather*, who claimed deafness, post traumatic stress (alhough back in his day they simply said he was "shell shocked"), and frostbite. (Chosin). He did what he wanted in the end, although it took him several years. And the VA has always treated him. *ex-stepfather. The effects of the PTSD got to my mother eventually, and they divorced after five years of marriage. No comment buttons. Are you playing around the site again?

Posted by: kishnevi at 12 May 2008@16:37:39 (DqtzB)

Moi???

Not that I know of... what comment buttons? I dinna unnerstand Sir.

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 12 May 2008@16:46:49 (Q5ggV)

3 Lemme see now. Years of warfare against an ideological enemy totally committed to our destruction and enslavement; and our casualties are ²/₃% of our casualties over the same period of the Civil War...and less than a single day's rehearsal for the landings at Normandy during WWII.

It sucks, being dead. It bites, being disabled. But we did sign up, knowing what could happen. And yes, our youth and inexperience made us feel as though it could never happen to us (when we were younger), but as we got older and our mortality became obvious even to ourselves...we didn't shirk, we didn't flee. We trained harder, we trained better, we practiced until we did our job literally in our sleep.

I've never been shot at, never been blown up. So I can't speak for the guys who have...but somebody needs to grow up and get some perspective. Because the ignorance on display is enormous.

Posted by: EW1(SG) at 12 May 2008@22:50:55 (YcNsA)

I agree with you EW1. I was a log guy in the Corps (means I was pretty much in the rear with the gear the whole time) but it was an understanding that even in serving the materials requirements for armed actions has this thing called inherent risk, and you could get hurt anywhere. We did things to minimize risk, but in the end you can't protect people from either "stupid" or "ignorance".

Posted by: Old Iron at 13 May 2008@11:49:02 (tD0Cq)

5 Old Iron sez: "I was pretty much in the rear with the gear the whole time"

Mebbe. But it seems to me that the Corps spends just a bit more time than anybody else making sure that everybody is a rifleman.

Posted by: EW1(SG) at 13 May 2008@15:36:35 (YcNsA)

6 I don't remember hearing that the Corp asked Marines who wanted to go forward and who wanted to stay back. If you served you faced the risks, and deserve a heartfelt salute from the rest of us. Just my opinion.

Posted by: Machinist at 13 May 2008@15:51:09 (yFIK0)

7 Reminds me of what a Marine recruiter told me: "The Corps will decide what you're best suited for, and it may have nothing to do with what you think you're best suited for." My respect for the Corps immediately increased because of that outbreak of honesty.

Posted by: kishnevi at 13 May 2008@20:54:53 (2Fuir)

8 What kind of man respects honesty?

A tip of the hat to you, Sir.

Posted by: Machinist at 13 May 2008@21:31:41 (yFIK0)

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How Buffy Are You?

Ok, EW1(SG) tempted me into taking that Jedi Quiz yesterday, so I'm going to see about returning the favor. (heh)

Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer Character Are You?

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I'm not posting any more of these, but Buffy is always worth an exception. And before dpud asks, I like Buffy better than Tron... don't even go there.

Thanks to dpud for squaring me away on how to use html in the mee.nu environment. When you're ready to put some in, hit the "<>" button in the comments, place your html code wherever you want it to go, then hit apply and ok.

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11 May 2008

How Jedi Are You?

how jedi are you?

Heh. Thanks to EW1(SG).

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