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Thank You, President Bush

Found this on American Thinker:

January 21, 2009

Dalai Lama: Terrorism resistant to non-violence

Ethel C. Fenig
The Dalai Lama, living in exile since the Chinese Communists brutally took over his hereditary kingdom of Tibet, revered for his wisdom and adherence to peace and non violence startlingacknowledged some tough realities.
 
Speaking at a public lecture in India he told his audience
 

terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed. 

 
(According to Wikipedia ahimsa means "to do no harm (literally: the avoidance of violence - himsa). It is an important tenet of the religions that originated in ancient India (Hinduism, Buddhism and especially Jainism). Ahimsa is a rule of conduct that bars the killing or injuring of living beings." ECF) 

"It is difficult to deal with terrorism through non-violence," the Tibetan spiritual leader said delivering the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture here. 

He also termed terrorism as the worst kind of violence which is not carried by a few mad people but by those who are very brilliant and educated. 

"They (terrorists) are very brilliant and educated...but a strong ill feeling is bred in them. Their minds are closed," the Dalai Lama said. 

 
How to tackle terrorism?  "Prevention."  So, does he advocate the let's engage terrorism and terrorists policy of the new US administration by talking to Iran, Hamas, Shining Path or even the Chinese Communists?  He didn't exactly say that but he
 

left the audience stunned when he said "I love President George W Bush." He went on to add how he and the US President instantly struck a chord in their first meeting unlike politicians who take a while to develop close ties.  

 
Hopefully our new president, Barack Hussein Obama (D), will continue these ties with the Dalai Lama and the many world leaders who learned to love America under his predecessor, George W. Bush (R).  And hopefully Obama will continue to protect the USA by putting the Dalai Lama's message, learnt from bitter experience, into practice.  
 
hat tip: Steven Plaut

When I saw the bit about 40 +/- Al Queda Terrorists dying of the plague, I was wondering if it was a botched attempt at messing with Biological Weapons, and it appears I am not the only one...

OBAMA’S “VICTORY”

A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.

A victory for Hollywood, the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political f ashion.

Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular exp ression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition.

A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers’ unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity.

A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to &nbs p; mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.

Congratulations America!
SOURCE

Hat tip: RedState

Good Bye, President Bush.

Thank you for 8 years of service, and thank  you for keeping me and my family safe for these past 7 + years since 9/11.

No matter what crap the media threw at you over the past 8 years, you stuck to your guns in regards to the War On Terror.

No matter what, that makes you only second to Ronald Reagan in my book.

Oh, and thank you for finally doing something about Ramos and Compean's sentances. You were right in making them serve some time for trying to cover up the incident.

I am keeping this here so there is more then one copy out and about.

Socialism is on it's way folks. UNLESS WE STOP IT!

Source of picture

More from IceAgeNow:

Obama climate czar has socialist ties
Group sees 'global governance' as solution
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12 Jan 09 – Until last week, Obama's pick as global warming czar, Carol Browner, was listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for "global governance" and says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change.

By Thursday, Mrs. Browner's name and biography had been removed from Socialist International's Web page, though a photo of her speaking June 30 to the group's congress in Greece was still available.

Socialist International, an umbrella group for many of the world's social democratic political parties such as Britain's Labor Party, says it supports socialism and is harshly critical of U.S. policies.

The group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, the organization's action arm on climate change, says the developed world must reduce consumption and commit to binding and punitive limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

Mr. Obama, who has said action on climate change would be a priority in his administration, tapped Mrs. Browner last month to fill a new position as White House coordinator of climate and energy policies. The appointment does not need Senate confirmation.

See entire article by Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/
Thanks to Mike McEvoy for this link

From one of my favorite reads, C&S:

I honestly, truely beleive that our country is at a very, very sad point in our history, and maybe the end of the Republic that so many have fought and died for.

Roger, I hope I can count you as one of my friends.

PUKE!

Obama and Spider-Man appear in comic together

I mean it, this next four years is going to be insufferable...

Still an Enigma:

"President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday he is "very concerned" about the loss of life in Israel and Gaza and is closely monitoring the situation, but he once again deferred to President Bush on the matter, saying when it comes to foreign policy the U.S. has just one president at a time.

Obama spoke as Israel continued to pound Hamas targets in the Gaza strip in response to rocket-fire into southern Israel. Israeli officials said that Israel Defense Forces returned volley at a U.N. school after taking "hostile fire." The return fire set off multiple explosions that killed 34 and injured dozens more, according to Palestinian medics.

Obama said he will have plenty to say about the situation in the Mideast once he becomes president on Jan. 20. For now, though, he said he is "deeply concerned about the conflict taking place there." "

So he still refuses to tell us how he stands on the current Gaza conflict?

I really have a super bad feeling about this guy, and it just gets worse, not better...

I am going to take a break from politics to talk about another passion of mine...

Fried Chicken.

Specifically, Chicken Annie's Chicken or Chicken Mary's Chicken..

Here's a mouthwatering picture so you know what I am talking about:

KTWU Sunflower Journeys 2002 - 1507C - Chicken Annies's and Chicken Mary's

J.T. Knoll, Local Historian, Pittsburg: Well, it's interesting. I have found myself everywhere from New Mexico to Illinois where I lived in Chicago for 7 years and I have on more than one occasion people have asked me, "where you from?" and I tell 'em I'm from southeast Kansas and they say, "oh yeah, that's where those chicken places are". And I've heard it from other people as well. It's not just me that... you know, they're in other cities and people ask them about Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's, so, the reputation's far and wide.

Narrator: for over sixty years, people from all across the state and beyond have been coming to rural Crawford county to eat at Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's. Of course, the main reason for their notoriety is the chicken. But the two restaurants are also famous because of their location...less than a block apart, in what some would call, the middle of nowhere.

Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's are located in the small community of Yale, which is situated just northeast of Pittsburg and Frontenac. At one time, Yale was a coal camp. One of a number of thriving, mostly immigrant communities that developed around the coal mining industry.

J.T. Knoll: Well, this is Thirteen-Yale. It was thirteen, mine number thirteen. The mines all through the area were numbered. I grew up around number nine over in Frontenac. All the mines had numbers fromŠ that were assigned to them so that theyŠ rather than a street or aŠ They were out in the middle of nowhere. They sunk a mine so that was. "you're over at Thirteen".

Narrator: One of the miners at Number thirteen was charley pichler, who's wife ann was destined to become "chicken annie".

Louella Lipoglav, Owner, Chicken Annies: Well, it's a long story. My dad got hurt in the mines and she had to make a living for the children. She had 3 children. And had to make a living for them so she started out by selling veal sandwiches in her home and then she started with the chicken dinners. Started out with 2 pieces and potatoes and coleslaw. And then it just kept growing.

Narrator: Ann Pichler began and serving meals out of her home in 1933. And as the business grew, so did the house. New additions were made to accommodate more and more customers, and Chicken Annie's literally formed around the Pichler home. Then in the early 1940'S, another Yale family fell on hard times.

Tootie Zerngast, Part-Owner, Chicken Mary's: Mary Zerngast her and her husband both came from over like Austria, Germany and I think they came over here in like the late Ninety's or early nineteen hundreds. Well, they came here to work in the mines, he did, you know. And she was typical miner's wife.

Narrator: The Zernagst story is almost identical to the Pichler's. When Joe Zerngast developed a heart condition and was no longer able to work in the mines, it was up to Mary to support the family.
She began selling chicken dinners out of their home, just as Ann Pichler had done a decade earlier.

Tootie Zerngast: That's all she knew how to do is cookŠ she cooked chicken, you know, good, and people liked her food. She started cooking just for the neighbors, you know, like there was a couple of bachelors and things around and friends that knew her. They'd come out to eat. She'd get up at night and cook. She'd be in bed. If they'd come and knock on her door she'd get up and cook.

Narrator: The business quickly outgrew the Zerngast home so they moved it to a former pool hall. Then in the early nineteen seventies, both Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's moved into their present locations.

Given the small size of the town, they're practically next-door neighbors. A circumstance that has given rise to legends of feuding and bitter rivalries. in fact, one story claims that the two women were sisters who'd had a falling out, and that they had built their restaurants close together just to spite each other.

Tootie Zerngast: They were not related, you know. And there wasŠ Oh, I think a lot of people like to hear the idea that there's conflict.

Louella Lipoglav: At first it was.....maybe they had their feuds and things, a long time ago, the families, but no, right now it's fine.

J.T. Knoll: And I think it's just a matter of kind of chance, you know. Chicken Annie opened her's in her house and Chicken Mary opened her's in her house. You know, they just happened to be living nearby one another. And it ended up to be kind of a friendly rivalry between the two places. But the truth is they both ended up having more business than they knew what to do with.

Narrator: And while truth may or may not be stranger than fiction, it's usually more interesting. And the real story of Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's is far more fascinating than any folk tale.

J.T. Knoll: You know, these people were incredible. Working jobs that nobody else wanted to work to go down into those mines and do that. There was no other source of income so when the husband could no longer work.....Of course, piece-work in the mine, you only got paid for what you dug. When that no longer happened, Chicken Annie and Chicken Mary had to figure out how to survive and it says much for the resourcefulness of those women, that they figured that out and the hard work that they put in to get these places going and that they're still going today. - 34:34

Narrator: Over the years, Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's have made significant contributions to the local community and the local economy. They bring in customers from miles around, they help keep local wholesale suppliers in business, and they've provided employment for countless high school and college students.

J.T. Knoll: My parents were long-term "Chicken Annie's eaters" and so we were there on a Sunday afternoon.....

Louella Lipoglav: We were so busy so I says, "Hey, J.T., you want a job?". And boy, he started right in and start working.

J.T. Knoll: And they got me up from the table and I went immediately to the back room and started washing dishes, these massive carts full of dishes. They were backed up already. So I got a baptism of fire. But, that's how I got started there.

Tootie Zerngast: A lot of them say that's their first job and they first started working here they thought it was pretty rough but when they got out in the world they found out it wasn't really not that bad, you know. But they worked hard, you know. When you're in a restaurant you work hard.

Narrator: Not much evidence remains of the coal mining industry, and many of the coal camps have dwindled to a smattering of homes. but you can still see some of the original camp houses, an occasional water tower, and the only hills in the area are man made. Piles of mine tailings, that in the last 80 years, have become overgrown with trees and brush. But the town of Yale will always be on the map - as long as it remains the home of Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's

J.T. Knoll: It provides a sense of soul to the community. That is, there are certain places around any community that if they were gone, it would take somethingŠ They're irreplaceable. It's just good for us all around here to know they're out here. We may not eat out there very often, but whenŠ We know they're out there and we know Chicken Annie's and Chicken's Mary's and their saga, their stories are there.

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Gateway Pundit: Now You See Them--Now You Don't... Illinois Governor's Website Deletes Obama-Blago Photo

Gateway Pundit: <em>Now You See Them--Now You Don't...</em> Illinois Governor's Website Deletes Obama-Blago Photo

Now You See Them--Now You Don't... Illinois Governor's Website Deletes Obama-Blago Photo

Via Gateway Pundit:

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008

Now You See Them--Now You Don't... Illinois Governor's Website Deletes Obama-Blago Photo

The Illinois State Governor's own newsletter the "Governor's Gazette" published on November 11, 2008 pictured Barack Obama holding a private conversation with Governor Rod Blagojevich.
The Governor's Gazette reported:

Governor Blagojevich Congratulates President-Elect Obama and Starts Selection Process For Replacement

After congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on his Nov. 4 victory, Governor Rod Blagojevich now begins the difficult task of finding a replacement for Illinois Senate Seat.

I warned you all to keep a copy of it!

Keep this:

http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=1&RecNum=7260

I have printed a PDF version of it in case it goes away.

How can the One get away with saying he had no contact with Hot Rod?

Come one people!

BWAHAHAHAHA

Don't even try to tell me the One did not know anything about it.

Looks like instead of Carter 2, we have Clinton 2.

I know, I have been absent a while (not like anyone read it anyway) but as we move toward the Obamination, I am going to start at least typing out my thoughts here.

Hang on America, and buckle in. We are in for one hell of a bumpy ride.
But, don't blame me, I did not vote for the man, you did.

Things are going to heat up again on my blog, with the '08 elections looming.

WTF happened in '06?

After yesterday's tantrum, I thought I would post something positive.

Pictures from Iraq.