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Comment party!

Damn! I forgot all about the comment party for this guy who’s in boot camp in the Army!

Oddybobo says he gets out of training tomorrow (Friday), and the goal is 1000 comments. Oddy’s been there all along, but I’ve totally spaced it. So please, do a guy in Army boot camp a favor, just for the hell of it–go on over and leave a comment!

Meeting of the Minds?

I’m a little overdue with this post because I’ve been sick as a dog since last night and still feel like hell, but here I am now! I couldn’t just give this the 60-second half-assed treatment that I do to everything else I do here, after all. :wink:

Yesterday afternoon I had the immense pleasure of meeting my first fellow blogger in Real Life–The Gun Toting Liberal! (Where else would you expect to find a gun-toting liberal but Mobile, Alabama?)

Unfortunately, I had a doctor appointment so our meeting was only a couple of hours, but I truthfully could have spent the rest of the day with him and his brilliant wife! We met at a local bookstore for “coffee” (read: Diet Coke and cigarettes) and talked nonstop just like old friends. And yes, GTL is exactly like you’d expect–full of common sense, honest, respectful, and most of all, a delight to hang out with. I’ve got to say, if there were more people like him the world would be a FAR better place. (Dude, where’s your Party?)

If you haven’t ever read his blog, you need to, to restore your faith in humanity. GTL is a “bleeding heart” liberal on the social issues, but he’s smart enough to know what’s important (right now, the war) and smart enough to agree to disagree on certain (social) issues but still be able to discuss them honestly and respectfully. Those of you who read him know he’s on “our side” when it comes to the war/Gitmo/law enforcement, and that’s probably how you found him in the first place. To be sure, he’s become one of our own on the right because he’s one of the FEW in the blogosphere who is proof that not all liberals are batshi’ite insane. He’s the reason why I don’t even say “liberals suck,” but rather “moonbats/leftists suck.” Or whatever–you get my drift. Honestly, it’s people like him whose views really ARE what America is about, give or take a few minor issues. Anyone who captures his politics when running for office will run away with it. (Scary, in my mind…I want someone like ME to win elections! heeeheee)

Anyway, enough political stuff. What a great guy–we hit it off immediately. Evidence of his “bleeding heart”: when I was leaving, I grabbed his pack of cigarettes and lighter and absent-mindedly stuck it in my purse. He said, “Hey, ya trying to steal my cigarettes or what?” (Smartass, exactly as I am.) Today, when I finally made it to the computer, I got email from him, worried that I was offended or embarrassed by the remark because I hadn’t responded to his earlier email or anything (I’m sick, I told ya). Bleeding heart, indeed! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

PLEASE, if I ever get offended by good-natured teasing or smartassed-ness (I know, not a word), just smack me. If there’s one thing I can appreciate, it’s being a smartass. :wink:

He wrote about it too, so go on over. It’s much better than my drivel, mainly because he makes me sound f’n super-fantastic awesome. (I’m great at first impressions, it’s when you get to really know me you find out that I actually am a pain in the ass. Maybe y’all have already kinda figured that out though.)

Anyway, the pièce de résistance (French tossed in there for his lefty friends)–quick, turn back now!!! Before it’s too late!!!

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I heart Blogs About!

Thank you, Lisa, for fixing my excess bandwidth issue!!!

xoxoxoxoxo

The missing link

In case you were wondering about the missing part of this week’s Cotillion carnival…it’s up and it’s BEAUTIFUL!

Thank you, Jody and Janette–and I’m sorry I couldn’t help with it.

The other side of the story

Via PrairiePundit, a story of a California man who is serving in Iraq–as a civilian:

After serving five months of a year-long service in Iraq training police forces, Brandon Shoemaker says he realizes now what life is truly like in the Middle East.

“My perception is totally different,” Shoemaker said. “What you see on TV and what’s happening over there are two totally different things.”

The once Selma Police Department detective left town last January to pursue a dream. Never having served in the military was always a regret for Shoemaker, whose family has roots in the armed forces. An opportunity arose through a State Department program, in which he was able to help the war effort as a non-sworn law enforcement trainer.

Just thought you might want to read another story that the Big Media won’t tell you. :wink:

Rest in peace, Edloe.

Just when my daughter discovered the pure delight that is Edloe, the Grumpus Edloe is gone.

:sigh:

White Trash Wednesday Welcome

White Trash Wednesday

HAY!!! YALLS git to wellcummin’ my new firend the fisty reppublican hore who dun mooved in too the trailor park!!! Hers my nu freind cuz she want’s 2 DO alla them same hott babe’s like Ace and all butt she dun fergit my bud’s Prestin and Jeffro Goldsteen??? I’s so cunfuzed!!! Butt at least she got’s Cuzin Reds cuzin thair!

Butt I got’s me some moar nu’s!!! My frend Bobo think’s shes all MISS Hi Societey now cuz she dun got her self hangin out with MISS BETH that bitch and her bitchy Cottilion bitch’s!!! Butt shes still real folk’s yall cuz u kin take the trash outta that thair trailor butt u cant take the trash outta the trash or what evor!!!!

Now lissen hear. U got’s too see my othor firends round the trailor park to butt I no not alla them’s lettin thair freind’s from the trailor park do thair ritin today so u got’s to go tell them if thay aint a’ritin too git they ass’s in gear!!!!!

LOVE
BEULAH MAE!!!!!!!!!!!

Hear thay is!!!

Guess I’m not alone in thinking this.

“Some on Capitol Hill seem to yearn for a repeat of Vietnam.”

Not because the U.S. is embroiled in a far off, unwinnable war that is somehow compromising the nation’s moral character–although convincing us of that is clearly the goal of the critics who never tire of using Abu Ghraib, Gitmo and the Patriot Act to claim the administration is tossing civil rights to the wind. Those were the conclusions drawn by the antiwar left in the late 1960s and early ’70s and ended up being apt as the pressure caused the U.S. to retreat and betray our allies in Vietnam. This was the case even as on the ground, particularly after the Tet offensive in 1968, the communist forces were decimated by the American military. Rather the Vietnam metaphor is apt today because the U.S. is in a war it can win and is winning, if only those inside the Beltway would stop preferring defeat to victory and disgrace to honor.

You know the drill…read it all.

Time to start calling a spade a spade. It’s the left that will lose the war–or should I say more American lives, since the concept of losing a war means absolutely nothing to them–no matter how well things are going in reality. It’s all about political self-promotion to them, regardless of the costs.

Don’t let them win their war against America.

Support the Troops

By Capt. Steve Alvarez, USA
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2005 – When I came home from Iraq a couple of months ago, I kept the promise I made while I was still there: I wouldn’t watch the news, and I’d step away from the war, ignoring the events that had consumed my life 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It was time to catch up with my family and make them the focus of my life 24/7.

For about a month I was able to successfully ignore the constant horrid imagery and sensational reports filed from Iraq. But as a public affairs officer and self-proclaimed news junkie, I soon found myself scanning headlines on the Web and tuning into radio news programs, instead of my favorite jazz station.

I don’t think the charred skeletal remains of a vehicle-borne explosive device are the watermark of this war. The images I see back here are not the same indelible images I saw in Iraq - those of a resilient country making its way back from decades of oppression - helped by the many friendly nations that liberated them.

But now I’m on the sidelines, and instead of feeling and hearing the car bomb explode and seeing its eerie black plume of smoke rise nearby, I read about it. And rather than witness history as I did for a year, I find myself writing my comrades to get accurate accounts of what is happening in Iraq.

What I saw in Iraq was the boundless bravery of a seemingly endless line of Iraqi recruits gathered to join the Iraqi army, the smiles and waves of Iraqis as we convoyed through the city of Sulaymaniyah, the first flight of the Iraqi air force, and the sound of Iraqi tank guns as they thundered for the first time in years in support of liberty, not tyranny.

I remember the jubilation of my Iraqi friends as they showed off their ink-stained fingers, a badge of honor on their fingertips, indicating they had voted in their country’s first democratic election in decades. I remember the Iraqi female military police soldiers who became pioneers for women in that region by joining the Iraqi military, clearing not just personal hurdles, but cultural ones.

Mostly, I remember the thousands of Iraqi and coalition troops that each day hunted the enemy and kept me safe. I remember the drivers and gunners on convoy, the pilots and crew chiefs in the sky, the sentries and tankers at the gates, and all of the warriors who were out there trying to make Iraq a better and safer place.

Someday, probably decades from now, the actions of this generation and its brave men and women will grace history books. The lesson, I’m confident, will be that they left a peaceful and productive imprint on the region and its people, and forever changed the landscape of the Middle East.

Despite what is being reported and what is reflected in media opinion polls, there is no doubt in my mind that the public is behind the troops in Iraq.

While I was in Iraq, I received hundreds of Christmas cards from students at an elementary school and from members of a church in Florida. A sorority from Indiana sent dozens of letters and cards of support, and Americans from all over the country sent me e-mails from places like Chicago, Sacramento, and Texas just to name a few.

Wool caps made by an Internet knitting club kept me warm during the cold winter months in Iraq and donated phone cards kept me in touch with my family who waited for me more than 6,000 miles away. Care packages stuffed with goodies and comfort items were never in short supply at our command. In fact, we had to appoint a “morale sergeant” to manage all of the goodwill pouring into our compound.

When I came home in uniform on R&R, strangers approached me at the airport and shook my hand, patted me on the back, and thanked me. Airline employees did what they could, offering passes to their VIP lounges and upgrades to first class, and those airlines who had nothing to offer did what they could-extra pillows, fistfuls of peanut or pretzel bags and free headsets. But their “thanks” alone was enough for me.

Ask any returning war veteran and I’m sure you’ll find their experience was similar. At one point I was so overwhelmed by the outpouring that I found myself in an airport restroom trying to keep my composure after a mother walked passed me with her two sons and one of them said aloud, “Thank you, Soldier,” his brother waving anxiously at me.

On my return to the war after R&R, a few other soldiers and I were dining on one last restaurant-cooked meal in the airport when the waitress approached us and told us that another patron had paid for our meal.

We thanked the man but said we couldn’t accept his offer. He replied that it was “the least I can do for you guys,” adding, “We’re all proud of you.”

In my town when I came home after the war, I passed homes displaying yellow ribbons and flying U.S. flags. At my welcome home party, a restaurant donated food for more than 100 guests and people all over the city made it a point to express their support and gratitude.

The support I received bordered on immense. Never had I expected such support, and never had I received so much for merely doing my job.

My memories of Iraq will forever be engrained in my mind alongside of the memories of the incredible outpouring I received when I came home. They are one.

Last weekend, keeping true to the promise I made to make my family the 24/7 focal point I attended a baseball game on Father’s Day and during the seventh inning stretch there was a salute to U.S. military personnel serving the war on terror.

A singer proudly sang “God Bless America” and all around me, people joined in and sang along.

My personal opinion poll has found, plus or minus a few percentage points, that the American people unconditionally support the soldiers in Iraq. I arrive at this conclusion having experienced their support firsthand, and having been held in their warm embrace upon my return from the war.

And the support continues today. When I recently learned about the opinion poll results I e-mailed one of my stateside supporters who befriended me during the war. I wrote him to say hello, and to restate my appreciation for his support during my deployment.

I asked him if he had heard about the media opinion polls and he replied as I had when I learned of the poll.

“News to me.”

The Bush Speech

Lorie Byrd says it all.

As with Lorie, President Bush hit on all the things I wanted to hear, particularly the importance of the troops’ morale. In my “Quagmire” post of a few days ago, I wrote about my disgust with the anti-war left’s determination to undermine the war effort. Clearly they have no concept of warfare, in their cluelessness about usefulness of demoralization of the enemy. Or maybe they do, and the enemy to them is America, or at least the military.

Prairie Pundit has more post-speech reaction–via Captain Ed, who did a great job live-blogging it.

AP: Nods of Agreement From Enlisted for Bush
(Stupid DUh moonbats clearly have no clue. )

Transcript of speech

DefenseLink article

And hey, I need to get to bed. Let the Puppy Blender direct traffic with his roundup.

Not about the speech, but an essential complement: Chrenkoff’s latest and always-indispensable Good News From Iraq.

[UPDATE: More post-speech reaction, this time at Just One Minute–Reality Comes to the (NY) Times.

Most important: SUPPORT THE TROOPS! Click the graphic! (I just sent a donation to Armed Forces Relief Trust.)

Oh, the Inhumanity!

GENIUS!!!!

Damn, I wish I could think of this stuff. :sigh:

[H/T: SondraK]

Terrible Tuesday

At least here, anyway. I just don’t really feel like writing anything–no reason, I just don’t. And now my daughter tells me that she won’t mind me being on the computer so much if I would turn this into a full-time cat blog. :sigh:

So anyway, it’s a good thing the Cotillion carnival is today, and the Bonfire of the Vanities Second Anniversary Edition is up at Wizbang, or nobody would be reading this drivel today. Er, today’s drivel, that is. You can get some stale shi’ite at the Bonfire! YAY!

Karma’s a bitch

Monday, June 27, 2005

Mr. Chip Meany
Code Enforcement Officer
Town of Weare, New Hampshire
Fax 603-529-4554

Dear Mr. Meany,

I am proposing to build a hotel at 34 Cilley Hill Road in the Town of Weare. I would like to know the process your town has for allowing such a development.

Although this property is owned by an individual, David H. Souter, a recent Supreme Court decision, “Kelo vs. City of New London” clears the way for this land to be taken by the Government of Weare through eminent domain and given to my LLC for the purposes of building a hotel. The justification for such an eminent domain action is that our hotel will better serve the public interest as it will bring in economic development and higher tax revenue to Weare.

As I understand it your town has five people serving on the Board of Selectmen. Therefore, since it will require only three people to vote in favor of the use of eminent domain I am quite confident that this hotel development is a viable project. I am currently seeking investors and hotel plans from an architect. Please let me know the proper steps to follow to proceed in accordance with the law in your town.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Logan Darrow Clements
Freestar Media, LLC

What the hell did Souter, et al, think was going to happen? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!11!1!!!

H/T - IFOC, which, along with Ferdy’s, is my daughter’s new favorite blog (it’s the cats, not the “crap.”).

Tuesday’s Women are Full of Grace

The party has already started!

Cotillion women on crack?

OOPS, wrong party. It’s COTILLION time!

First up - Maxed Out Mama quite masterfully whispers words of wisdom.

Next, Rightwingsparkle takes a break from writing thank you notes (read the comments). :wink:

And since I’m posting this at 1 am, the whole thing isn’t complete yet–but by the time I get back to the computer (hey, I sleep late), SondraK and Stacy will have the other half posted. So since you’re up before I am, hit their sites too!

UPDATE: I’m up finally, and Stacy’s roundup is up too. SondraK is possibly still busy with pet butts…? No, actually she’s having MAJOR problems with her site right now so y’know, shi’ite happens. (Cheer up, Sondra.) :wink:

Maybe the 80’s weren’t so ugly, after all.

I used to be sorta embarrassed by my old pictures from the 80’s, when I had the whole big hair thing going on. Not any more.
Someday, these women are going to hate themselves for having had these pictures taken.

GAWD, I love this site!