PatrioticDuo

2010-07-08T08:00:00.009-04:00

Texting in a Chevy Corvette on I-95 is Very Bad for Your HealthSo, I commute from Stamford Connecticut down to Wall St every day. I see all sorts of crazy driving but for the most part, trucks and cars wind their way down I-95 at a comfortable 70 miles per hour. Considering the density of the traffic, there are few accidents (although there certainly are too many accidents).But every now and then

2009-12-04T15:17:00.001-05:00

Charles Johnson - Wake Up!Charles,You were instrumental in RatherGate. I joined your community as a direct result and I have for years watched your rational approach to life and philosophy unfold. In RatherGate, you took a fabricated story and demolished it with a simple idea that you tested and produced results to prove that is was fake (to wit, you applied scientific method). You had the

2009-12-02T17:31:00.002-05:00

Dear Congressman Himes,You may recall (or not) that I had written to you July 17th regarding problems of integrity with the EPA and the highly politicized nature of the way in which global warming or so-called “climate change” studies, reports and information are being handled by that US federal agency. I did not hear from you regarding that particular issue but as I mentioned in that letter, it

2009-12-01T11:51:00.000-05:00

ClimateGate causing Global Warming Alarmist MeltdownIt's December 1st and the fall out from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) hack continues. At this point in time, we should hear something soon about how the data was hacked. Meanwhile, it has been interesting watching both sides hammer out the issues since the 160 mega bytes of data became public. On one side, the general consensus is that these

2009-07-17T10:38:00.001-04:00

Letter to Congressman Himes - Gun Control Bill H.R. 45Dear Congressman Himes,I DO NOT SUPPORT H.R.45, the Firearm Licensing bill (2009). And to be quite frank I am already tired of seeing me and my fellow citizens rights being truncated and interfered with by an overbearing, out of control Federal Government which you sir are part of.You should vote NO on this bill. However, the problem with you

2009-07-17T10:21:00.003-04:00

June Letter to Jim Himes - Global Warming is Caused by the Sun and EPA Suppressing Reports.Good morning <>,I hope you would forward on to Jim my concerns (and opposition) to the upcoming "cap and trade" bill.First of all, there is a strong chance of political chicanery going on at the EPA. EPA has suppressed opinions and is therefore compromised as a source of reliable (ie: apolitical)

2009-03-17T11:32:00.003-04:00

Dear Congressman Himes,Thank you for the time your afforded me February 17th at your Stamford office. I very much appreciate the opportunity to have spoken with you in person. On the basis of recent events and with our February conversation in mind, I thought you might find my opinion of some interest (and at the least amusing). I shall be following your attempts to question the CEO of AIG. I

2009-02-12T09:48:00.003-05:00

The Execution of Mr Wall StThere's an old saying "The best form of defense is a good offense" and our corruptocrats in Washington have done a brilliant job of exercising this idea.Before you go blaming Wall St executives for this economic meltdown, check these videos out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

2008-12-18T16:04:00.006-05:00

Can we please name it "Garriage" and then move on?The debates and arguments about gayness have moved forward a long way from where we were thirty, twenty or even ten years ago. Gayness certainly does not carry the widely held stigma nor the moral condemnation that it once did. Many highly religious people have reformed their own thinking about gayness. Many Churches officially support it or turn

2008-11-26T13:48:00.002-05:00

Bringing Cultures Together - A "Hamburger with the Lot" at a timeThere's something particularly enjoyable about Thanksgiving. A time where thanks is given to the wonderful bounty of America, to its freedoms, to its sacrifices (particularly of the troops who gave their own lives). For me, it is also a time to thank my family, all of 'em - wife, sons, nieces, nephews, brothers, father, mother and

2008-11-05T11:58:00.002-05:00

Conservatives - Where to from here?First, find your way out.Conservatives have choices to make.Join the Libertarian PartyReform the Republican PartyHunker down and drop out altogether.Conservatives have research to do.Is the Libertarian Party ever going to be successful?Is the Republican Party reformable?Is hunkering down a viable strategy for our children?Conservatives have realities to face.Is

2008-11-04T10:45:00.002-05:00

Obama will be like touching a hot stove.All of these newly registered voters. They've not voted before so they've never touched the hot stove before either. So that would mean that they've never known the feeling of despondency that comes from promises made by a politician who then turned out to fail to deliver. It means they don't know what is like to have their curiosity and fascination that is

2008-10-27T15:41:00.003-04:00

What Paper Trail(Stolen from an anonymous post at - of all places - The Huffington Post - scroll down about half way)1. Occidental College records - Not released.2. Columbia College records - Not released.3. Columbia Thesis paper - not available, locked down by faculty.4. Harvard College records - Not released, locked down by faculty.5. Selective Service Registration - Not released6. Medical

2008-10-27T15:26:00.002-04:00

Moveon.org have a sense of humor but they are also a clever socialist outfit.Laugh yes, but then go and vote for McCain because you won't be laughing when the socialists start taking your wealth from you with the full weight of the federal government apparatus backing them up.

2008-10-23T13:20:00.004-04:00

Godly Reminders of What's ImportantI injured my wrist recently. Now I must unwrap my wrist out of its fiberglass splint to type this blog. How did I injure it? Golfing (well that's another high class problem to add to my list). I have inflammation of some tendons and ligaments. My wrist generates a nasty "click" each time I flex it - in almost any direction. It's painful. Work is a little

2008-10-22T15:10:00.006-04:00

May Your Hearts Bleed for the Illegal Aliens!Miriam Jordan of The Wall Street Journal today attempts to make us all feel sorry for Jose the Illegal Alien who can no longer get a real estate mortgage even though he has $100,000 in cold hard US currency (let's not even get into that little detail of how a 31 year old "vegetable chopper" come "sous chef" could end up with 100K worth of greenbacks).

2008-10-08T10:19:00.003-04:00

Where are the McCain bumper stickers?(9:43:30 AM) ConservativeHusband: I think McCain failed big time last night(9:43:35 AM) ConservativeHusband: now he's going to buy up mortgages is not Americanism(9:43:38 AM) ConservativeWife: i know, big mistake. the way i see it(9:43:47 AM) ConservativeHusband: apart from that he did just OK(9:43:51 AM) ConservativeWife: they are both idiots(9:43:52 AM)

2008-10-07T16:27:00.002-04:00

"See Mr President, if you say things are going well and they don't go well then your political enemies will say you're out of touch"Mr President: "But how will the people know that I'm optimistic about the fundamental good of the people and their hard working ethic and the incredible productivity that will ultimately fix this temporary problem?""Well Mr President, the people will know when they

2008-10-01T21:44:00.002-04:00

OK, the Senate passed their sick, pathetic bill. Now let's see, maybe I'm wrong, maybe the sky is not falling, maybe the bill is good, maybe it really is a good escape from the calamity of normal economic principles. Maybe it turns out that the economic principles that apply to our kitchen table conversations don't actually apply to the macro economic situation. OK, let's wait and see. If it

2008-10-01T14:08:00.002-04:00

MEMO: To Republican National CommitteeMEMO: from the desk of just another Conservative Hard Working Average American bent over holding his ankles.TO: Republican National CommitteeRE: Your email that I received today from John Mc Cain asking for donations while John Mc Cain votes to support ear marks galore.You tell John Mc Cain that he won't get my vote and he won't get one red cent from me in

2008-10-01T12:36:00.002-04:00

So did you hear that the new Senate bail out bill has provisions for the mentally ill?That's just the Senate giving themselves a pay rise.

2008-09-30T14:50:00.003-04:00

News Flash - Congress indicted for stock manipulation and racketeering.If the United States Congress were Directors or Executives they would presently face numerous lawsuits from angry share holders and would face investigations by the FBI, the NYSE and the American Bar Association (to name a few). They would then quickly find themselves in front of Congressional hearings, would be subpoenaed by

2008-09-30T13:57:00.001-04:00

A letter to my CongressmanDear Congressman Shays,I received your email this morning regarding the failure of HR 3997. Please find my response below.The sky is not falling and the "greed of Wall St" is not nearly as systemic nor as widespread as the corruption in Congress has been over the last eight years (eight years that I've witnessed as an immigrant, now proud US citizen). Henry Paulson

2008-09-29T16:41:00.006-04:00

Harping on about Private Equity firms.I've been saying over and over now. But by crickey, I am gonna say it again. This great nation of ours is swimming in dollars, they just happen to be locked up within private equity firms and as the big investment banks go looking for valuable assets to sell they are going to find more and more private equity firms snapping up those profitable units as fast

2008-09-28T15:06:00.002-04:00

The graphs tell the story of our future. I'm no economist but I understand control systems and feedback loops. Despite what every politician is saying, the science says we are looking at a downturn in the economy and the only question is how long that downturn will be. Assuming all other factors remain static, the bail out presents us with a simple hard truth. The down turn will last longer as a

2008-09-26T14:55:00.002-04:00

Get your Bailing Buckets ready for the "Great Turn"!Here's the "conventional" wisdom on this:There is no other way to fix this massive cash flow problem.The only way to fix this cash flow problem is to take 700,000,000,000 of American tax payers dollars and give it to ah... well some people that need it really bad.Don't slow things down because that would make things so much worse.Don't slow

2008-09-25T12:33:00.003-04:00

No Bail Out for the Banks!The underlying problem with the American economy was caused by Congress and the President by not turning off the granting of loans to sub prime borrowers in 2005/6 despite no less than Alan Greenspan and others warning of a meltdown occurring if they did not do so. Democrats voted against shutting down the granting of such sub prime loans out of Fannie Mae. Since early

2008-09-15T09:30:00.004-04:00

Is Barack Hussein Obama a Radical? And why isn't the American media asking?So for months I've been wondering what it is about Barack Hussein Obama that catches me in the back of throat. There's something about his "words" that just don't jive - they sound phoney. Yeah sure, they lack substance but then there are many politicians (almost all) whose words are nebulous, ambiguous and non specific;

2008-09-11T10:40:00.005-04:00

My September 11th, 2001:What happened to me on September 11th 2001 is not important nor very memorable. There were real heroes that day and there were many victims. I was just a spectator. My involvement with the actual events was small. But I was there, five blocks away and the event changed me forever. I write this for the record, for history and for my family.I began work at Tullett, Tokyo and

2008-02-13T10:41:00.004-05:00

If you're offended that I posted this picture of Muhammed about to blow his own head off then you're probably a Muslim. I make no apology for offending you. Be offended. You don't have to kill anyone because you're offended. You don't have to torch an embassy because you're offended. You don't have to violently demonstrate - because you're offended. Just be offended. With 4 billion of us living

2007-12-06T08:34:00.001-05:00

Texas A&M University students definition of political correctness:"Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

2007-07-02T08:53:00.000-04:00

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the radical, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is sometimes draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag. -- Father

2007-03-02T12:27:00.000-05:00

One of the best truism's from the past."War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his persons safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and

2007-02-21T12:21:00.000-05:00

Nuclear is for Western Democracies ONLY!Any dealings that the West has with Iran must be based upon the fact that Iran is a religious dictatorship that has little to no respect for individual human rights, property rights as well as freedom of religion nor freedom of the press. Nations that do not respect these rights should never be permitted to possess the tools needed to develop Nuclear

2007-02-16T14:40:00.000-05:00

Refusing IslamI'm just a lonely blogger. One or two of my friends have looked at some of my blogs. I don't exactly blog much. What does my contribution mean? Will it be here 20 years from now? 100 years from now? 1,000 years from now? Not if Islam takes over it won't. Because despite my patience and analytical mind, I can honestly say that I will NEVER adopt Islam. And this small blog is a very

2007-02-07T10:50:00.000-05:00

Amir Taheri New York Post Op-EdThis is what the main stream media would never admit.The good news comes in slowly. The bad news from the MSM is relentless but still - wrong.

2007-02-07T09:34:00.000-05:00

The West is in DenialAs of today this is my general statement about the stupidity of our (US) foreign policy as pertaining to the ongoing denial that we are fighting an ideology of hate spawned from a religion that professes peace but that generally advocates violence and hatred of our peaceful and just Western principles. Sooner or later, we are going to have to face the same choices that were

2007-01-19T12:08:00.000-05:00

Courageous Good People Sign Up For The ArmyHere is a link to why one brave soldier signed up for the Army that you must read in its entirety.Army 2nd Lt. Mark J. Daily, 23 went to Iraq and was killed.What he wrote, I wish I wrote. What he did, I wish I did.Those are wonderfully eloquent words of wisdom from a courageous young man. Through his writing you get to know who he was - he was a good man

2006-11-10T15:35:00.000-05:00

Here is why I continue to support the Democratization of Iraq. Do you? Would you ever support an American invasion of another country to remove an evil, murderous dictator and bring - say even attempt - to bring freedoms, liberties and happiness to another group of people?There will always be evil people in the world. And there will always be evil systems. That is to say, political groups,

2006-11-07T17:37:00.001-05:00

Well, all this talk from me about nuke'ing the Islamic world led me to this great American general.General Black Jack Pershing 1860-1948You don't read about THIS at the Wikipedia entry.I wonder why?

2006-11-07T08:18:00.000-05:00

Global Warming - How to Fix ItToday I digress into one of my other pet peeves with the ignorant world of humanity.Global Warming - oh my god! We're all going to die!Well maybe not, and maybe global warming is real but the Greenies of the world won't let us use the most likely energy producing candidate for solving our global warming problems.Basic knowledge of physics points to nuclear and solar

Dumb soldiers make great comedians

2006-11-02T12:33:00.000-05:00

Look at this picture. What a great picture! Admire it. A brilliant executed combination of wit and withering critique.If you're laughing, take a moment to thank a soldier.If you’re not laughing, you’re not American. If you’re an American citizen and you're not laughing then you’re un-American and don’t understand the value and importance of the very freedoms you have that allow you to have the

He's a communist, Benjamin!

2006-11-02T12:23:00.000-05:00

He's a communist, Benjamin. Communists don't change. It's a terminal illness." - Private Benjamin The Movie 1980 Communists, Socialists, Liberals - what's the difference? 5,000 terrorists have been captured or killed since 9/11 because of CIA operatives and the Military. We finally once again have a great General as the director of the CIA, Michael V. Hayden who is not afraid

2006-10-31T14:56:00.000-05:00

Look at this picture.Before the US and allies invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein, this is exactly what I advocated setting off in the middle of the Persian Gulf. Give 48 hours notice to all shipping in the region to get out of the area. Then we would set off a nuclear weapon right there and let it be a warning to the middle east to sort itself out.Now watching the Iraq war for a couple of

2006-10-31T14:47:00.000-05:00

On September 11, 2001 we paid a price for our apathy. Today is a day to remember those who lost their lives. However, today (9/11 - ed) is also a day to remember why we do what we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan and what we may have to do in the months and years ahead.This is not something that is just going to go away with a battle here or a battle there, or an arrest in London, Rome, or New

2006-10-31T14:27:00.000-05:00

What's the sense of sending $2 million missiles to hit a $10 tent that's empty? --George W. Bush, private Oval Office meeting, September 13, 2001Take a moment and go to http://attacked911.tripod.com and watch the clip of the men, women, and children who died on September 11, 2001. Five years later and the pain and anger is still there. Watch the entire clip. You may have seen this already. But

2006-09-18T09:19:00.000-04:00

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -14th century Byzantine emperor Manuel II PaleologusDuring a speech in Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted the above statement from a 14th century Byzantine emperor.In Gaza City some Christian churches were blown up, Muslims came

2006-08-24T09:56:00.000-04:00

Associated Press and Language Hijinx Designed to Confuse YouViolent criminal activity intended to cause political change is the basic definition of terrorism. Therefore, we have to approach the problem with both law enforcement action and military action – wherever it’s needed. One problem as I see it is that law enforcement and the military have both been hamstrung by political correctness in

2006-04-30T20:35:00.000-04:00

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." - Mark TwainThis weekend I saw the movie United 93...Those brave men and women on flight United 93 had moral courage. They knew what was about to happen and did their very best to prevent it from happening. They lost their lives and saved others. They were the first soldiers in the war against terror.

2006-04-24T08:05:00.000-04:00

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas JeffersonDuring the revolutionary war over 25,000 American soldiers and minutemen died. During the civil war over 400,000 northern and southern American soldiers died.During WWI 100,000 American soldiers died.During WWII 500,000 American soldiers died.During the Vietnam War 60,000 American

2004-11-22T10:45:00.000-05:00

The Sunni's were never going to cooperate with the United States. The MSM continues to misunderstand the basic strategic political situation in Iraq. Does the media truly think that invading Fallujah enraged the Sunni's? But they were OK with us invading Iraq? The Associated Press article sums it up: "Anger among Sunnis rose after Iraqi troops backed by U.S. soldiers Friday raided the Abu

2004-11-11T11:48:00.000-05:00

The French Government might not be our allies after all. It says alot that French President Chirac snubs Interim Iraqi President Allawi and then visits a dead terrorist called Arafat and says, “I have come to bow before president Yasser Arafat and pay him a final homage,” saying this after a 25-minute visit. Credit my most insightful wife Stella who picked up on this within a nano second of

2004-11-10T08:28:00.000-05:00

We Distort, You Comply I commute from Connecticut to New York on the Metro North railroad. Foxnews channel chooses to place billboards ads in the carriages. From time to time, Foxnews also puts up billboards in the New York subway system. Check out another bloggers comments and photos on the Foxnews billboard defacements in New York. I've noticed that the billboards are always defaced within a

2004-11-03T19:00:00.000-05:00

A word on the Republican victory of 2004. The National Review editorial says, "The president overcame the hostility of liberals, the media, European public and elite opinion, and some of the deepest pockets of the Left. He also guided his party to a broad victory: Not since 1936 has a president won reelection with expanded majorities in the House and Senate. Democrats will now have to rethink

2004-10-20T11:47:00.000-04:00

On Zarqawi and supporting al-qaeda: One brief thought on al-zarqawi and his announcement of an alliance and support for al-qaeda. My theory is that this is his opening gambit for taking over "leadership" of this fractious group. Figure head is extraordinarily important to any cult following. For some time now, al-qaeda has been operating without the cult figure head. And al-qaeda has suffered

2004-10-06T13:17:00.000-04:00

I ran across a Chrenkoff artical talking about a Brendan Minter WSJ piece on Iraq and Post Totalitarian Stress Disorder. Here are my comments: You ask if there is a cure for post totalitarian stress disorder. You mention time - and yes, that is one cure. But there are two other strong curative pills that shorten the lifetime of PTSD. i) strong infusions of external information about democratic,

2004-09-29T09:50:00.000-04:00

Paul buddy, As long as you keep the conversation going and don't mind, I'm going to keep posting this on my blog. Now to business. I don't think there are two America's. There's the left, the right and larger than I thought possible swinging center but the media trys to portray a "bipartisan divide". I don't see it. The media in the US is very similar to the media in Australia. If you only

2004-09-28T11:30:00.000-04:00

My old friend Paul asks: "Whats your take on the Election now (the US one I mean). I am surprised that Bush is ahead given the situation in Iraq with Americans footing the bill. Is Kerry really that bad or do you think the media play a part in shaping opinions. Did you like Fahrenheit 9/11?" I replied: I think this article just about sums up my opinion on the Democrats, John Kerry et al. http

2004-09-27T09:49:00.000-04:00

On beheadings: Michael Ledeen at NRO finally puts some thinking forward that aligns with my own opinion on Islamic beheadings. This is a point that needs to be made - "This is not about us — it is about them. The beheading films are recruitment tools." Notice how Islamic groups constantly use the collapse of the Twin Towers in recruitment videos. There are two points I would like to make as an

2003-07-01T10:47:00.000-04:00

War and Natural Distasters: It used to be that natural disasters had an impact on the citizenry such that the loss, pain and suffering that occur during a disaster was felt across the Nation and an inherent feeling of human connection was able to be translated into a Patriotic fervor.Unfortunately, natural disasters do not make the same impact that they used to. Floods, fires, twisters etc all