August 18, 2005

Scotty, We Need more Pee!

Oh dear. If they can make this apply to battery-powered cars, it's going to give people a whole new excuse to drink heavily.

Posted by: Ogre at 06:32 PM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Oh you beat me to it, but I'm gonna do it anyway. I'm not posting tonight, but my family has been going round and round in e-mail about this. Funny stuff.

Posted by: Bou at August 18, 2005 10:01 PM (5JHEt)

2 That is crazy stuff!

Posted by: Jay at August 18, 2005 10:04 PM (BKqRl)

3 I can just picture plugging your new hybrid car into the local port-a-john...people complaining about thieves illegally hooking up to others' septic systems... LOL

Posted by: Ogre at August 19, 2005 05:08 AM (L0IGK)

4 Hell, if they could get a car to run off of a urine-battery, you'd see an increase in drinking beer... of course that is unless you live in NC, which you can only get piss poor beer.

Posted by: Contagion at August 19, 2005 08:59 AM (Q5WxB)

5 I wish you would have posted this a week earlier. I could have personally fueled a couple hundred tractor trailers to circumvent the globe a few hundred times from the camping trip last weekend.

Posted by: tomslick at August 19, 2005 09:52 AM (xNjHI)

6 Piss poor beer? But wouldn't that be GOOD for the urine-powered battery.

And yes, tomslick, if I see them adapting this to hybrid cars, I'm buying more Anheuser-Busch stock.

Posted by: Ogre at August 19, 2005 05:06 PM (L0IGK)

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Hanoi Jane's Brother

I'm sure many of you remember Hanoi Jane, supporting the enemy during wartime. Of course, it was really just a "police action," I know. But you remember how hard she worked for communists to try and get the US to lose the war, while still living and taking money from people in the US. It seems her long-lost brother has surfaced in England.

To let you know how insidious and deceitful Islam can be, just look at this fellow. Muhammad (so he claims) went to England in 1994 claiming political asylum from persecution in Saudi Arabia. England let him stay because he claimed he could be killed if he were sent back to Saudi Arabia. So how does he repay England?

By running a web site and broadcasting on the open airwaves that all British troops should be killed. If that's not sedition, I don't know what is. The British are said to be considering talking with him and deporting him.

Now I'm all for free speech, and I can see where you have to be very careful in crossing that line of what's permitted -- but actively promoting and encouraging murder of troops? Not just being an ass and making protest signs while collecting welfare checks, but actively telling people to assassinate British troops.

If he is going to be killed or jailed if he's sent back to Saudi Arabia, I'll help collect the funds for his plane flight back.

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Jews Remove Jews

I don't get it.

I'm sorry, this is just wrong.

The Israeli government removing it's own citizens from their own houses to give land to terrorists -- it's not right. I sure hope Sharon knows what he's doing.

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ACLU says YOU are a terrorist.

"[Anyone who prays] believe[s] that they answer to a higher power, in my opinion. Which is the kind of thinking that you had with the people who flew the airplanes into the buildings in this country, and the people who did the kind of things in London."

Well, according to the spokesman for the ACLU in Louisiana, you are. This statement came about while the ACLU was suing a school board in Louisiana for daring to pray at their meetings. Notice, however, that this statement has absolutely NOTHING to do with government or government-sponsored prayer -- lunatic Joe Cook simply made the blanket statement, which supports the ACLU's position, that ANYONE who believes in a higher power is a terrorist.

This is the same ACLU that wants people thrown in jail for saying a prayer at a football game. This is the same group of communists that want people jailed for saying the Lord's Prayer.

The ACLU is NOT American. They do not stand for civil rights. They do NOT stand for liberty. They were started to throw out the representative republic in America and replace it with communism. They are actively hostile towards anything remotely associated with Christianity, because Christianity opposes communism. They support jailing people for saying the Lord's Prayer, but they want to force others to listen to "Wiccan blessings."

Do not support the ACLU, because they hate you, and they might be coming after you next. This was part of the Stop The ACLU Blogburst. If you would like to participate please Register At Our Portal. Pretty simple. We will add you to the blogroll, and send you the rest of the info you will need. Almost 100 sites already onboard!

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Muliculturalism Attacks Again

Once again we have a news story that shows how multiculturalism, besides being just stupid, is physically injuring and killing United States citizens. Last time it was a father of 2 and a schoolteacher killed. This time it was a 15-year old girl who's now in critical condition.

People, we have a problem in this country with illegal immigration, whether you or the politicians want to admit it or not. In the uniquely American society, it is simply not acceptable to get drunk and drive. However, in other cultures, this is seen as a common occurrence, and even encouraged! In particular, the Mexican culture reviles "machoness," and the more you can drink, the more you are "accepted."

We cannot have people coming to this country and bringing their culture with them. Our culture really is better. We need to lockdown our damn borders. I'm with The Gun Toting Liberal on this one: deploy our military to protect our borders! The local police and mayors refuse to fix this problem, it's time for the federal government to actually do one of the few things they are supposed to do!

So what will happen to this illegal immigrant who put a 15-year old innocent girl in the hospital because he was driving drunk? The last guy got probation and put back on the street. In case you're wondering, there were three FATAL DUI cases in that county this year (Brunswick). All THREE were illegal immigrants with previous DUI CONVICTIONS.

Sue Myrick (R-NC member of Congress) has written to the Office of Homeland Security to ask why North Carolina has only 1 officer assigned to deport the estimated 300,000 illegal immigrants in North Carolina. That's a nice start, Ms. Myrick, but that's not enough.

If Sue Myrick wants to be governor of North Carolina, this would be a great way to start -- get us 500 deportation officers and start deporting these criminals -- and start with the damn ones who are already arrested!

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Hundreds Cheer Wasteful Spending

In Charlotte yesterday, hundreds of people, many at the request of their uptown employers, cheered and supported spending less money on police and law enforcement, supported unlimited higher taxes, and celebrated potentially spending even more taxpayer money to directly benefit private business.

At issue here is giving over $100 million in taxpayer funds to a private business so that the private business may profit. The rally was held "uptown," where many businesses who also live off the taxpayer dole gave employees time off to show up and appear to celebrate and support this utterly irresponsible and wasteful spending.

In this case, it was support for SPENDING for the "Nascar Hall of Fame." As the left normally does, they confused support for Nascar with support for wasteful spending and higher taxes -- so they managed to convince a lot of people to support the Hall of Fame -- without realizing they were also supporting higher taxes to pay for the damn thing.

Once again, the left shows their desire to buy toys without having to actually work for them -- instead they take money from working people to build their own playgrounds. It's wrong, plain and simple. Government does not exist to buy things for private businesses, and it's wrong any time government gives money to a private business.

If this Hall of Fame is such a wonderful idea, and such a huge money-maker, why won't business build it for themselves and make money? Because it's NOT a money-maker, and government has become much to willing to just give away tax dollars to anyone who asks.

This is today's Democrat Party values: steal from the poor and give to the rich.

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August 17, 2005

Jeanine Pirro for Senate

There are apparently some challengers for Hillary (D-anystate) Clinton for election to the US Senate for New York. Everyone knows how many Democrats live in New York (except Hillary, she's from Arkansas), so I'm not sure any Republican has a chance. However, Jeanine Pirro has tossed her hat in the ring.

Now she doesn't have a blog, so that's one strike against her However, The Alliance noticed that she didn't have a slogan for her campaign on her website and was wondering if we could help her out. Well of course!

So here's the top 10 suggestions from Ogre's Politics and Views for campaign slogans for Jeanine Pirro 2006 for US Senate:

#10: Vote Pirro -- She's not Hillary!
#9: Let's have a Senator for New York that's from New York.
#8: Pirro -- because she won't hang condoms on a Christmas Tree and call it wonderful.
#7: Pirro -- the New York Senator who will serve 6 years, not 2.
#6: Pirro: the only candidate in the race who's husband hasn't been disbarred.
#5: Vote Pirro -- She's not running for President!
#4: Pirro: A true moderate for all moderate New Yorkers.
#3: Vote Pirro -- the candidate that can tell when her husband is telling lies to her and the whole damn country.
#2: Pirro: because her husband won't be trying to hog the news cameras during every news conference.

And finally, the #1 campaign slogan for Jeanine Pirro:
#1: Vote Pirro: Do you really want to vote for Hillary again?

Posted by: Ogre at 07:19 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Pirro in 2006: "Do you have Page 10?"

Pirro for Senate: "Because taking money from the MAFIA is a Republican family value."

Posted by: Rick James at August 18, 2005 12:06 AM (YlB+p)

2 I liked all of those, bro. Here's another suggestion:

"Get a hint'n don't vote for Clinton"

Posted by: Gun-Toting Liberal at August 18, 2005 06:19 AM (Er9BL)

3 Nice, GTL, but perhaps a little too low brow for them people in New Yawk.

Posted by: Ogre at August 18, 2005 07:18 AM (/k+l4)

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Marine Student Fined For Being Marine

Nice story out of Texas today. It seems a Marine was told he had to pay a fine for being in the Marines. He was denied in-state tuition from a community college because he had spent years in Iraq. He has current and active bank accounts in Texas; a voter registration, and a TX driver's license -- but no in-state tuition, so the Community College doesn't consider him a resident.

Here's a tip for you, Carl Basham: tell them you're from Mexico. If that doesn't work, you're free to come to North Carolina and tell the community college here you're from Mexico -- that gets you "in-state" tuition rates in this state.

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Education Responsibility

This week's Christian Views Symposium is a doosy. There's a letter written by Jeff of Random Acts of Kindness that says in part:

It is fundamentally unfair to rely on other people’s money to pay for a child’s education. The primary source of funding should come from the parents who have children using the service. If we can’t ask parents to help pay for their children’s education, how in the world can we expect other people without children to pay even more for it?

Lennie asks some questions about that letter this week:

1. What is responsibility of the Parent in paying for their child’s education?
2. What is responsibility of the Society in paying for all childrens education?
3. Do you believe your perspective is different if you are a Christian?

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Pfizer Products Suck

I noticed the news in a couple of places now that the city of New London not only wants to take land from one private citizen and give it to another (and has the blessing of the US Supreme Court via Kelo vs. New London), but now they want the people whose land they are taking to pay rent!

Yes, not only will they screw you, but if you DARE to fight city hall, not only will you lose, but you will pay a cash FINE for attempting to resist them! I'm quite sure the next step, if it hasn't already been taken, will be for the city to sue the homeowners for legal fees, too!

Once again, this is far beyond wrong. If I own property, I own it. Anyone who wants it from me can try and take it, but you're not getting it while I still live. THAT's the spirit of this country. FREEDOM is what this country is all about. But more and more unelected royalty and even elected corrupt officials do not like freedom and individuals, so they try and destroy them.

Grau, over at Frizzen Sparks, has an idea -- boycott Pfizer products. Why Pfizer? Because that's the company that is going to be given these private citizens' land.

He's posted a list of all Pfizer products. He's also posted Pfizer's contact information in case you want to write them a letter. He suggests using not using "you f-ing roach felching bastards" in your letter.

I say again, "Where is my country?"

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1 You can find it somewhere between the former U.S.S.R. and France I think.

Oh how I am going to miss some of my favorite Pfizer productes, but I can make do without, and will. . . . goodbye neosporin, hello walmart brand.

Posted by: Oddybobo at August 17, 2005 04:03 PM (6Gm0j)

2 It that where they put my country? They put it in Slovakia? Actually, having been recently liberated from behind the iron curtain, I bet Slovakia has more freedom and common sense than America does today.

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2005 04:12 PM (L0IGK)

3 I think you may be right!

Posted by: Oddybobo at August 17, 2005 05:07 PM (6Gm0j)

4 I'm skimmed through this, and Grau's post. Is it true that they are offering far less than the properties are worth?

In the U.K, houses can be purchased if developers need to build a road, but they always offer a certain percent *more* than the market value.

Posted by: Sally at August 17, 2005 05:30 PM (Ah7G0)

5 I'd do it, but I need my neosporin, it is the secret to my good health! That and I don't blame the company, I blame the city government and the judges for this mess.

Posted by: Contagion at August 17, 2005 05:38 PM (M8Swz)

6 Oh no, they NEVER give market value here. When the city takes land, they only pay for it when they HAVE to. In most cases, at least here in North Carolina, they first order the property condemned, which immediately reduces the actual value of the house by about 50%. Then the government "offers" less.

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2005 05:38 PM (L0IGK)

7 And Contagion, I still blame the company, because they are the ones who started this whole thing -- if the company hadn't demanded some waterfront property for their company building, none of this would have happened.

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2005 05:41 PM (L0IGK)

8 Wha? Is that a State or Federal law? That can't be right.

Posted by: Sally at August 17, 2005 06:15 PM (Ah7G0)

9 Pfft. Laws are only useful to those who pass them here. So it's a state thing -- the state condemns the property, and then you're really forced to sell it, because they won't let you live in it -- it's condemned! Once upon a time, many decades ago, we had this thing called the 4th Amendment. We don't have that any more.

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2005 06:30 PM (L0IGK)

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Blame Bush

An actual conversation this morning between the Ogre and the toothless gas station attendant:

TW (Toothless Wonder): That'll be $43.72.
Ogre (while handing credit card): Whew, that's quite a bit, huh?
TW (while taking said credit card): You're using the gold card, right?
Ogre: Not much longer with prices like these!
TW: It's Bush's fault.
Ogre:
TW: You know, if we'd just get out of there, it would be back to normal.
Ogre:
TW: My Mom's gas prices never went down -- we'll be up to $2.75 before Friday.
Ogre: How... Did you say this is Bush's fault?
TW: Oh yes, that whole mess is just about oil -- you know, the rich get richer, we poor get poorer.
Ogre:
TW: I think we'll be over $3.00 real soon.
Ogre: If it's about oil then why...
TW: Oh, I don't know, I don't keep up with all that stuff.
Ogre:
TW: Thank you, come again.
Ogre:

I can only hope that such an incredibly ignorant fool that either refuses to learn or is incapable of learning doesn't actually have the brainpower to figure out how to vote.

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New Word Usage Fines

It seems the theme of lunatic judges continues here. A judge just ruled that calling someone "Farm Boy" will cost you $500 and 30 days in jail. Well, if you are white and the person you're calling "Farm Boy" is black, that is.

This is just damn insane. This is just total lunacy, plain and simple. There is no way anyone is going to convince me that a 30-day sentence in jail is justified for WORDS. This is just plain wrong. Where in the world is my country?

In this case, the judge ruled that, despite the black construction worker calling the white construction worker "Snoopy," that when the white construction worker called the black construction worker "Boy" and "Farm Boy," that is was suddenly a so-called "hate crime" and was offensive and this new fangled BS thought crime called "ethnic intimidation."

The assanine lottery-lawsuit driven black construction worker was SO intimidated over being called "Farm Boy" that he quit his job and sought psychiatric help! He couldn't sleep at night because someone who HE called a name called him "Boy!"

Crap like this really makes me want to start hitting people with 2x4s really hard -- starting with the moron who claims he is a judge. No word yet on when the mentally incompetent black construction worker will file his lottery lawsuit against the construction company so he can try and get some cash.

The thought police are active here, in North Carolina -- watch what you think.

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August 16, 2005

Bou's Boys

Boudicca, of Boudicca's Voice is looking for a new car. However, she says that she needs something "family size" that will get "30 mpg." She had pretty much given up hope.

Then tony (in comments to my 250 mpg Automobiles post) said that she should consider VW's Passat -- 1.8L turbo-4 version with a MANUAL tranny, of course. I went to their web site, and you cannot get a 2006 Passat with a 1.8L engine, the smallest is a 2.0L. Strangely enough, the automatic transmission is an option for $1,075 (yay!). So, Bou's going to have to look for previous model year Passat to get the 1.8L (or drop one in herself, I suppose).

However, she's still worried that the vehicle will not be large enough for "3 soon to be grown boys in the back." Bou, boys can fit lots of places:

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Blog War, Jr.

It seems there was a kidnapping in the Blogosphere. One Nick Queen kidnapped Harvey. The initial demands were relatively weak, but they were quickly refused.

Then the real fighting started. The kidnapping quickly escalated in a real battle. There's even rumors of viking kittens being brought to bear.

Some people have come out in support for Nick Queen. Others have denounced Nick as a terrorist blogger. There's even rumors of a possible rescue attempt in the works.

The sides appear to be drawn. Being an Ogre, I can quickly pledge my allegiance -- to the highest bidder, of course! It has already been revealed that Nick Queen is flush with links, so he appears to have more links in hand, ready to sell. Harvey, on the other hand, has a really big cool tank on his side. Ah, decisions, decisions...

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1 LOL!

Posted by: Bou at August 16, 2005 04:29 PM (5JHEt)

2 Be careful, I just armed Harvey with some stinky stuff. ;-)

Posted by: vw bug at August 16, 2005 05:12 PM (yJkEY)

3 Please note: I have not actually taken up arms for either side yet, as I am waiting for bids on my services!

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2005 05:46 PM (L0IGK)

4 C'mon, Ogre---fight on the side of good! It will warm your soul! We've got him surrounded, but he's barricaded himself in, and he's playing really awful music! Help us out here, would ya?

Posted by: dustbunny101 at August 16, 2005 09:26 PM (pNmK8)

5 Dust Bunny, is that an offer? Are you making a cash (link) offer there? Us mercenaries tend to not be swayed much by emotion...

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2005 08:14 AM (/k+l4)

6 Hey Ogre, will boobies sway you to the dark side?

I think I have a couple around here somewhere.

Posted by: Machelle at August 17, 2005 08:22 AM (ZAyoW)

7 Uh...

I...

Heh...

Did you say, "swaying boobies?"

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2005 09:58 AM (/k+l4)

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Homespun Symposium XXXI.V

Ah it seems MajorDad missed posting the Homespun Symposium for this week at Homespun Bloggers. That's OK, because we can simply make up our own! Just for fun, I'll make this week's Homespun Symposium random -- I'm gong to go to CNN.com and select the...third news story listed when I get there. That will be this week's topic:

Large Quake Hits Northern Japan.

Ok, well that didn't work too well. I'll go back and try the third news story listed in the politics section...

Federal Budget deficit drops again.

Sigh. Must be a slow news day.

The story starts out with

The Congressional Budget Office predicts a budget deficit of $314 billion for the coming fiscal year, almost a $100 billion decline from last year's deficit.

Of course, the Formerly Mainstream Media (FMSM) cannot let a chance go by to criticize President George W. Bush:

Last year's deficit was a record in dollar terms

The whiners Democrats were quick to respond, complaining about tax cuts and baby boomers retiring. Hey Kent Conrad (W-ND), here's a clue: if you don't have enough money, STOP SPENDING IT!

I'm no big fan of deficit spending -- heck, I'm not a fan of about 95% of government spending. If you don't have the money, stop spending it. Want to save money? Get rid of the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and half the other departments that do nothing but unconstitutionally take my hard-earned money.

So.

What's your take on the news that "the federal budget deficit drops again"?

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Criticize a Judge, Go to Jail

Apparently if you live in Ohio, you better be darn careful who you blog about. If you happen to publish a blog that is critical of a judge, you might not only get thrown in jail for "intimidation," but you might get completely shut up by getting no visitors, no phone calls, and solitary confinement. Who says there's free speech in Ohio? Not this judge.

Now I better be careful even typing this on the internet. Of course, the Supreme Court did rule 60 years ago that there is a first amendment and that people can specifically publish things about judges that might make them "unpopular," but that clearly doesn't apply in this case.

So bloggers, be careful -- you, too can get thrown in jail if you piss off a judge. Hey Judge Markus, bite me. Are you going to come arrest me now, too?

(Linked to Beltway Traffic Jam and Mudville Gazette).

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NC Judge Takes Place of Legislature

Those outside the state of North Carolina have likely never heard of one Judge Manning. Anyone inside North Carolina who pays any attention to government or education knows his name. This is a judge who has decided that he is going to take the place of the legislature. He has decided that he has the constitutional power and authority to make laws, interpret laws, determine spending, and enforce laws.

How is this possible? Simple -- other people do not understand the concept of separation of powers. The judge has responded to yet another lottery lawsuit, this time in regards to school funding. He has decided that the North Carolina Constitution says that not only is every citizen guaranteed an education, but that he, personally, gets to determine that education.

What the actual North Carolina Constitution says:

The people have a right to the privilege of education, and it is the duty of the State to guard and maintain that right.

The governor and the legislature has recently increased spending by $85, $22, and $75 million -- but Manning says, "the legislative branch is not reacting to this case"

Manning says, "They're going to have to spend some money to effect change." So a judge claims to be able to determine spending levels for the state. That's wrong, and he is wrong-- VERY wrong.

Once again, I call on the constitutional republic to work the way it's supposed to work, with checks and balances. The legislature is 100% free to completely and totally ignore this egotistical potential dictator. He has NO power to tell the legislature how to spend money! NONE! What's he going to do if they ignore him? Arrest the legislature? Oh wait, he's need the governor to do that, wouldn't he?

This judge does not have the power to tell the legislature how much money to spend, no matter how much he wants that power. The legislature should absolutely ignore him and do their job. In a more perfect world, the legislature would start proceedings to remove the judge for him attempting to usurp the power of the legislature.

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1 He has decided that he has the constitutional power and authority to make laws, interpret laws, determine spending, and enforce laws.

This happens on the national level and everywhere. It is the problem of our times.

Posted by: Jay at August 16, 2005 08:16 AM (2FcUc)

2 Where do I sign up? I need a good shot of ego in the morning. It'd do me good to tell the lesser people what they can and can't do with their tax dollars. . .

Posted by: Oddybobo at August 16, 2005 08:39 AM (6Gm0j)

3 Sure, Oddy -- become a judge and you, too, can have ultimate power in this country. Easily in this state.

Worse, there's NO way the legislature will oppose him -- ordering Democrats to spend more money is like ordering an alcoholic to take a drink.

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2005 09:00 AM (/k+l4)

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August 15, 2005

Sharon Surrenders

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says

It is out of strength and not weakness that we are taking this step. We tried to reach agreements with the Palestinians which would move the two peoples towards the path of peace. These were crushed against a wall of hatred and fanaticism.

I truly hope this will work. However, since Hamas has already announced that they will continue their terrorist bombings and cowardly attacks on unarmed civilians in Israel, I hope Sharon will keep his other words:

The world awaits the Palestinian response a hand offered in peace or continued terrorist fire. To a hand offered in peace, we will respond with an olive branch. But if they chose fire, we will respond with fire, more severe than ever.

The Formerly Mainstream Media (FMSM) in the press is at a total loss on how to react to these developments in the middle east. On one hand, terrorists are being appeased. That's nothing but good news to the FMSM. However, Sharon also said,

With the help of God, may this path be one of unity and not division, of mutual respect, and not animosity between brothers, of unconditional love, and not baseless hatred.

Hey Sharon, and anyone else who wants to appease terrorists -- this one's for you:

Who's your daddy?

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1 I'm with you on this one - but I'm kinda wondering if Sharon is really stupid like a fox - perhaps he's doing this knowing that the Palistinians can't hold themselves back - and thus they'll give him an excuse to blow them sky high!

Posted by: leftbrainfemale at August 16, 2005 08:51 AM (M7kiy)

2 I really do hope it works, but if it doesn't, Sharon did slip that line in: "But if they chose fire, we will respond with fire, more severe than ever."

He better back up his words on this one! If he does, he'll quickly earn my respect back.

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2005 09:01 AM (/k+l4)

3 Elf bowling,,,,, nice touch Ogre.
As serious as the story was, that was funny.

Posted by: Tomslick at August 16, 2005 02:22 PM (xNjHI)

4 I try to keep things light, even when they're not.

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2005 02:56 PM (L0IGK)

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Great Falls, SC should stand up

A self-described "Wiccan," Darla Wynne, sued Great Falls, SC in 2001 because she's an idiot. Wait, I'm sorry, it was because she's a Wiccan idiot. No wait, that's not it, she sued because she wanted to play the lawsuit lottery! Yes, we have yet another contestant in the lawsuit lottery! Sue a city, get ten thousand; sue a company, get ten million! It can all be yours, take a shot, there's ZERO risk!

In this moronic case, the woman was "offended" that someone would say the word "Jesus Christ" in public. I'm offended that Darla is an asshole -- how much money can I get for that?

The town has a population of only 2,199 people and one meathead (Darla Wynne). She sued to make the town council stop using the word "Jesus" and won (incorrectly). The town appealed and common sense lost. Now Darla I-want-cash Wynne is suing AGAIN, this time for $65,000 in "legal fees."

She hasn't won this case yet, but it certainly appears she will. If she does, and even if she doesn't, I really, really wish I were on the town council. This is exactly why there is a separation of powers in the United States. The judge can tell the council to not utter the word "Jesus," and the court can even order the town to pay $65,000 -- but the judge can't force the town to listen.

Yes, the town should tell this judge and Darla I-have-no-life Wynne exactly where they can stick it. They should keep mentioning Jesus Christ just as much as they darn well want to. If the judge orders them to pay $65,000, they should absolutely ignore him. The judge and Darla I'm-a-stupid-idiot Wynne can't do anything about it.

This is exactly how a constitutional republic should work. The town should ignore them both and say "Jesus." What could happen? Will a town council member be ARRESTED for uttering the name "Jesus?" Wouldn't THAT be spectacle? I'd do it in a heartbeat if I were the council member.

However, if the executive branch ignored the judge, there would be no one to arrest the council member! Then what? Would the federal government come into the thriving metropolis of Great Falls, SC and make a federal prisoner of the town council? Again, I would love to see that.

Same goes for the $65,000. Just ignore them. What can the judge do? In a real constitutional republic, nothing! The executive branch is charged with enforcing the laws. If a judge is ignored, only the executive branch can enforce the laws -- if they ignore the judge, too, there's NO ONE to enforce the judge's crappy decision.

Great Falls, SC, this judge was wrong, and you know it. Ignore the judge. Continue to exercise your right of freedom of religion. Let the federal government show up and arrest you for saying "Jesus." Do not give in to these extortionists.

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1 That is REDICULOUS!!!!!!!

I'm with you, bro. SCREW the judgement; the town should just ignore the ruling and flip this asshole off when she comes to collect on the judgement. People like this piss me off to no end.

Posted by: Gun-Toting Liberal at August 15, 2005 06:50 PM (Er9BL)

2 I really wish they would ignore her. I would honestly absolutely LOVE to see the federal government come crashing into a town of 2,200 to arrest someone and throw them in federal jail for saying the word "Jesus."

It would really show that this country is lost.

Posted by: Ogre at August 15, 2005 06:59 PM (L0IGK)

3 This lawasuit offends me, can I sue the gubment?


Tort reform ...
/TJ

Posted by: TJ at August 15, 2005 10:38 PM (PL7dL)

4 Yes, I'm sure you can. And you could probably win.

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2005 05:31 AM (L0IGK)

5 Ogre, you have your facts mistaken. What started this mess was when I wen to town council to complain about crack dealers on a street corner. They made my bumper stickers an issue and began to require participation in a Christian prayer as mandatory to participate within the council meetings. I was on the agenda and when I skipped the prayer, was knocked off the agenda. I requested a nonsecular prayer or to allow a rotation of religious leaders within our community and they refused. Yes, I did win in court, and the judgement is not specific again Jesus Christ, but it simply states that no specific deity can be named during the invocation. IF all council members were Pagan, Wiccan, Hindu, Buddhist or Islamic, I am sure Christians would be offended by being forced to participate in a prayer to another God they don't believe in, so this ruling protects us all from being forced to participate within a faith that we do not believe in.

You also got the fact of a second suit wrong. The attorney fees, which btw has been ordered and granted, was a part of the original suit. The only way it will become a second suit, is if the town council appeal it and then it has nothing to do with me because I don't get the money, my attorney does.

I have no problem with anyone disagreeing with me, but for once, I wish you all would at least get the facts straight. You call me an idiot, but an idiot with half a brain could do some research and see what you say is false, but then again, you are expecting people, and many are, to be blind sheep to be led to the water troth and drink what ever you serve up, whether it is factual or fictional.

I realize this will probably be deleted, but hell, a little education never hurt any one! Well, maybe a little, when they actually had to use their brain to understand the facts! Don't hurt yourself ogre!

Posted by: Darla Kaye Wynne at October 01, 2005 07:30 PM (ywZa8)

6 They began to require participation in a Christian prayer? Ok, I'm not buying that one at all. How did they REQUIRE you to PARTICIPATE? Did they tie you down and beat you until you said "Hail Mary?" Did they grab your throat and move your lips and force you to say "Yeah, Jesus?" That's just silly to even imply that they forced you to participate. If they wanted to say a prayer, you can not listen all you want to.

If all the council members were Wiccan, in a free country, they'd be ABSOLUTELY free to say whatever prayer they wanted! And *I* would celebrate it if that were actually allowed to happen! I'm about FREEDOM, not promoting religion. And I believe that if the people of the town want to freely associate and say "We Love Jesus," no federal court should be able to stop them at all.

And never fear -- I never delete comments unless they contain serious offensive (bad, course, etc) language (not "offensive" ideas).

Posted by: Ogre at October 02, 2005 07:50 PM (iJFc9)

7 Ogre, the point that Ms. Wynne was making was this:
"They made my bumper stickers an issue and began to require participation in a Christian prayer as mandatory to participate within the council meetings."

The point is, they would not let her participate in the council meeting (her RIGHT as a citizen) UNLESS she participated in the Christian prayer. And, mind you, she did this many times (she bowed her head while the prayer was being said), but they still would not even HEAR HER COMPLAINT, but sent her away, just because they did not like her bumper stickers! Not only that, but they spread vicious words about her, which caused mentally imbalanced people to beat her up and to kill her pets!!!

Why are you defending people who are trying to get out of doing their jobs (cleaning up the crack problem) and INSTEAD making someone a skapegoat just because she has enough integrity to follow her own conscience in her own religion?

If the situation was reversed, as you suggest, and all the council was Wiccan, would you agree that people MUST say a Wiccan prayer to the Wiccan goddess, or else the council will not even HEAR their complaint?

Posted by: Margaret at October 08, 2005 11:27 AM (10/nb)

8 I'm not comprehending how you "make" someone participate in a prayer. Do they have mind readers there? "Hey you, with the head bowed -- stop thinking about sex and think about God!" That just doesn't make sense to me.

If the entire coucil was Wiccan, I would have no problem with them saying a Wiccan prayer. However, as with the current example, I'm not sure how you FORCE someone to comply with a certain prayer.

Posted by: Ogre at October 09, 2005 06:52 PM (iJFc9)

9 Perhaps the words shouldn't be "FORCE."

Here are her own words as to what happened:

"I moved over here in the Fall of 1998, by the Spring of 1999, I had bought this house, which put on me on the other side of town, which meant my route to work changed and had me stopping at a stop sign on a daily basis that 3 crack dealers occupied as well on a daily basis. Because I didn't buy their drugs, they became obscene with me, by grabbing their crotches and telling me they had 12 inches for my backside. This went on for almost 6 months before I had my fill and an argument with them, which by this time they were already driving by my house and if I was outside they continued the obscenities.

I made them mad when I cussed them out at the stop sign one day and they decided to jump in their car and chase me down, and I pulled over to play whoop ass with them, but 2 guys from the Big A Auto Parts store came out and they took off. They told me I needed to go to the police and being the biker babe that I am, I didn't want to be a snitch but was informed that in this town, everyone went to the police with their problems, it was the way things were done, so I did.

The police told me that they were only allowed 2 undercover operations a year and that if I wanted anything done about it I would have to go to a council meeting and talk with them, which I did, but I had never been to a council meeting prior to that and had no desire to do so and would have never went back had they not made my bumper stickers and my faith an issue and dealt with my issues of the drug dealers.

I had no problem with their prayer at the council meeting, matter of fact I participated in it. I stood, bowed my head and said amen at the end, just like everyone else. When it came time for me to talk, I got a sentence out and then they informed me my bumper stickers were offensive and wanted them removed and my time ran out, so I had to go back 6 times and each time I prayed with them, but by that time, I was interested in why it took so long for them to hear me and why did I have to accuse them of making money from the drug dealers to get action, so I continued.

Then when I didn't remove my stickers the prayers began to be directed at me or at least that is how I took it when the prayer, "may everyone find JC including the heathens" was said. At the next council meeting, I didn't bow my head and they waited for me to bow my head and then publicly pointed out that I didn't bow my head and people called me a Satanist and told me I wasn't wanted and I could get burned out during the meeting and none of my council said anything about these comments. So then, I asked for a generic prayer or to have members of the community alternate the prayer and they created a policy, which banned members of the community from giving prayers, and went to the churches and requested resolutions and petitions and got them against me and my request. From there, it just escalated to the point of having to file suit, but during all of this the first of the vandalism on my vehicles began and they were throwing bricks through my windows, egging my house and the first of the cats began to be poisoned, so they pushed me to the point of putting a stop to this organized hateful attitude towards differences."

And here's just SOME of the things that town's done to her:

"I walked into my home where a front door and windows were broken and spray painted, cabinets tore down, poop in microwave, cat box dumped in my bed, spray paint on the walls that said, " die witch, " refrigerator and stove flipped over and everything out of the drawers and it was totally demolished. I called the Chief and then I went to the police station only to be given a security catalog and told he would be jeopardizing his job. I went home and attempted to clean up and from that day forward until August 11, 2004, my house was vandalized a total of 9 times. I have redone my home 5 times and am working on the 6th now. During that time, everything except one piece of furniture survived in its entirety, which is a dresser from a beautiful bedroom suit. How it survived I don't have a clue, but one of my friend's reminds that he feels it is because when he came over and saw it flipped on the floor and offered to turn it back up, I told him to leave it that it would only end up there again and he said he thinks that saved it.

During this time, I did try to get, as much of my stuff that wasn't broken or broken too badly outside in the shed or on the front porch, but it didn't save my animals.

I walked in once to find a cat gutted and hung from a planter in the back bedroom, my African Grey, Little One beheaded and her heart cut out, with a note attached saying I was next, cats poisoned, murdered, my horses almost killed, my oldest Yorkie was blinded when she was 14 and then attacked again this year, which now she is completely blinded and just recently had to under go surgery which they didn't think she would survive due to her age. I have been pulled over my fence and beaten. Even my male raccoon was taken and I think they were going to kill him, but possibly attempted to torture him first by shaving him, which was their mistake, because he got away and came home. They killed my iguana, Sammie, which she was 6 feet long, my black shark and due to the attacks I had to give my horses away because I couldn't be in 2 places at once, my 9 foot Burmese as well."

All because that Council made her a scapegoat because they didn't want to do their own work and clean up the town.

Posted by: Margaret at October 09, 2005 09:40 PM (DHqN1)

10 You've addressed a few different issues.

If there is criminal activity taking place at her house, she should call the city police. If they do not help, she can call the Sheriff or the state police. If they do not help, then she can call the federal government. It's hard to blame criminal activity in her house on the city council unless she's got proof that those people were involved. If she does, however, certainly go to the state government (state senators, state reps).

I think the main point is the center one in your reply. She was "offended" because someone said that they wished the "heathens" would see the light. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO NOT BE OFFENDED BY ANYONE.

If she's offended by a prayer, don't listen to it. Don't file a lawsuit to stop the prayer.

She's not the first person in the country to go to a council meeting to ask for help fighting drug dealers. She's not the first to be completely ignored by the council -- it happens ALL THE TIME.

I don't know what's on her bumper stickers, but if I saw them and didn't like them, I could ask her to remove them, too. There's nothing wrong with that.

This sounds like a personal issue that has absolutely nothing to do with religion. It sounds like there was some fighting between people, including her, and the fight was taken to court, and it included religion to get to court -- but I can't tell.

I'd like to hear the story from the other side, because I bet it would be drastically different.

Too bad the animals had to suffer in the middle of such human arguments.

And seriously, thanks for stopping by and trying to set the record straight.

Posted by: Ogre at October 09, 2005 10:13 PM (iJFc9)

11 You're welcome. Thanks for listening! And good luck with your fishin'! :-D

Posted by: Margaret at October 10, 2005 10:23 AM (SVDAq)

12 Thank you -- unfortunately, I didn't even get a nibble. I barely caught seaweed. I think my hooks were on backwards...

Posted by: Ogre at October 10, 2005 11:56 AM (/k+l4)

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Charlotte Observer Politics

Today's Charlotte Observer has an editorial explaining their political position for this year's city council election. Oh, they don't tell you it explains their political position, so in case you read it and missed it's point, I'll help out a little. They claim there are "three big questions" to ask potential candidates for the Charlotte city council.

This answer gets a little long, so I'll put it in the extended entry.

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