Ogre's Politics & Views

December 13, 2006

More Government Giveaways

Now Robeson County, NC, has given away some of it's spare cash (about $38,000) because apparently the county has too much cash. But oh, don't worry, they're not alone -- that's only one small part of $6.5 million in taxpayer money that was given away to people who wanted it.

Yes, folks, when you read next year about the tax increases across the state -- at the city, county, and state level because they simply don't have enough, keep in mind they gave Robeson Little Theatre $1,800. Why? Because they wanted it, not because they earned it, or because any citizens wanted to give them the money. American Indians Mothers, Inc. got $2,000 of cash that you worked for. How long did you have to work to earn $2,000? The American Indian Mothers didn't work at all, they just put their hand out and government threw money at them.

Oh, how I yearn for freedom.

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December 12, 2006

Famous Photographer!

Someone around here is starting to get famous! Imagine getting $450 for a photograph you took for yourself. And at the same time being introduced as an artist with a "professional debut." I'm quite impressed (and perhaps just a tiny bit jealous). Better go view her work now, so you can say you knew her "back when."

Congratulations, Michele!

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Bush's Poll Numbers

The big news is that "USA is more pessimistic on Iraq war." They're reporting that fewer than 1 in 5 people trust Bush to do the right thing in Iraq (and EVEN LESS believe the Democrats in Congress will do the right thing).

That tell me that I'm not in the minority. If most people wanted to follow the Democrat path to complete and total surrender and Dhimmitude, there would be much confidence in Supreme Ruler Pelosi -- since there is not, the only logical conclusion that can be drawn is that the majority are with me in my thinking:

America, acting alone and with overwhelming force, must destroy the Iranian Islamic State now.

We just have no confidence that either Bush or the Democrats will do what truly needs to be done.

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Guard the Borders

Going By The Numbers
by Nancy Matthis

Understanding the impact of illegal immigration does not depend on accepting partisan opinions. It is just the result of doing some simple math.

In a previous article, Illegals Deadlier Than War On Terror, we compared the numbers of United States citizens killed by illegal aliens to the tally of our troops killed in the war on terror. In response to that article, one of our readers wrote asking whether we had seen the video produced by NumbersUSA titled Immigration by the Numbers. He asked, “I wonder how accurate it is?”

This widely distributed video uses gumballs in a jar to visually demonstrate the impact of numbers that increase exponentially rather than linearly. These are mathematical concepts that are immediately meaningful to folk with a technical background, but may be harder to understand for others. The answer to our reader’s question is that the video IS accurate. It is not based on partisan opinion. It is just a very graphic illustration of an algebraic equation.

You can view a clip from the video here. Roy Beck of NumbersUSA is not depending on any esoteric data. He’s just doing the math, based on the US Census numbers, which actually grossly UNDERESTIMATE the number of illegals in the United States.

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NC State and Local Fiscal Modernization Study Commission

Wonderful. The solution to all the world's problems are just a committee meeting away. You see the newest NC state commission is going to meet soon. And they're going to solve all the financial problems of the state. This committee is meeting to determine if they will overhaul the entire fiscal structure of the state. According to bureaucrats, the state's fiscal structure was built on a agricultural society and since that has changed, so must the state. But watch for the part that shows freedom doesn't have a chance in this state:

Economists say an overhaul is needed or else the General Assembly will have to keep raiding trust funds and raising taxes to balance the state budget. Local governments argue that they'll have to keep driving up property taxes to pay for Medicaid, transportation and school construction needs.

In other words, there's absolutely no concept of fiscal discipline in NC state government. No one will ever consider for a second the actual freedom-based solution: STOP SPENDING MONEY! I know I'm living in a fantasy-world -- but hey, this is the only place I can find freedom these days.

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December 11, 2006

Sgt. Major Joke

Everyone needs a smile in the afternoon.

An architect, an artist and a Sergeant Major were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress. The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship. The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion and mystery he found there. The Sergeant Major said, "I like both." "Both?" Sergeant Major, "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the shop and get some work done."

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English is Racist

If you are reading this (and haven't run it through a translator), then you ARE racist. That is, according to Union Thug and Austin Council Member Mike Martinez.

I was concerned about the potential legality of such a policy and what prompted a department director to move in a policy direction that could be viewed as potentially racist.

What policy? Oh, one that would require employees to speak and write in English. But hey, everyone, now, who speaks English is racist. Who are we to actually want to communicate with people in English? According to Mr. Martinez, everyone should be able to speak in whatever language they want (as long as it's not English), and it's up to everyone ELSE to figure out how to communicate with them.

Mr. Martinez and the Union thugs in Austin, you're scum.

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Charlotte Housing: NO Freedom

It used to be, once upon a time, a long time ago, a man's home was his castle. In fact, that's one of the primary ideas upon which this country was founded: that people should have the freedom to own property. Over the past 100 years, however, that freedom has been quickly eroded and destroyed. Now the Charlotte City Council is working to do all they can to completely eradicate all traces of property rights in Charlotte.

Today the Charlotte City Council will meet to discuss whether people are living with the "correct" quality of life. They appear to be ready to pass a new ordinance that will put you in jail if you fail to have their property decreed quality of life. In their minds, this means that if you have too many people living in a certain arbitrary square footage area, you should be jailed.

What is the proper, freedom-based solution? To let people live their lives how they want to without government interference. If it's not directly affecting other people, why should the government get involved at all? Because Charlotte City government is interested in communism, not freedom.

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Problem? NC Government will pay

The State of North Carolina has a literally endless supply of cash. Well, that's the view of the Democrats and their allies at the Charlotte Observer. They honestly believe that anything that can be called a problem, even if it's not really a problem, can be solved by throwing enormous piles of government cash at it.

This time, the Observer wants to throw $10 million in taxpayer cash to "help hog farmers switch from lagoons to environmentally sound methods of waste." Of course, there's little, if any, details given as to WHY they should switch, other than the Observer thinks it "sounds like trouble."

As usual with the left, there is zero consideration to the other unintended consequences to this sort of action. They don't care that the farmers might not be able to afford to RUN these new procedures. They don't care that the price of all products from these farms will have to go up to pay for this forced action. They don't care that many farmers might be forced out of business because of this. They don't care about the hundreds and hundreds of hours the working man will have to work to PAY for this, against his will.

In short, the left does not care about anything other than themselves and getting what they want. When I was younger, I was told that was the definition of a selfish brat. Welcome to today's NC Democrat Party.

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December 09, 2006

No Substitute for Victory

America, acting alone and with overwhelming force, must destroy the Iranian Islamic State now

Wow. How would you like the President of the United States to speak those words now? Go ahead, call me a warmonger, "neo-con" (as if you know what that is), or other names that you like. Then, think about it.

Euphoric Reality points out an essay by John Lewis in which he very clearly outlines and describes the two times that America has been attacked in the last hundred years. He outlines the two possible responses to being attacked and clearly illustrates the results from the two possible responses.

As he so well points out, right now Islam is winning around the world. There is only one possible response to their actions and only one thing that will stop the terrorists around the world. Anything else (like what we're doing now) is worse than doing nothing. It's a long read, but very detailed and logical. Take a peek.

And I'm not alone with my support of a REAL war, instead of this namby-pamby crap we're "waging" now.

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4-year old Sexual Harasser?

Someone PLEASE tell me this is a joke. It sure looks like a real website but it's GOT to be fake, right?

The prinicipal of La Vega Primary School sent a letter to the Blackwells that said the pre-kindergartener demonstrated "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment."

So, according to this principal, he's having problems with a FOUR year old being a sexual harasser. And the principal can say that with a straight face? Really?

After complaining to the moron principal, the supreme powers government school officials agreed that the 4-year old wasn't a sexual predator. And yes, it actually took a complaint for the absolute fool principle to remove the references -- but he's leaving on the kid's "permanent record" that he is guilty of "inappropriate physical touching."

What a complete and total load of you-know-what. Yes, it's just another reason to keep your children far, far away from any school that is run by government. They are utterly and completely incompetent at doing ANYTHING other than spending money. They can't educate, and they're utterly incapable of common sense.

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Taxes in NC

So, now that the Democrats have beaten back the liberals (aka Republicans) around the country, including North Carolina, what do you think one of their first actions will be? In Charlotte, they're getting ready to implement a couple brand-new taxes like a tax on you selling your property (even if you lose money on it). And the state? Oh, they're getting ready for another BILLION dollar tax raise.

And as usual, they will do it with their favorite tactic, the shell game. The state will take one cent of the current sales tax that the counties collect. Then they will allow the counties to raise their taxes. Then everyone can point at everyone else and claim no one raised taxes!

The state will claim THEY didn't raise taxes -- they never voted for a tax increase. At the same time, the counties will claim they were "forced" by the state to raise taxes, so it wasn't them, either. But somehow the state will have an extra BILLION or so dollars to waste as they please. If you don't think they're wasting it, feel free to check out my category here called "North Carolina Government." I'd say they're wasting about 90% of what they spend.

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December 05, 2006

Damn Thieves

Ogre's not here. It seems some miserable S.O.B. decided to break into Ogre's office and steal his wallet, keys, telephone, laptop, and a pile of other stuff that has absolutely no value to the thief (papers, folders, research notes, etc.)

So I'll be spending time calling moron credit card companies that have "stolen card hotlines" that first ask you your account number from your card by computer. When you can't answer because your card was stolen, they let you wait 15 minutes to talk to a live person whose first question is, "Can you tell me your account number, please?"

And dealing with the DMV. I guess if I tell them I'm from Mexico it will make getting a driver's license easier than if I ask for a replacement -- because yet, you guessed it, to get a replacement, you need your id number -- that's on the stolen card. And then the battle will begin to get my company to pay for the stolen laptop -- which they're not going to want to do.

I'll be back later on sometime. For good reading, head over to the blogroll on the right -- there's tons of good blogs there.

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Blonde Jokes

*Tips For Blondes*

If you're bidding on a job for UPS, don't send your bid by FedEx.

If your computer says, "Printer out of Paper," this problem cannot be
resolved by continuously clicking the "OK" button.

If you want your refrigerator' s ice maker to work, you need to hook it
to a water source. Air doesn't make good ice unless it is mixed with
water.

No matter how much data you add to your laptop, it will not get heavier.

A bad place to store your emergency backup diskette is on the underside
of your desk drawer, secured by a large magnet.

It's okay to use the Polaroid Land Camera on a boat.

When the PC says, "Insert diskette #2," don't do it immediately. Remove
disk #1 first, even if you're sure you can make them both fit in there.

When your PC says "You have mail," don't go to the company mailroom and
look for a package.

The French version of Netscape Navigator doesn't translate English
language web pages into French.

If you're in the armed services and it's April 1st and you get an e-mail
message to call Colonel Sanders for new orders...... ....don't!!

If you go to the computer store to buy a mousepad, you don't have to
specify whether it's for a Windows or a Macintosh.

(via Raven).

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mmMMMmmm...Beer




You Are Beer!



You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.

More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.

And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.

But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"

What Alcoholic Drink Are You?

Can't argue with that one.

From Quality Weenie and Contagion.

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Why "Multiculturalsim" Doesn't Work

Michelle Malkin points out this incident where muslims complain in Dearbornistan. In it, a mulsim woman has raised so-called "civil rights" questions because she was offended. This is a perfect example of what's wrong with "multiculturalism."

You see, Wardeh Sultan, the complainer, has a warped view of freedom. She claims that she is an American Citizen and that she wants to lift America up. And it's likely she does -- but HER version of America, not the traditional version. When people come to America and bring THEIR culture and refuse to assimilate and join the unique American culture, this is the clash that arises.

Wardeh Sultan has two specific complaints. One is that her afternoon prayer was "interrupted" by another patron. Zero details are given as to exactly how she was "interrupted." But her second complaint may shed a little light on it. Her second complaint is that she feels "humiliated" and offended, because the employee to which she complained said that other patrons didn't have to respect her (Wardeh's) God. Wardeh disagrees.

In other words, the primary complaint is that a person had the utter GALL to not offer complete and total muslim respect for Wardeh's muslim god. That's the complaint. That's all. Wardeh Sultan, by bringing her culture to America and refusing American culture demands that she have complete and total freedom without any responsibility. In other words, she should be free to do anything and everything she wants and everyone else should never be able to say or do anything that disagrees with her. I've got news for you, Wardeh, that's not freedom.

She has the freedom to pray in public. I've got the freedom to say she looks silly doing it. No one should stop either one of us. I'm willing to allow her the freedom to pray in public. Why won't she allow me the freedom?

One of the chief people in charge of complaing for mulsims said, "(Muslims) are resenting that they are to be suppressed from expressing themselves freely, like others." That's an outright lie. NO ONE tried to physically stop her from praying, from all published reports. Instead, what's true is that THEY (muslims) resent that everyone else does not follow their religion and give them complete and total approval of every single religious-related action they take.

Freedom works both way muslims. If you don't like it, I suggest you go find a muslim country and move there. If you like the freedoms we have in America, how about letting other people have freedom, too?

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Cost of Prohibition

So, if government passes a law designed to change behavior and fails, what do they do? If they spend literally millions of dollars; crime increases drastically, formerly law-abiding citzens are arrested by the thousands; police and citizens are killed in the hundreds; and the actual activity that is banned increases; what should government do?

It's been 33 years now since prohibition was repealed. Government realized that it was a horrible idea that cost too much in crime, money, and lives.

Yet today, the other prohibition continues, despite the exact same results. If the war on drugs can be considered successful, we should bring back prohibition of alcohol. Either that or end the war on drugs. But hey, what's a few billion each year in government expenditures and hundreds of deaths each year when it comes to government retaining control and power, right?

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Pick Your 2008 Candidate?

This sure looks interesting. It's a political fund-raising site that wants to "draft" a conservative for president in 2008 -- with cash. They're asking you to "vote" for who you want to run by making a donation to them.

Make your contribution now and encourage your choice for President to get in the race. As soon as they form a committee, we'll transfer your donation to them. In the event they don't run, your contribution will not be wasted - it will support candidates up and down the ballot looking to return Republican leadership to government.

As of this writing, they've only raised $31 so far -- but maybe it will pick up speed. Either way, it's an interesting concept, if you ask me.

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Liberals claim You're Stupid

And again the liberals who dominate the printed press continue to claim that you people, you scum of the earth who DARE to actually vote, are complete and total morons. Therefore, they need to do something about it -- they suggest that the General Assembly take more of the power to vote away from you. This time it's an area that they are having a difficulty gerrymandering.

You see, the liberal press in NC will never complain about the elections for the General Assembly -- because they know how easy it is to gerrymander the elections. They are aware that the people are not voting for their representatives, but instead the representatives (Democrats almost exclusively for over 100 years) get to select their "constituents." So there's no problems there.

However, in each county, the people get to select their own sheriff. Since they can't just change the county lines any time they want to, they complain about these people who are actually elected by the people. Instead, these elitists now claim that people are just simply too dumb to be allowed to vote and select sheriffs because YOU are stupid and might not vote for the people they want. Instead, they want the legislature to pass a new law that will prevent you from voting and instead will allow the sheriffs to be appointed by Democrats.

Oh, how I yearn for freedom. And yes, including the freedom to be stupid and NOT ruled by the aristocrats who only think they're better and smarter than me.

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December 04, 2006

Tim The Llama

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Say hello to Tim!

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