Ogre's Politics & Views

June 06, 2006

The Earth in Pictures

Wow. Absolutely amazing pictures of the Earth from space. Just beautiful.

(H/T Mustang).

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Carnival, carnival!

A couple nicely done carnivals for your reading pleasure today:

The Showcase Carnival highlights the newest blogs -- only blogs 3 months old or less are allowed to participate. Please do stop by and visit them -- don't you remember how much you wanted visitors when you first started up? This week it's hosted at Dave's Not Here.

Next up is the lovely Carnival of Liberty. It's the only carnival dedicated solely to life, liberty, and property, our inalienable rights. This week Indian Cowboy is the host. Stop on by!

Also this week's Tarheel Tavern, the only carnival to feature people and bloggers from; and the state of North Carolina, is posted over at Anonymoses.

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Illegal Aliens? Criminal Aliens?

In years past, those who broke the law to enter this country were called "illegal aliens." I asked, if someone's not prosecuted for something if they're criminals. Only Contagion responded, and with what seems to be the prevailing thought -- that you're not criminal unless you're caught. So what are we left with?

They can't be called illegal aliens because in many places, like Charlotte, NC, they are NOT illegal -- the police department has an official policy that says they absolutely will not arrest, detain, or report any illegals, and if a police officer does, they WILL be reprimanded. So they're not illegals.

They can't be called "undocumented," because as Michelle Malkin has pointed out, they certainly have plenty of documents, even if they are forged (and they're immune to prosecution for breaking those laws too, according to the Charlotte PD).

They can't be called "workers" because so many of them are on welfare and receiving free education, food stamps, and healthcare that they have an overall net drain on the economy of the United States.

So what's left? Do we just call them "future citizens?"

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Too Much Time, Too Many Causes

Here's a new one for you. Indian Cowboy has started up a new group because apparently there were too many causes and political groups in existence. He's started a group called Conservatives Against Intelligent Design. Okaaay.

The group exists to

to give a voice to Republicans, Independent Conservatives, and Libertarians across the country who stand opposed to the teaching of ‘intelligent design’ and other forms of creationism in the classroom.

I have to admit, I'm not quite sure why a group needs to exist to oppose teaching a certain type of teaching. And if they want to join an already existing group that's well-funded (with endless taxpayer dollars) that's vehemently opposed to intelligent design, there's the ACLU.

I'm with Dangerous Liberty where he responds with A little Depth Would Be Nice:

Indian Cowboy reveals the astounding ignorance of what ID proposes which is sadly so common among those who oppose it, especially those who do so because they consider it a "perversion of science".

The real reason that appears to be behind those who oppose teaching ID is a vehement opposition to anything resembling religion. Of course, there's a real simple solution that would completely and totally end all this discussion and all these groups -- which is why it won't happen: get government completely out of the education business.

Why does the government have a monopoly on education? If everyone were free to make their own decisions regarding their own education without any government interference, each family could decide for themselves if they wanted ID, creationism, or evolution taught in whatever manner they wanted. But there's few people interested in freedom these days.

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England Afraid of own Flag

Are you offended?

Bite me.

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Government Needs MORE Control

So says the Charlotte Observer. Yes, the socialist paper of record in North Carolina has weighed in once again to support the idea that all the subjects of North Carolina are stupid idiot morons who cannot even wipe their own bottoms and will all die without the government doing everything for them.

This time, they're supporting Jim Black's bill that was designed to put cash in the pockets of his contributors (and his pockets) by forcing ALL wards of the state children to have an officially sanctioned, state-sponsored (and paid-for) eye exam before being permitted to enter a school building (while at the same time being forced by law to enter the aforementioned buildings).

So yes, that law that did not pass last year because it was a clear an obvious attempt by Jim Black to payback his supporters, would require children to get an eye exam or they're not allowed in school -- which they are required by law to attend.

But no matter, and likely because of that provision, the Observer strongly supports the law. After all, if people don't like it, the state can just swoop in and take the children and make the official wards of the state if anyone dares to disobey them -- and that's why the Observer so strongly supports that law. Keep in mind if you read the Observer -- their position is socialist -- they always support anything that expands the state and the state's power. Always.

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June 05, 2006

Silly Quotes

From Mustang:

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather--who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car."
--Author Unknown

Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children."
--Author Unknown

"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."
--Drew Carey

"The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night,
drop them off at the wrong house."
--Jeff Foxworthy

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base."

"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'"
--Paula Poundstone

"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: "Duh."
--Conan O'Brien

"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God....I could be eating a slow learner."
--Lynda Montgomery

"If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead."
--Johnny Carson

"Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography."
--Paul Rodriguez

"My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law."
--Jerry Seinfeld

"Suppose you were an idiot ... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself."
--Mark Twain

"Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Afghanistan."
--A. Whitney Brown

"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'"
--Dave Barry

Do you know why they call it "PMS"? Because "Mad Cow Disease" was taken.
--Unknown, presumed deceased

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Find a Ship, Any Ship

Need to find a ship? Anywhere in the world? Check out Sailwx.info. You can see everywhere in the world where there's a ship. You can track the ships and see where they're going and where they've been. It's pretty darn cool what you can do with technology today, huh?

(H/T to Raven who also has a new site design for you to check out).

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George Washington Says

I just read this quote from Principled Discovery that I hadn't heard before (or that I can recall). I like it:

One person once asked George Washington if he thought God was on his side. His reply is reported to have been: "It is not that God should be on our side, but that we be on His.

Dana has also started a discussion about ancient customs of rights and responsibilities. Take a peek, there's some nice information there.

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Guard Our Borders!

Foreword by Heidi at Euphoric Reality

From Spanish-speaking illegal workers, to angry tenured professors and arrogant politicians, we are hearing more and more tenets and demands from a movement called Reconquista. The movement, once dismissed as extreme racist rhetoric, has rapidly gained traction and momentum among millions of ill-educated illegal aliens and well-established Mexicans alike. Reconquista gives voice to the angry demands of present-day Mexicans who mistakenly think they have indigenous rights to the land of the Southwestern United States - which they claim was "stolen" by an imperialist American government. The centerpiece of their agenda is the mythical Aztlan.

In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal "gringo" invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlan from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny.

"From whence came our forefathers...?" Nothing could be further from the truth - not that the facts matter much in their efforts to further "La Raza" - or The Race. Using racially-charged arguments to batter at the traditional guilt mentality of Americans, proponents of Aztlan aim to "reconquer" the Southwestern United States as their due. Apparently, they fail to understand that the tribes of present-day Mexico never inhabited the Southwest U.S., nor for the most part did Mexicans themselves - it was mostly open land [frontier] except for northern Native Americans (as you will see below).

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Murtha, is this okay with you?

Hey Murtha, you complain when Marines kill enemies, what do you have to say about this one? Huh? I don't hear you condemning these selective assassination of children. I guess it's okay to murder children in cold blood if you're not an American.

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Democrats to pay Reparations

Well, that's not quite what the N.C. Panel has decided, but it is the only logical conclusion that can be drawn from their royal proclamation.

The panel did decide that North Carolina should "pay" for an 1898 race riot that was started by white Democrats in which the white Democrats ran over 2,000 Republicans and blacks out of Wilmington, NC. These riots by white Democrats appear to have killed 60 as many as 60 blacks and cost "billions of dollars" in economic losses. These white Democrats are reportedly the source of the only coup d'etat in America.

So, being Democrats, the panel of course concluded that they were not at fault, but that the state should pay billions in reparations. If that's the case, then the reparations should go only to blacks and Republicans because the riots were perpetrated by white Democrats.

In addition, since white Democrats were the ones who rioted and killed and ran blacks and Republicans out of the city, I think that only white Democrats should have to pay the reparations. State Representative Thomas Wright, a BLACK Democrat plans to file a bill for reparations next year. Since he will potentially gain cash from this for the color of his skin, I'm not sure how he can even vote on such a bill -- oh wait, this is the North Carolina General Assembly, where ethics don't exist.

I want to know why Thomas Wright, an obvious descendant of the DEMOCRATS who initiated the riot, feels like he should be compensated when I, a white Republican, who is clearly a descendant of a victim of the riot, should not.

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Tangled Webs of Government

When government gets too big, as it clearly is now, it gets more and more messy. Remember, government earns and creates NOTHING -- it can ONLY get money to spend if it takes that money from someone who IS productive and creating. Keep that in mind as you read this confusion:

The authority's board of directors voted 8-3 to support state legislation that would dispose of the lawsuit challenging the city's downtown convention center plan and - at the same time - cut about $290,000 a year from the money it uses to attract tourists to the area. The legislation would take effect July 1, 2007.

So the state and town are using taxpayer money to defend against lawsuits and create lawsuits and fund advertising for tourism and for lobbying the state legislature and for building a convention center. The state and town should not being doing a single one of those things -- none.

But the supporters of this action believe the town won't have a convention center unless this convoluted law passes -- but so what? Why MUST the town have a convention center that is paid for by taxpayers? ONLY because government is too big and causes itself to grow and feed upon itself. It's wrong, plain and simple -- but it's so convoluted and confused now that it likely won't stop without a violent revolution.

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June 03, 2006

Yet More on Haditha

I've already made my position clear on Haditha. To sum it up:

If you don't want people to die, don't send in the Marines.

However, W. Thomas Smith Jr. says what I'm trying to say in a much more elegant manner. This was forwarded to me in email, so I'm not sure where it was originally printed:

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NC To Consider Busing...Criminals

While Mayor Nagin left his school buses unused during Hurricane Katrina, Senator Forrester of North Carolina has proposed that North Carolina make use of school buses -- to bus criminal aliens (illegal immigrants) back to Mexico. What a concept.

Well, they're only trying to form a study committee to determine the cost and feasibility of using buses this way, and since it was proposed by a Republican, it's highly unlikely to make any progress in the Democrat-controlled North Carolina Senate. But the supporters of criminals are outraged.

They fall back on the old argument that it's a federal issue, etc. One supporter of the criminals said that he encourages the Legislature to completely and totally ignore all immigration laws and accept all criminal aliens as full citizens in the state. Once again, Saddam Hussein, come to North Carolina, you'll be welcome here and allowed to vote any time you want.

I like the reaction of Bill Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration:

"Why do we need to study it? Can’t we just go ahead and fund that?”

Sorry, Mr. Gheen, there will be nothing done to any criminal aliens in North Carolina as long as the Democrats are in charge.

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June 02, 2006

Accident: With Casualties

I received a photograph of an accident scene from Mustang. He adds

Not one for the squeamish...

If you look closely you can see what appear to be some survivors of the accident still in the wreckage. Although the picture is quite graphic, it makes you realize how quickly our loved ones can be taken from us.

I stayed on the scene to help and even though I performed mouth to mouth on quite a few of them, very few survived.

It's so tragic and likely to scare those with a weak heart that I've included the picture in the extended entry.

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NC Property Rights Coalition

A new group just announced their formation in North Carolina to protect property rights: The North Carolina Property Rights Coalition.

The North Carolina Property Rights Coalition (NCPRC) is a 501(c) (4) non-profit coalition of individuals, organizations, businesses and community leaders dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights and interests of property owners, as well as revealing misuses and threats of eminent domain throughout North Carolina

One of their first goals is to "push for an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution that prohibits the use of government’s eminent domain power to seize private property for economic development purposes."

An admirable goal, certainly, but not one likely to get much traction. The Democrats simply do not like the idea of people owning property, and the average person doesn't understand the implications of the Kelo decision (from what I've personally seen).

But hey, good luck with it, and I'll help out any way I can. I would really like to be able to own property in the state -- even if it is a concept that would be new and different.

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Meaning of the word "Criminal"

I'm wondering about the use of a word. Perhaps you, the good reader, can help me out here. Let's say there's a law that says you're not allowed to spit on the sidewalk. It's clearly defined that you will be fined $50 if you do spit on the sidewalk. However, if you DO spit on the sidewalk, you will not be fined. The police department has announced far and wide that they simply will not, under any circumstances whatsoever, be enforcing that law. If you spit on the sidewalk in front of a policeman, they absolutely will not, ever, fine you for spitting on the sidewalk.

Are you or are you not a criminal when you spit on the sidewalk?

Here's help from Dictionary.Com if you need it:

crim·i·nal Audio pronunciation of "criminal" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krm-nl)
adj.

1. Of, involving, or having the nature of crime: criminal abuse.
2. Relating to the administration of penal law.
3.
1. Guilty of crime.
2. Characteristic of a criminal.
4. Shameful; disgraceful: a criminal waste of talent.

n. One that has committed or been legally convicted of a crime.

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The Left and "Needs"

As GM Roper has noted before, the Left (Democrats, Socialists, The Media) tend to make up definitions for words that so people will react in an emotional rather than a logical way. For example, quite literally anything that's "For the Children" cannot be opposed -- even if it has nothing to do with children.

The latest word game I've noted in North Carolina is the use of the word "need." In the article linked, the North Carolina Zoo "needs" $1 million state money. Well the Ogre "needs" a new car, a bigger house, and a yard with a barn for horses. The Ogre "needs" freedom, including lower taxes on his labor. The Ogre "needs" the freedom to engage in trade without asking the government's permission. But the Ogre's not going to get any of that, is he?

Yet the Left, in it's all-knowing manner, can determine which "needs" are valid and which are not. This is part and parcel of being part of The Left -- they have the ability to know more. They are anointed. They know what's best for you. They know which "needs" are "real" needs and which are not. They can tell what you should do and what should be done with your money. If you question them, you are anti-everything.

No, I'm not anti-Zoo. I'm pro-freedom. If the Zoo can raise $1.5 million in private funds, why MUST the state provide another million? Why can't they raise another million themselves? Because The Left says so.

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June 01, 2006

Virus Warning

There is a new virus. It's called WORK. If you receive WORK from your
colleagues, your boss, via e-mail, or from anyone else, do not touch it
under any circumstances. This virus wipes out your private life completely.

If you should happen to come in contact with this virus, take two
friends and go straight to the nearest bar. Order drinks immediately
and after three rounds, you will find that WORK has been completely
deleted from your system.

Forward this virus warning immediately to at least five friends. Should
you realize you do not have five friends, this means you are already
infected by this virus and WORK already controls your life. If this is
the case, go to the bar and stay until you make at least five friends.
I think I have five friends, but am not entirely positive so I'm headed
for the bar anyway.....it never hurts to be safe.

(H/T to Raven).

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