May 18, 2006
Deep Thoughts...
Sometimes you just have to lighten things up. Have a smile:
Deep Thoughts for Those Who Take Life Way Too Seriously1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
2. A day without sunshine is like....night.
3. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
4. Remember, half the people you know are below average.
5. He who laughs last thinks slowest.
6. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
7. Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
8. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
9. How many of you believe in psycho kinesis?...Raise my hand.
10. OK...so what's the speed of dark?
11. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
12. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
13. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges.
14. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
15. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
16. Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
17. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.
18. Just remember---if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.
19. Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
20. Life isn't like a box of chocolates....it's more like a jar of jalapeno's. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow (H/T to Raven.)
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ACLU vs. Immigration
Kender on the ACLU:
Our erstwhile and dearly beloved President Bush, having found one of his testicles behind the couch, FINALLY gets around to attempting to begin to consider taking the correct course of action by deploying 6000 National Guard Troops to aid ICE in securing our Southern Border in Name Only (SBNO) and the ACLU races with all haste to try to undermine the deployment by whining incessantly and lying to the American people. "Oh-ho" you say, along with "Kender? How can you say that the ACLU is LYING to the goodly citizens of the United States?" Here's how, and as usual, it is attributable to The Queen of the ACLU, The Beauty of the Bill of Rights, the Nancy of the Nine Amendments (ask him, there is no Second Amendment) Anthony Romero:Posted by: Ogre at 03:07 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
No Freedom For You
Want a beer? Sorry, you can't have one if you're on a river in Polk County, NC. Why? Well, because alcohol is simply evil -- at least that's pretty much the reason given by those who support a new law that would do just that.
In fact, this law should be rather embarrassing to the police in the area. They are claiming that they cannot find the people who are drinking under age; they cannot locate the people who are littering; they cannot find the people who are fighting; and they cannot find the people who are smoking drugs and driving drunk -- so they are completely unable to enforce those laws. However, if government would just make this one more law -- providing a $50 fine for possession of alcohol -- then suddenly they'd be able to enforce all the other laws. No, you idiots calling for this law, you are stupid. The ONLY people you will fine with this law are the ones who are peacefully carrying beer! You can't seem to find all the current lawbreakers, so you're just going to create MORE so you can fine THEM. Anyone who supports this law, no matter who or why, is admitting that they are incapable of enforcing the current laws and need to make MORE criminals so they can enforce new laws against people who haven't done anything wrong -- at least not yet. More laws are nearly always a BAD idea. This law will simply make more people lawbreakers -- regardless of whether or not it will make the river "a nicer place." Very unfortunately, this law appears that it will quite easily pass the NC legislature.Posted by: Ogre at 01:02 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Non-Citizens to Vote in NC say Democrats
Democrats in North Carolina support allowing criminal aliens, illegal immigrants, and quite literally anyone else, the right to vote in local elections. This sounds insane and it sounds like the Ogre might be making this up, but it's true. Democrats honestly do not want to "limit" elections to citizens of America. Saddam Hussein could vote in county council elections if these people get their way.
John Herrera, alderman in Carrboro, NC; Eleanor G. 'Ellie' Kinnaird, Senator for the 23rd district of North Carolina; Joe Hackney, Representative in the 54th House district; and Verla Insko, Representative in the 56th House district; are all Democrats who want to allow "future US citizens" to vote now. So Kim Jong-il, Vincente Fox, if you'd like to help select the next Governor of North Carolina, just let John Herrera know -- I'm sure he'll send you an absentee ballot if you can't make it to the polling place on election day.Posted by: Ogre at 11:02 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
May 17, 2006
Carnival of Liberty & Showcase
A couple nice carnivals to point out this week.
First up, my current all-time favorite, the Carnival of Liberty. This carnival has posts about liberty (or the lack thereof) and freedom. There's always good reading on this one, so head over to Below the Beltway and read this week's Carnival. Also this week, there's the Showcase Carnival. This is the place to find all the newest blogs that have appeared on the Internets. Remember when you first started out and didn't know if anyone was reading your blog? Remember how much you wanted someone, ANYONE to comment? Well this carnival highlights the new blogs so you can go read and talk to the newest people. This week My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is the host. Go read! Oh, and don't forget, this week Ogre will be hosting The Tarheel Tavern, so be sure and get your submissions in!Posted by: Ogre at 05:09 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Fair Tax
The Curse of the Tax Refund
by Jordan LeDoux of The Politicker
Tax refunds are perhaps the worst things I have ever conceived a government doing. I'm sure you're asking "why", wondering what could possess me to deride your check that bought you the iPod in your hands, or the new TV in your entertainment room. Perhaps you are wondering what this has to do with the FairTax. Well allow me to explain.
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NC Disagrees with Bush
The debate continues on the continued criminal invasion of America by Mexico. It turns out that the US Senate and Bush are in disagreement with the voters of North Carolina. A new poll of voters in North Carolina shows that 77% of voters want the military to patrol the US-Mexico border to stop the flow of illegals into the U.S.
President Bush wants no such thing. Keep in mind, his recent proposal of sending a couple national guardsmen to the border is only for logistical support -- they would not actually do ANY enforcement. In other words, they could drive a truck for the border patrol and bring them some water, but that's about it. 70% of NC Democrat voters and 86% of NC Republican voters all want the border militarized. If these numbers remain, the next president may be someone who supports borders -- not a Republican or Democrat.Posted by: Ogre at 01:03 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
NC Bill to fight Criminals?
A Senator in North Carolina has introduced a bill that would attempt to crack down on criminal alien invaders, formerly known as illegal immigrants, also incorrectly referred to as "undocumented immigrants." Over 80% of citizens of the state support this sort of action against illegal aliens.
All the bill would do is require the state, before hiring someone, use a FREE federal program to check nationwide immigration and social security databases to ensure the person is legal. Contractors who work on state projects would also be required to actually follow the law that's currently in place -- they would have to certify that their employees are legally permitted to work in the country. However, the bill was introduced by a Republican. In the Democrat-controlled North Carolina Legislature, very few bills introduced by Republicans ever see the light of day. I look for this one to be buried in the appropriations or rules committee. If it does manage to pass, don't look for it to have any effect, anyway. In order for it to work, the state government would have to actually investigate to see if any contractors lied when certifying that their employees were legal. There are already laws on the books in North Carolina to fine any employee who hires criminal invaders -- but the law is NEVER enforced. Has anyone seen my country?Posted by: Ogre at 11:04 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
May 16, 2006
Antagonist Alliteration
Quite awhile ago, That 1 Guy had a few posts looking for a story with alliteration. Well the last couple days I've not been able to get the [evil booming voice] "Butcher of Bakersfield" [end booming voice] out of my head.
So I was wondering -- what other alliterative bad guy titles can you come up with? Feel free to start with any letter and try not to overuse "Bush" in the title...Posted by: Ogre at 07:03 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
New Renter
In case you missed it, over there at the top of the left column, there's a new link to a new renter here -- #!/usr/bin/mom. It's a blog that's been running for SIX YEARS. I'm pretty darn sure that I've never seen a blog that's been around that long. Does anyone know any that's been around longer?
Even weirder, I've never heard of it. It's a nice, clean, and fun layout. There's all sorts of posts about all sorts of topics -- there'd have to be to last that long! So has everyone else heard of this blog and I'm the last to know? So head on over and read some of what's been going on for the last 6 years over there.Posted by: Ogre at 05:06 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Immigrant War
And the war on the home front escalates: Immigrants shoot at American citizens. Nope, they're all just friendly people who only come here to work.
Go ahead, feel free to claim that this was a minority and an exception. Of course, if we had a damn border policy, these "exceptions" wouldn't be here, would they? And yes, it's about immigration -- because they fired shots after arguing about citizenship in America. Feel free to shoot at me next -- I shoot back. (Hat tip to Euphoric Reality.)Posted by: Ogre at 02:50 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Borders? What Borders?
If you missed the President's speech last night because you had something more important to do (like washing your hair or cleaning your toilet), you may have missed his new look:
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Duke "Rape" Case
After the massive, nationwide attention for the alleged rape by the Duke Lacrosse players, you might have noticed a sudden lack of attention to the case. For about a week, every single day had "new" news and commentary about the case. The entire country watched and talked about the case. Then suddenly, there was nothing.
What you may not have known that the point in time where all news about the case stopped was right after the current D.A. who is prosecuting the case won his primary election. With no one filed against him, that ensured his re-election. Once he won, there was no need to make headlines and news, so he stopped. But now, after the first DNA test cleared all the players, there's been a second which also cleared the players. The accuser had sex that night, but not with anyone on the Duke Lacrosse team -- with her boyfriend. So it's looking more and more like one woman has destroyed a number of people's lives, tarnished Duke, destroyed the Lacrosse team, and caused an untold amount of trouble -- due to her lies. I'm betting if the D.A. wasn't running for election, no one would have ever heard of this story and no one would have been arrested. Perhaps it's the D.A. who should be charged with a crime.Posted by: Ogre at 11:03 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
May 15, 2006
Tar Heel Tavern
Hey, this week the host of the Tarheel Tavern is yours truly! Last week was at The Magic Schoolbus and next week it will be at Poetic Acceptance, but this week it's HERE.
The Tarheel Tavern is a blog carnival of posts from and about North Carolina. If you're blogging in North Carolina, or even about North Carolina, you can participate. All you need to do is send me an email (see email link to the left on the main page) with the url and title of your post, and you're in! Posts need to be received by Saturday night at midnight (NC time) and the carnival will be posted sometime Sunday! Come on, join in the fun.Posted by: Ogre at 07:08 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Play-Doh Perfume
A new savior for moms has been released. It used to be that if a mom wanted to head out for a night on the town, she'd have to spend hours playing with Play-Doh. Now that would only get the enticing scent of Play-Doh on her hands, but if she put her hands deep enough into it, could reach that elusive wrist-pulse-scent area.
That would only last so long, so the smart mom would take a drop of Play-Doh and paste it behind each earlobe -- hidden, but still near that pulsing area that would ensure everyone else could smell it. However, simply washing one's hands before dinner would often remove the scent from the hands, and that dollop behind the ear would nearly always dry up and drop off before the second course -- oftentimes falling right into the soup bowl. Well moms, your worries and problems with play-doh at dinner are over! In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Play-Doh, you can now get Play-Doh Perfume. Have at it, moms -- all the smell without any of the mess.Posted by: Ogre at 05:08 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Guard our Borders!
Reformation or Revolution?
by Heidi and Kit at Euphoric Reality Tonight, the President will address the nation on his plans for illegal immigration. Unfortunately, he's already given his word to Vicente Fox on Sunday that his plan to put a few National Guard troops on the border is just a temporary formality, of sorts, and not meant to intimidate anyone. Right. Heaven forbid we intimidate anyone to deter them from breaking our laws! The question then arises, who does Bush feel more compelled to explain himself to - us Americans or the Mexicans? He owes the American people everything , and the Mexican government nothing! So why is he assuring Fox of anything concerning our internal national policies?! I have no illusions about what we'll hear from President Bush tonight. But before he tries to lull anyone into complacency tonight, let's look at the reality of the Goode Amendment, which Bush will no doubt reference in his speech tonight. Troops on the border to bolster security? It's not what it sounds like:
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Bush Immigration Speech
If the speech writers at the White House need a hand on some last minute details for the President's speech tonight, here's a few lines he SHOULD use:
1. "I will build a wall, fence, and use any means at my disposal to stop the flow of illegals crossing the border to our sovereign nation, and any other nation's leader who doesn't like that can kiss my rear -- it's our damn country, not yours." 2. "America is a nation of laws. If you break the laws of America, you will have to pay the punishment. Everyone who entered this country from any other country without following the rules IS a criminal, no matter the reason you entered. We will find you and we will punish you." 3. "American governments and corporations who are aiding these criminals, take note: you are aiding criminals. You will be punished as well. Any government that gives any money to any non-citizens will receive no additional funds from the federal government. If a local or state government wants to give away money to illegals, you go ahead -- but the federal government will not participate." 4. "To those who claim we cannot deport 12 million, I say, 'Yes we can.'" Unfortunately, as Vox Day notices, the following phrases will more likely be uttered over and over again: "Jobs Americans won't do" "Nation of immigrants" "Compassionate" "This is not amnesty" I am not completely sure yet what to make of the rumor he will deploy the National Guard on the border. I imagine this is a political move. Something to note about the National Guard -- National Guard units are available to the governor of the state or the president. However, whoever calls them first gets to control them. So if the governor of Arizona calls his up to patrol the border, the president doesn't get any say in their actions. If the president calls them up first, he gets to deploy them. If I were the governor of any border state, I'd call them up before the president gets a chance to. With the current administration's work on border enforcement, he'd likely have them patrolling the NORTHERN borders of Arizona and New Mexico... Michelle Malkin agrees with the idea that the National Guard usage is politics and not enforcement.Posted by: Ogre at 01:05 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Easley's Tax Cut
Is a damn lie. Then again, that maxim seems to work VERY well in North Carolina: "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it."
The sales tax "cut" is simply a smaller increase. He's INCREASING spending by over 1 BILLION dollars. That's NOT a cut. He's out and out lying, and he knows it.Posted by: Ogre at 12:06 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
NC Election Contested
I wonder if we can have just one election where the decision as to who wins is not tossed to the courts to decide. Heck, North Carolina just recently ended the election counting for the 2004 election and just a couple weeks after this year's primary, there's already a demand for court-mandated recounts.
And government wonders why people don't trust "the system."Posted by: Ogre at 11:01 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
May 13, 2006
Freedom of Religion? Not in the USA
For those who claim, wrongly, that groups like the ACLU aren't trying to remove religion from your house, just from government property, I present the following:
Sara and everyone else at the South Church Street complex received a letter last week saying that Bible studies no longer would be allowed in the common areas of Heritage Court. The overseers of the building, Raleigh, N.C.-based One Management Inc., cited the Fair Housing Act as the reason for the change.Now I am aware that this isn't an ACLU-instigated stunt, but you can be sure the ACLU is absolutely overjoyed at this turn of events. These are people who are renting space in an apartment building. This is their home, it's where they live. The owners of the building are claiming that directly because of fear of government prosecution, they are demanding the tenants do not show any signs of religion. This is the US government absolutely crushing ANY religious expression in a private residence.
First they came for the JewsUpdate: The company has temporarily lifted the ban while they ask permission from the government.
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me. Pastor Martin Niemöller
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