Update on Mojave Cross ( 10/07/09 )

The longtime caretakers of a Mojave Desert cross that led to a Supreme Court case are vowing to replace the memorial, which was stolen less than two weeks after the high court allowed it to remain standing.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California had sued over the cross on federal land, saying it was a violation of the constitutional separation of church and state.

The cross has been covered with a tarp or a wooden box since 2002 by a court order to avoid violating federal law mandating the separation of church and state. The 75-year-old monument was the target of a longstanding legal challenge from the ACLU, which charged that the cross is a religious symbol that shouldn't be allowed on public land. The U.S. Supreme Court last month refused to order that it be torn down in a 5-4 decision.

The Liberty Institute is now offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the case, and the National Park Service has established a tip hotline seeking information leading to the recovery of the cross. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Park Service at (760) 252-6120.

It's not clear if a replacement cross will be permitted. A park service spokeswoman says officials are waiting on word from the Justice Department.

Olbermann Calls Palin an Idiot.

Olbermann: She continued, “I’m glad to be here on the president’s home turf. Somebody told me ‘you know, you’re going into enemy territory. I said it’s Chicago, it’s not MSNBC.’ That woman is an idiot. And the event at which that idiot spoke was sponsored by an Illinois firm that specializes in battery-operated back-up sump pumps. Not just a sump-pump political event: it was a back-up sump-pump political event. Moreover, to put it plainly, and this is a matter of record, that woman does not have the courage, personal or political, to appear on MSNBC. Not without and army with her, and I mean that literally. the half-governor of Alaska now celebrating two years without holding an actual news conference or having the guts to appear on a network like this one. But the toast of America’s back-up sump pump political circuit. Today’s Worst Person in the World.

It goes without saying that using dyslogistic terms like "idiot" says more about you than it does about the person you're degrading. Iterating the moniker only makes you look like an even bigger fool.

This idiot Olbermann pulls the classic Lib argument- when someone has the wisdom to avoid what would only be a highly biased, illogical, and abusive diatribe interview, you call them "scared" or "unready". Of course, to the thoughtful mind, it's just avoidance of an unpleasant waste of time where you have absolutely nothing to gain. His rant reeks of envy for someone with more character and much more popularity than he'll ever realize.

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Differences in Conservatives and Libs

If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed. If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.. If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone. If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life. If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect. If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him. If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down. If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!) If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

None Are So Blind As Those Who Refuse to See.

However, I think this guy sees perfectly clearly but he realizes he'll get a lot more air time by arguing the ridiculous. It wouldn't be so objectionable to call radical islamists "Radical Islamists" if it weren't for the fact that they're all Islamic. It doesn't matter that they don't represent all Islamists, the idea is not to call them Islamists- the idea is to call them Radical Islamists. I guess Mr. Colmes just doesn't see the distinction. His argument makes about as much sense as objecting to the term "Crazy Person" because it implies that all people are crazy. Maybe he should google "qualifier" or "adjective".

The truth is that he's confusing the idea of discrimination with being discriminating. The truth is that most Muslims are peaceful but some Muslims are not. We intelligently identify those Muslims by calling them "Radical Islamists". To suggest that doing this maligns all Muslims is just a way of attempting to convince us that turning a blind eye to legitimate threats and danger will make them go away. For those of us living in the real world and not in fantasy land, this doesn't make any sense at all.

For me, it makes just as much sense to argue that driving a car for a long distance in the rain after having a few cocktails will be "fine" as long as you really concentrate. Anyone who has studied actual statistics for even a moment knows this is not true.

Mr. Colmes perpetuates the Liberal mentality that changing the name of something changes anything. It seems to be their goal in life to continually distract from the truth by either forcing the idea of using ridiculous nomenclature (e.g. African-American instead of Black) or by insisting that a meaningful and descriptive expression is bigoted, racist, or ignorant.

Even if he were able to make a strong case for his argument, what should we be calling them instead? When someone says "Radical Islamist", I know exactly what they mean. When someone says "heads up" at a baseball game, I know exactly what they mean. I guess they want us to be so politically correct that we can't say "Kleenex" when we actually mean "facial tissue" because, you know, "Kleenex" is a brand name even though we all know exactly what it means.

I guess being crystal clear and concise is a sin when you're a Liberal.



From IHTM.

Today is May 20th- Draw Mohammed Day.

The project was a complete and utter failure. The cartoonist who thought up the idea has retreated and has implored everyone involved NOT to draw Mohammed for fear of Islamic retribution. There's a facebook group dedicated to this cause but membership is sparse [79,369 members] and while it's still early in the day, there were almost no [6,841 drawings] submissions of drawings. The terrorists have won. This drawing submitted shows just how paralyzed with fear we are.

The Facebook page.

If She Were a Republican, We'd Never Hear the End of This.

New York (CNN) -- The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was charged with drunken driving after a police officer saw her run over a curb outside a school, authorities said Tuesday night.

Mary Richardson Kennedy was arrested Saturday night in Bedford, New York, a sergeant with the town's police department said.

Kennedy's blood alcohol level was 0.11, said Sgt. Matthew Dunn. The legal limit is 0.08.

He confirmed published reports that an officer saw Kennedy drive over a curb outside a school in her station wagon.

A message left for Robert Kennedy's spokesperson was not returned.

Bedford, in Westchester County, is about an hour north of New York City.

Democrats were hear to say, "What's the big deal? It's not like school was in session when it happened."

Here It Is - For Politicians Who Don't Have the Time

The crux of the Arizona Immigration Bill:

NO OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE MAY ADOPT A POLICY THAT LIMITS OR
RESTRICTS THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS TO LESS THAN THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW.

The whole bill (too long for Mr. Holder to read, let alone understand), here.

Just In Case...

You get a hankering while in the lockup..
Prison Cheesecake.
I didn't realize they had microwaves....
LMAO @ "Prison cookery"

It Sure Would Be Nice to Get a Yes or a No For a Change.

I mean, I'm in defense of elitism as much as the next guy. However, these people who think they should do our thinking for us are getting tiresome- particularly when we understand the facts and they don't. Furthermore, how does the Director of Homeland Security have the audacity to not know the facts of the controversial Arizona immigration law?

Attorney General Holder has already been run through the ringer of embarrassment. Shouldn't that be some kind of deterrent? Wouldn't that have inspired everyone who might ever be asked about their opinion on the law to make damn sure they fully understood it? Well the short answer is "no"- not for Democrats.

Democrats don't experience sensations of embarrassment. After eons of being surrounded by the "I'm ok, you're ok" crowd to whom self-esteem is infinitely more important than achievement they've lost touch with many basic human emotions. They're doused in a soup of unwarranted approval and live in an environment of "you help me and I'll help you" style of advancement. This system works perfectly fine for people who are employed in industries which exist solely to create jobs- the government, the post office, and museums for example, but it doesn't work if you want to be part of something that brings solutions and improvement rather than something to keep the second-stringers and bottom-feeders busy.

In spite of the embarrassment that Mr. Holder experienced, Ms. Napolitano somehow decided that she would never need to know nor understand this law. I guess she somehow came to the conclusion that it had nothing to do with her responsibilities as the Director of Homeland Security. Of course, she's the same person who proclaimed that the "system is working" when the notorious "underwear bomber" eluded countless security checkpoints and was ultimately subdued by passengers on the plane. I'm not sure how she worked it out in her mind that these passengers were under her purview but I guess that's how elitism works- you take credit for other people's work.

Awesome.

You creative types can quit your job and work on your music or your art because your healthcare will be paid for by taxpayers.  That is totally awesome. Unless you're a taxpayer but what do they know.



From Moonbattery.

The media is so fair and objective - they show all sides

Yes, Chris Matthews, "totally objective jourrrrnalist."

This is how 99% of jourrrrrnalists think.  They may not have the guts to come out and say it like Chris Matthews just did, but that's EXACTLY what they think ... and it's EXACTLY what they want YOU to think.

He wants Obama to nationalize the oil industry.  He thinks someone should be executed for BP's drilling accident.  He HATES profits, free enterprise and capitalism.  Don't believe me, watch the video and judge for yourself. More at Newsbusters:

Random humor

Big mouth lib mayor of Los Angeles

Mayor Villaraigosa (lib genius)

From HotAir:

The Los Angeles City Council voted to boycott the state of Arizona over its new immigration-enforcement law, and now the Arizona Corporation Commission has responded. Gary Pierce, one of the commissioners chosen in state-wide elections to the utility regulation panel, notes that Los Angeles gets about 25% of its power from Arizona producers. If the City of Angels really wants a boycott, Pierce offers his services to help, as he explains in a letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and copied to Hot Air:

Dear Mayor Villaraigosa,

I was dismayed to learn that the Los Angeles City Council voted to boycott Arizona and Arizona-based companies — a vote you strongly supported — to show opposition to SB 1070 (Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act).

You explained your support of the boycott as follows: “While we recognize that as neighbors, we share resources and ties with the State of Arizona that may be difficult to sever, our goal is not to hurt the local economy of Los Angeles, but to impact the economy of Arizona. Our intent is to use our dollars — or the withholding of our dollars — to send a message.” (emphasis added)

I received your message; please receive mine. As a state-wide elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission overseeing Arizona’s electric and water utilities, I too am keenly aware of the “resources and ties” we share with the City of Los Angeles. In fact, approximately twenty-five percent of the electricity consumed in Los Angeles is generated by power plants in Arizona.

If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives any power from Arizona-based generation. I am confident that Arizona’s utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands. If, however, you find that the City Council lacks the strength of its convictions to turn off the lights in Los Angeles and boycott Arizona power, please reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona’s economy.

People of goodwill can disagree over the merits of SB 1070. A state-wide economic boycott of Arizona is not a message sent in goodwill.

Sincerely,

Commissioner Gary Pierce

More here:

LMAO - Don't worry commisioner, libs don't have any real convictions, they just like to run off at the mouth. They don't care if it hurts anybody ... unless it hurts them ... THEN they back off their "convictions."

New pricing structure

CLAYTON, Mo. - Panera Bread Co. is asking customers at a new restaurant to pay what they want.

The national bakery and restaurant chain launched a new nonprofit store here this week that has the same menu as its other 1,400 locations. But the prices are a little different — there aren't any. Customers are told to donate what they want for a meal, whether it's the full suggested price, a penny or $100.

The new store in the upscale St. Louis suburb of Clayton is the first of what will Panera hopes will be many around the country. Ronald Shaich, Panera's CEO until last week, was on hand at the new bakery Monday to explain the system to customers.

The pilot restaurant is run by a nonprofit foundation. If it can sustain itself financially, Panera will expand the model around the country within months. It all depends on whether customers will abide by the motto that hangs above the deli counter: "Take what you need, leave your fair share." More here:

No wonder libs think Woody Allen is a genius

The notorious and formerly funny movie director Woody Allen is apparently frustrated with the cumbersome operations of American democracy too.

The one-time-father-now-husband-of-his-daughter tells the Spanish-language magazine La Vanguardia that the United States' Democratic Smoker-in-Chief could accomplish a whole lot more from his White House if he didn't have so many disorderly, annoying people objecting, distracting and criticizing him all the time.

Such social messiness has been known to occur in functioning democracies, even cinematic ones, although less often on celebrity-strewn movie sets under the direction of a dictatorial director.

"It would be good...if (Obama) could be dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly," Allen is quoted as saying.

Allen is also said to have said:

I am pleased with Obama. I think he is brilliant. The Republican Party should get out of his way and stop trying to hurt him.

More here:

Yes, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson would be so proud to learn they have turned over the republic to people like you, Woody.  Hee haw -- Hee Haw!!

Actually, the founders knew damn well that people like Woody would always be among us.   That's EXACTLY why they wrote the Constitution ... to protect us from braying jackasses such as this.

Poor, poor, Jeremiah Wright

NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is "toxic" to the Obama administration and that the president "threw me under the bus."

In his strongest language to date about the administration's 2-year-old rift with the Chicago pastor, Wright told a group raising money for African relief that his pleas to release frozen funds for use in earthquake-ravaged Haiti would likely be ignored.

"No one in the Obama administration will respond to me, listen to me, talk to me or read anything that I write to them. I am 'toxic' in terms of the Obama administration," Wright wrote the president of Africa 6000 International earlier this year.

"I am 'radioactive,' Sir. When Obama threw me under the bus, he threw me under the bus literally!" he wrote. "Any advice that I offer is going to be taken as something to be avoided. Please understand that!" More here:

What?  You mean you can't say stuff like "God Damn America" and still have the President act like he knows you?  Well, I'll be. Sounds like the good "reverend" is flummoxed ... just can't quite figure it out ... it's a real mystery to him

A Little Help From a Helpful Me.

The next time some bozo asks you a question they could just as easily google themselves, point them here. It's up to you to figure out how to customize it to suit your own needs.

The Klown ain't buyin' it

The London Post says a wager came off, the terms of which were as follows.

I will bet any man one hundred pounds, that he cannot make a million strokes, with pen and ink, within a month. They were not to be mere dots or scratches, but fair down strokes, such as form the child’s first lesson in writing. A gentleman accepted the challenge. 

The month allowed was the lunar month of only twenty-eight days; so that for the completion of the undertaking, an average of thirty-six thousand strokes a day was required. This, at sixty a minute, or three thousand six hundred an hour–and neither the human intellect nor the human hand can be expected to do more–would call for ten hours’ labor in every four and twenty. With a proper feeling of the respect due to the Sabbath, he determined to abstain from his work on the Sundays. By this determination he diminished by four days the period allowed him, and at the same time, by so doing, he increased the daily average of his strokes to upwards of forty-one thousand.

On the first day he executed about fifty thousand strokes; on the second, nearly as many. But at length, after many days, the hand became stiff and weary, the wrist swollen, and it required the almost constant attendance of some assiduous relation or friend, to besprinkle it, without interrupting its progress over the paper, with a lotion calculated to relieve and invigorate it. On the twenty-third day, the million strokes, and some thousands over, were accomplished; and the piles of paper that exhibited them testified, that to the courageous heart, the willing hand and the energetic mind, hardly anything is impossible.

– Francis Channing Woodworth, American Miscellany of Entertaining Knowledge, 1852

From the Futility Closet: 

By way of information, 100 pounds in 1852 would be worth 8,630  pounds today - or $12,534.00

Quick, everyone ... UP IN ARMS!!

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - A California high school girl's softball coach has apologized for requiring eight players who struck out during a recent game to drink soda pop out of a team member's shoe, a school district official said.

The South Tahoe High School varsity players drank the soda at a team slumber party on May 1, hours after a game against Wooster High School of Reno, Nev.

"It was meant as a joke, and obviously it went too far," Lake Tahoe Unified School District superintendent James Tarwater said.

A parent complained about the incident and coach Anneliese Neitling has since apologized, Tarwater said. It was a young coach's mistake and the matter will be addressed during Neitling's postseason evaluation, he said.

"People learn from mistakes," Tarwater said. "She does a good job pulling the team together, morale-wise and support-wise." More here:

Ok ... wait just a dang minute.  Let me put this all together.   A woman's athletic coach .... mmm hmmm.  A  team slumber party ... mmmm hmmmm.  Drinking from a shoe .... mmmm hmmmm.  

Nah, that's just me being paranoid ... it all sounds like good fun to me.  Hey, I wonder if they had to drink the soda from a sneaker they wear at the games or if the coach had them all wear spikes to the slumber party.

Leave it to the libs to get the outrage going though.  My guess is they'll need to go ahead and make sure everyone wears sandals from now on ... you know ... to make sure this NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!!!  That's how libs do it ... they ensure they address the sole of the problem ... no pussy-footing around.