Obama vs Reagan: A Time for Choosing: The Next Generation--National Security...

easy to choose.

A tribute to Ronald Reagan...(video)

Ronald Reagan on prayer...

a real man.

Ronald Reagan and The Sign of the Cross...

From Ken Blackwell:

Reagan’s speech that day is known—if it is taught at all—as his “Tear Down This Wall” speech. But it could as well be known as his Sign of the Cross Speech. That’s because he was the first President of the United States to invoke the Sign of the Cross in a public address.

“...the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West. The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront. Years ago, before the East Germans began rebuilding their churches, they erected a secular structure: the television tower at Alexander Platz. Virtually ever since, the authorities have been working to correct what they view as the tower's one major flaw, treating the glass sphere at the top with paints and chemicals of every kind. Yet even today when the sun strikes that sphere--that sphere that towers over all Berlin--the light makes the sign of the cross. There in Berlin, like the city itself, symbols of love, symbols of worship, cannot be suppressed.”

H/T Dad29

Ronald Reagan on cow manure...

heh.

Opening the Morganza Spillway in Louisiana...

and some things to think about.

Pat, over at And So It Goes In Shreveport, has detailed coverage of the imminent flooding of the Cajun country of Louisiana.  The Morganza spillway is scheduled to be opened today in order to protect New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Sad...

When I lived in Houston, we spent a lot of time in Cajun country - usually on the way to and from New Orleans.  It was there that I developed my love for Boudin, the best sausage in the whole world.  Every little road side store would have electric steamers full of spicy boudin.  They'd wrap it in a hunk of newspaper and you'd stand outside and squeeze the wonderful sausage fixings into your mouth, hoping you could keep it off your shirt front.

Boudin in all its rice-filled gooey goodness

I've threatened for years to make my own Boudin, but first I may try placing an order with The Cajun Grocer. The owner has impeccable credentials, including working at Commander's Palace in New Orleans.  I've eaten in fine restaurants from east to west coasts, and none of them can compare with the wonderfulness of the restaurants in New Orleans.


Spokane hits the big time. Must be a slow news day.

From the Blaze:   Trooper Shoots 500-Pound Pig After Stun Gun Effort Fails.

Somehow, the pig grew from 400lbs to 500lbs since yesterday.  Thank goodness the woman who stupidly put a 400lb pig in her mini-van was from Montana and not Idaho or Washington. The fact that I am cooking a pork roast for dinner has no bearing on this article.  heh

Via Gateway Pundit:  A link to The P/Oed Patriot's post:

Smart Grid to Track Internet, TV and Ice Cube Use

Everyday you go through your usual routine. You wake up to the alarm, take a hot shower, cook breakfast and drive to work. Then at the end of your day you drive home, cook dinner and try to relax by surfing the Internet or watching TV before you go to sleep, and then do it all again the next day.

Many of us take it for granted that our daily routine is a private ritual, that no one else on the face of the earth is aware of exactly what we are doing at any given time in the privacy of our own home.

Well that is all about to change, thanks to the Smart Grid. read more

Something to Think About

 Matthew Archbold, at Creative Minority Report, has something for us to think about.  His story reminds me of when I was working as an optician at a vision store in a mall many years ago.  We were paid "spiffs" for every add-on we could add to eyeglass orders.  These could add up to as much as $25.00 per pair of glasses.  Trust me on this; if you sat down in front of me, you were going to take every add-on known to man, and some I probably made up.

One day, a little old couple were each buying eyeglasses that really should have cost about $300.00 for both pairs.  By the time I finished with those sweet people, the bill was closer to $700.00 (and this was many years ago.)   After they left, I remember standing in the back room and thinking, "What in hell are you doing?"  Thus ended my "career" at Vista Optical.

Help With Your Shopping List

Doug Ross brings us the Top Twenty bin Laden Porn Movie Titles. 

Heard about the high-schooler challenging Michele Bachmann to a debate? 

Chris Wysocki has, and he has more than a few comments to make about that "typical high school student" - and we thank him.

The Queen of England is Visiting Ireland

Ireland deals with Al Qaeda and other various and sundry terrorists with as much intelligence as we do. 

Asking questions does not make you a conspiracy theorist:   

It just means you're smart. Ever notice that the loony left never asks questions?  They make statements, usually based on "feelings."


I've said this over and over:   Conspiracy is Not a Bad Word

Bungalow Bill is asking some important questions: 

What Higher Power Influences POTUS?: The Hope and Change of Obama's Ethos

and Terry is asking questions about homosexual unions being called "marriages":

Very Heavy Burtation...

and look what happened to A Conservative Teacher who dared to ask a question:

Questioning Global Warming Compared by Committee to Other ‘Falacies’ Like Believing in God: A Personal Story

As for me?  I'll keep asking questions.  How about you?

Remember When We Had a President with Class?

The Time for Choosing...

is now.

My spring tree and shrub order was delivered Monday.  Today I was out digging holes to plant my ten new trees and ten new shrubs.  At hole 8 I was feeling pretty good.  Except for one minor problem.  I have twenty new trees - not ten.  Arrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!  

So tomorrow I'll be back out at 5 am digging holes and planting trees. 

In the meantime I urge you to read a speech by Ronald Reagan posted by Doug Ross.

What's Old is New Again

To quote Doug:

Absolutely brilliant.

Absolutely timeless.

And proof positive that the Democrats really haven't changed much in the last half-century.

Super Bowl Weekend Edition w/ Awards

If you think I'm going to talk about the Super Bowl, you would be wrong. I could care less about a bunch of guys beating each others brains out at an over-priced sporting event.  I will not, however, criticize those that do enter into the Super Bowl Sunday festivities.  An elitist attitude of "I don't watch much TV" or "I hate spectator sports"  is not something that I will ever do.  For those of you that do indulge - have fun and save some chips and dip for me...

Or...if you're planning heartier fare,  now would be the perfect time to throw together some of my famous (in my own mind) chicken roll-ups.  Head over to Adrienne dePitera for the complete instructions. You could even cut them up smaller and serve as an appetizer.

The "Creepy" Award

Am I the only person that found Obama's reference to the lady wanting to be buried in an Obama t-shirt creepy?  What was creepiest of all was the laughter from the audience when he related this story. Gateway Pundit has a video - warning: don't eat before watching.  The Washington Examiner thought is was strange so maybe I'm not alone.

The "How to Raise a Really Stupid Kid" Award

The educational system in this country is broken.  It is broken because of government interference.  Privatize the schools and let the cream rise to the top.  There is a reason homeschooled kids do better than kids locked up in our government schools.  Take a gander at what  Robert Weissberg has to say in Obama and Education: Pork You Can Believe In.  The Blog Prof adds more with Fourth Grader Punished for 2 inch Lego Gun  That's your tax dollars at work...

The "It's Not Dead Until I See a Stake Through It's Heart" Award

Do not believe for one itty bitty moment that ObamaCare is gone.  It's just creeping around under the dark of night where you'll find the rest of the vampires.  Karl wrote a fine piece (promoted from the Green Room to Hot Air main page), and also seems to think we need silver bullets and stakes. 

The "What Exactly is the Problem" Award

An obviously deranged millionaire mother, Gigi Jordan,  fed her 8 year old enough pills to kill him.  She failed in her attempt to kill herself.  Here's the question for all you pro-choice folks out there.  Why is it ok to kill a baby in the womb but not ok to kill him when he's 8 years old?  Really! Why?? That poor child...pray for him.

The "World Doesn't Revolve Around Me" Award

Those were words I heard often while growing up.  It ranked right up there with, "life isn't fair."  Dr. Sanity receives this award for her fine piece The 21st Century PC Entitlement Philosophy.  

The "Chutzpah" Award

Good Lord in Heaven - what will Obama think of next?  Doug Ross brings us Won't You Please Help Us Grow Our Federal Bureaucracies? Obama wants you to receive your tax refunds in Savings Bonds. My advice?  Bwaaaaahaaaaahaaaaa...

I would really like to see my buddy DaTechGuy attend CPAC.  Mainly 'cause I'm hoping for some timely phone calls. I've had the pleasure of speaking with him several times and I can testify to the fact that he is the real deal.  

 Plus, he will be keeping us all up to date on what's going on.  So here's the deal - he needs a bit more money.  So even if you only have a dollar or two, head over and help him reach his goal. He only has 9 days to raise the needed funds.  It's folks like DaTechGuy and Stacy McCain, who are willing to get in the trenches and bring us the news, and we should support them.   Let's help them do their job.

The "You're Doing a Super Great Job" Award

PJTV is live streaming the Tea Party Convention plus has tons of videos of key interviews.  Registration is required but it's FREE!  What more can I say...

The On the Lighter Side" Award

1. We bought the Hyundai Sonata and are very pleased!  Very!
2. We've made it to the gym on all our scheduled days
3. It's not snowing here and for that we are very grateful
4. Acts of Apostasy has posted his State of the Blog Address. It's waaaaaaaay better than Obama flapping his jaws.
5. Addiction alert.  Sarah has had a close encounter with Bunko and it's not looking good!
6. Lent starts on February 17th.  I love Lent. My entire year revolves around Lent and I start early with preparations, including special reading material.  

This year one of the books I will be using is The Gargoyle Code by Father Dwight Longenecker.  I purchased it as soon as it was released last year and have been very pleased.  Written similar to C.S. Lewis' The Screw Tape Letters, this book will give you plenty to pray and think about over Lent.  Just click on that wonderful picture and it will take you right to where you can purchase the book. 

Disclaimer: I received a special prayer from Father L. for posting this even though I was going to post it anyway. What a deal!!!

And finally (for now)...

Today would have been Ronald Reagan's 99 birthday.  

In his own words:

"A number of Americans from time to time have suggested the need for a national purpose as if somehow we are drifting aimlessly without purpose."

"Perhaps their very suggestion is a measure of how far we've drifted from what has been our national purpose for 200 years.  Their suggestion creates an image of a determined people marching in ranks dedicated to the completion of some program or project.  But wasn't and isn't our national purpose the original cause which created us a nation? We brought forth a social structure to guarantee for the first time to each individual his right to control his own destiny.  Our nation exists for one purpose only - to assure each one of us the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order.  God meant America to be free because God intended each man to have the dignity of freedom."   Letter to Dr. Kenneth Wells, president of the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. 1967 or 68

Happy Birthday Mr. President

  We miss you...

Ronald Reagan and Honesty

The single thing I find most alarming about our current President and the people who surround him is their ability to lie with such ease.  They will look you right in the eye and utter the most outrageous statements that contradict what they have said before, or be so blatantly false that only a fool would believe them. 

In 1968, Ronald Reagan wrote to his daughter Patty while she was attending The Orme School in Arizona.  Patty had turned herself in to school authorities for breaking a school rule. Reagan told her that she did the right thing by turning herself in, but he was most disturbed about her having resorted to "tricks and deception" in order to break this rule. He and Patty's mother were "concerned that you can establish a pattern of living wherein you accept dishonesty as a way of life."  In his letter he explained his concerns for her:

 "Let's turn from you and translate it into someone else. Would you be happy if you weren't sure that I was quite honest? Would you be comfortable if you had to wonder whether you could believe things I said?  Or if perhaps now you had to worry that maybe I was being dishonest in this job -- that some day the paper would carry a story exposing me as a lawbreaker?  You know the answer of course.  

But don't you see  - compromising with truth, no matter how trivial, does something to us.  The next time it serves our purpose we do it again and again and one day we find ourselves in trouble and we're not quite sure why or how." Ronald Reagan, March 5, 1968 from Reagan, A Life in Letters

This President and his minions are people without honor.  They have an agenda - one that is not in the best interests of this country. And they will stop at nothing to carry it out. Their heroes are the likes of Saul Alinsky, Cloward and Piven, and tin-pot murdering dictators. This President has brought communists and  tax-cheats into the center of power.  He bows to Muslims, insults the citizens of this country, and ridicules his opponents. 

 On Wednesday, he will give his state-of-the-union address to this nation. He will tell us that he has "saved or created" a gazillion jobs even though the unemployment rate is the highest it's been since 1948.  He will remind you of the terrible situation he inherited from his predecessor, while he has spent our money at a rate never before experienced in this country. He will tell you he "feels your pain" and everything he is doing is for you. 

And the worse thing he will no doubt say is "he's not giving up."  Oh no - this effete poseur is planning on doubling down on his horrendous plans.  He is nothing more than a dangerous puppet who will bribe, cheat, and tell whatever lies are necessary, to please his handlers.

Remember the words of Ronald Reagan when you listen to this despicable human being on Wednesday, for he is a man who doesn't even remember the meaning of the word truth.

 

Ronald Reagan on Socialized Medicine

H/T Hot Air