Camments, Hubman and USPS

Hubmans comments from HERE



Of course the crux of my argument was that the government can't run anything. It isn't the Dems or the REps or the Whigs or the Green Nazis or any other party. The government is designed to run things. At best they are set up to oversee things. There is NOTHING they run that works worth shit. The military is the closest thing they do right, and that still WAY over spends and isn't nearly as efficiant as it could be.



The point of the post was that if they can't run the current social programs why would anyone be so damn stupid that they would want the government to run Health care? The answer of course is that anyone who actually thinks about it is 100% against it. They say the definition of a fool is someone who repeats the same action looking for a different result. The a fool is someone who wants the government in charge of health care, or anything else for that matter.

For the record I don't pick on Hubman he is just the one who comments and doesn't see some things my way!

The pics are meaningless to the post I just like to put em in there cause I know y'all love to steal them. Click to embiggin em.

Hubman:
So the Postal Service is a social program that should be done away with?

Me:
Absolutely, if it is losing money. The point of course being UPS, Fed
X and many others actually MAKE money. How could that be when the
USPS is losing money???? Must be those running it, the dullest among
us no matter what party.

Hubman:
See, one could argue that UPS, FedEx and others have carefully chosen services that they can be competitive in and avoid less- or non-profitable services in order to protect the bottom line. That doesn't excuse the USPS for running a $7billion dollar deficit by any means, clearly there is gross mismanagement there. But I think UPS et al have an advantage in picking and choosing what services to offer, while the USPS is stuck with door-to-door delivery to every address in the country.



Here's another smack against the USPS- did you know that US airlines have to carry the mail at their own expense? Even with that tremendous market advantage, they still can't at least break even (which is all we should expect the USPS to do). Once upon a time, I worked for Pan Am for a short while and loaded my fair share of mail sacks in the belly of planes...

You know, the more I think about it, what goes through the mail nowadays that can't be done electronically? Maybe getting rid of the USPS isn't such a bad idea!

ME:
thats fair.

He is right that Fed Ex and UPS can choose to do things they know will be profitable. Why though would that have anything to do with USPS continuing to do things that cost the taxpayer money?

Anyway, I really wasn't advocating trashing the USPS, just saying DAMN if we can't keep something from hemorrhaging money that seems pretty simple like the USPS then how in the hell can we possibly run a doctor patient relationship from D.C.?

the answer is we can't. If this bill passes (which I think some form of it will) it will be a colossal cluster F*^k-o-rama.

Please unless you want the EXACT same idiots that run your local DMV, the USPS or any other government agency making life and death decisions for your kids, call/fax/e-mail/send smoke signal/ carrier pigeons or if you can't do that drive to the court house and stand out there and hollar.

Folks please think about that. We need to stop it. We need to stop the bleeding.



Y'all have a big weekend. Several more comments need addressing so stay tuned!

Red Friday

Snopes says this has been out for a while but my buddy Namaste sent it to me and I thought I'd post it. You should read her every time she posts, just sayin.

Red Shirt

If the red shirt thing is new to you, read below how it went for a man...

Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together..

After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home.

No, he responded.
Heading out I asked?

No. I'm escorting a soldier home.

Going to pick him up?

No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq , I'm taking him home to his family.

The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's family and felt as if he knew them after many conversations in so few days.

I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, Thank you Thank you for doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.

Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the following announcement over the intercom.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the honor of having Sergeant Steeley of the United States Marine Corps join us on this flight He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door to allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt sign."

Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize that I am proud to be an American.

So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what you do so we can live the way we do.

Red Fridays.

Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority." We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing.

Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -- and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that ... Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women a far, will wear something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, coworkers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent" majority i s on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is. "We need your support and your prayers." Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something red every Friday.

Amen Brother, Preach On!

FROM THE PODIUM


This retired USMC Sgt. Major has his Stuff together.

Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home, and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You're the "runner-in-chief."

Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses to the USS Cole and the First Trade Center Bombing and Our Embassy Bombings emboldened the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately, they grew bolder, until 9/11/2001.

John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute. You lied about American Soldiers in Vietnam. Your military service, like your life, is more
fiction than fact. You've accused our military of terrorizing women and children in Iraq. You called Iraq the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, and the same words you used to describe Vietnam. You're a fake! You want to run from Iraq and abandon the Iraqis to murderers just as you did to the Vietnamese. Iraq, like Vietnam, is another war that you were for, before you were against it. (can you believe some folks voted for this asshat? Thats the true mark of a sheep and idiot)

John Murtha, you said our military was broken. You said we can't win militarily in Iraq. You accused United States Marines of cold-blooded murder without proof and said we should redeploy to Okinawa. Okinawa, John? And the Democrats call you their military expert! Are you sure you didn't suffer a traumatic brain injury while you were off building your war hero resume? You're a sad, pitiable, corrupt, and washed up old fool. You're not a Marine, sir. You wouldn't amount to a good pimple on a real Marine's ass. You're a phony and a disgrace. Run away, John. (How wrong was this Democrat Military man?)

Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanamo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot, who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned Southeast Asia to the Communists. Now you want to abandon the Iraqis to the same fate. History was not a good teacher for you, was it? Lord help us! See Dick run.
(You have it wrong Sergent Major Pendry, you see no Democrat worth his weight in rat piss would ever know anything about history, if they did sir they could not in good conscience vote for ummm a Democrat!)

Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Carl Levine, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Russ Feingold, Pat Leahy, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, the Hollywood Leftist morons, et al, ad nauseam: Every time you stand in front of television cameras and broadcast to the Islamic Nazis that we went to war because our President lied, that the war is wrong and our Soldiers are torturers, that we should leave Iraq, you give the Islamic butchers - the same ones that tortured and mutilated American Soldiers - cause to think that we'll run away again, and all they have to do is hang on a little longer. It is inevitable that we, the infidels, will have to defeat the Islamic jihadists. Better to do it now on their turf, than later on ours after they have gained both strength and momentum. (Every Dem MUST believe this becase if they did not they would not vote Dem)

American news media, the New York Times particularly: Each time you publish stories about national defense secrets and our intelligence gathering methods, you become one united with the sub-human pieces of camel dung that torture and mutilate the bodies of American Soldiers. You can't strike up the courage to publish cartoons, but you can help Al Qaeda destroy my country. Actually, you are more dangerous to us than Al Qaeda is. Think about that each time you face Mecca to admire your Pulitzer. (A-fuckin-men!)

You are America's 'AXIS OF IDIOTS.' Your Collective Stupidity will destroy us. Self-serving politics and terrorist-abetting news scoops are more important to you than our national security or the lives of innocent civilians and Soldiers. It bothers you that defending ourselves gets in the way of your elitist sport of politics and your ignorant editorializing. There is as much blood on your hands as is on the hands of murdering terrorists. Don't ever doubt that. Your frolics will only serve to extend this war as they extended Vietnam. If you want our Soldiers home as you claim, knock off the crap and try supporting your country ahead of supporting your silly political aims and aiding our enemies. (Barrico and his supporters are you reading this?)

Yes, I'm questioning your patriotism. Your loyalty ends with self. (damn isn't that what I said about the election?? people who vote country/troops first vote OTD, people who vote ME ME ME first vote Dem!)I'm also questioning why you're stealing air that decent Americans could be breathing. You don't deserve the protection of our men and women in uniform. You need to run away from this war, this country. Leave the war to the people who have the will to see it through and the country to people who are willing to defend it.

Our country has two enemies: Those who want to destroy us from the outside and those who attempt it from within.

Semper Fi,
J. D. Pendry - Sergeant Major, USMC, Retired

There ya go, thats why we can not allow weak people to elect weak leaders, we must rise up and be strong and tough people, the smart tough and strong must outvote the weak and simple the next election.

How true is this?????

As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White House based on the same credentials."

have a delightful weekend!

Veterans Day

ARLINGTON CEMETERY -



1. How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the tomb of the Unknowns and why?



21 steps: It alludes to the twenty-one gun salute which is
The highest honor given any military or foreign dignitary.

2. How long does he hesitate after his about face to begin his return walk and why?



21 seconds for the same reason as answer number 1



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3. Why are his gloves wet?

His gloves are moistened to prevent his losing his grip on the rifle.

4. Does he carry his rifle on the same shoulder all the time
And, if not, why not?

He carries the rifle on the shoulder away from the tomb. After his march across the path, he executes an about face and moves the rifle to the outside shoulder.




5. How often are the guards changed?


Guards are changed every thirty minutes,
Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year.







6. What are the physical traits of the guard limited to?

For a person to apply for guard duty at the tomb, he must be
Between 5' 10' and 6' 2' tall and his waist size cannot exceed 30.

They must commit 2 years of life to guard the tomb, live in a barracks under the tomb, and cannot drink any alcohol on or off duty for the rest of their lives. They cannot swear in public for the
Rest of their lives and cannot disgrace the uniform or the tomb in any way.

After two years, the guard is given a wreath pin that is worn on
Their lapel signifying they served as guard of the tomb. There are only
400 presently worn. The guard must obey these rules for the rest of their
Lives or give up the wreath pin.

The shoes are specially made with very thick soles to keep the heat and cold from their feet. There are metal heel plates that extend to the top of the shoe in order to make the loud click as they come to a halt.

There are no wrinkles, folds or lint on the uniform.. Guards dress for duty
In front of a full-length mirror.

The first six months of duty a guard cannot talk to anyone nor
Watch TV All off duty time is spent studying the 175 notable people laid
To rest in Arlington National Cemetery . A guard must memorize who they are
And where they are interred. Among the notables are:

President Taft,
Joe Lewis {the boxer}
Medal of Honor winner Audie Murphy, the most
Decorated soldier of WWII of Hollywood fame.

Every guard spends five hours a day getting his uniforms ready for
Guard duty.

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ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.

In 2003 as Hurricane Isabelle was approaching Washington, DC, our
US Senate/House took 2 days off with anticipation of the storm. On the ABC
Evening news, it was reported that because of the dangers from the
Hurricane, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of
The Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment. They
Respectfully declined the offer, 'No way, Sir!' Soaked to the skin,
Marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding
The Tomb was not just an as signment, it was the highest honor that can be
Afforded to a serviceperson. The tomb has been patrolled continuously,
24/7, since 1930.



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God Bless and keep them.



I don't usually suggest that many emails be forwarded, but I'd be
Very proud if this one reached as many as possible. We can be very proud
Of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve.

IN GOD WE TRUST


A lot of men and women had to die to give us the right to vote away our freedom, Be careful how you vote if you aren't we might end up with Democrats in charge. Vote FOR the people who have given us freedom and keep us free and safe every-single-day. Vote OTD.

Check it out y'all

Hey y'all few that come here, you might not know I post at a couple of other places since usually I just copy the political posts here.

Check this post out HERE, its a cool blog and the posts are good. Feel free to comment if you happen to go over there.

Ole Jane

Never Forgive A Traitor


Just a reminder of who she really is!!!!!

SHE REALLY WAS A TRAITOR!!

In Memory of


LT. C.Thomsen Wieland


who spent 100 days at the Hanoi Hilton







She really is a traitor

A TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONORED
KEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA




This is for all the kids born in the 70's who do
not remember, and didn't have to bear the
burden that our fathers, mothers and older
brothers and sisters had to bear.





Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the
'100 Women of the Century.'




BY BARBRA WALTERS





Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still
countless others have never known how Ms.
Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country,
but specific men who served and sacrificed
during Vietnam






The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot.






The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll , a River Rat.






In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF
Survival School was a POW in Ho Lo Prison
the ' Hanoi Hilton .'






Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell,
cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJ's, he was
ordered to describe for a visiting American
'Peace Activist' the 'lenient and humane
treatment' he'd received.







He spat at Ms. Fonda , was clubbed, and was
dragged away.
During the subsequent beating, he fell forward
on to the camp Commandant 's feet, which
sent that officer berserk.







In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from
double vision (which permanently ended his
flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied
application of a wooden baton.






From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the
47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6 years in the
'Hanoi Hilton',,, the first three of which his
family only knew he was 'missing in action'.
His wife lived on faith that he was still alive.
His group, too, got the cleaned-up, fed and
clothed routine in preparation for a
'peace delegation' visit.

They, however, had time and devised a plan to
get word to the world that they were alive
an d still survived. Each man secreted a tiny
piece of paper, with his Social Security Number
on it , in the palm of his hand.





When paraded before Ms. Fonda and a
cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each
man's hand and asking little encouraging
snippets like: 'Aren't you sorry you bombed
babies?' and 'Are you grateful for the humane
treatment from your benevolent captors?'
Believing this HAD to be an act, they each
palmed her their sliver of paper.

She took them all without missing a beat. At the
end of the line and once the camera stopped
rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs,
she turned to the officer in charge and handed
him all the little pieces of paper.






Three men died from the subsequent beatings.
Colonel Carrigan was almost number four
but he survived, which is the only reason we
know of her actions that day.







I was a civilian economic development advisor
in Vietnam , and was captured by the North
Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam in
1968, and held prisoner for over 5 years.







I spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one
year in a cage in Cambodia ; and one year
in a 'black box' in Hanoi
My North Vietnamese captors deliberately
poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a
nurse in a leprosarium in Ban me Thuot, South
Vietnam , whom I buried in the jungle near the
Cambodian border.
At one time, I weighed only about 90 lbs.
(My normal weight is 170 lbs.)





We were Jane Fonda 's 'war criminals.'





When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi , I was asked by
the camp communist political officer if I would
be willing to meet with her.






I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real
treatment we POWs received... and how
different it was from the treatment purported by
the North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as
'humane and lenient.'







Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky
floor on my knees, with my arms outstretched
with a large steel weights placed on my hands,
and beaten with a bamboo cane. ;







I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda
soon after I was released. I asked her
if she would be willing to debate me on TV.
She never did answer me.





These first-hand experiences do not exemplify
someone who should be honored as part
of '100 Years of Great Women.'
Lest we forget...' 100 Years of Great Women'
should never include a traitor whose hands are
covered with the blood of so many patriots.




There are few things I have strong visceral
reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in
blatant treason, is one of them.
Please take the time to forward to as many
people as you possibly can.
It will eventually end up on her computer and
she needs to know that we will never forget.

RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF
716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of
Maintenance
DSN: 875-6431
COMM: 883-6343

Usually outside of questioning people's IQ and intellegence I don't attack many folks. But for the record, JF is without a doubt the biggest cunt, whore bitch who has ever been born. If my bladder was on the verge of bursting and she was afire, I'd let it burst before I pissed on that worthless bitch.

I wonder how she votes?

Health Care, hypocrites, Emails, Sexy Chicks, Suplicia, How I see it

Well I'm not here and won't be for a while so I pre-posted several things. This is a email conversation I had with the ever so lovely Suplicia. She commented and I replied. Unlike some folks she is interested in understanding the views of others and the opinions of others. Though I rarely have an opinion on things I thought I'd humor her and answer! These are the actual mails, first is her comment then it was in mail. I added nothing except what is in green. The original post was HERE.

(On the political posts the pics don't necessarily go with the post I just put em in there cause they are true and tickle me!)

Check it out and feel free to tell me where I'm wrong, or right!

Sulpicia:

The more I read your blog the more I feel a political responsibility to speak on certain issues. Drives me nuts in a way because a) I dislike groups b)if I do end up in a group, I usually leave them because of the politics.

Please advise.

Me

Lol
it is very tough. In politics you have to decide where you stand on most of the issues. The bigger picture though is fairly easy. If you believe that the government should have more control of your everyday life, healthcare, salary, child care, education, rules, regulations, etc etc then you would be siding with the people on the left side of the spectrum. These people believe the government is needed and is responsible for nearly every facet of your life. (Democrats)

If you believe that Sulpicia should be able to do as she wants, provided that she doesn't want to take rights from others, hurt others etc etc, and if you believe that Sulpicia is smart enough, tough enough, and has enough sense to make her own decisions for herself and her family and you do not believe that the government can better run your life than you can then you would be more on the right. (Other Than Democrat)

Many people would prefer to be in a socialist system where the government tells you where to work, regulates how much you can earn, what kind of health care you get, what kind of food you can eat and on and on.

The main question is fairly simple.

Would you rather be responsible for your action, both good and bad or would you rather someone else decide for and be responsible for you.




Sulpicia:

hmmm... how bizarre. i'm totally on the right. but i believe in universal health care. but that's emotional. emotions, as i understand you, should not figure into these types of discussions. however, when i was in university, my daughter, at three, had leukemia. that's three years of drugs i could not afford. simply put, she'd be dead. how do you merge these moments with a bigger picture position?

Me


Everyone's core beliefs are on the right. That is why the far left encroaches slowly and incremental. They can't just break out and make wholesale change because it won't fly and they know it.

The care you required is covered by the government already in the form of Medicaid. As well as many charities. (I am no expert in anything by the way) I have 2 friends with kids that had cancer that never paid one cent for treatment. The Shands hospital covered it, or contributors to the cancer research or whoever covered it. The local churches covered their travel expense and hotel/food expenses. One of the people was way poor, the other a regular working middle class family.

(this is a sad edit but one of the children is back in the hospital with a re-occurrence of the leukemia, again the churches have donated the money because of course the parents have had to quit work to go be with the child for daily treatments, so they are staying in a hotel right at the hospital with zero income, just think Barrico and the hypocrats wanted to TAX the very donations that went into the church that this family is not receiving)

The thing about emotional decisions is this. Think back on major decisions in your life, when you made the based on emotion for the most part how did they play out? When you made big decisions after collecting the facts and such and thinking about the pro's and con's and studying them deeply, how did they play out?

Think about purchases you made that you made based on emotion, you lovedddddddd those shoes but then before you got paid again you were short of funds, or the guy you knew was doing you wrong but you stayed or keep seeing because u loved him.

those are simple examples.

Those are decisions based on emotion, not thought.

My personal belief on the health care deal is that the majority has health care right now, a huge amount of the uninsured are covered by Medicaid and NOBODY is refused service in a emergency situation. In you daughters situation (I feel for you there for sure, I hope I never have to go through that!) they have available insurance for catastrophe care, like a cancer, for a child to be covered for that would be dirt cheap because the occurrence of that is very very small.

Lastly, the quality of care here is as good or better than anywhere in the world, people fly here or cross boarders everyday for health care. There is NO way that the government could possibly maintain or improve the quality of care.



Sulpicia

I currently live in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Not a province. Our asses are owned. All revenue from considerable resource development and taxes, go directly to the feds. The territory isn't even allowed to collect its own taxes. The very existence of this city is questionable, as far as I'm concerned. Though it has been an ideal location to raise the two offspring.

I WILL be thinking back on major decisions. I have a bunch to make now. I think, rather than emotion or thought, lust is making a few of them. Is lust an emotion?? Either way, lust will take a back seat at some point. (After October.) And I shall apply my intellect.

Me

Well I assure you that you will make better decisions all the way around if you can separate yourself from emotion.

If you do a pro and con list and are honest with yourself the proper decision will be clear. People often justify their position without thinking it all the way out.

Well there you go. How'd I do?