Month: December 2009
Updated: Breaking News: Police Arrest another ‘Disruptive’ Passenger on an Amsterdam to Detroit Flight at Detroit Metro Airport – FBI Issues ‘All Clear”
Here we go again!:
Metro Airport spokesman John Witner said there was a report of suspicious activity on the Delta/Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam Sunday. That is the same flight number as the flight that a Nigerian man was suspected of attempting to blow up over Detroit on Christmas Day.
All 257 passengers and 12 crew have deplaned safely, said Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott. The flight landed safely in Detroit at 12:34 p.m. Sunday.
The flight crew requested that law enforcement meet the aircraft after a passenger on the plane became verbally disruptive, said Elliott.
via Police Arrest ‘Disruptive’ Passenger Aboard Plane at Detroit Airport FOXNews.com.
Fox News is now reporting that a Nigerian man locked himself in the bathroom, flight crew kicked in the door and detained the guy; the man then became irate and ended up having to be restrained. FBI and other agencies are on the scene at Metro Airport.
Update #1: The New York Times is reporting:
DETROIT — The pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit — the same flight involved in Friday’s terrorism attempt — requested emergency assistance Sunday upon landing in Detroit, Scott Wintner, an airport spokesman said. The crew had requested police assistance on the ground because a passenger was “verbally disruptive,” according to a statement from Delta Airlines, which acquired with Northwest last year.
Update #2: Fox News Reports that there is report that this man may have just been sick. I am working on getting confirmation on this. Standby.
Update #3: WDIV is basically reporting the same story as above, working on getting confirmation of the sick passenger.
Update #4: WWJ Radio also reports the same story, via the AP.
Update #5: It just dawned on me, this is the same flight that the person was detained on, on Christmas day.
Update #6: It is now being reported that this might not be a serious incident. But still I am watching everything.
Update #7: It has been confirmed by three different sources to Fox News that this was sick passenger. I see a Lawsuit. 🙄
Update #8: Fox News Reports at 4:00 P.M. that the “All Clear” has just been issued. Seems this was a coincidental incident. Ouch. What a day to get sick on a plane… 😯
‘Vacation’s Over, Mr. President.’ Says, HuffPo
I agree with the premise, however, there is something Steve should remember:
It’s Christmas day, and the only thing that stopped 12/25 from feeling a lot like 9/11 was a failed detonator and a guy named Jasper Schuringa. Weather now seems like a quaint travel threat – like a cold does compared to the Bubonic Plague.
It's December 26th, and the last of my guests arrive keenly aware of what happened over the skies of Detroit. Across America, everybody’s gut tightens and old fears and old wounds re-open.
Meanwhile, the president continues his vacation. News that he hit the gym 15 minutes after being briefed on the attack – and had a lovely time playing golf later that day – begin to trickle in.
America lucked out this holiday season. It’s as simple as that. Something terrible could have happened and It was the bravery of passengers, and the ineptitude of a would-be terrorist, that prevented it.
Not the police bottlenecking the only road into the airport. Not the nice lady making sure my liquids were in the right containers. Not the German shepherd sniffing my boy parts.
It was luck.
And if you’re like me – that scared the crap out of you. You probably wanted assurances. What will be done to prevent this? How are we reacting?
If you’re like me, you’re not looking for Attorney General Eric Holder, or Representative Pete King to be telling you how it could have been worse or how it will be managed.
When the nation is attacked, I expect to be informed and hopefully calmed by the President of the United States.
Steve, I do not know what the chances are of you actually reading this; but I will just say it anyway. I know how you feel my friend. I felt the same way, when I found out about this terror attack here in my hometown; at an airport that is less than 15 minutes from my house. In fact, planes coming from the south, fly right over my house. Sure, the planes are at great altitude, but they are still there. Anyhow, as I wrote last night, the Government just cannot protect us from every attack. It is virtually impossible. Yes, we got lucky.
However, I do agree with your assessment, it was a bit unnerving to see the President vacationing in Hawaii, while this big of a emergency was happening, right in my own backyard. It had all the visual aspects of what Bush did during Katrina. It might even come back to haunt Obama on the 2012 election; I do not know if it would be fair or even proper to do that to the man. But the fact is, we was ‘on vacation’ when it happened; and you have to know, someone who runs against him is going to use that little fact against him, especially on the right. As much as I have a great disdain for President Obama and his idiotic progressive agenda, I happen to know that there was not much more that the President could have done. He could have flown back to D.C. and had the attack not been prevented, he would have, I would assume. But the fact is, like you said, we did get lucky on this one.
So, from someone, who is less than 10 miles from the said incident —- I understand and yes, I do get it.
The foiled terror attack, what it really means
This little article has been festering in my brain all day today. I finally believe that I might have enough here to really convey a thought or two. The recent information on the foiled terror attack here in Detroit is quite startling. First off, it is being reported that the terrorist’s father had notified the U.S. Government that his son was becoming ever increasingly radical in his Muslim beliefs. Second, the United States Government knew about this person for over two years and was either unable or unwilling to do anything about it.
This is a glaringly obvious deduction that anyone, with any kind of common sense and reasoning should realize, and that is that the United States Government cannot and will not totally protect the American people from a terrorist attack. The only people that can prevent such an event from happening, is the American people themselves. This is one instance when the “Nanny State” just does not work. A perfect example of this is the person that prevented this horrific act of cowardice from taking place. His name is Jasper Schuringa and he is not even an American. Jasper knew that it was either the terrorist or him; and he acted accordingly. Jasper deserves the highest of honors from our Government that is because he did, what our President has not seem interested in doing, and that is to tell the terrorists that the battle is on and that are willing and able to fight them in any capacity that is required to defeat them. Jasper did not wait for the big “Nanny State” government to do their job; he simply took care of business and for that, he should be commended. To any progressives reading this — I am sorry, but dithering around on the issue of Afghanistan is not what I consider leadership. By dithering, I mean delaying the increase needed in troops and then not sending the number of troops asked for, by the commanders on the ground. That is not leadership — that is a sad joke, which sums up this President in a phrase.
Another thought is this; for all of the errors in the thinking of the Libertarians and their idiotic Party, they do have one thing right, and that is that these terror attacks are result of war. As along as the United States of America has forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, there will be these sorts of attacks on our soil. The problem is that the libertarians believe that we should just pull out of the Afghanistan war and admit defeat. This would be grave error on the part of our Government, it would prove to Al-Qaeda that the United States is weak and can be easily defeated. If anything; at this point, the United States should step up its attacks on the hiding places of the Al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and other places abroad. Ronald Reagan believed in peace through strength, and the United States should continue that policy now, by not allowing these wretched terrorists win the battle. We should do this by making these Islamic thugs lives a living hell and chase them to the ends of the earth, as President George W. Bush pledged to do in the days after 9/11.
The United States of America has a rich history of defending the homeland, and we should continue that traditions until these turban-wearing thugs are thoroughly defeated and victory is realized.
The Chutzpah of Think Progress
Seems that Think Progress has a great deal of Chutzpah this morning. Accusing Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) of politicizing the attempted terrorist attack here in Detroit. One only need to look at the archives of Think Progress to see how they and the rest of the Democratic Party politicized the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita during the Presidency of George W. Bush.
Now, you say, “Well, that was different!” and to that I ask you, “How so?” Is liberal Democratic organization like the Center of American Progress politicizing a natural disaster any better, than a Republican Representative supposedly politicizing a terrorist attack? The answer is, no. They are both wrong. But, yet, the liberals believe that they are right, because they’re defending the current socialist President.
Think Progress has much Chutzpah, after how they accused President Bush of some of the most outlandish crap back after the hurricane; including the Hollywood crowd and the Music people saying that Bush hated black people and so forth. The truth of the matter is that the CITY and STATE Government failed, not the Federal Government. It was after the droning of the Liberal WHINE, that the federal Government had to step in and take over.
I mean, does anyone remember THIS picture?
Those were buses, buses that could have been used by the city to get people out of the area. But did Ray Nagin do that; no, he sat on his ass and did not use them and then blamed Bush and Co. in Washington D.C. for not coming to the rescue.
So, much Chutzpah on the part of the liberals to even dare to complain about politizing of anything at all. As they have done the same very thing themselves.
Late Night at the PB Pub Presents: The Allman Brothers
The Allman Brothers music is like fine wine. The older it gets, the better it sounds. I happen to like these guys.
Listen to what I consider to be, one of their better hits:
Yemeni Cleric Who Reportedly Inspired Ft. Hood Shooter supposedly not killed in Airstrike
Here’s some pee on your holiday news:
A U.S.-born radical cleric is alive and well following reports he may have been killed in a Yemeni airstrike against suspected al-Qaida hideouts, friends and relatives said Friday.
The government said it targeted a meeting of high-level al-Qaida operatives in Thursday's airstrike in the remote Shabwa region. It claimed at least 30 militants were killed, possibly including Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric who has been linked to the shooter in last month's attack at the Fort Hood military base in the U.S.
On Friday, a friend of the cleric, Abu Bakr al-Awlaki, told The Associated Press he was not among those killed. He refused to say if the cleric was attending the meeting.
via Yemeni Cleric Who Reportedly Inspired Ft. Hood Shooter Believed Unhurt in Airstrike – ABC News.
Yeah, I was quite thrilled to hear this news. Guess they were wrong. Ah well, try again later, I suppose.
How long before the left starts using this as a Meme to say that we should just pull out and forget about getting these guys?
Updated: BREAKING NEWS: ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACK ON PLANE BOUND FOR DETROIT BY AL-QEADA OPERATIVE WXYZ-TV SAYS SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED AS WELL “DRUNKEN PASSANGER” GOES CRAZY – Washington Post Edits Story to make President look good
On Christmas Day, no less. For those who do not know, I am in the Detroit-area. The Airport in question is in Romulus, Michigan, (Not Detroit…) and less than 10 miles from my house. So, now, it’s personal, the bastards tried to hit MY town! You can imagine how I feel, at the moment. 😡
All the major news sources in Detroit are reporting it. The National lame stream media, as usual is asleep at the wheel, including Fox News.
First Video Via WJBK- TV Fox 2 in Detroit:
Update # 5: WXYZ-TV‘s coverage at 11:00 P.M. coverage, they report that there was a second incident was well of another passenger going crazy as well. Supposedly a drunken passenger… are they possibly covering up under orders from Obama?
The Video:
ROMULUS, Mich. (WJBK) – A senior U.S. official says a Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria claims h e was acting on behalf of al-Qaida
when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit.Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit. One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
The passenger was being questioned Friday evening. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing. Fox 2 spoke with passangers as they were released from that flight.
WXYZ TV, The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, WDIV-TV all have continuing coverage on this story..
The Detroit Free Press Reports:
The passenger created a disturbance by lighting what was reported to be firecrackers — or perhaps a “powdery substance” — onboard the flight, injuring himself and several other passengers, according to Delta Airlines
The passenger was subdued. FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold confirmed today that agents are at Metro.
ABC News reported on its web site that the man is Nigerian and claimed he was directed by Al Qaeda to explode a small device in flight over U.S. soil.
The man was apparently already on the government’s no-fly list of suspected terrorists, ABC News said a senior intelligence official told them.
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But later, Syed Jafry of Holland, Mich., a U.S. citizen who had flown from the United Arab Emirates, emerged from the airport and said he was a passenger on the flight. He said people ran out of their seats to tackle the man.
Jafry was sitting in the 16th row when he heard “a pop and saw some smoke and fire.” Then, he said, “a young man behind me jumped on him.”
Jafry said there was a little bit of commotion for about 10 to 15 minutes.
He said the way passengers responded made him proud to be an American.[….]
His wife and daughter, who had been waiting for him at the airport since about 11:40 a.m., said they saw a person they believe to be the suspect being transported from the airport. Dawn Griffith said he was “young looking” and was handcuffed to a stretcher, with his hands bandaged.
A photo of the said plane:
Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the runway after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Friday.
More to information to come, as I get it. Anyone with any information for me; please contact me via e-mail via the Blog. You Anonymity is guaranteed.
Update #1: Memeorandum is now covering.
Update #2: The only reason I am not in the car and down there taking photos is the following: 1. It’s dark outside now, and there’s most likely not much to see. Also, that place, that is Metro Airport is most likely crawling with cops. I just do not want to risk getting in the way and possibly getting tossed in jail. I will be monitoring all news outlets and passing what I know on. Plus, I do have this shaggy beard. I do not want to be mistaken for another terrorist! 😯
Update #3 What royally tweaks me off, is how the MSM is trying to under rate the story. No terrorism here, just a arab trying to light off fireworks, while shouting “Allah Akbar!” Idiots. 🙄
Update #4: Now for your obligitory Democrat slam… where’s the President?
President Obama in Hawaii "Recharging" while terrorists are striking planes in Michigan.
If that’s leadership? We’re in deep trouble folks.
Yeah, that’s right, I said our Democratic Party President is more interested in having time off; than he is leading the Country. If he were a real leader, he would cut short his little vacation and get his idiot butt back to Washington D.C. and be on top of the situation. But, nah, he’s too busy. Remember this come 2010 and 2012.
Update #6: Ace over at Ace of Spades HQ has some VERY interesting information on how the story over at the Washington Post was changed to make the President look better. Someone got a phone call and told to make a change.
Ronald Reagan’s Christmas Address from 1981
This one comes via RedState:
Now that my friends, is leadership. More than I can say for that feckless wonder we have in there now.
Update: What I really want for Christmas
First off, I do not want anyone thinking that this is a some sort of a whiny post. It’s not; it is just me, window shopping and sharing it here on the blog.
For Christmas this year, I have, so far gotten a pair of gloves and a band to go around my noggin. This will come in handy, when I’m out there running snow blower. I will most likely get a few dollars in my checking account too, via my parents.
But what I really want for Christmas; is this stuff here. Stuff I could really use. But, truthfully I cannot afford. So, I write this posting, with subtle hints, hoping that some “well to do” Conservative will see it and maybe, possibly, hopefully, take the hint! 😉
First of all, What I want more than anything, is to be able to get back to my hobby of Amateur Radio. Yes folks, I am a licensed Amateur Radio Operator. I hold a General Class License.
I have had my eye on this little beautiful thing here for a long time:
The Icom IC-7800 HF Transciever
This is the top of the line, High Frequency Transceiver for Amateur Radio. It is a DX’ers dream.
So, how much will one of these contraptions set you back? Oh, about $10,300.00! (Shipping Included…)
Of course, if I had a station like this, I would have to get a nice Amplifier to go with it. I have one that I would really love to own.
This one:
The Ameritron AL-1200 Amateur Radio Amplifier and innards
It’s made in America, very high quality. An excellent machine. How much will it set you back? $3200.00!
Plus another $100 or so to get the 220 ran into the ham shack. Plus another $100 for your friend, for being brave enough to stick his hands in the circuit breaker box and hook it up for you!
I already have a good antenna and a decent antenna tuner. In fact my buddy Matt put up the antenna; and then it tuns out my rig had some major issues. He tried to fix it, but it needs some serious TLC by someone who’s got some really good equipment. This is a job that would be over my head. I can do basic stuff, but major stuff is out for me.
Another thing I could use, is this:
Window 7 Home Premium
My Laptop runs Windows Vista Basic. I need Windows 7. This is the only version of that this laptop will run.
How much? $120.00 from Dell and I have to buy it through them, or I void the warranty. (Sucks, but, thems the breaks!)
Update: I picked up Windows 7 myself. I got just enough from the folks to be able to pick up Windows 7. I, for one, am looking forward to this upgrade! 😀 So, I removed the link to paypal on this one. As I already have it now. The rest? Feel Free!
Anyhow, feeling generous? Want to get me off of this blog? then, you know…. 😉 😀 😛
Merry Christmas to all! 😀 😛 😆
Updated: Look up, Look down, the Pope is falling down!
Heh…. Sorry needed a catchy title.
Someone knocked the Faux Religious leader over.
Considering what the Roman Catholic did my true Christian Forefathers during the crusades and before, this little act was not nearly sufficient ….And let’s not even get into how the Roman Catholic Church sold many Jews up the river during the time of Hitler.
Quite frankly, I am sorry it was not a gun.
Update: Seems some have an issue with my statement. I challenge you, to order this Here Here, Here, and Here and LEARN! The Roman Catholic Church is the “great whore” described in Revelation Chapters 17 & 18. I’ve known that for years. Does that offend people, absolutely. Do I care? No. Why? This:
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered . Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men , him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. — Matthew 10:27-37
I wonder what Lew Rockwell would say about this case?
Sad case, but, another case of the police having to use lethal force to stop someone from killing many people.
The Story via VCSTAR.COM: (H/T Dan)
Oxnard police shot and killed the 46-year-old driver of a propane truck Wednesday outside a McDonald’s restaurant after a chase in which the suspect knocked over a motorcycle officer and rammed numerous vehicles, including police cars, authorities said.
The chase began at Wooley Road and Victoria Avenue in Oxnard about 1 p.m. after the driver refused an officer’s request to pull over, Oxnard Police Department spokesman David Keith said. Police today identified him as an Oxnard resident, but declined to release his name until family could be located.
At times during the chase, police backed off, giving the driver plenty of room because he was hauling propane, a highly explosive and flammable gas.
But police resumed the chase after the driver rammed several vehicles with the truck, Keith said.
The chase ended in the parking lot of a shopping center at Ventura Road and Fifth Street next to a McDonald’s.
Keith said the driver rammed several more vehicles in the parking lot. Fearing for their safety and that of the public, police fired numerous rounds into the cab of the truck, killing the driver.
The white truck sat in the parking lot throughout the afternoon and early evening as a crowd of onlookers gathered nearby.
Dozens of police cars were parked along Ventura Road and in the parking lot as investigators interviewed witnesses and gathered evidence. A sheriff’s helicopter hovered over the scene.
Oxnard Police Department Cmdr. Tom Chronister told The Associated Press the truck driver’s boss had alerted police that his employee was driving under the influence and acting irrationally. Other drivers also called police to report the man was driving recklessly.
The driver worked for AAA Propane in Oxnard. Owner John Simpson declined to say anything about the incident on Wednesday beyond a prepared statement: “Everyone here at AAA Propane is shocked and saddened by this event. Until we learn additional information, we will be unable to make additional comments at this time.”
During the chase, a motorcycle officer was knocked to the ground.
Keith said Wednesday evening that none of the police officers sustained serious injuries. Police found no weapons in the truck, where the body remained until a coroner arrived.
Now Lew Rockwell would say, that the man shot here was the victim. Which we all know is stupid; like most of the libertarian left. I dare say, that this stupid idiot got just what was coming to him. Must have been a liberal; because no sane rational person or Conservative would do something like this. He was a liberal or a stupid person; but I digress.
Merry Christmas 2009
I think this year, I will forgo the fancy post and simply wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Safe New Year.
May 2010 be a better year for everyone.
God Bless!
-Pat
Updated: Reply to the racist on YouTube
Earlier today, I received the following comment on YouTube:
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Dude, you are seriously ill. Get some help mate, and shave that fucking jihad beard.
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Here is my response that I left on YouTube:
Merry Christmas to all.
Update: Just an FYI… I went and checked out the guys account who left the racist comment; he is in the U.K….. Go Figure.
AWESOME BREAKING NEWS! : Radical Cleric who inspired Fort Hood Shooter, Nasser al-Wahayshi, killed in Air Strike in Yemen!
Awesome!
Reuters Reports: (H/T HotAir)
SANAA (Reuters) – A Yemeni air raid may have killed the top two leaders of al Qaeda’s regional branch on Thursday, and an American Muslim preacher linked to the man who shot dead 13 people at a U.S. army base may also have died, a Yemeni security official said.
Nasser al-Wahayshi, the Yemeni leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and his Saudi deputy, Saeed al-Shehri, were believed to be among 30 militants killed in the dawn operation in the eastern province of Shabwa, said the official, who asked not to be identified.
U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki may also have died in the air strike which targeted a meeting of militants planning attacks on Yemeni and foreign oil and economic targets, he said.
If all the deaths are confirmed, the air strike would appear to have struck a severe blow against AQAP, seen as the most dangerous regional offshoot of Osama bin Laden’s network.
“Anwar al-Awlaki is suspected to be dead,” the official said of the cleric who was on the run in Yemen, where he was on the government’s most-wanted list of terrorist suspects.
According to U.S. officials, the U.S. army psychiatrist who ran amok at the Fort Hood army base in Texas on November 5 had contacts with Awlaki.
The Yemeni official said one leading figure in AQAP, Mohammed Saleh Omair, was confirmed dead in Thursday’s raid.
The United States cooperates closely with Yemen in combating al Qaeda militancy. Pentagon officials were not immediately available to comment on any U.S. involvement in the raid.
The Yemeni official mentioned only one air strike, which a government website said had taken place at 5 a.m., but Al Arabiya television reported four raids.
Resurgent al Qaeda attacks have stirred fears that worsening instability in Yemen, an impoverished country struggling with multiple security threats, might enable militants to launch renewed attacks in neighboring oil superpower Saudi Arabia.
Al Qaeda’s wing in Yemen, where Osama bin Laden’s father was born, announced in January it had changed its name to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — in an apparent attempt to revive the group in Saudi Arabia, where a tough counter-terrorism drive had halted the group’s three-year armed campaign in 2006.
Wahayshi, the new group’s Yemeni leader, threatened attacks against Westerners in the oil-exporting region. AQIP has also called for the overthrow of the U.S.-allied Saudi royal family.
This should send a message to these turban wearing bastards; you mock our Country, after one of yours does something stupid like open fire in a military base, your stupid ass is going to get hit. Kudos to the Military and President Obama for authorizing this strike. If you’ll pardon my frank speech; one ‘towel head’ terrorist down, many more to go. They should have done this to this bastard after 9/11, but the military did not. Finally, he gets justice, about damn time. Again, Hats off to our awesome Military for a job well done!
I would be willing to bet, that there are some families at Fort Hood, Families of the Victims of 9/11 and many other victims of terrorism; who are smiling broadly today. Merry Christmas to them, hope this brings a little happiness. 😀
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Christmas at the PB Pub Presents: Jimi Hendrix
It is a bit rough, But here is Jimi doing some Holiday Standards. See if you can pick them out.
Mandolyna Theodoracopulos talks about men
I pray that God would stop my heart, should I even become this much of a dolt:
I was visiting my father in New York. My brother, my male best friend, and my father’s sensei were also at the house. I wondered if they would have survived at all without me and our dutiful daily housekeeper. I imagine they would have eaten out every night, the house would have been in shambles, and a roach or ant colony would have moved in, as none of them can manage a simple dishwasher or washing machine.
The first morning during my trip, I found myself in the kitchen. I was happy to have the place to myself. I don’t care much for conversation before noon. The men trickled in slowly. I could not finish my breakfast. Each one berated me with requests.
My father does not do anything practical, not even boil water.
The sensei, while extremely polite and unassuming, can only cook using his microwave, not ours.
My brother needs three female assistants to do anything menial. He often makes such a fuss about his obligations, a stable of women manage his burdens simply to quell his anxiety.
My best friend cannot charge his telephone without someones help.
I pride myself in being someone, who can cook and take care of myself very well; thank you very much. Cleaning? Well, that is another story. I have never quite understood how men that are that bad, can even survive. I guess you would say that I am overly self sufficient. Which might explain why I am single man. Weird as it might seem. I hate other people doing stuff for me. Some men love being waited on hand and foot; not me, I cannot stand it. Now before any smart asses bring up my personal living conditions; I am not referring to that, I am referring to simple tasks, like washing clothes. The only person that washes my clothes, is me. That way if something is messed up, the person I have to blame, is myself. Cooking is another one. Around this place here, my Dad cooks Breakfast and Supper. My Mom used to do all that, but when Dad retired, she told him, “It is now your turn!” and promptly resigned as house cook. Surprisingly, my Dad cooks very well; Oh, it’s not got all the fancy frills of a woman’s cooking. But it is surprisingly good cooking. Now, if I were on my own, could I cook my own food? Yes, absolutely. In fact, I have quipped to my Mom in the best, much to her amusement, that the Four things that I can do rather well are Read, Cook, Drive, and Screw! (I do not mean with a screwdriver either…)
Mandolyna Theodoracopulos goes on to write about how women are addressed in her household. Now, I am not sure if she was just being funny or if that was the honest truth. But, I will say this. If I ever addressed my Mother as “Bitch” or called her a “Bitch”. I highly doubt I would be living in this house for very long at all. Yes, My mother raised me to respect women; and I do my best. Even when they make horribly difficult to do so. In fact, I never once called my Ex-Girlfriend Laura that at all — at least not to her face. 😯 😮 😉 😛 😀 Now, her to me on the other hand; Well, we won’t go there! HEH! 😆 In fact, I can attest to a few times when I was referred to in a couple no so pleasant four letter words.
Another reason why this article caught my interest is, just by reading it, you can tell how different of a life that Mandolyna Theodoracopulos leads, than say, me. For you that do not know Mandolyna Theodoracopulos is the daughter of Taki Theodoracopulos, who is quite the wealthy man. Taki has also been married several times as well — go figure. I have always had a keen interest in the lives of the wealthy, how differently that they live; as opposed to we common folk. A passing fancy one might say.
Cross Posted @ Alexandria
Zo Breaks it down about Christmas, and I answer him
Well, really, I just present an argument from a Fundamentalist Baptist stance.
First off, Zo’s video:
Some very funny stuff in that video…
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Okay, this is something that a Baptist Pastor sent to me. Please be advised, I might not agree with ALL of this, but they do have a good point…
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Jer 10:2 KJV – Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Jer 10:3 KJV – For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Jer 10:4 KJV – They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Please watch the videos and read this email I made it as short as I could and still maintain the information needed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo8M0fJxXjA
Christmas is a pagan evil demonic holiday have nothing to do with it. It is not the Birthday of Jesus Christ. And pastors and church elders, men of faith who are head of their families, God will hold you responsible to teach what is holy. Remain separate from the ways of the world. Do not conform to the doctrine of the Nicolaitan’s God has told us he hates those that do.
Rev 2:6 KJV – But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Rev 2:14 KJV – But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 2:15 KJV – So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Nicolaitans:
nik-o-la’-i-tanz Nikolaitai):
1. The Sect:
A Christian, by name, sect or party of evil influence in early Christianity, especially in the 7 churches of Asia. Their practices were strongly condemned by John, who praised the church in Ephesus for “hating their works” (Rev 2:6), and blamed the church in Pergamum for accepting in some measure their teaching (Rev 2:15).
2. References:
Reference to Nicolaitans is frequent in post-apostolic literature (writings that were written by the churches shortly after the apostils died). According to Irenaeus (Adv. Haer., i.26,3; iii.10,7), followed by Hippolytus (Philos., vii.36), the Nicolaitans are referenced to their Gnostic tendencies regarding the eating of meats offered to idols and the participation in heathen public festivals and holidays.
3. Nicolaitan Controversy:
The problem underlying the Nicolaitan controversy concerned the whole relation of Christianity to paganism and their usages of Festival and holiday pagan traditions. The Nicolaitans disobeyed the command issued to the Gentile churches, by the apostolic council held at Jerusalem in 49-50 AD, that they should refrain from the eating of “things sacrificed to idols” (Acts 15:29).
Act 15:27 KJV – We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell [you] the same things by mouth.
Act 15:28 KJV – For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Act 15:29 KJV – That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Such a restriction, though seemingly hard, in that it prevented the Christian communities from joining in public festivals, and so brought upon them suspicion and dislike, was yet necessary to prevent a return to a pagan laxity of morals. To this danger the Nicolaitans were themselves a glaring witness, and therefore John was justified in condemning them. In writing to the Corinthians, Paul gives warning against the same evil practices, basing his arguments on consideration for the weaker brethren (compare 1 Cor 8).
1Cr 8:10 KJV – For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
1Cr 8:11 KJV – And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
1Cr 8:12 KJV – But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
4. Nicolaitan the Origin of the Name:
The Pagan Nicolaitan cult comes from the name of the false god they worshiped Nicolas (conqueror of the people) it is the Greek name for the Hebrew name Balsam (“destroyer of the people,” bela’ ‘am); as we find both the Hebrew and Greek names refer to the same false god. Other notable names for this false god are Abaddon, Apollyon; Satan, and Devil. Nicolas is a specific symbolical name given to this false god to represent his role as the god of holidays or feasting and festivals. A Hebrew interpretation of the root meaning of the name is nikola, meaning “let us eat”. Nicolas introduced a false freedom into the Christian Church, i.e. licentiousness (Lacking or ignoring moral discipline. Having no regard for the laws)
Such seducers are described as followers of Balsam or Balaam (“the son of Bosor”, “son of carnality”: bosor means “flesh”). They persuade many Christians to partake in pagan holidays. Many even indulge in “eating idol meats,”; some even join in the “fornication” of the holidays, they do and teach these things as permitted by Christ’s “law of grace”. The Nicolaitans combined evil “deeds” which Jesus “hates” with evil “doctrine.”, also in 2 Peter 2:12-13; 2 Peter 2:15-17
2Pe 2:1 KJV – But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2Pe 2:12 KJV – But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
2Pe 2:13 KJV – And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2Pe 2:14 KJV – Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
2Pe 2:15 KJV – Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
2Pe 2:16 KJV – But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
2Pe 2:17 KJV – These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
The Nicolaitans are in part responsible (together with the Catholic Church) for “Christianity’s” acceptance of Christmas, Easter, Halloween and other unbiblical practices. More importantly, Nicolaitanism, representative of a much broader philosophy, can be blamed for the organized and systematic removal of God’s laws as a central pillar of the Christian way of life. Replaced by a “law of grace” which teaches to not bother following or even learning God’s law as they no longer apply.
5. St Nicolas: the Origin of the Christmas Holiday
The corrupt Catholic Church (the Mystery Babylon, the Great Whore – not covered in this email but Biblically true) in a attempt at conquering the world’s religions and bring about a world religion, as it does with all false gods and holidays of the pagans around the world, merged the pagan rituals with their church. They selected a person from their church with the name Nicolas and made him a saint. Creating St. Nicolas, allowing pagans to have their holiday for the false god Nicolas, only now people would start calling him St. Nicolas. Further they moved the day from the Winter Solstice (the 21st or 22nd) to the 24th, to appease those pagans who refused to merge the holidays, and to prevent offending those Christians who were aware of the pagan Winter Solstice Holiday by simple saying it was a different holiday on a different day. Then to make it appear Christian in origin they announced it was the birthday of Jesus (who was clearly not born in December according to the Bible, but his birthday is obscure enough that only those who studied the bible would know this.)
December 21/22 — Winter Solstice – Yule (The Catholic Church moved the day to the 24th and called it Christmas)
The sun is at its nadir, the year’s longest night. Pagans internalize and synthesize the outward-directed activities of the previous summer months. Some hold a Festival of Lights to commemorate the “mother goddess” (called the queen of heaven in the Bible – This is why the Catholic Church worships Mary as the mother goddess) as giving birth to the “sun god”. Others celebrate the victory of the “Lord of Light” (in the Bible we know him as Lucifer the light bearer) over the darkness as the turning point from which the days will lengthen. The name “Yule” derives from the Norse word for “wheel” (as in the “Wheel of Time” which turns and spins the pattern of the universe – this is where the terms “the universe will sort it out” and “I will leave it up to the universe” comes from ), and many Pagan customs (like those of the Christmas holiday) derive from Norse and Celtic Pagan practices most notable of course is Nicolas or Santa Clause (see video above)
- the Yule log – A Yule log, is a large log which is burned in the hearth as a part of traditional Pagan Yule (or Christmas) celebrations. The Yule log originates from a custom amongst the Germanic peoples in tribute to the god Thor associated with Yule. Thor was associated with oak trees, such as Thor’s Oak.
- the Christmas tree (or Yule tree) – as a evergreen tree does not die (loose its leaves in winter) placing one in your home during this time of year offers protection from death and misfortune to the household Christmas trees used to be hung upside from the ceiling beams (this belief can still be seen sometimes year round by the placing of a pine tree on the top of skyscrapers in many US cities)
- Christmas tree ornaments – pagans would also place magic talismans on the tree to provide additional magical protection to the household
- the custom of Wassailing – Here We Come A-Wassailing (or Here We Come A-Caroling) is a Christmas carol and New Years song. It refers to the ‘wassail’, an alcoholic drink (typically mulled cider) that would be used in ritualistic worship assembly ceremonies of the pagans. The wassail party passes around a bundle of ash sticks, twigs or branches—the ashen faggot—bound with green ash withies, which is then placed onto the fire. As each binding bursts, the watchers toast it with a drink. The unmarried women each choosing a withy, and the first one whose tie snapped would be married the next year. When the bindings have all burst and the bundle has fallen loose, each person who plans to host the festivities next year takes one of the half-burned ash sticks and saves it until the following Christmas, when it will go in the centre of their own ashen faggot. Pagans believe that not burning the ashen faggot in your house brought bad luck, or that having an ashen faggot in the house kept the Devil away. Wiccans believe the ash tree has magical associations: perhaps the most important is the Yggdrasil of Norse mythology, also known as the World Ash Tree. Or World Tree
- the Yule Ham – A Christmas Ham or Yule Ham (Ham is meat sacrificed to a idol and should never be eaten by Christians during the holiday season) is a traditional dish associated with modern Christmas, Yule. The tradition is from the Norse as a tribute to the god Freyr who is associated with boars, harvest and fertility.
- and many others I only provided a few for a understanding.
As Christians the Bible tells us to remain separate from the pagan traditions and as such we should never place a Christmas tree in or around our House, we should never place up Christmas lights in any form, we should never teach our children of St. Nicolas or Santa Clause if we do so we are cursing them. No Christmas Caroling, No Yule log, No elves (which are demons), No means No, Obey God’s Laws.
Rom 12:2 KJV – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Again, I do agree with some of that. I personally do not get into the Holiday, as I celebrate Christ in my heart daily.
Quote of the Day
Fascist groups are now capitalizing on European concerns over precisely these types of issues because their own governments have refused to act. Politicians continue to stick their head in the nearest sandbox, perhaps aware that a problem created by a generation could not be solved overnight. Rather than beginning to rethink the policies that have resulted in so many Europeans turning to extremist groups, they seem to have reconciled themselves to the idea that they govern a continent of several million closet racists. If this attitude persists, we are in deeper trouble than we previously thought.
Seventy years ago, Europe had statesmen who achieved greatness by facing down fascism. It is time for this generation to take up the mantle. Islamism needs to be defeated. European politicians also need to face up to issues important to the majority, rather than cowardly elites or grudge-laden minorities. Do that — even try to do that — and support for white extremist groups will drain. Ignore it, and it is hard to be optimistic about Europe’s future.
Caldwell wonders if Europe can be the same with different people in it. The answer he clearly comes to is “No.” The question now is how long it takes Europeans to reach the same conclusion. And what they will do when they come to it.
Updated: Jane Hamsher should be an inspiration for Bloggers everywhere
Yes, I know, Jane and I most likely agree on politics as much as Billy Graham and Madelyn Murray O’Hair agreed on Christianity. However, I have to admit, even as a “Right of Center” blogger; there is something to be said about someone standing up for what it is that this person believes in — even when, that what she believes in, is counter to what her political party is trying to do. I mean, the DailyKos is going after Jane for standing up against this HealthCare Bill.
Yes, I know, Jane is a progressive and, yes, I am a “right of center.” I used to be over on that side, albeit I was about as “half assed” as Democratic voter as one could get, but I digress; and I know how “tolerant” that side can be to people, who somehow manages to wander off the plantation. Yes, I am a Moderate Conservative; but let me tell you this, more importantly, I believe in being true to ones self. I believe in not allowing ones self to become bogged down by the worries of what other people might actually think of ones self, when one decides that the leadership of ones party is just damned wrong.
I will be e-mailing this Blog posting to Jane; and I do hope like hell, that she does read it, and possibly responds to it on her blog. Jane, you are one hell of a brave woman, you keep standing up for what you believe in. In the end, it will have been worth it and you will know that you were true to what you believe in and did not follow the crowd. Individualism is a awesome trait and do not allow those bastard collectivists tell you any different!
Consider me someone who is supporting Jane in her right to stand up to the leadership of the Democratic Party. Although, I am not sure she would want to hear it from this corner.
With that, I present this video:
Update: I wrote Jane to tell her about this posting and she replied! here’s the reply:
from Jane Hamsher <>
to Patrick <>
date Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:55 PM
subject Re: A little support in your defense
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com
8:55 PM (5 minutes ago)
Thanks Patrick, I appreciate it. I may not have time to respond on the blog — I’ve got some stuff happening that’s a bit time consuming at the moment — but I did read the post and liked it a lot.
Guest Voice: Chuck Baldwin: The Birth Of Christ And The Birth Of America Are Linked
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As we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth, I am reminded of the wordsof John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words:
“Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? … Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth. That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity, and gave to the world the first irrevocable pledge of the fulfillment of the prophecies announced directly from Heaven at the birth of the Savior and predicted by the greatest of the Hebrew prophets six hundred years before?”
Adams was exactly right: America’s birth is directly linked to the birth of our Savior. In fact, the United States of America is the only nation established by Christian people, upon Biblical principles, and dedicated to the purpose of religious liberty. This truth is easily observed within America’s earliest history.
The Republican Party’s Resident Dumb Ass, is also a ‘Welfare Queen”
Now, why am I not surprised? 🙄
I never could stand her, at all. She has the same voice as a shrieking harpy of a young lady, that I used to go to school with, has just about the same intelligence level as her too:
Michele Bachmann has become well known for her anti-government tea-bagger antics, protesting health care reform and every other government “handout” as socialism. What her followers probably don’t know is that Rep. Bachmann is, to use that anti-government slur, something of a welfare queen. That’s right, the anti-government insurrectionist has taken more than a quarter-million dollars in government handouts thanks to corrupt farming subsidies she has been collecting for at least a decade.
She is not the only one, Glenn Thush over at The Politico reports:
Bachmann isn’t alone in her selective socialism: EWG found that the top four districts receiving the largest ag payments are represented by conservative Republicans.
1. 3rd district of Nebraska (Rep. Adrian Smith – Republican) – $1,736,923,011 in subsidies go to 51,702 recipients.
2. 1st district of Kansas (Rep. Jerry Moran – Republican) – $1,315,979,151 in subsidies go to 75,802 recipients.
3. 4th district of Iowa (Rep. Tom Latham – Republican) – $1,288,622,912 in subsidies go to 35,696 recipients.
4. 9th district of Texas (Rep. Randy Neugebauer – Republican) – $1,227,192,312 in subsidies go to 21,290 recipients.
Please, let’s clean up our own backyards before we start pointing out the faults of the other side.
Parker Griffith defects to the GOP
Some good news in the midst of all the bad news out of Washington D.C.:
POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican.
According to two senior GOP aides familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place this afternoon in Griffith's district in northern Alabama.
Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by the recent retirements of a handful of members who, like Griffith, hail from districts that offer prime pickup opportunities for the GOP in 2010.
The switch represents a coup for the House Republican leadership, which had been courting Griffith since he publicly criticized the Democratic leadership in the wake of raucous town halls during the summer.
via Exclusive: Rep. Parker Griffith switches to GOP – – POLITICO.com.
Ed Morrissey has good analysis here on this one, head on over and read it. Personally, I believe that this is a sign that the writing is on the wall for this party. The era of Blue-Dog Democrats is over, you are either in the tank with the far-left progressives or you are out in the cold. While this might seem to be good strategy for the far-left; some are just not into the far-left progressiveness of Pelosi and Co. Some are saying that this is not a good sign on the left. It would mean the era of hope and change is cracking up. Which, in this writers opinion is a good thing.
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