I have never been so ashamed of my nation’s government as I am today. The Iraq Study Group report was the straw that broke this camel’s back. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of the federal government, along with their various departments and bureaus, share the blame for making the mightiest nation on earth, the United States of America, the laughing stock of the entire world and the target of every terrorist. I hope you are all very proud of yourselves.

In my opinion, all political factions, parties, politicians and bureaucrats have taken part in this debacle, either through their active participation, or by not caring enough to stand up and do the right thing.

You self-serving, glad-handing, back-slapping, mealy-mouthed phonies are guilty of the following crimes:

• Leaking protected or classified information to the liberal anti-war media.
• Providing aid and comfort to our enemies.
• Wasting the most highly trained and best equipped military force in history by not allowing it to do its job.
• Demoralizing our brave volunteer troops.
• Demoralizing our patriotic citizens.
• Causing the greatest nation on earth to lose yet another war.
• Playing up to the liberal anti-war media to obtain personal positive publicity.
• Failure to secure our borders or to assist local officials with illegal aliens.
• Failure to stand up to petty, saber rattling dictators.
• A complete lack of any meaningful cooperation or bipartisanship.
• A complete lack of spine and intestinal fortitude.
• A complete lack of decent foreign policy.
• Failure to do what is right for this nation.
• Taking advantage of the voters’ trust by lining your pockets with huge bribes and kickbacks.
• Voting yourselves big salary increases and golden parachute retirement and medical benefits.
• Allowing the U.S. Constitution along with American morals and values to be twisted and perverted.

This partial list of crimes that have brought our nation to its knees is lengthy. So is the list of those in our government who bear the responsibility.

The Roman Empire was corrupted from within. So is, I am sorry to say, the United States of America.

I can only hope that the American voters will realize their mistakes and, at the next election, do what I intend to do – clean house! I also hope that on the ballot will be candidates with the strength and resolve of a George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt or Harry Truman. The current crop of incumbents and potential presidential fodder are not fit to muck out a stable.

New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel, incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has shown his party’s antiquated way of thinking by saying that he wants to reinstate the military draft.

Someone should wake up the Congressman and tell him to smell our very well trained All Volunteer Force, including the Reserves and National Guard.  Granted, our current troop strength levels are less than optimal.  But in times of crisis, brave American patriots have always come forward to swell the ranks of our military forces.

Should Rangel be successful in this ill-advised attempt, it will only serve to push many young Americans into fleeing to Canada in order to escape conscription.  Rangel seems to be blind to the fact that his plan would deplete our military and civilian labor force.  His rationale in this matter is beyond comprehension because repeated polls have shown that 70 percent of the American people oppose a military draft.

The Congressman’s actions are certainly proof of that old adage – “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”

A popular standup comedian uses a line that describes Rangel perfectly – “You can’t fix ‘stupid!’”

An Open Letter to Illegal Aliens in the United States:

Get out of my country! I did not invite you here. I understand that you seek a better life, but you have no right to be here and I owe you nothing. You sneak into my country like thieves breaking into my home at night. You enter in such large numbers that you provide cover for terrorists who wish to destroy my country. You smuggle drugs, take part in gang violence, and take benefits that you have not earned. You refuse to learn our language and, on top of everything else, you expect to receive amnesty for your crimes. Sorry! There is no free lunch for you here.

You want a better life? Earn it! Go back to your homeland and lobby your leaders to provide you with the same things that attract you to the USA. Rally thousands of your fellow citizens in your own streets, march to your nation’s capitol and make known your demands there. You have no voice in my country. I can’t hear you.

If your nation’s current leaders will not listen, then vote for new leaders who will change your country for the better. But don’t come here and try to make my country like yours. If you can’t change your own country, then seek legal entry to the USA and, once here, apply to become a U.S. citizen. Only then will I welcome you as an equal and sharing partner in the American Dream.

However, if you choose to remain in my country illegally, I consider you a criminal and my enemy. I will relentlessly be on the watch for you, the leftist loons who support you and the US companies that hire you illegally. I will find you and have you punished for your crimes, according to established law. You have pushed me far enough. Now, I’m going to push back.

Keep looking over your shoulder. One day you’ll turn around and I’ll be there with the Minutemen, National Guard, Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Naturalization Service.

An American Citizen

I have almost 68 years of experience in living through all this political B.S.  So, six years worth of GOP conservative leadership doesn't amount to JACK SQUAT when you consider that the liberals had 40 years in power.  During that time, they screwed up Viet Nam, Social Security, border security, Immigration and Naturalization, the tax laws, the Supreme Court, most foreign policy, the Defense Department, and military retiree health benefits, just to name a few.  Now, they’re in power again because America doesn’t have the stomach for a difficult fight….   Why don’t we ever learn anything from history?

We all realize that no political party or administration does everything perfectly....  but the cut and run, tax and spend, big government liberals come the closest to giving us perfect chaos.  And now they’re preparing to prove it to us and every Islamo-Fascist terrorist east of Jerusalem.  So, when the first "dirty bomb" goes off in New York or Washington DC or any other major American metropolis, just remember, I told you so.
 
Oh, yeah, here’s another little tidbit of information from my vast storehouse of wisdom -- In the current crop of 2008 Presidential hopefuls, there is not a single candidate of any party that I would consider qualified to lead a sing-along, much less our nation.

Well, pardon me if I’m not filled with trembling shock and awe over Mexico’s declaration against the U.S. plan to build a 700 mile-long fence along our southern border. Supported by 27 other Latin American nations, Mexico read the document at the Washington headquarters of the Organization of American States. Read the article at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,225318,00.html

They say that our protective fence "goes against the spirit of understanding."  Well the only thing they need to understand is that if Mexico had done more to clean up its corruption, make a better life for its citizens and came down hard on the border drug gangs, then Vicente Fox might have some room to complain. But not as this situation stands today. The U.S. is fed to the teeth with this invasion.

Oh, yeah! They also say that they will challenge the fence plan at the United Nations.

Goodie, goodie!! I can hardly wait until that august body tries to impose sanctions on the United States of America.

Revised TV Shows for the Fall

My Name Is Earl: SVU – Earl and his dumbazz sidekick victimize their entire viewing audience, all of whom are holdovers from Hee Haw.

Brain or No Brain – Howie Mandell meets an entirely new group of contestants, some of who have been lobotomized by the show’s producer, others who are Democrats. Howie tries to figure out which are which.

Prison Bloke – A British con is introduced to the cast. He is serving 10 to 15 years for doing very bad impressions of Peter Sellers.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Sabbath – Richard Simmons plays Rabbi Svetti Pahms who refuses to write anything but Jewish gay jokes.

Ghost Haunters – Members of the P.A.T.s race wildly through strange old houses, castles and abandoned industrial sites screaming “BOO!” at the top of their lungs.

Boston Beagle – William Shatner opens a brand new law firm dedicated solely to defending cases of dog bite. Ebert and Roeper give it two rolled up newspapers.

CSI: Dallas – Investigators look into the case of “Who shot J.R.?” They recover a .38 caliber revolver and, after testing it in the lab, declare that it is definitely a gun.

Married… with Chitlins ‘n Grits – A CBS rip-off of “My Name is Earl.” The Bundys make a list of everyone they’ve offended so they can go out and do it again.

Seinfeld in Baghdad – George finds WMDs in Kramer’s shorts, Jerry says “Jihad! What’s that about?” and Elaine sleeps with the entire 1^st Infantry Division.

Iron Chef: ICU – On the opening show, Marimoto and the challenger whip up a group of dishes that give the entire judging staff ptomaine poisoning and the runs.

Star Trek: The Show That Wouldn’t Die – The reincarnated crew are zombies. In the first episode, Chekov is unable to fire photon torpedoes because his trigger finger has rotted and fallen off. Bones says, “Dammit, Jim, I’m a mortician not a physician!”

Go Ahead… Insult My Intelligence

Madison Avenue is an anthill of busy little twits who have gone to college just to learn how to irritate us with advertisements. Be it print, video or audio, these pencil-necked geeks have mastered Screeching Voice 101, Seizure-inducing Video 401, Mind-numbing Copy Writing 201, and Advanced Nauseating Music. They should all receive lobotomies, be loaded into our aging space shuttle fleet and launched on a journey toward the Crab Nebula!

Want to see some reasons why….?

If I ever see or hear Billy Mays again, it will be too soon!

Any professional announcer who spits out those loan commercial disclaimers with unintelligible Uzi-like speed should have their lips sewn together!

No product can possibly be both “New” and “Improved.”

Anything endorsed by a Hollywood celebrity should be totally ignored. (Is William Shatner still considered a celebrity?)

Telephone numbers should never be repeated more than twice… Three times in a row is the “Kiss of Death!”

Automobile dealership commercials are automatic nonstarters and should be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

The following phrases should be removed from the English language and placed in the Advertising Hall of Shame:

• Ring around the collar….
• Head-on – apply directly to the forehead….
• Lost another loan to Di-Tech….
• It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature….
• Not available in stores….
• Allow eight to ten weeks for delivery….
• Doctor recommended….
• Enzyte -- for natural male enhancement…
• It’s time to play Take On Orbitz…
• Your results may vary…
• ...an e*ection lasting more than four hours...

Oh, before I forget…. Hey, advertisers – it’s “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” not Holiday Greetings! And you so-called educators – it’s called “Christmas Vacation” not winter break!

It ain’t broke, so don’t put your secular fix on it!

I’m a 67-year-old retired military veteran who has become very disillusioned with so many things. I don’t know why I bother to voice my concerns. It does absolutely no good whatsoever because the world continues to come apart at the seams all around us. No one is listening. No one cares.

2. Why should we try to bring a lasting peace to the Mideast? History shows that it hasn’t worked in that region for hundreds of years. The militant extremists seem to exist just to kill Jews, Americans, and each another. They justify their purpose and actions through an aberrant, twisted version of a decent religion. Instead of wasting more of my tax dollars on a useless cause, let’s pull out of there and let them fight it out amongst themselves. I’m tired of playing the role of world policeman and being hated by the rest of the world for trying to do a good deed.

3. The United Nations is about as useful as a dead, beached whale. It is corrupt, it stinks, it serves no purpose, and we must get rid of it before it ruins our beautiful shoreline. Let this America-hating, self-aggrandizing body go somewhere else to poke holes in the air with their fingers. I wonder if they will find another “rube” like the U.S. to fund their meaningless word games and enforce their useless resolutions.

4. I no longer have faith in, or trust for any politician of any party in any nation. Most of them are either drooling incompetents or double-talking shysters who are only looking out for their own interests until they can grab that “golden parachute” retirement they voted for themselves. By their very actions they have proven themselves to be unruly, spoiled children who would rather posture, finger-point and squabble with each other than to do what is sensible and right for this nation. The only time they think about their constituency is when they need money or votes at election time. What happened to Patriotism? Is it dead?

5. The American judicial system is the best in the world. But it has been turned into an unfair joke by corrupt, agenda-driven judges and ambulance-chasing lawyers who bend and interpret the law for their own use in order to separate me from my rights, my freedom, my money and my property. (See my description of the U.N. in paragraph 3, above.)

6. It seems that, other than God, there is only one person in the world that I can trust. It’s time for me to go buy a gun to protect myself from all the evil bullsquat in the world because neither my government nor anyone else is going to do it for me.

Okay, I’m Joe Nobody. I don’t have a college degree, but I’ve been around for a while and served 27 years in the military at places you’d never want to visit. So I think I’ve got a pretty good handle on how the average Joe Nobody views the world situation today. The trouble is… no one in a position of authority really cares that the Joe Nobodies of the world have an opinion or wants to hear what we have to say.

Well, to heck with them! It’s going to get said anyway.

What a sad state this poor old world is in… and what a lousy bunch of world leaders we’ve got trying to sort it all out.

The Democrats, who were in power for so long have gotten so far out of touch with reality that it would take a global positioning satellite and a map reading course by Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermy to help them find their fat fannies with both hands in broad daylight. They haven’t got a clue but will froth at the mouth and rant vociferously at the drop of a conservative hat.

The Republicans seem to have some of the right clues but have been running around in circles and tripping over their own anatomy for so long that they don’t know what to do with them (the clues, not their anatomy… uh, …let me rethink that one and get back to you).

All other political factions are just as inept and have self-serving agendas that stink.

Radical fanatics are willing to kill themselves and anyone else who doesn’t see things their way. Peace in the Middle East is a running gag in a TV sit-com. Homeland Security is non-existent as terrorists, drug runners and illegal aliens invade our nation at will. Bleeding heart liberal atheists petition sympathetic or corrupt courts to outlaw Adam and Eve, but legalize Adam and Steve. Third World nations hate our guts for trying to help them. Then, there’s the United Nations (but I’m not even going to go there).

So, what’s my point, you ask?

I guess I don’t really have one… except to say that Joe Nobody is tired of having a gun held to his head and being told that his tax money must go for this just cause or to that oil baron so we can maintain our way of life; Joe’s angry with those bloated, corrupt politicians who belch hot air, do nothing, and vote themselves excessive pay raises and golden parachute retirement packages while our Social Security system goes broke and the poor of this nation go hungry and jobless; Joe’s sick of reporters who are more concerned with salary, ratings, image and their hair-do than they are with truth; Joe’s tired of listening to one-sided reports from a biased elite news media; and, finally, Joe’s fed up with watching the family unit, the good citizen, the moral parent, and the righteous patriot get bulldozed into oblivion by corrupt judges who legislate from the bench and agenda-driven lawyers who twist and interpret our Constitution.

Sometimes I think the world must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque back during the height of the Cold War. Maybe it would have been a good thing to allow an atomic World War III holocaust to nuke us back to the Stone Age so we could make a fresh start.

Perhaps being governed by a bunch of irradiated nuclear mutants wouldn’t be so bad.

This is an OUTRAGE!!!

Sonoma, California, investigators BLEW IT BIG TIME!!!

The evidence -- the hard drive -- THE WHOLE FREAKIN' COMPUTER -- is gone... POOF... disappeared, just as if Houdini had waved his hand and said, "Abracadabra!"

So the judge throws the case out and John Mark Karr, the whack job who falsely confessed to the JonBenet Ramsey murder, walks the streets -- a free man.

Lock up your kids.

Nice going, Sonoma.

Read all about it at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218108,00.html

Why is our judicial system so screwed up?

Some of it is caused by politics. But, for the most part, I believe that greed plays a major role. After all, it costs a lot of money to go to court. Ergo – rich people go to court and poor people go to jail.

Let’s step back and take a look at the system and how it works.

In a court case, there is a plaintiff, or injured party, who seeks recompense, justice – satisfaction of some sort. On the other side is the defendant who allegedly has harmed or injured the plaintiff in some way. The job of the judicial system is to sort truth from falsehood and arrive at an equitable settlement or judgment. Said settlement or judgment does not necessarily have to satisfy either the plaintiff or the defendant, and in most cases, does not.

Why is this?

As I stated earlier – greed! Not on the part of the defendant or plaintiff, necessarily. Although that is definitely a part of the reason they are in court. But it is greed on the part of the lawyers who represent those who go to court. And might I add at this point, judges are lawyers, too. All parties in a court case will end up paying some mighty hefty legal fees and court costs, not to mention bail in some instances.

So, who benefits from all those lawsuits, frivolous and otherwise, that clog our judicial system? The bloodsucking lawyers, that’s who! And why? Because they’re the ones who write all the laws and make up the rules. And they do it in a language that the average Joe can’t understand – Latin and legalese! Ipso Facto; Habeas Corpus; no lo contendere; Sine non-qua; and Corpus Delectable! Party of the first part; hereto; wherefore; to wit; mechanics lien; and up yours, Charlie!

That’s why the stinking, ambulance-chasing lawyers end up with all your E Pluribus Moolah!

Oh! FYI, many of our politicians are also lawyers. Lawyers donate heavily toward political campaigns and these donations favor Democrats. Check these statistics…  http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=K01