AL QAEDA TAKES ANOTHER BIG HIT

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Waking up this morning to the news that U.S.-burn Anwar al-Awlaki and several other top Al Qaeda leaders were killed in an airstrike carried out by the CIA and Special Forces, one cannot help but contemplate the extensive damage that Al Qaeda has recently suffered.  With the deaths of Osama Bin Laden and Atiyah Abd al-Rahman earlier this year, the top level of the organization's leadership has been decimated.  

One can only wonder why George Bush, widely acclaimed for preventing further attacks on the United States after 9/11, did not manage to get at least one of these terrorists during his eight years in office. 

But, we have not heard the last of international terrorism by any means.  These deaths will only serve to inflame radical Jihadists everywhere. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

HALLELUJAH TO THE DOWNTRODDEN

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Out of work?  Losing your car, your house, your furniture?  401K exhausted?  Savings gone?  Spouse ready to divorce you because the money is gone?

Forget all of that.  Take off your slippers and put on your boots.  Stand up and march; march for Obama!  Stand together!  Let your kids starve!  To hell with the spouse!  Quit your bellyaching and griping!  Stand behind the Messiah, Barack Obama!  Four more years!  Sing Obama's praise!  Praise the Lord.  Hallelujah!  Amen! 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS

I’m continuing my vacation, but I feel compelled to weigh in on the never-ending parade of bad, bad news.   

The stock market is in a downward turmoil.  Bad jobs news, the worsening housing crisis, the mounting debt and the situation abroad are combining to potentially give us a very serious national financial situation; some say things could even get worse than during the Great Depression.  Even Ben Bernanke has a dismal forecast and Tim Geithner is hiding under his damned bed. 

At the same time, people in this country are evolving in their attitudes about what is going on with our country, our economy, our government and our national leadership, (or the lack of it). Where this evolution will lead is not yet clear, but I have heard mention of the possibility of civil unrest and I have also heard about a potential mass march on Washington. 

One thing is certain: we cannot take much more of this “being in flux,” not knowing what is going to happen to us or our country.  Something is going to happen and I sincerely hope that it’s not going to get ugly.

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.    

AMERICANS ARE PIGS?

I'm on vacation, but this is the top viewed post of all time, October 14, 2007 and still right on:

Don't know who wrote this, but it's hard to beat....

No Free lunch There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some Exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke.'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. While we continually lose our freedoms- just a little at a time.

LEVEL OF POVERTY GROWS

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Official estimates are that over 15% of Americans now live below the level of poverty as defined by the U.S. Government.  That’s well over 42 million people and the highest level of poverty in over 20 years.  That’s ugly. 

How can we justify to ourselves or our posterity allowing this situation to continue? 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WEIGHING IN ON 9/11/11

I’ve been saying for over a week now that Al Qaeda started planning for a repeat performance of 9/11/01 ten years ago.  They are patient, persistent and deadly. 

The Department of Homeland Security has revealed that they have credible information that such a strike is definitely in the works for tomorrow.  Likely targets, according to their information, are Washington, DC and New York City.  However, just because they are terrorists, or radical Muslims, or from the Middle East... does not mean that they are stupid.  They certainly know that our defenses in those cities are going to be totally geared up for any eventuality. 

One thing we need to consider is that I do not think Barack Obama is any more prepared for such a threat than George Bush was ten years ago.  That is indeed scary. 

You and I both hope and pray that whatever is in the works will not come to pass.  The one thing we have going for us this time around is that we are all more aware of what is going on around us.  If you see anything going on that does not seem proper, do not hesitate; notify the authorities.  It would be far better to be wrong than to be right and not do something about it. 

If you are going to be on your computer, stay off the Internet until you know that it is safe.  A massive cyber attack could knock every computer in the country straight into the garbage bin.  Be aware of strangers around power lines or substations, water reservoirs, bridges, dams, subways or rail systems, famous landmarks or well-known high-profile buildings. 

Let’s hope and pray that we will have a safe remembrance of this horrible national tragedy. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

NO MORE MONEY DOWN THE TOILET!

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Enough of this spend, spend, spend.  Throw money at it and it will go away?  Just more of the same old mule shit.   

No way will it be "just" $450 billion.  His track record on giving figures proves beyond a doubt that it will be $1 trillion.  Down the same old hole with nothing new.  

WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR MORE OF THE SAME OLD GAME!

Close tax loopholes, yes.  Cut some corporate taxes, yes.  Get rid of regulations, yes.  He's not creating any more jobs with this plan than the last one because, to get construction people working, you still need plans, EPA approvals, land to buy... these things cannot happen fast enough to get these guys back to work in three years, let alone tomorrow. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

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I was about to write regarding the terribly obnoxious discourse coming out of the Democratic Party when it struck me. 

For the last month, ever since Congress walked out on vacation and left us to get a debt downgrade, while Obama was golfing in Martha's Vineyard and holed up in Camp David, there has been a wonderful and almost blissful silence.  No carping, no whining, no name calling, no condescension, no bullying... from either side.  

Please, dear God, isn't there some way we can out them all on permanent vacation? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WE ARE GETTING CLOSER NOW

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This Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11/01.  Bin Laden had promised to do things after that event to drive us nuts, and he did so from time to time.  But, he also promised to perpetrate another horrible event on us on the 10th anniversary.  Soon, it will be here. 

Of course, Bin Laden is dead.  Khalid Sheik Mohamed is at Guantanamo.  The hijack pilots and crews are probably down to the last of their 72 virgins by now.  Several remaining top leaders of Al Qaeda have been taken out.  How could there be that much to fear?  


In looking at videos of that day and watching post-event analysis and summaries, one thing becomes apparent: These guys are patient bastards and they do plan things down to the last detail.  They planned the 9/11 tragedy for months and even years before the fateful day.  So, I don't know that Osama's demise would have any effect on something that might be in the works for Sunday. 

I don't want to scare anyone, but we cannot be complacent, either.  We need to be very alert this week to what is going on around us.  Anything that seems out-of-place needs to be investigated and reported to the authorities.  If you remember, the things we were worried about were water supplies, reservoirs, electrical transmission lines, computer attacks and the food supply.  Those are things we need to pay attention to.  

There are likely targets, such as the Golden Gate Bridge,  Los Angeles International Airport and Las Vegas casinos.  Any high-profile location such as those could be a target and those of us who are around them should be extra alert for signs of anything wrong.  

Hopefully, the day will pass without incident, but we need to be prepared, just in case.  


That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

IS YOUR FLY OPEN?

I can’t think of anything more embarrassing than to show up at a friend’s or relative’s house for a Labor Day BBQ party with your fly open, especially when they’re throwing a big block party.  The only thing that could possibly top this gaffe would be to stand up in front of the country as President and say that next month, you’re going to make jobs your number priority after you’ve been saying the same thing every month for the past 30 months. 

So, there you stand, oblivious to the fact that everyone knows you are wearing shorts with hearts on them and along comes the most beautiful woman you have ever met.  “Hi, handsome,” she coos and everyone else snickers.  You figure they’re just jealous Democrats. 

Hopefully, someone will come along and tell you, “Ahem, your soldier is in danger of coming out.”  Yeah, like you suddenly feel like a Marine coming home from Afghanistan.  You don’t know it, but everyone at the party thinks you must be related to Barack Obama because he’s always trying to screw someone. 

“I know what YOU want,” the guy at the grill says.  “You want a tube steak.”  Now, how did he know that?  Was that Rush Limbaugh making a political prediction? 

I was at a party once and this happened to me and the host came over and said I should zip up.  I looked down to hearts and flowers and realized that I had made an ass out of myself.  I immediately did zip up and along came the beautiful dame again, this time saying, “Well, I’m so sorry to see that you don’t want to sport around.”  Now, I felt lower than a snake’s belly. 

So, be careful this Labor Day weekend.  You never know who might be in the party crowd.  The Lord surely knows that you would not want to be at such an event with your fly open and along comes Nancy Pelosi. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

HOW BAD IS THE TEA PARTY?

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All of the vulgarities spewing forth from the lips of “the establishment” against the American Tea Parties have reached such a level that it defies civility and far passes the test of impropriety. 

The Tea Parties are made up of everyday people like you and me.  They have no “rabble-rousing” secret meetings where they practice incendiary rituals of racism or terrorism.  If anything, you’ll find the most patriotic Americans in the country assembled in the peaceful quest for information about what s going on with our country.  You’ll find that they invite political candidates of both parties to speak, they have committees to ferret out the truth about what is going on in Washington and your state capitols and they work on disseminating their information to the general public.  They do stand united against abuses of power, uncontrolled spending and violations of our Constitution.   

Tea Parties are made up of old, young, black, brown, white, women, men, Democrat, Independent, Republican people.  They are all down to earth folks like the people next door who may also be Tea Party members.  Despite all of the slanderous and remarks coming from those who refuse to discuss American issues on a responsible basis, Tea Parties will survive because they have nothing to fear; while their enemies fear the truth, they do not. 

Rather than listen to all of this vitriol, find out for yourself.  Seek out and attend a meeting of your local Tea Party organization today. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.