All That Is Necessary

How Much Time Is Left?

Does anyone else have that nagging feeling that things are going to be coming to a head soon? 

It seems everything (recession/depression/job losses/deficits/runaway spending/increased government controls/islamic fanaticism) is coming together in a perfect storm.

I'm sure this will make some groups very happy (e.g. the Cloward-Piven crowd - you know, the ones who want to destroy capitalism and the USA by overloading the system and replacing it with their socialist utopia.) 

They may get their wish, but it won't be any "utopia".

Allen West Is Someone To Watch

I have read some stuff about Allen West.  He is a retired soldier running for Congress in Florida.  I took a quick look at his website and agree with him about 85%.  Good enough for me.

But what I really love about this guy is his common sense view of our fight against Islam.

Check out this speech, which I first saw on Gates Of Vienna, he gave a bit over a week ago:

The heck with Congress, elect him President!

We All Need To Learn To "Fish"

We probably all know the quote:

"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day.  Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."

Simple, and so true.  It also highlights the stark difference between today's liberals and those of us who love freedom.  The entire liberal handbook is about giving the masses their daily quota of fish.  This keeps the population dependent on the rulers for their existence.  The people know as long as the liberals are kept in power, they will get their fish. 

For a lot of people in the U.S. today, there is no longer the belief that they can learn to fend for themselves.  This is where our educational system has failed miserably since the 1960's.  Liberals took over the schools and indoctrinated generations of kids with the poison of liberalism.  They were taught to look to government to solve their problems. 

My belief is that everyone needs to be taught to fish.  When people learn they can succeed on their own whole new worlds are open to them.  They are no longer dependent on the liberal government.  They work hard, they succeed, they help others to succeed.  It is a virtuous cycle. 

What we need to do is get the schools back from the liberals and start to teach these kids how to fish.  I don't care what color you are or what belief system you have; every child out there has unlimited potential.  We should be teaching them that they are capable of ANYTHING!  And most important of all, we need to teach them the history of this country, warts and all.  And show them that, for all our faults, there have never been a more fantastic place to live and raise a family.  They need to have teachers that show pride in the USA.  Show them what our ancestors have accomplished in 200 short years!  And teach them the responsibility to keep themselves, and their children free.

It will be a long process.  The liberals will not give up, ever.  The schools are pretty thoroughly tainted.  But you can start at home.  Pay attention to what your kids are taught.  When you hear about some liberal garbage, teach your kids to find the truth.  The Internet is a wonderful tool.

Iran May be Working On A Nuke? What A Shocka!!!

The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) aka Clueless Dingbats, thinks maybe, just maybe, Iran is working towards a nuclear bomb. 

U.N. Watchdog Concerned Iran Is Working on Nuclear Weapon

"The U.N. nuclear agency on Thursday said it was worried Iran may currently be working on making a nuclear warhead, suggesting for the first time that Tehran had either resumed such work or never stopped at the time U.S. intelligence thought it did."

OMG!!!  What tipped them off? 

Could it have been the continuous proclamations of the little Iranian nutjob that they were developing nuclear capability, far beyond what is necessary for just nuclear power.?  The constant promise that Isreal will disappear in a fireball?  The continual construction of widespread, hardened and hidden nuclear facilities?The nutjobs recent statement that Iran is a nuclear power?  What could possibly have tipped them off?

Don't wait for any action from the western paper tiger countries, though.  Russia and China will block any real attempt to stop Iran from getting the bomb.

One day there will be a mushroom cloud somewhere courtesy of Iran.  (And quite a bit of the world's oil supply might be unobtainable for a while.)

This is one of the many reasons I buy and put away a little bit extra every time I go to the store. 

The Insanity Of PC Rears Its Ugly Head Again

Saw this statement by the ACLU in a CNN Travel article concerning how it feels about the new requirement of the TSA to swab passengers' hands during your pre-flight interrogation sequence.

"The American Civil Liberties Union has "always supported explosive detection as a good form of security that doesn't really invade privacy," said Jay Stanley, an attorney and privacy expert with the organization.

Stanley said the ACLU is chiefly concerned that the TSA does not discriminate when selecting people for enhanced screening -- something the agency said it does not do -- and that it treat people with dignity."

"We would not want to see it implemented in a discriminatory fashion, for example, in a disproportionate way against Muslims and Arabs..."

WHY THE HELL NOT!!!!  Damn it!  Who are the terrorists who have cost us all these billions in security measures and loss of our freedom over the past few decades?  100% MUSLIMS!  Mostly ARAB MUSLIMS!  In a world that held to reality rather than feel-good fiction every single muslim in the world would be stripped-searched, x-rayed and scanned for explosives before being allowed on a flight.  Even then I wouldn't trust them.  And this would continue until they started acting like human beings not intent on killing all us infidels.

Instead we have the ACLU and the preachers of Political Correctness concerned that we might hurt their feelings.  

Instead, we give up another little piece of our freedom and privacy.  Oh, the joys of political correctness.

What Is Iran Up To?

I have seen this news piece, in various forms, in several places:

Iran anniversary 'punch' will stun West: Khamenei

In it, their "supreme leader", whatever the heck that is, said this:

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers during this week's 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. 

"The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman (February 11) in a way that will leave them stunned," Khamenei, who is also Iran's commander-in-chief, told a gathering of air force personnel."

Odds are it will just be something like a "powerful" speech condemning the Great Satan, or maybe they will unveil a new missile.  Still, they are a bunch of loony tunes, so you never know.

I have also read elsewhere that the U.S. has quietly moved a lot more patriot missiles and naval assets into the area.

Things could get interesting.

Are World Leaders Really This Naive & Stupid?

Actually, I do believe they ARE that stupid & naive.  I saw this headline and thought I would read it - "Afghan leader appeals to Taliban to lay down guns".  Check out this line:

"President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference in London to create a more comprehensive program to bring Taliban insurgents over to the government's side in order to reduce violence that has raged in recent years."

It seems our brilliant leaders in the western world are planning on giving the Taliban a whole boatload of money if they will lay down their arms and quit blowing us up.

Ummmm...isn't that called "tribute"? 

Tribute -a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like.

There was a quote by U.S. Rep. Goodloe Harper in 1798 about bribing other countries to not attack your interests:

"Millions for defense but not one penny for tribute"

(I always thought Jefferson said it, but, apparently not.) In any event it is a brilliant and strong statement.

And one more thing.  It would 't work anyway.  If I were the Taliban I would gladly take the money and everything else they gave me, sign any piece of paper they put in front me, and keep right on doing what I was doing.

Idiots!

Why Has Survivalism Grown So Much?

Over the past couple of years survivalism has resurfaced in the USA in a BIG WAY!  Go on-line and you will be amazed at the number of sites and on-lines stores dedicated to all types of survivalism.  Why is this happening?  And, interestingly, why is it primarily a "right-wing" phenomenon.

It is kind of simple, really.  It is happening because some people have lost faith in the ability of the US government to protect and defend the people of the United States.  We, since I include myself in the survivalism camp, see what is happening with our economy, our Dollar, our taxes, out-of-control and increasing(!) government debt.  We see political correctness crippling our fight against crime and terrorism.  We see the looters demanding more and more from the producers, with government help and encouragement.  We know this will not end well.

So, we are doing what any rational, thinking person would do - preparing for the worst.  It is simple self-preservation.  There is nothing sinister about it.  It is common sense.

Now, as to why survivalists appear to be mainly "right-of-center".  As I have mentioned before liberals are absolutely incapable of reasoning through the consequences of their actions.  If something sounds good or feels good, they do it.  And they do it without any consideration of what will happen because of what they do.  They are worse than children.  Even a young child will learn that fire will burn your finger after the first time.  Liberals never learn.

In a nutshell, that is why survivalism has grown so much, and will continue to grow until a rational person can see a light at the end of the tunnel.  That won't be anytime soon

One Government Agency That Does Have Some Good Advice

For all the complaining I do about the federal government, there are some agencies that offer decent advice.  One of them, believe it or not, is FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  I am not talking about their Katrina response or wasting money on trailers and ice.  I am talking about a place to get some good basic information about preparing and what the government is doing to help out.  (They are not always the enemy, only most of the time.)

Head over to the FEMA website and click around.

Heck, you are paying for this info and advice with your taxes.  Might as well take advantage of it.

The reason for this post is that I heard a FEMA ad on the radio yesterday that had great advice for people.  It said that YOU, the individual, are responsible for preparing for a disaster and gave some scenarios of possible situations to reinforce their message.  I couldn't believe my ears.  I liked it, so I checked out their website.

What Is Going On With The Interpol Ruling

In case you haven't heard, and if you only listen to the MSM, you haven't, just a short time ago Obama signed a a revision to Executive Order 12425.  This was a document Reagan signed that recognized Interpol as a law enforcement agency, but specifically limited them in certain areas.  Well, Obama, for an unknown reason amended the order to remove these limitations.

Andy McCarthy has a great, short piece on it:

"By executive order 12425, issued in 1983, President Reagan recognized Interpol as an international organization and gave it some of the privileges and immunities customarily extended to foreign diplomats. Interpol, however, is also an active law-enforcement agency, so critical privileges and immunities (set forth in Section 2(c) of the International Organizations Immunities Act) were withheld. Specifically, Interpol's property and assets remained subject to search and seizure, and its archived records remained subject to public scrutiny under provisions like the Freedom of Information Act. Being constrained by the Fourth Amendment, FOIA, and other limitations of the Constitution and federal law that protect the liberty and privacy of Americans is what prevents law-enforcement and its controlling government authority from becoming tyrannical.

On Wednesday, however, for no apparent reason, President Obama issued an executive order removing the Reagan limitations. That is, Interpol's property and assets are no longer subject to search and confiscation, and its archives are now considered inviolable. This international police force (whose U.S. headquarters is in the Justice Department in Washington) will be unrestrained by the U.S. Constitution and American law while it operates in the United States and affects both Americans and American interests outside the United States."

What is going on here?  Right now the White House is refusing to give any reason for the revision.  I think Obama has some explaining to do.

The Washington Examiner has one outcome that is possible due to the order revision:

"To cite only the most obvious example, giving Interpol free rein to act within this country could subject U.S. military, diplomatic, and intelligence personnel to the prospect of being taken into custody and hauled before the International Criminal Court as "war criminals."

I have the feeling our freedom just took another major hit with this revision by Obama.