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December 28th, 2016 UN / BOWLS

WEDNESDAY -December 28, 2016

Greetings once more from the West Texas Home For Deplorable Jingoistic Supporters Of The Second Amendment And The State Of Israel Who Drive Four Wheel Drive SUV Vehicles Which Burn Fossil Fuel.

UN:

I am pretty sure that I do not need to spend a whole bunch of time dwelling on the recent UN resolution declaring the Israeli settlements on the West Bank to be illegal and that Israel should cease all construction in that area. We watched the United State Ambassador to the UN ABSTAIN rather than veto this resolution. As far as I am concerned, anyone in politics who either ABSTAINS from casting a vote OR just votes PRESENT, is a flat out coward. Now I am sure the the U.S. Ambassador had orders from the State Department to ABSTAIN and of course he obeyed this criminal administration.

Then earlier today we were subjected to a speech by Secretary of State John Kerry. Now, I did not see the entire speech but what little I did see convinced me that John Kerry was also following the orders of Barack Hussein Obama and his entire speech appeared to me was placing the blame for all of the problems on the West Bank and in the area in general right square on Israel. AND John Kerry said that NO AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION had done more for Israel than the Obama administration.

THEN, to add further insult to not only Israel but to other Middle Eastern countries, when he referred to HAMAS as a "Militant Group" rather than call it what it has been branded for a good while..... A TERRORIST GROUP.

I do feel fairly confident that President Trump will fix this problem fairly early in his occupation of the office of President of the United States.

I am sure that Israel does not do everything exactly as I would like BUT I never forget that in the several wars in that region, Israel has come out on top. Since when do the losers of any conflict get to set the rules? For a good while, Barack Hussein Obama has been urging Israel to return to the 1967 borders.... which Israel says JUST ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. I have heard the Obama administration urge Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria which I do not believe will happen. If you are not familiar with the Golan Heights, it is a 459 square mile area on the Northeast border of Israel and Syria. It was previously Syrian territory but was lost to Israel in the 1967 War. It is a militarily advantageous area and Israel is not about to give it back to a country who is their sworn enemy, Syria. AS I SAID EARLIER, Territories WON by Israel in several Wars are not up for discussion according to the Israeli government..... and I don't blame them.

I think it is unthinkable for the United States to be taking the side of a group (The Palestinian Territory) run by a Terrorist Organization HAMAS) against our best and strongest ally in the area.

It appears to me as if Barack Hussein Obama and his criminal administration are doing everything within their power to screw up world events in order to dump them in Donald Trump's lap. OK. Let 'em do it. I just don't believe it will take a Donald Trump administration long to right a whole bunch of wrongs committed by Obama and his minions.

ALSO, this morning I read an article that said that FEDERAL REGULATIONS finalized from 2005 to present have cost the American Taxpayers in excess of ONE TRILLION DOLLARS. Let's seen now..... who was President in 2005? Oh Yeah, it was George W. Bush. I just knew he was to blame.... OH wait a minute, who was President from 2008 to the present? Ah yes, it was Barack Hussein Obama so I think this criminal administration is going to have a hard time putting the blame on George W. Bush.... but they will try.

BOWLS:

I realize that the college football bowl games are not as important as the vermin running our government BUT I cut out a piece in the paper the other day and saw where there are 45 college bowl games. OK now, with two teams playing in each bowl game that would mean that 90 colleges and universities will be playing in these games. There are at present 128 Division I Colleges and Universities so this is a pretty strong indication that more than half of the Division I schools will be playing in a bowl game.

North Texas University with a 5 - 7 record is in a bowl game as are a number of 6 - 6 teams. When I was a kid growing up I remember these Bowls:

Rose Bowl - Pac 8 Champions vs. Big 10 Champions

Cotton Bowl - Southwest Conference Champions vs. invited team

Sugar Bowl - was generally the Southeast Conference Champions vs. invited team

Orange Bowl - generally the Big 8 Champions vs. invited team
Sun Bowl and when I was still growing up:

Peach Bowl - was generally invited teams

Gator Bowl - generally invited teams

Bluebonnet Bowl - generally the 2nd or 3rd team from the Southwest Conference vs. invited team

Of course when I was a kid up until the conference broke up, the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas had the Winner of the Southwest Conference playing a quality team who was invited .... and several times this bowl was for the National Championship; Texas/Navy and Texas/Notre Dame.

BUT, Arkansas left the Southwest Conference and A & M left the Big 12 Conference along with Nebraska and Colorado and Missouri and the Big 12 admitted TCU and W. Virginia and there are presently 10 teams in the Big 12.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord, DeWayne & Donald Schendel, Ken Welty - CA - Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Jason Smith -MS, Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CAPT. Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Concealed guns protect not only those who carry them but also those who do not. If concealed guns become widespread, then a mugger or a car jacker has now way of knowing who has one and who does not. It makes being a mugger or car jacker a less safe occupation. Gun control laws are in effect occupational safety laws -- OSHA for burglars, muggers, car jackers and others.".................. THOMAS SOWELL

"Mass shootings are often used as examples of a need for gun control. But what puts a stop to mass shootings? Usually the arrival on the scene of somebody else with a gun."......................... THOMAS SOWELL

"You cannot live a long life without having been forced to change your mind many times about people and things -- including in some cases, your whole view of the world. hose who glorify the young today do them a great disservice, when this sends inexperienced young people out into the world cocksure about things on which they have barely scratched the surface.".................. THOMAS SOWELL

"The first column I ever wrote, 39 years ago, was titled The Profits of Doom. This was long before Al Gore made millions of dollars promoting global warming hysteria. Back in 1970 the prevailing hysteria was the threat of a new ice age --promoted by some of the same environmentalists who are promoting global warming hysteria today."..................... THOMAS SOWELL

"The fatal fallacy of gun control laws in general is the assumption that such laws actually control guns. Criminals who disobey other laws are not likely to be stopped by gun control laws. What such laws actually do is increase the number of disarmed and defenseless victims."................. THOMAS SOWELL

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz FORMER DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta, Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts, Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore, John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore, Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK, Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA, State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), FORMER San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), James Comey, Ted Cruz (R-TX), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Huma Mahmood Abedin, David Schweikert (R-AZ), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Donna Brazile DNC CHAIRPERSON, John Podesta CLINTON CAMPAIGN MANAGER, Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I received several e-mails and read a couple of articles advising of the upcoming retirement of THOMAS SOWELL. Dr. Sowell is 86 years old and for sure has earned a retirement to pursue other things. As I understand it, he is through writing weekly articles and I seriously hate to hear that we will no longer be permitted to hear and read the thoughts of this brilliant man.

I equate this pretty much to the retirement of William F. Buckley Jr..... I believe that Dr. Thomas Sowell and William F. Buckley Jr. were true conservatives and provided many of us some really great thoughts and articles. I do have hopes that Dr. Sowell will occasionally honor us with an occasional article or editorial opinion.

In any event, Dr. Sowell will be missed by many of us. I sincerely hope he enjoys a long and happy retirement. He has earned it.

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Earlier today I heard that George Washington University in their history curriculum will no longer require that American History be a part of that degree program. Instead there was going to be more emphasis on the history of other civilizations. Sure makes sense to me that people who are no longer taught American History in the American Public School systems will now not be exposed to it at the college level.

This same program also said that Harvard Law School was going to start substituting courses in Sharia Law over Constitutional Law. I have not checked either of these stories out but it sure sound strange enough to be absolutely true.

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A couple of days back I watched a video of riots in certain sections of Paris between local police, local residents, and Middle Eastern Refugees. These so called "Refugees" were throwing rocks; pipes; bottles; and other debris. The Paris Police were shooting tear gas canisters toward the rioters who were picking them up and throwing them back at the French Police.

OK. I'm going to explain this one more time. If you have bad folks inside a building or a confined space..... tear gas canisters are fine. BUT they do not work well out in the open. I have been on a number of calls in which tear gas canisters were used. They worked fine on people confined indoors but not very good at all out in the open.

After watching this type of activity for years, on film and in person, the thought came to me that while I have seen tear gas canisters thrown back in the face of the Police.... I have NEVER seen a 5.56 mm or a 7.62 mm or a 9 mm or .40 caliber or .45 caliber projectile thrown back at the Police. Perhaps this tear gas stuff on huge crowds should be done away with.

OF course, I Germany.... Frau Merkel deserves a good dose of rioting and destruction for the way in which she has handled the "Refugee" matter.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE; GEN. JAMES NORMAN MATTIS

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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December 21st, 2016 CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR

WEDNESDAY - December 21, 2016

CHRISTMAS:

First of all I want to wish everyone who receives my weekly letter a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and my sincere wish that 2017 is a great year for everyone and also a sincere hope that our great nation will finally turn the corner and begin heading in the right direction again under an administration with President Donald J. Trump as our Chief Executive.

Our oldest Grandson and his beautiful Wife and 3 children (1 boy, 2 girls) came and spent several days with us. It was a great early Christmas present. They live on a ranch outside of Powderhorn, Colorado in some of the most beautiful... and COLDEST country in the United States. Our Grandson is 35 years old and we are very proud of the kind of man he has grown into. He is a great husband and father and a really hard working young man.

We were especially happy as we had not seen our 6 month old Great Granddaughter and she was not only cute as could be but also a really happy baby with a constant smile on her face. Lots of curly brown hair. Her name is Eve. And of course the afternoon they arrived, a cold front hit San Angelo and our temperature plummeted to 17 degrees that evening. It stayed pretty cold for the three days they were here.... BUT.... not to cold for a 7 year old boy and his 5 year old sister to insist on playing outside in a local park when the daytime temperature was 28 degrees and the wind was blowing like crazy..... Their Great Grandfather sat in his pickup with the heater going and listened to the game between the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars. They stayed out in that park way longer than I would have and then wanted ice cream which of course they got from a Great Grandfather who likes to please.

SO, in the past month, we have been visited by our Daughter, 2 Grandsons, 1 Granddaughter, 2 Great Grandsons, and 3 Great Granddaughters. We missed seeing 1 Grandson and his Wife but this is one of his busy seasons in Colorado but we get to talk with him on a regular basis as he is really good about calling to check on us. God has blessed me with a wonderful family...... I don't know what I ever did to deserve them.

NEW YEAR:

I also believe that since the American public as basically sat on their dead backsides for way too many years and allowed liberal professional politicians and far left leaning members of academia to lead or direct our federal government and our public education system to jump off into a black hole with absolutely no positive end in sight.

I also believe that in the new year of 2017, we give our new President the support and the time necessary to appoint good qualified people to head the various agencies in the federal government and to appoint some really originalist Supreme Court Justices. We cannot afford any future Ruth Bader Ginsburgs or Elena Kagans or Sonia Sotomayors or Stephen Bryers or wafflers like Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. We DO NOT and CANNOT AFFORD to have Supreme Court Justices who believe that we should consult the legal systems of other countries prior to making a decision on the Constitutionality of legislation which will affect the American people.

AND, probably most important is for the people in each individual state to hold their elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels to the promises they made when they were asking if not begging us for our votes. I have watched the professional political vermin in our country play the system too long and lie to their voters way too much to not call them out when they go back on their word.

AND, probably most important, I believe that the American people should completely ignore the mainstream media liars and burn their backsides at every turn when we catch them either LYING OR CREATING THE NEWS.

It is also time for the states and cities to take back control of their public education systems. As you know, this is an area which has had my backside red as a baboons butt for many years.

It also seems to me that people depending upon the entertainment industries has pretty much run its course. It is also about time that the so called entertainment industries returned to releasing movies, television programs, books, and music that is actually entertaining rather than depending upon volume, irritating lyrics, totally ignorant plots, and even more ignorant subject matter in producing and releasing the various forms of public listening and viewing. Almost every week I go on the Internet and pull up old videos of Laurel and Hardy; Tim Conway; Foster Brooks; Dean Martin; Frank Sinatra; Johnny Carson; Jonathan Winters; Don Rickles; and many other entertainers and watch many hours of their work. I love the old movies from the 1930s on up through The Shootist.

I have been a sports fan since I was a little kid but have now turned completely sour on pretty much all of professional sports

AND, I believe that all American citizens who live within the laws of our cities, counties, states, and nation should all receive fair and equal treatment. AND I also believe it is about time for diversity to take a back seat to right and wrong; to qualified and unqualified; to legal and illegal.

AND FINALLY, I read in yesterday's (Sub) Standard Times that the Electoral College had finally put to rest the false hopes of the Liberals/RINOs/Democrats/Progressives/Socialists that President Elect Donald J. Trump would not receive enough electoral votes to be inaugurated in January by putting him at the number needed to finalize the 2016 Presidential election........ BUT, then I got to wondering if perhaps THE RUSSIANS didn't put some undue pressure on some of the electors? IF THEY DID..... THEN THANK YOU RUSSIA.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Nothing so epitomizes the politically correct gullibility of our times as the magic word DIVERSITY. The wonders of diversity are proclaimed from the media, extolled in the academy and confirmed in the august chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States. But have you ever seen one speck of hard evidence to support the lofty claims?"........... THOMAS SOWELL

"Although diversity has become one of the leading buzzwords of our time, it has a history that goes back several generations. In the early twentieth century, the principle of geographic diversity was used to conceal bias against Jews in the admission of students to Harvard and other leading academic institutions."...... THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

On Monday night, my wife and I took our Grandson and his family for a tour of the River Lights here in San Angelo. Of course they all enjoyed it and our Grandson's Wife took some video with her phone/camera/ and God only knows what else it can do. When we were nearing the end of the light show there was a large display of a gingerbread house with a little gingerbread man sliding down a slide to the ground, all done with lights of course. Our 5 year old Great Granddaughter pointed out that it was "The Gingerbread Man" and I thought back on the old story of the "Gingerbread Man" and I started to tell her the little poem in the story and to my surprise, she actually knew the poem" "You can run, you can run, just as fast as you can.... But you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man." I was shocked that she knew the story and the poem as I had first heard it before I entered the First Grade at Edgar Allen Poe Elementary in Houston in 1943.

Then on Tuesday at 11:00 AM on Fox Sports Southwest, I once again watched the replay of the Class 2A Division II Texas State Championship game between the 15-0 Iraan Braves and my wife's old high school the 15-0 Bremond Tigers. And after watching this game into the 4th quarter I came to the conclusion that "The Gingerbread Man" lives in Bremond, Texas and is the quarterback for their THREE IN A ROW STATE CHAMPIONS. The "Gingerbread Man" goes by the name of Roshauud Paul and if you ever saw him run with a football, you would know what I mean. The team from Iraan was equally matched with the Bremond team and Iraan had a really top notch quarterback named Clayton Kent BUT the real difference in the two teams was young Mr. Roshauud Paul. He is 6' and weighs 170 and is committed to Texas A & M University. I am pretty sure he can grow and carry some additional size without loosing any speed.

Roshauud Paul, in the State Championship Game threw 1 touchdown pass and ran for 5 more touchdowns which means he had a direct hand in 6 of Bremond's 7 touchdowns. On his final touchdown run of 51 yards he ran through several tackles and then turned on the speed and one of the TV cameras was focused on the head coach of Iraan and that coach just smiled and shook his head. There just was nothing anyone could do.

According to the announcers, Roshauud Paul broke the state record for starting quarterbacks at any level with 47 straight wins and 0 losses. And, prior to Bremond winning the State Championship for their class in 2014, 2015, and 2016, in 2013 their only loss was in their quarterfinal game to the Tenaha Tigers who were the eventual state champions.

AND what is even more impressive is that young Mr. Paul is a very intelligent and polite talking young man. I believe he will be a credit to Texas A & M University and their athletic program..... After all, how many colleges or universities can boast that they have recruited "The Gingerbread Man?"

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LEGACY -- n. money or property bequeathed in a will; something resulting from and left behind by an action, event, or person. For some reason, which fail to understand, all of a sudden the LEGACY of a President seems to be all that the outgoing President has any concern with. I am so damn sick of hearing about Barack Obama's LEGACY that I feel like I could burst into flames.... sort of like Michael Jackson in his Pepsi commercial. I don't know what the mainstream media or Barack Hussein Obama or the DNC or the liberals in this country will say BUT I view the LEGACY of Barack Obama a bit different from those vermin. Here are some things I believe that Barack Hussein Obama has left behind... his LEGACY as it were:

1) The worst economy that I can remember

2) An administration that is populated with the most incompetent liars EVER

3) A health care system that is the worst in my lifetime

5) The largest group of people who are dependant on government handouts in our history

6) A Military that is undermanned and under equipped

7) A nation that is torn apart due to Obama making RACIAL ISSUES the basis for his administration

8) A federal government with its hands in every aspect of our lives

9) A NATIONAL DEBT OF ALMOST TWENTY TRILLION DOLLARS

10) A public education system that is in shambles

11) Government spending at a level that cannot continue

12) American companies leaving to locate in foreign countries

13) A completely broken immigration system

14) The danger of terrorism coming to our country due to Obama's "Refugee Policies"

I am sure that you all can think of many others as could I if I wanted to spend the time thinking about the worst President in my lifetime but frankly I am ready for his ass to hit the road and let somebody ..... no make that anybody with a bit of loyalty to our country have a crack at it.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE; GEN. JAMES NORMAN MATTIS

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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December 14th, 2016 THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING

WEDNESDAY - December 14, 2016

Hello once more from the Central Time Zone Office For Jingoistic Fossil Fuel Burning Second Amendment Supporting Right Wing Conspirators.

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!!

Remember the old movie by that title? OK. I want to get this straight in my mind;

FIRST...... 9/11 was an inside job perpetrated by the evil George W. Bush.

THEN...... we had Nancy Pelosi as the Speaker of the House

THEN...... we had Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader

THEN...... we had eight years of EVERYTHING that went wrong blamed on George Bush

THEN...... we had America's FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT elected

THEN...... we had Obama together with the House and Senate pass the so called AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

THEN...... we had the Supreme Court of the United States rule IN FAVOR of this Unconstitutional Legislation with the deciding vote being cast by Chief Justice John

Roberts who was a George Bush appointee.

THEN...... we had Hillary Clinton appointed as Secretary of State

THEN...... we had Hillary Clinton AND Barack Obama LIE to the American people and the families of those Americans killed in Benghazi

THEN...... we had Hillary Clinton replaced by an equally unqualified varmint in the person of John Kerry

THEN...... we had the Iran Nuclear Deal which was supported in total by the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist Party

THEN...... we had scandal after scandal perpetrated by the IRS and other arms of the Obama Administration

THEN...... we had another Presidential Election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

THEN...... we were told by the media as a whole that the election was merely a formality as Trump had NO CHANCE to defeat Hillary Clinton

THEN...... Donald J. Trump DEFEATED THE PROHIBITIVE FAVORITE OF THE MEDIA, Hillary Rodham Clinton

THEN...... we were told that the only reason that Hillary Clinton lost was due to.... THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

THEN...... we had several recounts and Donald J. Trump increased his vote total

THEN...... after all other explanations of why Trump defeated Hillary were shot down we finally have hit on the real reason.. and WHAT IS IT?

If you guessed that it was THE RUSSIANS then you win the big panda bear as a prize. NOW, let me give you my personal opinion on this fairy tale that it was RUSSIAN HACKERS who interfered with the U.S. Presidential Election.

BUT... prior to the Presidential Election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton... Barack Hussein Obama himself said in one of his statements made to the ass kissing media vermin... that it would be pretty far fetched for ANYONE to think that America's election could be tampered with by anyone. MY, how he has changed since the hand picked Democrat/Progressive/Socialist/Marxist/ candidate was defeated.

AND, keep in mind that all through the past eight years of the Obama Administration there have been occurrences by the barrel full which should make any real American realize that Obama and his followers SHOULD NEVER BE TRUSTED.

IF, I were the leader of a foreign country who was usually at polar opposites with the United States Government on global matters, whom would I rather have as the President of the United States? Door #1--- Someone who was all set to continue the Obama policies and someone who had already shown as Secretary of State that she was not only incompetent in foreign policy but lies to the American people on a regular basis? OR Door #2----A really hard headed billionaire businessman who has run successful businesses AND has the reputation for not putting up with a bunch of crap from others? Let me see now.... hmmmm...... I believe if I were the leader of an opposing country I would choose ..... Door #1 which would be Hillary Clinton.... AND..... in my opinion so would Vladimir Putin or any other opposing nation.

SO, with this in mind, WHY, would Russian Hackers do ANYTHING to help Donald Trump? Why would they not choose a weak SOCIALIST whom they could control...much as they have been able to have their way with Barack Hussein Obama?

NOW, if there were any doubt in my mind that RUSSIAN HACKERS pulled some electronic rabbit out of their hats and controlled an American election, that doubt would be REMOVED when I hear LINDSEY GRAHAM and NANCY PELOSI and JOHN MC CAIN and MARCO RUBIO all jump on the same band wagon blaming the RUSSIANS for contributing in some manner to a Trump victory. I have never thought that Nancy Pelosi had any intelligence from the start.... the same holds true with Lindsey Graham. For a long time, John Mc Cain had me fooled but what really opened my eyes was how he fawned over Ted Kennedy and was always talking about what GOOD FRIENDS they were. And I know it is not proper to speak ill of the dead... BUT.... a bigger turd never existed than SENATOR EDWARD "Ted" KENNEDY or as I always called him "FAT TEDDY". And Marco Rubio, according to some acquaintances of mine from Florida turned on the people who got him elected to the U.S. Senate almost immediately.

BUT, the simple truth is that the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists/Marxists still refuse to believe that the reason that Hillary Clinton was defeated in the election was due to most Americans having a belly full of politics as usual and the noticeable differences between Professional Democrat Politicians and Professional Republican Politicians was microscopic or practically undetectable. They are still looking for reasons and conspiracies on which to blame Hillary's defeat AND along with that, the Republicans maintaining a majority in both the House and the Senate. We were almost assured by the mainstream media that the Republicans would lose the Senate majority and have the House majority seriously damaged... neither of which occurred.

SO, I guess they just flat ran out of ideas and decided that RUSSIAN hackers did some type of super electronic tampering thereby causing the most dishonest and least likeable Democrat/Socialist to be defeated in the general election.

AND, of a final note on THE RUSSIANS, I would like to point out that not only THE RUSSIANS; THE CHINESE: THE NORTH KOREANS and more than likely THE INDIANS; THE PAKISTANIS; THE SYRIANS; THE IRANIANS; THE SAUDIS; THE EGYPTIANS; ALL OF COMMUNIST CONTROLLED AFRICA AND EUROPE; THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT; AND VARIOUS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES; AND MANY OF OUR ALLIES, have been hacking into our government communications of all types for a good many years. BUT, of course, our government has never done anything so underhanded..... or have they? IF THEY HAVEN'T then it is a small wonder how our intelligence gathering seems to have been on a downhill course.

SO, I think it is about time for The United States of America to step up and take a leadership role in world affairs like we did under the Reagan Administration or even under both of the Bush Administrations.... As a matter of fact, up until Barack Hussein Obama took office, another Democrat/Progressive/Socialist wimp was the weakest President during my almost 80 years on this planet.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"The opportunities are many, which is to say that many things are in desperate need of changing, beginning with the rebuilding our dangerously neglected and undermined military forces. The monstrosity of ObamaCare needs to be gotten rid of, not just cosmetically adjusted."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"Our fundamentally freedoms under the Constitution are at stake in the choice of the next nominee to become a Justice of the closely divided Supreme Court. We need someone with both the depth and the strength to resist the pressures and the temptations that have seduced too many supposedly conservative justices, over the years, into betraying Constitutional principles.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"Now that the Republicans have won -- not only the presidency but also the Congress, as well as most governorships and state legislatures across the country -- do they have the guts to do what they were elected to do?".................... THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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MORE STUFF:

I received an e-mail with a video showing West Point Cadets and Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy joining together to sing THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER before the Army - Navy game last week end. It was performed in a manner which would have made Francis Scott Key proud. It damn sure made me proud and I did not see a single person kneeling or looking at the ground.

Any school or any sports league that allows some performer or group to do anything to try and change the lyrics, melody, or any other part of Our National Anthem should be horsewhipped.

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The Texas High School Football Championships have begun with the Class 1A (six man) State Championships being played today with Divisions 1 and 2 being the only games today.

HOWEVER, tomorrow morning at 10:00 A.M. CST, The Class 2A Division II game will be the first of 10.. yes that is TEN... X ... Texas High School football championships to be decided in the five eleven man football competition. Each football class has a Division 1 and Division II which is based upon the student enrollment at each high school. ALL of the championship games will be played at "The House That Jerry Built" which is known as Arlington's AT & T Stadium... which is also the home field for the Dallas Cowboys.

I am particularly interested in the Class 2A, Division II game as it features the 2014 and 2015 State Champion Bremond Tigers (15-0) who have gone undefeated for the past 3 years. They will be attempting to win their THIRD State Championship in a row which is plenty tough to do AT ANY LEVEL. They are undefeated in something like 47 straight games. Their opponents will be the Iraan Braves (15-0) who are also undefeated this season and is located in West Texas. Should be a heck of a game.

West Texas also has another school, the Abilene Wylie Bulldogs (13-1) in the Class 4A Division I and they will play Carthage (12-2) also in the Arlington AT & T Stadium. AND also from West Texas is the game in Class 4A Division II which has the Sweeter Mustangs (13-1) going against the West Orange Stark Mustangs (15-0) on Friday at the same venue. All of the Texas High School Football Championship Games will be televised on FOX Sports SW beginning on Thursday and ending with the 6A Division 1 game on Saturday night at 8 PM with a Houston area team, The Woodlands (15-0) taking on a team from Austin, Lake Travis (14-1). Both of these teams are really loaded with some top notch talent.

I also am interested in another State Championship game between the Mineola Yellowjackets (13-2) playing against the Yoakum Bulldogs (11-4) in the 3A Division I contest. A friend with whom I communicate via e-mail is from Mineola and they beat the crap out of one of our local powerhouses, the Wall Hawks in the State Semi-Final game to the tune of 50 - 8. So, I shall be pulling for Mineola in that contest.

When you watch Texas high school football at darn near any level you will get to see some stars of the future but you will get to see them at their absolute best because they are playing for all the right reasons. I have had the privilege of watching many future All American and All Pro athletes play at the high school level.

If you remember an All Pro receiver for the Oakland Raiders named Cliff Branch you will know what I am talking about. I not only watched Cliff Branch play high school football in the Houston Area but also got to watch him run track for the Worthing Colts. Some other pretty notable athletes who played for Worthing were Baylor and Chicago Bears Linebacker Mike Singleterry and Kansas City wide receiver Otis Taylor. Houston had more than its share of top notch athletes in many different sports.

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I am sort of waiting to see whom President Elect Trump picks for his Cabinet posts and other key positions in his administration. Up to this point, I am pretty happy with the folks he has picked.

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An article in the (Sub) Standard Times informs us that Barack Hussein Obama has ORDERED a full review of hacking-related activities possibly linked to attempts to disrupt the November presidential election and insists that the report be turned over to him before he leaves office. NOW, just suppose the report is NOT completed by the time he leaves office. WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT????? He is gone. He has no say in matters any longer. I hope the report IS NOT COMPLETED by then and then watch to see what this lyin' vermin says then.

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Let me try to explain this one more time...... IF YOU DO SOMETHING EITHER ON LINE; ON THE TELEPHONE; E-MAIL; TWITTER; OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS THAT CAN BE EITHER RECORDED OR LEAVES A PAPER TRAIL..... DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT DOESN'T BECOME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. Just ask former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpartick about deleting e-mails and how that worked out for him.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE; GEN. JAMES NORMAN MATTIS

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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December 7th, 2016 MISCELLANEOUS IDIOTS

WEDNESDAY -December 7, 2016

Hello once again from the Association Of Jingoistic Conspiratorial Deplorables Of West Texas.

MISCELLANEOUS IDIOTS:

We have been bombarded for the past few weeks with actions and statements which are not only idiotic but downright STUPID.

Here are a few comments on just some of these fools.

It seems as if the City of Toronto in Canada have purchased some new Police Cruisers with a bit of a different color scheme than they have sported in the past. The new Police Vehicles are clearly marked with POLICE on the side BUT the color of these new cruisers are varying shades of gray with some of the markings a very light gray with one model having white stripes on the side. The vehicles have they typical light bar on top and are clearly marked as police vehicles.

AH, but the new color schemes have hit a bit of a snag with the Progressive/Liberals/Socialists in that fair city find the new color scheme "offensive." According to these idiots, the new color schemes convey AGGRESSIVE; INTIMIDATING; AND COMBATIVE traits. These timid folk feel as if these colors appear to be MILITARISTIC and OPPRESSIVE and are a DISTURBING TREND to say the least. These twinkies think that the color change appear to be influenced by films such as ROBOCOP and BATMAN.

Some of the prior colors of the Toronto Patrol Cars were white with red and blue stripes and solid yellow.

One must wonder if these same idiots were also part of the group that found certain Halloween costumes to be offensive?

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Now, you think that this cruiser color offense is goofy? Well a couple of days back on the front page of the (Sub) Standard Times there was an article which bold headlines read: DANGER FALLS ON RACIAL LINES. Now you might think that this article was addressing the number of black people killed in gun violence but if this is your thought pattern then you are way WRONG.

The article dealt with more black people dying in police chases. The first instance in Flint, Michigan dealt with a 75 year old Navy Veteran when an SUV fleeing the police ran into his car causing his death. Then the second incident the article addressed a high speed chase in which a black nursing assistant was killed. Then a month later when the police attempted to stop a man who was driving without a seat belt, the offender ran from the police and ran a red light and killed a black grandmother. Then one month later a black man on a motorcycle ran from the police and hit an oncoming car and was killed.

The article went on to quote some opinions given by various Racial Study Groups such as: Northeastern University's Institute on Race and Justice. "It is an issue of Institutionalized Racism -- that communities of color are not valued as much as communities not of color." This keen observation was made by Michigan State Representative Sheldon Neeley, a Democrat from Flint. And yes, Sheldon Neeley is a black male. However the spokeswoman for the Michigan State Police pointed out that...... "The decision to flee from police is a choice made by the driver, not the officer." This fact seems to have escaped the keen observation of Representative Neeley and the Northeastern University's Institute on Race and Justice.

In today's world, many police departments, mostly municipal departments have a policy which governs when an officer may or may not engage in a high speed pursuit particularly inside the city limits. Believe me when I say that I have been involved in more than my share of high speed pursuits and they are not much fun, particularly when you do not know the reason for the driver trying to escape.

But I will refer to the spokeswoman for the Michigan State Police who pointed out that the decision to run is made by the offending driver. And, I am pretty sure that neither the driver of the car attempting to escape from the police nor the police officers who are chasing the offender's car have ANY INTENT AT ALL to take the life of a black driver.

And, finally USA TODAY came up with these figures: In daytime pursuits 31% of the drivers involved were black. At night, 21% of the drivers in deadly chases were black. So, with these figures in mind, how can some idiot or group of idiots even apply the race card in these fatal automobile chases?

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A couple of days back I was watching an interview on one of the FOX News shows in the afternoon and the party being interviewed was LIZ SPAYD who holds the title of Public Editor for the New York Times.

The subject of her interview had to do with "False Balance" in reporting the news. As I understand it, "False Balance" is trying to present a "Balanced" report with both sides receiving equal coverage... EVEN WHEN THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT THE SIDES ARE NOT EQUAL IN THEIR ACTIONS.

An example of this which comes to mind is when Dan Rather was with CBS and appeared to be everybody's news darling. Remember when Dan Rather broke the big story about some alleged letter which had been written by a ranking Officer in the Texas Air National Guard? Rather and others at CBS news had information from both camps but chose to go with some letter which allegedly had been written by this Officer regarding George W. Bush avoiding military service by joining the Texas Air National Guard. I do not remember all of the details but there was some pretty overwhelming evidence that the information provided by Rather was false and had been pretty well denied by everyone involved. One of the items in this incident was that some type of font which was used in this alleged letter possessed by Rather WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON TYPEWRITERS IN THE 1970s WHEN THE LETTER WAS ALLEGEDLY WRITTEN. Story Producer Mary Mapes along with Rather was given her walking papers.

Just look back over the past few years and see how many times you can remember when various news agencies have tried to basically take one side in an issue when the other side has clearly the most evidence supporting their view.

In all fairness, Liz Spayd did admit that this did occasionally happen but I do not believe she was entirely candid when speaking of the New York Times which is so far left that they are damn near out of sight.

Now I realize that looks are not all that important but if I were going to appear on a national TV program I would try to wear clothing which did not look as if it had been trampled on by the entire team of the Budweiser Clydesdales. It also appeared as if she combed her hair with a firecracker. Anyway, my trust in the New York Times or anyone connected with it is about at the same level as my opinion of Dan Rather.

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All during the recent presidential campaign we kept hearing from most outlets in the news media that "The Republican Party Is Divided" and that there was absolutely no chance that this divided party could EVER come to an agreement on a candidate.... ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS DONALD TRUMP.

BUT when you really take a look at the big picture you actually realize that it WAS NOT the Republican Party that was damaged beyond repair BUT was in fact the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist/Marxist Party that was coming apart at the seams. It is so very obvious that the Mainstream Media believed their own lies. BUT when we look back even in the early stages of the races we saw that Bernie Sanders was actually giving Hillary more of a battle than was taking place between all of the 17 original Republican candidates. And had it not been for the so called "Super Delegates" which is a real slap in the face of the American voters, the Democrats/Socialists/Progressives/Marxists would have had an even tighter primary race.

NOW, after the general election we are exposed to people like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Howard Dean, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, "wannabe" DNC Chairman Keith Ellison, and Shultz DNC Chairperson replacement Donna Brazile tell us more lies than a stadium full of Pinocchios. They keep telling us that there is absolutely no need for the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist/Marxist Party to change directions and that everything is really doing fine........ One must wonder if they have been taking lessons from Dan Rather and Mary Mapes? We can only hope that these same idiots stay at the helm and guide the Democrat/Socialists into a deeper black hole than they already are in.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Something as personal as what doctor we want to go to has been taken out of our hands by ObamaCare. What job offer at what pay rate, someone wants to accept has been taken out of their hands by minimum wage laws....... Sick people who are dying are prevented from trying a medication that has not yet completed all the long years of tests required by federal regulations --even if the medication has been used for years in other countries without ill effects.".... THOMAS SOWELL

"San Francisco is currently trying to impose more restrictions on the police, restrictions that will prevent them from shooting at a moving car, except under special conditions that they will have to think about when they have a split second to make a decision that can cost them their own lives. But the left will pay no price."............... THOMAS SOWELL

" One of the most zealous crusades of the left has been to prevent law-abiding citizens from having guns, even though gun control laws have little or no effect on criminal who violate laws in general. You can read through reams of rhetoric from gun control advocates without encountering a single hard fact showing gun control laws reducing crime in general or murder in particular."........................... THOMAS SOWELL

"At the core of a liberal is the spoiled child -- miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic, and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.".............. P.J. O'ROURKE

"You must understand, therefore, that there are two ways of fighting: by law or by force. The first way is natural to men, and the second to beasts. BUT as the first way often proves inadequate one must have recourse to the second."........ NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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What a shame that other than watching some programs on one of The History Channels or some movie shown on one of the TV Movie Channels, that many in our society have absolutely no idea what the meaning of the day of December 7th means in our history. Of course I understand that many under the age of about 78 or so may not have either been alive or have been small babies on this day in 1941. I was 4 years old on that day and we were living in the small town of Wortham, Texas. Most of my relatives on both my Father's side and my Mother's side resided in either Wortham, Texas; Mexia, Texas; or Coolidge, Texas which were all within about 40 miles of each other. I can still remember one of my cousins coming by our little house and all of gathering at one of my Aunt's homes to listen to the reports over her big radio.

One of my cousins was at Pearl Harbor and was ashore when the first bombs hit. Of course we all knew where he was but being 4 years old, I had no real concept of the distance that all of this was from where we were in Central Texas. It was several weeks before we even knew that he was alive as I believe the ship to which he was assigned was either sunk or heavily damaged with large loss of lives.

Then after that we stayed glued to our radios to hear daily news of how the war was going and of course we were particularly interested in the war in the Pacific as that is where several of my cousins were serving. My Dad was 41 years old when the war broke out and was too old for the military as were most of my Uncles. My Dad worked in the oilfield at the time but in 1942 we moved to Houston where he worked for Henke & Pilot which was a large grocery store chain which later was bought out by Kroger.

Prior to our moving to Houston, we moved to Mexia, Texas which is about 14 or 15 miles from Wortham. I can remember the ration stamps and the red tokens that we had to have for meat products and blue tokens that were necessary to purchase dairy products. I remember saving all of our fats from cooking and turning them in every week as well as paper and tin cans. Of course still being a small boy I did not realize at the time the seriousness of this war but I knew I had relatives whom I loved who were all fighting with various branches of the U.S. Military.

I hope that my Grandkids and Great Grandkids never have to experience times like we did back in the 1940s... BUT.... if they do, I hope they face it with the courage and commons sense that all those folks did back then.

Earlier this morning I attended a retiree breakfast where law enforcement officers from many departments; local, state, county, and federal. It is a great get-together and I have met some super people since going to this gathering for about the past 8 or 9 years. This morning we celebrated the 89th birthday of a gentleman named Bill Pool who also was a WW II Veteran. It dawned upon me that we are losing these great Veterans at an alarming rate. AND in my opinion they REALLY WERE THE GREATEST GENERATION.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE; GEN. JAMES NORMAN MATTIS

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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December 1st, 2016 DEATH / CALLS

THURSDAY - December 1, 2016

Greetings once again from the Jingoistic Right Wing Conspiratorial Xenophobes Of West Texas.

DEATH:

Well, well, well........ FINALLY at age 90 Fidel Castro bit the dust. Fidel's death saddened me on the level of the deaths of: IDI AMIN, FRANCOIS (PAPA DOC) DUVALIER and MICHAEL JACKSON..... and that would be NOT AT ALL.

I have heard several stories about just whom Barack Hussein Obama intends to send to the funeral services of this dictatorial mutt (NOW DECEASED) and if it were up to me I would send Anthony Weiner, Colin Kaepernick, and O.J. Simpson on a week end pass. As you may have guessed, Weiner, Kaepernick, and O.J. are not among my favorites either.

Now, do you suppose that anything in Cuba will actually change. When Fidel appointed his brother Raul Castro to replace him do you think that business as usual would probably in effect?

Without going very deep into the life of Fidel Castro, he will more than likely be remembered as a Dictatorial Communist who caused the deaths of many of his countrymen. Sort of reminds me of a few other European, African, and Asian leaders we have seen in our lifetimes.

BUT, with the Texas High School Football Playoffs going into the final two weeks, the loss suffered by the San Angelo Central Bobcats to the #1 ranked Allen Eagles last Friday was more important to me than Fidel's biting the big one.

CALLS:

Last week I checked my bank statement and it was off by $144.00. I went through the statement line by line and noticed that on November 21st there was a withdrawal of $144 by an insurance company. I had not knowingly authorized anyone in the past 20 years to make an automatic withdrawal from my main checking account, or any other account for that matter. I do have a couple of annual automatic deposits for the required minimum distribution of the IRAs that we have BUT NO AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWALS other than those over 20 years old for one life insurance premium and one long term healthcare premium.

SO, I went to my bank and they let me borrow an office and put me in contact with the department which handles the challenges to such occurrences. I spoke with a very nice and helpful young lady in Florida and she had credited my account with the $144 prior to my leaving the local bank. She asked me to contact the insurance company and let them know that they were not authorized for such withdrawals which I agreed to do. BUT, of course since this was the Friday following Thanksgiving, the insurance office was closed and I had to contact them on Monday morning...... NOW, here is where the fun begins.

I called the number of the insurance company which had been furnished to me by the bank. The call, of course, was answered by a recording with multiple options, none of which really dealt with my problem. SO, finally there was an option to talk to a LIVE REPRESENTATIVE. THEN, I got put on hold for approximately 28 minutes. Normally I would have hung up but I wanted to get to the bottom of this so I stayed on the line via speaker. NOW, while waiting on hold, I was treated to a little tune played on some chimes which was about 30 seconds in length.... at the end of this irritating little 30 second tune, it IMMEDIATELY REPEATED ITSELF. Now just divide 30 seconds into 28 minutes and you will learn that I was subjected to this irritating little tune 56 times........ THEN a live lady came on the line and I explained to her my problem and she finally located by name and policy number and before I could blink.... she said.... "I WILL HAVE TO CONNECT YOU WITH AN EXPERT." THEN, I was put on hold for another 17 minutes while waiting for the EXPERT.

NOW, what do you suppose I had to pass those 17 minutes? YEP, you're right... the same idiotic song played over and over again... and in my case it was 34 more times. Then finally a guy came on the line and I explained to him what had occurred and wanted to get this insurance either removed entirely from my name OR if they were really interested in my taking the policy, they could MAIL me an invoice and if I was still interested, I would send them a money order but that I had not knowingly authorized an automatic withdrawal of funds. I was pretty polite considering that I had been forced to listen to that dippy little tune 70 times.

BUT, they guy wanted to argue and he told me that he had my signature on a form that gave them permission to make this annual withdrawal. AND, once again I explained to him that I had not KNOWINGLY signed anything which gave them that authority AND that the authority had been CANCELLED a couple of days prior to our conversation and that I had changed my mind .... and that UNLESS the company PAID ME $144 per year to take the policy that they could just save the postage.

I guess, that what I am trying to do is to warn people about some of these annual policies (this particular one was for medial air service provided by the NRA) which require your signature is actually an authorization for them to withdraw those funds every year. I suppose that I was guilty of not completely reading the form which I signed.

NOW, if this were not enough telephone call problems, over the Thanksgiving Holiday through the week end I received enough ROBO CALLS to last a lifetime. I received them from the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE; The NRA; MICROSOFT; and several more entities whose names I did not recognize. I normally hang up but if I am in a really bad mood and have nothing else to do, I wait until I can SPEAK TO A LIVE REPRESENTATIVE..... at which time they receive a good solid blast from "THE AIR HORN FROM HELL" and while it does not put either them or me in a different tax bracket, I do get a brief moment of enjoyment from my own childish form of retaliation.

AND, on the subject of CALLS, if you are on the DO NOT CALL REGISTER, you have wasted your time. It doesn't even slow 'em down.

Hopefully in today's technological world, someone, somewhere, will invent a device for your home AND cellular phones which will actually TOTALLY BLOCK this type of call. BUT, while we are waiting for this to happen... I can only hope I never have to listen to that dippy little 30 second chime tune again.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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I though the NFL and Professional Sports in general had lost their minds but I must put the President of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts also in that same category. This idiot has now prohibited the American Flag from being flown on his campus. I suppose he has the right to do whatever he wants but I would also think that perhaps somewhere, someone with way more clout than him who is connected in some financial way to that particular college would put the brakes on this idiot.

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As I indicated earlier, the San Angelo Central Bobcats were defeated last Friday afternoon by the Allen Eagles from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It was a tight game for awhile but after the starting quarterback for Central got hurt and had to leave the game their chances faded. Their sophomore backup quarterback came in and did a good job but I can't even imagine how much pressure that young man was under to be put into that situation against that level of competition. However, I was proud of our local teams which had a good year. The Veribest Falcons (6 man) made the playoffs for the first time EVER. The Wall Hawks (Class 3A) have made the State Quarterfinals; The Mason Punchers (Class 2A) have also made the State Quarterfinals and I believe that the Iraan Braves (Class 2A) are also in the State Quarterfinals. I also know that the TWO TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS IN CLASS 2A Division II, BREMOND TIGERS, have made the State Quarterfinals for the 3rd year in a row. This coming week end they play THE TENAHA TIGERS. Both Bremond and Tenaha are 13-0 and and are both loaded with talent. Anyway, the REAL football season (Texas High School) is coming to an end and I am hoping that, as usual, every single 11 man Championship Game will be shown on Fox Sports Southwest in a few weeks. It is, in my opinion, THE BEST FOOTBALL on the planet.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE; GEN. JAMES NORMAN MATTIS

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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November 23rd, 2016 THANKSGIVING

WEDNESDAY - November 23, 2016

Greetings from The Association Of Really Thankful Jingoistic West Texans.

THANKSGIVING:

This year, we celebrated Thanksgiving a few days early. My wife and I had a visit from our Daughter, our Granddaughter, our Great Granddaughter, our Great Grandson, and my two youngest Grandsons. All of them drove to San Angelo from Colorado in the Denver area. We had not seen any of our Grandchildren or Great Grandchildren in several years as we do not make the long Colorado drive every year like we did at one time.

Having family members close at this time of year is very important to me. On Thanksgiving Day, my wife and I will attend Church and then have a small Thanksgiving meal with just the two of us.

To me, Thanksgiving Day is just what it says. It is a day for us to give thanks for everything we have had and everything we have experienced.... good and bad... in our 79 years on this earth.

What is so sad to me is that Thanksgiving Day has really lost its meaning to a great many Americans. Many of our school age children have no clue about the very first Thanksgiving Day celebration in America and certainly do not attach much importance to that day. To many, especially the Millennials, it is just a few days when they do not have to attend classes or a day in which football is the primary reason for their existence.

When I was attending elementary school in Houston, Texas we were taught about the first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony in 1621. We learned that there some members of the local Indian tribes were also in attendance. According to what I remember being taught, the celebration was held to give thanks for a successful harvest. And we also learned that the local Indian tribes helped the Pilgrims to survive their first year. It was a three day celebration and was more of a harvest festival than a true Thanksgiving. And, surprisingly enough, the traditional Thanksgiving Turkey was more than likely not the main course. Venison and duck were probably the main meat courses.

The Pilgrim's flour supply had been non existent for a good while so bread was not present other than a form of bread made from ground corn. Also fish and dried fruit were a staple at the first feast.

In October 1777, all 13 colonies joined in a Thanksgiving celebration. It also commemorated the patriotic victory over the British at Saratoga. But it was a one time affair. George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789 but there were some who opposed it including future President Thomas Jefferson.

The Thanksgiving holiday we know today became a reality in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving. BUT, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned as a legal holiday as the 4th Thursday in November by the U.S. Congress in 1941.

I really wonder if in today's public education system if the students are taught any real history of our Thanksgiving holiday. I would wager that they are not but rather taught that it is to celebrate the DIVERSITY of our population and has nothing whatsoever in giving thanks to a Supreme Being.

I am equally sure that today's public school students are not being taught about just exactly what a real breakthrough our American Society really has been for the past 240 years. I am sure that it is more likely that they are being taught that our Republic is the root of all evil in the world today. I also wonder if it ever crosses their mush filled minds to ask this question; Why do people from almost every nation in the world try to re-locate.... legally or illegally... in the United States? If America is such an evil and poorly run society, who do people risk their lives to come here to live? If you can, please show me another society on the face of the earth..... during ANY time period.... where the people had the one thing that is really the most important thing of all...... FREEDOM.

As I have told you in the past.... when young S. Korean girls recognize the fact that FREEDOM is the most important concept on earth, then why are our children being taught that DIVERSITY and EQUALITY are more important? Just look at many of the Socialist societies in our world today. For the biggest part, their people have EQUALITY provided by their government BUT they are not free to pursue their desires... THE STATE decides what kind of work or profession each of them will pursue and THE STATE determines their pay and THE STATE controls their movements; their actions; and for many, their thoughts.

TO THAT KIND OF EXISTENCE I SAY NO THANK YOU.

But what I am truly thankful for is that I have a wonderful and caring family; wonderful and caring friends; and I was able to pursue a career in a job that I truly loved. SO, on our Thanksgiving Day Holiday, I do give thanks for these things and actually I give thanks for these things every day of my life.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"People who call themselves 'progressives' claim to be forward looking, but a remarkable amount of the things they say and do are based on looking backward. One of the maddening aspects of the thinking, or non-thinking, on the political left is their failure to understand that there is nothing they can do about the past. Whether people on the left are talking about college admissions or criminal justice, or many other decisions, they go on and on about how some people were born with lesser chances in life than other people."................. THOMAS SOWELL

"When it comes to criminal justice, there is much the same kind of preoccupation on the left with the past that cannot be changed. Murderers may in some cases have had unhappy childhoods, but there is absolutely nothing that anybody can do to change their childhoods after they are adults."... THOMAS SOWELL

"At the core of a liberal is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic, and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats."..... P.J. O'ROURKE

"A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves.... and include .... all men capable of bearing arms. The mind that aims at a select militia, bust be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle." ............... RICHARD LEE - 1787

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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Let's hear it for the Police in Cannon Ball, N.D. I caught an article in the (Sub) Standard Times a couple of days back.. headlined..."OFFICERS DOUSE ND PROTESTERS WITH WATER IN SUBFREEZING WEATHER."

The article went on to say that these "PROTESTERS" were attempting to push past a long blocked bridge on a state highway in Cannon Ball, N.D. A Sheriff's spokesman said that water hoses were used to keep distance between officers and criminal agitators and also to put out fires set by those agitators. A spokesman for the PROTESTORS said that the fires were set to warm people soaked with water. A couple of the groups involved in this "protest" were: The Indigenous Environmental Network; The Sierra Club; Greenpeace; and Amnesty International...... In other words, THE USUAL SUSPECTS. And as usual, many of the "PROTESTERS" were not from North Dakota. The article named one PROTESTER from Hawaii and one from Massachusetts. AND, as usual, these PEACEFUL PROTESTERS were throwing rocks and other debris at Officers.

Now at this point, perhaps I should point out to future PROTESTERS a fact of which they should already be aware: Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. If you make the conscious choice to engage in any type of violent protest, there could be a chance of water being used to spray the crowd and fires started by the so called PROTESTERS. When water hits skin or clothing and the temperature is sub-freezing, the chances of being uncomfortable at a bare minimum do exist. SO, perhaps you should choose another line of work... OR..... dress warmly.

Now if this sounds to you like I have little or no sympathy for these PROTESTERS, then I would say that you are most perceptive.

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This past week, up to and including earlier today, I have watched self designated MILLENNIAL STUDENTS still stuck in a whining mode over the Presidential election and the results. Perhaps these students might want to take a glimpse at Thomas Sowell's quotes on Progressives. Of course ALL Progressives are NOT MILLENNIALS and by the same token I am sure that ALL MILLENNIALS ARE NOT PROGRESSIVES..... but I'll bet most of them are.

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I was hoping that I would be able to attend a TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL 6A DIVISION I REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL Football game which will be played here in San Angelo just a few miles from my house on Friday, November 25th.... between #1 ranked Allen High School and #6 ranked San Angelo Central High School. Both teams are sporting a 12 - 0 record this season and should be the game of the year for both schools..... HOWEVER.... it appears that the game is already a sellout and I will have to be content on just listening to it on the radio....UNLESS.... some enterprising television station has the good sense to televise the game. Someone told me that our local stadium holds something like 17,000 people and I would venture to say that it will be overflowing on Friday afternoon.

West Texas still has several teams in various classes still active in the Texas High School Playoffs. Anyway, if you don't have a dog in the fight.... root for THE SAN ANGELO CENTRAL BOBCATS!

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Upon handing in his resignation as Director of National Security, James Clapper predicted that the Russians would continue to attempt to hack into U.S. government communications........ WOW! What are we going to do, without a Federal Government Intelligence Official who can predict THE OBVIOUS?

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And finally here are some memorable quotes.... all from the same person:

1) "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize."

2) "82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

3) " How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?"

4) "What happens when you get scared half to death twice?"

5) "If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?"

STEVEN WRIGHT

This is a really funny man whom I have not seen on television in a long time..... perhaps this is due to the fact that

NOTHING on television is funny anymore.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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November 16th, 2016 POST ELECTION WHINING OBSERVATIONS

WEDNESDAY -November 16, 2016

Greetings once again from the Headquarters For The Jingoistic Fossil Fuel Burning Four Wheel Drive SUV Driving Successful Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas.

OBSERVATIONS AND POST ELECTION WHINING:

I just saw a report that Donald Trump carried the Evangelical voters by 81%. I believe that was a surprise to most liberals which might also indicate why they LOST the Presidential election.

Then I watched a Democrat, whose name I did not catch, talking about how surprised his party was that the Republican Party has the "Working Class" pretty solidly in their camp. This guy said that the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists could not understand how the Democrat Party had lost the "Working Class" voter.

OK. I will make an attempt to explain so that even the idiots can understand. Just take the term "Working Class" and you might just accidentally hazard a guess that these were the people WHO HAD JOBS; WHO WORKED FOR A LIVING; WHO SOMETIMES WORKED MORE THAN ONE JOB; or WHO HAD RETIRED FROM A LIFETIME OF WORKING AT A JOB OR SEVERAL JOBS.

I would like to point out at this point in time that those people whom I have just described DO NOT RELATE WELL AT ALL TO A POLITICAL PARTY WHO HAS A POLICY OF GIVING AWAY MONEY OR GOODS PAID FOR BY THE "WORKING CLASS" TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WORK AT ALL!

This is actually not all that hard to understand BUT, I can understand how a present day Democrat/Progressive/Socialist might have a hard time grasping this concept.

I also heard earlier today that in last week's election that "The Donald" had actually increased the percentage of minority voters who supported him over those same voters during the last Presidential election.

OK. Before I forget it, I just wonder how people who are paying for a college education for their children can take some of the crap put out by a number of colleges and universities after Trump won the election. I read and heard several reports of what some of the institutions of higher learning did so that their "MILLENNIAL" students would be able to cope with the agony of defeat.

1) One of the universities in the Big Ten Conference offered its traumatized students coloring books and Play-Doh to calm their nerves.

2) Another university in the Big Twelve Conference reminded its stressed-out students that therapy dogs, were available.

3) One Ivy League school held a campus-wide "cry-in" with officials handing out tissues and hot chocolate.

4) Tufts University offered its devastated students arts and crafts sessions to ease the pain of their candidate losing.

5) At campuses from elite Yale to Connecticut to Iowa and beyond, professors canceled classes and/or exams --either because students asked or because instructors were too distraught to hold class.

If this is an example of our colleges and universities across our country then I say STOP SUPPORTING THEM IN ANY FASHION.

AND, keep in mind.... the majority of the MILLENNIALS believe that their college education should be FREE.

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As idiotic as the behavior of the colleges and universities was regarding the election, they were still way ahead of the violent rioters.... yes I said rioters... in a number of cities. I saw video from all over the country where these unruly gangs of people were burning and destroying vehicles and businesses.

All I can say is that HILLARY GOT BEAT and GET OVER IT. Had Hillary won the election, I would not have been happy but neither would I have destroyed private and public property to show my displeasure.

AH, but finally someone has hit on the real reason that Hillary lost. Not because she is a criminal and a liar of Biblical stature. Not because she was perhaps the WORST Secretary of State in my lifetime..... NOPE, none of those things. According to the whining Democrats/Progressives/Socialist it is because of the Electoral College system spelled out in the Constitution of the United States.

One must wonder why this system has worked just fine since the Constitution was ratified but all of a sudden when the favorite candidate of the Radical Left/Socialist/Democrat Party loses in fairly good fashion then the system is at fault.

Perhaps had the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists chosen a candidate who was not a lying criminal who not only caused Americans to be killed by terrorists in Benghazi, but blatantly lied to the families of those who were killed, might have fared a bit better in the general election

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I am going to withhold any comments about President Elect Trump until we can all see whether or not he will keep the promises he made to all of us for the past 18 months.

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I look back to 2008 when Barack Hussein Obama was elected to the office of President of the United States and recall that I was not happy with the results of that election. BUT, I do not remember WHINING about it, nor do I remember colleges and universities caving in to a bunch of whining students. Perhaps that is an indication that the left wing, liberal, millennials are more prone to pissing and moaning when they don't get their way.

Anyone who knows me very well can tell you that I am prone to bitching and griping when things do not go to suit me but I don't think I have ever been known to shed tears over something like a national election. In that area I am sort of like the old Baltimore Colt Hall of Fame Quarterback Johnny Unitas who said, "I get emotional over small children and baby animals, but not football." And that pretty well sums up my feelings. If Miley Cyrus wants to cry and if Whoopi Goldberg and a whole host of other big names in the so called entertainment industry want to threaten to "MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY" than all I can say is don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

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OH YES, If Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is serious about MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND then my immediate thought is, I hope she likes Kiwi meat. I would only hope that Justices Sotomayor and Kagan might consider accompanying her on her journey.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"A Hillary Clinton victory would have meant a third consecutive administration dedicated to dismantling the institutions that have kept America free, and imposing instead the social vision of the smug elites. That could have been the ultimate catastrophe -- not just for our time but for generations yet unborn."................THOMAS SOWELL

"What an insult to everyone's intelligence is that catch phrase, GLASS CEILING. What does GLASS mean, if not that you cannot see the ceiling, but somehow you just know that it is there? And how do you know? Because it has been repeated so often."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"One big test of the new Republican administration that takes office in January will be whether it falls into the trap of trying to rescue this monstrosity created by the Democrats, and succumbs to the siren song of bipartisanship that is sure to be heard from the media."................. THOMAS SOWELL

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." ............................ THOMAS JEFFERSON

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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Right after the election there appeared an article in the (Sub) Standard Times which read: "GOP SWEEPS TOM GREEN COUNTY AT ALL LEVELS."

And that, they did for a fact. Although our local newspaper leans a bit to the left on most issues, the voters of our county seem to lean a bit to the right...I am happy to say. Donald Trump carried our county by 71.49%

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Then, on the sports page in today's version there appeared an article quoting Allyson Felix who is an American sprinter who assured us that "I have one message for you: Please don't doubt us. America's DIVERSITY is our greatest strength." According to the article Ms. Felix said this to reassure the Olympic officials that they should not be worried by Donald Trump's election when they consider Los Angeles in their bid for the 2024 Summer Games. According to the article, some of Donald Trump's foreign policy plans are seen as possibly antagonizing some IOC members.

Well I don't know about the rest of you but I sure don't want the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to have their feelings hurt any more than Miley Cyrus going on a crying binge has any effect on my views on life. I think perhaps Rhett Butler might have said it best.... "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

And quite frankly, anything that upsets the IOC generally makes me feel gooooooooood. And while Ms. Felix is a very talented sprinter, I also "Frankly Don't Give A Damn" about her views on diversity. DIVERSITY DOES NOT MAKE YOU STRONG.... WHAT MAKES YOU STRONG IS YOUR ABILITY TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY AROUND DIVERSITY!

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OK. Now here is an item that really makes sense. The President of the University of Virginia received written communication from some of the students and some of the faculty requesting that SHE NOT USE ANY QUOTES FROM STATEMENTS MADE BY THOMAS JEFFERSON. As we all know, Thomas Jefferson had owned slaves at one time. OK. Now, WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA????? Yep, you guessed it... THOMAS JEFFERSON.

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I read of the death on November 11th of actor Robert Vaughn. I enjoyed Robert Vaughn's acting and he played many different roles. He was one of the gunmen in the ORIGINAL... Magnificent Seven. I have not read any positive reviews on the remake of that movie.

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I read this morning where the Mayor of Clay Town, West Virginia had handed in her resignation due to some disparaging remarks she made regarding Michelle Obama which were determined to be racist or hate speech or something along those lines. This was the result of some posting on Facebook of comments made by the Mayor. SO, I guess that the First Amendment is not in effect in West Virginia..... One must wonder at what point the "Thought Police" will make an appearance?

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I got an e-mail from several people who reside in the State of New York which said that the NYPD now mandates a 12; that's TWELVE; XII; pound trigger pull on the handguns carried by the NYPD Officers. Now for those of you who do not own handguns or do much shooting, that is a pretty damn heavy trigger pull. The factory trigger pull on a Model 1911 .45 semi-automatic pistol is 4 - 5 pounds; a Sig-Sauer model P-226 has a single action trigger pull of 3.2 pounds. BUT the top administration of New York City has so little regard for the safety of their Police Officers that they are now requiring a very heavy 12 pound trigger pull.

Also, I received several e-mails from Officers and Retired Officers from the NYPD showing an aerial view of the Uniform Police Officers lining up along the route of the funeral for an NYPD Sergeant who was murdered in the line of duty. Another Officer was wounded. The criminal did not survive. I just wonder if the Officers who returned fire and killed the criminal will have the trigger pull on their weapons tested by this current administration under the guidance of Mayor Bill De Blasio, whom you might notice is on the Varmint List.

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ALSO, a quick word on the phony bipartisanship attempt by Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton in acknowledging that Donald Trump was indeed the President Elect. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THESE PEOPLE. THEY BOTH HATE TRUMP AND HATE CONSERVATIVES AND CARE ONLY ABOUT THEMSELVES. OBAMA WANTS TO APPEAR LIKE A GOOD LOSER AND IS MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS LEGACY THAN HE IS WITH OUR COUNTRY. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE WITH HILLARY CLINTON. JUST ASK YOUR SELF THIS QUESTION; HOW CAN TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIED TO US FOR EIGHT YEARS OR LONGER BE TRUSTED TO SUDDENLY BE TELLING US THE TRUTH?

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OH, and I do have a few words of condolence to the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist Party and to the Mainstream Media who were so obviously in the tank for Hillary Clinton...................... DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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November 9th, 2016 Election Observations

WEDNESDAY - November 9, 2016

ELECTION OBSERVATIONS:

Yesterday, I and my wife went and voted and for the first time that I can remember, we both voted Straight Republican Ticket. The ONLY contested race in our area was the Sheriff's race and we sure wanted to keep our present Sheriff in office. SO, yesterday I pretty much stayed glued to the TV to try and keep up with how things were going. Pretty much ALL of the polls had Hillary winning in fairly easy fashion but I had my doubts as I never tell pollsters the truth when they bother me and I know that you can control the results of just about any poll you want to conduct.

Anyway, by late last evening I had hopes that not only was Trump going to win but the Republicans would maintain a majority in both the House and Senate and in fact all of those things happened. I did have a couple of observations about the election and about the media and their attempt to control the results. Early in the evening before it became apparent that Donald Trump was probably going to win several states that had prematurely been given to Hillary by the pollsters and the media. Before it became pretty obvious that Trump had a real shot at winning the election, I noticed that while Megyn Kelly kept a nice smile on her face, the tone of her voice indicated to me that she was not satisfied with the direction of the election.... so to Ms. Kelly I politely say.... TOUGH SHIT!

Then, later on in the night, actually after midnight in West Texas the FOX News Channel went to the Clinton Campaign Headquarters where John Podesta showed up and told all of the loyal trained Clinton monkeys that although things looked a bit dark, ALL OF THE VOTES HAD NOT BEEN COUNTED and that Hillary was in it until the very end. Now at what point anyone should start believing John Podesta is a mystery to me....... BECAUSE...... less than an hour later, Pennsylvania and all of their electoral votes were given to Trump and that and I believe a couple of smaller states put "The Donald" over the top. And a short while later, Hillary allegedly called Donald Trump to concede the election to him. And a very short while after that, Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families appeared at the Trump Headquarters where Trump made a pretty darn good speech and informed the nation that Hillary had conceded.

To me, that showed that Hillary Clinton cannot be truthful with her own supporters and did not even have the guts to show up in person to inform her brain dead supporters of her loss. The News also reported that Barack Hussein Obama was not happy with the results of the election.

BUT what this election should have really showed us is that a good portion of the American voting public have pretty much had it with professional politicians and are ready for some serious changes.

I also noticed the percentages by which Donald Trump won a number of states. Georgia; Mississippi; Alabama; North Carolina; South Carolina ALL have really large black populations and as we have been told week after week, Hillary had the black vote in the bag. Apparently some of the black voters in those states did not know that they were expected to blindly follow this lyin' old heifer and her criminal organization. One place where the voters should be scrutinized is in Washington, D.C. as Hillary received over 95% of the D.C. votes. That shows that the D.C. voters should all be tested for terminal lunacy. And apparently the coal producing states have had about enough of the Obama/Clinton/Democrat/Socialist energy plan.

Actually, last evening/night Donald Trump was a real gentleman when he announced that Hillary had thrown in the towel.

SO, with my candidate (at least my candidate in the finals) winning the Presidency and him being a real gentleman in his win, I feel that I also must show a bit of restraint when I say to Hillary Clinton:

"ADIOS TO YOU TONTO, AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON."

And that is the absolute limit to my kindness to this woman who should be indicted for numerous crimes and who must share the responsibility for the deaths of Americans in Benghazi and then lying to the families of the slain Americans.

And now, it is time to remember every single promise made to the American People by Donald Trump AND even more important, let us light a fire under the rear ends of our Senators and Representative and get them in high gear.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"My accomplishments as Secretary of State? Will, I'm glad you asked! My proudest accomplishment in which I take the most pride, mostly because of the opposition it faced early on, you know, the remnants of prior situations and mind-sets that were too narrowly focused in a manner whereby they may have overlooked the bigger picture, and we didn't do that, and I'm proud of that. Very proud. I would say that's a major accomplishment." .........HILLARY CLINTON (on March 11, 2014 in response to being asked about her accomplishments as Secretary of State. Someone please tell me what she meant.)

"As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides... There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression......The Anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all that sort of thing......... The National Anthem should be SWAPPED for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing.' If that were our Anthem, then, I might salute it. In my opinion, we should consider reinventing our National Anthem as well as REDESIGN or Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love."......BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

These two quotes were made, one by a man who has been President of the United States for almost 8 years, and the other by a woman who just lost her bid to become President of the United States. I cannot believe that any real American could accept either of these views.

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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In an article a couple of days back in the (Sub) Standard Times, FORMER Tom Green County Democrat Chairperson, Linda Shoemaker wrote that; "HILLARY HAS SHOWN US SHE'S READY TO LEAD THE NATION." Really? Then the article went on to show how bravely she faced the issues of her husband Bill, who was banging everything he could lay his hands on (my words, not Ms. Shoemaker's) Then Ms. shoemaker went on to describe an event earlier in her life when she was doing student teaching. She went on in the article to describe how STEADY our present President has been and assured us that Hillary would maintain the same level of stability. HEY! You don't suppose that the voters in those "SWING STATES" and "BATTLEGROUND STATES" might not have agreed with Ms. Shoemaker's take on political matters?

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Anyway, the election is over BUT we must keep vigilant and make sure that these elected officials KEEP THEIR PROMISES.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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November 2nd, 2016 The Russians are Coming / Voting Machines

WEDNESDAY - November 2, 2016

Hello once more from the West Texas Branch Of Jingoistic Xenophobic Right Wing Conspiratorial Non Believers In Manmade Global Warming.

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING:

Well it looks as if perhaps Hillary's E-Mail transgressions are about to come back to bite her on the backside........... FINALLY. And it also seems apparent that Hillary's right hand assistant, Huma Abedin's estranged hubby, Anthony Weiner, is about ready to do something right for a change. It should be a whole new experience for that boob also. AND keep in mind that he will more than likely NOT be doing it for patriotic reasons. He will more than likely be doing it to save his own ass.... which tells me that he is a bit more intelligent than I had originally thought.

I really am anxious to find out just exactly what kind of information that the F.B.I. Investigators will find on the laptop which was given them by Anthony Weiner. Of course it might be a long time before any of us find out with any degree of accuracy just exactly what the content is, but I have a feeling that it will not only involve Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin, but some other major players to boot.

It is also appearing as if Barack Hussein Obama is ready to feed them all to the wolves to save his own sorry rear.

BUT, what really strikes me as a bit humorous is that all of the Clinton flunkies are blaming her e-mails being divulged on "The Russians." AND, I saw one video clip in which Clinton flunky James Carville blames it on the KGB. Of course the KGB is a non-existent entity at present since that band of pirates has undergone a couple of name changes since the time that Vladimir Putin was an old KGB thug. I believe that the initials KGB were the Russian initials for Committee For State Security. And I believe that under Boris Yeltsin, the initials were changed to the FSK which were the Russian initials for Counter Terrorism Service or something of that nature. And the unit then changed to the FSB which stands for Federal Security Service. Of course perhaps the initials have changed again but the players and their methods are still relatively identical. But since when did the truth or accuracy become important to James Carville?

But here is what I don't understand...... If it was the Russians who outed Hillary's e-mails, the e-mails still existed and if there was nothing which could cause Hillary any problems, then WHY did she destroy so damn many of them?

And after thinking about this whole affair for a bit, I finally decided that I didn't give a damn if the Klingons or the Romulans were the ones who made Hillary's e-mails public.... they did it at the right time.

Don't expect this investigation to end prior to the election or even shortly thereafter as it will take months to really get to the bottom of the whole mess but it sure appears that many of Hillary's supporters are bailing out in fairly large numbers. AND, if the F.B.I. investigation starts turning up some really damning evidence on her, it will be a source of entertainment to watch how Barack Hussein Obama forgets how to spell her name. AND, I did hear and read several reports that Anthony Weiner voluntarily turned over his computer to the F.B.I. Agents which makes a search warrant unnecessary.

ALSO, I heard several reports that the E-Mails now being scrutinized from Anthony Weiner's computer are not necessarily covering the same items as Hillary's earlier suspected confidential E-Mails. According to several reports, these new E-Mails are allegedly showing that Hillary Clinton was selling favors to foreign governments in exchange for those governments making contributions to The Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. Also there have been numerous reports that only about 6% of the Clinton Foundation Funds go to help charitable causes..... Let's see now, that would mean that about 94% then would be used for something else. Wonder what that could be?

In short, professional politicians are for the large part a king size pain in the ass and the great majority of them think only of their own re-election rather than doing the job for which they were elected. I know there are a few exceptions but for the biggest part I would like to replace them all.

BUT, until then.... be sure and keep your eyes peeled in all directions because according to James Carville..... THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!!!

VOTING MACHINES:

For a number of years I was the guy in charge of the voting locations during the primary and general elections. Of course in the primary elections I was in charge of the Republican locations and during the general elections I was in charge of the entire polling station since our precinct is way majority Republican. During those elections I learned a bunch about the various rules which govern a polling station and prior to each election I had to go downtown to the County Clerk's office and go through training and learn of all the changes that took place.

During a couple of those elections, our polling station left something to be desires insofar as convenience for the poll workers AND the voting public. But most people tried to be understanding and in all it was a good experience. During one of the general elections, one of the ladies from the main office came to our polling station and found a George Bush sign which she thought was too close to the polling station entrance so she pulled the sign up and put it inside the building facing the wall. I did not see exactly where she had put it and it was out of sight....... AH, but a Democrat Poll Watcher came to check on our station and somehow managed to find the sign, which as I say was upside down, facing a wall in a small area which could not be seen from our voting machines and registration tables.

Anyway, this woman came up and was boiling mad and asked who was in charge and I told her that I was and of course I had on a name tag which boldly showed my name. She started in on the wrong foot and got up in my face and said, "What's Your Name?" I pointed at my name tag and didn't say a word. Then she asked me for my telephone number and I had reached my point of having enough of her and I told her that I was not going to give her my phone number. And she was fairly foaming at the mouth when she told me about the sign and I had her show it to me and immediately took it and put it in a closet.

Then at this point she screamed at me that she was going to report me to election headquarters. There was a pretty good crowd of people along with the other poll workers and everybody was just staring at her and could not believe their eyes or ears. At this point I told her that she obviously had me confused me with someone who gave a shit about what she was going to do and she turned and stormed out the door. Everyone who was in the polling station, workers and voters broke out in laughter and told me that I had responded to this crazy heifer like they would like to themselves.

Now let us talk about the voting machines. Of course there are the electronic machines which take a little help for some folks but they are fairly simple to understand. Then there were the paper ballots which could be filled out at certain stations. I heard many people tell me that they didn't trust the electronic machines but felt comfortable with the paper ballots. I just said that was fine that everyone could make their own choice. I don't guess that it ever dawned upon them that after they filled out their paper ballot they fed it into another type of electronic machine which counted the ballot and produced a tape just like the electronic machines did. So, in reality, everyone's vote was electronically counted. I thought it strange that lots of folks didn't see that.

This past week end I talked to several people from another part of our state who had voted early and had personally witnessed several people who voted electronically. Some voted in each individual race and some voted the straight Republican ticket. I talked to several people who said that while at their early voting location that their vote for the President, and all of them voted for Trump, was not counted when they were finished voting and the machine shows you the results before you push the red VOTE button. They told me that the Trump vote was the only one that did not show up on the review.

So, perhaps some of the things we have been hearing about voting machine irregularities are not as far fetched as many had thought. We will not go early vote but will vote at our precinct voting station and it is ALL electronic voting with NO paper ballots and I am anxious to see what happens after I and my wife cast our Presidential vote for "The Donald."

Also, let us not forget that in many states there are other elected offices up for grabs. We must not only try our best to see that Hillary Clinton is NOT elected as President of the United States but in those other states the voters need to make sure that a Democrat/Progressive/Socialist does NOT replace a Republican. I will still contend that this next President will be able to appoint at least two and possibly three Supreme Court Justices and we certainly cannot afford to have the court become any more liberal than at present.

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"The NAACP's decision to back the teachers' unions, who donate money to them, against charter schools that provide thousands of black children their only hope of a better life, means that the NAACP should no longer be considered part of the civil rights movement, but just another part of the race hustling racket."...................... THOMAS SOWELL

"If the media seriously wanted to report the news -- instead of spinning it -- they could stop calling rioters protesters and stop calling terrorists militants.".................... THOMAS SOWELL

"Have you ever encountered even one human being -- whether in person, in print or in the broadcast media -- who denied that climates change? If not, why do you suppose zealots for the catastrophic GLOBAL WARMING theory want laws passed to punish CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS? Is it because they are losing the battle of evidence on GLOBAL WARMING and need to shut up others?"............... THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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MORE STUFF:

An article in one of the newspapers reported that over last weekend, 17 persons were killed and over 40 injured in street violence incidents. HEY! Doesn't Chicago have some of the most restrictive firearms regulations in the nation? And isn't Chicago the home city of Barack Hussein Obama and Michelle Obama? And isn't former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel the Mayor of Chicago? I guess somewhere, someone forgot to tell the Chicago street thugs about their city's strict firearms laws. Probably THE RUSSIANS are behind all this violence.

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In Philadelphia last week a black female by the name of Sevyn Streeter was slated to sing the National Anthem at the beginning of a Philadelphia 76er basketball game. However, Ms. Streeter showed up to sing the National Anthem wearing a Tank Top with "WE MATTER" printed on it. The Philadelphia 76er's organization prohibited Ms. Streeter from performing the National Anthem. AH, but afterward the players on the Philadelphia 76er basketball team were going to have a meeting to decide whether or not they were going to protest the actions of the team of preventing Ms. Streeter from performing..... more than likely butchering.. the National Anthem.

I am beginning to wonder when these professional sports franchises and the owners of same along with the league front offices will begin to show some guts and prohibit all these political statements made at these events. I can assure you that in the NHL in Canada when the Canadian National Anthem is played, none of the Canadian hockey team members show their collective asses as do the NFL players. As a matter of fact the fans and many of the players join in singing O' Canada and I think that is pretty cool.

I am just trying to think of any other profession that one could choose where the head of that organization does not put certain rules in place which must be followed if you wish to keep your job. I have worked any number of places that had procedures which were mandatory or you could hit the road. AND, I was not getting paid anywhere the salary of even the lowest paid NFL, NBA, NHL or MLB player.

I watched a program reviewing the life of former Chicago Bears owner George Halas and from everything I have ever heard or read about Mr. Halas, the only player who ever even argued with him with any success was Hall of Fame defensive end Doug Atkins and he eventually got traded to New Orleans. I also saw a program on Reggie Jackson who was one of the all time great Yankee hitters and he did something halfway and Billy Martin benched him in the middle of a game. How many players did you ever hear of getting up in the face of Vince Lombardi or Tom Landry or Bill Parcels or even Bill Belichick? Belichick is one of the main reasons I became a Patriots fan years ago.

Anyway, it was good to see the Philadelphia NBA franchise do the right thing for a change..... Just don't let the RUSSIANS know what you did.

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I heard yesterday that one of the ObamaCare policies in, I believe Arizona had the premiums increase from a little over $100 per month to over $500 per month and the deductible increase to $5,200 per person. Didn't Barack Hussein Obama himself tell the American people that insurance rates would go down? Seems as if Barack has a bit of a problem with his arithmetic.

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I had a great weekend at a reunion in Fredericksburg sponsored by the Houston Police Retired Officer's Association of which I am an associate member. I got to see some old friends, many of whom I worked with in the 1950s and 1960s. The food was great but the visiting with old friends was what really made my week end. And many of those old friends and former partners are scattered all over the State of Texas. Some still live in the Gulf Coast area but some have moved to the Texas Hill Country, which is my favorite part of the state. I spent Saturday night with one of my best friends from Houston who had recently purchased a beautiful home just West of Fredericksburg.

And, of course, having been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, I am supposed to stay away from sugar and high carbohydrate foods. I really do try to watch my bad carbohydrate consumption but when you see a Kolache Shop in an old German community, the temptation is just too strong. I had every intention of passing the Kolache Shop by BUT I DIDN'T. My Mother-In-Law was a Polish lady who was one of the best cooks on the planet and when my wife and I would go to their farm in Bremond, Texas, she would make sure she had some home made Kolaches for us. She made all different flavors BUT her home made dewberry Kolaches were the absolute best. I liked them all even the poppy seed Kolaches which don't sound all that good but were delicious. If you do not know what a Kolache is, you need to look it up on the Internet. It is a favorite dessert among German, Polish, Czech, Yugoslav and Croatian people.

But being true to my diet, I only ate SIX.... 2 Blueberry, 2 Peach, and 2 Apple. The RUSSIANS MADE ME DO IT!

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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October 26th, 2016 YOUTH / HORRIFYING

WEDNESDAY - October 26, 2016

Greetings from the Association Of Jingoistic Fossil Fuel Burning Man Made Global Warmers Of West Texas.

YOUTH:

As you may have noticed over the past few weeks/months/years that I have developed a pretty strong tendency in finding fault in Liberals/Progressives/Democrats/Socialists in general and those with the aforementioned tendencies in our federal government in particular. And I must confess that finding and pointing out those folks whom I believe have wrong thoughts and actions is really quite easy. It is much tougher to find those who are doing and thinking what is right. BUT, this week, a friend of mine whom I have only known for the past 13 years gave me a copy of a paper done as a school English assignment by his 17 year old Grandson. What this paper says is not surprising in the least to me as I know this young man's Grandfather and Grandmother and know them to be really good, Christian people. The Grandfather was an athlete in high school and in college and went into the coaching profession and coached football and basketball at a number of Texas High Schools. I would like to share with all of you some of the thoughts of this young 17 year old Texas High School student.

The paper is titled: GUNS FOR THE PEOPLE.

"As the upcoming election draws to an end, gun laws and rights are a very hot topic between the two parties. Some believe that guns are very dangerous and those who have them intend to spread violence with them, which is not true for every gun owner in America. Most people who pass a background check should be allowed to carry a firearm, because in the right hands, a gun is a useful tool, defense weapon, and item of great value and history.............. Killing wild game and consuming it the same day is much more inexpensive, and also healthier to eat than processed foods you can go out and buy. This is one of the many useful ways guns have been used for hundreds of years and are still used today.......... Saying that restricting firearms to all sounds like a great plan, but so does restricting illegal drugs, which as everyone knows are still very easy to obtain from bad people who distribute them. The same thing happens when you put restriction on guns.....Let's say that a new law is passed making all guns illegal. All of the law abiding, good people who follow this restriction will have no firearms at all. While many will follow this law, there are plenty who will be able to obtain guns illegally...... If they are willing to illegally obtain these guns, then they won't hesitate to do illegal and harmful things wit them, leaving the good, law abiding citizens completely defenseless........... Besides using guns as tools and defense weapons, there is a huge industry of buying, selling, and trading guns because of their value and history, almost like old cars. If you go to any gun show, it's mainly older men, selling and trading old historic guns. These guns don't have high capacity magazines and aren't the same guns you hear about on the news. Believe it or not, there are thousands of other guns out there besides an 'AR-15' or an 'AK-47'. So many people have certain guns in their possession that they would never even think about selling or trading. Whether it be a great shooting gun that they love, or a gun that their grandfather owned and used for years and this is how they remember him, all of them don't have a price value for an important reason. Guns are a lot like cars. You have the everyday basic, new cars that everyone has, and then you have the old, original '57 Chevy that is full of history and a rare sight to see in working condition. The same thing applies to guns....... Guns impact many individuals in a positive way every single day. In the right hands, guns can be a great thing and promote safety and responsibility, which everyone needs all throughout their entire lives. Having restrictions placed on guns would only make the country more corrupt, so doing our best to filter out the people with bad intentions, every American who passes a background check should be able to own and use a firearm, just as it states in the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."

Isn't it strange that a 17 year old high school student seems to have a better grasp of the firearms question and the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, than do the vast majority of left wing, anti-gun, fanatics in the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist Party? In the present times, I believe it took great courage for this young man to take such a stand on the firearms issue. AND, trust me when I tell you that he learned these values in his home and from his family over learning them in our present public education system. And to me, this is what is missing for a large portion of today's young people. But I am equally sure that there are many who have the same values as my friend's Grandson. Oh, I almost forgot.... this English instructor is anti-gun so my level of respect for this young man is even higher than I originally thought.

HORRIFYING:

Horrifying - to cause to feel horror; to shock or disgust

In the last so called DEBATE, Donald Trump was asked a question by FOX News Moderator Chris Wallace if he would accept the results of the election in November. Donald Trump answer was something like, I will have to wait and see, or words similar to that.

Hillary Clinton made the statement that Trumps answer was HORRIFYING. I also heard a couple of radio and TV personalities state that they were HORRIFIED by Trump's answer to that question.

All I can say is that if Hillary and the various news mutts were actually HORRIFIED by "The Donald's" answer then none of them need to ever be allowed out alone in public much less hold the office of President of the United States. I see stuff every day that is way worse than Trump's answer and while a great deal of it really pisses me off, I am not HORRIFIED by hearing or seeing it. Now here is a woman who says that she has the experience and strength of be trusted with the Nuclear Code but who is HORRIFIED by Donald Trump's... "I'll have to wait and see" answer.

If you will remember that when George W. Bush was President, the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists/Marxists told us on one hand that George W. Bush had the I.Q. of mildew and couldn't string four words together that made sense... but yet..... was smart enough to mastermind all kinds of plots and create world situations which were ultra-dangerous to the American people...... SORRY! You can't have it both ways.

In one breath they are trying to make us believe that Hillary is the most qualified human ever to be considered for the office of President of the United States with strength enough to handle world affairs..... BUT YET.... is HORRIFIED by a fairly unobtrusive answer by Donald Trump to, in reality, a MEANINGLESS QUESTION.

BUT I will tell you what is HORRIFYING... and that is the thought of this criminal female who not only lies at every turn, but tells lies that get Americans KILLED, being elected to the office of President of the United States. AND what is even MORE HORRIFYING is the thought of this lyin' criminal squack being in a position to appoint more than likely 2 or 3 Supreme Court Justices.

Is Donald Trump my idea of a first choice for President? Hell No! BUT do I choose him over Hillary Clinton? Hell Yes!

PRAYER LIST:

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."............ THOMAS JEFFERSON

"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." .................. JAMES MADISON

"And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."........ THOMAS JEFFERSON

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable... the very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that is good."... .......................GEORGE WASHINGTON

"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."............................... THOMAS JEFFERSON

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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MORE STUFF:

A few days back one of the sports channels showed a program on the old Los Angeles Rams defensive line... "The Fearsome Foursome." I believe that this was the first time that a specific nickname had been applied to a defensive line. I know that the Notre Dame backfield back in Rockne days had "The Four Horsemen" which was a name given them by sports announcer Grantland Rice. But for those of you who do not remember the Fearsome Foursome they were: (Rt. DE) - Lamar Lundy - Purdue; (Rt. DT) Roosevelt Grier - Penn State; (L DT) Merlin Olsen - Utah State; and (L-DE) David (DEACON) Jones -Miss. Valley State. Of course the program had lots of film on them and I cannot think of a single defensive line in any era that could compare with these four players. And actually the member who received the least amount of press coverage of the four might have been the best athlete of them all and that was Defensive End, Lamar Lundy. Lamar Lundy was huge for that time, standing 6'7" and they gave his weight at 270 pounds. Of course Deacon Jones was known as the pass rusher but Lamar Lundy was mainly known for stopping the run and he was exceptional. When Lundy first began his NFL career he was an offensive tight end. Then he switched to defense and found a home. All of the living players gave Lamar Lundy lots of credit for his play. His senior year at Purdue he was the MVP for their football team AND the MVP for the Purdue Basketball team. Lundy became very ill at about age 35 and the program said that he suffered from prostate cancer; diabetes; and heart problems. He had to live his final years with his son. BUT all of the remaining players helped him out with medical bills and had nothing but praise for him. I think that Roosevelt Grier is the only one of these amazing athletes who is still living. Deacon Jones was the one who invented the term "sacking the quarterback". Funny thing is I don't ever remember any of them refusing to stand for our National Anthem. I realize that today's athletes are better trained and as a whole larger and faster but if you ever get a chance to watch the film of these four guys in action I believe that you will agree that they could have played and excelled in any era.

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In an earlier article in the (Sub) Standard Times, I caught the headline.... NCAA ACCUSES LOUISVILLE, PITINO OF VIOLATIONS

I have watched Louisville's football team play a couple of games this year and in their quarterback, Lamar Jackson, seems to be the odds on favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. And he is certainly ahead of most others on my list also but with that being said, I must admit that I have little or no use for their head coach, Rick Pitino. I am not completely sure of all of which he is being accused in the latest allegations but my negative opinion of Rick Pitino goes back a number of years when he was the Head Coach of the Atlanta Falcons. At that time, his starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons was Michael Vick who had just been arrested in the famous "Dog Fighting" incident for which Michael Vick received a felony conviction and some jail time and a suspension from the NFL.

And, Rick Pitino leaving the job as Head Coach for the Atlanta Falcons did not bother me all that much. What did bother me though was that Pitino had already been hired as the Head Coach for the Arkansas Razorback but called a meeting of his Atlanta Falcons players and told them that he would stick with them through thick and thin and that he would be back as their head coach for the upcoming season. WHICH WAS A BALD FACE LIE.

Pitino leaving to search for another job was not that big of a deal BUT LYING to his Falcons players pretty well showed me that his character was a bit questionable. Within a few years he was relieved of his head coaching duties at Arkansas and a few years later ended up at the University of Louisville. Now while he might be a very good head coach insofar as the X's and O's are concerned, his character is still a bit flawed in my opinion. Of course in typical Pitino fashion he denied any knowledge of the wrongdoings of someone on his staff. Pitino said that he was just too trusting of others. Funny, seems like the Atlanta Falcons players and owners trusted Pitino several years back also.

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I did not watch the Megyn Kelly interview with Newt Gingrich last evening but I did see a replay of the interview. And I guess it just depends upon an individual's personal likes and dislikes about who won the argument and who was right in their assumptions.

Since my personal thoughts and views are no big secret, I simply do not trust Megyn Kelly to be either "Fair" or "Balanced" and I am reasonably sure that she dislikes Donald Trump for his getting on her case in the first so called Republican Debate. I do not trust Ms. Kelly and certainly do not believe that she is fair with people whom she does not like.... and she obviously does not like Donald Trump. I did watch a film on her rise to fame on the FOX News channel and learned that her Idol was Oprah Winfrey......... 'NUFF SAID.

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Another article in the (Sub) Standard Times tells the story of a local guy who attempted to sell some stolen property on Facebook. Officers went to the residence of the seller with a search warrant and recovered a number of items which had been stolen in a local burglary. The burglary victims recognized their stolen property in the Facebook advertisement and notified the Police Department. How stupid do you have to be to advertise items you have stolen on Facebook?

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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October 19th, 2016 MILLENIALS / RIGGED

WEDNESDAY - October 19, 2016

Hello once again from the West Texas Headquarters For Jingoistic Anti-Debate Manmade Global Warming Denying Members Of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

MILLENNIALS:

Yesterday I was listening to a self proclaimed MILLENNIAL on a morning radio talk show. It happened to be the Glenn Beck Show and this young college age girl who claimed to be a typical MILLENNIAL made the statement that, "Millennials are on a quest for TRUTH." WOW! You could have fooled me. As it had been reported, the vast majority of the MILLENNIALS were avid supporters of Bernie Sanders. OK. Let me see if I have this right. Millennials are on a quest for TRUTH. The great majority of them were supporting Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders is an avowed SOCIALIST and believes that the government should provide a FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION TO EVERYONE and that existing College Loans SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPAID. And this girl says that the MILLENNIALS ARE ON A QUEST FOR TRUTH? Sounds to me more like the MILLENNIALS ARE ON A QUEST FOR A FREE HAND OUT and turning the CONTROL of practically every aspect of our lives to a federal government.

It is fairly obvious that these MILLENNIALS are being taught NOTHING OF REAL VALUE in the public education system AT ANY LEVEL.

Then to top it off, Glenn Beck has been preaching a theory about the "I GENERATION" vs. the "WE GENERATION" and that this runs in cycles. Some of his views on this might make a bit of sense but he is wanting to tell us that the MILLENNIALS at this particular point in time are mirroring the same thoughts as THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II. I am sorry but even though I was quite young in WW II, I still remember it well and had many family members who did see combat in both the European and Pacific Theaters and I still have a vivid memory of many events of that war.

Now I know that Mr. Beck is a very smart man and I do agree with him on some things BUT I do not believe that there is really all that much of a similarity in today's MILLENNIALS and the young Americans who fought in WW II. And I sincerely hope Mr. Beck's thoughts on these various cycles of behavior are wrong. I seem to remember every day Americans at all levels during the WW II years of the 1940s were certainly more willing to sacrifice their own private holdings and their own time to support our nation during those years.

I can remember as a small child in both Wortham, Texas and later on in Houston, Texas doing everything our family could to be supportive of our nation during this war. At that time, my Father, who had been injured in the oil field in 1939 had to take a job as a grocery clerk and believe me that this kind of job did not bring in a whole bunch of money. I can recall having ration stamps and having "red points" to purchase meat and "blue points" to purchase dairy products. I can remember that the butter substitute we used was greasy and solid white but they furnished you with a packet of yellow powder to mix and make the substitute at least look like butter. I can remember my Mother saving all of the grease from every meal in a special can and turning that stuff in every week at a collection station along with all of the spare news papers.

I can also remember gasoline being rationed and there were ration stamps which you had to use to purchase gas which was plenty cheap back then. I can remember in 1939, we had a 1937 Ford Coupe with a floor shift and a flat head V-8 motor. I can remember my Dad having to sell that car when he was off work from the oil field due to his injury. I can remember that during the early months of 1940 when my Dad was home, he read to me faithfully every day. Then he began to make up games to teach me some things that just might have been useful later on. I can remember reading in a "Baby Book" which was kept by my Mother when she wrote that at age 2, I knew the capital of every U.S. State due to the games my Dad and I played. I could actually read by the time I was 4 years old.

I can remember many families who were in the same shape as mine and not a single one of them thought that the government owed us a free ride. Of course in Texas during those years not everything was perfect by a long shot. There were a few black families who lived in the small Central Texas town of Wortham which is in Freestone County and everybody pretty well got along and I can remember that some of the black families had young men who also served their country in WW II.

And out of all the people whom I knew from the early 1940s until the end of the war in 1945, I cannot think of a single person who even remotely reminds me of ANY of this so called MILLENNIAL GENERATION. So, in spite of his education and media experience, I must respectfully disagree with Glenn Beck on his comparison of today's MILLENNIALS with the generation of young Americans who fought in World War II..... or maybe my disagreement might not be all that respectful.

I don't seem to remember anyone back during those years in the 1940s or even in later years in the 1950s and early 1960s who believed in any governmental system which remotely resembles the system promoted by Bernie Sanders... or for that matter... Hillary or Donald or Barack or Happy or Sneezy or Dopey. (Yep, count 'em, Bernie, Hillary, Donald, Barack, Happy, Sneezy and Dopey.. there are 7.)

Actually, today's MILLENNIALS have been sold a bill of goods, not only by the federal government but also by a completely corrupt education system. I heard one report that many of today's MILLENNIALS have never heard of Chairman Mao or Joseph Stalin or the Holocaust. These things are just not being taught at any level. So, if they don't know about these people or anything about WW II, how can we expect ANY of these MILLENNIALS to have a clue about our Founding Fathers or of our Declaration of Independence or for sure the Constitution of the United States.

If you just take a close look at how many of these so called MILLENNIALS were and still are solidly in the camp of an admitted SOCIALIST then you just might accidently not really give a damn about their likes and dislikes. It is insulting enough to the American people to have a WEAK SOCIALIST PRESIDENT in the person of BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA or to have HILLARY CLINTON as the Democrat/Socialist/Marxist Presidential Candidate and for the Republican Party to have fallen so far as to have Donald J. Trump as their Presidential Candidate. BUT PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO SELL THE STORY THAT THE MILLENNIALS ARE ON "A QUEST FOR THE TRUTH." From everything I have seen or heard about the MILLENNIALS, the great majority of them are IN SEARCH OF MORE FREE STUFF.... But it is only FREE for them. It costs the rest of us a bundle.

RIGGED:

The Donald for the past few days has been saying that this election is RIGGED. When you get to looking at the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, RIGGED seems like a pretty fair assessment of how things are going.

First of all, just look at the Democrat Primary. Perhaps Hillary Clinton would have won the nomination of the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists/Marxists on the up and up. BUT in typical Clinton fashion, the folks in charge of the Democrat/Progressive/Marxist Party decided that they would remove any doubt, hence, all of the SUPER DELEGATES which all went to Clinton.

Then after she won the nomination the E-Mail scandal rose to the surface and the F.B.I. conducted a fairly lengthy investigation into this matter and ended up doing NOTHING but give the American people lip service.

I have read a number of comments from both active and retired F.B.I. Agents and I cannot think of a one that was not completely surprised at the way this whole mess was handled. When we all watched James Comey make his famous announcement of all of the violations which were committed and then summed it up by telling us that they were recommending no criminal action be taken against Hillary Clinton for some really obvious violations of her office and the law.

Of course, it really came as no surprise to most of us who have recognized the Obama administration to lean toward criminality in a number of instances.

Although I was too young to vote, I can remember the big stink raised in Texas when Lyndon B. Johnson won his first U.S. Senate election in a Primary Runoff aided by dead people voting in Duval and Jim Wells Counties. I am sure that most Texans remember the name George Parr who was known as The Duke of Duval County. Johnson's opponent, Coke Stevenson had been Governor of Texas and had refused to appoint a Parr favorite to a District Attorney position in Laredo. Also Johnson had helped Parr obtain a Presidential Pardon in 1946 for a previous felony conviction.

Of course, Democrats and the mainstream media will try to tell us that rigging elections now is impossible with the electronic voting machines and such but I have noticed that most cities are loaded with professional people called ELECTRICIANS. These people do not hold these electrician jobs because electronics always operate perfectly.... Nope, on occasion they BREAK DOWN and electronics can be tampered with so please take the electronic voting machine story to someone who will buy into that crap.

But the real RIGGING of this election lies directly in the hands of the mainstream media. It is very obvious that the mainstream media is in the tank for Hillary. We have all been made aware by any number of sources about the TOTAL MELTDOWN of Hillary Clinton immediately following the September 7th Commander-In-Chief Forum in which Matt Lauer asked Hillary a question which had NOT been provided for her ahead of time. After the program, every one of the reports states that Hillary Clinton went ballistic over the fact that her staff was evidently unaware that the particular question regarding her classified e-mails was going to be asked. The meltdown was witnessed by a bunch of NBC employees and according to the reports, Hillary was cursing and swearing to get Matt Lauer's job and in general screeching at her staff as well as Donna Brazile, the DNC Chairperson (Brazile replaced Debbie Wasserman Schultz and is just as big a varmint as Schultz). It was also reported that Hillary Clinton does not ALLOW any of her entourage to possess cell phones when they are with her. I can see why.

Anyway, the mainstream media publishes every rumor regarding Donald Trump but will not report any bad behavior on the part of Hillary Clinton.

Elections have been tampered with for many, many years and please do not try to sell me on some fairy tale that it is impossible to rig an election today due to electronic voting.

Ever since I was a little boy, I was taught that it is wrong to strike a girl. And I still believe to be true in MOST cases. HOWEVER, Hillary Clinton gives one pause to think again on this subject.

AND tonight's Presidential Debate will mean absolutely NOTHING in the grand scheme of things as the media will slant it in Hillary's favor regardless of the truth of the matter. Perhaps the MILLENNIALS might be better served to try and find an instance in which Hillary Clinton actually TOLD THE TRUTH.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord, DeWayne & Donald Schendel, Ken Welty - CA - Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the poor in particular. That is also their greatest fraud. It even fools many leftists themselves."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"In the vision of the left, the welfare state is supposed to be a step forward, in the direction of social justice. Tons of painful evidence, from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, that the welfare state has in fact been a step backward toward barbarism --among low income whites in England and ghetto blacks in the United States -- does not make a dent in the beliefs of the left."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"Examining hard evidence would mean gambling a whole vision of the world -- and of their own role in that world -- on a single throw of the dice, which is what looking at hard evidence amounts to. The path of least resistance is to continue going through life feeling good about themselves, while leaving havoc in their wake."........... THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Earlier in the week there was an article in the (Sub) Standard Times headlined: OBAMA COMMUTES SENTENCES FOR 102 MORE PRISONERS. The article went on to say that Obama offered 102 federal inmates the chance to leave prison early, wielding his clemency powers Thursday as part of his end-of-term push to spur action on CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. This brings the total number of sentences shortened by Barack Hussein Obama to 774 which includes 590 so far this year. The White House said that it's more than the previous 11, XI. ELEVEN presidents COMBINED. Thirty-four of the recipients had been serving life sentences.

Please remember that I have urged everyone to be very skeptical of ANY proposed legislation with the words: REFORM; COMPREHENSIVE; or COMMON SENSE in any way connected to the proposed legislation, but particularly federal legislation.

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The (Sub) Standard Times also ran a story about two Milwaukee men who allegedly attempted to join ISIL/ISIS (take your pick), who were arrested in Tom Green County, Texas. This is the county where San Angelo is located. One of the men said that he desired to live under Sharia Law and that he was tired of living under the infidel's system and wanted to strive for paradise. Both men had evidently converted to the Islamic Religion.

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Last week I received a really pleasant surprise. I learned that the wife of one of the recipients of my weekly letter was a girl with whom I grew up after we first moved to Houston. Her older brother and I were the same age and I believe she was 2 years younger than her brother and I. My piece on Tommy Sands was what drew her attention that I was probably the same boy she knew from Houston since 1943. She wrote me a nice note and I learned that she and her family along with her brother now lived in Kerrville, Texas. I will make it a point to look them up the next time I am in that area. And just to show everyone how fate seems to work, just a few days prior to receiving her e-mail, I was talking with some other friends and we got on the subject of art and creative talent and I mentioned that girl's Mom and older brother to them. Her Mother was a very talented lady and I always admired her artistic talents. Her brother was also a very talented artist even as a kid and just a few weeks prior, I had been looking at some old cartoons that her brother and I had conspired on back when we were both about 10 or 11 years old.

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And finally I would like to comment on an item that has received way too much attention in the printed media. And that would be that Janet Jackson, at age 50 is going to have a baby. That's just what the world needs..... another dysfunctional Jackson to wander among us.

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Also, I just finished Bill O'Reilly's latest book, "Killing The Rising Sun" and I must say that he and his co-author did an excellent job not only on events leading up to the dropping of the two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki but on events subsequent to those to bombing raids. Also it told quite a bit about not only the Japanese leadership but some pretty in depth information on many of the American Military Leaders and the Scientists who were in on the development and testing of the bombs. I must compliment Bill O'Reilly and his co-author on writing an extremely interesting and informative book of historical facts. I liked it enough to remove O'Reilly from the Varmint List which is pretty easy to get on and damn near impossible to get off.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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October 12th, 2016 WORDS / WARMING

WEDNESDAY - October 12, 2016

Greetings once again from the Home Office Of Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Conspiratorial Anti-Debate Watchers Of West Texas.

WORDS:

A number of years ago, when the American TV viewing public was subjected to the O.J. Simpson murder trial, there were several things which were rather noticeable, even if you did not spend your entire day watching this fiasco. One of the main things to come out of this trial was that "The Dream Team", O.J.'s crack legal team gave us an entirely new concept on words. I cannot remember the first witness who was asked this question but it was one of O.J.'s attorneys who asked a witness if he had.... "EVER USED THE N WORD." Almost from that point on, the use of the phrase, the "N" word was pounded into use in the everyday American English language.

Now, at that time, I thought that if "The Dream Team" was too embarrassed to use the actual word, perhaps the incompetent Judge Lance Ito might just force them to do so, but that was not going to happen so, THE "N" WORD, became an acceptable way to bring up someone using this word. And, of course, it has lasted.

Funny thing though is the actual word was used pretty freely by stand-up comedians; the motion picture industry; and several other outlets. A couple of weeks back, I watched an old movie, HARLEM NIGHTS, which starred Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Della Reese, Michael Lerner, and a cameo appearance by former boxing champion Roberto Duran. Not only was the dreaded "N" word used frequently, so were a number of other words which are generally not used in live TV or everyday radio broadcasting.

AND, after the O.J. trial, when some TV news person would want to use an unacceptable word, then added to the "N" word, we also had the "F" word; then the "B” word; then the "C" word and since the latest showing of Donald Trump talking trash with Billy Bush and used some unacceptable language and now, thanks to Megyn Kelly, we now are being bombarded by the "P" word. NOW. Since we have all of these words that are so bad that they cannot be said on radio or television but the initials only are used, let me point something out;

THE “N" WORD:

I know lots of words beginning with the letter "N". Just to name a few; Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon; natural; Naugahyde; Neanderthal; Nebraska; needle; newspaper; Nigeria; nicotine; niggardly (oops, that was close); Nile; North; nuclear..... And the list could go on, so please spare me all this “N" word crap.

Now let us do the same with the "F" word, the "B" word, and the "C" word; face; fact; fat; feather; fiction; funny; ferret; base; bison; bighorn; bed; besmirch; bull; book; check; Charlemagne, chemistry; Cherokee; communism; cheat; and I could go on for pages and never approach the words that the news vermin are trying to convey to us. OK. If you can do it with "N” and you can do it with "F” and you can do it with "B" and you can do it with "C", the chances are pretty good that you can also do it with the letter "P". Now for those of you living in the Freedom Loving Worker's Province of San Francisco, this would be the exact same "P" WORD that was used by Ret. Lt. Col. Ralph Peters in describing President Obama a month or so back. And while his description, I thought was extremely accurate, FOX News suspended Lt. Col. Peters for something like two weeks for him calling the President this word, which is also applied by some to call their cat and similar to the first word in the character Puss 'N Boots...... but I thought it a pretty fair description of Obama.

AND, the very same folks who pretty well made a joke out of Peters' use of the term, they are ready to feed Trump's carcass to the wolves for using the same word regarding a female. AND, while I will agree that Trump in speaking with Billy Bush about females in general used some horrible judgment in his speech knowing that he and Bush were wearing microphones for a later program which was to be publically broadcast.

And what really gives me a serious case of the "RA" (that would be the red ass) is the way that many of the elected Republicans and Democrats are acting like they have never heard language like that in their lives. It is more than obvious that these people are worried more about their own re-election than they are turning over the Presidency to a “CRIMINAL BITCH!" OOPS! Perhaps I should have said a "CB" but I don't think that would accurately express my true feelings about Hillary Clinton or her followers.

ALSO, I seem to remember hearing language of this type being yelled by the Black Lives Matter crowd in Ferguson; Baltimore; Charlotte; and a number of other locations which have shown an aversion to dealing with these rioters as they should.

And since Trump and many others have described his words as "Locker Room Talk", I talked with several people this morning who said that they had watched interviews with some professional athletes who felt victimized as they had NEVER heard that kind of talk in their locker room. That type of language was probably being used but they were too busy in promoting themselves by doing some type of idiotic dance and not really listening to the talk.

Like I said earlier, I have heard language way worse than that on many occasions at fight scenes; live comedy shows; movies; cable television; and family disturbances. AND any adult male who claims to have never heard this type of language in the past is feeding us a lot of crap... Incidentally I have heard the TV news vermin use the initials ... BS. Well let me tell you right now that you are completely wrong... Bullshit is ONE WORD.... not two.

ALSO, from many articles I have read written by federal officers, particularly Secret Service Agents as well as speaking to many of them personally, I am pretty convinced that Hillary Clinton has used this same type of language directed at people whose job was to protect her sorry ass.

I do not believe that Trump's foul mouth was nearly as insulting as listening to Hillary Clinton laugh about getting a guy off on a plea bargain for the rape of a 12 year old girl. Hillary laughing about how she beat the system was damn sure more offensive to me AS WERE the outright LIES she told to the families of the Benghazi victims. Trump’s words might have been insulting but Hillary's actions, or lack thereof, got Americans killed.

SO, if the "Battleground States" want to cross over and give the presidency to Hillary Clinton, then they deserve what will be coming. ANY CITIZEN OF OR ANY STATE WHICH DEPENDS UPON PETROLEUM; NATURAL GAS; OR COAL AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME HAD BETTER THINK TWICE ABOUT VOTING FOR ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS OF OBAMA. REMEMBER THAT NEITHER OUR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR OUR SENATE HAS THE COURAGE TO GO AGAINST THE CLINTON MACHINE.

WARMING:

For the past week the media has been giving us wall to wall coverage of Hurricane Matthew. And, of course, the Obama administration and many in the media have attributed this to..... yep, you guessed it.... GLOBAL WARMING or in some cases now called CLIMATE CHANGE.

I seem to remember that back in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi that no less an authority on the subject than AL GORE told us that we might as well prepare for many, many more hurricanes to hit along the U.S. Gulf Coast and of course it was all due to "GLOBAL WARMING." OK, let me see if Al Gore was correct. I have heard several reports that since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.... ZERO HURRICANES HAVE HIT THE U.S. GULF COAST. So, then perhaps AL GORE was WRONG. Yes there have been some hurricanes which have struck on the Atlantic Coast and I am sure that AL GORE and all of the MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING proponents will also blame those pretty predictable weather patterns on MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING.... but now they are calling it CLIMATE CHANGE.

Now, not only does the Obama administration blame these pretty predictable bad weather problems on CLIMATE CHANGE..... he also claims that CLIMATE CHANGE is the NUMBER ONE PROBLEM facing the free world today. Oh yes, we have TERRORIST ATTACKS but those are even blamed on CLIMATE CHANGE by Barack Hussein Obama. Now, if Barack Hussein Obama and his followers wish to blame every negative occurrence in the world today on CLIMATE CHANGE, then that is fine.... BUT.... in the words of Fletcher, from "The Outlaw Josey Wales”...... "DON’T PISS DOWN MY BACK AND TELL ME IT’S RAINING."

I even watched Barack Hussein Obama in a recent address to the United Nations blame most of the world's problems on CLIMATE CHANGE. Now, if you wish to live in a country whose leaders are trying to convince the rest of the world that CLIMATE CHANGE is our number one problem and the cause of every negative event or catastrophe we encounter, then by all means, vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Just remember that if she gets elected we still have the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to block any idiotic move she might decide to make..... BUT just remember what an excellent job those two entities have done in blocking totalitarian moves by Obama. OR, you might just fall into line and blame the direction our country is heading on CLIMATE CHANGE.

CLIMATE n. 1. the prevailing weather conditions of a place 2. a region with reference to its prevailing weather

Now I know I am not a meteorologist and more than likely never will be but when you really look at the reasons why most of the Democrats/Socialists/Marxists are trying to pawn this crap off onto the American people is that they are primarily interested in doing everything within their power to damage the oil; natural gas; and coal industries. They are trying to convince the American public that man’s use of fossil fuel products are the real cause of CLIMATE CHANGE.

I seem to remember that back in the 1960s I believe that we were told that the OZONE layer over the South Pole was deteriorating. Then we were told that the primary reason for this was the fluorocarbons from products like hair spray and spray deodorants were the main cause of this catastrophic occurrence. At that time I thought that I had the solution since this was occurring over the South Pole that perhaps penguins, seals, and killer whales might refrain from, or at least cut down on, their use of these dangerous products. It had to be their fault as there are not enough people at the South Pole to field a hockey team. Bit apparently the penguins were cut off from those products as everyone with whom I have spoken who has been to Antarctica has told me that penguins are some horrible smelling little creatures.

BUT it seems as if by changing the name of something, the Liberals/Democrats/Socialists/Marxists apparently are of the mind that the name change also changes the provable facts.

I am going to go way out on a limb and say that Climate/Weather Patterns/Temperatures have been changing for centuries and will more than likely continue to change in spite of what idiots like Al Gore and Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton and college professors and TV weatherpersons are trying to tell us.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord, DeWayne & Donald Schendel, Ken Welty - CA - Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Donald Trump's gutter talk about women shows yet again that he is bad news. The problem is that Hillary Clinton is far worse.".... THOMAS SOWELL

"Trump's talk is indefensible. But Hillary Clinton's actions as Secretary of State, carrying out the Obama administration's foreign policies, have cost many lives in many places, including the American ambassador and others killed in Benghazi.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"Are women more in danger from Trump's words or Hillary's actions? Are Americans in general more in danger from Trump's shallowness on issues or Hillary's ruthless grabs for money and power -- a track record that goes all the way back to the days when Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas?"... THOMAS SOWELL

"Hillary Clinton has allied herself with those who demonize the police. The net result has been a sharp increase in the number of blacks killed by other blacks, as criminal elements take control of the streets when the police are not allowed to.....Do you choose a President by talk -- or by actions and consequences.?"................. THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta, Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts, Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore, John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore, Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK, Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA, State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), FORMER San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), James Comey, Ted Cruz (R-TX), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Huma Mahmood Abedin, David Schweikert (R-AZ), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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I was at an auto dealership earlier in the week to take my wife's vehicle in for a recall for a part replacement. While there, they had the TV in the waiting are tuned in to C.B.S. The news program featured an interview with Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, Mike Pence. The news vermin who were conducting the interview were 2 female news vermin... or should that be verminette? There was also one male news varmint. The three were asking Mike Pence loaded questions and as he attempted to answer, one of the news vermin would butt in and interrupt his answer. I was pretty sure it was because he was providing a logical answer to their loaded questions and they could not allow that.
Anyway, Mike Pence handled himself like a gentleman and I was rather proud of him. My opinion of the C.B.S. news department remained unchanged.

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Last Sunday morning as I was headed home from Church I had my FM radio tuned in to an old classics radio station. As I was driving along, one of the songs they played was "Teen Age Crush" which was an old song from the late 1950s and was recorded by Tommy Sands. A couple of days prior to that on one of the old classic movie channels they ran an old movie, "Babes In Toyland" which also starred Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello and Ray Bolger among others. It was an old Walt Disney film and I watch it every time it is on as it is well done and has as one of the stars, Tommy Sands.

I first met Tommy Sands back in the early 1950s when we both attended Sidney Lanier Junior High in Houston. Tommy was singing professionally even back then I and a number of other friends attended many concerts in which Tommy performed and some of them had some pretty big named singers... like Elvis Presley for one.

Anyway, Tommy was a really good guy and I believe that he also ran track in Junior High and in High School. At one time he was married to Nancy Sinatra. I think his first movie was something like, "Sing Boy Sing" which was a typical teen age type movie. "Babes In Toyland" I believe was perhaps the first really major film in which he appeared. He was also in "The Longest Day" with tons of other stars and also in one of my favorite movies in which he had a role, "None but the Brave" which also starred Frank Sinatra and Clint Walker.

Anyway, hearing Tommy's old song on the radio brought back some good memories of some really great times to have been growing up.

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Also in the past couple of weeks I have watched several war type movies and many of them had some really great British Actors; Trevor Howard; Harry Andrews; Nigel Green; Jack Watson; Robert Shaw; Richard Attenborough; Jack Hawkins; Stewart Granger; Michael Caine; Guy Standing; C. Aubrey Smith; Montague Love; Stanley Baker; James Mason; Richard Burton and one really good German actor Kurt Jurgens. Of course two of the greatest German roles were played by British Actors, Robert Shaw and James Mason. Any movie with one or more of these great actors having a role is one that I shall watch time and again.

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Also this past week on wonderful daytime television, I accidentally hit the wrong channel button and accidentally tuned in to a fairly sickening program entitled: "TODDLERS AND TIARAS" which was a program about children’s beauty pageants. I watched it long enough to make me want to slap the absolute crap out of every mother AND father of these little girls. The beauty pageants ARE NOT for those little girls.... they are FOR THEIR FAT ASS MOTHERS. I have never watched about 30 minutes of television which had in one location that many dysfunctional people. Most of the little girls were pretty snotty acting and their parents were in dire need of a serious ass kicking. Then I thought back to the little girl in Colorado who was brutally murdered in her own home who was a contestant in these type of pageants. I also thought her mother gave the term pain in the ass a whole new meaning.

Anyway if you should come across this program, TODDLERS AND TIARAS, waste a few minutes and just watch these people. If you can come away without making Donald Trump's recent comment sound proper if applied to these people then you are a better man than I am.

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I heard earlier today on several news programs that Vladimir Putin has put the word out that ALL RUSSIAN CITIZENS who are living abroad or attending school abroad should return home as soon as possible. Don't know what Vladimir has up his sleeve but I'll bet it is not in the best interest of the United States.

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Also, please bear with me as I am trying to get through my sadness of the breakup of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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October 5th, 2016 TANK / DEVIDED

WEDNESDAY - October 5, 2016

Greetings once again from Jingoistic West Texans Who Are Primary Right Wing Anti Hillary Conspirators.

TANK:

Although I did not watch the big so called DEBATE live, I have seen video clips enough to form the opinion that the Moderator, Lester Holt, was IN THE TANK for Hillary Clinton. I will not even attempt to go into all of the signs which convinced me that the so called DEBATE was a con-job of deluxe proportions. Of course, Lester Holt is certainly not the only news vermin who is openly in the tank for Hillary Clinton and the Democrat/Socialist/Marxist Party. I watched a small piece of an interview which was being conducted by Chris Matthews. And just in case there is anyone on the planet who has not recognized what a complete boob he is, let me be the first to point out that he is not only goofy, but he is totally devoted to the Clintons.

As a matter of fact, I believe that you can put both MSNBC and CNBC as well as just plain ol' NBC a all being bought and paid for by the Clintons. Now let us have a look at the FOX News Network. You can take their "FAIR AND BALANCED" line and put it where the sun don't shine. I will watch O'Reilly occasionally just to see what some of his guests have to allow and even on occasion, Bill O'Reilly will make sense.... but apparently NONE of the people who work for ANY of the TV News Networks have the slightest idea of what a debate is. It is definitely NOT just shouting over each other. As a matter of fact, when any of the program hosts introduces their guest, it is pretty easy to tell just which side of an issue that guest will take.

Of course FOX News contributor Juan Williams has always been in the tank for the Clintons and all other Democrats/Socialists/Marxists.

BUT, let's get off these so called news agencies for a moment and on this point, I have to actually agree with Bill O'Reilly on my view of F.B.I. Director James Comey. From many articles which I have read, apparently Director Comey has had some past connections with the Clintons which should have caused the Director to recues himself from the investigation of Hillary Clinton's obvious intentional misuse of her e-mail accounts when she was Secretary of State. Also, Attorney General Loretta Lynch should have removed herself from being involved in the decision making on the case being investigated on Hillary Clinton.

Of course it was fairly obvious that the administration was not only covering Hillary Clinton but in the long run was actually covering for Barack Hussein Obama. F.B.I. Director James Comey in his public statement regarding the investigation pretty well contradicted many of the statements made by Hillary Clinton which would lead one to believe that just perhaps Ms. Clinton had lied her ass off to the F.B.I. as well as the American public...... Of course this is nothing new since this appears to be the Clinton way of conducting business.

And while we are talking about people who are supposedly independent fair and balanced news people (vermin) let is not forget George Stephanopoulos. He has been in the tank for the Clintons for years along with James Carville. And while I am at it, I have just about had the lick with Dick Morris who although is now anti Clinton was for years Bill and HIllary's main ass kisser. He covered for them like a big dog and now that they have had a falling out AND now that Dick Morris has begun writing books, he is one of the main Clinton detractors. HOWEVER, I do not trust him or his books.

Then we have Megyn Kelly. I have as little use for Megyn Kelly as I do for Geraldo Rivera. If you remember, in the very first Republican so called DEBATE, Megyn Kelly got on Trump's case right off the bat... BUT.... "The Donald" didn't lie down and play dead for Megyn. Nope he bit back big time and apparently that was the very first time that Megyn Kelly had ever had someone, particularly a man, get up in her face.

Of course after the so called DEBATE, she attempted to act as if it was all water under the bridge. But I didn't buy that for a moment. If you do watch her program, pay close attention to not only what she is saying... but how she is saying ... and the expression on her face.... when she is talking about Donald Trump. It is obvious to me that she still has a case of the red ass against Trump for his putting her in her place at the first so called DEBATE. SO, please spare me all this Fair and Balanced bull shit when you are talking about Megyn Kelly, Geraldo Rivera, or Juan Williams.

AND what really gets my backside red as a baboons butt is the Bush family. I voted twice for George H.W. Bush and voted twice for George W. Bush. I took up for both of them when a lot of Republicans and of course the media vermin were after their scalps. It is my understanding that George H.W. Bush has said that he will vote for Hillary Clinton over Trump. Yesterday morning on one of the talk shows, I believe it was The Glenn Beck Show, that George W. Bush would not be voting for Donald Trump. Now, while I might not agree with "The Donald" on many issues, to either NOT vote for him is almost, not quite but almost, as bad as casting your vote for Hillary Clinton.

I also heard this morning that Texas Senator John Cornyn has come out against Trump's illegal immigration policy. Now I do not know exactly how many illegal aliens are in our country..... AND .... yes, I realize that every single illegal alien cannot be deported. BUT I do believe that a good starting point would be to immediately attempt to deport any illegal alien who is convicted of a crime here in our country.

PLEASE STOP AND THINK OF WHERE OUR COUNTRY WILL BE IF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!!

DIVIDED:

I am sure that you remember right after Barack Hussein Obama took office that all of the media vermin were calling him ..... "The Post Racial President." And we were all assured that "Our First Black President" would heal all the racial divides in our country and that smooth sailing was ahead. Really? BUT, a funny thing happened on our way to being past ALL matters which had DIVIDED our country along racial lines. It seems as if our "Post Racial President" didn't pass up an opportunity to mention racial division in almost every public speaking event of which he was a part.

He almost immediately began to take the side of ANY black person who had any type of gripe at all against the system, particularly involving law enforcement taking any action against a black individual. AND, to make matters worse, he jumped to the wrong conclusion on almost every occasion. It began with the black professor being detained by an Oxford Police Officer who happened to be white. In the same breath that Barack Hussein Obama was telling the American Public that we should NOT jump to any conclusions, he declared that the "Oxford Police had acted STUPIDLY." Thanks for not jumping to any conclusions Barack.

Then, of course there was the death of "Little Trayvon Martin" at the hands of, according to our accurate news vermin, A WHITE HISPANIC, which in my eyes was an attempt to drive a wedge between three separate groups of people. AND, just to make sure that he got in his two cents worth on the matter, Barack Hussein Obama said that if he had a son he would look just like "Little Trayvon Martin." Another case where instead of either just flat out keeping his mouth shut or not choosing sides, Barack Hussein Obama immediately jumped onto the side of the black person involved in the incident. And as we all know, the man who shot and killed "Little Trayvon Martin" WAS NOT INDICTED by a local grand jury although the pressure was put on the local Police Department in Florida to pursue criminal charges.

Now let us jump forward to Ferguson, Missouri where "The Gentle Giant" Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white Police Officer. And although the investigation had barely begun, the Obama administration was trying to insert themselves in the middle of this "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" fiasco. Not only did a local grand jury clear the white officer of any wrongdoing, the Obama Justice Department did their own investigation and also cleared the officer involved in the shooting of the "Gentle Giant", who had just committed a robbery prior to being stopped by a Ferguson Officer.

AH, but many of the black members of Congress, even prior to any of the investigations being completed, thought it proper within just a few days to address their Houses by first stepping up to the microphone and raising their hands in the air saying "Hands Up, Don't Shoot." Then, of course there were the riots and looting and arson which took place prior to any of the investigations being completed but the Justice Department managed to find some type of procedural changes which they said needed to be made at the Ferguson Police Department. Once again our Post Racial President managed to get his administration involved in a local matter in which federal action WAS NOT NECESSARY.

NOW, I submit to you that while Hillary Clinton has been a party to dividing our country along racial lines, I believe that she has taken it a step farther and is doing everything within her power to divide our country along gender lines. At almost every speaking event she brings up the fact that Donald Trump, some 20 years back after the Miss Universe Competition was complete got on Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, after the event when she began to put on quite a bit of extra weight. I read somewhere that it was somewhere between 40 and 60 pounds. And Trump evidently called Miss Universe.... Miss Piggy.. which I would have thought would have been an insult to Jim Henson and The Muppets. Anyway, not a day goes by that Hillary Clinton does not make some statement regarding how badly women have it in the United States. Try telling that to Oprah.

I am sure that Donald Trump has said some unkind things about women, dogs, the weather, immigrants, his attorney, the New York City Mayor, the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the New York Jets, other Casino owners, and a host of other people.... just as we all have. BUT it is obvious that Hillary Clinton is trying to divide us along gender lines FOR STRICTLY POLITICAL REASONS.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord, DeWayne & Donald Schendel - CA - Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Ironically, despite the victory of democracy over dictatorship that brought the Cold War to an end, within American society there has slowly but steadily developed in too many of our own colleges and universities a set of restrictions on what can be said on campus, either by students or professors, or by outside speakers with views that contradict the political correctness of our time."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"One effect is that many of the rising generation can go from elementary school through postgraduate education at our leading colleges and universities without ever hearing a coherent presentation of a vision of the world that is fundamentally different from that of the political left."........ THOMAS SOWELL

"There are world class scholars who are unlikely to become professors at either elite or non-elite academic institutions because they do not march in lockstep of the left. Some have been shouted down or even physically assaulted when they tried to give a speech that challenged the prevailing political correctness."................................ THOMAS SOWELL

"Harvard is just one of the prestigious institutions where such things have happened -- and where preemptive surrender to mob rule has been justified by a dean saying that it was too costly to provide security for many outside speakers who would set off campus turmoil."...... THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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Several years back I thought that I disliked Karl Rove and placed him on the Varmint List. I watched him for a few moments a couple of nights back on The O'Reilly Factor and Karl Rove removed all doubts from my mind.... he is a pure Varmint and I am sorry I ever thought otherwise.

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You have probably already noticed that I have not written as yet a single word regarding last evening's Vice Presidential DEBATE. Easy to explain.... I DIDN'T WATCH EVEN 30 SECONDS OF THIS SHOW. I heard enough today to pretty well convince me that Kaine showed his ass and that even some Democrat/Socialist/Marxist hacks have said that Mike Pence looked much better than Kaine and in their opinion, won the DEBATE.... which I am pretty sure WAS NOT a real DEBATE.

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I don't know about the rest of you but I have been in a state of perpetual mourning ever since I learned of the break-up of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. This really newsworthy item has taken up way too much space already. AND, keep in mind that some of this space could have been put to some really good use in an attempt to get us mere mortals to feel pain over the assault of Kim Kardashian by thieves who broke into a private Paris residence and stole more than $10 million worth of her jewelry. This crime was serious enough that Kanye West has canceled and rescheduled two tour dates after the Kardashian assault. For those of you who don't "Keep Up With The Kardashians" I might point out that Kanye West is the husband of Kim Kardashian. You know, for some reason, I seem to think that Kim and Kanye deserve each other. HOWEVER, I must also point out that neither the loss of Kim's jewels or the cancellation of Kanye's concerts are pivotal moments in my life. AND, I might also add that there are a few happenings going on in our country that probably have a more negative effect on me than Brad and Angelina's breakup.

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Yesterday I watched a couple of movies which really brought back memories of when Hollywood had some real stars. I first watched an old movie "Captain Horatio Hornblower" which had Gregory Peck in the lead role. Damn, but he was a great actor. His leading lady in this one was Virginia Mayo whom I thought was one of the real beauties back in the 40s and 50s. A couple of other actresses back in those days whom I really liked and thought were absolutely gorgeous were Arlene Dahl and Rhonda Fleming. And, I might add that while really beautiful, all three of those ladies could play some really different roles.

Than, I got the shock of my life. I watched an old movie "The Warriors" which starred Errol Flynn and Joann Dru which was made in 1955. I thought I had seen every single movie which starred Errol Flynn BUT IT WAS WR----, MIST-----, IN ER------, SHOCKED, to find out that I had never seen this movie. Of course Errol Flynn has always been one of my all time favorite movie stars. And even in 1955, Ol' Errol looked to be in great physical shape.

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OK, here is an endorsement of Hillary Clinton that insures that my vote WILL NEVER BE CAST for her. She has now been endorsed by LeBron James. And just in case you are not aware, I think LeBron James is an outstanding athlete BUT a complete turd.

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NOW, for another Hillary endorsee; How about Michael Chertoff who was the second Secretary of Homeland Security. He not only endorsed the "Wicked Witch of the West", he went on to say that Hillary Clinton, now get ready for this, "HAS GOOD JUDGMENT AND A STRATEGIC VISION ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE THREATS THAT FACE US." This seems a bit surprising since Michael Chertoff was the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee which was investigating one of the earliest Clinton scandals....... Then again, maybe not so surprising since that committee did nothing to either of the Clintons. HEY! You don't suppose that he could have been IN THE TANK for the Clintons even back then.... do you?

Anyway, I never trusted Michael Chertoff or anything he said or did. I thought that he would have been more at home with a double barrel shotgun and a flap eared hunting cap creeping through the woods saying ... "Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits."

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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Sept 28th, 2016 DEBATE / REACTION

WEDNESDAY - September 28, 2016

Greetings from The Corporate Offices Of The Jingoistic Xenophobic Bigots Anonymous Of West Texas.

DEBATE:

If they EVER have a real DEBATE, I will watch the entire event. BUT as long as they are trying to pass off these "Gotcha" programs as DEBATES, they can cancel my subscription.

Of course I did tune in for a few minutes last night as I knew that the HIGHLIGHTS? would be shoved down our throats for at least 72 hours. And of course the ....

PRE-DEBATE coverage was pretty much as insulting as the Super Bowl PRE-GAME shows. I really need to watch Bill O'Reilly tell other news mutts the in depth questions he would ask each candidate. His entire pre-debate tirade is really designed to show the rest of us mortals just how much smarter Mr. O'Reilly is than the "common folks." OK Bill, I got it. You are perhaps the smartest biped on earth..... well that probably excludes Barack Hussein Obama.

Anyway, I did watch enough of the so called DEBATE to see that Donald Trump was not about to play their stupid game. As a matter of fact, he didn't act a hell of a lot different than he normally does. BUT the candidate who really was obviously putting on a well rehearsed act was Hillary Rodham Clinton. While trying to act very knowledgeable about practically everything and attempting to keep a Cheshire Cat smile on her face throughout the proceedings, when "The Donald" was talking on occasion her silly grin would turn into a smirk. Also, I noticed that the idiot Debate Moderator obviously favored Hillary. I saw several reports on television and heard several reports on radio about the interruptions of the candidates by the Idiot Moderator definitely favored "The Wicked Witch Of The West."

SO, who won the DEBATE? I can tell you for sure that the television stations who carried this piece of crap from start to finish won. Otherwise, many would have been watching Monday Night Football. I watched neither and instead chose to read but occasionally checking in to see if anything different were being said by either "The Donald" or "The Evil Queen."

But since "The Donald" did not lay down and let this lyin' heifer have her way and cut her off on occasion, I believe he was more genuine and honest than Hillary. Of course I believe that the Japanese Ambassadors were more honest on December 6, 1941 than Hillary as were Hitler, Stalin, and Pinocchio.

ANYWAY, I cannot think of a thing that "The Donald" or Hillary Clinton could say between now and the November election that would change my mind on for whom I will cast my vote.

REACTION:

OK, now I am not speaking about REACTION to the so called DEBATE. I am speaking about REACTION as in: "A response, as to a stimulus or influence. I thought this rather timely since once more the news stations have been bombarding us with the so called "DEMONSTRATIONS" which have been going on in Charlotte, N.C. First of all, I would like to point this out to Megyn Kelly who is challenging Bill O'Reilly for the title of SMARTEST NEWS VERMIN, the following information:

1) When a group of people are marching to voice their displeasure of something which either has happened or has not happened and they do so in a peaceful manner, then that is a DEMONSTRATION.

2) When the people in this group of marchers is acting in a lawful and peaceful manner, then they are PROTESTORS.

3) When the PROTESTORS begin breaking the law and throwing rocks and bottles and Molotov Cocktails... they are no longer PROTESTORS..... NOPE, they have become RIOTERS!

4) When the RIOTERS begin to LOOT and COMMIT OTHER CRIMES then the DEMONSTRATION has become a RIOT!

Now these are some fairly simple guidelines for our over-educated MEDIA VERMIN to follow. These facts have actually been in effect for many years.
NOW, let us address the Charlotte shooting of a black male by a Charlotte Police Officer. Let me point out that the Chief of Police in Charlotte, N.C. is also a black male. According to the Charlotte Police Chief, the man who was shot by the Charlotte Officer was armed with a handgun. Several witnesses evidently supported the Police Officers version of the shooting. Also according to the Charlotte Police Chief, none of the video showed conclusive proof that the person shot had the pistol pointed at the Charlotte Officers. Now we have the shooting recipient's wife who took some type of telephone video which I have seen and it shows NOTHING.

BUT, the anti-police crowd is claiming that the guy had a book and not a handgun. HOWEVER, a handgun was recovered from the guy and no book was found according to what was reported on FOX News.

THEN we have all these experts saying that the Charlotte Officers DID NOT need to use deadly force since the guy was not pointing the handgun directly at them. NOW this is where my thoughts on REACTION come in.

IF an OFFENDER has a handgun in his/her hand and pointed at the ground... AND .... if an Officer has his weapon drawn and pointed DIRECTLY AT THE OFFENDER and waits for the OFFENDER to make an aggressive move..... then that Officer is more than likely either injured or killed. It is just like driving a car. When the driver of the vehicle in front of you slams on his/her brakes and you are following too close, chances are that... DUE TO YOUR REACTION TIME, YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY RUN INTO THE REAR OF THAT VEHICLE. Remember at 30 MPH, you are traveling at 44 feet per second and you need extra time and space in which to bring your car to a stop without hitting the car ahead.

IF you are facing an armed subject and you are waiting for that person to make the first move then your ass is either injured or dead. I have personally conducted demonstrations in Law Enforcement Training Classes and in College Criminal Justice Classes with handguns loaded with blanks and in almost every single incident the person who had their handgun pointed at the person playing the armed suspect with their handgun pointed at the ground ended up getting off the second or even the third shot in the demonstration. REACTION TIME IS IMPORTANT. AND, keep in mind that if an armed subject immediately drops their weapon, their likelihood of being shot is almost non-existent.

THIS SAME SET OF RULES HOLDS TRUE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL ARMED WITH A KNIFE. It is called the 21 foot rule. If you allow a person armed with a knife who is threatening you and approaching you with the edged weapon, if you allow them to get inside 21 feet of you then by the time you can get off your first shot, you are either cut or stabbed.

SO, I would suggest Megyn Kelly and Bill O'Reilly and Juan Williams and all the other news vermin who have never been in one of these situations to SHUT UP until they have had to face someone who is armed and could harm you.

I have personally investigated a number of shootings.... some where death occurred.... by not only Police Officers but armed victims as well and the rule holds true for EVERYONE. This is where most Conservatives and most Liberals/Socialists/Democrats disagree. If you cannot understand these facts as I have been explaining them then you are watching way, way, way too much television and old Gene Autry movies. (Incidentally, I still like ol' Gene and Roy and Hoppy but realize that shooting a gun or knife out of a bad guy's hand is a good way to end up in intensive care or the morgue.)

But the so called "citizens" being interviewed on the street by the media vermin possess more than likely very low double digit I.Q. and some are single digit for sure.

AND, I know that Ms. Kelly and Mr. O'Reilly and quite a large number of the FOX News team are way more educated than I, BUT I'll bet you that I have had more experience with armed felons with bad intentions than all of them combined... as have almost all other police, fire, and military.

Also, in this morning's edition of the (Sub) Standard Times I noticed an article headlined: "Man Killed Had Restraining Order."

This article went on to say:

"The black man killed by Charlotte police had a restraining order filed against him a year ago when he threatened to kill his wife and her son with a gun, according to court documents obtained Tuesday....... Keith Scott's wife filed the order on October 5, saying that law enforcement officers who encounter him should be aware that he carries a 9mm black gun." The article went on to say that Scott's DNA and fingerprints on a Colt Series 80 Mustang .38 caliber automatic, which shoots a 9MM bullet. The gun recovered by police had been stolen and later sold to Scott.

AND while I am on the subject, I will admit that Megyn Kelly is admittedly an intelligent and educated person. BUT, even with her intelligence and educational background, perhaps someone should point out to her that the "Scopes Monkey Trial" had nothing to do with a tree dwelling primate with bad breath.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord, DeWayne & Donald Schendel - CA - Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Back in the 1960s, as large numbers of black students were entering a certain Ivy League university for the first time, someone asked a chemistry professor -- off the record -- what his response to them was. He said I give them all A's and B's. To hell with them." ....... THOMAS SOWELL

"Such cynical calculations were seldom expressed in so many words. Nor are similar cynical calculations openly expressed today in politics. But many successful political careers have been built on giving blacks favors that look good on the surface but do lasting damage in the long run.".... THOMAS SOWELL

"One of these favors was the welfare state. A vastly expanded welfare state in the 1960s destroyed the black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and generations of racial oppression.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"A big favor the Obama administration is offering blacks today is exemption from school behavior rules that have led to a rate of disciplining of black male students that is greater than the rate of disciplining of other categories of students....... One of the few bright spots for black children in American ghettos have been some charter schools that have educated these children to levels equal to, and in some cases better than, those in affluent suburbs."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"The Democrat's special interest is in serving the teachers' unions, which oppose charter schools and support Democrats financially. The NAACP's special interest is in serving the same donors -- and in keeping ghetto schools controlled by racial activists, as part of their turf."...... THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

*By Request

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I along with many others was saddened to read of the death of Arnold Palmer. Mr. Palmer came along at a time when professional golf was just starting to appear on television. And of course the entire tournament was rarely covered but the final 18 holes generally televised on a Sunday was the only part which was shown on television. Back in the early and mid 1950s I and many of my friends not only watched but also tried our hands at playing golf. I was never very good as most of my drives were either hooks or slices but I could do fairly well when I finally got on the greens.

But during that time period Arnold Palmer along with Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Doug Sanders and several others led the professional golf tour and brought the game to millions of people. I personally got to follow Arnold Palmer during several of the Houston Open Tournaments. That tournament started off being played at the Memorial Golf Course which was one of the public golf courses at that time in the Houston City Limits. I was always impressed with what a gentleman Mr. Palmer was and of course he was one of the earliest to really make a name for himself on various endorsements and lines of equipment and clothing.

I was watching Arnold Palmer's group during one of the Houston Open Tournaments and I do not recall the hole number but Mr. Palmer hit an absolutely horrible drive that hooked into some really deep woods. I and my friends were pretty surprised when they actually located his ball. The gallery could not see Arnold Palmer on his second shot but you could hear him as he struck the ball. The ball came out of the woods and he had actually hit another drastic hook (but this one was on purpose) and the ball hit the green, bounced once, hit the pin and fell dead about 6 inches from the hole. The entire crowd went crazy and of course Mr. Palmer tapped in his putt and scored a birdie on a par four hole with his first drive going into the woods. I my mind, that was still the greatest golf shot I have ever seen.

Sad to lose a really class athlete and an even classier human being. Mr. Arnold Palmer was 87 years old. He is still my all time favorite golfer. Incidentally, while I was never very good at the game, several of my old high school friends stuck with the game and became very proficient.

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OK, I am pretty sure that by now, every American voter probably knows that at one point in time in the past, Donald Trump called Rosie O'Donnell a Fat Pig or a Fat Bitch.. or something along those lines. Actually "The Donald" has spoken way more kindly toward Rosie O'Donnell than have I. I fail to see where calling a "Fat Bitch" a Fat Bitch is wrong in any sense.

AH, but it was important to Hillary in the so called DEBATE. as was some remarks made to one of the beauty contest winners when she put on an extra pound or forty and Donald Trump who ran this pageant called her down about her weight. And apparently the Democrats/Liberals/Socialists are all in a dither about this incident. Of course as it turned out, this chubby broad is making political appearances for Hillary. Of course this has to be apparently squeezed in between her porn film appearances. And keep in mind this beastly incident occurred over 20 years ago.

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Last week, I went to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription for my wife; I was behind an obvious adult at the super market when this adult female was purchasing alcoholic beverage; I was making an ammunition purchase at a local sporting goods outlet and another customer was purchasing a .22 caliber bolt action rifle; Also at another grocery store I was behind a lady who was paying her grocery bill with a personal check; Last week I was at my local bank and was ordering new personal checks for my wife and I; I was at another drug store when a young male customer was purchasing cigarettes; OK. What do all of these instances have in common? IN EACH EVENT, EITHER I OR THE OTHER CUSTOMER HAD TO SHOW A PHOTO I.D. I also know that when you check into a motel just about anywhere in the United States, a photo I.D. is required.

WHY, then, IS A PHOTO I.D. NOT REQUIRED IN EVERY STATE IN OUR COUNTRY IN ORDER FOR A PERSON TO CAST THEIR VOTE?

The Democrats/Liberals/Socialists/Marxists try to tell us that this is to keep racial minorities from voting. This is the most ridiculous reasoning, or lack thereof, that I have ever seen or heard.

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Earlier today I heard a report that last week end, the television viewing audience numbers were DOWN. Of course the NFL front office and all of their overpaid jerks have decided that it was due to scheduling and no games of interest were being played. REALLY? As a matter of fact, from what I read and from highlight films I saw, there were a number of games where the dead nut cinch favorites got their asses handed to them. My personal view is that the American public has had a belly full of these highly compensated athletes using the National Anthem played before every NFL game is being disrespected by many of the perpetual whining victims on many of the teams. I am personally glad that their viewing audience is down... now if the season ticket holders would just show some guts and NOT SHOW FOR THE GAMES, perhaps the front offices of the NFL and the individual teams would get off their gutless asses and require some professional behavior. Just a thought.

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Just heard that BOTH HOUSES.... for those of you residing in the People's Republic of Austin, that would be The United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives have voted to OVER RIDE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VETO of the recent bill which would allow U.S. Citizen families of the 9/11 Victims to FILE SUIT against Saudi Arabia and any other nation who had a hand in the 9/11 attacks. The House vote was over 300 to about 70 something and the Senate vote was 97 to 1. Who is the ONE VOTE cast against the over ride in the Senate? PURE VARMINT HARRY REID. It is pretty scary when Chuck Schumer and many other left wing loons actually vote the correct way. Of course Harry Reid can always be counted on to be the "Turd In The Punchbowl."

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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Sept 21, 2016 MILLENNIALS / DIVERSITY

WEDNESDAY - September 21, 2016

Hello once again from the West Texas Home For The Hopelessly Deplorable Xenophobic Right Wing Conspirators

MILLENNIALS:

Last week and the first few days of this week I listened to members of the so called Millennial Generation whine about practically everything that most of us have done all our lives.... like PAY BACK LOANS WE HAVE MADE. According to the members of this band of extremely selfish whiners, everything should be provided for them at not cost. I listened to one female of the species make a statement about not being a Hillary supporter BUT was going to vote for Hillary since she was closer to doing things the way Bernie Sanders had suggested than was "The Donald".

I listened to several people who claimed to be proud members of the Millennials and they all sound exactly alike. The thought of who was going to pay for their education and upkeep while attending college had never even entered their minds. And just exactly what their contribution to our country is still a mystery to me and apparently a bit of a mystery to the Millennials as well.

When you watch and listen one of these critters interviewed on television or on the radio, you must have some serious doubts as to the direction our country and federal government is headed.

Now, don't get me wrong. I am not for one moment suggesting that the Millennials are the group who has taken our country to the brink of destruction. Nope, I blame the people of my generation for sitting idly by while elected professional politicians have all but destroyed our Constitution. It was not the Millennials who elected LBJ and Jimmy Carter or even Bill Clinton. BUT they did have a huge hand in turning over the Presidency to perhaps the worst person to ever hold that office in the person of Barack Hussein Obama.

And. I can assure you all that not a single Millennial or far left wing loon will vote for anyone other than Hillary Clinton in November. It is readily apparent that the overwhelming choice of the Millennials for the Executive Branch has almost reached Marxist level.

It also seems as if the Millennials are buying into this idea of a Global - One World Government. At least until they realize that perhaps the One World -Global Government will not provide them with everything their little selfish hearts desire at no cost to them.

Please take a close look at this President's appointed cabinet and department heads and tell me that you trust either Barack Hussein Obama or Hillary Clinton to appoint anyone other than a radical left wing judge to the Supreme Court.

And the appointment/appointments of Supreme Court Justices during the next 8 years will determine whether or not our Constitution is completely destroyed and the American People will be living under the rule of a despot.

DIVERSITY:

This past week I have been noticing the commercials advertising the new programming for this Fall Television Season. And I have also been taking notice of product advertising for a good while. What do both have in common, you ask?

Easy answer.......... DIVERSITY!

In most of the product advertising, there are members of practically every ethnic background shown in every commercial. Of course some of the children shown look to be bi-racial. And I have noticed that a white male NEVER seems to know how to solve his own problems. It takes either a male of another ethnic background OR a female of any race to teach the stupid Caucasian males how to solve even the simplest problems.

And in keeping with DIVERSITY in our every day television viewing, it seems as if the cast in each of the upcoming programs for the Fall Season have not only racial political correctness foremost in the creator's minds but in a couple of the programs it seems as if the only Caucasian people in the plot have either insignificant positions or are always cast as the evil villain. Plus you have to have multiple confusion regarding gender and sexual preferences thrown in just to make sure that no one is offended.

Now before anyone goes ballistic over my previous observations, let me point out that back in the 1950s there was an old comedy television program called Amos 'n Andy. For the biggest part the entire cast was comprised of black actors. The program was plenty funny and one of the main characters, George Kingfish Stevens was always up to some plot to thwart his mother-in-law or some of his runnin' buddies but his conniving generally backfired on him and the good triumphed over the evil. AH, but then the NAACP and several other special interest groups began to complain and eventually succeeded in getting the networks to cancel the program. AND in so doing, put a whole bunch of black actors out of work. Another excellent job by the NAACP.

And before anyone suddenly comes up with the opinion that I do not like black people or members of other so called minority groups let me assure you that my dislikes for anyone who is black..... like for instance.... Barack Hussein Obama... has NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS RACE. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HIS CHARACTER. AND, BECAUSE I DISLIKE HILLARY CLINTON AT THE SAME LEVEL AS I DO BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER GENDER.

I have nothing against DIVERSITY as long as it IS NOT FORCED UPON ME to accept it. When I get to looking back over my life I could name a couple of convicted felons who were either black or Hispanic whom I trusted ahead of a lot of the white people whom I knew.

My very first supervisor when I moved to New Mexico was a Hispanic (Mexican) Sergeant whom I try to visit every time I return to New Mexico. He was strict but I also saw him recommend a suspension without pay on a couple of occasions and give the suspended employee funds to keep his head above water and not penalize the family. He went to bat for me on several occasions and I have a great deal of respect and regard for this man. I have had my rear end covered by black former convicts who risked a bunch to see that I was not injured. I shall never forget those folks either.

But the point I am trying to make is that any situation that is forced upon us by some government regulation or by political correctness is unacceptable to me and probably is to most people.

From what I have been able to see, this FORCED DIVERSITY ACCEPTANCE is completely supported by the Millennials as well as all Liberals/Democrats/Socialists/Marxist politicians.

But as for me.... they can put it where the sun don't shine.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord, DeWayne & Donald Schendel - CA - Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"To me, Donald Trump represents multiple and potentially fatal risks. But Hillary Clinton is a certainty of disaster. Her vaunted experience is an experience of having repeatedly made decisions that turned out to be not merely wrong but catastrophic."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"President Obama and Secretary Clinton inherited an Iraq where terrorists had been soundly defeated, thanks to General David Petraeus' surge campaign, which both had opposed when they were in the Senate. But the Obama administration turned victory into defeat by pulling American troops out of Iraq, against the advice of top military leaders, setting the stage for the emergence of ISIS and its triumphant barbarism that attracted adherents who began waging terrorist war inside Western nations, including the United States.".................. THOMAS SOWELL

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."............. HARRY S. TRUMAN

"It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power.".............. JOHN ADAMS

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

*By Request

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On Saturday, September 17, 2016, the people of San Angelo, Texas lost a really good man. His name was Richard James Burnett, but I along with many others knew him by "Dick" Burnett. I first met him at a retired police officer's breakfast which takes place on the first Wednesday of each month. I guess I knew Dick for about 6 years. He was one of the nicest, kindest people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Dick had been ill and experienced some major health problems over the past couple of years and at the time of his passing, he was 94 years old. I remember at one of the breakfasts celebrating Dick's 90th birthday. I always admire his sense of humor and how sharp he was at age 90.

Dick's wife had preceded him in death as did his brother and several sisters. Here is a man who served his country and his community all his life. He was a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot in World War II and after his discharge graduated from Toledo University and went to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1947 and retired with 30 years of service in 1978. He then served two years as the Chief of Police in San Angelo, Texas and then was elected to the Texas House of Representatives where he served 4 terms before retiring in 1989.

In retirement, Dick continued to serve his community as President of Adult Daycare; The Community Justice Council; Crime Stoppers; Family Shelter; and the Retired Volunteer Program. He additionally served as the Director of the Tom Green County Tax Appraisal Boar and the Public Responsibility Committee.

Here was a man who spent his entire life serving his country and his community. And prior to the past couple of years, Dick had one of the sharpest minds I have ever seen in a man. I do know that our community and the world won't be quite as interesting with Dick gone from our midst. I feel I have been honored to have known this good man.

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Yesterday, a good friend gave me an article describing some letters sent back in 1868 from one of his ancestors to the ancestor's wife. These letters were extremely interesting with the first one being written from Fort Concho (I what is now San Angelo, Texas) on June 20, 1868. He was driving a herd of cattle from Caldwell, Texas to El Paso, Texas to be sold. On this drive to El Paso, he lost 50 head of cattle and had the herd sold for $18 per head. HOWEVER, the buyer backed out and he decided to drive the herd to Tucson, Arizona to be sold. On that part of the drive he writes of losing 37 head of horses due to an Indian attack. On September 21, 1868 he again wrote his wife from Tucson where he was unable to sell the cattle and decided to drive them to Los Angeles, California which he did and sold the herd there for $17,000 in gold. He also wrote of small pox breaking out along the Pacific Coast. NOW, as if this were not enough, when he returned to Texas, in 1869 he drove another herd to Abilene, Kansas. The article went on to say that this man died while chasing a cow on his ranch and falling from his horse in 1923. The man was W.H. Posey.

Now just stop and look at a U.S. map and check the distance from Caldwell, Texas to Los Angeles, California. I have no idea how many cowboys it took to make that drive and can only imagine the hardships and the weather they had to endure in order to complete their task. Then I read about the whiners in the NFL and the whiners in our society today and feel as if they all need a swift kick in their asses. They have no idea what real hardship is. SO to the MILLENNIALS who seem to be in a perpetual whining victim mode...... ADIOS TO YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!

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OH! One last item. If you happen to be black, PLEASE DO NOT RUN THE RISK OF OFFENDING PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA BY NOT VOTING. I watched a clip where he said that he would consider it as a PERSONAL AFFRONT to his LEGACY if the black community does not turn out to vote. Well, we can't have that, can we? And can someone please tell me at what point during your lifetime has the division of the American public along racial lines been worse than it is at the present time. Well let me suggest to President Obama that he take his legacy and stick it up his backside.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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Sept 14th, 2016 OBSERVATIONS / ANTHEM

WEDNESDAY - September 14, 2016

Greetings from The West Texas Headquarters For The Advancement Of Jingoistic Xenophobic Genophobic/Genaphobic Vast Right Wing Deplorables.

OBSERVATIONS:

OK. First of all, when Hillary referred to anyone other than one of her lemming like followers as Genophobic/Genaphobic (I am not sure of the correct spelling as the word does not exist in any of my Webster's Dictionaries) who belong in her "BASKET OF DEPLORABLES", I was briefly insulted until I realized that if we are DEPLORABLE to Hillary Clinton then we must be on the right track. AND, I do not have any problem with her placing me in her "BASKET OF DEPLORABLES" as long as she realizes that she is in my very own, personal.... "BUCKET O' BITCHES". I think that's more than fair.

BUT, prior to her vapor locking on 9/11, she did a reversal and say that perhaps she should not have made her "BASKET OF DEPLORABLES" comment. AH, but on 9/11, if you have seen the video of her almost falling face first while trying to enter her van, you might just form an opinion that perhaps there is some medical problems currently being experienced by one of the Top Three liars of all times. AH, but then the media came out with the report that Hillary had been diagnosed with pneumonia last Friday.... let's see now..... that would have been on 9/9/16. SO, the Clinton camp decided to not reveal this alleged diagnosis until two days later when she damn near did a nose dive in front of the TV cameras. AND THEN, where did they take her for treatment of her alleged pneumonia? Why to Chelsea's place of residence.

Let me see if I can shed a little light on this pneumonia subject. Early in the year 2000, I was diagnosed with pneumonia at our local hospital and along with some other problems, this convinced my doctor to send me to Lubbock in an ambulance. I remained in the Lubbock hospital for at least a week until all of the fluid had time to get out of my lungs. I can assure all of you that on that day, going to my daughter's house was never an option. Going to anyone's house was not an option. Going to the hospital by ambulance was the second fastest way to get me there. The air service at that time was already in use for someone who was in way more serious condition than was I.

Then, one of the news reports mentioned one of the drugs which was being taken by Ms. Clinton and it was a drug that I had prescribed by one of my physicians back in 2000. It was a serious blood thinner and my blood count had to be monitored daily. The dose was cut in half.... and then that half was cut in half... and that was about as small as the could get the dose of that particular drug so I was put on regular aspirin. In case you are wondering, the drug was a blood thinner and you have to be very careful in taking this particular drug or a slight cut can be fatal.

SO, I have had a bit of experience with pneumonia and in no way did I exhibit the same symptoms or behavior of Ms. Clinton. SO, I am pretty well convinced that the reports on her health issues are just more lies perpetrated by the Clinton camp and the Democrat Party. I have even heard some long time Democrat hacks who are growing weary of her act.

YES, I realize I am not a physician or have any advanced medical training BUT I do remember how I felt when I experienced pneumonia. And I have a number of friends who have had bouts with pneumonia and none of them were even thinking about getting out in the public and I can't think of a one who did not have to spend several days in the hospital. I also remember that I did not have the energy or enough air in my lungs to endure a huge coughing fit like we have seen Hillary go through.

SO pardon me if I am not showing the proper attitude toward this woman. And I do not wish health problems on anyone but I can sure have some doubts as to her truthfulness and the truthfulness of her husband and their followers.

Let me make one thing perfectly clear.... I DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING HILLARY CLINTON SAYS; I DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING BILL CLINTON SAYS; I DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING SAID BY ANY OF THEIR STAFF; I DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING REPORTED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WHO ARE NORMALLY IN THE TANK FOR THE CLINTONS; I DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING SAID BY ANY MEMBER OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION; I DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING SAID BY THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE; SO....... WHY SHOULD I TRUST ANYTHING SAID BY A PHYSICIAN WHO CARES FOR EITHER OF THE CLINTONS?

ANTHEM:

Well it appears as if Colin Kaepernick has really turned the dogs loose on the matter of the professional athletes in the NFL standing and honoring our flag and our country during the playing of the National Anthem at the beginning of every NFL game. I intentionally watched the beginning of several NFL games beginning last Thursday when the Denver Broncos opened the season against the Carolina Panthers. I did notice several players on both teams who decided not to stand and do the right thing during the playing of the National Anthem.

Then on Sunday and Monday I watched the beginning of each of the games televised in our area. One thing that really jumped out at me was in Houston and in Dallas. First of all in Houston, the National Anthem was sung by a person whose name I did not catch and he did an honorable job in his rendition. I did not see any player from the Houston Texans who did not stand as you would expect. I do not know about the Chicago Bears squad. Then the Houston Texans proceeded to win their first game which pleased me.

Then I tuned in to the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants game and the National Anthem was played as a trumpet solo and it was excellent. It reminded me of the old Dallas Cowboy games in the 1960s when the National Anthem was played at the Dallas home games by a solo trumpet player named Tommy Loy. I also did not notice any of the Dallas Cowboy players who did not stand as was expected.............. Then I read an article after the Cowboy game where Cowboy owner, Jerry Jones said that he was proud of his team for standing during the National Anthem and disappointed in the players on the other teams who did not. I also was proud of his team for their conduct during the playing of our National Anthem.

Then, of course in the second Monday night game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, the National Anthem was dishonored by members of both teams. AND one other thing I would like to point out. In a couple of these pre-game exhibitions, I was taken back in time to the 1968 Olympics when Gold Medal Winner Tommie Smith and Bronze Medal Winner John Carlos in the 200 meters both decided to exhibit their "Black Power" signs by holding up their fists while looking down during the playing of the National Anthem. Both were expelled from the games. Of course the NFL doesn't have the balls to take any action and the American public doesn't have the courage to stay home and watch something else on Sunday and Monday. That is the only way these spoiled crybabies can be shown that they are all paid huge salaries for playing a game. I think it was a couple of the Denver Bronco players and several of the 49ers who held up their fists in the 1968 black power salute. Of course Tommie Smith and John Carlos later said that it was not a "Black Power" salute but rather a "Human Rights" salute.... Yeah, and if you believe that then you need to give that Nigerian Prince your bank account number so that he can deposit your $2 million dollars.

ALSO, I wonder if it ever dawned on some of these brain surgeons that repeating what someone did or said a number of years back makes you look rather foolish. I am not sure but I believe that it was Cassius Marcellus Clay (later Muhammad Ali) whom I first heard make a prediction on which round he would knock out his opponent and then all of a sudden every damn boxer on the planet started making these predictions. I seem to recall somewhere that one of the old fighters, Jack Dempsey or one of those old heavyweights was actually the first. But Clay was the first I personally heard. Then Sugar Ray Leonard and every other young black fighter started doing their Ali impression... and not very accurately, I might add. And for the NFL hotdogs.... PLEASE stop guaranteeing a win.... That's been done already.

I remember an old World Lightweight Champion from New Orleans and later on Houston, Texas named Joe Brown make a statement once. First of all, Joe Brown was one tough dude and could hit like a middleweight and had a pretty good string of knockouts. He had a Lightweight Championship lined up for Houston and his opponent was a Southpaw (Left Handed, for those of you in the People's Republic of San Francisco) named Kenny Lane. Kenny Lane didn't have a huge punch like Joe Brown but he was one hell of a boxer with lightening speed. Joe Brown made the statement, "I eat Southpaws for breakfast." Well, Kenny Lane gave Joe Brown all he could handle and Brown won a close 15 round decision and I mean close. After the fight, a reporter reminded Joe Brown that he said that he ate Southpaws for breakfast and what did he say now. Joe Brown didn't even hesitate before replying, I think I'll just skip breakfast from now on. I don't remember him fighting another left handed fighter.

BUT I thought it was a shame with all the policemen, firefighters and other first responders who lost their lives in rescue missions on 9/11 to be so dishonored by high paid crybabies. I did notice that several of the New York Giants wore some socks which honored those who gave their lives on 9/11. It seems as if neither race nor sex or any other designated difference in social status made one bit of difference to those first responders in New York City who entered those burning buildings and saved many people of many different races with no thought of the danger to themselves. Just keep in mind that on 9/11 when most people were trying to leave both of the twin towers, those evil NYPD and NYFD folks were entering and climbing the stairs to try and rescue people REGARDLESS OF THEIR SKIN COLOR. I don't recall Colin Kaepernick or any of the other NFL protesters doing a hell of a lot on that day.

I was also a bit disappointed in the statements made by former coach Tony Dungy who evidently had no problem with the disrespect shown our flag and Anthem. I have just about had it with high paid whiners who show no respect for their country or the people who put the safety of others ahead of their own safety. And I have pretty much had it with this Hyphenated American designation. If you have to have some other designation hyphenated prior to your American designation then you have lost me. I was born in America and that makes me a NATIVE AMERICAN. SO, please spare me the information that Tony Dungy was THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACH TO WIN A SUPER BOWL. I strongly imagine that he won the super bowl due to the fact that not only was he a good coach but he also had an outstanding coaching staff and outstanding players and perhaps the best quarterback to ever play football. He did not win the Super Bowl because he was AFRICAN-AMERICAN. And please do not even attempt to compare a wide receiver going over the middle as being at the same level of danger as entering a burning building to rescue others.

Also, I do not need sports announcers or broadcasters to tell me how I need to think or how many firearms I should or should not own. So those of you who need Bob Costas or Brent Musburger to guide your thoughts or actions, we are light years apart in our thinking.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Many things that are supposed to help blacks actually have a track record of making things worse. Minimum wage laws have had a devastating effect in making black teenage unemployment several times higher than it once was.".................. THOMAS SOWELL

"What is even more astonishing is that charter schools are being opposed, not only by teachers' unions who think that schools exist to provide guaranteed jobs for their members, but also by politicians, including black politicians who loudly proclaim that BLACK LIVES MATTER.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.".......... THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character.... To dispense with taxes when it may be done with perfect safety is equally the duty of their representatives.".......... JAMES MONROE

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

The University of Iowa is on the verge of approving a "SOCIAL JUSTICE" bachelor degree. Boy the University of Iowa is really on the cutting edge of secondary education aren't they? According to the administration of this university, more and more students have expressed a desire to integrate academic work more deeply with anticipated career paths, such as; Social Activism work with a non-profit organization. The University doesn't anticipate the program will require any additional costs since the program will be housed in the "DEPARTMENT OF GENDER, WOMEN'S, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES." I sincerely hope that as a part of this very useful degree that the students take time to learn the phrase, "Can I supersize that for you?" Of course someone who really applies themselves by using the skills offered in this program can always find employment as COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.

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Donald Trump made the statement that Putin was a more respected leader than Barack Obama. Of course this brought out all of the Democrats/Socialists/Marxists who loudly proclaimed that Trump was a fan of Vladimir Putin. Let me once again give you my views on Vladimir Putin. He is a KGB Thug who believes in force over diplomacy. NOW, while I think that Vladimir Putin is a pure turd...... he is a strong pure turd and doesn't put up with a bunch of crap. AND yes, he is a stronger leader than Barack Hussein Obama and is more respected than the President of the United States. A damn shame.... but true nevertheless.

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HEY! Let's hear it for the San Francisco school board. Evidently the head man of that organization is advocating REMOVING the name of GEORGE WASHINGTON from one of their public schools. One of the reports was that he favored replacing George Washington with Maya Angelou. I know that this borders on sacrilege but I believe that Maya Angelou is perhaps one of the most over rated people EVER. I have read some of her so called poetry and thought it was total crap. She came along at a time when the country was on a guilt trip and some group decided that she was some type of poetic genius. HEY! I have a better idea..... Let's replace George Washington with Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick seems to be the new hero to the folks from The City By The Bay. If they replace George Washington with Maya Angelou then just stick a fork in San Francisco.... they are done.

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I have warned everyone about not trusting anything coming from our federal government that contains the words "common sense" or "comprehensive" and now I have a third set which should immediately arouse suspicion and that is "GRASS ROOTS." It seems as damn near everything that some group is trying to sell us which contains the words "GRASS ROOTS" does not really benefit the American people... and that goes for BOTH political parties.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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Sept 7th, 2016 CHANGING TIMES

WEDNESDAY - September 6, 2016

Greetings once more from the Home Of The Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas

CHANGING TIMES:

This past week I received several e-mails with old photos taken from the Houston, Texas area and I recognized many of them as buildings and businesses which were operating when I was growing up in Houston beginning in the mid 1940s through the 1950s. I stopped to think just how fortunate I was to have been living in Houston during those years. We actually moved from Houston in 1973 when we re-located to Hobbs, New Mexico.

I returned to Houston generally once a year to attend family gatherings and reunions of one kind or another. So I got to watch many of the changes that the city and surrounding areas experienced. Of course, the population exploded and the traffic became unbearable and many of the nice neighborhoods I remembered had gone down quite a bit. But the people there were still friendly and it did not have the typical big city atmosphere...... ALL THAT HAS CHANGED. I do not know all of the reasons for the changes but I now only return there every 5 years or so for reunions or funerals. Some of the old landmarks are missing. I can remember when the Shamrock Hotel was a real showplace and that was where all the big shots stayed when they were in Houston. It is now gone as are many of the old landmarks. I can understand growth and the need for new construction and the like but I still hate to see the old landmarks being torn down for new construction. And of course many of the places which were frequented by my friends and I along with many others no longer exist.

Then I drive by my old high school, Mirabeau B. Lamar High School. Lamar High School first opened its doors in 1937, the year in which I was born, and they were the Lamar Redskins. That is correct they WERE the Lamar Redskins. Somewhere in the rush, the Houston Independent School District decided that the "Redskins" name was probably offensive to some group or other and they caved in and they are now the Lamar Texans. I just wonder when someone in Mexico City will decide to be offended by the name "Texans" and put the pressure on the Houston Independent School District to re-think that name.

When I was growing up in Houston we had a chain of Mexican Food Restaurants named FELIX MEXICAN RESTAURANT. There were several of them, mostly in the Southwest end of Houston. They served the absolute BEST Mexican Food EVER. There was another chain of restaurants which also served Mexican Food and was owned by some people with whom I became really good friends. This was MOLINA'S MEXICO CITY RESTAURANTS. Their food was also excellent and Roy and Mary Molina were two of the nicest people I have ever known. I know that the Felix Mexican Restaurants have either all closed or moved and I do not know about the Mexico City Restaurants. We also had some really outstanding cafeterias in Houston as well as great sea food restaurants and steak houses. The absolute BEST PIZZA RESTAURANT was the SHAKEY'S PIZZA on Bellaire Blvd. Then for hot dogs there was JAMES CONEY ISLAND downtown and CHRIS' CONEY ISLAND at the corner of W. Alabama and S. Shepherd. I have probably eaten more great hot dogs at CHRIS CONEY ISLAND than most people will consume in a lifetime. There is still a chain of James Coney Islands all over town but I have eaten there and the quality just isn't the same.

In the late 1940s and all through the 1950s, elementary school age kids could get on a bus and ride just about anywhere in town for five cents. I can remember a bunch of guys getting together at about age 9 or 10 and riding the bus downtown to see a first run movie at one of the main movie theaters and riding home after dark with no thought of experiencing any problems. You cannot do that today.

I guess that one of the main changes I have seen, not just in Houston but all over our country is our education system. Of course I am speaking of our public education systems nationwide and also our colleges and universities which now require some specialized coursed in order to obtain a degree which will probably be useless to the graduate when it comes to finding employment. With very few exceptions, most colleges now require some type of specialized courses in order to obtain a degree. Some of these required courses in today's world are:

Women's Studies

African American Studies

Native American Studies

Hispanic Studies

Now don't get me wrong, I can understand offering these courses to people who wish to take them to learn something about different people and different cultures but I cannot for the life of me understand them being required course in order to obtain a degree. In the public schools in today's world, American History has been watered down. I believe that many of today's educators and perpetual victims believe that if you do not teach anything about the American Civil War and slavery that it just didn't happen. And from speaking to various college students and from observing some interviews with same, it is readily apparent that many of today's university professors are extremely liberal, and as long as you turn in work which is in agreement with that professor's personal views, you will be given a good grade.
I heard one college professor at one of the Eastern universities make the claim that their college WELCOMED DIVERSE OPINIONS from students...... AS LONG AS THEY WERE PRESENTED IN THE PROPER CONTEXT. He never explained what the PROPER CONTEXT meant and I still don't know. I strongly imagine that he meant that as long as the diverse opinion did not differ from his in any great detail that the PROPER CONTEXT would be followed.

When you see the various television programs interview college students on campus, it does not take long to realize that most of today's college students have less real knowledge of the world and of the history of our country than middle school students did in the 1950s.

I realize that you can't go back in time but I am sure disappointed on the direction our society as a whole has taken insofar as observing the Constitutional Government that our country's founders had in mind. Everything that I learned in my history and government classes in the Houston Public Schools and at the University of Houston and other specialized classes strongly indicated that smaller federal government and stronger state governments was what our founders had in mind when they laid it all on the line to break away from a dictatorial rule of the English King.

A couple of years ago, I had three young college students from Angelo State University in my car. They were three lovely young South Korean girls who were all very smart. One of them knew more about the United States Constitution than do most American College students. Anyway, I was listening to a program as they were visiting and one of the people on the radio posed a question: Which is more important, Freedom or Equality. I turned the volume down and posed that question to those three Korean girls. Now keep in mind that they were all in their early 20s and while they were not around during the Korean War in the early 50s, their parents and grandparents were. Every single one of them answered that FREEDOM was more important than anything. I asked them why that was and they said that without freedom, you can never attain equality. Then they all went on to expand their opinions that equality is not something that is guaranteed to any of us. It is up to the individual to work and attain equality at every level. One of them said that equal opportunity does not necessarily guarantee equal results.

So, I had three S. Korean girls who had a better grasp of things than do most of our elected officials. One of them knew more about Benjamin Franklin than I did.

AND, every single one of them told me how sad it was that American students knew so little of the history of their own country. I could find nothing on which I disagreed.

I won't even try to address the entertainment industry. There are no real comedians left. The Millennials idea of comedy leaves me cold. I can still see old comedy bits and movies and still laugh out loud. I recently watched a video of some of the old comedians who were famous for one liners and their stuff was STILL FUNNY. AND, I challenge any of today's comedians to even approach "Who's On First" as done by Bud Abbot and Lou Costello. I also recently watched an old Laurel and Hardy movie "Way Out West" and although some of the comedy was predictable, it was still very funny. Please show me one of today's comedians who even approaches Red Skelton.... bet ya' can't. AND just pull up the old Carol Burnett comedy skit with Tim Conway doing the elephant story..... or Tim Conway as the dentist..... or Tim Conway as the little old man. And who in today's presentation of so called comedy can take a simple stick and do 5 or 6 minutes like Jonathan Winters. Comedy is dead. I will not even attempt to go into what they call music in today's world.

As long as movies have lots of explosions and the sound in the theater is turned up to the maximum, the Millennials are happy. And, of course they are into remakes of old classic movies. I noticed this week that there is a re-make of "The Magnificent Seven".............. BLASPHEMY!!! If they ever try to do a re-make of "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre", I move we launch an armed attack on Hollywood. Now one around could portray Fred C. Dobbs like Humphrey Bogart AND for sure they could not find another Alfonso Bedoya who played the bandit leader.

A whole bunch of us who are classified as senior citizens have been able to observe the changes which our country has undergone and I, for one, am not pleased with a whole bunch of them. Maybe we can't go back but we should take a stand and not let this madness go any further. I do know that I feel blessed for having a wonderful family and consider myself friends with some of the best and smartest people on earth. No amount of money could replace those good people.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (100 years old) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"At Harvard, not only have invited speakers been shouted down and sometimes assaulted, even a Harvard professor's classroom was invaded by disruptive students who didn't like what he was teaching. Such things have also happened at Berkley and other elite institutions across the country, as well as at less renowned institutions."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"Mark Twain famously said that there were three kinds of lies -- LIES, DAMNED LIES, and STATISTICS. Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear plenty of all three kinds.".........THOMAS SOWELL

"Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties or his possessions." ....................... JOHN ADAMS

"Journalists are a sort of assassin who sit with loaded blunderbusses on the corner of streets and fire them off for hire or for sport at any passenger they select.".......... JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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MORE STUFF:

I read an article where Barack Hussein Obama defends Colin Kaepernick's right to protest by not standing for our National Anthem. AND, I must admit that Barack Hussein Obama is correct when he says that Colin Kaepernick has the right to protest.... BUT.... I also have the right to be totally disgusted with not only Colin Kaepernick, but anyone who stands with him. It is my Constitutionally Guaranteed Right to call a turd a turd. SO, in my opinion, Colin Kaepernick is a turd and so is Barack Hussein Obama and any other person who sides with that bozo.

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This morning was our monthly Retired Law Enforcement breakfast. I really look forward to the first Wednesday of the month when I get to see and visit with retired Officers from darn near every level of law enforcement. And this morning a couple of us discussed an old friend to many of us who passed away a couple of years back. His name was Cliff Peiser and was one of the most interesting men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Cliff had a great sense of humor and was a real fan of history. Cliff had traveled quite a bit and in his mid 80s he still rode motorcycles. After the church service when the hearse was taking Cliff to the cemetery, the hearse broke down. And damn near everyone I know who knew Cliff, even the members of his family, thought the same thing I did.... Cliff planned it that way.

One of the other retired San Angelo PD Officers and I were talking about a guy whom we both have seen at the grocery store who looks like, walks like, and dresses exactly like Cliff Peiser did. The first time I saw this guy after Cliff's death was at the H.E.B. Grocery Story where I had run into Cliff on several occasions. When I saw this guy for the first time I thought.... Damn! Ol' Cliff fooled us all again. I know it has been said that somewhere on this earth we have an exact double but this exact double lives in the same town as did my old friend Cliff. I do know one thing for sure, the world is way less interesting than it was when Cliff was among us.

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I do not know what is going on at FOX News but they have lost a number of folks that I enjoyed watching quite a bit. I also saw in this morning's (Sub) Standard Times that Gretchen Carlson, a former FOX News anchor, had settled her sexual harassment suit against Roger Ailes for a mere $20 MILLION. What I do not understand is why FOX News.... or any other news station for that matter.... hangs on to Geraldo Rivera or Juan Williams.

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I heard an audio clip that had talk radio host Mark Levin saying that he was going to vote for Donald Trump. OK. Let me see if I can make this a little more simple:

We have 3, THREE, III, Tres viable candidates running for President of the United States

DEMOCRAT ...... HILLARY CLINTON

REPUBLICAN..... DONALD TRUMP

LIBERTARIAN.... GARY JOHNSON

Donald Trump is .... arrogant; successful in business; not a professional politician

Hillary Clinton is ..... arrogant; never been in business; fumbled the ball badly as Secretary of State; lies about practically everything; vows to carry on the

failed policies of Barack Hussein Obama; a socialist to the core

Gary Johnson is ...... arrogant; Goofy

SO, while he might not be my ideal choice for President, Donald J. Trump is light years ahead of the other two. If Donald Trump gets elected, our country has a chance of survival. If either of the other two get elected, we are doomed.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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August 31st, 2016 FOOTBALL / CHARACT ER

WEDNESDAY August 31, 2016

Greetings once again from the Over Sixty Five Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas.

FOOTBALL:

As I have pointed out in the past; In Texas there are FOUR SEASONS - FOOTBALL; SPRING FOOTBALL; DEER; and QUAIL. At one point in my life, Deer Season ran a close second to FOOTBALL. But since I have pretty much given up hunting, FOOTBALL SEASON is absolutely my favorite Texas Season. AND, last week end, in Texas, High School Football started out all over our state. A very good friend and I attended a Six Man Football Game in VERIBEST, TEXAS. Yep, you heard right, VERIBEST. (Of course it is pronounced Very Best.) Another good friend is the head football coach for the VERIBEST FALCONS. Last season was his first year as their coach although he has been involved in Texas Six Man High School Football for a number of years. In 1994 and 1995, his teams at Amherst, Texas won back to back Six Man State Championships. Back to back State Championships are plenty tough to accomplish.

Anyway, last year, with a team made up of lots of Freshmen and Sophomores, the VERIBEST FALCONS had a pretty slim year. However, this year, he has a bunch of Sophomores and Juniors with a few Seniors and they look much stronger. Last Friday night, they won their opening game against the Rochelle Hornets by a score of 59 - 13. The game was called near the end of the third quarter as in Texas Six Man Football, when one team gains a 45 point lead on the opposing team at any point in the second half, the game is called. It is a form of Mercy Rule as running up a bunch more points would do nothing for the players on either team. I was really happy to see my friend's team look really good in their season opener. They will run up on some tougher opposition in the future but winning their opening game was a step in the right direction.

Also our 6A local team, the San Angelo Central Bobcats won their game by a pretty lopsided score over Abilene High School. Abilene High School has an excellent football program and have won a number of big school State Championships.

Also, this week end, there were four Class 5A games played in Frisco, Texas. All 8 of the Frisco 5A high schools played against each other in four district games. The games were ALL TELEVISED on the NFL Channel. The Dallas Cowboys have a new practice facility in Frisco, Texas and it is a showplace. One of the stadiums is a 12,000 seat indoor stadium which caters to local high school football games. Now, as most of you know, I have never been a huge fan of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones but I have to take my hat off to Mr. Jones for doing something for one of the local Dallas Communities that benefits someone other than himself. Also a couple of those Frisco high school team looked pretty darn strong.

Anyway, there is nothing I had rather watch than Texas High School Football. In my life I have seen many future NFL stars play for their high school teams. The Houston, Texas area over the years has been loaded with big time football talent as is the Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin areas in Texas.

CHARACTER:

Staying on the subject of FOOTBALL, there has been a lot of talk over this past week end about San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, Colin Kaepernick refusing to stand during the playing of the National Anthem. In an interview, Kaepernick said, "I AM NOT GOING TO STAND UP TO SHOW PRIDE IN A FLAG FOR A COUNTRY THAT OPPRESSES BLACK PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. TO ME THIS IS BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL AND IT WOULD BE SELFISH ON MY PART TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. THERE ARE BODIES IN THE STREET AND PEOPLE GETTING PAID LEAVE AND GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER." Of course, what Kaepernick was making reference to is the policy of almost every law enforcement at every level that when one of their officers is involved in a shooting, the employee is put on paid leave until an investigation is completed and a decision is reached on the validity of the use of deadly force.... Of course I would not expect someone with as little grasp of reality as Colin Kaepernick, to understand why matters are handled in this manner.

Then, the San Francisco 49ers took the view that the organization recognizes the right of an individual to choose and participate, or not, in our celebration of the National Anthem.

I agree that standing for the National Anthem while customary is not required of every person. I also agree that watching the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday afternoon during the NFL season is also optional. If you were wondering why Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers are the latest additions to the VARMINT LIST, now you know.

I not only believe that Colin Kaepernick has little or no appreciation for a country which allows him to make millions of dollars each year for playing a game, I believe that his failure to stand an honor our American Flag also shows extreme selfishness and a serious character flaw. Just remember that Colin Kaepernick has decided to celebrate his scoring of a touchdown by kissing his own biceps. Well Colin, this year instead of kissing you biceps, you can kiss my backside. However, that might be a bit tough since I shall not watch another San Francisco 49ers game EVER, until the organization gets their head out of their own backside or they make it a requirement for the players to stand and show respect for our flag .... or .... if they cannot do that, at least leave the playing field until it is over.

I find it a bit tough to understand how an organization can pay an employee millions each year in salary and more in benefits and not have some authority to make team rules regarding the behavior of the athletes. I know that at one time, if you played for the Green Bay Packers, anytime you appeared in public, you were required to wear certain recognizable clothing reflecting the fact that you played for the Packers.

I read a statement in an article written by one of my GOOD GUYS, Retired Lt. Col. Allen West: "The NFL issued a statement that said players are encouraged but not required to stand for the National Anthem. Hmmm, this is the same NFL that refused to allow the Dallas Cowboys to wear a helmet decal in honor of the fallen Dallas Police Officers gunned down on Thursday, July 7th."

At this particular point in time, I fail to recognize just exactly how Colin Kaepernick has been oppressed or has been negatively influenced by any of the shootings by various law enforcement agencies over the past several years. Actually, I think that Colin Kaepernick is a whiner and a crybaby and a complete turd. And, I would suggest that should Mr. Kaepernick ever experience a need for law enforcement that he, instead, call Black Lives Matter.

What really gets me about this idiotic caper by Colin Kaepernick is the fact that I have seen photos of members of our military, past and present, who really have to work through pain to stand and honor our flag during the National Anthem.... BUT THE DO IT ANYWAY. And if you ever get a chance, watch the interview with NFL Hall of Fame running back JIM BROWN and listen to what he has to say about our National Anthem. He sure knew and appreciated the opportunity that our country had made available to him and despite his views on some other matters, Jim Brown had it right about our National Anthem. And, I know that Jim Brown's rushing records have been broken but I still believe him to be the best running back I ever saw.

Correction here:

The interview I was referring to about Jim Brown and the National Anthem was one with Steve Sabol on the old NFL Film program from about 15 or 20 years back. In that interview, Brown said that the National Anthem was a time which allowed him to show his appreciation for a country that gave him an opportunity to play a game he loved for a living. I just heard that today, he supports Kaepernick's act. SO, to hell with him too.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"A hundred years ago, when immigration from other parts of the world was a major issue, there was a government study which provided voluminous statistics on how immigrants from various countries performed in American society -- economically, educationally and in terms of social pathology..... Today, it would not be considered right -- that is, not politically correct -- even to ask such questions about immigrants, especially if immigrants were broken down by country of origin. Despite some among the intelligentsia who like to refer to the past as -earlier and simpler times,- it is we today who are so simple-minded as to discuss immigrants as if they were just abstract people in an abstract world, to whom we could apply our abstract principles."........ THOMAS SOWELL

"Yet there are immigrants from some countries who swell the welfare rolls, while immigrants from some other countries almost never go on welfare. Immigrants from some countries are highly educated -- more so than most Americans -- while immigrants from other countries have little education and few skills."...................... THOMAS SOWELL

"Today people flood across the border with whatever diseases they bring, and are dispersed to various communities around the country by the federal government, without even a notice to local authorities as to what history of diseases, or crimes, these immigrants bring ---- much less what risks of terrorism they bring."................. THOMAS SOWELL

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms, and be taught alike especially when young, how to use them." ......................... RICHARD HENRY LEE

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms), Colin Kaepernick - QB San Francisco 49ers, SAN FRANCISCO 49ers for supporting Kaepernick

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MORE STUFF:

I received a death notice yesterday of a man I have known for several years. I got to visit with him at a monthly breakfast which I attend on the first Wednesday of each month. He is a retired San Angelo Police Officer. His name is Willard Ray Goetz and he retired from the San Angelo Police Department after serving the citizens of San Angelo for 32 years. I enjoyed visiting with him each month. Although I only knew him briefly for about a 5 year period, I enjoyed talking with him. He had a good sense of humor and was really well liked by his peers. He was 74 years old and was a lifelong resident of San Angelo, Texas.

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I also read this morning of the death of Actor Gene Wilder who passed away at age 83. I always liked Gene Wilder. I thought he was a really funny man. He starred in a number of movies and I guess my favorites were; "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," and "Stir Crazy." The article said that Mr. Wilder died from complications from Alzheimer's Disease. Gene Wilder had been married to former Saturday Night Live star Gilda Radner who passed away several years back, a victim of cancer.

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I got a couple of e-mails yesterday announcing the retirement from the Houston Police Department of an old friend whom I have not seen in 45 years. He is Sergeant Ben Norman. Ben graduated from the Houston Police Academy right after my academy class. Ben served the Houston Police Department for 58... that's FIFTY EIGHT YEARS.

Tomorrow, August 31st, the Houston Astros baseball team will honor been before their afternoon game. I received one message that said that Ben will throw out the first pitch. The Astros are honoring Ben as the "Hometown Hero Of The Month." That puts the Astros FOREVER on my favorite team list. Of course being an old Houston boy, I have always been an Astros fan since they started as the Houston Colt .45s.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SERGEANT BEN NORMAN.

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Be very suspicious of ANY LEGISLATION BEFORE EITHER THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR THE UNITED STATES SENATE WHICH CONTAIN EITHER THE WORDS: COMPREHENSIVE OR COMMON SENSE. You can rest assured that the legislation will be neither of those terms.

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ALSO, I have noticed numerous news reports on both radio and television that Vladimir Putin is hoping that Donald Trump is elected as President of the United States. OK. Now, Vladimir Putin is NO FRIEND OF THE UNITED STATES. If, in fact, he is making his choice for our next President as Donald Trump, why would he make his wishes public? Why would he not be pushing Hillary Clinton? SO, I am having some serious doubts on these stories and further think they are part of Hillary's plans to once again lie and deceive the American people. Why stop now? The Clintons have been lying to the American public for the past 24 years and apparently the majority of the American voters have believed them..... so why stop now?

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One last item...... ALAN LADD WAS SHANE! Shane is one of my all time favorite movies. And as I was watching it, I realized that every main actor in that movie has passed away. And along the same lines.... ERROL FLYNN was Robin Hood; TYRONE POWER was Zorro; GEORGE C. SCOTT is General George S. Patton; BASIL RATHBONE was Sherlock Holmes; ROBERT DUVALL is Captain Augustus McCrae; and finally JOHNNY WEISSMULLER WAS TARZAN.

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IN SPITE OF WHAT GLENN BECK AND SEVERAL OTHERS SAY, OUR NATION WILL BE BETTER OFF UNDER A PRESIDENT TRUMP THAN UNDER A PRESIDENT CLINTON. WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR VOTING FOR A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE OR JUST STAYING HOME AND NOT VOTING AT ALL.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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August 24th, 2016 CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

WEDNESDAY - August 24, 2016

Greetings once more from the Western Hemisphere Headquarters Of Jingoistic Right Wing Conspirators.

CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT:

A week or so back, I received in the mail my regular copy of IMPRIMIS, which is a publication of Hillsdale College. This copy had a lengthy article written by Scott Pruitt, who is the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma. This article dealt with the appointment of our next Supreme Court Justice. Of course this appointment will be to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. As we know, Justice Scalia was a Constitutionalist to the core. This article reminded the readers of the thoughts which governed the actions of Justice Scalia and several of them caught my eye and I thought I might pass them on, since the person elected President of the United States in November will appoint not only Justice Scalia's replacement but possible two more appointments during the next four to eight years. The statements of Attorney General Pruitt will be designated by quotation marks. The other thoughts are my own.

"In thinking about the kind of person who should take his seat on the Court, it is worth reflecting on Justice Scalia's principles of jurisprudence. One of the chief principles he championed, as a scholar and as a judge, is that the law, whether statutes or the Constitution itself, must be applied according to its text. In other words, judges should not apply the law based on what is good policy or what they suppose Congress may have intended (but did not express) in passing legislation. "

"In addition, Justice Scalia believed that the words of the law should be understood as they were understood by the people when the law was enacted." "There are some who believe that the meanings of words change over time, untethered from any objective measure. Thus what is legal one day may be illegal the next without any textual changes to the law. Justice Scalia rejected this notion. He held fast to the idea that the meaning of laws is fixed by the meaning ascribed to their words at the time they were enacted."

To me, this blows a real hole in the idea that our Constitution is a LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT, as most liberals would have us believe. In keeping with Judge Scalia's observation that the words meant what they said at the time of the writing, I would like to point out that after our Declaration of Independence was signed and the Colonies banded together to win their freedom and establish a Democratic Republic as their form of government, that form of government was diametrically opposite from the dictatorship imposed by the English Monarch. Keeping in mind that this English King could change the laws and procedures on a whim without any regard to the effect it would have on the people. So, when the Constitution of the United States was drafted, it was done so with a fairly narrow and emphatic meaning in mind. Those colonists did not want some type of government which could change based upon the feelings of one person but rather based upon a rigid set of rules such as those set out in our Constitution and in our Bill of Rights.

Over the years, it has taken liberals who have been appointed as Supreme Court Justices to completely destroy the meanings of the rights granted to the people of the United States. We have even had Supreme Court Justices who advocated applying International Law in deciding upon the Constitutionality of a United States law.

"The Constitution is not an autonomously evolving document that spins out new rights and obligations to which the people have not given their consent. Rather than discovering new rights in the Constitution, judges should respect the Constitutional prerogative of the people to pass laws through their representative legislatures, limited by the restraints imposed by the Constitution -- which itself was ratified by popular means."

"In short, Justice Scalia rejected the judicial activism of inventing law while embracing judicial engagement by ensuring that the limits on government are strictly enforced....... Since at least the New Deal, the executive branch has been accumulating more and more power, and the current administration has taken unilateral executive authority to new levels. President Obama has on numerous occasions effectively engaged in law-making -- an activity strictly delegated to Congress by the Constitution -- when Congress refused to pass laws that he desired. Last year, for example, the Environmental Protection Agency instituted a new Clean Power Plan, an attempt to put the coal industry out of business, in the name of combating climate change -- absent any authority granted by Congress. Oklahoma along with 28 other states, sued to have this rule blocked. In has last act on the bench, Justice Scalia voted to put this Clean Power Plan on hold while it is being litigated, providing a good indication that five of the justices thought it to be unlawful. With Justice Scalia gone, his replacement will likely determine the outcome of this case."

"Another way President Obama has expanded his power is by refusing to enforce laws he does not like, effectively repealing them. He has done this with immigration laws by designating entire classes of people as having legal status, even though the law clearly states that they are unlawfully present. Similarly, his administration has effectively legalized marihuana in certain states by refusing to enforce federal laws prohibiting it."

"If the next Justice is in the mold of Justices Ginsburg or Sotomayor, the rulings of the Court will shift dramatically to the left."

To me, the appointment/appointments to the Supreme Court are the single most important issues in voting in the November election. Now, I have no way of knowing whom a President Trump would nominate as a Supreme Court Justice. According to what I have heard, he has named several people from whom his nominee would be named and a number of conservative people have felt good about his list of candidates. Whether he sticks with this or not remains to be seen, BUT with him there is at least a chance of getting a decent Justice .

I would rather gamble on a President Donald Trump appointing a Supreme Court Justice who would be more of an originalist than I would be to trust ANY nominee put up by a President Hillary Clinton. You just have to know that ANYONE placed in nomination by Hillary Clinton would be at least as far left as Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor.

Keep that thought in mind when deciding whether to go to the polls and vote for Donald Trump OR stay at home and give the Presidency to Hillary Clinton. Perhaps Glenn Beck can live with himself by sticking to his "Never Trump" position BUT I could not face my Grandchildren if I did ANYTHING WHATSOEVER to aid Hillary Clinton in her bid for our Commander-In-Chief. AND staying at home or not voting in the Presidential Race or voting for one of the 3rd party candidates IS A VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word FAIR in connection with income tax policies."..... WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf"..... GEORGE ORWELL

"Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom."....... ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

"Homicide rates among black males went down by 18 percent in the 1940s and by 22 percent in the 1950s. It was in the 1960s, when the ideas of Chief Justice Earl Warren and others triumphed, that this long decline in homicide rates among black males reversed and skyrocketed by 89 percent, wiping out all progress of the previous 20 years.".................. THOMAS SOWELL

"Ghetto riots, which erupted in the 1960s, were blamed on poverty and discrimination. But what are the facts? Poverty and discrimination were worse in the South than in the rest of the country. But ghetto riots were not nearly as common in the South. The most deadly ghetto riot of the 1960s occurred in Detroit, where 43 people were killed -- 33 of whom were black. In Detroit at that time, black median family income was 95 percent of white median family income. The unemployment rate among blacks was 3.4 percent and black home ownership was higher in Detroit than in any other major city."..... THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms)

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MORE STUFF:

Well, the Olympics came to an end and the Closing Ceremony was as bad as the Opening Ceremony. To me it takes more than just having a lot of people with colorful costumes all doing different moves to make a ceremony worth watching. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and in that vein, I did not behold much beauty in either ceremony.

I did appreciate the American Women's Gymnasts and the Women's Basketball Teams in every aspect of their performances. This American Women's Basketball Team is maybe the best I have ever seen. And the Women's Gymnastic team was also very strong across the boars AND also very young. And, while I thought that the American Men's Basketball Team was not as strong as it has been a couple of times in the past, and I thought they whined a bit too much during the games, did show some respect at the medal ceremony.

NOW, for a comment or two on the incident away from the pool involving some of the U.S. Men's Swim Team. Swimmer's Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were involved in vandalizing a gas station while out partying late at night. Apparently these brain surgeons failed to realize that... THEY WERE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND THAT THEY HAD NO RIGHTS IN THAT COUNTRY WHICH WERE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

I never ceased to be amazed at people who travel in foreign countries and fail to realize that they must obey the laws of that country and act according to the rules set out by that country's government......... WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT. Also, I notice that the primary offender, Ryan Lochte, managed to escape Brazil ahead of the Brazilian Police and their investigation. Also these mental giants obviously failed to realize that security cameras in Brazil, like security cameras in the U.S. might just be operating as expected and would shoot stories in their flimsy story about being robbed. They LIED and got caught. I cannot remember the last one to leave Brazil but I heard that it cost him somewhere around $11,000 to cover the costs of repairs and the investigation. And, I understand that Lochte was the main offender in the incident and got out before the investigation was complete. I saw his so called apology and thought it fairly lame.

AND what really gets my backside red as a Chinese Flag is that due to the actions of these four athletes, the entire team and their performance are reduced in importance. ALSO, if I am the last guy out, I believe I would take $11,000 out of Ryan Lochte's ass.

And the four of them can thank their lucky star that this did not occur in China or any number of other locations.

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Hillary told everyone who would listen that NONE of her e-mails on her illegal private server were marked as CLASSIFIED when she received them OR when she sent them out. That turned out to be....... dare I say it........... A HUGE LIE?
The she tells us all that the investigating sub-committee has ALL of her e-mails in question......... well, that is all but the recent 14,900 that they received a couple of days back.

Then we have all this business about countries making contributions to THE CLINTON FOUNDATION and receiving special benefits due to these donations. AND of course the Clinton's deny this.

Then Hillary tells us all that she never had any contact with many of these generous donors. OK, now before I call her a liar on that, let me pose this situation to you.
The Clinton Foundation receives a donation from a Middle Eastern Country. The head of this country has contact with Hillary's aide Huma Mahmood Abedin who in turn passes the information on to Hillary and then gets information from Hillary and passes it back to the Middle Eastern leader. In the strictest sense of the word, Hillary had not contact with this donor. But that is damn sure splitting hairs. The information got passed on both ends by using a Middle Man or in this case a Middle Woman.

In case you are not familiar with Huma Mahmood Abedin, she is VICE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE HILLARY CLINTON 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO HILLARY CLINTON WHEN SHE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE; FATHER WAS FOUNDER OF INSTITUTE OF MUSLIM MINORITY AFFAIRS; WAS A PAID CONSULTANT TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION; CHIEF OF STAFF OF HILLARY CLINTON'S 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; IS MARRIED TO ANTHONY WEINER.

My immediate thought is that ANYONE who chose Anthony Weiner as a spouse must be at least three quarters goofy. Also, it has been reported for a good while that through her father, Huma Mahmood Abedin had ties with The Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood has long been suspected of having ties to terrorism and took part in overthrowing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and were subsequently ousted by the Egyptian Military under current Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

I'm sorry folks but the Clinton Camp is as suspicious as it has ever been and people who are supporting Hillary Clinton are not only mentally suspect but completely untrustworthy to have any role in the affairs of the United States Government.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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August 17th, 2016 MEDIA / BEHAVIOUR

WEDNESDAY - August 17, 2016

Hello once again from the Headquarters For The Conservative Branch Of Jingoistic Xenophobic Constitutional Originalist Well Armed Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas.

MEDIA:

I don't imagine that I have to really remind many of my complete disgust with the American Media. And I am speaking of The Written, Radio and Television with very few exceptions. A prime example of this is the first reports out of the shooting of a Milwaukee black male by Milwaukee Police. The very first report I heard was that the unarmed black male was shot and killed by a white Milwaukee Police Officer. AND, this was entirely accurate.... EXCEPT FOR THE FACTS THAT:

1) The guy who was shot WAS ARMED WITH A PISTOL

2) The pistol being exhibited by the guy who was shot WAS A STOLEN FIREARM

3) The Police Officer who shot in self-defense was A BLACK POLICE OFFICER

Other then these 3 small errors, the media did their customary piss poor job of reporting the facts of this case.

Keeping in mind that these same media outlets were the very ones that promoted the "HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT" lie in the Ferguson, Missouri incident.

AH, but of course the facts of the Milwaukee shooting are no more important than were those in the Ferguson incident.

BUT the facts of this case apparently have no bearing on the activities of the Black Lives Matter bunch as this completely justified shooting of a black thug was followed by at least two nights of rioting by primarily black perpetual victims.

This violent crowd were urging each other to attack white people and one female, reportedly a relative of the ..... how shall I put it.." The Shootee" was heard to be urging the primarily black crowd to destroy property in the suburbs rather than in their own neighborhood. Sounds like the relative had way more sense than most rioters and definitely way more sense that "The Shootee" whose name is Sylville K. Smith.

Then, as should be expected, the mother of "The Shootee" told a local Milwaukee news paper that her son had a CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT as he had been recently robbed. Hmmm. One must wonder if she could have been a bit confused on this information. (In a shooting you have two classifications... The Shooter who does the shooting and The Shootee who is on the receiving end.)

Finally the news was released that the Officer was wearing a body camera at the time and the video supported the Officer's account of the incident..... But, of course, we cannot expect a matter as trivial as THE TRUTH to govern what is reported.

Now, for a moment, let me address some of the so called reporting during the Olympic Games being held in Rio DeJaneiro. A young black swimmer won two gold and two silver medals in 4 swimming events. The first was a gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle event, in which she set an Olympic Record. This was her first Olympics and she did a magnificent job in every event in which she entered. BUT, it seems as if Bob Costas, TV ANALYST FOR NBC, thought that the most important news after she won her first Olympic Gold Medal, was not that she came in first in Olympic Record time in a tie with the Canadian swimmer, .... no sir. According to this Mutt Bob Costas the most important news was that she was the FIRST BLACK SWIMMER TO WIN AN OLYMPIC MEDAL.

OK. I'm going to say this just once so that even somebody possessing the varmint qualities of Bob Costas can perhaps understand:

Simone Manuel DID NOT WIN THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL BECAUSE OF HER SKIN COLOR. SHE WON IT BECAUSE SHE SWAM THE RACE IN THE FASTEST TIME!

ALSO, you might take a look at the Varmint List and you will find the name of Bob Costas in BOLD PRINT. He was placed on the list after he appeared on a Sunday Night NFL game where he chose to voice his personal opinion on GUN CONTROL.

BEHAVIOR:

I have tried to watch many of the events in which I have some interest in the Olympic coverage. I have NOT watched any of the soccer games. I did see a replay of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team get defeated in a "Shootout" against Sweden. Of course the U.S. girls were down about losing the game BUT in an interview after the game, one of the U.S. Players said that the Swedish Women were a bunch of COWARDS. I thought that this pretty much showed that at least this one member of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team was for the biggest part pretty classless. She looked like a complete WHINER. I do not know if she ever took back her childish statement but her behavior after the loss was pretty tasteless to say the least. Funny thing is that these COWARDS from Sweden seem to be in line for a GOLD MEDAL, where the U.S. Whining Women ARE NOT.

Then, I have watched pretty much every U.S. basketball game, Men's and Women's. Of course at the moment they are both undefeated although the Men have won two games by just 3 points each and were given a pretty good game by Australia before they pulled away in the last of the 4th quarter. I know that the International Rules are a bit different from the NBA and NCAA rules BUT when you are playing in the Olympics, I would think it might be to your advantage to know the International Rules and abide by them. In a couple of the U.S. Men's close games, they also pissed and moaned about every call and received several technical fouls as a result. This could cost them if they don't learn to control their whining. Once again, it seems as if the U.S. Men's Basketball Team has more than their share of WHINERS..... where the U.S. Women's Team does not. I watched the U.S. Women light it up against Japan yesterday afternoon and they really looked great.

Now, compare the behavior of some of the U.S. athletes, to the Rugby Gold Medal winning team from FIJI. I have watched several of the Rugby games and pretty much enjoyed them all....... AND, let me tell you that FIJI winning the Gold Medal was no fluke. They were awesome. Actually the U.S. Team probably gave them their closest game and was actually ahead in the contest until the last couple of minutes. But FIJI is absolutely the best Rugby team on the planet. AND what pretty well impressed me was prior to their Gold Medal Game with Great Britain, during the FIJI National Anthem, every single one of the FIJI player stood at attention and sang their National Anthem. AND so did the team from Great Britain. A far cry from some of the antics displayed by some of the other athletes, not only in the Olympics but in our professional sports and college sports as well. Regardless of your country, you should stand and respect the playing of your National Anthem. OH, and also besides being respectful of their country, the Rugby players from FIJI were... ALL BIG... and ALL VERY FAST. They had one player who was 6 ft. 7 in. and weighed in at a trim 270 pounds... and could run a hole in the wind. I saw him run over; run through; run around; and run away from lots of really good athletes. I never saw him caught from behind.

Our U.S. girl swimmers all seem to be very respectful when they are on the medal stand as do our girl gymnasts. Incidentally, U.S. Gymnast, Simone Biles is one of the greatest I have ever seen. She is not great because she is black, she is great because she is super talented. And all of our women's gymnasts show a great deal of class in their behavior on and off the floor. Our women's gymnastic team is composed of: Simone Biles; Aly Raisman; Lauren Hernandez; Madison Kocian; and Gabby Douglas. They are all excellent representatives of their country and I am proud of them.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"With Hillary Clinton in the White House, there is no question whatever that she will nominate candidates for the Supreme Court who will destroy both the First Amendment right to free speech and the Second Amendment right to armed self-protection. And that will undoubtedly be just the beginning of the dismantling of the Constitution."............... THOMAS SOWELL

"One key misstep by the Republican establishment was agreeing, once again, to so-called debates in which a stage full of candidates had time for only short and superficial sound bites. Trump was and is, the king of superficial sound bites."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"We keep hearing that black lives matter, but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians to get votes, or when that slogan helps demagogues demonize the police. The other 99 percent of black lives destroyed by people who are not police do not seem to attract nearly as much attention in the media.".......................... THOMAS SOWELL

"MAN IS NOT MADE TO BE TRUSTED FOR LIFE, IF SECURED AGAINST ALL LIABILITY TO ACCOUNT."........ THOMAS JEFFERSON - On The Judiciary

"This member of government was at first considered as the most harmless of all its organs. But it has proved that the power of declaring what law is, ad libitum, by sapping and mining, slying , and without alarm, the foundations of the Constitution, can do what open force would not dare to attempt.".... THOMAS JEFFERSON

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms)

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I checked in one day to watch some of the diving competition and saw where the INDOOR DIVING POOL WAS A SICKLY GREEN IN COLOR. According to the reports it was simply a case of ALGAE which had taken over the pool due to the PH balance not being correct. Then I got to thinking about it and came to the conclusion that the Brazilian Olympic Committee had hired the group from Flint, Michigan to handle all of their water issues.

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Another bit of Olympic news. The International Olympic Committee has stripped Russia of their Track and Field Gold Medals in the Women's 4 X 100 meter relay due to one of the Russians testing positive for steroids. Wait a minute, you say! The finals of the women's 4 X 100 have not been run yet. They have not been run in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics BUT the International Olympic Committee took this action against the Russian Team that won the women's 4 X 100 meter relay in the BEIJING OLYMPICS from 2008. Boy! That International Olympic Committee is really on the ball aren't they? One must wonder if it took the EIGHT YEARS to get back the results.... OR..... did it simply take them EIGHT YEARS to reach a decision? In any event, it looks like the International Olympic Committee could qualify to manage the NFL.

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I have been reading and hearing about the terrible floods in Louisiana for the past week and evidently this particular flood has destroyed a massive number of homes and has caused 10 deaths up to this point. I am pretty sure that the death toll and the home destruction numbers will rise. And evidently the crisis has not ended.

I just wonder at what point someone will remember to blame George Bush for this massive flooding?

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Folks, I think we are in big trouble for this Presidential Election. Donald Trump seems to be intent on saying stupid stuff and pissing off some of his long time supporters. I have managed to watch him on a few occasions and just wonder if his speech writers are all stupid.... OR.... if "The Donald" just will not listen to them and goes off half cocked at the worst times possible.

BUT, in the early stages of this election process, when "The Donald" was getting all of the print and electronic media coverage, I made the statement on several occasions that I had seen this movie before. I saw it 4 years ago when Mitt Romney was a media darling UNTIL HE WAS CHOSEN AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, and 8 years ago when John McCain could do no wrong in the media's eyes.... UNTIL HE BECAME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

Any candidate who places the first ounce of trust in the U.S. Media deserve what they get. I am going to vote for Donald Trump simply because I do not believe he could possibly be worse than Hillary Clinton. Hell, NO ONE could be worse than Hillary Clinton.

But, I believe that if Donald Trump doesn't begin to tone down a bunch of his rhetoric that Hillary Clinton will win in November. If this happens, just stick a fork in our country.... cause it is done.

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And last evening I watched one of the heats in the men's 200 meter dash which was won rather easily by Usain Bolt. Unless he drinks some Brazilian water or someone shoots him in one of his knees, I do not believe there is anyone on the planet who can catch him. It is just not fair that someone 6' 5" can run that fast.

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I watched one of our GOOD GUYS, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke give his take on Black Lives Matter and the rioting following the police shooting of a black criminal. Sheriff Clarke made the statement that these street thugs and the rioters let TRIBAL BEHAVIOR govern their actions. Thank God someone finally brought this out.... AND.... don't forget that Sheriff Clarke is black also.... but he tells it straight.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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August 10th, 2010 OLYMPICS / ATOMIC BOMBS

WEDNESDAY - August 10, 2016

Greetings once more from The Association Of Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Conspiratorial Carbon Footprint Leaving Xenophobic Firearms Owners Of West Texas.

OLYMPICS:

Let me begin with the OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL ...... BORING, WITH LITTLE OR NO TALENT BEING SHOWN BY EITHER THE PERFORMERS OR THE ATHLETES MARCHING INTO THE OLYMPIC STADIUM. I am pretty sure the the athletes for every country but particularly the United States set a record for taking SELFIES as they marched around the stadium. Poor to Very Poor to just plain Insulting performances by the unruly mob who were being passed off as entertainers. They even outdid the London Olympics which was horrible.

BUT, I tend to compare Olympic Ceremonies with the one in Beijing, China in the 2008 Olympics which was the best I ever saw.

I have watched some of the events and was very impressed with the American Women's Basketball team as well as the American Men's Basketball squad. I have also been impressed with both the men's and women's archery teams from S. Korea. Of course many of the young American swimmers are doing well also. BUT, I have to say that one of the most impressive teams I have seen were the Men's Synchronized Diving team from China. These two divers were just about identical in size and build and were also damn near 100% identical in their diving performance. It looked like one guy diving with a mirror on one side. These two young men were amazing. Of course I am really ready for the Boxing finals and the Basketball finals (both Men's and Women's) as well as the Track and Field events. I also have enjoyed some of the Rugby games and will probably show some interest in both the Men's and Women's volleyball finals if the American teams are involved.

NOW, this brings me to an Olympic story which appeared in the (Sub) Standard Times on Tuesday, August 9th. and took up roughly one half page with a photo and a headline which read: "AMERICAN OLYMPIC HISTORY MADE." What is this history of which the article mentioned, you ask? OK. Here it is: "American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the nondescript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, Muhammad made history. Muhammad became the first American athlete Monday to compete in the Olympics with a hijab, which she wears to adhere to the tenets of her Muslim faith." If this is viewed as Noteworthy Olympic History then the Olympics is in big trouble. Of course, I think the Olympics is in damn near as much trouble as the NFL; the WNBA; and many other old standbys.

You see, when I think of Olympic History being made, I have to think of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin when Jesse Owens shoved the "Master Race" up Adolph Hitler's backside.... probably didn't feel too good to Ol' Adolph. Jesse Owens won: The 100 meter dash; The 200 meter dash; The 4 X 100 meter relay; and The long jump. I also have to think back to the 1968 Mexico City Olympics when Bob Beamon broke the world record in the long jump. BUT when I think of Olympic History, what really jumps to the head of the list is a small Czechoslovakian runner named EMIL ZATOPEK. In the 1948 London Olympics, this Czech Soldier won the 5,000 meter run AND the 10,000 meter run. That is tough under any circumstances. AH, but then in the 1952 Olympic games in Helsinki, EMIL ZATOPEK again won the 5,000 meter run; the 10,000 meter run; and then decided at the last moment that he would also compete in the Marathon (which for those of you residing in the People's Republic of San Francisco is 26.2 miles or 26 miles 235 yards in length.) Not only did he compete but he WON the MARATHON as well. This had never been done before and damn sure has not been repeated. NOW THAT'S OLYMPIC HISTORY.

Of course Emil Zatopek was a hero to the Czech people and was also a member of the Communist party. However, he supported the Communist Party's Democratic wing and after the Prague Spring, he was removed from all important party positions and forced to work in a uranium mine as punishment. Emil Zatopek died in Prague, after a long-lasting illness at the age of 78.

SO, PLEASE SPARE ME THE IDIOTIC COMPARISON OF AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING WON BY AN ATHLETE WHO ACTUALLY WAS DEFEATED TO THOSE ATHLETES WHO TURNED IN AMAZING PERFORMANCES.

Unfortunately I must include Michael Phelps in the fact that in his first Olympics he won 8 Gold Medals and in this Olympics won something like his 20th Gold Medal so far. UNFORTUNATELY I must say that after winning his butterfly swimming event last night he showed his arrogant self centered ass by pointing to himself and urging the crowd to acknowledge him. SO, while Phelps might be a great athlete, his character comes into question.

Anyway, I am putting the U.S. and the International Olympic Committees at the same level as the NFL Commissioner's Office, which is somewhere between a colonoscopy and a root canal.

ATOMIC BOMBS:

Well once again, the date of AUGUST 6th came and went with very little news reporting on the significance of that date in history. I'm sure that the Millennials probably think that it is some RAP singer's birthday but I always pause to remember that date in not only the History of our country but World History as well. As most of us older folks know, August 6, 1945 was the day that the FIRST Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Of course I wouldn't expect any of today's youth to even bother to read about this historical day and God forbid that they know that the Bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped by the Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress, which was piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets. This attack was followed by a second Atomic Bomb, named "Fat Man", on the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the Superfortress "Bock's Car" which was piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney. Within days the Japanese Emperor was seeking the surrender of Japanese forces to the Allies, thereby ending World War II.
I have heard that pretty much most of the American History taught in may public schools today pretty much only relate how many Japanese were killed by these two massive bombs but fail to report on the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan or the killing of 6,000 Jews by the German forces. BUT THANK GOD for the Military History Channel. I spent a good deal of the day on August 6th watching programs covering pretty much all aspects of World War II from Hitler's take over of the German Government through the Japanese surrender. I also have seen film of Colonel Tibbets when asked how he felt knowing that thousands of people died due to the bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and in each instance Colonel Tibbets said that he would do it again in a minute if it would end a war and save American lives.

I have also read some accounts of Americans taken prisoner by the Japanese Army and heard tales of the treatment of American POWs by the Japanese soldiers. These men talked of beheadings of Americans and other allies; Americans and allies being burned alive, being drowned, being beaten to death and being used for bayonet practice by Japanese troops...... DAMN! Sort of reminds me of some other folks I have heard about recently.

From a bunch of accounts I have read, the actual death toll may never be known as many were completely disintegrated and many died later from radiation related problems. BUT from almost every account I have read, the estimated death toll for American and allied troops was conservatively 500,000 and over 1,000,000 on the Japanese side. So even though thousands were killed, the losses were still much less than had a ground attack on the Japanese homeland been necessary. It is just a damn shame that many of our young people not only do not know about this area of our history but are actually being fed a bunch of crap which makes America, Great Britain and our other WW II Allies look like the aggressors.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"We expect to hear a lot of lies during an election year, and this year is certainly no exception. What is surprising is how old some of these lies are, and how often they have been shown to be lies, years ago or even decades ago."............... THOMAS SOWELL

"People who are looking for grievances are not going to be stopped by facts, especially if they are in politics. But where are our media pundits and our academic scholars? Mostly silent, either out of fear of being denounced as anti-women or because they have chosen to take sides rather than convey fact."............................ THOMAS SOWELL

"All to many educational institutions, from kindergartens to postgraduate university programs, students may never hear any facts that contradict the prevailing groupthink."............. THOMAS SOWELL

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms)

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Last week end I pretty much enjoyed the NFL Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony from Canton, Ohio. I was particularly glad to see Kenny Stabler, former Quarterback for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers receive the honor he should have received when he was still alive. I also appreciated the speech given by Brett Favre for his induction. Like him on the field or not, Favre was a hell of a quarterback and you cannot doubt his toughness. Yes he probably played past when he should have but he actually had a hell of a good year in his final year playing for the hated Vikings (Green Bay hates them, not me.) I know that some of the better NFL games I have watched were those in which Brett Favre's Packers were behind in the 4th quarter and in typical fashion, he never gave up and came from behind to pull out a win.

I guess the best speech of the evening I thought was made by former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. He is a class act and what really tells you what kind of guy he is was revealed by comments made by those who played for him. He really did love and respect his players and coaches. Kind of rare in owners of sports franchises. I have never heard one of his former players have anything negative to say about him. That speaks volumes about this man's character. Also, his San Francisco 49ers were the FIRST NFL Franchise to win FIVE SUPER BOWLS.

Tony Dungy also gave a really good speech and he along with Kevin Greene, Orlando Pace, and Marvin Harrison were all worthy of induction. Which brings me to the last inductee, Dick Stanfel. Stanfel was a guard who played for the Detroit Lions who advanced to the NFL Championship Game in his first three seasons; 1952, 1953, and 1954. They won the NFL Championship in 1952 and 1953 and as an offensive guard was elected the Lions' Most Valuable Player in 1953, which is a feat unheard of in today's NFL. He retired at age 31 to pursue a coaching career. Dick Stanfel passed away in 2015 at age 87. Too bad the HOF did not see fit to honor him during his lifetime. The 1952 and 1953 seasons were very special to me as those were the first years that I watched NFL Football on television in Houston. I can remember Dick Stanfel as being one of the outstanding linemen during those years.

Then in typical NFL fashion, the NFL Pre-Season game which was to be held the next day had to be cancelled due to the condition of the playing surface of the field.

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OH, here is an item that I believe will excite you nearly as much as it did me: BOY GEORGE IS BACK ON THE CONCERT TOUR..... You just can't keep the good one's down... can you?

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Another quick word about the Olympics this year. I have watched the U.S. Women's Basketball team and am plenty impressed with their team. I actually think they play better team basketball than the U.S. Men's Team. And Diana Taurasi is one of the best shooters I have ever seen.... men's or women's. And the new girl from U. Conn, Brianna Stewart is plenty fun to watch. There is nothing to be done on a basketball court that these two can't do. AND, keep in mind that I am not a huge fan of the WNBA.

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You might also note that I have added Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) to the Varmint List. To be honest, it was a slip up on my part for not having this turd on there already. If you need a reminder of what a complete goof this bozo is, several years back in some Congressional Hearings he asked an Army General if perhaps sending so many people with the U.S. Military to the island of Guam might not cause a situation where if they all gathered in one spot, wasn't there a danger of the island "Tipping Over". I have seen some elected officials say some pretty stupid stuff in my lifetime but I believe that Congressman Hank Johnson might not have jumped to the top of the stupidity list. He sure has on mine.

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HEY! I have a great idea for another Olympic Event. "Synchronized Lying." Take your pick for a two person team to represent the U.S. Of course the first two who cross my mind are Barack Hussein Obama/Hillary Clinton. But you could have a whole host of vermin from which to choose.

If we had to select a team for "Synchronized Stupidity" I would think that Congressman Hank Johnson would have to be one of them. Take your pick on a partner for him. The Stupid Pool is endless.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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August 3rd, 2016 CONVENTION OBSERVATIONS

WEDNESDAY - August 3, 2016

Hello once again from The Association Of Angry Xenophobic Jingoistic Right Wing Conspiratorial West Texans Who Are Sick Of Convention Coverage.

CONVENTION OBSERVATIONS:

OK. My personal opinion of both the Republican and Democrat Conventions are that other than CSPAN, we were treated more to the media mutts running their heads about their personal views and cutting out completely some of the speakers whom I was interested in hearing. I had quite enough of the black mothers of men who had been killed by various law enforcement agencies. As a matter of fact the mute button got a pretty good workout during the ramblings of those old squacks. I think I pretty well gave my opinion on the speakers and both conventions up through last Wednesday but I feel as if I must make a few observations on Hillary's speech.

I must say that Hillary did not disappoint me in the least. She has been lying all her life and continued to do so in her "Home Run" acceptance speech last Thursday evening. It struck me as a bit odd that the entire Democrat Convention and all the speakers were doing nothing but trying to convince American voters that Hillary Clinton was a Champion For Children's Rights among other lies. Isn't it sad that you spend an entire convention having to humanize your front running candidate?

I must also point out that when the father and mother of Captain Humayun Khan made their appearance for the specific purpose of creating dissention about the proper background checks on ALL refugees wishing to enter the United States but particularly scrutinizing people who were seeking entry from the Middle East where it seems the lion's share of world wide terrorism begins, the parents of Captain Khan made it sound as if Donald Trump and the Republican Party were personally slamming Captain Khan. The statement made about IF TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES WERE IN PLACE THEN THE ENTIRE KHAN FAMILY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ADMITTED INTO THE U.S. And of course it is a well known fact that Captain Khan died a hero in sacrificing his own life and saving the lives of his men. I do not think for a moment that ANYTHING that The Donald has said regarding rigorous background checks on Refugees/Immigrants in any way demeans the sacrifice made by Captain Khan.

And besides, saying something like IF this were the case THIS would have happened or would not have happened. I seem to remember an old saying that: "IF A FROG HAD WINGS, HE WOULDN'T BUMP HIS ASS ON THE GROUND EVERY TIME HE JUMPED." Once again, the Democrats used the death of a man serving in the U.S. Military for purely political purposes using nothing by hypothetical suppositions.

Now let us look at the Republicans who had the Mother of one of the Americans MURDERED BY TERRORISTS IN BENGHAZI speak at their convention. The idiot Democrats/Progressives/Marxists seem to think that the families of two dead Americans speaking was OK for the Democrats BUT nothing but a political trick by the Republicans. OK. Let me see if I can simplify this so that even the goofiest Democrat/Socialist/Marxist can understand.

DONALD TRUMP HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN KHAN.   THE DEATHS OF FOUR AMERICANS STATIONED AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BENGHAZI CAN BE PLACED DIRECTLY AT THE DOORSTEP OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT...... WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT WHEN THE AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN BENGHAZI? HILLARY CLINTON!   WHO IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS CONTACTED BY THE AMERICANS IN BENGHAZI REQUESTING HELP? THE STATE DEPARTMENT HEADED BY HILLARY CLINTON! WHEN THOSE DEAD AMERICANS WERE BROUGHT BACK TO THE U.S. IN FLAG DRAPED COFFINS, WHO LIED HER ASS OFF TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DEAD AMERICANS? HILLARY CLINTON!

Also, I am pretty tired of hearing Obama and the rest of the Socialists including the media keep referring to Khizr Khan and his wife as the "Gold Star Parents." I am sure that there are lots of "Gold Star Parents" who do NOT support Sharia Law as apparently do Khizr Khan and his spouse. AND, please spare me the picture of Khizr Khan holding up his little booklet which contains the Constitution of the United States. FIRST of all, doesn't it strike you as a bit odd the he just happened to have that copy tucked into his coat pocket while speaking at the Democrat Convention? I have a copy of The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence in the glove compartment of every one of my automobiles. I have 2 copies on my computer desk. I have 2 copies on my coffee table in our living room. I have at least one copy on my regular desk. It takes more than a law degree and a copy of The Constitution to make someone a good American... AND .... NOTHING that Donald Trump said regarding our broken immigration system was UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Also, there seems to be some question as to Khizr Khan which give of strong signals that he is a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Also, while on this subject, I must point out that John McCain was not the only American pilot who was a POW in Vietnam. I am also pretty sure that while McCain suffered while a POW, so did many others. BUT the fact remains that John McCain is not now a Prisoner of War and that he has turned out to be a RINO of the highest order. I am sick of people riding a horse that has nothing to do with our problems today and expecting special treatment of same. My point being that just because something has happened at some stage of your life that you cannot change your entire character. How long will they keep throwing up certain parts of their lives in our faces. Keep in mind that one of the men whom I always admired as an American Hero, my neighbor in Hobbs, New Mexico, Bob McKelvey, was a POW of the Japanese from early 1942 until the end of the war.

AH, now let's get to the speech supporting Hillary's nomination given by the world's most articulate and intelligent human, Barack Hussein Obama. I got an e-mail from someone who replayed Obama's speech and it may or may not surprise you that he referred to HIMSELF 119.... that's One Hundred and Nineteen times in his speech. I was not counting as I was watching but I noticed right off the bat that he made damn sure that he reminded the American people that Hillary worked FOR HIM. Imagine that.

Also, I thought that it would be novel IF by some strange twist of fate, that a black Democrat Politician would come forth who WAS NOT a descendent of slaves; or whose family WAS NOT sharecroppers; or WAS NOT somehow victimized by the American capitalist system. AND by the same token, I seem to notice that many of the white Democrat Politicians all seem to have been THE FIRST IN OUR FAMILY TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE. I must tell y'all, oops that's singular, ALL Y'ALL that their sharecropping families wasted a bunch of money as it doesn't seem as if they learned a damned thing.

Also, I got a bit tired of not only every Democrat/Progressive/Socialist/Marxist in sight along with damn near ALL of the media mutts were constantly reminding us that HISTORY WAS BEING MADE... or..... WE WERE WITNESSING HISTORY IN THE MAKING as Hillary Clinton was the FIRST WOMAN ever to win her party's nomination for President of the United States. BUT, I seem to have read somewhere that in 1872, a woman named Victoria Woodhull ran for President of the United States as the candidate of the Equal Rights Party I believe there is a historical marker in Ohio honoring this event.

SO, apparently we have been witness to History ALMOST being made.

Anyway, we have the candidates of the Republican, Democrat, AND Libertarian Parties all in place. If you are happy with the past 8 years then you should either stay at home, vote for Gary Johnson, or vote for Hillary.

AND, keep this thought in mind when someone asks you.... What has Donald Trump got going for him that could convince me to vote for him? The answer is really quite simple. THE BEST THING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP IS..... THAT HE IS NOT HILLARY CLINTON!

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"With Hillary Clinton as President and Democrats in control of the Senate, she can appoint Supreme Court Justices with as much contempt for the law as she has demonstrated herself, and the Senate Democrats would rubber-stamp her choices."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"Democrats have already shown their desire to stifle the free-speech rights of people who disagree with them on global warming and other issues. Hillary Clinton has made no secret of her desire to have the Supreme Court reverse its decision that corporations and labor unions both have free-speech rights."........................... THOMAS SOWELL

"The Second Amendment right to have a gun is at least as threatened as the First Amendment right to free speech would be if Hillary Clinton gets to pick Supreme Court Justices. The lifetime tenure of federal judges means that whoever is in the White House for the next four years can change the course of American for decades to come, losing our freedoms irretrievably.".......... THOMAS SOWELL

"I am for doing good to the poor, but... I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed... that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer."............... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), FORMER San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), James Comey, Ted Cruz (R-TX)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms)

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Losers Of The Week:

#1. Timothy Kaine ...... He has to spend a week or so touring on the same bus as Hillary Clinton.

#2. Hillary Clinton....... She has to spend a week or so touring on the same bus as Timothy Kaine

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Great program on the Smithsonian Channel regarding the Top Ten Bombers of all times. I recognized most of them but the Top Four caught my attention as they might have also been the Top Four had I been making the list:

#4. The De Havilland Mosquito - I always liked the fact that this little British aircraft was super fast AND constructed from wood and was known as "The Wooden Wonder" and actually had multiple uses at different altitudes. The program said that the speed of this little British aircraft was approximately 370 mph at 20,000 ft.

#3. The B-29 Super Fortress, which was of course the aircraft which dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima... and the second on Nagasaki in 1945 which brought World War II to an end.

#2. The B-2 Spirit Bomber which of course is the Stealth Bomber. Besides being scary looking it has some excellent speed for such a huge aircraft with an unbelievable payload. The program said that the B-2 Spirit had the radar signature of a hummingbird. AND it is the baddest looking aircraft I have ever seen. The length of service was the only thing that kept it at #2.

#1. The B-52 Stratofortress which is damn near as badass looking as the B-2 and has been around for about 60 years and according to military experts will be in use until at least 2045. What an unbelievable length of service for a military aircraft.

The Smithsonian; The Military Channel; The American Hero's Channel; and The National Geographic Wild Channel are my favorites and they have some really great program on History and Nature.

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Also a few days back on the Military Channel, I believe, they told the story of Hedy Lamarr, the Austrian born movie star who made her way from Europe to the United States after Hitler had begun his conquest of Europe. She was born as Hedwig Maria Eva Kiesler in Austria. She was married to Fritz Mandl who was a munitions manufacturer, where she came into contact with quite a bit of technical data. Her hobby was designing and inventing things.

In 1942, Hedy Lamarr along with her costume designer obtained a U.S. Patent which was for a guidance system for U.S. torpedoes to use a radio signal which constantly changed so that it could not be jammed by enemy forces. Of course the U.S. Military in their infinite wisdom did not immediately adopt the system since it had not been designed by a member of the military. However later on, her idea was adopted and the technology designed by her is no used in today's: call phones, Wi-Fi, GPS, cordless phones and Bluetooth. At one point, Howard Hughes saw to it that she had a pair of chemists to assist her in her work. She additionally had a hand in developing bouillon cubes and modifications to the Concorde Airliner.

NOW, besides all of that, she was, in my opinion, the most beautiful female I have ever seen. I really enjoy some of her old movies and she was at her best and most beautiful in the 1949 movie Samson and Delilah. If you have never seen it, you have missed a really well done film. Great cast... great story... AND IT HAD HEDY LAMARR in one of the starring roles.

Hedy Lamarr died in 2000 at age 85 in Florida. In 2014 she was inducted posthumously into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

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I read one statistic regarding gun violence in the U.S. which stated that approximately 25% of all firearms crime occur in FOUR; IV; Quatro; 4; American cities. Those cities are Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. Do a little research and see what those four cities have in common.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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July 27th, 2016 CONVENTIONS / POLLS

WEDNESDAY - July 27, 2016

Hello once again from the Main Headquarters For Xenophobic Jingoistic Anti-Establishment Vast Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas.

CONVENTIONS:

First of all, let me make this statement. A week or so back I admitted to having to EAT CROW on Donald Trump's chances for winning the Republican nomination for President of the United States. I was way off base in my assessment of Donald Trump's chances. And I must admit that CROW must agree with my taste buds as I had been in the corner of Ted Cruz from the start. BUT, Ted got whipped in pretty good fashion.

Here is where I have to EAT CROW regarding Ted Cruz. I still believe that Ted Cruz is a very smart man and probably more knowledgeable regarding the Constitution of the United States than ANY of the candidates from any political party. Ted Cruz really fumbled the ball though when he decided to go on with his speech at the Republican National Convention. As I was watching his speech with my wife and daughter, he was winding it up and we all realized that not once did he even mention Donald Trump's name, much less endorse him as the Republican Nominee. And apparently we were not the only people who noticed that little fact. I knew immediately that Cruz had..... how shall I put it..... pissed on his own breakfast.

I also watched his rather lame excuse the next morning and he did not convince me that he had not made a serious political error. I know that he gave his word to endorse the eventual Republican Nominee. I also know that after that, he and "The Donald" swapped a bunch of insults involving themselves and family members. At the time I thought they both looked like second graders BUT, had Ted Cruz, prior to the convention told the public that although he had promised to endorse the nominee, he and Trump had traded insults to the point of his not being able to keep his promise. IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO BACK ON YOUR WORD, YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT FACT PUBLIC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND NOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE GONE BACK ON YOUR PROMISE.

I would have thought more of Cruz if he had done that OR even if he had told Trump that any further bad comments directed at his family might result in a serious ass kicking.

BUT Cruz did neither of those things and it wasn't until the very end of his Convention Speech that we all realized that he had gone back on his word and in my books that puts Ted Cruz in the same category as most of the other elected officials which is he turned out to be a Varmint. Therefore he has been added to my Varmint List.

Now for the remainder of the Republican Convention. I watched a good many of the speeches given by a number of people and several of them caught my eye as being pretty well delivered. Among these speeches were those given by Laura Ingraham, All of Donald Trump's family, Mike Pence, Kentucky state Senator Ralph Alvarado, and my favorite was given by one Francis Asbury Tarkenton. Of course if you watched the convention on FOX News or any of the other so called network news programs you missed several of the speeches I just mentioned. Right off the bat I went to CSPAN which had the most complete coverage.

The Republican Convention was fairly well run with relatively few problems.

THEN, on Monday, the Democrat Convention kicked off. And, of course, before the Convention coverage began, the story of the E-Mails that were hacked from the Democrat National Committee and the cat was out of the bag that the DNC and their criminal chairperson (at the time), Debbie Wasserman Schultz, had pretty well sold out for Hillary Clinton from the beginning. Isn't it odd that some of these Democrat women seem to have major problems caused by some of their E-Mail indiscretions?

The next thing I thought a bit odd was that the Democrat Convention was "Called To Order" by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake. I suppose they chose her because she did such a great job keeping order in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray.

Then came the opening ceremonies where the two women leading the pledge of allegiance to the United States Flag got a bit confused and left out the word "INDIVISIBLE" in their pledge.
Then a young black man sang The National Anthem and actually did a good job.... UP UNTIL THE WORDS..... "Land of the free", at which time he felt duty bound to show the world that he had a much better voice range than many others.

At some point in this grand opening we were also treated to a performance of some idiotic Hip-Hop ditty performed by Boyz II Men. I know that I am in the minority but if Boyz II Men is the best the Democrats could come up with for an opening entertainment performance, the the DNC needs to just delete music from any of their programs.

Then we were treated to a whole host of speakers. Some of whom I had heard of but most I had not, and of course it was all leading up to the three big names of the evening; Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Michelle Obama. Actually, none of them really said anything that I would classify as a pivotal moment in my life, but everything they said was fairly predictable. I tried to watch all three of these vermin but I was particularly interested to see if Michelle Obama could say anything positive about Hillary Clinton without gagging. And, of course I was not disappointed in that she gave the American people a string of lies with a smile on her face. The only thing I think she said that she really probably believes is that America is GREATER now than it has ever been. I really think she probably believes that her mob run husband has actually improved American's lives. I can still remember Michelle Obama in 2008 making the statement the "For the first time in my adult life I am really proud of my country." I also remember the sour looks on her face when anyone who was backing Hillary Clinton spoke. It has been reported by a number of people who worked around the Obamas that there was nor real love between Family Obama and Family Clinton.... and I could understand both of their points of view. I know that a number of people bragged on Michelle Obama's speech on Monday evening but to me she was and is and always will be a pure phony.

I also watched Charles Krauthammer on one of the FOX News shows going on about how crime was way down under Obama's reign. I know that Charles Krauthammer is a very smart and extremely well educated man and I generally agree with his views on lots of things. However, I believe that Dr. Krauthammer has been taken in by a bunch of so called POLL NUMBERS. I keep hearing over many news outlets how the violent crime in places like Chicago and Baltimore have grown at a rated completely out of control. All we have to do is just look at the terrorist killings and the murder and violent crime rates in cities and states who have the strictest gun laws in place.

I heard on Tuesday that the first night of the Democrat Convention that the Democrats paraded out something like 61; LXI; Sixty One, different speakers and of course several were illegal aliens. Actually I could stomach the illegal aliens better than I could speakers like Al Franken and Keith Ellison ( both from Minnesota). Actually I was sort of surprised that they did not include former Minnesota Governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura. But I guess the most irritating speaker (shouter) on Monday night was some screeching squack representing the National Federation of Teachers (I believe that was the name of her organization). I could only hope that she actually does have another voice she can use. I, for one, do not need to have information (true or false) screamed at me. If this woman is any indication of the other members of her organization then they all need to be sent to the heart of the Amazon Rain Forrest and left there.

THEN, we were all insulted for quite a while as Hillary Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, thrilled us with a touching life story of Hillary and his courtship of her. And I suppose that the American people were expected to buy into all that crap he was putting out. For some reason, I don't seem to remember their time in the White House being viewed as much of a love nest. Of course, it was obvious that the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists/Marxists and many members of the news media swallowed his story hooves, horns, and tail.

ALSO, someone please tell me something that will convince me that the Clinton Machine did not buy off Bernie Sanders.

ALSO, I am a bit unhappy that we have not seen the flying monkeys.... but then, maybe they only show up when Hillary is present.

POLLS:

Fresh from a page 1 headline from the (Sub) Standard Times: "STRICTER GUN LAW SUPPORT GROWS"

Now this article went on to say that, "Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months." According to this same article the authors did go on to say that these Americans are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon. All of this dynamite information was the result of a new Associated Press -GfK Poll. Now I am not completely sure what GfK means but my faith in the Associated Press ranks right there with my faith in the Democrat/Socialist Party

According to this (Sub) Standard Times article, "High profile shootings appear to have taken a toll on Americans' sense of safety. Strong majorities of those polled expressed some degree of concern that they or a relative will be a victim of gun violence or a mass shooting." OK. Let's say that many Americans do feel a degree of fear of being a victim of gun violence or mass shooting. Kindly explain to me how taking firearms out of the hands of honest citizens is going to make any of us safer?

I also heard a news report on Tuesday about a mass murder in Japan by an individual armed with a knife. I believe the report was of nineteen people killed and a large number of others injured by ONE MAN WITH A KNIFE. The murderer was SHOT AND KILLED BY JAPANESE POLICE. Japan has some of the more strict laws regarding private firearms ownership anywhere in the world. SO, it seems as if when an individual has in his/her mind to kill a number of people, they will find a weapon with which to carry out the crime.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"People who expected the election of President Barack Obama to lead to racial healing and a post-racial society failed to take account of the political reality that racial healing and a post-racial society would, at a minimum, reduce black voter turnout."........ THOMAS SOWELL

"Black votes matter to many politicians -- more so than black lives. That is why such politicians must try to keep black voters fearful, angry and resentful. Racial harmony would be a political disaster for such politicians.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"When a career race hustler like Al Sharpton, with a history of hoaxes, is a regular visitor and advisor to the White House, that is a reality that whites and blacks alike ignore at their peril."................. THOMAS SOWELL

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."...................... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."............ THOMAS JEFFERSON

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News, Matt Damon (supports seizure of firearms)

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I don't know when football season begins for the rest of the world BUT for me, it has officially begun. Why, you ask? Simple. Last week while shopping at the evil Wal-Mart, I noticed that "Dave Campbell's TEXAS FOOTBALL" magazine was on the racks. For me, this starts football season in earnest. It gives some real in depth coverage of every single class in high school football and has a section on all of the college and university football teams in Texas and of the Houston Texans and the Dallas Cowboys. It takes me the better part of a week to look up everything of interest to me. I never cease to be amazed at the growth of the Texas High School section. I look at various areas through the State of Texas and see where areas like Katy, Texas have grown from one AAA school to now having SEVEN 6A high schools. For those who are not familiar with Katy, Texas, it is located West of Houston on Interstate 10. And Frisco, Texas which is located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area went from one high school in a much smaller class to eight 5A high schools. When they tell you that Texas is growing.... they ain't lyin'.

Anyway, the Bremond, Tigers which is a school located Southeast of Waco is the town and school where my wife was born and graduated in 1955. The Bremond Tigers won the Texas Class 2A Division II State Championship in 2014 and 2015 and are picked to win it again in 2016. Class 2A Division II is the smallest eleven man classification in the state.

Then, of course, you have Class 1A Division I and 1A Division II which are the schools who play 6 man football. If you have never seen a 6 man game you have missed a real treat. There are many 6 man schools in Central and West Texas as well as the Texas Panhandle. We have at least 8 or 9 schools in that class near San Angelo. Lots of fun to watch. And since there are only six players from each team on the field, some of the numbers put up are unbelievable.

Single Game Rushing Yards.......... 621 - Tony Diaz - Paint Rock

Single Game Total Yards.............. 772- Tony Diaz - Paint Rock (Paint Rock is located East of San Angelo)

Career Passing Yards................... 10,681- Tyler Ethridge -Richland Springs

Career Passing Touchdowns ....... 230- Tyler Ethridge - Richland Springs

Career Total Offensive Yards ....... 15,217 - Tyler Ethridge - Richland Springs

Rarely will you see any of these names in any of the college programs as most of the kids in the 6 Man programs are fairly small in size. Of course lots of them are way above fast. Incidentally the record for touchdowns in a single game was held by young Tony Diaz from Paint Rock High School at 12, TWELVE, XII until that record was broken in 2015 by Kyle Molter from Lometa High School

A couple of Texas 6 Man names you might remember would be Bob Lilly, Throckmorton Greyhounds and Jack Pardee, Christoval Cougars from years back. Throckmorton is still a 6 Man program but Christoval is now in Class 2A.

Of course many in America are trying to tell us that SOCCER will eventually replace FOOTBALL as America's favorite sport. Perhaps this is true but I will wager that it won't happen in Texas. The only soccer games I have ever enjoyed at all were those in which my Grandkids were participants. The World Cup is almost as interesting to me as Synchronized Swimming. Actually my views on soccer, particularly professional soccer, pretty well mirror those of Bucky Katt in the "Get Fuzzy" comic strip. He brought out some proposed rule changes which might make the game more interesting:

1) All substitutes would be knife wielding monkeys except the back up goalie who would use a sling shot.

2) All officials would be MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Fighters and every time a player falls down and fakes an injury, the ref steps in and administers unto that player the very injury they were faking.

*** Bucky said that he would have to Google the Geneva Convention before he re-defined PENALTY SHOTS

Bucky's changes might speed the game up and provide a few moments of interest in an otherwise dull sport.

Bucky Katt (Get Fuzzy) and Rat (Pearls Before Swine) come up with some pretty good ideas.

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I'm sure that all of you will be looking forward to the speech by Barack Hussein Obama. Although he might have a tough time lying any more than did Bill Clinton. They are both serial liars. Listening to Bill Clinton try to pass off a life long love affair with Hillary was plenty hard to swallow. Of course the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists/Marxists have been buying into their crap for years. If you believe that watermelon story told by Bill Clinton then you might expect Bill and Hillary to just jump up on the backs of Trigger and Buttermilk and ride of into the sunset singing "Happy Trails." (For those of you presently residing in the People's Republic of San Francisco, Trigger was Roy Rogers' horse and Buttermilk was the horse ridden by Dale Evans).

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Well, it looks like Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby had her idea of JUSTICE stuffed up her backside. Couldn't happen to a better candidate. While the area of Baltimore, Maryland evidently has at least one District Judge who has some idea of Constitutional Law, the Mayor, Prosecutor and Congressman are complete boobs.

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OH, and please spare me the information that "We have been witnesses to History in seeing the First Woman Presidential Candidate." I know she is the first woman to be awarded the nomination...... and I know that Barack Hussein Obama was the "First Black President" and I also know that Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman to be on a "Presidential Ticket as the Vice President." I am not sure but perhaps one of the most insulting performances at the Democrat Convention, other than the Bill and Hillary Love Story was when they had all of the female elected Congresspersons and those who were running for either a Senate or House seat. I guess it is about time for men to begin to whine about damn near everything. If every woman in an elected position had the character of Margaret Thatcher or Golda Meir I don't believe any of us would have any problem, but when you look at some of the elected women in today's picture, I have a hard time believing that their abilities are any better than a male's. And I do not know about pay scales in private industry but I do know that every single person hired by every police department with which I am familiar have set pay scales and it doesn't matter whether the employee is a male or female. Their pay is the same. I am pretty sure this is the case in all government agencies including public education systems.

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In spite of what Glenn Beck says, any vote other than Donald Trump or simply sitting this one out is a vote for Hillary Clinton. I, for one, could not face myself if I allowed this to happen by inaction....... Incidentally..... CROW doesn't taste all that bad.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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July 20th, 2016 LIES / LIES / MORE LIES

WEDNESDAY - July 20, 2016

Hello once more from The West Texas Headquarters For Jingoistic Climate Change Denying Firearm Owning Carbon Footprint Leaving Right Wing Conspirators.

LIES-LIES-MORE LIES:

OK, I know all about the one section of Melania Trump's speech before the Republican Convention having some similar lines or in some cases perhaps the same line as a 2008 speech given by Michelle Obama. I do not know if Michelle Obama's speech was even looked at by Mrs. Trump and I don't know exactly who wrote the speech for Mrs. Trump. The only thing I am sure of is that Melania Trump came across as a totally beautiful and intelligent lady who really doesn't need to borrow any words or characteristics from a pure Varmint like Michelle Obama. I have read some of the so called similarities of both speeches and it is fairly obvious that most of Mrs. Trump's speech was directed at her own husband and family. If I were to have to make a speech about things I had learned from my Father, I would probably use very similar words and phrases as both Mrs. Trump and Michelle Obama. My Father always told me to always try to do my best in anything I undertook. He further always told me to treat all people with respect and kindness. He also encouraged me to be respectful of older people, regardless of their skin color. So if I had to include some things that I learned from my own Father, I would probably use similar phrases as both of these women, (I would have said Ladies.... but only one of them is a real Lady). Please do not even ask me to choose between Melania Trump and Michelle Obama..... as a matter of fact I pretty well place Michelle Obama only slightly above Hillary Clinton on my Totem Pole of Pure Squacks.

Melania Trump is a beautiful and classy Lady..... Michelle Obama reminds me of a member of the Bay Area Bombers Roller Derby Team..... Hillary Clinton possesses all the qualities of a Boat Tail Grackle.

Now, let me get to another speech. This one was given by Hillary Clinton to the NAACP. Here are a few comments by the Wicked Witch Of The West in this speech... ALL of which are suspect:

In the area of radical Jihadist.... "We must empathizes with their perspective and point of view." I'm sorry but I have a really hard time feeling any empathy toward a group who is hell bent on our destruction and kills innocent civilians in the name of their cause.

"We have a long way to go. We were cruelly reminded of that with the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile." It seems as if the investigations in both of these shooting incidents is still under investigation by local and Federal Authorities.

OK, here's a really good one; "We need leaders like the NAACP." I submit that we need leaders like the NAACP about like rattlesnakes need gloves.

"Make reforms to policing and Criminal Justice. We cannot rest until we root out implicit bias and stop the killings of AFRICAN AMERICANS. Many AFRICAN AMERICANS fear the police. We need new and comprehensive Criminal Justice reforms."..... Since most AFRICAN AMERICANS are killed by OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS, it would appear to me as if many AFRICAN AMERICANS should be more in fear of other AFRICAN AMERICANS

"There is clear evidence that AFRICAN AMERICANS are disproportionately killed in police incidents compared to any other groups.".... This is an out and out LIE as the F.B.I. national statistics on these matters show no such thing.

"Something is profoundly wrong. We have to make it right . That means END-TO-END REFORM IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.".... I submit that while some old and antiquated laws might need to be looked at, her END-TO-END reforms are not only unnecessary but not in the best interest of ALL Americans.

OK. Here is a couple of real good ones. "COMMON SENSE REFORMS TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE." "And they should join is in instituting COMPREHENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE NEARLY 50% ...... NEARLY 50% LESS LIKELY TO BE KILLED IN STATES WHERE THERE ARE CHECKS ON THE PURCHASE OF HANDGUNS."........ One almost has to wonder if everyone who has every lived in Arkansas, or been married to a former Arkansas Governor.... or former President of the United States is as butt stupid as Hillary Clinton? HEY HILLARY!!!! EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MUST FOLLOW THE FEDERAL FIREARMS REGULATION AND FILL OUT A FORM AND HAVE THEIR NAME SUBMITTED TO THE F.B.I. FOR A BACKGROUND CHECK PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OF ANY FIREARM!!!!

Oh, and here is a really useful statistic. "Black kids are 500% more likely to die from asthma than white kids."..... One must wonder not only where she got this figure but I strongly imagine when either Hillary or Bill either one need to come up with a number, they simply subtract their zip code from their telephone number

AH, but then I realized that she was speaking to the NAACP and so naturally she had to keep black people in the role of perpetual victims.

Of course there are some black people who do not play her idiotic game: Sheriff David Clarke; Thomas Sowell; Walter Williams; Allen West .... just to name a few.

AND, just to show that Hillary isn't the only big time liar in the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist/Marxist Party, here are a few suspect statements made by Barack Hussein Obama:

"Black Lives Matter helps transform America." .... Now I know that he meant this as a POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION... and that makes it a LIE. The only thing that Black Lives Matter really transforms is the transformation of some black people who are not satisfied with the system into a mob of dangerous vermin.

Here is another quote printed in the (Sub) Standard Times attributed to the world's most intelligent and articulate human; "As painful as the week has been, I fully believe that America is not as divided as people have suggested." .... I suppose that this statement could be true in a negative way perhaps since I fully believe that after over seven years of this criminal administration, America is, in fact, MORE DIVIDED than at any time in my life. So once again I am convinced that the President of the United States made another statement which was not just wrong, it was a LIE.

Not only can words and statements be classified as a LIE but how about going back a number of years when the incident with the Black Professor and the Cambridge Police Department came to light. President Barack Hussein Obama made a statement that all the facts were not yet in and no one should make a determination as to what had been reported..... Then in the same speech he ended up saying, "The Cambridge Police ACTED STUPIDLY.".......... HEY! That was really keeping an open mind about the incident.

BUT, what I considered as the GRANDFATHER OF ALL LIES perpetrated by Barack Hussein Obama is after the Fort Hood TERRORIST ATTACK, Obama and his administration saw fit to call this mass murder..... "WORKPLACE VIOLENCE."...... And in my books that was not only a huge LIE but proved that the current President of the United States holds the men and women of our U.S. Military in the same contempt as he does with American Law Enforcement.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in the absence of somebody doing somebody wrong."................ THOMAS SOWELL

"Political crusades, bureaucratic empires and lucrative personal careers as grievance mongers have been built on the foundation of that assumption, which is almost never tested against any facts."................ THOMAS SOWELL

"When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you --- you know your nation is doomed."..... AYN RAND

"To anger a Conservative, tell them a lie. To anger a Liberal, tell them the truth."....... THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready."......... THEODORE ROOSEVELT

VARMINT LIST:

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News

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MORE STUFF:

A quick word about the so called Military Coup in Turkey. Right off the bat, before any facts were know about this rebellion against the sitting President of Turkey, the media at first jumped the gun and said that the coup had been a success. Then a few hours later they said that the coup had been defeated by the Turkish Police and the sitting government. BUT before the final results were announced, both Barack Hussein Obama and John Kerry urged the NATO countries to back the Elected Democratic Existing Government. I immediately thought back to the ousting of President Mubarak in Egypt when our criminal administration backed the Muslim Brotherhood in their takeover of the Egyptian government. Even prior to that, in Libya, we backed those who ousted and killed Qadaffi and then were instrumental in killing four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador. It seems as if the Obama administration has an uncanny ability to pick the side in any battle that has pure turds as their leaders. And according to several news sources, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been slowly but surely taking over all power in Turkey. He reportedly has taken charge of the news media and is gradually leading their government in the direction of Sharia Law. And, of course, this is the guy who our President supports.

Then a couple of days later, after the reported Military Coup had been defeated I saw a newspaper article which told us that: "TURKEY MULLS DEATH PENALTY FOR COUP." This article said that upwards of around 9,000 police officers and government employees had been fired and thousands more have been detained. AND, of course, this Democratic President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not ruled out bringing back the death penalty. The Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that "Turkey would make the coup plotters answer in such a way that the whole world will see." I have no doubt that this does not bode well for the rebels.

I have been waiting for the Obama administration to come out and blame either George Bush OR Climate Change for the events in Turkey. Incidentally, while we have been good allies to Turkey, they have pretty well dumped on us at every turn since all this ISIS/ISIL business came up.

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AND, speaking of former President George W. Bush, I am a bit disappointed that as a former Republican President, he will not be at the Republican Convention. I can certainly understand that his Father, George H.W. Bush is more than likely for health reasons not able to make it. But I am plenty disappointed that George W. and Laura Bush will be absent. Of course I never expected Jeb Bush to be there since his is a complete whiner and turned out to be a pure candy ass.

AND, John McCain has declined to attend the Republican Convention and speak before some Chamber of Commerce groups. Way to go John! You are a Varmint of the highest order.

Also I heard that the Ohio Governor, John Kasich, is also not expected to attend. That does not surprise me as I always thought him to be a bit of a phony from the beginning.

I would have expected this from Kasich, McCain, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio but I would have expected better from former President George W. Bush.

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There was an article within the past week or so in the (Sub) Standard Times reporting that Gretchen Carlson, a FOX News host had filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against its chairman and CEO, Roger Ailes. According to the article, the sexual advancement had been made in 2013 and when her contract expired recently she was terminated. The article stated that Ms. Carlson had reported "disparaging treatment in the newsroom."

Then just within the past couple of days, Megyn Kelly reported according to one article that Roger Ailes had also made sexual advances toward her... OK, get ready for this.... A DECADE AGO. (For those of you currently residing in the People's Republic of San Francisco, that is 10 years). WOW! Ol' Megyn got right on top of that complaint, didn't she? The article also said that in April that she really liked working for Ailes. Of course, I have no idea if either complaint is founded but I tend to view with a tinge of suspicion a complaint of something that happened 10 years ago and you are just now bringing it up.

Of course, I view pretty much everything Megyn Kelly says with a somewhat slanted view.

In any event, the article said that Ailes' severance package offer from FOX News was in the neighborhood of $40,000,000 (yes that's forty million) dollars.... And that is a very nice neighborhood.

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I was watching some program a few days back and someone was relating some things he would like to see happen. I got to thinking about some things I would like to see happen and here are my TOP THREE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE:

1) Hillary Clinton INDICTED

2) Barack Hussein Obama INDICTED

3) A sports page WITHOUT a photograph of Serena Williams screaming and doing a fist pump

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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July 13th, 2016 DIFFERENT OPINION

WEDNESDAY - July 13, 2016

Greetings from A Thoroughly Disgusted West Texas Conservative Male Who Not Only Does Not Have Feelings Of Guilt But Is Fed Up With Lying Politicians And Special Interest Groups.

DIFFERENT OPINION:

When we first heard and saw the reports of the shootings of two black men by white police officers, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile, Falcon Heights, Minnesota. And, of course as is the usual case in these shootings, the first reports were incomplete at best and there were some cell phone videos accompanying both incidents. And, of course, the relaters of both stories warned us all that the videos were terribly DISTURBING and that we might want to use caution before viewing. I watched both of these so called disturbing videos and while you did see blood in the Minnesota video, I have seen much more disturbing video all my life. I also refuse to make a concrete opinion based upon such incomplete stuff. I was not at either shooting scene BUT neither were Megyn Kelly or any of the other so called "News Reporters" and they saw the same blurry video that I saw. AND to make it even more suspect, the black female, I believe her name was Lavish Reynolds, who took the Minnesota video and was in the vehicle with Philando Castile (the man who was shot by police) was entirely too calm until the very end of her so called disturbing video.

The first reports on both incidents were shown prior to any facts of either incident being known. But, that is the news media for you.

Anyway, after several days had passed AND after 5 Dallas Policemen were murdered by a sniper, a few more facts have been put out for public consumption. It appears as if Castile's vehicle WAS NOT STOPPED for a broken tail light but rather because Castile fit the description of an armed robbery suspect which had occurred in the area a few days earlier. It has also been reported the despite the statements by Lavish Reynolds about Castile having a Concealed Carry Permit that he in fact DID NOT have this permit and was NOT eligible for one. One of the reports also reported that Castile had a handgun in plain view in his lap.

In both cases, the original reports and vague cell phone videos have really not proven a thing. AND, if in either case the officers were wrong, and made bad decisions in each case, the investigations by the local authorities AND the DOJ are still incomplete.
AH, but during all this, the President of the United States actually praised Black Lives Matter for having a positive influence in transforming America. I just wonder if the people in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland and many other cities in the country who have experienced violent behavior by these same Black Lives Matter folks. Keep in mind that Black Lives Matter was the first group to promote the "Hands Up Don't Shoot" lie.

And, of course, Barack Hussein Obama is still focused on blaming firearms as the cause of the problem rather than the behavior of those people who use firearms in the commission of violent crimes.

Then we have the Black Lives Matter movement who, after the murder of the five Dallas Police Officers comes out in a whining victim mode. I just want to make sure that I have this straight:

It is perfectly acceptable for Black Lives Matter and other Special Interest Groups AND lying politicians and all of the other perpetual victim groups to BLAME THE ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION in general AND WHITE POLICE OFFICERS IN PARTICULAR, for the death of ANY black person shot by the police.... regardless of the case facts. BUT, WHEN A BLACK MALE KILLS A POLICEMAN, PARTICULAR A WHITE POLICEMAN, THE WE ARE URGED BY BLACK LIVES MATTER AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL MINORITY VICTIM GROUPS TO... NOT JUDGE ALL BLACKS BY THE ACTIONS OF A FEW.

So, as you can see, what is acceptable for some special interest groups, is NOT applicable to the population in general.

A quick word about the Barack Obama appearance in Dallas at a ceremony paying tribute to the fallen Dallas Officers. I watched his speech and of course much of it was toned down but he just could not resist blaming guns for causing the behavioral problems. I am sorry but I do not trust Barack Hussein Obama OR anything he says OR his announced reasons for appearing at certain events.

I can tell you for sure that an appearance of the President of the United States on the tail of a major event gave absolutely no thought to just how much trouble and additional work it put on The City of Dallas to provide extra security. And I can assure you all that I do not for one minute believe that Barack Hussein Obama has any real regard for the dead officers OR their families OR the Dallas Police Department Or the City of Dallas. It was simply another opportunity for him to speak to a National Television audience. And contrary to what Bill O'Reilly says, I do not believe that Barack Hussein Obama has any positive feelings for law enforcement OR our U.S. Military.

I did not get to see the speech by President George Bush. On Monday evening, Megyn Kelly (FOX News) had her usual "Focus Group" comprised of about 25 people of mixed ethnicity and as usual it turned out to be a screaming contest, which came as no surprise. It was interesting that one of the Black Lives Matter people whom she had invited to be a part of this group did not show up. WHY, you ask? Well it seems as if this proposed guest, DeRay Mckesson had been arrested in Baton Rouge at a Black Lives Matter protest. What a surprise. Actually a couple of the people who made actual sense were two younger black men and one older black gentleman.

A few days ago, there was an article in the (Sub) Standard Times of a speech made by Barack Hussein Obama in Warsaw, Poland. The headlines read: "AFTER A PAINFUL WEEK, OBAMA SAYS NATION UNITED." And, of course in this speech, Obama could not resist mentioning racial bias and while condemning the murders of Dallas Police Officers, he also had to mention how people were angered by the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. This article Obama suggested a starting point would be the report of a commission he established after the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Hey! Wait a minute! Didn't a state grand jury and a DOJ Civil Rights Investigation pretty well determine that the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was.... how shall I put it.... JUSTIFIABLE.

The murder of the five Dallas Police Officers was completely due to the hatred of white people by the black shooter. Now my next question just has to be this; "What good does a Black Lives Matter Protest accomplish in Dallas, Texas when the two shootings being protested occurred in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Falcon Heights, Minnesota?" Even the (Sub) Standard Times published an article in today's edition with the headline "Obama Met With Skepticism In Dallas." I believe "SKEPTICISM" might be a mild understatement.

It just brings back to mind the statement made by then White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel when he said, "Never let a good crisis go to waste."

In my opinion, Barack Hussein Obama really doesn't give a damn about the deaths of Alton Sterling or Philando Castilo BUT it was just too good of a crisis to let go to waste. SO, I guess what I am also saying is that despite what Barack Hussein Obama said, he really doesn't give a damn about the deaths of the five Dallas Policemen or the wounding of seven other Dallas Police Officers.

AND, if you will look very closely at ALL of the statements made by Obama and members of his administration, I believe you will come to the conclusion that by using groups like Black Lives Matter and others who can be easily controlled by this administration, that the eventual goal of the Obama administration and the Democrats/Socialists/Marxists/Progressives is to federalize local/county/and state law enforcement under the Department of Justice. If you think that things are tough now, just wait until the federal government under ANY ADMINISTRATION has control of your local law enforcement agencies. AND, I have no reason to believe that a far left Ultra Liberal administration under the leadership of Hillary Clinton would be any different. Think about it.

Keep in mind that some of the first coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson and Baltimore we saw the Black Lives Matter demonstrators chanting:

"What do we want? DEAD COPS!" "When do we want 'em? NOW!"

"No Justice No Peace!"

"Pigs In A Blanket--- Fry 'Em Like Bacon"

And there were a few more choice slogans..... not to mention the nice Black Lives Matter women who completely ran Bernie Sanders off the stage at one of this speaking events.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens,   Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham,   Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,    Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK -   Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA -   Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Carol Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA -   Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI -   RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown,   CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens,   Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"There could be no freedom without each of us discharging our responsibilities. When we heard the words duty, honor, and country, no more needed to be said. But that is a bygone era. Today, we rarely hear of our personal responsibilities in discussions of broad notions such as freedom or liberty. It is as though freedom and liberty exist wholly independent of anything we do, as if they are predestined......Related to this, our era is one in which different treatment or different outcomes are inherently suspect. It is all too commonly thought that we all deserve the same reward or the same status, notwithstanding the differences in our efforts or in our abilities. This is why we hear so often about what is deserved or who is entitled."................. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE - 2016 Commencement Address Hillsdale College

"Chief among those who generate this poisonous atmosphere are career race hustlers like Al Sharpton and racist institutions like the Black Lives Matter movement. All such demagogues need is a situation where there has been a confrontation where someone was white and someone else was black. The facts don't matter to them." ..................... THOMAS SOWELL

"Today, the media keep repeating the mantra that there was a peaceful demonstration, even when it ends in violence. How many people have to die in peaceful demonstrations before the media admit that those who promote mob disruptions have to know what is likely to happen when you put mobs in the streets at night? Mob rule is not democracy. It threatens democracy, as it threatens lives -- black or white -- and all lives should matter."............... THOMAS SOWELL

"The media provide the publicity on which career race hustlers thrive. It is a symbiotic relationship, in which turmoil in the streets gives the media something exciting to attract viewers. In return, the media give those behind this turmoil millions of dollars worth of free publicity to spread their poison."..... THOMAS SOWELL

"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."..... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,    Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,    David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo   Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX,   Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy,   Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,    State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),    Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), FORMER San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), James Comey

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS,   Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR,   BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN,   The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC),   NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News, Kirsten Powers FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

You may have noticed that FOX News Contributor Kirsten Powers has been added to the VARMINT LIST. Actually I thought she had been on there for awhile but last night I saw her on O'Reilly's show and with a straight face she said that she had no problem with Barack Obama getting input for AL SHARPTON. I'm sorry but Ms. Powers is either; Goofy, Lying, or Both. For some reason, she is the face of the .... MILLENNIALS. And that is about as low as it gets in my books. She also thought Obama's entire speech in Dallas was really well done. Even Juan Williams made mention of the fact that there were some areas that Obama should have avoided and Williams is pure varmint.

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And, speaking of Juan Williams. Several days back he said there was nor real statistical information available regarding police shootings. OK. Here is some statistical information which I received from several sources, including retired law enforcement at City; State; and Federal levels. These stats are from the year 2015:

Total number of deaths due to police shootings         990

Male                                                                                       948

Female                                                                                     42

White                                                                                     494

Black                                                                                      258

Hispanic                                                                                172

Other                                                                                        38

Unknown                                                                                 28

I know for sure that the F.B.I. keeps some pretty darn accurate statistics on all homicides whether they be murder, justifiable, negligent, or accidental. So when one of the FOX News mutts like Juan Williams makes statements that there are no accurate statistics on which to base an opinion... then I must form the opinion that Juan Williams is either Lying; Goofy; or Both..... HEY! Maybe he and Kirsten Powers can get their own FOX News program.

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Again, let me make this perfectly clear, I do not know if the police shootings in either Baton Rouge, Louisiana or Falcon Heights, Minnesota were justified or not. I cannot tell you whether or not any of those officers involved were in fear of their lives or great bodily harm. Hopefully the investigations by the local authorities and the DOJ will be able to make a valid call in both of these cases. AND not only do I NOT KNOW....... NEITHER DOES BLACK LIVES MATTER OR FOX NEWS OR MSNBC OR CNN OR ANY OF THE OTHER NETWORK NEWS SOURCES.

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I would urge all of you to pay very close attention to today's quotes from two black men (both of whom I hold in great respect) and two founders of our country (whom I also hold in great respect). DO NOT FORM YOUR OPINIONS BASED UPON YOUTUBE or ANY TELEVISION NEWS PROGRAMS or ANY OF THE RACE HUSTLERS.

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And finally, I watched a portion of some speech by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders from one of the States which Bernie Sanders won and my opinion was reinforced that Hillary's voice reminds me of a line from an old Saturday Night Live skit which featured Jane Curtin and Dan Akroyd which was a parody of the old CBS 60 Minutes Point/Counterpoint segment.

This particular SNL bit was about the split up of Lee Marvin and Michelle Triola Marvin and of course Jane Curtin took the side of Michelle and Akroyd took the counter point view. During his description of Michelle Triola Marvin... Akroyd called her a "Screeching, Squealing, Rapacious Swamp Sow". For some reason, this description seems to fit Hillary Clinton to the letter.

I have to wonder if Hillary doesn't sleep at night hanging from the ceiling with her wings wrapped around her body?

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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July 6th, 2016   INDEPENDANCE

WEDNESDAY - July 6, 2016

Greetings from The National Headquarters Of Vast Right Wing Conspiratorial Jingoistic Angry West Texans.

INDEPENDENCE:

A direct quote from The Declaration Of Independence:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed BY THEIR CREATOR with certain UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.... THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, -- THAT WHENEVER ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR TO ABOLISH IT, AND TO INSTITUTE NEW GOVERNMENT, LAYING ITS FOUNDATION ON SUCH PRINCIPLES AND ORGANIZING ITS POWERS IN SUCH FORM, AS TO THEM SHALL SEEM MOST LIKELY TO EFFECT THEIR SAFETY AND HAPPINESS. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. BUT WHEN A LONG TRAIN OF ABUSES AND USURPATIONS, PURSUING INVARIABLY THE SAME OBJECT EVINCES A DESIGN TO REDUCE THEM UNDER ABSOLUTE DESPOTISM, IT IS THEIR RITHG, IT IS THEIR DUTY, TO THROW OFF SUCH GOVERNMENT, AND TO PROVIDE NEW GUARDS FOR THEIR FUTURE SECURITY."

Every July 4th, one of the first things I do is re-read the Declaration Of Independence. And the very last sentence in this great founding document pretty much tells me all I need to know about the men who wrote this document: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR."

I cannot tell you how many years in a row I have read The Declaration Of Independence as well as many other times throughout the year. I keep a copy of The Declaration Of Independence along with a copy of The Constitution Of The United States at several locations throughout my house as well as a copy in my vehicles. Over the years I have come to believe that what these great patriots were telling us was that OUR RIGHTS were endowed to us By Our Creator.... AND NOT THE GOVERNMENT. I also believe that they were telling us that Governments were formed TO SECURE AND PROTECT THOSE RIGHTS.

Then I look at just in my lifetime how our federal government in particular has not only failed to Secure and Protect those rights but have additionally trampled all over the rights of the people GUARANTEED by our Constitution...... And NO, I am not advocating another revolution but what I am advocating is for the American People to DEMAND of their elected Congressmen/women; Senators; Executives; and Judicial Officers to either do what is right WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE... OR... GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY FOR SOMEONE WHO WILL.

I watched some interviews of various college students being asked questions regarding the American War of Independence/American Revolution; The Civil War; and World War II. It was absolutely frightening to see how many of these so called educated people knew NOTHING about any of our past conflicts. SO, all I could gather out of it was that either their parent's money or some type of scholarship money was being thrown away on people who believe that governments exist to give them stuff.

Yes, on July 4th, I had my customary 2 chili cheese dogs and pan fries topped off with apple pie ala-mode and I did watch some really well done documentary programs on the American War of Independence and ended the day feeling as if our country is being managed by complete selfish fools.

Then on Tuesday morning I became even more convinced that our government is as corrupt as it has ever been. When F.B.I. Director James Comey made his statement regarding the Clinton E-Mail Investigation findings and recommendations, I had a feeling that I already knew what his final report would reveal; That Hillary Clinton had indeed mis-handled thousands of e-mails SOME OF WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED AS EITHER CONFIDENTIAL OR SECRET OR TOP SECRET BUT THERE WOULD BE NO RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FILING OF CHARGES OR OF SEEKING AN INDICTMENT EVEN THOUGH HILLARY CLINTON AND/OR HER STAFF HAD ACTED CARELESSLY IN THE HANDLING BUT THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR A PROSECUTOR TO SEEK AN INDICTMENT.

Why Jim! How could you know that? OK .... here's how:

As Director Comey was speaking, Hillary Clinton was aboard Air Force One with Barack Hussein Obama on a speaking/fundraising/stealing some stuff tour. I can assure you that had Barack Hussein Obama had an inkling that there was the slightest chance of criminal charges or an indictment against Hillary Clinton... he would not have been in the same time zone as this screeching squack. Let's see, oh yeah, there was that ACCIDENTAL CHANCE MEETING of Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch at an airport aboard Ms. Lynch's plane. And finally, if you just look at the history of the Clintons....... regardless of what they are accused ..... nothing seems to stick. You will NEVER make me believe that Obama; Lynch; and The Clintons did not know that this whole thing was much ado about nothing. Comey seemed to make a big deal about there was NO INTENT but her actions did actually violate the statutes. AND, I seem to recall that Hillary Clinton claimed long and loud that NONE of the e-mails were classified as Secret or Top Secret when she received OR sent them. HOWEVER, Director Comey said today that a number of the e-mails WERE INDEED CLASSIFIED AS SECRET OR TOP SECRET WHEN THEY WERE EITHER RECEIVED OR SENT..... So, doesn't that mean that Hillary..... how shall I put this..... LIED HER ASS OFF?

If your FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE have any meaning at all to you, let me suggest that you pay NO ATTENTION TO GLENN BECK or ANY of the NEVER TRUMP folks. Do everything in your power to get rid of the criminals presently in charge AND do not allow the Clintons to get their clutches on the reins of the federal government EVER AGAIN. I am pretty sure that "The Donald" and I will not be on the same wave length on lots of stuff, but I will choose him over the Clintons ANY DAY.

Also, on Monday... July 4th, I was looking forward to watching the CBS Network at 8 PM Central Time to see the Boston Pops Concert and Fireworks Display from Boston, MA. At straight up 8 PM I turned to the CBS Channel and the START of their INDEPENDENCE DAY PROGRAM was about the last minute or so of not only their excellent fireworks display BUT the finale of THE 1812 OVERTURE, which is one of my all time favorites. The Boston Pops Orchestra always does an excellent job on tat symphony AND they use REAL CANNONS for the finale. I am not sure but I have to believe that the NFL must have had their Super Bowl Half-Time Planners do the programming for this particular event. Then, of course, they had a bunch of entertainers whom I neither knew or cared for do their show. All in all, a pretty pitiful July 4th program.

On the high side though, and it was late in coming on, the Turner Classic Movie Channel showed Yankee Doodle Dandy which is one of my favorite musicals of all time. James Cagney did a superb job in playing George M. Cohan. I believe it was last Saturday or Sunday evening, the TMC Channel also showed one of my all time favorite movies, "That's Entertainment" which was a film history of the old MGM Musicals. Even when I was a little kid growing up and was a big fan of Hopalong Cassidy; Roy Rogers; Gene Autry; The Durango Kid and Wild Bill Elliott... I still liked the old musicals. I thought Gene Kelly was one of the most athletic performers I had ever seen AND if you have never seen old film of The Nicholas Brothers then you haven't seen some of the great dancers ever. Watching clips from those old musicals it brought back to mind just how talented many of those folks were. Frank Sinatra was a hell of a dancer and of course was a truly great serious actor. James Cagney, Bob Hope, and several others were also very talented as was Fred Astaire. I guess you could say that those folks back then were real stars who could do anything. Right now, other than Robert Duvall, Tom Selleck, and a couple of others there are no more stars. Sad.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"There was a time when the Fourth of July meant something more than a three-day weekend. speeches, writings and commemorative ceremonies reminded us of the origins and greatness of America. No matter where in the world our ancestors came from, we today are almost invariably better off because they came to America. Independence Day signified much more than one country announcing its independence from another on July 4, 1776. It represented a new form of government -- freer and more accountable to its own people than the monarchies common around the world for centuries."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"There was no question then that the United states was EXCEPTIONAL, however much the smug elites of today -- including our President -- try to dismiss the idea. Because self-government on such a large scale was a unique experiment, the founders of the American republic were very much aware that it had its dangers. Thomas Jefferson warned that ETERNAL VIGILANCE was the price of liberty. Even generations later, Abraham Lincoln expressed his fervent that GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH. The survival of freedom was not something he took for granted..... Today, too many Americans take freedom for granted, as just another entitlement, something that does not require them to take any personal responsibility."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"It is painful to watch people on the streets -- or on college campuses -- being interviewed by TV reporters who ask them elementary questions about the people and institutions that run the country, and see how uninformed they are. And how unconcerned about their own gross ignorance."..... THOMAS SOWELL

"Earlier generations of Americans fought and died to preserve freedom. Today's generation cannot spare time from their selfies and twitters to think about such things. Neither the past nor the future seem to weigh on their minds.",,,,,,,,,,, THOMAS SOWELL

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."...... GEORGE WASHINGTON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK, Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), FORMER San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Earlier in the week I was doing the grocery shopping for my wife and ran into a gentleman whom I had not seen for about 3 years. I knew that he was getting along in years and just assumed that he had passed away. I stopped and visited with him for a few minutes and told him that I had missed seeing him at the various coffee shops where I am known to hang out. He told me that his wife was unable to care for herself and that he had been having to stick close around the house. He further told me that learning how to operate the washer and dryer at age 93 wasn't much fun. He is now 95 years old and retired military.

When I first met this gentleman was about 10 years ago when a group of old guys and I drank coffee every morning at the local shopping mall. We would generally take our morning walk before coffee and this old gentleman was about 85 back then AND I never saw any other walkers pass him up. He was in really good physical shape and one of my old friends, who is now deceased, made the statement, "I sure wish I could be able to walk like him when I'm 85." I told him that I would be happy if I could walk like that old gentleman RIGHT NOW. I was 69 at the time. Anyway, I had a nice visit with this man and wish him well. At 95, he gets around and is as alert as anyone I know.

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I was watching a portion of The O'Reilly Factor last evening (I can only take him in small doses) and O'Reilly made the statement that he thought that the Obama presidency would not rank very high in the future insofar as accomplishments. I damn sure agreed with him there. Then he made the statement that he thought Obama would rank really high when it came to character. I figured that O'Reilly had been secretly bitten by rabid chipmunks between statements.

I do not see how anyone can see Obama as anything other than the criminal which he has always been. Insofar as trustworthiness, I rank him in a dead heat with The Clintons.

Also on one of the FOX News evening programs, a former Assistant F.B.I. Director pretty much had the same view on the Clinton Investigation and the results announced by F.B.I. Director James Comey. He and I both thought that up until yesterday, James Comey was beyond reproach and could not be unduly influenced. Perhaps that is the case but his performance in his announcement yesterday sure opened up the possibility that he either folded like a cheap tent or was following orders from either Obama or Loretta Lynch.

I was/am terribly disappointed in his performance regarding the actions of Hillary Clinton on violating the U.S. Code regarding the handling of classified information.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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June 29th, 2016    EXPLANATIONS

WEDNESDAY - June 29, 2016

Greetings from The West Texas Coalition Of Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Conspirators.

EXPLANATIONS:

I think that I have at least average intelligence but there are a few things that I feel need to be explained so that I can understand just how and why many people are having problems in recognizing the truth.

The Benghazi Hearings have been ongoing for quite a while and although I am not an elected official at the federal level, I would like for someone to EXPLAIN to me just how it is that a great segment of our society cannot recognize the fact that Hillary Clinton; Barack Hussein Obama; Susan Rice; and every other member of the Obama administration have ALL LIED FROM THE BEGINNING.

Now let us look at the BREXIT that has everyone .... except conservatives .... grasping for valid reasons for the nation of Great Britain to DROP OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. Almost immediately the American Stock Market began to tank and I still cannot understand why. Of course it has begun to recover fairly well but for the first 48 or so hours, our federal government and Wall Street acted as if they had been bitten on the backside by troops of rabid monkeys. I can remember when the EU (for those of you in the Freedom Loving Worker's Province of San Francisco, that would be the European Union) first came into being, I believe I made a bunch of statements to the effect that this would go over like a turd in a punch bowl.

AH, but so many governmental experts claimed that this would work just like our country has worked. BUT, keep in mind that almost every single European Country SPEAKS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE ..... AND ..... EACH DIFFERENT COUNTRY HAD THEIR OWN MONETARY STANDARD. WHY YOU STUPID TEXAN.... they were all going to go to the EURO and everyone would play nicely together...... WELL, How's that working out so far?

One of the more recent European countries to join the EU was Croatia. We know a girl who lives in Zagreb, which is Croatia's capital and largest city, and her job for over a year was to help design programs which would make the transition from the Croatian monetary standard to the Euro easy with no problems. The only problem is that it was a problem. I would imagine that as we speak, Croatians are more than likely sorry they fell into this EU crap.
BUT, the bottom line is this..... please EXPLAIN to me how it is any of our business or Barack Obama's business what the British people desire insofar as their INDEPENDENCE from the EU and having people in Brussels making policies governing the English people?

Also, I believe that I would like for someone to EXPLAIN to me how people who have never shot a firearm of any kind.... or people, like Bill O'Reilly who says he owns a handgun.... or Joe Biden who tells us that all we need for protection is a double barrel shotgun.... or any other non-firearms owners have ANY RIGHT WHATSOEVER to tell us that we DO NOT NEED:

1) Semi-automatic handguns

2) Semi-automatic rifles

3) Semi-automatic shotguns

4) High capacity magazines (or as most of them call them clips)

5) ASSAULT WEAPONS of any kind

I do not mind listening to people who have been involved in actual shooting situations; military; law enforcement; combat veterans; or any others who have actually been in life or death situations where deadly force was either used or a high possibility of use existed.
BUT, for some news hack or some elected idiot tries to tell me that they have the right to decide whether or not an American citizen has the right to use deadly force to protect himself/herself then some serious EXPLANATIONS are in order.

NOW, let me EXPLAIN about protecting yourself or your family:

If someone or some group is placing you or your family or some other innocent people in danger of either being killed or seriously injured and you decide to let some government agency handle your safety then you should know that, unless a Police Vehicle is pulling up to your location at the very moment that the danger arises, then it is going to take you time to: get to the telephone; dial 9-1-1; perhaps wait for a dispatcher to answer your call; dispatch a patrol car to your location; arrive and assess the situation and take action. What it has taken me about 30 seconds to type in reality could take for 5 to 10 minutes or longer to take place.

SO, let's just look at your options while you wait for those 5 minutes for help to arrive. In five minutes, an armed intruder can kill you and your entire family and be gone before the police arrive. BUT, if you have some means of protection available then you might stand a chance of remaining among the living for another day.

AND keep this in mind:

An unloaded firearm, locked in a gun safe which could take you minutes to open is OF NO USE while some 250 pound gorilla is beating you senseless. I have kept loaded firearms in my home since the early 1950s. When we had our daughter and she was old enough to understand she was taught to NEVER touch any firearm in the home. Of course I did not keep one lying around where she could easily get to them. Then at a very early age, I took her shooting with me so that she could see what a firearm could do. She killed her first deer at age 8 and has hunted on a fairly regular basis for many years and has killed wild game including bear and mountain lion. All 5 of her kids have also killed wild game and I was fortunate enough to be along with my oldest grandson when he killed his first deer.

If you want to own a firearm.... that is YOUR BUSINESS AND NOT MINE. If you do not want to own a firearm..... that is YOUR BUSINESS AND NOT MINE. If I choose to own a firearm OR NOT own a firearm then THAT IS MY BUSINESS AND NONE OF YOURS... or Barack Hussein Obama's.... or Michelle Hussein Obama's...... or Hillary Hussein OClinton's.... or Harry Hussein OReid's.... or Bill O'Reilly's. AND THE SAME HOLDS TRUE ON THE TYPE OF FIREARMS AND MAGAZINE CAPACITY of same.

NOW, if that does not EXPLAIN my position on firearms then nothing else will.

OK. The House concluded their TWO YEAR INVESTIGATION into the Benghazi fiasco in which 4 Americans were murdered by terrorists while Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton along with a bunch of her cohorts and apparently Barack Hussein Obama and his nest of criminals sat on their dead asses and did NOTHING.... well that is NOTHING until the next day when they all became part of of a conspiracy to cover up the total botch job of The State Department and all of their lackeys and all became embroiled in the phony story about the attack being the result of a spontaneous reaction of some random Muslims who were insulted by some YouTube video which must have been seen by at least a half-dozen people. Not only did they blame this video but they continued to blame the video over the coffins of the 4 dead Americans when their bodies were returned to the United States. The families of those murdered Americans still have not gotten the truth from a member of the Obama administration.

SO, please EXPLAIN to me why, after the 800 page report was released along with some damning statements by Rep. Trey Gowdy who was the chairman of this House Committee, why there is not a massive Criminal Investigation ordered by the Department of Justice? The original lie was told to cover for the re-election of Barack Hussein Obama and apparently the inaction of the Department of Justice inaction is to cover for the election of Hillary Clinton.

Finally, I would like an EXPLANATION from all of the Gun Control idiots on how the Terrorist Attack in Turkey occurred, which as I understand it caused at least 50 deaths (and counting) and injured 239 (so far) in a country where private ownership of firearms IS PROHIBITED? I am sure that the leadership in the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist/Marxist Party will be forthcoming with a logical explanation.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Last week the Supreme Court of the United States voted that President Obama exceeded his authority when he granted exemptions from the immigration laws passed by Congress. But the Supreme Court also exceeded its own authority by granting the University of Texas an exemption from the Constitution's requirement of equal protection of the laws, by voting that racial preferences for student admissions were legal."............... THOMAS SOWELL

"We have heard much this year about the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of the great Justice Antonin Scalia --- and rightly so. But there are two vacancies on the Supreme Court. The other vacancy is Anthony Kennedy."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"When racial preferences in student admissions in the University of California system were banned, the number of black and Hispanic students in the system declined slightly, but the number actually graduating rose substantially. So did the number graduating with degrees in tough subjects like math, science and engineering..... But hard facts carry no such weight among politicians as magic words like diversity -- a word repeated endlessly , without one speck of evidence to back up its sweeping claims of benefits. It too is part of the Supreme Court fraud, going back to a 1978 decision that seemingly banned racial quotas -- unless the word diversity was used instead of quotas."...................... THOMAS SOWELL

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, John Roberts AND Anthony Kennedy,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), FORMER San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

A couple of days back my wife was going through some old photographs and various papers to see what she could throw away or keep for our daughter or grandkids. One of the newspaper articles was from the Hobbs News Sun from Friday, July 11, 1986. The story was related to one of the scariest days of my life. On Thursday, July 10, 1986 our department received a call from the Odessa Police Department advising us of an Odessa man for whom they had warrants for Criminal Sexual Assault and Parole Violation and that the suspect was believed to be visiting his grandmother who lived in Hobbs. They gave us the description of the motorcycle being ridden by the suspect and several Detective cars with two Detectives each went to the location. The motorcycle was not there and we drove around the area to see if we could spot the suspect and motorcycle. Detective Ron Campbell was with me in my car and as we returned to the grandmother's house, the suspect pulled up front and when he spotted us, he decided that we were the police and took off.

Of course we could not keep up with him on that motorcycle and called in some uniform patrol cars with emergency equipment and we backed off the pursuit. As we were in the area, Ron Campbell said that he thought we should return to the grandmother's house as he would probably eventually return there. I agreed and just about that time I looked to my left and the guy on the motorcycle was about 10 feet from my door looking back over his shoulder. Even in that short time before he hit us, I noticed that he had discarded the helmet he had been wearing when the chase began. Anyway, he hit my driver's door going about 85 miles per hour and the handlebars on his motorcycle came through the window and hit me in the left eye. I was knocked unconscious but others told me later that my car went up on two wheels almost overturning and I ran through a fence and struck a tree and a parked car in a yard on the corner. Of course I knew nothing about that.

The article in the paper showed me on a stretcher with Bill Lane who was Chief of Police at the time walking beside the stretcher. I vaguely remember him saying something to me but then I went out. After I got to the emergency room I remember hearing Tony Knott, my wife, and my doctor. I could not really tell what they were saying but for a couple of minutes I was conscious and I remember asking my doctor, "What happened to..... and I couldn't remember Ron Campbell's name... so I stuttered for a few minutes and just asked him... "What happened to THE OTHER GUY", meaning my friend Ron Campbell and the doctor told me that he was killed in the accident.

I lost consciousness again and remember some crazy things went through my head and I guess the did X-Rays and CAT Scans or whatever but I was out for about 24 hours in the intensive care ward. Then I regained consciousness and of course had to go to the bathroom like crazy. As I was about to call for the nurse, I looked up and there stood Ron Campbell. I can remember wondering just where in the hell Ron and I had gone.... Heaven or Hell? But I knew we had gone to the same place. Then of course Campbell ate my ass out for getting hit and I knew that we were both still on earth and alive.

I finally got a nurse and filled up almost to of the plastic urine bottles and the nurse began to yell and tell everyone that I had set a record. All I know is that it sure felt good to empty my bladder.

They dug little pieces of glass out of my left eye for about 6 weeks and the specialist told me that my left eye would be permanently dilated and I would NEVER regain good vision in my left eye and that it would be very light sensitive. Several eye specialists at an eye clinic in Dallas told me that the vision in my left eye would NEVER be able to be corrected better than 20/40. I lived with it like that and my vision slowly becoming worse until about 6 years ago when I had cataract surgery and had the lens replaced in both eyes. I do not wear glasses anymore other than sunglasses but my left eye is still permanently dilated and light sensitive but 20/20 vision returned. I did not feel like coming up with about $5,000 out of pocket expense to get the tri-focal lens so I either have to hold things at arms' length OR by Dollar Tree reading glasses. You cannot swing a dead cat at my house without hitting a pair of Dollar Tree readers. They are $1 each and work just fine.

And as it turned out, the motorcycle driver had other felony charges pending and the Sexual Assault charge against him was for the sexual assault of a child.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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June 22nd, 2016   REALITY

WEDNESDAY - June 22, 2016

Hello once again from The Association Of Jingoistic Conspiratorial Angry Xenophobic Constitutional Amendment Supporting Fossil Fuel Burning Four Wheel Drive SUV Drivers Of West Texas.

REALITY:

Let me begin by saying that in today's American society, Liberal/Progressive/Democrat/Socialists are completely out of touch with REALITY. The only REALITY that those idiots recognize are the so called REALITY TV programs which in fact are not REAL at all.

Earlier yesterday morning I was listening to the radio and I heard Hillary Clinton speaking authoritatively on the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. According to this lying criminal heifer the Second Amendment was put into the Constitution for the benefit of..... now hold on........... THE MILITARY. For someone who holds a law degree, she seems to have as little grasp of the REALITY of the Second Amendment as anyone of whom I can think...... well, perhaps other than President Barack Hussein Obama and a multitude of his political appointees.... and a bunch of Democrat Senators and Congressmen.... and unfortunately too many Republican Senators and Congressmen. As I understand it, Republican Senator Susan Collins from Maine was one of the sponsors along with a Democrat (all the Democrats are interchangeable) Senator which I believe was shot down on the Senate floor. Of course, Susan Collins has been on the VARMINT LIST for many years AND shall remain there as long as she is in office. Just look at what some of the framers of the U.S. Constitution along with some well respected Americans have said about "The Militia" and the "Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms."

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the WHOLE PEOPLE. To DISARM the people is the best and most effectual way to ENSLAVE them".. GEORGE MASON - Co-author of the Second Amendment during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution - 1788

"A Militia, when properly formed, are in fact THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.".. RICHARD HENRY LEE - May 1788

"The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them."... ZACHARIAH JOHNSON - Several State Convention on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution

"And that the said Constitution be NEVER CONSTRUED to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press; or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from KEEPING THEIR OWN ARMS.".... SAMUEL ADAMS

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the WHOLE BODY OF THE PEOPLE ALWAYS POSSESS ARMS and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."................. RICHARD HENRY LEE - American Statesman 1788

Now these are just a few of many quotes from the founders of our nation and our Constitution. How is it that some 228 years later, we have a President and members of Both Houses of Congress along with at least 4 members of the Supreme Court and various State Governors have come to the conclusion, like Hillary Clinton, that the Second Amendment was made to protect the government.

When the REALITY of the matter is really obvious that the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (for those of you living in the People's Republic of San Francisco, that would be the First Ten Amendments to The U.S. Constitution) were adopted TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM AN INTRUSIVE AND POWER HUNGRY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I have listened to various politicians and clergy and members of the media all tell us that there is absolutely no need for any American to own a semi-automatic "Assault Weapon". Of course they are so out of touch that many of them call a semi-automatic weapon a MACHINE GUN. I just read an article written by a member of the clergy where he states that he owns a semi-automatic Colt .380 pistol which he keeps in his home. He also stated that he had no problems with people who are hunters. But he does not understand why ANYONE would need a semi-automatic "Assault Rifle."

Let me share a thought with you about some information I received from my first partner on the Houston Police Department. It had to do with self defense and protecting yourself and citizens. He told me that if someone attacked you and they were using only their fists and feet ..... then I should use my Nightstick or my Slapper. If someone attacked me and they were using a knife or a gun..... then I should use my pistol. He also had a view that I later adopted as my own. And here it is:

1) A handgun is something you use in an emergency when you cannot get to your shotgun.

2) A shotgun should be used when you can get to it and are at close range.

3) A rifle should be used if you had some distance which was too great for your shotgun.

4) All shot should be multiple shots to the largest part of the bad guy's body.

I have never seen a situation with which I could argue with those rules given to me on December 7, 1958 which was my first day on the street.

The greatest number of people who tell you that you do not have any need for a high capacity magazine or a semi-automatic pistol or rifle have never been in a life or death situation and more than likely have never had their hands on a firearm of any kind.

Please take time to read about some of the battles in the War for American Independence. You might learn that there were any number of MILITIAS. Most of them were used to supplement the regular U.S. Army troops. Many of the Militias were not all that dependable in battle. BUT while you are at it, please take time to read about The Battle of Cowpens. I think you will find that George Mason and Richard Henry Lee knew exactly what the Constitution meant when it spoke of A MILITIA.

It should be readily apparent to every American with just average intelligence that someone who is intent on committing a terrorist act of killing multiple people ARE NOT CONCERNED with the current firearms laws ..... NOR would they be concerned with more strict firearms laws. THEY ARE TERRORISTS COMMITTING MASS MURDER and believing that more strict firearms laws will prohibit this in the future is way beyond stupid.

Here is a dose of REALITY.... EVIL PEOPLE CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY LEGISLATION. ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT THEY CAN IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY!

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Think about it. We have 50 states; each with its own gun control laws, and many of those laws have gotten either tighter or looser over the years. There must be tons of data that could indicate whether murder rates went up or down when either of these things happened.... But have you ever heard any gun control advocate cite any such data? Tragically, gun control has become one of those fact-free issues that spawn outbursts of emotional rhetoric and mutual recriminations about the National Rifle Association or the Second Amendment."......... THOMAS SOWELL

"Virtually all empirical studies in the United States show that tightening gun control laws has not reduced crime rates in general or murder rates in particular. Is this because only people opposed to gun control do empirical studies? Or is it because the facts uncovered in empirical studies make the arguments of gun control zealots untenable."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"The best we can help for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.".......... ALEXANDER HAMILTON

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence...from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference ---- they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."....... GEORGE WASHINGTON - First President of the United States

"There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."... NOAH WEBSTER ****

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta, Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts, Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore, John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore, Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK, Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA, State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), FORMER San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Yesterday I heard several reports that a University in Michigan has decided to drop ALL COLLEGE MATHEMATIC REQUIREMENTS. What will replace the Mathematic Requirements, you ask? This is almost too easy. Why, DIVERSITY CLASSES.

OK. Just for a moment, please stop and think of just about any type of job that you may pursue. I can almost guarantee that math skills are very important. I have a hard time thinking just in the Law Enforcement field how mathematics enters into almost every phase of every investigation. The more complex the investigation, the more math skills are put into use. I actually cannot think of a single crime investigated where some type of math skill is no put into play. Accident scene and homicide scene diagrams. Figuring out the speed of vehicles by the amount of skid marks left at the scene. The value of property and the collective values of property stolen or damaged. And these are just a few.

But this Michigan college has decided the DIVERSITY is more important in our future society than MATHEMATICS.

Keep in mind though that the State of Michigan is where the City of Detroit is located.......... THE PROSECUTION RESTS.

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This past week end, I lost another really good friend. Mr. Roger Lamar Goertz, who has been on our prayer list for quite a long time. He was 78 years old. Within the past couple of years I had written a short piece about Roger. He was born with both feet deformed and at a very young age, his mother and he would get on a bus and ride to Dallas where he had multiple surgeries as a young boy. Of course I did not know him back then but I do know some people who played football against him in high school. Even with severely deformed feet, Roger played football AND was his team's place kicker.... only he did not use a holder... he drop kicked the extra points. One of the guys who played against Roger in high school said that he was also a pretty tough middle guard on defense and was damn hard to move.

I first met Roger about 8 years ago. He had lost his wife and was living at a senior high rise living facility. He was one of our regulars at morning coffee and I don't know that I have ever known anyone with a better attitude. He was quite interested in the history of West Texas and gave me several books on some of the historical happenings around our area. He was an interesting man to talk with. He was a counselor at Big Spring High School when he retired. I also believe he did coach at a smaller school at one time.

All I know is that I will miss him a bunch. He appreciated a good joke and always had a nice smile.
When I think of tough guys I have known down through the years I have to think of my former neighbor in Hobbs, New Mexico.... Bob McKelvey... who spent the entire Second World War in a Japanese Prison Camp; I also think of my neighbor down the street Billy Williams who died earlier this year and worked hard at ranching; farming; and in the oilfield his entire life. He had to raise his younger siblings when he was still in high school; And of course Roger Goertz who endured unbelievable pain his entire life but I never heard him complain. The thing these three men had in common was not only were they three of the toughest people I have ever known, but they were also three of the nicest friends I have ever had. My life is better for having known them all.

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Can someone explain to me how Switzerland, where almost every family owns firearms has the LOWEST HOMICIDE RATE IN THE WORLD and Honduras, a country in which private ownership of firearms is prohibited has the HIGHEST HOMICIDE RATE IN THE WORLD? The population of both countries is approximately 8.2 million inhabitants.

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OK. It is time for me to dine on a dish that I hate worse than anything on earth. AND that is it is time for me to EAT CROW!

Regardless of what I have said or written in the past. Regardless of the fact that early in the game I made the prediction that "Donald Trump will NEVER get the Republican Nomination." Regardless of the fact that I made earlier statements that "I will NEVER VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT."

Well let me now admit that I was wr---, uh made a mis ----, uh was in er---, perhaps a bit confused on the issues for a short period of time.

I have heard all the "NEVER TRUMP" people and read of all the statements from some so called "Conservative Republicans" saying that they also would NEVER vote for Donald Trump. Well let me tell you now that it has come time to show your true colors.

If you do not mind your Second Amendment Rights being thrown out and destroyed; If you do not mind risking that your First Amendment and Fourth Amendment Rights being overturned; If you can live with your Fifth Amendment Right to DUE PROCESS being destroyed; If you have no problems with the federal government being able to seize private property at will; If you are satisfied with the Executive Branch and the Judicial Branch of our federal government being able to bypass the Legislative Branches unchecked; THEN, by all means, either stay at home and do not vote OR do some idiotic write in which will go nowhere OR vote third party which is voting for someone only marginally better than Hillary Clinton. ANYTHING THAT WE DO OTHER THAN VOTING FOR "THE DONALD" WILL GIVE THE PRESIDENCY TO SOMEONE WHO, IN MY OPINION, IS AT LEAST AS.... IF NOT MORE.. DANGEROUS THAN BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE AT STAKE. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A CLINTON APPOINTEE SWING THE SUPREME COURT TO A FAR LEFT, SOCIALIST GROUP. WE ARE ONE APPOINTEE AWAY FROM THIS BEING THE CASE.

AND THAT, MY FRIENDS IS.....REALITY! Remember, Gun Control IS NOT ABOUT GUNS..... IT IS ABOUT CONTROL. ** Please re-read the quote by NOAH WEBSTER.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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June 15th, 2016    ENOUGH

WEDNESDAY - June 15, 2016

Hello once more from the West Texas Home For Jingoistic Xenophobic Vast Right Wing Conspiratorial Fossil Fuel Burning Firearms Owning Angry White Males. I think that pretty well covers all of the things that the Liberals/Progressives/Democrat/Socialist/Marxists call us.

ENOUGH:

There are a couple of things I would like to address in this section.... and trust me that I have had more than ENOUGH of both of these subjects.

Subject #1: The Life - Death - of Muhammad Ali:

As I have said in previous articles, I recognize the fact that Muhammad Ali was an exceptional athlete. I would even recognize that I can see where some might call him the GREATEST BOXER ever. Although I still have to consider Rocky Marciano with a professional record of 49 fights----49 wins -----43 knockouts as my personal pick as "The Greatest". AND the main reason I would consider this blasphemy is due to the fact that Rocky Marciano was not the type of fighter or professional athlete to proclaim his greatness. Whereas, Muhammad Ali told us pretty early in the game that HE WAS THE GREATEST. Had Ali been a member of the WWF or WWE and was stepping into the ring against "Hulk" Hogan or Andre The Giant, all of his bragging might not have looked all that out of place.

AND, speaking of "The Greatest"... how 'bout Archie Moore ---- 220 fights; 186 wins; 23 losses; 10 draws; 1 no contest; 141 knockouts. A total of 1474 rounds and took part and won, in not only my opinion but the opinion of many boxing fans throughout the years, perhaps the BEST fight in any weight division EVER. And that was his first fight with Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion Yvonne Durelle. Durelle was one tough cookie. He knocked Archie down 3 times in the first round. Moore weathered the early rounds and then took over and knocked Durelle down 4 times total with the last knock down coming in 0:49 seconds of the 11th round when he knocked Durelle OUT.

SO as you can see, the title of "The Greatest" is fairly arguable. BUT, while I recognize Ali's ability as a boxer and as an athlete, I have a bit of a problem with some of his antics both inside and outside the ring. I watched him, down through the years, particularly during his suspension make some pretty nasty comments about "White People" and for some reason his infatuation with Malcolm X and the Black Muslim group never scored very high with me. BUT, now that he has passed on, PLEASE SPARE ME all of the hoopla about what a great American he was. I am pretty sure that he might not been as bad as many think but neither was he as great as the media would have us believe.

AND I also believe that he was not all that great of a father to all of his children... some who were born without being burdened with their parents being married.

I do know that in his last fight with Joe Frazier (which really finished both of them physically) I was pulling for Frazier as he had acted like a professional in all the pre-fight media hype whereas Ali had been pretty much of a horses ass.

SO, the title of "THE GREATEST" is in the eye of the beholder and I could never view Ali as filling that bill. BUT, under any circumstances, I say ENOUGH!!!!

Subject #2: Terrorist Attack In Orlando, Florida:

Almost the entire week end and a good part of Monday on most of the so called "News" programs was dominated by wall to wall coverage of the TERRORIST ATTACK on the occupants of a bar in Orlando, Florida.

As expected, Obama and Hillary and damn near all of the Liberals/Progressives/Democrats/Socialists are trying to blame the 49 or 50 deaths on the firearms rather than the Muslim Terrorist who was shouting out the customary "Allahu Akbar" as he was murdering people. Also, the Terrorist himself claimed that he was doing all this in support of ISIS/ISIL (take your pick), which in spite of Barack Obama's initially calling them "The JV", have pretty much taken the lead in Terrorist Attacks throughout the world.
Of course our present liberal media mutts along with the majority of the Democrat elected officials have seen fit to label these Terrorist Murderers as: "Home Grown" or "Domestic" Terrorists. And of course my favorite term which they regularly use to describe these folks is "Lone Wolf". I guess the use of these terms is meant to minimize the actual threat these people pose to the American Public.

AND, since this last Muslim Terrorist was on a "Watch List" and investigated in 2013 and 2014 by the F.B.I., there was not enough evidence gathered to charge him with a crime, at least under existing laws. All of a sudden, now the F.B.I. is being blamed by some for this shooter to have been able to purchase firearms. Let me say this just one time: Regardless of the fact that this guy's name was given to the F.B.I. the Bureau was not able to actually make any type of case against him.

I sometimes wonder if the general American public has any concept of just exactly what it takes to get enough evidence to warrant an actual arrest of an individual. If it was all based upon supposition, then every crime would be solved. That just isn't how it works. I have worked cases in the past where I knew in my own mind that a certain person was guilty of committing a particular crime but could not gather enough evidence due to innumerable reasons which would result in charging a particular person with a particular crime.

I also wonder just how many people have the slightest idea of how difficult it is to keep a person or a group under 24 hour surveillance. Trust me, when I tell you that it takes way more people than it shows in the movies or television. And regardless of how long and how well you keep a surveillance on a particular person, all it takes is just one moment for the person being watched to have even the slightest idea that he/she is under surveillance. And even after your best efforts, you can still draw a blank at the end of the surveillance.

AH, but let us not forget that Barack Hussein Obama and his radical followers would have us believe that firearms themselves are the cause of these terrorist attacks and for that matter any murder or assault in which a firearm is used. We certainly cannot blame the individual and hold him/her responsible for their actions.

I listened to one so called news reporter open one segment on this terrorist attack with these words; "Thanks NRA". Well I, for one, am glad to see that some entity other than George Bush or Global Warming is being cast in the role of the bad guy in this latest incident. So, we cannot blame the terrorist shooter who took time out of his busy schedule to call 911 and tell that operator that he was doing this act in support of ISIS.. but God forbid any of us for harboring a thought that just perhaps Radical Islam and belief in Sharia Law might just be at the bottom of this whole business.

I am sure over the next few days we shall be hearing all kinds of crap being shoveled down our throats by a far left media who seem to be in the bag for Obama and Hillary. Incidentally, Obama has referred to this turd who killed 49 people as a "Radicalized Extremist"; a "Lone Wolf"; and a "Homegrown Terrorist". The "Wicked Witch of the West" has come up with a term, "Radical Islamism" and I am not sure just exactly what this is. At this point I would like a show of hands of ANYONE who believes that Hillary Clinton gives a damn about those 49 dead people. Yes I watched her speech when she promised the LBGT groups that "She has their backs". If anyone belonging to this LBGT Community believe this then they are too stupid to vote....and trust me when I say that their VOTE is all that Hillary is after.

AND, please get ready, now that the candidates for the Republican and Democrat parties have been chosen for the media to turn on Donald Trump like a pack of hyenas on a wounded wildebeest on the Serengeti. I am sure that the media will now begin to exhibit their true colors.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil, Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones, Don Weaver, Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove, Weston Lord - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO - Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"However great the shock of the massacre in Orlando, it is only a mater of time before we start hearing again the fact-free dogma that diversity is our strength. If there is any place in the Guinness Book of World Records for words repeated the most often, over the most years, without one speck of evidence, 'diversity' should be the prime candidate."........... THOMAS SOWELL

"America's great good fortune in the past has been that Americans have been able to unite as Americans against every enemy, despite our own internal differences and struggles. Black and white, Jew and Gentile, have fought and died for this country in every war.... It has not been our diversity, but our ability to overcome the problems inherent in diversity, and to act together as Americans, that his been our strength."......... THOMAS SOWELL

"Some people demand American citizenship, as if it is an entitlement, while burning the American flag and waving the flag of Mexico. And the apostles of 'diversity' and 'multiculturalism' watch in silence. That includes the President of the United States.".......... THOMAS SOWELL

"The one thing abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American -- the 'German-American,' the 'Irish-American,' or the 'Native-American.' Be Americans -- pure and simple."....... THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1895

"There is no place for a hyphen in our citizenship... We are a nation, not a hodge-podge of foreign nationalities. We are a people, and not a polyglot boarding house."............. THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1918

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta, Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts, Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore, John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore, Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK, Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA, State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG, PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America, Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

While the death of Muhammad Ali was being stuffed down our throats in every phase of the media, I saw one article in the (Sub) Standard Times telling us of the death of one of the all time great hockey players. Gordie Howe died at age 88. Gordie Howe played professional ice hockey for 32 seasons and is the 2nd-leading scorer. Who is the leading scorer? The real GREAT ONE, Wayne Gretzky. In the early 70s while on a visit to Houston, I had the pleasure of going to a Houston Aeros hockey game. AND in that game, on the ice at the same time were Gordie Howe and his sons Mark Howe and Marty Howe. Of course this was nearing the end of Gordie Howe's playing days.

But here is a guy who played a contact sport for over 35 years total and gave and took the hard knocks that are common in this great sport. And, trust me, Gordie GAVE more hard hits than he took. But I had watched Gordie Howe play on televised games for many years when he was one of the stars for the Detroit Red Wings. I can still remember his line with Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Alex Delvecchio. They were all great skaters and worked about as well together as any line in hockey.

Howe had been seriously ill for the past several years and it saddened me to see someone of his character go under.

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On the heels of the Orlando shooting, not only Obama and Hillary Clinton were hollering for MORE GUN CONTROL and REINSTITUTING THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, but most of the far left media were also jumping on that same band-wagon. One in particular was Tom Brokaw who appeared claiming that he was a long time gun owner and somewhere in one of his presentations he referred to one ASSAULT RIFLE as an AR-14. Well, perhaps Tom does own a firearm somewhere along the line but I am not familiar with an AR-14. There is, however, an AR-15 which was designed many years back by Eugene Stoner, Jim Sullivan and Bob Fremont in 1957. It was, and still is, a semi-automatic rifle. Armalite was the first manufacturer and then the design was sold to Colt and now almost every firearm manufacturer who manufacture rifles makes some version of the AR-15. And of course it was the model for the M-16 rifle which was used by the U.S. Military in the Vietnam War. Of course those who know NOTHING about firearms tell us that it is strictly an ASSAULT RIFLE. Today this rifle and variants are made in multiple calibers and can be use for hunting.

In any event, Tom Brokaw showed his lack of knowledge regarding this fine weapon. Perhaps Mr. Brokaw had the AR-15 confused with the Ruger Mini-14 which is also manufactured in a couple of different calibers. It is also a semi-automatic rifle with high capacity magazines.... however you can also purchase a 5 round magazine so that the weapon may be used for hunting small game and varmints.

But I believe that in WW I and WW II many of our troops were equipped with the Springfield bolt action rifle in 30-06 caliber; the British troops were shooting Lee-Enfield rifles in .303 caliber; the Germans were still using the 98 Mauser, a bolt action rifle and ALL of these rifles were used in battles which I believe would classify them as an ASSAULT RIFLE. Of course during the early part of the war, American troops were issued the M-1 Garand rifle which was a superb ASSAULT RIFLE. It was also a semi-automatic rifle.

Neither the media mutts; nor Barack Obama; nor Hillary Clinton; nor Geraldo Rivera; nor Sarah Brady; nor Nancy Pelosi; nor most of the Washington based politicians know the first thing about ASSAULT WEAPONS.

When I hear Barack Hussein Obama speaking about the AR-15 and he calls it a dangerous weapon, he is really giving us a clue as to his ignorance about firearms, in general. I can assure you that back in 1776, a muzzle loading flint-lock Kentucky Long Rifle in the hands of Timothy Murphy was a DANGEROUS WEAPON. If you are not aware of who Timothy Murphy was, look him up on the Internet.

The bottom line is that the majority of the politicians and their flunkies know little or nothing about firearms; assault rifles; handguns; automatic weapons; semi-automatic weapons; pump action; bolt actions; revolvers; or any other type of firearm.

ALSO, I received an e-mail from a source whom I trust which said that the Orlando terrorist used neither an AR-15 or the infamous AK-47 which some said he used. Rather he was armed with a Sig Sauer MCX carbine.

I feel pretty safe in saying that Barack Hussein Obama could not distinguish a Kimber Model 1911 from a jar of room temperature horse urine.

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AND YES...... all firearms can be dangerous if used improperly or in the hands of people who do not know how to handle them. AND any firearm can be deadly if in the hands of someone who is intent on wrongdoing with said firearm. BUT, firearms can also save lives. WONDER WHY THE SECRET SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY OFFICERS ARE ARMED WITH FIREARMS? Could it be that the safety and well being of Barack Hussein Obama and his family are MORE IMPORTANT than you and your family?

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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June 8th, 2016   IF? / NEUTRAL

WEDNESDAY - June 8, 2016

Greetings once more from the Headquarters Of Jingoistic Xenophobic Angry Vast Right Wing White Male Conspirators.

IF?:

I have watched on several occasions a video of Hillary Clinton being asked a question regarding Second Amendment Rights of people owning firearms. Her answer told me all I needed to know about Hillary Clinton... although I have been aware of just what a liberal/Socialist heifer she has been for years. Her answer was:

"IF IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, THEN IT -- LIKE EVERY OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT -- IS SUBJECT TO REASONABLE REGULATIONS."

I just wonder how this lying Socialist woman, who was at one time an attorney and who should be under indictment as we speak, can even question whether or not the Second Amendment IS IN FACT A GUARANTEED RIGHT.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES:

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED."

AND, one must wonder how she along with every liberal/socialist politician in the country seem to be confused with the part of the Second Amendment which states SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. It doesn't say, "We had rather that it not be infringed" or "May not be infringed" or "Hopefully will not be infringed"..... IT SAYS " SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED."

In every statute I have ever read which uses the word "SHALL" or "WILL" rather than "May" or "Can" removes the ability of the government or a government agent to use their own discretion on the matter. It is rock solid.... or at least was rock solid until the Supreme Court of the United States began legislating from the bench which is something that damn near every judge on the planet claims they will not do.

Ever since I was a little kid in elementary school, I have always been told that "The first TEN Amendments to the Constitution" was THE BILL OF RIGHTS for every American Citizen.

SO, apparently in the minds of the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists/Marxists, there is evidently a good deal of doubt as to not only what the U.S. CONSTITUTION says but at least in the mind of the apparent Democrat Candidate for President is somewhat in doubt.

THERE AIN'T NO IF IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT... BUT THERE IS DAMN SURE A SHALL NOT.

SO, in keeping with the wording of the U.S. Constitution I will make this statement:

"I SHALL NEVER VOTE FOR EITHER HILLARY CLINTON OR BERNIE SANDERS", BUT I MAY VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.

I realize that this is 180 degrees from my starting position regarding "The Donald", but in spite of what Glenn Beck and some other radio and TV personalities say, I believe that either not voting OR writing in a name OR voting third party will in effect hand the Office of President of the United States over to a woman who is at least as criminal as Barack Hussein Obama and way more treacherous.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

NEUTRAL:

When I think of NEUTRAL, I think of the "N" location on the shift lever on any of my automobiles/trucks. I hear people all the time talking about being either NEUTRAL or MODERATE on one subject or another. I am sure that in the past I have been possible a bit confused on which route to take on a particular matter but I have NEVER remained NEUTRAL on any one subject for very long. AH, but now we have had the word NEUTRAL taking on a whole new meaning. I read an article a couple of days back in the (Sub) Standard Times. The article in bold headlines stated:

CANADA SET TO MAKE ANTHEM GENDER NEUTRAL.

First of all, I am not at all convinced that "Gender Neutral" has any real meaning. BUT, what this article was making reference to was that the Canadian Parliament is close to adopting a bill that would change the National Anthem -- "O Canada"-- to make it GENDER NEUTRAL. This bill would only affect the English-language lyrics. It would change the words; "in all thy SONS command" to "in all OF US command".

Now I am not a citizen of Canada and they can do as they wish with their own National Anthem but I would imagine that when these lyrics were adopted from a poem written in 1908 by Judge R. Stanley Weir, I would almost have to believe that the "Sons" referred to were the men of the Canadian Military.

So with this politically correct world being what it is, I just wonder when the British will take the Regimental Song of The 24th Regiment of Foot, South Wales Borderers, "Men Of Harlech", and make that "Gender Neutral". If you are not familiar with the song "Men Of Harlech" then you should watch the movie "ZULU". The lyrics were changed a bit for this movie but the thoughts were the same.

At one time I had an old 33 1/3 LP record of some of the marching songs of various British Regiments and "Men Of Harlech" was on that old record. It is a great song for marching and I have actually heard it years ago played by various college bands at half-time programs at football games. Of course this was prior to college and pro football half-time shows being taken over by Beyonce or one of the Jackson family or a Salute to The Rolling Stones. (Incidentally, I like the Rolling Stones but not at a half-time program).

Political correctness, thanks to the Liberals/Democrats/Socialists has taken over the helm of the ship...... but not at my house.

IF, the Canadian Parliament goes through with this then I am through watching anything involving any Canadian team. Political Correctness has pretty much ruined Television; Radio; Movies; Sporting Events and even the comic strips. I guess that is why I like Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy and Dilbert along with the old Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes.

As you may have guessed, I am not particularly taken up with "Political Correctness" or many other Liberal/Socialist causes.

QUOTES:

"Poverty? Poverty today means whatever government statisticians in Washington say it means -- no more and no less. Most Americans living below the official poverty line today have central air-conditioning, cable television for multiple TV sets, own at least one motor vehicle, and have many other amenities that most of the human race never had for most of its existence.".................. THOMAS SOWELL

"Relieving people from the responsibilities and challenges of life is doing them no favor. Nor is it a favor to society at large..... The track record of divorcing personal rewards from personal contributions hardly justifies more of the same, even when it is in a more sophisticated form. Sophisticated social disaster is still disaster -- and we already have too much of that."........... THOMAS SOWELL

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable... the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference -- they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."....... GEORGE WASHINGTON

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.".;.... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."...... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I am pretty sure that everyone is aware of the death of former World Heavyweight Champion, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay). I watched him his entire career and of course at first formed a dislike for him as he was such a loudmouth and braggart. Then as I watched him a little more, I began to appreciate the fact that he was a superb boxer and a great athlete.... but I still did not like his bragging. THEN he became a follower of Elijah Muhammad and my personal opinion of him pretty much headed South. After he became Heavyweight Champion, I did get to watch him fight LIVE at the Houston Astrodome and for the first time I really saw that he not only had the size and boxing skills but also speed beyond anything I had ever seen in a heavyweight fighter. I watched him knock out Cleveland (Big Cat) Williams in the third round. Then a few months later, also at the Astrodome, I watched him beat the snot out of Ernie Terrell. Terrell took about as much punishment as any heavyweight I had ever seen without being knocked out. Then after knocking out Zora Foley in 7 rounds in N.Y. he was suspended for refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Military.

I thought that his refusal was way beyond stupid on his part and to this day am still not convinced the real reason why. Perhaps he did it for the reasons he gave. But under any circumstances, he was suspended from boxing for approximately 3 years and upon his return was obviously not the same as when he got suspended. I then watched him get his first loss at the hands of Joe Frazier and had to begin a comeback effort. I got to see him live two more times in 1971 when he Defeated Jimmy Ellis by a TKO in 12 rounds and then Buster Douglas whom he beat by decision. Of course he won the World Heavyweight Championship back in 1974 when he knocked out George Foreman in 8 rounds in Zaire in the famous "Rumble in the Jungle". He defeated several challengers later on and in maybe the toughest heavyweight fight I ever watched, he defeated Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla In Manila". I was really pulling for Joe Frazier in that fight and although it was close, Frazier could not answer the bell for the 14th round. Both fighters looked like hell. I pretty much lost interest in boxing at that point as I thought the two best heavyweights in the world had pretty much ruined each other.

I did get a little interest back when Larry Holmes became champion. I thought that Larry Holmes was the best boxer in that division since Ali.

I never thought Ali was as militant as some of the folks whom he followed in the Nation of Islam and I never noticed any particular loyalty to today's Black Muslim headman, Louis Farrakhan. But I also thought he could have done a much better job of being a true Heavyweight Champion, particularly during his younger days.

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Here is a real news flash. I actually saw an article in the (Sub) Standard Times in which I took note of the fact that "Snoop Dogg" and I shared the same opinion on something. The article told of "Snoop Dogg's" view that the re-make of ROOTS was not quite up to par. I tried to watch some of this re-make and thought it stunk. Of course in this re-make, at least in the parts that I watched, it was obvious that the makers of this film once again thought that putting white people on a guilt trip would be his ticket to fame. There were very few actors in this (Son of Roots) whom I recognized and I managed to not see it to the end. BUT, life is getting scary when I begin to agree with "Snoop Dogg" on damn near anything. And I am pretty sure that the reasons for his dislike were a bit different from mine.

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When I see a political event which is taking place inside a building, and most of the coverage by the media is showing the crowds of so called "DEMONSTRATORS" outside and these so called "DEMONSTRATORS" are throwing things (eggs, rocks, bottles); burning flags; and tearing up private property and police cars, then I have to believe that they have graduated from the "DEMONSTRATION" mode, right into the "RIOT" mode. Yeah, I know all about the First Amendment of the Constitution and that it gives "People to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances", but I do not believe that the act of throwing rocks; throwing eggs; throwing bottles; striking people; kicking people; starting fires in a public place; or destroying private and public property is a RIGHT guaranteed by the First Amendment. AND isn't it funny that the very same Liberals/Progressives/Democrats/Socialists/Marxists who want to DESTROY OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, are falling back on THE FIRST AMENDMENT of the very same U.S. Constitution to justify their CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR?

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Obama tells us that "Other world leaders are RATTLED by Donald Trump." I damn sure hope they are.

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I was watching one of the history type channels last week and in one of the programs they were covering the conquests of Genghis Khan and the moderator made the statement that it was perhaps CLIMATE CHANGE which stopped the conquest of Genghis Khan. REALLY? I believe Genghis Khan died during the middle of his campaign and it was actually one of his sons who was stopped by hurricane force winds which prevented his ships from reaching the Japanese Empire. I believe it might have been known as "The Divine Wind" which saved Japan's ass back then. BUT it damn sure wasn't CLIMATE CHANGE as the term is used today by the great unwashed masses.

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Beware of ANY politician who tries to convince us that the Constitution Of The United States is an "Old" or "Outdated" Document or even worse "A Living Document". It is a set of rules for our Republic and while many of them have been misinterpreted by liberal judges and it is a rigid set of rules which are a guide for our federal government and it actually RESTRICTS the actions of this government..... or at least that was the intention of its founders.

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Incidentally, my good friend Mike Thompson, who lives here in San Angelo, just had a new book published. I got a copy and read it in two evenings. The title of the book is "The Turbulent Trail". Without giving away any of the story, I really enjoyed the book and it took place in an area of the country where I spent a great deal of time in the summers when I was growing up. I could really relate to the location and to some of the characters since some reminded me of people whom I have known in the past. The book ended too quickly for me and of course I think I know the reason and that would be that the story of this main character has a spot in future novels. I have read several of Mike's novels and have thoroughly enjoyed them all. Read it if you get a chance.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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June 1st, 2016 SPELLING / ZOO

WEDNESDAY - June 1, 2016

Hello once more from the West Texas Home For Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Xenophobic Conspiratorial SUV Drivers.

SPELLING:

San Angelo, Texas was the home city for the youngest competitor in last weeks Scripps National Spelling Bee. Young Akash Vukoti is 6; VI; SIX years old and according to a newspaper article was the very first, First Grader, to be in the national spelling bee. I also read several reports that Akash is HOME SCHOOLED. I do not know about the status of the two schools attended by the co-champions but they appear to be private in nature. The two co-champions are Jairam Hathwar from Painted Post, New York and Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas. I always enjoy watching the finals of this national spelling bee and it shows that there are at least a few young people in our country who are still able to spell words that many of us do not know even exist. These young people should be commended for still being able to spell words correctly when most are more interested in the messed up spelling used in texting and tweeting.

When I was a young kid in Edgar Allen Poe elementary school in Houston, Texas, I actually won one of the school spelling bees and I will never forget the word that eliminated two other people. The word was PROPHET. We were not allowed to ask for word meanings at that time. The teacher simply gave you the word and you spelled. I was pretty lucky in the fact that I went last in the three kids left and that I had recently read a story which had a Prophet in it.

Then a few days later I watched the National Geographic Bee and it was really good also. The young man who won it was a Florida Sixth Grader and was scary smart regarding various questions of a geographical nature.

I believe they also have a National History Bee but I have not seen it advertised but I did watch that several years ago and it was also won by a young man if Indian ethnicity. It seems as if these young students who are of Indian decent have some study habits which are somewhat superior to many of our electronic device thumb operating kids of other backgrounds. It is a small wonder that when you call your Internet or E-Mail assistance toll free numbers that you get someone in India or Pakistan or someone in that region. While they might be tough to understand due to an accent, I have never found one who did not know what he/she was doing. Once I spoke with a young man in India who was a college student and actually spoke exceptionally good English. One of the steps was going to take about 10 minutes and we struck up a conversation and he was very interested in American History and was especially interested in the State of Texas and some of our early history. We had a very pleasant conversation and he told me that after he graduated from college that he wanted to travel to America and especially wanted to come to Texas and the Southwest. He also apologized for not speaking better English and I told him the he spoke my language way better than I could speak his (which was not at all) and that he actually was quite easy to understand. Interesting young man.

The bottom line is that darn near all the people who place high in these competitions are either Home Schooled or attend Private Schools. Not a very good picture of the public education systems in the United States. Of course for the past 6 years my wife and I have been a Host Family to about 12 or 13 college students from South Korea and those young folks are extremely smart. After they received their grades for the first semester, I asked one of them how he had done. He told me that he had made 5 "A"s. I asked him if he had talked with his parents and he said that he had called them. I made the statement that I bet that they were proud of him. He gave me a funny look and said, "They expected me to make 5 "A"s. I would have heard about it had I not". Several of the S. Korean girls were really smart in American History. One of them told me that she thought it was shameful that American Students knew so little about the founding and the history of their own country. I had to agree. This young lady knew more about the United States Constitution than do most Senators and Congressmen.

ZOO:

I have read and heard and watched way too much coverage on the shooting of the gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo. I have watched several pieces of video and it looked to me as if the 400 pound male silverback was actually standing over the 4 year old in a protective manner. Of course, I could not read the gorilla's mind so I don't know what he was thinking at the time. I do know that when the male gorilla felt threatened, he grabbed the child, once by a leg and once by an arm, and drug him to another place inside the compound. But after so doing, stood over the child in a protective manner. The zoo officials made the decision to shoot and kill the gorilla rather than take a chance on shooting him with a tranquilizer. I was not there and of course the entire footage of the various videos was not shown in their entirety but almost immediately, the Animal Rights folks began screaming that an innocent animal was killed.

Then, as should have been expected, another group began shouting that the parents of the 4 year old boy should be prosecuted criminally for not watching their child. Then another group began shouting about the Cincinnati Zoo should be prosecuted for not having more safety measures in play.

In all fairness, it appeared to me as if the large male gorilla was more interested in protecting the child than he was in harming him. BUT, a gorilla is a wild animal and even in trying to protect this child, he could have seriously injured him. I don't suppose it ever crossed the minds of the PETA idiots that in trying to help the child, this 400 pound gorilla could have seriously injured or even killed the kid. It might be about time for someone to remind PETA and all of the other animal rights groups that a wild primate is incredibly strong and does not necessarily have the same thought processes as a human. (Actually, I believe that many primates are better thinkers than many humans) In any event, the officials at the Cincinnati Zoo did what they believed to be in the best interest of the 4 year old child.

I don't know about how the rest of you feel but if it were my 4 year old grandson or grand daughter in that gorilla enclosure I would not hesitate to pull the trigger myself if I had the slightest idea that my grandchild could be injured or killed.

And I still have to wonder just exactly how this four year old was able to get through some type of barrier and fall 10 feet into the moat surrounding the gorilla exhibit? And I also must point out to the idiots who want the parents criminally prosecuted that:

A.    They more than likely do not have children themselves

B.    They have absolutely no idea how rapidly a young child can move when they make their minds up to do something

C.    They more than likely have no concept of the legal system in our country

D.    They more than likely have the IQ of a box of Raisin Bran

In any event, I am sure that the Cincinnati Zoo will more than likely be on the receiving end of some type of civil action, whether justified or not. I am also of the opinion that had this occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby would already have brought criminal charges against the child's parents but the four year old as well.

Then, to prove that the City of Cincinnati is pushing to be on an even par with Baltimore, I heard on Tuesday morning that the City of Cincinnati has now decided to open up an investigation into the actions, or lack thereof, of the child's parents and the Cincinnati Zoo. One must ask themselves about any indication of CRIMINAL INTENT in this entire matter. I would much rather toss the local PETA President into the gorilla exhibit and see how quickly they would be calling for a sniper to take out the gorilla.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster.".......... THOMAS SOWELL

"The great promise of socialism is something for nothing. It is one of the signs of today's dumbed-down education that so many college students seem to think that the cost of their education should -- and will -- be paid by raising taxes on the rich...... Here again, just a little check of the facts would reveal that higher tax rates on upper-income earners do not automatically translate into more tax revenue coming in to the government. Often high tax rates have led to less revenue than lower tax rates."......................... THOMAS SOWELL

"Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the State..... This state is to be the arch-employer, the arch-planner, the arch-administrator, and the arch-ruler.....Government of the duds, by the duds and for the duds."...... WINSTON CHURCHILL

"No Socialist system can be established without a political police.".............. WINSTON CHURCHILL

"Good weapons are necessary, but if you put the best weapon that can be invented into the hands of a coward, he will be beaten by a brave man with a club."........................... THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Sometime in the mid 1970s, Dennis Wesley and I went to Santa Fe, New Mexico to spend several days with the drug chemists at the New Mexico State Crime Lab. Our purpose was to learn more about the field tests for all drugs and some specific tests for marihuana. We had several chemists who instructed us in various areas and one of them, a really good guy named Joe Garcia, was teaching us the field test for LSD, as best as I can remember. He gave us the name of the chemical used for the test. It was:

"PARADIMETHYLAMINOBENZALDEHYDE" and, of course when he rattled off the name and we were attempting to write it down in our notebooks, he kept on talking. I told him to hold up and asked him how it was spelled. He never cracked a smile and said, "It is spelled just like it sounds." We stopped him right there and told him to spell it for us very slowly since we did obviously not have the same chemistry background as he. He then laughed and spelled it for us. So to save you from counting, it has 29 letters.

After returning to Hobbs, NM a few months later I was testifying in Magistrate Court about doing a field test and the defense attorney asked me if I knew the name of the chemical used in this test. I had been waiting for such a question and I rattled off the chemical PARADIMETHYLAMINOBENZALDEHYDE, at which time the defense attorney's face turned white and he said, "No further questions." I was sure glad cause the name of the chemical was absolutely all I knew about the subject.

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Barack Hussein Obama, whom we all know is the world's most articulate and intelligent human, tells us that "Other world leaders are 'RATTLED' by Donald Trump." I damn sure hope so and I now hope that "The Donald" is elected if he "RATTLES" other world leaders. From the shape of Europe, the Middle East, and much of Asia and damn near ALL of Africa and South America and Mexico, I want someone who "RATTLES" those wimpy assed leaders. I know for sure that there is absolutely NOTHING that Barack Hussein Obama has done to RATTLE, INTIMIDATE, or UPSET in any way ANY of the other so called World Leaders.

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Here is some news which I am sure will NOT surprise any of you. California Governor Jerry Brown has announced that while the does think that Bernie Sanders has some "REALLY GOOD IDEAS", Brown will nevertheless cast his vote for Hillary as he thinks that Sanders cannot win a general election. Now, his voting for Hillary does not come as a surprise as I think the Clintons own his ass. But for the Governor of the most populous in the United States to make the statement that he likes some of Bernie's ideas leads me to form the opinion that California Governor Jerry Brown must have the thinking capacity approaching the level as that of a stool sample.

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I, for one, am not too concerned about North Korea developing a delivery system for a nuclear weapon anytime in the near future. I heard where they fired off another rocket and it went nowhere fast. I suppose that given about another 10 years for the North Koreans to do a little more study on the matter and if they could set up a launch site on Alcatraz Island, they MIGHT be able to get one of their rockets to almost reach the West Coast of California.... The operative word here is MIGHT.

I am a bit more worried about Iran's nuclear capabilities and if you take a close look at a map of the Middle East, you will see that they don't have to develop a system with intercontinental capabilities.

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On Monday, May 30, 2016 I was listening to a local radio station and heard a news report where the announcer made the statement that today was Memorial Day and that all federal and state offices would be closed as would most of the city offices. Had he stopped there, it would have been fine, BUT, he continued on to inform we in the uninformed listening audience that Memorial Day was a holiday to honor all Veterans of the various branches of the Military.

Isn't that odd. All these years, ever since I was a young kid, I had been laboring under the impression that Memorial Day was a day for us to remember and HONOR those Americans who had given their lives in their service to the U.S. Armed Forces. To me it is one of the most solemn of days designated as a national holiday.

Of course I watched a couple of interviews regarding Memorial Day with various college students and they probably knew even less about this day of remembrance than did the radio announcer I heard. I am sure that most of these college students can name you the dates of various concerts by a bunch of shrieking idiots. But they cannot be bothered to know anything about how many Americans have died in the various wars in which our country has been involved..... A damned shame.

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Finally, I watched an interview with Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson. Prior to this interview, I thought Jeh Johnson to be not only incompetent but also trending toward not being very smart and of course a total lying Obama appointee. He removed all doubt in my mind and now I am positive he possesses all of those qualities. In just couple of sentences he claimed that the various divisions of his Homeland Security Department were; Doing a good job protecting our borders; Doing a good job in keeping on top of terrorism threats; Doing a good job in providing security for travelers. He might have said even more but I did not have the stomach to listen to this lyin' mutt and I turned him off.

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Don't know if I have mentioned in the past but if you get a chance to see the Denzel Washington movie "Man On Fire", be sure to watch it from the beginning. Really well done. It is also an excellent book but the movie takes place in Mexico City and in the book the action is in Italy. But both are worthwhile.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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May 25th, 2016 SAFETY / BOURKE

WEDNESDAY - May 25, 2016

Greetings from the West Texas Association Of Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Conspirators.

SAFETY:

The actual quote regarding safety and liberty made by Benjamin Franklin is:

"Those who would give up essential liberty in order to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither LIBERTY NOR SAFETY."

I have read several accounts of people's ideas regarding Franklin's meaning of this statement. Of course in our present world where people are concerned about the NSA monitoring their cell phone and hard line phone calls, many people use some form of this quote to apply it to more government intrusion into our personal lives. I have always sort of wondered if this was the true meaning of Franklin's statement which is often misquoted. Now while I believe that Benjamin Franklin was probably one of the smartest people EVER/ANYWHERE, I doubt that even he could imagine the electronic communications that it seems everyone.... or at least almost everyone... enjoys today.

It also strikes me as a bit unusual that our self centered, narcissistic, selfish society made up to a large degree of people taking "selfies" and posting them for the world to see on Facebook or YouTube or some similar outlet seem to be the ones who are screaming the loudest about some government security agency delving into their electronically controlled lives. Actually this quote which was made in 1755 which was not only prior to the Constitution of the United States, it was prior to the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. So it would have been IMPOSSIBLE for Franklin to have been referencing the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution.

From several articles I read, Franklin had reference to some tension between government power and individual liberty. He was describing, rather, effective self-government in the service of security as their very liberty it would be contemptible to trade. The entire question had reference to the Pennsylvania Governor's accusing the Pennsylvania Assembly's stalling on appropriating funds for frontier defense (during the French and Indian Wars) by insisting on including the Penn lands in its taxes. The Pennsylvania Assembly believed they had the right to tax the lands owned by the Penn family and the Governor was evidently siding with the Penns who did not believe their land should be taxed.

However, Ben Franklin's often misquoted statement about trading Essential Liberty for Temporary Safety can pretty well be applied to today's massive government interference into individual privacy. Since we do NOW have a United States Constitution which prohibits " UNREASONABLE" intrusion into individual privacy, I would think that the American people should indeed have The right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES .

However, our Senate and Congress during the George W. Bush administration appears to have allowed their fears for security overshadow the right to the essential liberty of the American people.

AND, just to give you a bit of an idea of just how SECURE and SAFE the public is, here are a few statistics from just ONE of our governmental bureaus, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. Sounds good doesn't it? Just in one area, Illegal Immigration into our country, here are a few statistics which I got from a Congressional hearing:

During a THREE YEAR PERIOD ending in 2015, some 86,000+ CONVICTED ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS were released back into American Society instead of being DEPORTED, as is called for by the law. These good people were responsible for 231,000 crimes with 196 of them being Murder or some other type of Homicide.

Perhaps it is just me, but it appears that while our federal government is becoming more and more intrusive in our lives, our ESSENTIAL LIBERTIES as well as OUR INDIVIDUAL SAFETY have both fallen prey to a government under the control of two major political parties, who are becoming more alike than they are different, and both our ESSENTIAL LIBERTY and INDIVIDUAL SAFETY are at risk of disappearing.

We now have a Supreme Court who have at minimum Four Justices who subscribe to the theory that foreign laws should be taken into consideration when making a ruling on a case brought before the Court. In other words, regardless of what they claim, they are LEGISLATING FROM THE BENCH which is not their purpose.

With this in mind, just remember that we have recently lost our most Constitutionally driven Justice and we have a Chief Justice who waffles with the best of them. The next President of the United States will more than likely appoint at least 2 or 3 Supreme Court Justices. These are LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS and we cannot afford to have another Kagan or Sotomayor or Ginsburg.

BOURKE:

Since I am a big fan of Texas and Western History, for many years I have been reading books written by Captain John Gregory Bourke. One of his absolute best works was "On The Border With Crook". The majority dealt with the War with the Apaches but it also covered some of the campaign against the Sioux and Cheyenne in Montana. He was assigned to the staff of General George Crook. He also wrote books entitled "An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madres" and "General Crook In Indian Country" which like his other writings not only described the day to day lives of the men of the United States Cavalry but quite a bit about the customs and day to day lives of the various American Indian tribes.

John Bourke kept a diary of his life in the U.S. Military and according to Viennese psychiatrist Sigmund Freud;

"He was recognized in his own time for his ethnological writings on various indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest, particularly Apachean groups."

A language scholar from the age of eight (Latin, Greek and Gaelic), he also added the Apache language to his list. I have known in my lifetime only ONE Caucasian person who spoke the Apache language and it didn't resemble any other language I have ever heard. This man was from Sweden and lived in Southeastern Arizona ever since I was a young kid. I purchased my very first copy of "On The Border With Crook" from him when I was about 11 years old.

Captain John Gregory Bourke was awarded the Medal of Honor for "Gallantry In Action) at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee, in December, 1862. Since he was born June 23, 1846, that would have made him 16 years of age. He had lied about his age. He told them he was 19 when he joined the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. After the Civil War, John Gregory Bourke received and appointment to West Point after the Civil War.

Captain John Gregory Bourke served in the United states Army from 1862 to 1896. He died on June 8th 1896. If you like history, particularly post Civil War history regarding the campaigns against the plains and Southwestern tribes, you had better latch onto some of John Gregory Bourke's writings. It is hard to put one down. Captain John Gregory Bourke is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Our cities are filling up with tallow faced children; tallow faced children will grow up to be tallow faced Congressmen; tallow faced Congressmen make tallow faced laws and thus a tallow faced country."........CAPTAIN JOHN GREGORY BOURKE... Apparently Captain Bourke was able to see well into the 21st century.

"Two themes seem to dominate Commencement speeches. One is shameless self-advertising by people in government, or in related organizations supported by the taxpayers or donors, saying how nobler it is to be in 'public service' than working in business or other selfish activities."..... THOMAS SOWELL

"The second theme of many Commencement speakers, besides flattering themselves that they are in morally superior careers, is to flatter the graduates that they are now equipped to go out into the world as 'leaders' who can prescribe how other people should live."......... THOMAS SOWELL

"Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep."........ THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH, Veteran's Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I am sure that by now, almost all of us have heard that Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero was found NOT GUILTY of all charges brought against him in the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked the Baltimore riots which were aided by not only the Baltimore Mayor but by the Baltimore Police Administration and the County Prosecutor's Office. Right after all of the charges were announced, I watched a number of prominent defense attorneys make statements that it did not appear to them as if the State of Maryland had enough evidence to bring criminal charges against any of the Officers who were charged.

ALSO, I did not realize it until this latest verdict was announced, that the District Judge who heard this case was a black Judge. Let's see now. Freddie Gray was black; several of the Officers are black; The Baltimore Mayor is black; damn near all if not all of the rioters were black; the Prosecutor is black; and this last defendant was white. Obviously the Judge is a racist. Either that or it is George Bush's fault that the white Police Officer was acquitted. The only other thing I can think of is Manmade Global Warming.

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This past couple of weeks, I have had some plumbing problems at my house. I first discovered this after normal business hours last Thursday. So I called one company who advertised 24 hour service. Of course after normal business hours the hourly rate was double. I believe the normal rate is something like $80 per hour so I was prepared to pay the $160 per hour fee as I viewed this as an emergency. The young man came out and spent well over an hour and found what we both thought to be the main problem. So he came back the following morning and stayed about another hour or so making the necessary repair. I wrote him a check and noticed that he only charged me the regular rates and not the overtime rate. I was very pleased and thanked him and told him I would recommend him to others which I have done.

Then a couple of days ago, I noticed I was still getting water leaking from my shower into a closet. So I called the same company and made an appointment and was pretty sure that this trip would involve going into the walls for some major repair. The same young man came back and checked a couple of things and then checked the connection at my shower head. He found a small crack inside the neck of the pipe which could not be seen without removing the shower head. He said that he had a piece in his truck for replacement and he did so spending about a half hour but of course normally the companies charge a one hour minimum. When he got ready to leave, I asked him what I owed and to my surprise he said, "no charge, I should have caught it on my first trip." I was shocked and thanked him profusely and promised him for sure that I would pass his name on to friends. The point of my story is that while many things are wrong with how things are going in lots of areas, there are still some really good people who are willing to do things out of kindness. I was totally prepared to pay the additional charges but this young man didn't see fit to make it financially any more difficult than was necessary. I will also try to pass his kindness on to others when I can be of help.

GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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May 18th, 2016 LIBERTARIAN

THURSDAY - May 19, 2016

Greetings from Jingoistic Angry Xenophobic Firearms Owning White Males Of West Texas.

LIBERTARIAN:

I have listened to politicians who claim to be LIBERTARIANS speak for a number of years and I find that I am in agreement with their views on most of the government spending programs and their views on federal taxes and several other areas.

BUT, earlier today I listened to an interview with one of the LIBERTARIAN Presidential Candidates on the radio. I got in a few moments after the interview started and did not catch the man's name. But I did catch some of his ideas AND most importantly his ideas on defeating ISIS.

If this guy was a true representative of the LIBERTARIAN Political Party then I am more afraid of him than I am of Donald Trump... and that is some serious fear. According to this man, the entire problem with Islamic Terrorism is mainly the fault of the United States Government.

I will certainly admit that every single policy instituted by the United States Government regarding the Middle East has not always been in the best interests of the American People nor of the interests of the entire bloc of Middle Eastern countries. But according to this man, every single man and woman in the United States Military should be brought back to the United States and according to him our military has no business in any other country .... anywhere.

He then went on to say that finding peaceful methods to deal with ISIS would be better than attempting to fight them. He further advocated opening our borders to ANYONE who wished to come to the United States and that "Fighting Fire With Fire" was no way to win in a confrontation with anyone.

Now I do not know how old this guy was, nor do I really care. I do know that you cannot deal peacefully with people who want you dead under any circumstances. One must also wonder if he has read anything about either World History or American History... EVER.

It seems to me as if World War II was finally brought to an end by "Fighting Fire With Huge Amounts Of Fire". And he also spouted off some tripe about, "We are ALL IMMIGRANTS". Well, I am pretty sure that some of my ancestors were indeed IMMIGRANTS to the United States but I know that both my Father and my Mother were born in the United States and that my wife and I were both born in the United States and that our daughter, grandchildren, and great grandchildren were also born in the United States, so this LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE can take his "We are ALL immigrants" version of citizenship and stick it where the sun don't shine.

Once again, during the early Republican Presidential Campaign, I thought that Rand Paul had the absolute best proposal on a Federal Income Tax plan that would help us all BUT it was also keyed into some massive spending cuts.

So I know that one some fiscal policies I agree to a large degree with the LIBERTARIANS and I sure agree on some of the federal waste in spending on many absolutely USELESS FEDERAL PROGRAMS, for which I blame both Democrats and Republicans.

Also I would like to call your attention that ANYTIME any governmental agency at damn near ANY level institutes a program entitled "WAR ON ___________" (just fill in the blank with whatever you like), be very cautious on signing on with this concept. Case in point: THE WAR ON POVERTY. This had its actual start in the 1960s. Each year, the federal government has poured more and more money into the WAR ON POVERTY.... yet the number of poor people seems to increase each year. Now let us look at THE WAR ON DRUGS. There have been a few programs that actually assisted people addicted to various drugs in defeating their addiction. BUT there have been at least an equal if not greater number of FAILURES also.

One of the really useless programs at least those with which I am familiar was the METHADONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, which were big in the mid-seventies. Millions of dollars were poured into these Methadone programs and I cannot think of one single heroin addict who was actually cured of their addiction by this substitute addiction program. If you are not familiar with how it was supposed to work, here it is in a nutshell:

A heroin addict signed up for the Methadone Maintenance Program and was given a very addictive substitute drug called Methadone (Dolophine Hydrochloride) with the theory being that the person would become addicted to the Methadone and then slowly given smaller doses until they were drug free. Of course, every single heroin addict with whom I spoke told me that the Methadone was tougher to kick than was heroin itself. SO, what it amounted to was a federally funded program which was designed to cure drug addiction by using other addictive drugs. It not only did not work but during one period of time in New Mexico, I was involved in an undercover drug operation in which something like 18 out of the 19 Methadone recipients sold their week end take home doses of Methadone to our undercover agent. They spent the money they got from the Methadone sales to purchase..... you guessed it.... heroin.

Fortunately, after our undercover operation ended in the arrest of those 18 people on multiple drug sales charges, ALL of the funds provided by The State and The County were pulled as were some other financial benefits received by the Methadone Program and it folded in many areas of New Mexico. Nationwide it was a joke.

SO, be very suspect of ANY FEDERAL PROGRAM that declares WAR on ANYTHING.

In closing, I do agree with the LIBERTARIANS on much smaller centralized federal government and agree with them on cutting useless federal programs BUT, some of their other ideas regarding how to fight terrorism are way past lame. Apparently this LIBERTARIAN Presidential Candidate has never been made aware that the teachings of MUHAMMAD (570 AD - 632 AD ) were actually adopted at least 860 years prior to the discovery of the Western continents and I find it pretty hard to blame America's immigration policies for the Nation of Islam's attitude toward Non-Muslims.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters, Suzie Dove - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"This year's general election will offer a choice between a thoroughly corrupt liar and an utterly irresponsible egomaniac."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"More than two centuries ago, Thomas Jefferson said, 'Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.' If so, can people who cannot be bothered to look up from their electronic devices expect to remain a free people?"................. THOMAS SOWELL

"Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.".............. WINSTON CHURCHILL

"It is a very dangerous doctrine to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all Constitutional questions. It is one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.".............. THOMAS JEFFERSON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Attorney General LORETTA LYNCH

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Planned Parenthood, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

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I have gone the better part of a week and have been FOX News FREE. I am getting just about as sick of the FOX News crew as I am of CNN and the networks and MSNBC... You notice I said "ALMOST" but I am getting close. However, for the past few days, my evenings have been taken up with the STARZ/ENCORE Western channel showing my absolute favorite Mini-Series, CENTENNIAL. I don't think I have ever seen a movie or TV presentation which had more first rate actors than does CENTENNIAL. Of course it is based upon a novel by James A. Michener of the same name. I have read the book at least twice and have seen the mini-series in its entirety at least four times. I never tire of really good movies. Can't even begin to tell you how many times I have watched the movies, "SHANE" or "KING SOLOMON'S MINES" or "VIVA ZAPATA" or "ONE EYED JACKS" or "SECOND HAND LIONS" and of course "MR. ROBERTS", just to name a few. The series has some absolutely beautiful scenery of Colorado in every season as well as some areas which give a great depiction of West Texas and the "Llano Estacado" country. If you have never seen the mini-series, I urge you to do so and if it is not available, read Mr. Michener's novel. Both will be time well spent.

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In reference to one of Thomas Sowell's quotes about many of people today seem to have their heads buried in some electronic device or other. Just this week while driving down one of the main thoroughfares a few blocks from my house, I saw two guys who were doing yard work at a residence. One of them was walking behind a power lawn mower and he had his head buried in some device and he was mowing an erratic path which in no way resembled a straight line. The other guy was walking in the street operating a leaf blower and he had his head buried and was texting with one hand and was blowing many of the leaves and grass clippings back onto the yard. Of course the guy in the yard could not see this as he appeared to also texting with one hand.

The guy in the straight wandered into a lane of oncoming traffic and was damn near run over by a lady who was operating her car WHILE TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE.

I probably spend somewhere between 1.5 and 2 hours per day on my computer either looking stuff up or sending e-mails to friends. I actually forward very little stuff. But spending damn near every waking hour texting or doing some other social media crap just ain't gonna' happen.

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Oh yeah, before I go, I would like a show of hands of everyone who believes that Barack Hussein Obama DID NOT APOLOGIZE to the Japanese for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. I do not like to see children and civilians die in any war but I also feel as if President Truman did the absolute right thing and that while it took many innocent lives, it also saved probably at least a million lives.

Also, I have seen photographs of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki taken in the past few years and BOTH of those Japanese cities which were destroyed in WW II, look better today than does Detroit and Baltimore and many other larger cities.

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GOOD GUYS:**

ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE

** You may have noticed that all politicians have been removed from the Good Guy List. Sheriff David Clarke is the only exception.

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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May 11th, 2016 TRANS?

Wednesday - May 11, 2016

Greetings once again from the Home For Xenophobic Second Amendment Supporting Angry Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas.

TRANS:

I just wonder how many of us, back when we were young adults, would have believed that in our later years we would have to be bombarded with all this stuff about men using women's restrooms and women using men's restrooms? Ah, but in today's world it has come about due to the terms used today; TRANS-GENDER; TRANS-SEXUAL; and my personal favorite, GENDER FLUID.
Why is this even on the board for discussion? For as long as I can remember, most businesses and shopping malls had two SEPARATE RESTROOMS which were designated MEN'S or WOMEN'S by either words or pictures or both. This has been the rule for as long as I can remember. I have to question the statements made by our illustrious Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, when speaking about the Department of Justice suit against the State of North Carolina regarding their recently adopted state law about using restrooms designated for the sex shown on your birth certificate. Now, I don't know of many people who carry their birth certificate around with them and I damn sure hope we don't have to start showing identification before we use a public restroom.

BUT, the statement made by Loretta Lynch showed me that she was way more interested in the Constitutional Rights of the LGBT/F Community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/ Friends) than she is with the Constitutional Rights of ordinary heterosexual people. I guess Ms. Lynch is following in the footsteps of her predecessor, Eric Holder, and Barack Hussein Obama in sending the great majority of Americans the message that we simply do not matter to the present administration. I believe that we have pretty much already seen that our wishes and desires and needs mean absolutely nothing to any of the elected mutts in either the Senate or the House.

I guess pretty much all you have to do these days is to put the prefix, TRANS, in front of just about anything or add the suffix, FLUID, to the same and you can pretty much demand anything of these current elected jerks and be put on the preferred list.

And please spare me all of the rhetoric about GENDER-FLUIDITY. And I do realize that there is the occasional birth of an individual commonly referred to as: an hermaphrodite. For those of you who currently reside in the People's Republic of San Francisco here is the Webster's definition of hermaphrodite: Hermaphroditos, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, united in a single body with a nymph; a person, animal, or plant with the sexual organs of both the male and the female. This occurrence in humans is extremely rare. It is more common in invertebrates and I have read several accounts and seen several nature films which said that the spotted hyenas in Africa were born as true hermaphrodites and their sex is determined as to whichever sex is needed in the group.

SO, I have some real serious doubts as to this being a major occurrence in the LGBT/F Community and it would appear to me to be more of an invitation for sexual molestation of unwilling people than a true problem with self-identity. I have had pretty much my fill of hearing about how some people are just so confused that sometimes they feel like a male and other times feel like a female. Doesn't make sense that if suddenly one morning, one of these folks felt like a dog, if he might not just trot out to the nearest fire hydrant and hike is leg a whiz like a canine? Or instead of using a restroom facility, someone who believes himself/herself to be of the feline persuasion might be on the lookout for a box of sand into which they would deposit their bodily fluids.

In any event, I find that it is an insult to the intelligence of everyday Americans to have this idiotic crap shoved down our throats and I feel pretty sure that most parents of children are a bit concerned with our federal government's obsession with which bathrooms we use. SO, I shall continue to use the MEN'S as will I feel sure all of my friends who are male and I feel sure that all of our friends who are female will continue to use the WOMEN'S Restrooms.

Once again, the media and our Department of Justice and the Obama Administration and governmental agencies at damn near every level seem intent on using misdirection to divert our attention away from the catastrophe which is looming in our future. And if I have to explain what that catastrophe is then you are not nearly as perceptive as I have believed for a good while. I heard a story recently which reported that one of the Assistant Attorney Generals who was in charge of a branch of the DOJ which is tasked with assisting Convicted Felons and Released Convicts fitting back into society. This brilliant Assistant Attorney General has instituted a directive which FORBIDS the employees of this program to use the words FELON or CONVICT when describing felons and convicts.

In closing and in keeping with the subject of TRANS? I would like to add a new term to the English Language. And that word is TRANSPISSED. My entire attitude is the basis for this new word and it simply means: Upon waking up in the morning, I am completely pissed at our federal government and most of our elected officials AND when I go to bed in the evening, I am still as pissed off at these vermin as I was upon awakening. Perhaps a better word might actually be PERMAPISSED.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill, Marshall Newman -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Republican party leaders may have worried that Donald Trump would not only lose the general election for the presidency, but would so poison the image of the party as to cause Republican candidates for Congress and for state and local offices to also lose. Now they seem to be trying to patch things up, in order to present an image of unity before the general elections this fall.".............. THOMAS SOWELL ** ( I believe this to be true and perhaps this should have occurred to them a bit earlier in the game. JEM)

"Hillary Clinton's much-vaunted 'experience' has been an experience in carrying out a policy that has failed disastrously from the Middle East to Ukraine to North Korea. We don't need more of that kind of experience."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not.".......... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri, Sean Hannity FOX News

*By Request

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I have received several e-mails regarding SNOPES and the e-mail I sent out regarding petitions and junk mail and the like. About 8 or 9 years back when Nancy Pelosi was the Speaker of the House of Representatives I watched her make a statement, I believe it was on taxes, on CSPAN. Then I heard her statements made over several radio programs. Then it went out on the e-mail circuit. Almost immediately someone checked with SNOPES who came back that it was a HOAX and that she had not made those statements. From that moment on, I have had no use for SNOPES as I do not need some site to tell me that I did not hear what I heard. I have had several other folks who have found SNOPES to be not as reliable as some originally thought.

The main object of the e-mail I sent out was directed primarily at On Line PETITIONS; Junk Mail (regular mail, not e-mail); and Telephone Solicitors. I am pretty much like Rhett Butler in that frankly don't give a damn about what SNOPES says about practically anything.

I do know a little something about Petitions and I know that ANY PETITION that does not require your full name; address; and actual signature are USELESS! I have had to supervise the validation of Petitions in the past and the requirements might differ in some instances from state to state but in the state where I lived at the time, the Petition had to have your full name (AS IT APPEARED ON YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION) and your handwritten signature. If it was different in any way, that signature was invalid.

AND, for a good many years I have been loading down re-paid postage envelopes with pretty much all the junk I could. Some have stopped and some have not but it is very little trouble to load their wagon with more junk than they send you.

I am certainly no expert on how various sites can hack into your various e-mail address books but I do know that on a forwarded e-mail if it is not sent as a BCC that those e-mail addresses can be obtained by anyone who receives that particular e-mail. That is why I try to BCC a bunch of my forwards unless it is to a small particular group of people whom I know very well.

ANYWAY, please do not think I am Un-American by not having any faith in SNOPES but I have no use for that bunch.

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Here is another couple of things I can do without. I do not need Bill O'Reilly, or Sean Hannity, or Megyn Kelly, or anyone else on any of the so called News Shows on television to:

1) Tell me what I am about to see

2) Then show it to me

3) Then explain to me just exactly what it was I saw

Also, why am I not surprised when Bill O'Reilly has Donald Trump as a guest on his show and in the course of "Asking The Tough Questions" touches on building the wall on the Southern U.S. Border with Mexico and asks "The Donald" how he is going to get Mexico to pay for the wall. Then "The Donald" gives him the exact same answer he has been giving for the past six months or so and as soon as Trump is gone, O'Reilly has as his next guest, Vincente Fox, the former President of Mexico to ask him what he thinks of "The Donald's" plan for this "Huge" wall. Now, I was born on a day, but it wasn't yesterday and I while I do not have the formal education of Mr. O'Reilly or Ms. Kelly or even Geraldo Rivera, I already know pretty much the views of Vincente Fox on the Border Wall. And then after any of those FOX News jerks get through with any of their questions to people with totally opposing views on any subject, we are insulted by them making the statement; "Well that was a good debate". Evidently these learned FOX News vermin have no idea just exactly what a debate is

I have only a couple of year's worth of college credits but I know that a debate is not two or more people shouting over each other. I am just about to the point where I cannot stand FOX News anymore. There are a few exceptions but not many.

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A couple of days ago I listened to a caller who claimed he was a CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN and that he was at his wits end with the Republican Party and the he was one of those who would NEVER vote for Trump. He was urging other Conservative Republicans to join him in boycotting "The Donald" and going a Third Party vote. Then he came out with his Third Party suggestion and it was Libertarian Candidate GARY JOHNSON. At that exact moment, I formed an opinion that this so called CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN possessed the IQ of a waffle iron.

You see, I lived in New Mexico for 30 years. I have met Gary Johnson on several occasions and had several conversations with him. AT first I thought he was a pretty nice guy BUT after 8 years of his act as the Governor of New Mexico, I came out with the opinion that he was a liberal, arrogant, complete turd. I knew a few folks who worked for him in some fairly high government positions and they supported my opinion 100%

So, if you want to insure that Hillary Clinton is our next President of the United States, just go along with this idiot who calls himself a CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN and vote for Gary Johnson. And when you do, just be prepared for 8 years of Hillary Clinton.

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HEY! How 'bout those folks in London, electing SADIQ KHAN as their new mayor? I have read quite a bit of stuff on his ties with some rather questionable Muslim organizations with terrorist ties. What in the hell has come over the people in Great Britain?

Better still, what in the hell has come over the leaders of the Republican Party in America?

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As a general rule I do not care for remakes of movies. There are the occasional exceptions. One of my favorite Western movies is the original "Monte Walsh" which starred Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Jim Davis, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, Michael Conrad and other good character actors. Then a few years back they made another made for TV movie of "Monte Walsh" which starred Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine, James Gammon, George Eaos, Barry Corbin, William Devane, and some more good character actors. Surprisingly, I enjoyed the second version just as much as I did the original. But I have come to the conclusion that Tom Selleck is pretty darn great in everything he makes. In the past month I have seen both versions and enjoyed them both which is unusual.

I am getting a little early start today as I just finished watching Gunga Din and a little later the TCM Channel will show Charge of the Light Brigade with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland followed by The Jungle Books which starred a young Indian actor named Sabu. If you do not know the story of Sabu, you should look it up. He became an American citizen and was a ball turret gunner on a B 25 during World War II.

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GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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May 4th, 2016 PRESIDENTIAL

Wednesday - May 4, 2016

Greetings from a Completely Fed Up Conservative Xenophobic SUV Owner Of West Texas.

PRESIDENTIAL:

As I have always tried to point out, while I might be forced to cast a vote for Donald Trump since he should he be the nominee, it will actually be a vote AGAINST either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

In my opinion we have the Republican National Committee and the Establishment Republican Elected Officials playing nice with the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist Elected Officials from the Democrat Party to thank for the complete screwed up mess currently in place in Washington, D.C.

I know that Donald Trump has a commanding lead insofar as getting the Republican nomination, particularly after Ted Cruz suspended his campaign after the loss in Indiana. I also have grown pretty weary of much of his behavior during this campaign. BUT, I listened to an audio of "The Donald" earlier on Tuesday speaking to some FOX News people and "The Donald" made a statement about a "NEWS REPORT" which had come to his attention which told the story of the Father of Ted Cruz meeting with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's death which occurred following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There was a photo taken in August of 1963 in which it appears to show Lee Harvey Oswald handing out pamphlets in New Orleans which was some three months prior to President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. There were several other males in this photo and some alleged photo expert said that one of the men in the photo had "More Similarities than Dissimilarities" with Rafael Cruz. This photo was taken 53 years ago and I am not sure whether that the man allegedly identified by THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER as Rafael Cruz or someone else.

In any event, "The Donald" relying on THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER as a valid news source is somewhat bizarre in my view. Then to top it off, after viewing some Trump Supporters acting like Black Lives Matter members in trying to shout down Ted Cruz I heard "The Donald" make the statement that those supporters were actually VERY SMART PEOPLE and that THE GOVERNMENT HAD JUST NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THEM.

As I have said before, I do not like Donald Trump...... I do not believe that Donald Trump has looking after the best interests of the American People or The United States as his primary function as President ...... I do not believe that Donald Trump really cares about ANYONE or ANYTHING that does not promote his image or his wealth.

Earlier I heard an endorsement from a former coach whom I like quite a bit, Lou Holtz. Lou Holtz said that among the reasons for his endorsement of Donald Trump was that he had PLAYED AT TRUMP'S GOLF COURSES and HAD STAYED IN TRUMP'S HOTELS. OK. Let's see if I have this straight. I have driven through Arkansas but that does not mean that I supported Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee. I have listened to a radio station in Austin, Texas which was owned by Lyndon B. Johnson but I did not support him. If I am going to support a candidate, I have to believe that he/she will do the best job for the elected position. I also have to believe that there is at least some degree of honesty in that person and at this point, I believe that Donald Trump has lied to all of us. While I believe Donald Trump has lied..... I KNOW HILLARY CLINTON HAS LIED. So, if "The Donald" is picked to be the opposition of Hillary Clinton in the general election, I will drink a huge shot of MAALOX prior to going to the polls and take some type of drug to settle my stomach after I vote.

I watched Ted Cruz last evening when he announced the suspension of his campaign and thought that he actually sounded much more Presidential than Trump has sounded at any point in this campaign. One of the main reasons I had supported Ted Cruz is based upon him being truthful to the voters of Texas in his actions in the Senate. And I believe that my support was justified by seeing how Mitch McConnell and John Boehner and a few more Senators and Congressmen have shown their true colors in fighting Ted Cruz at every turn. The fact that he did not cave in to the Washington Establishment speaks volumes about his character.

My final question is at what point will John Kasich wake up? Perhaps never?

Does it strike anyone as a bit unusual for Donald Trump yesterday morning to be calling Ted Cruz "Lyin' Ted" and accuse Cruz's father of somehow being in league with Lee Harvey Oswald just prior to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and then last night after Ted Cruz suspended his campaign talked about what a smart man and tough campaigner Cruz was?

I'm sorry folks but I cannot think of a person for whom I had an intense dislike yesterday morning did not hold their same place in my thoughts last night.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms."........................ THOMAS JEFFERSON

"Some people seem to think that Donald Trump has great abilities because he is a billionaire. But being born rich and getting richer is not exactly a Horatio Alger miracle."................... THOMAS SOWELL

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." ....................................... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Last week I got an e-mail which was some video put out by Gatorade which showed a number of individuals who had received hand written letters from Peyton Manning. They included his Dad, Archie Manning; his Brother, Eli Manning; Former Professional and College Coaches; Present and former Teammates; an ESPN Sports Announcer who has been diagnoses with throat cancer; The Mother of a young man who died as the result of cancer; Former N.Y. Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter; and one in particular to a former NFL Draftee who said that after he had been drafted as a wide receiver by the Indianapolis Colt who said that after he had been drafted, Peyton Manning drove up to Ohio several times to help him learn the playbook.

I have always admired Peyton Manning not only as one of the absolute best NFL Quarterbacks EVER, but also for the class he has always shown on the field and off. I enjoyed all of his commercials and was plenty happy to see his team win the Super Bowl for his final game. It doesn't matter what position he played, but just think about playing 18 years in any contact sport and being able to go out on top.

Going back to when I first began watching professional football, there have been a number of players who have stood out in my eyes at the quarterback position not only for their athletic ability but even more so as real leaders of their teams:

Bobby Layne, Bob Waterfield, Otto Graham, George Blanda, Norm Van Brocklin, Fran Tarkenton , Christian Adolph Jurgensen (Sonny), Billy Kilmer, Don Meredith, Roger Staubach, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Y.A. Tittle, Ken Stabler, Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana, Tom Brady, John Elway, Peyton Manning

Yes, I know I have left some off who were great quarterbacks, but at the time I was not seeing them or I did not like them for one reason or another. And please spare me the observation that Joe Namath is not on the list. I personally never liked him when he was quarterback at Alabama and liked him even less when he was the quarterback for the New York Jets. And I have seen his famous GUARANTEE played way too many times. What really soured me on Joe Willie Namath was some of his antics before TV cameras when he was not playing football. But who is the best of all times? Purely subjective and of course due to rule changes and a number of other factors it is rather hard to compare quarterbacks in the Unitas, Layne, Tittle, Van Brocklin, Blanda eras as there was open season on hitting the quarterback. And, of course, I did get to see all of these guys play whereas I never got to watch Sammy Baugh play AND he was probably the BEST all round player ever. I believe he still holds the season punting average or perhaps even the lifetime punting average AND he set one record which will more than likely NEVER be broken. In one game he threw FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES AND INTERCEPTED FOUR PASSES. Also in one season he led the league in Passing; Punting; and Interceptions. He was one tough old customer.

BUT I cannot think of a classier individual in sports than Peyton Manning.

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Last Saturday morning I was listening to a sports show on the radio and the two radio show hosts were interviewing over the telephone, Case Keenum, who has been named as the starting quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams. Of course I remember Case Keenum from his high school days when he played for the Abilene Wiley Bulldogs. He was a multi-sport athlete in high school but decided to stick with football and attended the University of Houston where he played for four years and had an outstanding college career. He has played for several NFL teams and is presently with the Los Angeles Rams. LOS ANGELES RAMS..... damn, that sure sound more correct than St. Louis Rams.

Anyway, I have heard Keenum speak on several occasions and have found him to also be a class act. He is a religious young man and when he spoke of his present coach with The Rams, he always referred to him as "Coach Fisher" and not Jeff. As you can tell by my previous list, I am pretty old school and I cannot imagine any of the Green Bay Packers back in the 1960's calling Coach Lombardi, "Vince". As a matter of fact I saw a couple of the old Packers interviewed recently and they STILL refer to him as "Coach Lombardi". Can you imagine an Indiana basketball player calling Coach Knight, "Bobby"? I think not. It is a sign of respect which is a quality that our society as a whole lacks today. I sincerely hope that Case Keenum has a good year as the Rams' quarterback. I just have to pull for an old Abilene boy.

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I feel pretty sure that all of you have, at one time or another, seen the mini-series; Lonesome Dove. It is one of my all time favorite Westerns and featured one of my all time favorite actors, Robert Duvall. Being an avid fan I had stayed away from watching Return To Lonesome Dove for several years. HOWEVER, a couple of days back they showed parts 1 and 2 on one night and parts 3 and 4 on the following night. I caught every single minute of the mini-series and came away with a real respect for the folks who made this sequel. The movie had several of the same actors who played in the first movie. Of course Robert Duvall was killed in the first one and Tommy Lee Jones played the role of Woodrow F. Call. In the sequel Woodrow F. Call was played by Jon Voight who did an outstanding job. Ricky Schroeder played Newt in both movies and Timothy Scott played Pea Eye Parker as he had in the first and Chris Cooper played July Johnson as he had in the original . Several of the cowboys were also in both. BUT, for those of you who have not seen the sequel, be sure and watch it when it makes a return. This Return To Lonesome Dove is not based on any of the McMurtry novels but is based upon the characters created in several of his novels. Recently I also watched Comanche Moon which was about Call and McCrae in their younger days and also The Streets of Laredo which had James Garner as Woodrow Call. All of these Westerns are worth watching.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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April 28th, 2016 PRINCE / EU

Thursday - April 28, 2016

Greetings from The Association Of Intolerant Judgmental Anti-News Reporting Xenophobic Firearms Owners Of West Texas.

I am a day late as we had a houseguest for three days and have been busy showing her around and visiting with her. During her stay with us she taught me some stuff on my laptop computer (which I don't like all that much). Our houseguest was our 24 year old God Daughter who flew over from Suwon, Korea to spend a few days with us prior to starting her new job. We have known her for about 5 years and she is a very thoughtful and beautiful young lady. She actually wanted to surprise us for my Birthday but could not make connections so she got here as soon as she could. She starts a brand new job next Monday and of course it has something to do with micro-chips and computer programs. Very early this morning I drove her to Abilene, Texas which is about 90 miles North of San Angelo and she got on an American Airlines plane which was the start of her 16 hour flight back home. And I must tell you all that I do not handle little girls shedding tears very well.

PRINCE:

I am sure that the family of "Prince" along with many of his fans were shaken by the news of his sudden death. And once again, the media did their usual pathetic job of not only reporting the story but actually over-reporting the story. In watching a few minutes of Bill O'Reilly's program he did his best to down-play the possibility that just perhaps there were drugs involved. Although I did not watch it myself, a friend told me that Megyn Kelly's program was pretty much about nothing else than the career of "Prince" and his demise. I thought that perhaps this would pretty much end the wall to wall coverage BUT I was wr- - -; mis-----; incor----; ....... a bit confused on this subject. The very next morning in the (Sub) Standard Times (our local liberal rag) , there appeared the odd article on his death.

It began at the very TOP of Section A, the front page. Then in Section A, page 5 there was nearly a half page article. Then in Section B, page 7 (the sports section) there was about a quarter page devoted to "Prince". I thought to myself... ENOUGH! Ah, but I was wrong because in the GO (the entertainment section) we had the ENTIRE FRONT PAGE telling us of the passing of this music icon and just to make sure we didn't miss the story in the middle of this GO Section there was a two page poster of "Prince".

SO, with all this being said, I am now officially declaring this a "PRINCE FREE ZONE". I recognize that he had musical talent as to many entertainers for whom I have little regard. And as I said I am sure his family and friends are saddened by his demise BUT please do not try to make him out to be more than he was and do not try to make me believe that had he not come along that our Democratic Republic would have folded. It might fold on us in the next couple of years but it has NOTHING to do with "Prince's" life or his death.

OH, and before I forget, during the section of The O'Reilly Factor that I watched, I seem to remember that Bill O'Reilly himself reported that while an autopsy had been performed on "Prince" it would probably be WEEKS before results of the toxicology report could be known. REALLY? Funny, but I would venture to say that I and many other law enforcement officers have had a bit more exposure with autopsies and toxicology reports than Bill O'Reilly and there have been several occasions when I have had the results of both at least verbally given within 24 hours..... It damn sure wasn't weeks before the results were known.

EU:

For those of you currently residing in the People's Republic of San Francisco, I am speaking of the European Union..... which is apparently in a bit of trouble with at least Great Britain possibly dropping out of said European Union. Instead of resembling our own United States, it appears that the European Union leans a bit more toward the former USSR. I say this since the lion's share of European countries are Socialist to the core.

I also seem to remember that Barack Obama spoke somewhat harshly about Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu making a speech before the U.S. Congress in which he spoke against the US/Iran nuclear deal and most far left liberals expressed their displeasure at a foreign leader speaking against a U.S. policy. Of course, many other countries including some Muslim countries were also against the U.S./Iran nuclear deal.

I listened to one of the British delegates to the European Union yesterday on the radio and he said that even as a delegate to the EU, he was for Great Britain pulling out of the EU and returning to an independent nation. This British representative also said the Barack Hussein Obama had spoken before the British Parliament and urged them NOT to withdraw from the EU .. AND.. that should Britain withdraw from the EU, then they would be put at the end of the line on trade agreements with the United States. And this is coming from a man who got bent out of shape when the Israeli Prime Minister simply spoke against the US/Iran nuclear deal WITHOUT MAKING ANY THREATS.

Seems a bit one sided. From everything I have read regarding the European Union, it is not working well at all.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter,   Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddy Dietz, Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"It was bad enough for the voters to make the colossal mistake of being taken in by appearances and ignoring realities. But to repeat that very same mistake with Trump, immediately after the Obama administration, is truly staggering. How many pied pipers are we going to follow off to parts unknown?"..... THOMAS SOWELL

"Just the thought of Trump appointing justices of the Supreme Court, who will have lifetime tenure and make decisions, for decades, that will determine whether we will still be a free people, should sober up all who have not been irretrievably hypnotized by rhetoric or so embittered by the betrayals of the Republican establishment that they can see little else, including life and death situations.".................. THOMAS SOWELL

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."............ GEORGE WASHINGTON

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference -- they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.".. GEORGE WASHINGTON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

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WOW! What a surprise! Andrew Jackson's likeness will be removed from the face of the $20 bill. When they started all this talk about changing the face on the $20 bill I could have told the world that it was going to be a black female who would grace the new $20 paper currency. And I thought that it would pretty sure be Harriet Tubman. I have read some of Harriet Tubman's actions in assisting slaves to escape their situations on Southern plantations and getting them to freedom in the North. I am also sure that what she did certainly deserves recognition by everyone. But this all seems to fall into the category of "Change For The Sake Of Change", a situation with which I do not find much agreement. I still liked my idea of creating a new U.S. Currency note, a $3 bill with either Janet Reno's or Janet Napolitano's likeness on the face.

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I would like to thank everyone for their birthday wishes. I had a great birthday with my good wife and I going out for lunch and I downed a generous portion of Cocoanut Shrimp with Pina Colada sauce. My absolute favorite meal when we go out to eat seafood. My other favorites are Italian and Mexican food. We had a great Mexican Food lunch yesterday and the day before I had Spaghetti and Meatballs. SO, within a weeks' time I got to go out and eat my favorite foods.... OTHER THAN AN OLD FASHIONED HAMBURGER which is my absolute favorite and I had one of them today. Also, a good friend baked a Rum Cake for my wife and I and we polished that baby off in three days.

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When I hear these political news hacks speak very authoritatively about the upcoming Presidential election, I just have to wonder if the truth is found anywhere in their lives? In one breath, they say that Ted Cruz is hated because he is ONE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. Then you hear some members of THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT talk and they claim that Cruz IS NOT ONE OF THEM AND THAT HE IS HARD TO WORK WITH. OK. Which is it? It can't be both ways.

Then within a week or so I have listened to "The Donald" talk about how he has bought off politicians and has donated to both parties and that he was a "HUGE DEAL MAKER" but yet when the news hacks reported that Cruz and Kasich had made a deal regarding campaigning in certain states, "The Donald" said that those two making a deal was CHEATING. OK. Let me see if I can get this straight. Donald Trump donating money to politicians in order to get something done which will benefit him financially is perfectly permissible BUT if Cruz and Kasich agree to not do heavy campaigning in several states, then that is cheating. SO, flat out bribery is OK but making an agreement with no money changing hands is somehow illegal.

I am pretty sure that Donald Trump will be the Republican Nominee and I am damn near positive that Hillary will be the pick of the Democrats/Progressives/Socialists. AND if this is the case and if Hillary can escape indictment then we need to all take yoga classes so that we can be flexible enough to kiss our own asses goodbye.

The media mutts who are now so friendly toward Trump will turn on him like a school of piranha if he is the Republican Nominee.

I do not want to vote for Donald Trump but if he is the Republican Nominee then I will vote for him as he is the lesser of the two evils. The thought of Trump appointing at least 2 and probably 3 Supreme Court Justices is flat out scary...... BUT Hillary Clinton being in a position to make those same appointments is more frightening than swimming with salt water crocodiles.

I have heard several people say that they will never vote for Trump and some say that they will never vote for Cruz. But the alternative of either a write-in or not voting at all gives the election to Hillary. Think about that.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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April 20th, 2016 APOLOGIES

Wednesday - April 20, 2016

Hello once again from the Association Of Jingoistic SUV Driving Xenophobes Of West Texas.

Last Saturday I was listening to ESPN Radio when I heard the report that the City of Philadelphia had issued an APOLOGY to Jackie Robinson for booing him in the Philadelphia Phillies' home games against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Let's see now. Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 9 years, 1947 - 1956 and Jackie Robinson died in 1972 at age 53 and 44 years after his death, the City of Philadelphia finally got around to apologizing to him.

Yes, I know that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and became the first black player to play major league baseball. And, I am sure that being the first black player to play in the major leagues that a lot of the boos were directed at him for reasons of his color. BUT, let us not forget that one year in Philadelphia during an NFL game when the Philadelphia Eagles were losing, the Philadelphia fans booed Santa Claus at half-time.

I would also bet a large sum of money that at some point in time during his 9 year career with the Cleveland Browns that Cleveland running back Jim Brown was booed in Philadelphia. And it was not due to his skin color but rather that he ran through the Eagles' defense as though they were absent.

I watched a program when Jim Brown was interviewed after he retired and the subject of how much courage it took for Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier in major league baseball and Jim Brown, a black man, pointed out that while it took courage on Jackie Robinson's part to take the field every day, the REAL CREDIT should go to Branch Rickey, who was the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. And after leaving the Dodgers was the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and was instrumental in the signing of Roberto Clemente.

I am certainly not trying to demean the contributions to major league baseball by Jackie Robinson and I am sure that he was the victim of racial prejudice particularly during his early years. BUT I fail to see where an apology issued by the City of Philadelphia to Jackie Robinson some 69 years after being booed and 44 years after his death is all that newsworthy.

SO, I think that more than likely, Kenny Washington, who broke the color barrier in the modern NFL in 1946, a year prior to Robinson's appearance in major league baseball probably deserves a little recognition and perhaps an apology from the sports fans in Philadelphia. More than likely, every single athlete who opposed a Philadelphia team was more than likely booed by the Philadelphia fans.

AND while we are on the subject of apologies, just when are the American people going to receive an apology from Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton and a whole host of other politicians for making a complete mess in Washington. D.C.?

You see, I do not think that the City of Philadelphia particularly owed a man who has been deceased for 44 years an apology. BUT this present administration does owe the American people, if not an apology, at least an explanation of why they have made such a complete mess out of our federal government... OH YEAH, I forgot.... It's George Bush's fault.

And I will tell you some folks who really deserve an apology from these professional lying politicians currently in power. And those are the families of those Americans who were murdered by Muslim Terrorists in Benghazi.   The entire world watched as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and his entire administration tried to blame some video for causing the terrorist attacks on our embassy.

AND, while I am at it, the American news media and I am including FOX News owe the American people TRUTHFUL REPORTING OF THE NEWS EVENTS.   I watched the other evening as Megyn Kelly kissed up to Al Sharpton on one of her rapier like interviews. And FOX News owes us all an apology for trying to convince the American viewing public that their main objective is "FAIR AND BALANCED" reporting.    It is very easy to tell just exactly which viewpoint each of their in the tank guests will try to put forward.   ANY NEWS PROGRAM that regularly has Geraldo Rivera or Juan Williams or a host of other flaming liberals on for a "Fair and Balanced" view are just plain lying their asses off.

But I believe that the group who deserve the biggest apology are Conservative Americans from the Establishment from BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES. In particular, the RNC has bungled everything they have touched since the days of the George W. Bush administration when Jim Gilmore was the Chairman. But it seems that this organization really began taking a serious downward trend when Ken Mehlman was chairman;   followed by Mel Martinez;   followed by Mike Duncan;   followed by Michael Steele;   followed by the present chairman Reince Priebus.   These professional political hacks have basically taken over the Republican Party and have done a really poor job of following conservative values.   AND, once again, they appear to be not nearly as interested in what the Republican voters desire as they are in maintaining CONTROL over the Republican Party.

As you all know, I am not a huge fan of Donald Trump, BUT, if he is near the delegate count necessary to obtain the nomination and the ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS of the RNC deny Trump the nomination, then they will be instrumental in destroying the Republican Party.   While I do not support "The Donald" in his bid for the candidacy I still will vote for him in the general election. Just keep in mind who the opposition will likely be.   I have heard some so called Conservative Republicans make the statement that they would rather vote for Hillary than Trump.   I cannot make that statement nor can I make the statement that I will just stay home and not vote. Either way gives the office of President of the United States to Hillary Clinton..... LIVE WITH THAT!

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar,    Mary Vigil,      Joe & Ruth Lucero,   Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill   -NM  - Ella Dunlop,    Kaleigh Paige Hudgens,     Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz,  Bernice Murphy,    Judy Langham,     Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker,   Charlotte Williams,     Zak Krejci,   Debra Blake,   Mary Denson,   Randy Jones,      Don Weaver,        Roger Goertz,     Jerry Carpenter,      Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright,   Dick Burnett,  Freddy Dietz,   Bobby Black, Kaylee King (2)    - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL -   Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller,    Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson,   Kate Nolan  - FL -    L.T. Drennan - OK -     Lynn Jones - NE -    Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD -   Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard,    Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ -   Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters  - CA -     Pat Holley,   Keith Chambers,   Nancy Chambers,   LANA Athey,   Vicki Watson - CO -      Hal Whitmore - DE -   Herb Johnston - NY -     Lonnie Shoultz - AL   -   Perry Evans - AR -   Jim Pinney,    James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA -     Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI -     RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA -   CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads),   Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler,    CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler)    SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips,  CAPT. Levi English,   GySgt. Eric Harmon,   LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien,   MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart -   US MARINE CORPS -    Kenneth Thomas - USCG    SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown,   TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates,   - US AIR FORCE -   Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG -   Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY -    Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay,  Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown,     CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret),   E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO),    LT JG Ethan English,   - US NAVY -   Bud Barnett - USNA 74 -    SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES -   SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens,     Scott Hillyer,   Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY    - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG  - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman,   Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.



QUOTES:

"Hillary Clinton's biggest selling point is that she has lots of experience in government, having been a Senator and a Secretary of State. But what she actually accomplished in those roles gets remarkably little attention.... The foreign policies under Secretary Clinton have led to one disaster after another, whether in the Middle East, in Ukraine, or in North Korea. Where are her successes?".................... THOMAS SOWELL

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty.   Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.".......................... PATRICK HENRY

"Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties or his possessions."... JAMES MADISON

"An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass."................. GEORGE WASHINGTON



"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.   There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us....   Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama,    Michelle Obama,   George Soros,    Joe Biden,   Louis Farrakhan,   Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson,   Leon Panetta,       Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,      Eric Holder,   John McCain R-AZ,   Valerie Jarrett,   Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein,   Barbara Boxer,   Lanny Davis,   Hillary Clinton,   Bill Clinton,   Chuck Schumer,       David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel,   Ezekiel Emanuel,   Kathleen Sebelius,   Bill Richardson,   Jay Carney,    Susan Rice,    Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN,    Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,      COLIN POWELL ( R) ,   Michael Moore,      John Kerry,   Lindsey Graham,   Former President Jimmy Carter.   Al Gore,      Chuck Hagel,    Dick Durbin,      Andrew Cuomo     Chris Christie R-NJ ,   Michael Bloomberg,   Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX,     Susan Collins R-ME,   Patrick Leahy,     Jeff Flake R-AZ,    Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX,   John Boehner R-OH,    John Cornyn R-TX,   Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR,   Lisa Murkowski R-AK,      Robert Menendez NJ,   Al Franken MN,   Claire McCaskill (D-MO),   Patty Murray WA,   Henry Waxman CA,   Linda Sanchez CA,   Maxine Waters CA,       State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX,   Elijah Cummings D-MD,   NY Mayor Bill de Blasio,   Lois Lerner,   Michael Morrell,   Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove,    Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH,   Jen Psaki (State Department),   Josh Earnest,   Marie Harf(State Department),   Jerrold Nadler (D-NY),   Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),       Orin Hatch (R-UT),   John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER),   Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary),   Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),   Deval Patrick (D-MA),   Charlie Crist (D-FL),   Jerry Brown (D-CA),    John Lewis (D-GA),   Michelle Nunn (D-GA),   Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.),   Mary Landrieu (D-LA),   Julia Pierson,   Jonathan Holmes Gruber,   Rep. Al Green (D-TX),   Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN,   Timothy Kaine* (D-VA),    Charles E. Samuels Jr.,   Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),   Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D),    Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI,   John Kirby (State Department Spokesman),   Barbara Mikulski (D-MD),   Secretary of Defense Ash Carter,    Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez,    JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC,    ACLU,   Congressional Black Caucus,   NAACP,   Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON,    UNITED   NATIONS,     Jane Fonda,   LA RAZA,   MOVEON.ORG,      PETA,   CAIR,     BOB COSTAS (NBC),   ESPN,     The NFL,   CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency,    Al Jazeera America,      Republican National Committee (RNC),     NBC,   CBS,   CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline),   NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women),   Patricia Ireland,    Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News,   Juan Williams FOX News,    The Washington Redskins Football Team,    James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News,   MICHAEL MOORE,   Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER,   The SIERRA CLUB,   Megyn Kelly FOX News,   Quentin Tarantino,   The University of Missouri

*By Request

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Earlier this week I saw an editorial cartoon in which the words were what caught my eye rather than the character. It had to do with the sage advice given to us all by our present administration. It says:

"When it comes to terrorism -- if you see something--SAY SOMETHING"**

** UNLESS:

It offends someone or

Hurts people's feelings or

Stigmatizes any group or

Perpetuates stereotypes or

Holds any one group accountable or

Intrudes on someone's safe place or

Makes the Dixie Chicks Cry

You see, in one breath they are asking us to open our mouths and reveal what we see UNLESS it offends some particular person or group. In fact, I would just imagine that should you report some suspicious activity, this present Department of Justice under this worthless Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, would probably more inclined to investigate you than the person/group whom you reported.

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And since it is political season, the Pearls Before Swine comic strip has joined the fun. It seems as if Rat had decided to run for President.
When Goat asks him:

Are you a moderate sort of Eisenhower Republican?

A conservative Reagan Republican?

A far right Dick Cheney Republican?

And Rat's answer was "What's about twenty clicks to the right of Dick Cheney?"
WITH THAT...... RAT GETS MY VOTE!

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I know that I am preaching to the choir but this coming Presidential election is absolutely the most important in my lifetime for our country. And, while Donald Trump is certainly not my idea of the ideal Republican candidate, he is nevertheless LIGHT YEARS AHEAD of Hillary Rodham Clinton OR Bernie Sanders.

I have no idea whom Donald Trump might nominate for the Supreme Court... BUT.... I would wager a large sum that whomever it might be would be as RAT would put it, "About twenty clicks to the right of anyone nominated by Hillary Clinton." AND please keep in mind that if The Donald were elected and attempted to appoint a slug, the Senate could still block his nominee. SO, I believe it is very important to begin to hold our Senators' and elected Representative's feet to the fire and make damn sure they are doing the job that they were elected to do.

And keep in mind that a President Hillary Clinton would be the death of our Republic.



GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST;   JOHN BOLTON;   COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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April 13th, 2016 REUNIONS / OTHER STUFF

Wednesday - April 13, 2016

Hello from the West Texas Branch Of Large Carbon Footprint Leaving Jingoistic Xenophobes.

REUNION:

As I said last week, I went to Houston to attend my 60th High School Class Reunion. This was the 1956 graduating class from Lamar High School. Lamar High School opened its doors in 1937, the year of my birth, and from that moment until January 16th, 2014 they were the Lamar Redskins. BUT, political correctness reared its ugly head and the name of the school was changed to the Lamar Texans. Now, I just wonder how long it will be before someone decides that the name of the school itself, LAMAR, will be scrapped. You see, Lamar High School was named in honor of Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar who was the Second President of the Republic of Texas. Mirabeau Lamar was also a member of the Texan Army who defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. One must wonder at what point in time that this fact will become offensive to some individual or some group and the name of the school will be changed also.

I can assure you that the change in mascots did not set well with ANY of the 1956 graduates. I also saw some film where some of the students in 2014 were not enamored with the caving in of the Houston Independent School District in dropping the REDSKINS as the school mascot. One of the interviews I saw was with a black student who was pretty pissed about the change. BUT, I don’t know why any of this should surprise any of us. Some of my classmates who still live in Houston said that there was a move afoot to change the names of several schools in the Houston area, among which were Sydney Lanier Jr. High School (where I went from 7th thru 9th grades). You see, Sydney Clopton Lanier served in the signal corps of the Confederate States of America Army.

AH, but it doesn't end there, John H. Reagan High School is named after a cabinet member for Jefferson Davis who was President of the Confederate States of America. Well, that about ends it.

NO! We also in Houston have a Junior High School named after Albert Sydney Johnston who was a General in the Army of the Confederate States of America. They did not mention Robert E. Lee High School in Houston but several others are under fire also. Political Correctness is running the show for sure.

BUT, getting to visit with some really old friends even for a short while was worth the trip. And other than the reunion I got to go out and eat with two of my old partners from the Houston Police Department. And these were two men for whom I care a great deal. We went through some good and some tough times together.

I also got to visit with a man whom I have known for years and for whom I have a great deal of respect. He was one of the most intelligent humans I have ever known and even though he is a year or so older, his mind is as sharp as ever. He grew up and married a really wonderful lady and raised two sons who are both professors at Duke University. Both of his parents were professors at Rice University. My friend retired from NASA. I really enjoy visiting with him and rarely do I fail to learn something as a result.

I also got to see some old friends who lived several blocks down on the same street where I lived while growing up in Houston. One was in my class from the first grade on. He and I hunted and fished a whole bunch together and he is still sharp as ever and still has a great sense of humor. His wife was in a different class in earlier years but graduated from Lamar in 1956. They were both in good shape and it did my heart good to see a couple who had been together since our school days.

I also had a really nice visit with one of my oldest friends who was also a hunting buddy. He had two older brothers and one younger, who is now deceased. I was friends with the whole family. His Mom was one of the great ladies of all times. Those boys knew who the boss was for sure. My friends' Dad had a good job with Halliburton and his boys and I and several other high school friends worked several summers for Halliburton unloading bags of sand from a boxcar and stacking them inside a metal building. And trust me, between those bags weighing between 80 and 100 pounds and a metal building in Houston in the summer the fun left the building pretty early in the day. Of course back in the 1950s we were being paid something like $1.75 per hour and that was pretty good pay for high school kids. Only problem was that you were too tired to go out and spend your money.

Then, of course, I got to visit with a couple of folks whose health had pretty much taken a turn for the worse. One of my old hunting and fishing partners had to use a walker and was also suffering from Parkinson Disease. His mind and memory were still in good shape.

And, naturally, we were furnished a list of our classmates who had passed away and many of them were some of my oldest and closest friends. I understand that our next one will be in 5 years. I just hope that I am still in good shape and will be able to make it back.

OTHER STUFF:

I can tell you all that getting away from the normal political crap for a few days was very refreshing. BUT, now I am back and it doesn't appear as if much has changed over the past week end.

I have just about had the lick with all the whining over the Colorado delegates going to Cruz. I had read several months ago that Colorado did not have a primary but rather a series of caucuses in which the various districts in Colorado chose their delegates for the nominating convention. SO, if I knew about this strange way of doing business, I must assume that either "The Donald" had somehow let this tidbit of information slip by his crack staff or he just chose to not send a team to Colorado to hustle the delegate votes. It seems as if Ted Cruz took a different path and evidently cornered the market on the Colorado delegation.

However, Trump's decision or lack thereof to try to get the Colorado delegates did not slow down his whining and accusing of everyone from the RNC to the State of Colorado. Now, while I agree that the method used by Colorado doesn't seem to make much sense to me, it is what it is and it is just as fair for Trump as it is for Cruz or anyone else in the race. And, I am sure that Trump will run away with the State of New York. I just wonder if Cruz or Kasich will reach the stage on the whining plateau as did "The Donald" on Colorado?

And I have an announcement to make: I will not be seeking the Republican Nomination either. SO, I would imagine that this will make it as big as Paul Ryan announcing that he would not be seeking same.

ALSO, I might add that I have heard about all I can stomach about the "DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS". As well as I can remember, the first and I had hoped the very last time I would be subjected to incessant whining about "DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS" was in 2000 when it seemed that this accusation was being thrown about by Al Gore several times an hour. And yes, I thought Al Gore was a complete turd back then and he has done nothing to change my opinion.

I have heard enough screeching by Hillary and just outright stupidity out of Bernie Sanders. I will vote for ANYONE who is the Republican candidate even if it is "The Donald".

I just hope that on election day, the American voters realize just how dangerous this coming Presidential election really is. Losing Antonin Scalia off the Supreme Court has really made this election ultra important. If we get one or perhaps two or even three new Justices in the next eight years, we can ill afford them to be of the caliber of Sotomayor or Kagan.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddie Dietz, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Ignorance is dangerous enough in itself. But ignorance on the part of an egomaniac, who announces that he is his own best advisor, is incorrigible ignorance. He can surround himself with the best minds in the country and it will not do any good if they are just there for window dressing."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"The unprecedented public criticisms of President Obama by four of this former Secretaries of Defense, not to mention retired four-star generals, demonstrate that having knowledgeable and experienced advisors cannot make up for headstrong ignorance on the part of a President."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes non work.".............. MILTON FRIEDMAN

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."....... PATRICK HENRY

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

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I don't know about the rest of you but I was really taken back when I learned that Bruce Springsteen (The Boss) had cancelled a concert in North Carolina in protest to a proposed North Carolina State Law regarding Trans-Gender bathroom use. Rarely a day passes when Trans-Gender bathroom use is not high on my list of priorities. But isn't it nice to see that an entertainer the stature of Bruce Springsteen (The Boss) has seen fit to also push this to the top of his importance agenda? Then again, perhaps I am being a bit snotty since I don't give the first damn about Bruce Springsteen or any of his concerts or his family or his dog or his likes or his dislikes. Bruce Springsteen is pure turd from the word go.

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OK. Here is an article from the pages of the (Sub) Standard Times. Headlined .... APPLE PUZZLED AS TO HOW FBI HACKED iPHONE WITHOUT ITS AID. First of all, obtaining the encrypted information from the Apple iPhone was ordered by a District Judge. And for those of you who have had no dealings with Search Warrants or Court Orders let me give you a clue. A COURT ORDER (and a Search Warrant is a Court Order) IS NOT A REQUEST. IT IS AN ORDER FROM A DISTRICT OR A MAGISTRATE JUDGE GIVING THE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THE AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN THE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY NAMED IN THE SEARCH WARRANT/COURT ORDER. I can remember that the Arrest Warrants from New Mexico began with YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED to bring in the body of whomever was named in the warrant.

I can recall several occasions when some smart ass would decide that they would not comply with a Search or Arrest Warrant or Court Order and which ever business decided they would refuse were promptly shut down until we found what was ordered seized by a Judge. Apple was way wrong to deny their assistance in that matter in my opinion. HOWEVER, the FBI found a way to bypass the encryption on the iPhone and evidently got what they needed.

Let's see now. How do you suppose the FBI was able to hack into the Apple iPhone. I am sure that it never crossed Apple's mind that perhaps the Federal Agency might just have contact with an Apple employee who would help either because it was the right thing to do..... or .... perhaps they were given some monetary recompense.

I did receive one cartoon where an FBI Agent took the Apple iPhone and gave it to his kid and told him that under no circumstances should he try to bypass the encryption. And of course it was done in an hour. I also wonder if it might perhaps cross the minds of the Apple big wheels that there are probably literally thousands of really smart college students who do this kind of stuff for fun? It is just like when many police agencies went to scrambled radio transmissions. I know in Hobbs, NM, it took at least 2 weeks before scanners were being sold which could receive our scrambled radio transmissions. If it is electric.... someone can bypass the security system.

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This past week end served to reinforce something I have known for a long time. Growing up in Houston, Texas in the 1940s and 1950s were the absolute best of times. Even though I did not realize it at the time, I was learning more about our country, our state, our government, and lots of other things than do most people today learn in all of their schooling. The thing is that I remember many of the things I learned in my school years. Unfortunately our public education system today is falling way short of what it needs to be.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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April 6th, 2016 EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER

Wednesday - April 6, 2016

Greetings once more from the Association Of Jingoistic Xenophobic Proponents For Profiling Of West Texas.

EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER:

Earlier today I was listening to an interview with some guy who was an alleged political expert. At the end of damn near every sentence he uttered he included ...... "BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY." The thought crossed my mind that this purported political expert had to qualify almost every thought he had. SO, I thought that perhaps and explanation might be in order for EVERYONE who uses the term, "BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY"... etc. Let me tell you a little something about what happens "AT THE END OF THE DAY."

1) At the end of the day, night begins.

2) At the end of the day, if you have acted like a complete idiot, you will more than likely continue to act in this same manner.

3) At the end of the day, Hillary Clinton is still a Lyin' Heifer.

4) At the end of the day, Bill Clinton is still a Lyin' Turd.

5) At the end of the day, Barack Hussein Obama is still a Lyin' Socialist.

6) At the end of the day, Everyone on my Varmint List is still A VARMINT.

7) At the end of the day, Donald Trump is still Not Qualified to be President of the United States.

8) At the end of the day, John Kasich has still not made a statement that could convince me to vote for him.... EVER!

9) At the end of the day, I still have an uncontrollable urge to kick the crap out of: Geraldo Rivera; Chris Matthews; Al Gore; Michael Moore; Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer.

So I guess that the point I am trying to make is that AT THE END OF THE DAY, things pretty well remain as they began AT THE START OF THE DAY.

And since we are on the subject of trite sayings that tend to piss me off, I have grown somewhat weary of every news media mutt around using the term, "A CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD". I suppose that at some point in time some media slug thought this was cutting edge but it is sort of like all of these professional athletes making statements which have been made many years ago.

Before he became Muhammed Ali, a young heavyweight whose real name was Cassius Marcellus Clay began to predict the outcome of his fights and just like damn near everyone else, I watched all of his fights hoping that someone would remove his head from his body. However, this young mouthy braggart was just to damn good and he made his predictions a fact. So, when others came along and tried to come across the same way as Clay/Ali, they looked really foolish.

Another popular and really trite statement made by many of our professional politicians and supposed political experts is the "Reach Across The Aisle" garbage. I will point out once again that the primary reason to "Reach Across The Aisle" is to punch some liberal turd out. For years we have been hearing about various politicians who were so respected for their ability to "Reach Across The Aisle" but when you examined their motives for "Reaching Across The Aisle" you would find that they were basically selling out in order to gain some type of special treatment or passage of some unnecessary legislation.

I have heard John Kasich make statements about his ability to "Reach Across The Aisle". He generally works this statement in between telling us about how much he accomplished when he was in the U.S. House of Representatives. Small wonder that Kasich appears to be the darling of the Establishment Republicans who remind me strangely enough of Establishment Democrats. When I hear people talk about how Ted Cruz is a "Washington Insider", I have to wonder why it is that all of the "Washington Insiders" seem to prefer John Kasich over Cruz?

I would also like someone to explain to me how it is that in the same speech, Barack Hussein Obama tells us that we must ban all assault weapons BECAUSE FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECKS SIMPLY DON'T WORK, and then tells us NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE 100,000 MUSLIM REFUGEES AS THEY ARE ALL GETTING FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. Surely, Barack couldn't be lyin' his ass off.... could he?

And finally, I need someone to explain to me a valid reason for John Kasich remaining in the Republican Presidential Race. When I see Kasich make statements that he expects to win the Republican nomination outright, when it is a mathematical impossibility I must seriously doubt his reasoning abilities. I have spoken to some folks here in Texas who are Kasich fans and they say that if he does not get the nomination then they just simply will not vote.

Keep this in mind: If you do not like Donald Trump and he is the Republican Nominee against either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, and you stay at home and you do not vote, Hillary or Bernie will be our next President.

If you do not like Ted Cruz and he is the Republican Nominee against either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sander, and you stay at home and do not vote, either Hillary or Bernie will be our next President.

OUR COUNTRY CANNOT SURVIVE A TERM UNDER EITHER HILLARY CLINTON OR BERNIE SANDERS.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Freddie Dietz, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"We got here by electing a president on the basis of glib words and boastful promises. We cannot afford to repeat that mistake."..... THOMAS SOWELL

"In addition to internal polarizations, we are threatened by countries that openly declare their hatred of America, and are developing intercontinental missiles that can carry nuclear bombs. In addition, there are international terrorist organizations killing people in Europe and in the United States."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government."....... MILTON FRIEDMAN

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."...... MILTON FRIEDMAN

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."..... MILTON FRIEDMAN

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO),   Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

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I am sure you noticed that I included several quotes from Milton Friedman. Mr. Friedman was an economist and a professor at a number of major universities from 1937 to 2006 when he passed away at age 94. Mr. Friedman served as an advisor to President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. A couple of days back I listened to statements made by Mr. Friedman over the years. He was a great proponent of PRIVATE OWNERSHIP and Private Entrepreneurship and was an opponent of government interference with same. He challenged what he called "naïve Keynesian" theory. And for those of you who are not familiar with John Maynard Keynes, I suggest that you pick up a copy of a booklet titled, Keynes At Harvard. It is fairly easy to read and understand and after reading it you can see some of the things that brought us to our present state. Anyway, Mr. Friedman was a brilliant man and a staunch believer in individual rights and small government.

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Earlier today I heard a news report telling of the death of Merle Haggard, who is one of my all time favorite Country and Western singers. Haggard had a ton of hits and I did get to see him live on several occasions. He put on a great show and has released many hit albums and CDs. He was 79 years old and evidently had been in poor health for quite some time. I'm sorry but some of today's performers who try to pass themselves off as Country and Western artists are fooling a very naïve public.

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I generally do not get involved in basketball above the high school level and some of the smaller Division II colleges but when the NCAA Division I Championships come along I start getting somewhat interested. Of course, all of the men's teams for whom I was rooting all got eliminated by the semi-finals. So I was able to watch the men's finals without "having a dog in the fight", as they say. I enjoyed the final game which was won on a last second shot by Villanova University.

But the tournament that really caught my eye was the women's NCAA Division I tournament. Of course I pretty much always enjoy watching the University Of Connecticut ladies team play. They are extremely well coached and play basketball like it was meant to be played. They are tough from the National Anthem through the final buzzer. They do everything well and have been doing so for a good many years. Last night, they won their 11th National Championship and the 4th in a row which is tough to do. Their coach, Luigi "Geno" Auriemma has done an outstanding job with this team and is headed toward winning 1,000 games. He has been head women's basketball coach at the University of Connecticut since 1985. I thoroughly enjoy watching his teams play and have for a good many years. Auriemma is a class act as are his players.

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I am getting ready to go to my 60th High School Class Reunion and will be away from my computer. I am not even going to take my laptop with me as I have lots of old friends, many whom I have known since I was in grade school, and I do not intend to do anything but visit with my friends as well as some of my former partners with the Houston Police Department.

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GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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March 30th, 2016 MISCELLANEOUS STUFF

Greetings once again from Jingoistic Four Wheel Drive SUV Operating Xenophobes Of West Texas

MISCELLANEOUS STUFF:

OK. First of all, I would like to deny having any part in the posting of a nude photo of Donald Trump's beautiful wife on either Twitter or You Tube. I thought it best to deny it right off the bat as the News Media vermin .... and I am including FOX News in this group have all announced that even though it WAS NOT a Ted Cruz political group who posted the photo, Cruz should have nevertheless announced that he had nothing to do with it. When I get to thinking about it, I almost believe that it was George Bush's fault that this photo was made available to the public. Well, either George Bush or Dick Cheney. HEY! I just had a thought. What if she had not posed for the photo in the first place?

Obama being in Cuba and doing the wave at the baseball game in the aftermath of the Terrorist attacks in Brussels actually did not hurt my feelings at all. Barack Obama holding the office of President of the United States is much more offensive than he and his jug butted wife going down to play nice with Raul Castro. AND, while on this Cuban visit, apparently big brother Fidel Castro wasn't fooled by a token visit from the world's most articulate and intelligent human. It seems as if Fidel Castro instead chose to send Barack an ass burning letter which recounted a history of U.S. aggression against Cuba. He additionally said that "we don't need the empire to give us any presents." The Empire? Damn, I feel like I am at a Star Wars movie premiere. And since I am not much of a Castro fan, I would suggest perhaps enlarging the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo might be in order. Of course I am pretty sure that Obama is more interested in not only closing the terrorist holding facility at Guantanamo but the Marine Corps Base as well.

HEY! Is Barack Hussein Obama on top of the ISIS/ISIL terrorist crisis or what? I watched him give his tough response to ISIS/ISIL when he said that one way to fight the Islamic State was to TELL THEM THAT WE ARE STRONG AND THEY ARE WEAK. Boy! That ought to put them on the run for sure.

My observation on the attack in Brussels. After reading a bit about Belgium and listening to some reports on the status of this European Union Capital, I have reached a conclusion that Brussels, Belgium and the rest of Western Europe have been inviting terrorist attacks for quite some time now. I heard one report from a European correspondent that Belgium is a divided country into something like three separate cultures and that Brussels is a divided city with six; VI; seis; 6 separate languages and the same amount of separate cultures and even six areas each with their own police agencies. AND, of course, Belgium has opened her borders to thousands of so called refugees from Middle Eastern countries. Apparently, from some reports I heard, Intelligence Agencies in Brussels had information on some of these terrorists ahead of time and DID NOTHING. While I hate to see innocent people killed by terrorists, I sort of revert back to the old saying; "THE LORD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES." If a nation is going to sit on their dead rear ends and allow this type of problem to grow then terrorist acts should not come as a complete surprise.

OH! But we sure don't want to see these European countries do anything like "Terrorist Profiling", do we?

AND, while on the subject of Islamic Terrorists acts, why is it that the President of the United States who is also the world's most articulate and intelligent human, intent upon turning Muslim Terrorist acts into.... "Workplace Violence" or "Gun Control Issues"? It is readily apparent that most left wing folk believe that you can actually make some headway with these Islamic State vermin by talking with them. And I watched one program on which Juan Williams (FOX News contributor) seemed to be in agreement with this Cumbayah approach. Apparently these boobs never have experienced any type of combat or any type of confrontation other than people yapping at each other like stray dogs.

OH, and while on the subject of the Cuba/Argentina trip by "The First Family", I might point out that from the video I have seen, a waffle iron is better at dancing the tango than is the world's most articulate and intelligent human. I might suggest that the next time, prior to dancing the tango and making a complete fool of himself, that Barack take a few lessons from Robert Duval. View the movie, "Assassination Tango" in which Mr. Duval not only stars but dances a mean tango to boot.

A couple of days back I was watching a program on the Military History Channel. The program was "Washington's Generals" and there were several episodes dealing with some of General George Washington's top commanders during the American War of Independence. Luckily, the first one I watched was on General Daniel Morgan, about whom I have written in the past. I had never seen this particular program before but it went right along with everything I had previously read about this man. In this program, historians said that the strategy employed by General Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781 in Cherokee County, S. Carolina, where the British forces under the command of Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton were routed by General Daniel Morgan and American forces made up from regular army troops and civilian militia. According to the program, General Washington stated that the strategy employed by General Daniel Morgan was the best used by American forces during the war. This program also made mention of the fact that General Daniel Morgan was perhaps the first American commander to realize the value of taking out the command structure of the British military. All during his battles during the war he made liberal use of snipers to kill the British commanders. One sniper in particular was one Timothy Murphy (no relation that I am aware). At the Battle of Saratoga, Timothy Murphy took out British Brigadier General Simon Fraser with 3 shots taken at 300 yards. Then he took out British Senior Officer Sir Francis Clerke who was General Burgoyne's chief aide-de-campe. Timothy Murphy was under General Morgan's command at this battle also. Many military experts say that the Battle of Cowpens was probably the most important battle in the American War of Independence.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"If judges confined themselves to acting like judges, instead of legislating from the bench, creating new rights out of thin air that are nowhere to be found in the Constitution, maybe Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees would not be such bitter and ugly ideological battles.".... THOMAS SOWELL

"CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS HIMSELF PRACTICALLY REPEALED THE 10 TH AMENDMENT'S LIMITATION ON FEDERAL POWER WHEN HE WROTE THE DECISION THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD ORDER US ALL TO BUY OBAMACARE INSURANCE POLICIES. WHEN JUDGES ACT LIKE WHORES, THEY CAN HARDLY EXPECT TO BE TREATED LIKE NUNS." ................ THOMAS SOWELL

"How soon we forget history. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."..... GEORGE WASHINGTON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

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I noticed an article in the (Sub) Standard Times apprising us of the death of Phife Dawg. Don't recognize the name? Well, I'm sure you will know of whom I speak when you see the list of hits this Hip-Hop giant gave us:

Scenario

Can I Kick It

Bonita

Applebum

I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (One of my personal favorites)

I can tell by the blank look on your faces that you still don't know this music icon. What amazed me about the article was that someone on the staff of the (Sub) Standard Times thought this was a newsworthy item.

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Who says that they never get anything right in New Jersey? Another bit of crack reporting from the (Sub) Standard Times. A bill proposed by New Jersey state Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt would impose a fine of up to $50 and possibly 15 days in jail for pedestrians caught using their cell phones without hands-free devices while walking on public sidewalks and along roadways. If the bill becomes law, people who text while walking would face the same penalties as a jaywalker. Sounds right to me. I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I have been run into in various grocery stores and department stores by folks who have had their head buried in looking at their smart phones while not looking where they were walking.

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Another really good program on the Military History Channel dealing with the Special Forces from several different countries. They did not cover the Israeli units but we all know that they have some really top people in those units. They mainly covered the U.S. Army Rangers; the British S.A.S.; and the Russian Spetnaz. Of course the Army Rangers had their beginning in 1751 through the American War Between The States. They were reinstituted in 1947 to present times. They also covered the British Commandos which were in place from 1940 - 1946. These are the troops whom Winston Churchill referred to as "The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare". And that they were. Then in 1947 the S.A.S. came into being and is still viewed as one of the absolute best Special Forces units.

I had an opportunity to attend a Hostage Negotiator's School at Quantico, Virginia a number of years back and my respect for the F.B.I. and their Hostage Rescue Teams increased to an unbelievable level. Also in that school were officers from all over the world including one fellow who was a pretty high ranking officer with the Metropolitan Police. He had also been present at the S.A.S. raid on the Iranian Embassy at Princes Gate in London in 1980 which had been taken over by terrorists We saw film on the S.A.S. assault and also listened to audio tapes of the British hostage negotiators speaking with the terrorists. The S.A.S. did an amazing job of entering the embassy and killing all but one of the terrorists. The Metropolitan Police representative also gave us some inside information regarding some things not shown on film. He said that all of the terrorists killed were killed with head shots. Apparently this is where, I suppose, all these Special Forces members are trained to shoot.

The program also said that in one of the S.A.S. training events, Lady Margaret Thatcher was present and was a live hostage in one of their live fire training exercises. Talk about taking some nerve.... but then.... Lady Thatcher was a cut above most world leaders.

And, do not for a moment think that the Russian Spetnaz units have to take a back seat to anyone. I was plenty impressed with all of the units they covered and our Army Rangers are plenty well trained and I have full confidence in those guys. I just do not have confidence in our leadership in Washington.

And while going through the serving line at the cafeteria at Quantico, the British Officer was ahead of me and told the server he would like some "chips" and the server did not understand what he wanted. I told him that over here, we called the "French Fries". Then he replied, "I know, I just hate to give the bloody French credit for anything. I suppose we shall have to have another go at them before it is all over." I love British humor.

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I am pretty sure that many of you support the same view as I on the over reported story regarding Trump's aide having criminal batter charges brought against him by some woman reporter from Breitbart. I have watched the film run again and again and while it did appear that the Trump aide grabbed the reporter's arm, it appeared that he re-directed her movement rather than jerking her so hard that she almost fell down. Also, in a crowd such as that, I am sure that many more people got run into accidentally with more force than was used against this woman. It sure did not appear that there was any intent to injure her and I must wonder why she waited several days before making her police report. Also, she allegedly had some bruises on her arm which may or may not have been made by the Trump aide. All in all, it seems like much ado about nothing. And I believe that Trump himself has done more to derail his campaign than this guy. The Republican Party as a whole, with very few exceptions has shown itself to be almost a mirror image of the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist Party. AND, I do not need Megyn Kelly or Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly or Juan Williams or Happy or Sneezy or Dopey to tell me what I can decipher myself. It is almost too hard to believe that with the TWO WORST DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES EVER, that the REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS SEEN FIT TO SHOOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT AT EVERY TURN. Perhaps Karl Rove could get his chalk board and explain it so that the rest of us might just accidentally grasp what the end game is for the Republicans.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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March 23rd, 2016 UNBELIEVABLE

Wednesday - March 23, 2016

Greetings once again from The Mystic Order Of Jingoistic West Texas Four Wheel Drive SUV Driving Fossil Fuel Burning Believers In Profiling.

UNBELIEVABLE:

Yesterday morning after learning of the Muslim Terrorist Attacks in Belgium I listened to a couple of interviews with a couple of really wise men who proved to me just how uninformed and stupid are those who place any credence at all in their opinions and statements.

The first was Republican pundit Karl Rove who told the American Public that we are doing a "PRETTY GOOD JOB" of knowing who is coming into our country LEGALLY but not as good at those who are entering our country ILLEGALLY. Really Karl? From most reports I have seen/heard/read, the Obama administration is not doing a PRETTY GOOD JOB on anything relating to immigration or refugee placement or border security or domestic terrorists or illegal alien terrorists. Of course, I was only able to hear Karl give his take on the matter. Perhaps if FOX News or some other slanted news agency will have Karl on some of their television programs, then Karl can break out his chalk board and then really explain to us in depth just exactly what "PRETTY GOOD JOB" actually means.

AH, but we were not done. No sooner had I heard Karl Rove when I was treated to statements made by the Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff , who told the American Public just how safe we were due to the keen job the Obama administration was doing in vetting foreign refugees. Then it dawned upon me that perhaps Former Secretary Chertoff along with Karl Rove might be.......... how shall I put it?........... FULL OF CRAP! I will still contend that Michael Chertoff would look more at home with a double barreled shotgun wearing a plaid hunting cap and saying.... "Be vewy, vewy, quiet. I'm hunting wabbits."

Then I heard some statements made by Republican front runner Donald Trump who sounded totally uninformed and clueless on ANYTHING having to do with the security of our nation OR foreign policy. Then I watched Republican ass end running John Kasich who spent more time scratching his nose than he did in actually coming up with anything positive, other than to repeat how much experience he had in foreign policy matters. And of course his answers were pretty stock insofar as improving our intelligence and providing lip service.

I also watched some statements made by Ted Cruz and of course he made more sense than any of the others. Ted Cruz talked about foreign policy experts whom he would seek out for information and advice. Meanwhile, "The Donald" told us he would consult himself. Damn! That takes a load off my mind.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama and his jug-butted wife were in Cuba kissing up to Raul Castro and I suspect promising Raul that he would shut down Guantanamo. I also heard Obama talking about VALUES. It struck me as a bit odd that here in Havana were two heads of state, Barack Hussein Obama and Raul Castro who have both displayed as little grasp of desirable values as just about any leaders.. excuse me.... heads of state that I could name. When we talk about human values, we are referring to the character (moral strength) of individuals. When I think of people throughout history who have shown high values and desirable character, for some reason, neither Barack Hussein Obama nor Raul Castro place very highly on my list. As a matter of fact, with very few exceptions, there are not very many world leaders or perspective world leaders who exhibit real character or high values.

It strikes me as rather odd that a number of retired military seem to have a much stronger grasp of what is needed in our foreign policy than do high ranking officials in the present Obama administration and this includes a number of high ranking present military staff officers who appear to be more interested in job protection than nation protection.

Unfortunately, if Trump is the Republican Nominee and Hillary is the Democrat Nominee, regardless of who is elected, our nation will grow even weaker in world events than we are at present............ UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters, Bill Morrill -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"In other times and in other conditions, one bad President could not ruin a great nation. We survived Jimmy Carter and we may survive Barack Obama, but there is no guarantee that we can survive an unlimited amount of reckless decisions in a dangerous world."................ THOMAS SOWELL

"Internally, Hillary Clinton's whole political career has been based on polarizing the American population by race, sex, class and any other way that will serve her political interests. This kind of cynical political exploitation can take the UNITED out of the United States, and Balkanize us into an internal war of each against all. That is a war in which we can all lose."................... THOMAS SOWELL

"As far as the Republicans' front-runner, what is there left to say about Donald Trump? Almost daily he demonstrates that he lacks the maturity, the depth and the character required to lead a nation facing a complex range of dangers."................... THOMAS SOWELL

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."..... WINSTON CHURCHILL

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin,   Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

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Over the past few weeks I have received lots of correspondence from many who are Trump supporters and correspondence from some who are dead set against Ted Cruz as they still doubt his citizenship. I got one e-mail which had some woman showing a document saying that Ted Cruz did not renounce his Canadian citizenship until 2014. And I have nothing which would dispute that. However, I have known a number of people who had dual citizenship and they did not renounce their foreign citizenship until they had reached several years into adulthood. I am not an expert in citizenship matters. I only go by what I have read in a number of publications and what I learned in school from the 1940s on. I also depend upon what I hear from attorneys and from former judges. And from what those who are way more knowledgeable than I in these matters, I have no concerns about Ted Cruz being eligible to run for the office of President of the United States. So, that along with Cruz obviously being more knowledgeable about the United States Constitution than all of the rest combined, I have not changed my support.

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What does concern me a bit, however, are the math skills of John Kasich. When I see this guy in front of cameras make the statement that he expects to go into the Republican Convention with enough delegates to win the nomination outright, and I know for a fact that it is mathematically impossible for this to be true, then I must question a whole bunch of things that Kasich says.

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Having Barack Hussein Obama and his family attending a baseball game in Cuba on the heels of the Muslim terrorist attacks in Belgium is not nearly as insulting as having to watch and listen to this Chicago con-man preach to us all about how Cuba and the U.S. are partners in human-rights issues. And it is almost as insulting as watching Hillary Clinton preach to us about how qualified she is on counter-terrorism issues.

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One quick comment. We have seen the open border and extremely liberal immigration and refugee policies of damn near ALL of the European countries. And we have seen how vulnerable European countries are to terrorist attacks and that most of their counter-terrorism actions are reactive rather than proactive, then why are we in this country content to sit on our dead behinds and allow terror cells to develop with little or no action taken? Political Correctness is something that we cannot and should not stand in the way of the safety of our citizens. If a city has a particular area that is home to gang violence, doesn't it make sense to increase the law enforcement presence in that area. If in Los Angeles, the Watts area is experiencing gang violence, would you increase your gang enforcement in Hollywood? Why then, do these idiot administrations in American cities seem to be in abject fear of increasing intelligence gathering in areas which have high Muslim/Middle Eastern populations? I am not for a moment advocating treating those population in any other manner than fair treatment. BUT, pulling your law enforcement out of those areas so as not to offend the residents is absolute madness. I am sorry but I have a huge problem with these "NO GO ZONES". The European cities have them and I strongly imagine that many U.S. cities also have these particular areas where law enforcement will not go from either fear of offending some higher ups or from orders handed down from weak administrators. Of course this is just my opinion.

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March Madness is upon us. I do not watch any college basketball until the 64 team brackets are made up and the playoffs begin. I always enjoy seeing some of the smaller colleges who are not very well known, come up at tournament time and dump some of the big universities. It happens every year. This year it was the Texas Longhorns' turn to get dumped by a smaller school. Northern Iowa mad a last second shot from half court to defeat the Texas Longhorns who have a pretty darn good basketball program. Then Middle Tennessee dumps Michigan State. And I do like the Michigan State Coach, Tom Izzo who has been on the Michigan State coaching staff since 1983 and has been their head coach since 1995. Then the team from Nacogdoches, Texas.... the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks whipped a much more talented West Virginia team. There were some other upsets in the first round but those are the ones I watched.

The last NBA game I watched was when Michael Jordan was winding up his career with the Chicago Bulls. When we lived in Houston, I rarely missed a University of Houston home game. I watched them defeat UCLA in the Astrodome before, at the time, the largest indoor crowd to ever see a college game in the U.S. During that same period, the Phyllis Wheatley Wildcats were dominating the State of Texas in high school basketball. I got to watch Elvin Hayes for his entire career at the U of H. I also got to see Oscar Robertson play a couple of years when he was with The University of Cincinnati.

Those were also the days of the old Southwest Conference and Texas University, S.M.U. and T.C.U. all had good basketball programs every year. I miss the old pre-season Southwest Conference Tournament which was held every year at Rice Institute/University.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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March 16th, 2016 DONE / CORPORATE

Wednesday - March 16, 2016

Hello once again from The Jingoistic Association Of Totally Confused Conservative Republicans Of West Texas.

DONE:

Well another Super Tuesday has come and gone and once more, "The Donald" picked up the biggest count in delegates. This, should not surprise any of us. I have been saying all along that Marco Rubio was not going to make the final cut and as I also predicted, he did not even carry his own state of Florida. John Kasich, on the other hand, did carry Ohio which was pretty well expected.

But, despite Kasich carrying Ohio, he is still way back in the delegate count. And what is even more surprising is that Kasich has been making appearances where he has made the statement that he expects to be going into the Republican Convention leading in delegates and expects to win the nomination. Now I am sure that the Establishment Republicans and all of the "Moderates" would like to believe that but I am of the opinion that John Kasich has a bit of a problem with fairly simple mathematics if in fact he really does believe this. Before this primary season began I really had nothing against John Kasich and remembered him from hosting a program at one time on the FOX News Channel (last broadcast in 2007) and from being a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2001). But I also learned pretty early in the contest that he was an employee of Lehman Bros. Investment from 2001 -2007. HEY! Isn't Lehman Bros the outfit that filed for Chapter 11 BANKRUPTCY in 2007?

And in checking the NET WORTH of Presidential Candidate John Kasich, several sources show it from $9.1 MILLION to $22 MILLION. Doesn't this seem a bit odd for someone who claims to just be one of the folks? In checking into his background it seems that other than his time at the now defunct LEHMAN BROS. He has been in the political arena. Also a bit odd for someone who claims NOT to be a professional politician. Actually I did not have to listen to John Kasich for very long before I came to the conclusion that A) He doesn't have a clue about what the United States Constitution says; B) Like many other professional politicians he thinks as President he can "Put the parties behind closed doors and not let them out until they have reached a decision". Now, if by this time you have come to the conclusion that I do not care for John Kasich, then you would win the big deal of the day.

I heard one radio program this morning which said that the best speech that Marco Rubio had made this year was yesterday evening when he suspended his campaign. The radio host said that Rubio sounded more conservative than at any time during his campaign. I thought the same thing BUT, I also thought, then why did he act like a spoiled little loud mouth brat during the so called debates? From some communications I have received from some Florida friends, I reached the conclusion a good while back that Rubio turned on the people who elected him to the U.S. Senate, like a pack of rabid dogs. HEY! You don't suppose that might be the reason that he got thoroughly whipped by "The Donald" in yesterday's primary, do you?

I have listened to Donald Trump make some really bizarre statements and within 24 hours completely deny his statements. I wonder if "The Donald" realizes that those TV cameras and radio microphones might just perchance be RECORDING some of his statements. Also, it appears as if "The Donald" has no clue about the Separation of Powers and is equally clueless about the Constitution of the United States.

SO, in my opinion, if any candidate other than Ted Cruz gets the Republican Nomination, Hillary Clinton will beat them like a tied goat. I believe that Cruz can beat her hands down. I also believe that if "The Donald" gets the Republican nomination, hundreds of thousands of Republican voters will STAY HOME.

I guess what I am really saying is that the Republican Party that I joined is DONE... as in COOKED..... TOAST. And Republicans have no one to blame but themselves for allowing a bunch of professional con-men and lobbyists and liberals posing as conservatives to hijack their party.

SO to today's Republican Party I say............ADIOS TONTO, AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON.

CORPORATE:

For some reason, every occasion on which I ask an employee or a manager or assistant manager of a retail outlet a question regarding the reasoning behind something I have noticed in their store, I seem to get the same answer. "Well it was CORPORATE'S decision to make the change." This stock answer got me to wondering if CORPORATE was some supreme organization like the Republican National Committee or the Democratic National Committee who made idiotic decisions simply to justify their existence. Yes, I am aware that each individual company has their own unique CORPORATE Organization, normally located in an area which has very little in common with your own particular area.

Here is an example. I was at the H.E.B. Grocery Store in San Angelo a few days back and I had a shopping list made out by my wife. On it she had two different types of nuts that she wanted me to get. One was a particular brand of almonds and the other was a particular brand of pistachio nuts. SO, I went directly to the aisle which had the sign, "Nuts, Baking Needs". So I went up and down this aisle several times not seeing the particular items requested by my wife. SO, I looked up a store clerk who marched me down to the aisle from which I had just come up empty. SO, I looked up an Assistant Manager who marched me straight to the aisle from which I had just made to trips and came up empty. THEN, I went and contacted one of the big managers who asked me, "Have you been down the NUT AISLE?" I told him that I had made THREE, III, 3, TRES trips to that aisle. Then he said, "well then, let's look in the produce section." We did that and sure enough, the pistachio nuts were in the produce section right next to some oranges. I made the statement that I thought it strange to have a specific aisle for NUTS and to have these nuts in with the fruits and vegetables. SO, I made the mistake of asking him WHY THIS WAS? And his answer was.... "It probably was CORPORATE'S DECISION."

I filed that in my information file and went on to Wal-Mart where I was looking for a particular type of bread that I have been buying there for several years and have always found it in the same location in the store. I went there and did not see my bread. SO, I asked one of the clerks who said that she thought they had stopped carrying that particular type of bread but maybe I should check with one of the managers. I wandered around until I found one of the managers and told him what I was looking for and he took me completely to the back of the store where I located my bread in with the cheese and other refrigerated items. SO, being a glutton for punishment, I asked the manager WHY was this one type of bread moved from the bakery section and put in with cheese and other refrigerated items. His answer was, yep, you guessed it, "That was CORPORATE'S decision." I took my bread and went on about my business. Incidentally, my bread was not refrigerated but on a rack by itself.

Now, right after my bouts with H.E.B. and Wal-Mart, I then went to Albertson's Super Market. I generally buy all of my ground beef and most of my produce at Albertson's. SO, I went and got my ground beef, then I went to one side of the store where they had moved the canned fruit about two weeks ago and found sanitary napkins instead of fruit cocktail. SO, I stopped a clerk and asked her where one could find the canned fruit. She didn't have a clue but asked another clerk who directed me completely to the farthest side of the store where the canned fruit was located. I was walking to the front and I ran into a manager and asked him WHY they were moving practically everything to different locations in the store and much to my surprise he said, "Well I'm pretty sure it was a CORPORATE decision." I replied that I also was pretty sure it was a CORPORATE decision since it made no sense whatsoever to "CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE". I told him that I knew he had to do what CORPORATE directed him in order to keep his job, BUT, if he would do me the favor of passing along to CORPORATE that I thought they were dumber than a box o' rocks and that just occasionally, they might accidentally do something that would be pleasing to their customers.

I feel pretty sure that The CORPORATE boobs for all retail stores care just about as much about the likes and dislikes of their customers as do the elected politicians in Washington. In my mind, CORPORATE does not subscribe to the age old saying.... "The Customer Is Always Right".

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"People who are willing to consider virtually any conceivable excuse for criminals' acts cut no slack at all for decisions that police have to make in a split second, at the risk of their lives. For some people, it is not enough that cops put themselves at risk to protect the rest of us. They want cops to risk their lives for the sake of handling criminals more gently."........................ THOMAS SOWELL

"If you listen carefully to what Senator Marco Rubio says, he is not for instant amnesty. He is for amnesty on the installment plan, though of course he would not call it that. Does anyone who knows anything about politics seriously believe that legalization of illegal immigrants will end that issue, without turning into citizenship over time.".......... THOMAS SOWELL

"The kinds of candidates the Republican establishment has chosen -- from Romney and McCain in recent times, all the way back to Thomas E. Dewey in 1948 -- have had an almost unbroken record of losing, even to Democrats who were initially unknown (Carter, Clinton) or unpopular (Obama Truman)."..... THOMAS SOWELL

"Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense."........ PATRICK HENRY

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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March 9th, 2016 CLASS / FIRST / SECOND

Wednesday - March 9, 2016

Greetings once again from the West Texas Association For Jingoistic Fossil Fuel Burning SUV Drivers.

  CLASS -FIRST:

  I have attended a number of retirements for a number of people from different walks of life: Police Officers, Fire Fighters, Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, Sales Persons and many others. I have also watched a number of retirement announcements from regular folks and from super stars. But on Monday, I watched the retirement announcement of Peyton Manning and pretty much decided that he showed just about as much class as anyone I had ever seen. It was very easy to tell that he would miss many things about his career in Professional Football.

In a small way, I could relate to what he said. Even though I was ready to retire from Law Enforcement after my 38 years in the Houston, Texas and Hobbs, New Mexico areas, I knew that what I would miss the most was the friends and associations I had made over these years. Of course within a few months I returned back to work part time with the Lea County Sheriff's Department and the Region VI Drug Task Force for another 7 years. My reason for returning, however, was not the work itself but rather being part of a team or a unit and doing something that I had enjoyed all of my adult life.

Peyton Manning made reference to the fact that what he would miss the most was his association with not only his team mates but also doing some of the simple things with some of the non playing team personnel. And what I thought showed the real class of Peyton Manning was the fact that he had contacted every one of his past coaches who were still alive to thank them for what they had done for him over the years. And it was really easy to tell just how revered he was by his team mates by the number of them who traveled many miles to be with him on the day he announced his retirement.

On the day of my retirement party in Hobbs, New Mexico, I was surprised by my daughter and three of my grand children who drove in from Lake City, Colorado to be with me. Also one of my all time best friends and former partner, Peary Perry flew in from Houston to be present. I will never forget that day.

Even after I became pretty disenchanted with the NFL as a whole, I always enjoyed watching any game in which Peyton Manning was quarterbacking one of the teams. I always enjoyed watching him completely screw with the minds of the defensive players. And I always thought it showed tons of class on his part by the way he acted on the sidelines when his defense was on the field. He was constantly busy looking at photos and talking with his receivers and coaches.

Everything he did in practice, in meetings, and during the game was directed at making his team better and successful. He said at his retirement announcement that there may have been other players with more speed and stronger arms and better talent BUT that he thought that no one beat him in preparation. And I believe that also as well as his team mates and his coaches past and present.

I will still watch the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots because I believe those organizations also have the same type of class as does Peyton Manning. But the game without Manning will be a little less fun to watch. If Peyton Manning was not the Best Of All Times, he is darn sure amongst 'em.



CLASS - SECOND:

Actually this was fairly easy. As far as I am concerned the National Republican Party Leadership is SECOND CLASS all the way down the line. The Republican National Committee along with the Republican Leadership (or lack of same) in both the Senate and the House help keep the National Republican Party in not only a Second Class statues BUT are rapidly leading this national political party down the road to destruction.

While I do not particularly like Donald Trump, it is a small wonder that many former loyal Republicans are jumping ship for no other reason than the National Republican Party and the Establishment Democrat Party are damn near interchangeable.

It was fairly obvious from the beginning that the Washington Establishment Republicans wanted Jeb Bush as their candidate. But it was also fairly obvious from the beginning that Jeb Bush along with many of the other Establishment favorites were.... as we say in Texas..... "pissin' inta tha wind". A self centered egotist like "The Donald" could never have gotten off the ground had it not been for the self centered selfishness of the National Republican Establishment.

Perhaps Karl Rove should have made more personal appearances with his little chalk board so that he could show us stupid conservatives just how things should be. For my money, Karl Rove can shove his chalk board up his backside.

I have said in the past that I would never vote for "The Donald" and I will stick with that statement..... If Trump is the Republican nominee, I will not be voting FOR him, BUT I will be voting against Hillary.... and this is the only way I can live with myself knowing that checking the Trump box is actually a vote AGAINST Hillary Clinton.

Of course, I still believe that if "The Donald" gets the nomination that the medial will turn the dogs loose and begin to cut Trump's legs out from underneath him. As far as I am concerned, Donald Trump falls into the SECOND CLASS category right along with the Establishment Republican Party.

But, I guess that SECOND CLASS is still ahead of THIRD CLASS which is the niche into which Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders fall.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI - Timothy Lincoln Palmer* (Newborn Grandson of CDR Bob Palmer - smallest of quads), Tyler Seddon - RI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Perhaps most important of all, there are signs that -- if push comes to shove -- the Republican establishment would prefer Trump himself to Ted Cruz. Why? Because, despite Trump's reckless rhetoric and shallow reasoning, he is a deal-maker who will not let principles stand in the way of anything that promotes the ego of Donald Trump.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"Senator Cruz, on the other hand, has repeatedly defied the Republican leadership in the Senate. Whatever the merits or lack of merits of his actions in particular cases, he has clearly shown himself not to be one of those who go along to get along.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"According to the Washington Post, record numbers of college students say that they plan to engage in protests. Our educational system may not teach students much math or science, but students learn from gutless academic administrators that mob rule is the way to get what you want -- and to silence those who disagree with you."............ THOMAS SOWELL

"An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass."............... GEORGE WASHINGTON

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the people's liberty's teeth.".............. GEORGE WASHINGTON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

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"Last Saturday morning I turned on the ESPN Sports program BEFORE the two stupid ladies came on to discuss the eating habits of super models or some other equally interesting non sporting event and much to my surprise were two of the regular guys. AND were they discussing College Basketball? No. Or perhaps College Baseball? No. Or perhaps the NFL Scouting Combine? No. They were discussing the terribly interesting subject of WOMEN'S BOXING. Now, I don't know about the rest of you but since the regular men's boxing championships have pretty much all gone the "Pay Per View" route, I have stopped watching boxing of any sort. And, NO, I do not consider the Ultimate Fighting Champion shows as boxing.

I grew up in the 1940s and 1950s when boxing was on the radio and was first shown on television. On television they had the "Blue Ribbon Bouts" which was usually on Wednesday nights and sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Then on Friday nights was the "Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports" which was sponsored by Gillette Razor Blades.

During those 1950s bouts I watched some of the absolute greatest fighters and champions of all times. I can remember Kid Gavilan who was Welterweight Champion at the time along with Carmen Basilio, Tony DeMarco, and several more really good welterweights. Sugar Ray Robinson was the middleweight champion during some of that period and of course we had Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott and Rocky Marciano in the heavyweight division. Joey Maxim was beaten by Archie Moore for the light heavyweight championship.

Then in the 1960s and 1970s and even into the 1980s there were some really great fighters and champions. I can remember in the featherweight division, one of my all time favorite fighters was champion for awhile in the 1970s in the featherweight division. His name was was Danny "Little Red" Lopez. This was one of the toughest guys I ever saw. He would get knocked around and generally receive one or more cuts through the first 9 or 10 rounds and then he went to work and generally won by a knockout.

Also during that time frame in the Super Featherweight Division there was a champion named Bobby Chacon. He was involved in several memorable fights during his career with two other fighters. Rafael "Bazooka" Limon and an African born fighter who was raised in England I believe by adopted parents. His name was Cornelius Boza Edwards. Those three fought each other and FINALLY in a year's time Bobby Chacon defeated both, "Bazooka" Limon and Cornelius Boza Edwards in a couple of the best fights I have ever watched.

The middleweight champion during some of those years was one of the absolute best fighters I ever saw. Carlos Monzon from Argentina. Between fights he would be shown dressed up in a suit and tie and he was a really nice looking person. BUT on the day of the fight, he would lose a bunch of weight to get down to 160 pounds and looked like the Frankenstein Monster..... fought like him too. Monzon beat some of the best middleweights ever. He defeated Emile Griffith twice. I would like to have seen Monzon and Ray Robinson hook it up when they were both in their prime.

AND, I was fortunate enough to be able to see, in my opinion, the greatest fight of all times took place in 1958 in the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. It was for the light heavyweight championship between challenger, Yvonne Durelle and champion Archie Moore. Moore was knocked down 4 times in the early rounds and Durelle went down 4 times in the later rounds and was knocked out in the 11th round. ANYONE who watched that fight will tell you that it was the absolute best ever.

Of course I got to watch Rocky Marciano his entire career. He landed the single best punch ever when he knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952 to win the heavyweight championship. I was fortunate enough to be able to watch that fight and all of Marciano's championship fights including his final fight in 1955 when he knocked out Archie Moore. I will never forget the interview after that fight when some idiot boxing reporter asked Archie Moore, "which punch hurt you the most?" To which Moore replied, "ALL OF 'EM". And that I could believe.

It is sad that the sport of boxing has been turned into the spectacle that it is today. AND it is even sadder to think that one of the main topics on a Saturday morning sports station is Women's Boxing Champions.

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I am sure that most of you are aware that March is "Women's History Month". One of the women honored was English novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. I am pretty sure that many of today's "MILLENNIALS" would have no hint as to who this lady was. BUT since I grew up and went to several institutes of public education before the government screwed it up completely, I have known since I was a small child about Mary Shelley. She, of course, is the lady who wrote one of the most famous novels of terror, FRANKENSTEIN, which was published in 1818. She also wrote the apocalyptic novel, The Last Man which was published in 1826. Of course there have been many film adaptations of Mary Shelley's novels but few have followed the plot of her writings...... AND as we all know, Boris Karloff WAS THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER.... Well it was either Boris Karloff OR Carlos Monzon on fight day.

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I believe I heard this morning that there is to be STILL ANOTHER DEBATE. I don't know if it is Republican or Democrat but I am damn near debated out. The debate coverages are starting to remind me of the NFL Sunday pre-game and post-game shows. The media mutts tell us what we can expect to see on the debates; then we are subjected to about two hours of screaming and bad mouthing and whining; then the media mutts return to tell us just exactly what it was that we just watched..... since we are all to stupid to figure it out for ourselves...... This is generally the time that I am ready to knock Karl Rove's fat ass out of his clothes..... But that might be more than any of us could stomach.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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February 17th, 2016 UNEXPECTED

Wednesday - February 17, 2016

Hello once again from the Bureau Of Really Angry Jingoistic Vast Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas.

UNEXPECTED:

I am sure that, like the rest of you, I was shocked at the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia. I always viewed Justice Scalia as the real backbone of our present Supreme Court. I always appreciated his originalist view regarding our U.S. Constitution. I read somewhere that one of the first American Presidents to refer to our Constitution as a "Living, Breathing, Document", was Woodrow Wilson. Of course, I believe that Woodrow Wilson was completely WRONG about the Constitution being a "Living, Breathing, Document" which "Constantly changed in order to suit the times." Keep in mind that Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, was also credited with founding the "League of Nations" which was a forerunner of the "United Nations". As a matter of fact, the founding of the "League of Nations" was the big ticket item which won Woodrow Wilson The Nobel Peace Prize. Hey! Don't we have another recent President who also received the Nobel Peace Prize?

Anyway, back in the 1950s when I was taking Civics and Government classes, I remember our teacher in teaching us about the United States Constitution taught us that the U.S. Constitution was written to be a very strict and unchanging set of guidelines. The reason why it was so rigid was that life under the rule of the British Monarchy was unacceptable as King George III could change things anytime he chose...... almost like issuing a Presidential Executive Order.... only even more binding. I believe that the way Mr. Duggan put it to us was that "The Constitution Says Exactly What It Means..... AND... Means Exactly What It Says."

Apparently, Justice Scalia must have been taught the same set of standards for the interpretation of The U.S. Constitution. And since he and I are pretty much the same age, I would just imagine that this is what he learned growing up and evidently was never shown anything to change his mind....... NEITHER HAVE I.

I know that many of us really liked the rulings of Justice Scalia and to take it a step further, I always appreciated his comments and his obvious sense of humor. I especially liked his Dissenting Opinion comments. He was no nonsense and was described as an Originalist in his views on the U.S. Constitution..... in other words, he did not buy into the theory that the U.S. Constitution was a "Living, Breathing, Ever Changing, Document."

One article in the (Sub) Standard Times described Justice Scalia as "A lightning rod for criticism from the left almost from the moment he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan." The article also stated: "He showed a deep commitment to originalism which he later began calling textualism. In other words, judges had a duty to give the same meaning to the Constitution and laws as they had when they were written. Otherwise he said disparagingly, judges could decide that that THE CONSTITUTION MEANS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK IT OUGHT TO MEAN. " And that statement should tell us volumes about the kind of man and the kind of Justice that Justice Scalia was. And this is why his unexpected passing is a blow to the Judicial Branch of our government.

Our only hope is for any Supreme Court Nominee made by Barack Hussein Obama be held up by the U.S. Senate. Yes, I know that Mitch McConnell has vowed to do this but I somehow just do not believe a whole lot of what Mitch McConnell says. I do believe that it would be not only in the best interest of Conservative Americans BUT to ALL AMERICANS who believe in our Constitutional Republic, to contact their individual Senators and urge them to oppose any Obama nominee.

We need Justice Scalia's replacement to have similar views as did this great Supreme Court Justice. We cannot afford to have another Sotomayor or Kagan appointed to fill the seat of perhaps the best Supreme Court Justice to have served during my lifetime. Patriotic Americans will sorely miss Justice Scalia. AND keep in mind, if the Senate does do their job then the next President will get to make the appointment, not only to fill the position left vacant by Justice Scalia's untimely passing but will possibly get to make perhaps two more appointments.

Please keep this thought in your head before giving the Republican nomination to a Trump or a Bush or a Kasich.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens,   Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham,   Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams,   Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Billy Williams,   Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK -   Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA -   Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA -   Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI -   RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown,   CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens,   Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Amid the petty bickering, loud rhetoric and sordid attack ads in this year's primary election campaigns, the death of a giant -- Justice Antonin Scalia -- suddenly overshadows all of that. The vacancy created on the Supreme Court makes painfully clear the huge stakes involved when we choose a President of the United States, just one of whose many powers is the power to nominate justices of the Supreme Court.",,,,,,, THOMAS SOWELL

"If the Republicans are to avoid having Donald Trump lead them -- and the country-- to disaster, they are going to have to have the majority of non-Trump supporters get behind some given candidate. Senator Ted Cruz has been criticized in this column before, and will undoubtedly be criticized here again. But we can only make our choices among those actually available, and Senator Cruz is the one who comes to mind when depth and steadfastness come to mind. S someone who once clerked for a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he will know how important choosing Justice Scalia's replacement will be. And he has the intellect to understand much more." ..................... THOMAS SOWELL

"MAN IS NOT MADE TO BE TRUSTED FOR LIFE, IF SECURED AGAINST ALL LIABILITY TO ACCOUNT." .............. THOMAS JEFFERSON

" IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS DOCTRINE TO CONSIDER THE JUDGES AS THE ULTIMATE ARBITERS OF ALL CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS. IT IS ONE WHICH WOULD PLACE US UNDER THE DESPOTISM OF AN OLIGARCHY."............... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."   ..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,    Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,    David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo   Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX,   Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy,   Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,    State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS,   Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR,   BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN,   The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC),   NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

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MORE STUFF:

Please pay attention to the above quote by Thomas Jefferson about placing Judges as the "Ultimate Arbiters Of All Constitutional Questions". We are dangerously close to being placed under the "Despotism Of An Oligarchy". Just stop and think about how the ability of the states to make decisions which affect their citizens has gradually disappeared. Look at how the TENTH AMENDMENT to The Constitution Of The United States has gradually been weakened by the federal government. And just so there are no doubts about what the TENTH AMENDMENT says:

AMENDMENT X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

OLIGARCHY: government in which power belongs to a FEW persons; government by a SMALL GROUP

If another leftist/liberal judge is appointed and affirmed to the United States Supreme Court, you can kiss our Second Amendment and Tenth Amendment goodbye right off the bat. Then you will begin to see our other Constitutional Rights disappear one by one.

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I read an article in a news paper which is published I believe once a month from BUFFALO GAP, TEXAS. On the front page of this paper was a photograph of a black man named Kevin W. Fort. Kevin wrote an article which I thought spoke volumes about people in West Texas. Kevin is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. In this article he tells of being at the city hall of Baird, Texas, which is where Kevin lives. Baird, Texas (locally known as Baird, America) is located in Callahan County which is Southeast of Abilene. While at city hall he was approached by an investigator. As Kevin puts it, "Why? Not because I'm a vet of my United States Marine Corps. Not because I'm a property owner. Not because I'm a Christian. Not because I'm a proud Texan. But because I'm a black man." "Note, I didn't say African American. You see, I can go back 4 generations, and NONE of my folks has ever been to Africa. I'm an AMERICAN!" Anyway, this investigator was asking questions to see if an individual could receive a fair trial if the trial were to be moved to Callahan County. Kevin let the investigator know that in Callahan County a man was judged by his character and not his skin color.

Kevin went on in the article to point out that the democrats have taken the job of the raising and education of our children out of our hands. Kevin pointed out in his article that problems we are now experiencing started a long time ago, and has been perpetuated by liberals, democrats, and at least for the last two terms, by republicans. I completely agree with and support Kevin's views. It was refreshing to see that a loyal, patriotic American who also happens to be black had the courage to, as Howard Cosell always said, "Tell It Like It Is." Hats off to Kevin and the Buffalo Gap news paper.

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I am pretty sure that none of you will be surprised to learn that I DID NOT watch The Grammy Awards program. And I am so very sorry that I did not. I am so sad that I missed Kendrick Lamar accepting the award for the "Best Rap Album"....... TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY. Boy, they just don't write 'em like this any more. The article that I read also stated that Justin Bieber sang the ever popular LOVE YOURSELF and struggled with it near the end. You will be happy to note, however, that Little Big Town and Demi Lovato had shining moments during their performances. Other winners included Ronson, D'Angelo, Skrillex, Diplo, Kirk Franklin and Jason Isbell .... all household names I am sure.

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OK. I do not have any problem with the Federal Government providing land for National Parks and other National Recreation Areas as long as they are open to the public for use. I do believe that there are many square miles of federally owned land which are probably not being put to the best use. BUT, I have somewhat of a problem when a Nevada rancher goes all the way to Oregon to stage an armed protest with other demonstrators. So, I have no real problem with Nevada Rancher, Cliven Bundy being arrested and put in jail in Portland, Oregon. I am sure that I might even agree with Bundy and others regarding the totally outrageous behavior by the federal government but staging armed protests strike me as fairly stupid and a no win situation.

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Over the past week I have watched Bernie Sanders spout off Marxist crap. I have heard Hillary Clinton bark like a dog. I have heard Donald Trump berate damn near everyone who does not agree with him. I have seen Marco Rubio when called to task about statements made on a Spanish Speaking Radio Station come back and bring out the fact, at least according to Rubio, that Ted Cruz "DOES NOT SPEAK SPANISH". OH NO MR. BILL! Now I am sure that this might come as a complete surprise to Marco Rubio but there are lots of people in the United States and elsewhere for that matter who do not speak Spanish. I, can personally understand some Spanish and I can read it better than I can speak it. BUT, that did not stop me on many occasions from taking witness statements AND Criminal Confessions from Spanish speaking people who did not speak or understand English. HOW DID YOU MANAGE THAT? I'm sure Marco Rubio would ask that question, never pausing to think that perhaps I would find someone WHO DID UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK SPANISH to.......... how shall I phrase this..... Oh Yes, TRANSLATE THE WORDS.

And I never did hear Rubio completely deny that what Cruz said was false, but simply that Cruz does not speak Spanish.

I know that Cruz is not a favorite of the media... and I am including FOX News in this group. BUT, Ted Cruz made a number of promises to the people of Texas and in my books has kept his word to those who elected him. I don't think that Rubio can make that statement with a straight face. AND, insofar as "The Donald", why would I support an arrogant, self centered, egotistical, narcissist when we have just completed SEVEN YEARS with one of those as President of the United States.

Actually, the main problem that I have with Trump is that he is in dire need of a really good ass whipping.... or as we would say in Texas Ass Whuppin'. I keep hearing that the reason that Trump is making such headway is that people are tired of in-the-bag politicians. OK. If that is so, and they tell us that Ted Cruz is disliked by everyone in the U.S. Senate and is very unpopular with the Washington Establishment...... then why are we to believe THE SAME PEOPLE who then tell us that Ted Cruz is "Part of the Washington establishment"?

Isn't that a bit like the media telling us that the Stock Market prices dropped drastically due to the Federal Reserve dropping interest rates..... and then when there is a sharp increase in the Stock Market averages, the same people tell us that the huge gains are due to the Federal Reserve dropping interest rates? OK. Which is it?

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THE REPUBLICANS IN THIS COUNTRY HAD BETTER WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL BE IN A POSITION TO NAME AT LEAST TWO AND PROBABLY THREE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. THINK OF THAT AND THEN CONVINCE ME THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE THE PERSON YOU WOULD WANT MAKING THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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February 11th, 2016 SOCIETY

Wednesday - February 10, 2016

Hello once again from The Far Right Wing Division Of The Jingoistic Xenophobic Huge Carbon Footprint Leaving Second Amendment Supporters Of West Texas.



SOCIETY:



If anyone wishes to see just how far our society as a whole has descended, all you had to do was to watch the Half-Time Program of SUPER BOWL 50. I had a suspicion that things were probably headed South when we were subjected to multiple hours of pre-game programming by several networks; CBS, NFL, ESPN and several others. Then when the game was finally ready to begin we were subjected to The National Anthem as performed by Lady Gaga. Actually, Lady Gaga began fairly well up until she got to "The Rocket's Red Glare" line, then she decided, obviously, to show the masses not only her vocal range but also that she could turn an anthem into something resembling blues; country; hip-hop; and God only knows what else, but it damn sure wasn't something which honored the United States of America.



Then came the game, which I liked pretty well. Yes, I know that Peyton Manning did not have statistically all that great of a performance BUT I would remind you that he had as many touchdown passes as did Joe Namath in Super Bowl III and we were not subjected to an all important "GUARANTEE" like Namath gave us years ago. And he ended the day looking like the class act that he has pretty much always been. While, on the other hand, the NFL's Most Valuable Player ended the day looking like the petulant, spoiled brat that he is.



Of course most of my favorite players of all time are defensive players. And while Denver's Von Miller deservedly received the Super Bowl MVP award, a number of other Denver defensive players had superb games. I probably watch football a little different than a lot of folks in that I try to pay attention to what is going on along the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. I particularly enjoy watching the tight end position on offense and the inside linemen on defense. Had you been paying attention to any of those positions you might have noticed Denver Defensive End DEREK WOLFE creating problems not only in the Carolina passing game but their running game as well. Wolfe is a beast and very quick and super strong. The entire defensive unit for Denver was outstanding. I do not remember which coach it was years back who said, "Offense wins games..... Defense wins championships", but I have always believed that to be pretty well true. Sure, the Steelers in the 70s had outstanding offensive players BUT it was their defense who really won those championships. Then look at the 85 Bears and you might remember that their defensive unit was what really made them unstoppable. Then take the old Cowboys with the "Doomsday Defense" and even further back the Green Bay Packers with their outstanding defense.

Anyway, I was plenty happy with the Denver win and I was particularly proud to see Payton Manning probably end his career with another World Championship but I was equally happy for Gary Kubiak and especially Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips.



Which brings me to in my personal opinion a totally disgusting Half-Time Show. I actually do believe that this year's Super Bowl Half-Time Show probably tells us more about the depths to which our society as a whole has sunk. I am sure that this type of so called entertainment is right down the alley of some in our country. But I refuse to believe that the majority of Americans can truthfully say that they liked these so called stars and their antics. If this is the road that today's National Football League is going down then they can continue without my support and I strongly imagine the support of many others.

AND, what in the HELL happened to some really well thought out commercials which have been common in most of the past Super Bowls? Someone on the Budweiser staff has been bitten by a rabid monkey and have decided to change their marketing strategy evidently. A couple of the "Doritos" commercials showed a bit of thought and the one involving the pregnant mother was probably a bit over the line but I still thought it was well done... AND..... I heard the next day that The National Organization Of Women HATED IT. SO, that, if for no other reason would make it presentable in my own view. I know that you will find it tough to believe that Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and I view life through different lenses but it is true. Perhaps that is also the reason that I have absolutely NO USE for Hillary Clinton and Madeline Albright. SO, if there was a commercial which pissed off these old squacks and their organizations.... then it gets a pass from me.



And I would be a bit remiss if I did not make mention of the fact that the NFL's MVP, Carolina Quarterback Cam Newton pretty much showed his ass in the post game press conference. I can certainly understand being down after losing a big game like that one but there is little or no excuse to act like a spoiled child. I can remember a heavyweight championship fight between Champion, Larry Holmes and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Cobb was tough as nails with an anvil for a jaw, but obviously did not possess the speed or boxing skills of Larry Holmes. Anyway, Larry Holmes beat Cobb half to death for the entire fight (I can't remember whether it was a 15 or a 12 round fight). I don't think Cobb ever landed a solid punch to Holmes. Holmes won every round and a lop-sided decision over Cobb. In an interview with Cobb after the fight, the interviewer asked Cobb, "Any chance of a re-match?" To which a thoroughly beaten Cobb grinned and replied, "I'm sure Larry would love one, but I don't think I'd be interested." He was damn sure not happy about losing but did not act like a snot nosed brat, as did Newton.



ANYWAY, I still believe that the Super Bowl Pre-Game; National Anthem; and Half-Time programs pretty much show that our society as a whole needs an overhaul.

PRAYER LIST:



Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Billy Williams, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, MSGT James Beasley - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:



"During this election year, we are destined to hear many words that are toxic in the way they misrepresent reality and substitute fantasies that can win votes. One of these words is entitlement............. Particular individuals or groups can be given many things, to which politicians say they are ENTITLED, only if other people are forced by the government to provide those things to people who don't need to lift a finger to earn them. All the fancy talk about ENTITLEMENT means simply forcing some people to work to produce things for other people, who have no obligation to work."...................... THOMAS SOWELL



"Some people are surprised at how many young people look favorably on socialism. But socialism is a wonderful sounding idea. Those who have lived through the era of its disasters in the 20th century, or learned about them from history, are likely to see through the appearances to the reality. A young age prevents the former and our dumbed-down education prevents the latter.".............. THOMAS SOWELL

"Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner."....... JOHN ADAMS

"The Chinese philosopher, Sun Tzu, 2,500 years ago said winning a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the acme of skill; to subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. A truly successful army is one that, because of its strength and ability and dedication, will not be called upon to fight because no one will dare provoke it." ................. RONALD REAGAN

  "An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

   *By Request

MORE STUFF:

FINALLY, the New Hampshire primaries are OVER. I have never seen so much coverage on a primary election from a state with a very small population. It is not as if the small population of New Hampshire is going to be the telling factor in this year's election. Yes, I know that "The Donald" won it by a large margin with John Kasich coming in second and Ted Cruz taking third place. I am not sure where the rest of them finished but as I understand it, Chris Christie came in low enough to drop him from the next..... REPUBLICAN DEBATE. I believe that the order of the first 5 places were: 1) Donald Trump 2) John Kasich 3) Ted Cruz 4) Jeb Bush 5) Marco Rubio. I know that many folks were depending upon Rubio to do much better but evidently his showing in the Iowa Caucuses must have hurt him with the New Hampshire voters.

Now, we must prepare to be bombarded with minute by minute coverage of the S. Carolina primaries AND the Nevada Caucuses. But what I do not understand, in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton got her ugly ass handed to her by Socialist (Communist) Bernie Sanders yet one report this morning said that she had actually ended up the evening with MORE DELEGATES than Sanders. The figures I heard on the Sanders win was: Bernie Sanders 60%; Hillary Clinton 38%. SO, what this tells me, is that the New Hampshire process evidently leaves much to be desired and that if New Hampshire was not the FIRST actual Primary Election, those outside the boundaries of New Hampshire could probably care less about the results of same.

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Another note on Cam Newton, last night I saw a video of another news conference the MVP gave after he pouted and walked out of the interview after the Super Bowl game. In this interview, Newton interjected "you understand what I'm sayin'?" after just about every sentence. He tried to tell the press AND the general public that he was "just an ordinary human". OK, if that is the case..... then what is it with all this SUPERMAN move he does after he scores a touchdown. And what is it with his "Superhero" uniform in one of his commercials? And his explanation for not going after his last fumble was way past lame. Then, the Carolina head coach basically took up for his quarterback, which I suppose is viewed as admirable but I have a hard time believing that he truthfully supports the juvenile behavior shown by Newton. Once again, I would not expect Newton or any other player in the league to be happy about losing.... or even....not showing some emotion after losing but to exhibit the type of behavior that Newton did would pretty much be unacceptable in most circles.

Also, it might be worthwhile to do a little checking into Newton's previous behavior, particularly when he was at The University of Florida where he was arrested on felony charges on an accusation that he stole a laptop computer from another student. I read where he was suspended from the team and later he completed a court approved pre-trial diversion program. Now, I don't know how it works in Florida, but we had the same type of program in New Mexico where an individual could complete a pre-trial diversion program BUT the person HAD TO PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHARGE before this program could be meted out as their penalty. Also if during a year's period, the person did anything else for which they were charged, the pre-trial program was taken away and the individual could be sentenced on their original guilty plea. Again, I do not know if the Florida program is identically the same. Additionally Fox Sports reported that Newton faced potential expulsion from the University of Florida for three instances of academic dishonesty............. SO, apparently, just like Cleveland's Johnny Manziel and Tampa Bay's Jameis Winston, Cam Newton appears to have some issues which directly affect his character.

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Also last night I saw a program dealing with the half-time activities at the Super Bowl. The half-time shows at first were fairly normal shows with bands and the like but when it was learned that many viewers were watching something else during the half-time and some were not tuning back in for the second half, something had to be done and this is when the NFL made the decision to have the stuff to which we are now subjected. They showed film clips of all these shows and I can honestly say that I liked Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney pretty well but thought the rest was pure crap. And yes, I am definitely including this year's insulting stuff which featured Coldplay; Beyonce; and Bruno Mars. I had almost rather be insulted by some ESPN hacks telling me what it was that I just saw in the first half and what we could expect in the second half as these so called talented performers.

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GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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February 3rd, 2016   IOWA

Wednesday - February 3, 2016



Greetings from The Home For Thoroughly Fed Up Conservative Jingoistic Xenophobic Angry Gun Clingers Of West Texas.



IOWA:



For weeks now we have been subjected to nanosecond by nanosecond reports about "The Iowa Caucuses" and the "New Hampshire Primaries" by every type and flavor of so called "News Agencies". It has come to the point where I, like Rhett Butler, "Frankly, Don't Give A Damn". Now I know that there are some really good people who live in Iowa and New Hampshire. I have a pretty good friend who was raised on an Iowa farm. But when you really boil things down to basic facts, most of the remainder of the United States are more interested in the political picture in the state in which they reside.



Now let us look at Iowa and New Hampshire in terms of actual control of a national election. According to one source, in 2015 the predicted population of Iowa was approximately 3,474,000 people which would rank Iowa 30th after all population totals were in. New Hampshire showed a total of approximately 1,330,600 which would rank it either 41st, 42nd, or 43rd after all figures were in.

Now let us look at California (#1) with 39,145,000; Texas (#2) with 27,470,000; Florida (#3) with 20,271,000; and New York (#4)with 19,796,000 and it should not be too hard to see that neither Iowa nor New Hampshire are very near the top of the states in terms of population or voter strength.



Now, let us look at the representation each of the above mentioned states has in the U.S. House of Representatives:

California ............ 53 seats

Texas .................. 36 seats

Florida ................ 27 seats

New York ............ 27 seats

Iowa.................... 4 seats

New Hampshire.... 2 seats

So by using even limited math skills, even the incompetent media vermin should be able to tell that the states with more population generally have a greater impact on voting on various pieces of legislation and also in selecting Presidential Nominees.



AND, if it were not insulting enough that we have been bombarded with these 24 hour a day reports by some so called EXPERT'S, who offer their opinion on who is in the lead in both parties, we have also been overwhelmed by various telephone solicitations; mail solicitations; Internet/E-Mail solicitations; and Television and Radio solicitations for donations of funds to any number of candidates. Now, let me ask you this question. With something like 17 Republicans seeking their party's nomination, do those people in the single digit poll numbers actually believe they have a shot at the nomination? If they do...... then they are too stupid to be elected to the office.



According to all of the political pundits, the Iowa Caucuses were pretty much being given to "The Donald". BUT, a funny thing happened. Ted Cruz won the Republican Iowa Caucuses. Almost immediately the media vermin began to harp on the fact that Marco Rubio had done really well in his third place finish. Even some really intelligent folks like Charles Krauthammer could not seem to find a way to give Cruz any credit but he and others were attempting to point out the ways that Donald Trump had come in second and Rubio coming in third were the big stories.



Then on Tuesday morning, there was a move afoot to blame Cruz for releasing some erroneous information regarding Dr. Ben Carson not going to New Hampshire or South Carolina. Cruz apologized to Dr. Carson and said that his group should have verified the story prior to releasing the information. I am still not sure which staffer/staffers released this wrong information. Then later, even Bill O'Reilly said that he thought it looked like the Carson story actually was leaked by CNN.



Then on Wednesday, "The Donald" sent out a "tweet" and made a statement calling for the Iowa Republican Caucuses votes for Cruz be disallowed. All of the name calling from all sides is really making the Republican Party as a whole look damn near as goofy as the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist Party. And since we are on the subject, in the Democrat/Progressive/Socialist Caucuses, some of the delegates were decided by A COIN TOSS. Damn, that sure sounds fair. And all of a sudden, what is with this new love affair between Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee?



I read also where The New York Times and The Boston Globe have given their support to Marco Rubio. WOW! There is a couple of real conservative media outlets. And I am sure that the New York Times is extremely interested in seeing that the Republican Party nominates a really strong candidate.



It was obvious to me that the Media (all of 'em) and members of the RNC (Karl Rove) were unhappy with the results of the Iowa votes. And to Karl and the Media I politely say "Tough Shit!"



And when to candidates are finally chosen, if the Republican Party chooses someone whom I can stand the sight of, I will vote for that person. If not I will probably write in someone.

BUT the bottom line is that I would rather "Drink Flint Michigan Tap Water" or "Walk Into The Long Branch Saloon In Dodge City And Insult Miss Kitty In Front Of Matt Dillon" than I had to vote for Hillary Clinton OR Bernie Sanders.

PRAYER LIST:



Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Billy Williams, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI



GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, MSGT James Beasley - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.



QUOTES:



"Having spent decades researching racial and ethnic groups around the world, I have never yet found a country in which all groups --or even most groups -- are even roughly equally represented in most endeavors."............. THOMAS SOWELL

"With all the heated and bitter debates between those who believe in heredity and those who believe in environment as explanations of group differences in outcomes, both seem to ignore the possibility that some groups just do not want to do the same things as other groups."..... THOMAS SOWELL



"Will this November's presidential election come down to a choice between a felon and a pied piper?"........... THOMAS SOWELL

"People who call Barack Obama a lame duck president seem not to have noticed that he is exercising more power than ever, and has turned the Republican Congress into a lame duck branch of government."................ THOMAS SOWELL



"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:



Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

  MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request



MORE STUFF:



Earlier today I heard a report the Mitch McConnell has made the statement that the U.S. Senate will not make any effort to block any of President Obama's legislative attempts. Looks like Dr. Sowell's comment about a "lame duck branch of government" fits the U.S. Senate perfectly

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In the (Sub) Standard Times there is one page which is dedicated to entertainment AND entertainers.... most of whom are complete strangers to me. Here is a sample of some household names of today's so called stars:



Michelle Dockery
America Ferrera
Taylor Kinney
Zooey Deschauner
Henry Schleff
Brenda Boyd
Evan Shapiro
George RR Martin
Hill Waterhouse

Chelsea Handler
Claire Dawes
Greta Gerwig
John Krasinski

Now I am sure that this only goes to show how behind times I am in matters relating to the entertainment field but I can assure you it is BY CHOICE.

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Speaking of entertainers/actors, yesterday I watched for probably the 20th time at least "The Battle Of The Bulge". Now here is a movie that sported some real actors:



Henry Fonda
Robert Shaw
Robert Ryan

Dana Andrews
George Montgomery
Pier Angeli
Barbara Werle
Charles Bronson
James MacArthur
Ty Hardin

And many more character actors. Isn't it odd that in the moves, British Actors make the best German Officers: Robert Shaw and James Mason just to name a couple. And what made the move even more enjoyable to me was that on a couple of the History Channels there were documentaries about the real "Battle Of The Bulge".

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As I have said in the past, I really enjoy reading true history, particularly Western History and early American History. But I am presently reading a book written by a veteran of the USMC and the island battles in the Pacific during World War II. The author was fairly blunt about the dislike of General Douglas MacArthur by the troops who served in the Pacific Theatre. The book is primarily directed at the battles on Guadalcanal and Peleliu. After I have finished it, I will mail it to my youngest Grandson who is a big history buff.

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Earlier today I heard that there have been several cases of ZIKA Disease reported in Texas with Dallas reporting some as well as Houston and San Antonio. This virus is transmitted originally by a certain type of mosquito but can also be transmitted sexually... what a surprise. The virus can cause pregnant women to give birth to children with abnormally small heads.

APPARENTLY, the country with the largest problem with this disease is..... BRAZIL..... the home of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games which I believe are to be in Rio De Janeiro. In addition to this highly contagious virus, it appears as if Rio De Janeiro is also experiencing some serious water pollution problems. You don't suppose that the City of Rio De Janeiro and Flint Michigan are being governed by the same group of incompetents...... do you?

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AND Yes, I still prefer Ted Cruz over the remainder of the field.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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January 27, 2016   DIVERSITY / QUESTIONS

Wednesday - January 27, 2016

Greetings from the Office Of The Grand Poobah Of Jingoistic Intolerant Politically Incorrect Xenophobes Of West Texas.

DIVERSITY:

OK, I am going way out on a limb today and am risking being the object of angry thoughts from Spike Lee and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith when I express my complete indifference to the "Lack Of Diversity" in this year's Academy Awards Program. I am sure that most of you will go along with me in expressing our sincere sorrow that these whining Hollywood crybabies will not be attending this year's Awards Presentations.

BUT, let us look at their reasons for not attending this year's star studded program. According to these Hollywood Whiners, since there evidently are NO BLACK ACTORS being nominated for an award then there must be some sinister move afoot, obviously brought on by those ultra conservative movie moguls. So according to these three and other objective Hollywood Types.... such as "Whoopi" Goldberg, for instance the must be some evil plot, hatched in the minds of the "White Privileged" that is keeping Black Actors from being nominated for an award.

And as we all can tell, there are practically NO Blacks, or any other minorities represented in any of the entertainment industry. Oh, there is the occasional appearance of the odd black actor in some rarely seen commercial on television; and there is probably a "Token" black person on a reality show or two; and of course we are presented the obligatory black or another minority on the occasional news program not to mention black sports announcers and athletes who pretty much dominate the athletic contests. But, I must agree with Spike and Will and Jada and Whoopi that minorities are being stifled in the film industry.

OR, perhaps other than Denzel Washington, James Earl Jones and a few others, the quality of the acting in movies as well as television programming pretty much sucks by damn near all actors, black actors included.

Oh, and let us not forget that the Academy Awards program is being hosted by Chris Rock, who is....... dare I say it? A black man.

OR, could it be that Director Spike Lee is pissed because HE is not being recognized in this year's event?

AND surely, it could not be that Will and Jada were not nominated...... could it?

But, just to show you that I am in tune and on board with Spike, and Will and Jada, I also will not watch this years Academy Awards Program. Of course, I HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS GATHERING OF SELF CENTERED MUTTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE MY LACK OF INTEREST UNTIL THE TIME THAT HOLLYWOOD DECIDES TO ACTUALLY HONOR SOME REAL ACTING PERFORMANCES.

Funny, but I don't seem to see Robert Duvall's name mentioned as an award recipient. And in my opinion, Mr. Duvall turns in great performances in every single role he plays.

There are a couple of movies just released that I am interested in seeing, The Revenant and Thirteen Hours, to be specific.

BUT I am pretty sure that all of us will be saddened for months over the fact that Spike Lee, Will Smith, and Jada Pinkett Smith will not be present at the Academy Awards Program............. Then again, perhaps not.

QUESTIONS:

Perhaps someone can clarify this question for me. Earlier this week I heard several news reporters ( and I use the term reporters very loosely) tell us that:

If Donald Trump wins Iowa and New Hampshire, then the game is over for Ted Cruz and all the rest. A couple of them indicated that if "The Donald" won both New Hampshire and Iowa that he would "Run The Table".

Then, later on, I heard some of these same people say that should Bernie Sanders defeat Hillary Clinton in both Iowa and New Hampshire that these victories would mean nothing as Hillary could make a stronger showing in other states.

SO, what the media is telling us is that Iowa and New Hampshire are MEANINGLESS insofar as the Democrat race.
BUT, Iowa and New Hampshire will be GAME BREAKERS for the Republican race.

My question is.... HOW IN THE HELL DO THEY COME UP WITH THAT?

The last time I looked, each state in their particular convention can come up with some unanimous delegate votes and some split delegate votes. I am pretty sure that just checking the number of Representative that both of these states send to Congress and by the number of electoral votes each has in the final vote, that neither of these states nor both of them together could control any election from the early stages. They always want to be the very first states to hold their primary elections or in Iowa's case the Iowa Caucuses that their results are really not in a position to completely control the delegate count at either convention.

I have had many questions about what I find wrong with Trump. First of all, I think that Donald Trump is a very smart business person who has made lots of money in his various endeavors. I am sure that he is very smart in many areas. I do not believe that he knows a hell of a lot about the Constitution of the United States and I have heard him make many contradictory statements just days apart. I have heard him criticize Obama for his Executive Orders...which I agree with. Then he turns around and says that he will also use Executive Orders.... BUT.... he will issue really great Executive Orders. I hear him constantly say that things will be GREAT under a Trump Presidency but I have yet to hear him say HOW HE WILL MAKE THINGS GREAT. He also tells us that he will not only construct a wall along our border but he will have the country of MEXICO PAY FOR THE WALL..... but he doesn't tell us HOW.

I also heard a report that Trump will not sign off on the Keystone Pipeline which is exactly the same stance taken by the present left wing radical occupant of the White House. In short, Trump says what he believes the people want to hear on certain occasions and then will contradict himself later on. I am not sure I can place any faith in him telling us the real truth about how he will get things done. I am not sure that he is not just as arrogant and self centered and narcissistic as Barack Hussein Obama. AND, I for one was not impressed by his endorsement by Sarah Palin.

And I for one have had enough.

My question on this is..... HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH OF A GOVERNMENT WHO DOES NOTHING BUT TAKE FROM THOSE WHO PRODUCE AND GIVE TO THOSE WHO DO NOTHING?

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Billy Williams, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Allen Ray Bates, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, MSGT James Beasley - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Today's big puzzle is how so many otherwise rational people have become enamored of Donald Trump, projecting onto him virtues and principles that he clearly does not have, and ignoring gross defects that are all too blatant....... Yet there are even a few people with strong conservative principles who have lined up with this man, whose history has demonstrated no principles at all, other than an ability to make self-serving deals, and who has shown what Thorstein Veblen once called a versatility of convictions."................. THOMAS SOWELL

"Trump boasts that he can make deals, among his many other boasts. But is a deal-maker what this country needs at this critical time? Is not one of the biggest criticisms of today's Congressional Republicans that they have made all too many deals with Democrats, betraying the principles on which they ran for office? Bipartisan deals -- so beloved by media pundits -- have produced of the great disasters in American History."........ THOMAS SOWELL

"What kind of deals would Donald Trump make? He has already praised the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which said that the government can seize private property to turn it over to another private party."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."....... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth."................. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D-GOV-CO)

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I have just about heard enough about Donald Trump boycotting the next Republican Debate due to Megyn Kelly being one of the FOX News Panel. Now, as you probably already know, I do not have a big bunch of use for Megyn Kelly as I believe she has become way too proud of her own importance, but the questions arises in my mind that if "The Donald" cannot or will not deal with a FOX News person, just how in the hell will he handle dealing with Vladimir Putin or some of the Middle East idiots..... or Germany...... or Mexico...... or England..... or China?

I have also noticed that if Trump is opposed on anything by anyone, the only thing he does is tell us how stupid the other person is and how smart he is.

I will say this again and I believe it to be absolutely true. The mainstream media and the Washington Elites will chew Trump up and spit him in the crapper if he is the Republican nominee. I understand that Trump is extremely wealthy but just remember that people like George Soros and Michael Bloomberg and a number of other Liberal Democrats/Socialists also have access to mega-bucks.

I personally have a hard time giving any respect or credibility to to a loudmouth who has up until last year been viewed as a selfish liberal egotist. I have seen several insects and several reptiles who have the ability to change colors..... BUT..... I cannot think of anyone with Trump's huge ego whom I have ever seen change to any noticeable degree. People really need to go back and give a close look at this guy.

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I seem to remember years ago, prior to the Turner Classic Movie network being the top location to view old classic movies, that the AMC (American Movie Classics) channel showed some really good old classic movies. However, in the past few years it appears as if all they show are episode after episode of "The Living Dead". Either that OR they will occupy an entire 24 hour period showing Rocky I through Rocky 75 or how-in-the-hell ever many of those they made. Then they will follow 24 hours of Rocky with another 18 or so hours of The Karate Kid series. Then just when you have seen enough of those epics we get to watch The Shawshank Redemption back to back to back. And after three or four days of this they will treat us to another 24 hours of The Green Mile.

Since I am not a huge fan of the "Zombie" craze that particular series holds a spot somewhere between "Plan 9 From Outer Space" which for years has been dubbed THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE, and "Pee Wee's Big Top" which was one in a series of movies starring Pee Wee Herman.

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I am getting ready for the Super Bowl and since our Daughter and all of our Grandkids live in Colorado, I will be pulling for the Denver Broncos. I would like to see Peyton Manning go out on top with a Super Bowl win. From everything I have read, seen, and heard, Peyton Manning is a Class Act. Even some old time NFL retired players give him a lot of credit for being as good a representative of the game as anyone they have ever seen.

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I received the obituary of one of the folks who has been receiving my weekly letter for a number of years. I knew that this man, Carl W. Sundstrom Jr. had served in the U.S. Navy and later worked with ONI/NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) and the United States Customs Service. I hate to hear of men of his caliber and character passing on.

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Also, last Saturday I was treated to be able to meet in person John Schoen and his wife Sue who were traveling in their motor home from Alabama to Tucson. They had stopped at one of our parks to spend the night and sent me an e-mail letting me know they were in town. I communicate with so many people and my wish is to be able to meet every one of you in person but I know that is not possible. However on occasion, lady luck will knock on my door and offer me an opportunity to meet folks from all over our country. And we found out that they had lived in Houston for a number of years and also visited Colorado in the Gunnison/Lake City area which is where several of my Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren live. I just wish their visit could have been longer but it was a real pleasure getting to meet them in person.

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I am a big believer in keeping notes in case I see or hear something which I want to check into later on. An old friend who passed away a couple of years back also had the same habit. I have written about him before. His name was Cliff Peiser. He was one of the sharpest and funniest people I have ever known and unfortunately that was only for about 10 years. I ran into his sister last week and she showed me one of Cliff's notebooks and some of the stuff he had written down. Some of it, I had seen and heard of before but he had a couple of one liners that I had never seen until I read Cliff's pocket notebook. Here is a sample of the kind of sense of humor that Cliff and I shared:

THE DISH " CHICKEN TERIYAKI " WAS NAMED AFTER THE ONLY SURVIVING KAMIKAZE PILOT " IN WW II.

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Incidentally, I am not only boycotting "The Academy Awards" program but I also refuse to watch the Pro Bowl which the NFL screwed up when they decided to let Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice "Draft" the teams. Not worth watching.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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January 20, 2016   RESPECT / SOCIALIST

Wednesday - January 20, 2016

Greetings from The Association Of Jingoistic Fed Up Intolerant Xenophobes Of West Texas.

RESPECT:

RESPECT - v. to feel or show honor or esteem for; to show consideration for; n. honor or esteem; proper; correct; reference; relation with

On January 13, 2016 on The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly read a letter from a viewer speaking about not having any RESPECT for Barack Hussein Obama. Of course O'Reilly's statement regarding this matter was that while you might not RESPECT the individual.... "YOU MUST RESPECT THE OFFICE". For years I have been hearing this particular statement and in recent years have begun to have a problem with this concept.

I can understand not particularly liking someone in a certain position but still showing politeness and respect in your dealings with that individual. BUT, when you have an individual, like our current President of the United States who does not have or show any RESPECT toward the American People; Political Opponents; Members of the United States Military; Certain Allies; OR TO THE OFFICE WHICH HE HOLDS, I personally have a real problem with showing RESPECT for him or for his position.

I was always brought up to believe that RESPECT was something which you earned and not something which was given due to a particular person holding a particular position. When I was in school, I had various coaches whom I did not particularly care for BUT who were fair in their dealings with me and other people and I thought that their fairness was something which earned my RESPECT.

I have had many different supervisors through the years and of course there were some whom I liked better than others. I can only think of two supervisors over a 40 year span who destroyed any semblance of RESPECT I had for their position. Both of them are no longer with us but I will always remember the particular thing they did which destroyed any RESPECT I had for them personally OR for their particular position.

As I see it, almost every position in our federal government, elected and appointed, is now under the direction of someone who has done something which has caused me to lose all respect for them. And, once you do lose respect for an individual, it is damn sure hard for them to gain it back..... at least it is for me personally.

One of the people for whom I lost respect in my life I actually got back on fairly good terms with. This was after a time had passed and this person finally came to me and said that he had been wrong when he had over reacted and said some things for which he was proven wrong. We actually parted on fairly good terms. The second man, I never really got along with after our problems but since they are both gone now, I probably have let it go.... BUT, I will always have a hard time forgetting the incidents.

BUT, my feelings still are pretty darn strong when it comes to showing an individual RESPECT due to their position. I might agree that you should be as polite as your conscience will allow .... but that would be for purely selfish motives.... and NOT due to RESPECT. When a person does not RESPECT those over which he/she holds power, then they are not due RESPECT simply due to their position.

But this is just another subject out of a myriad of subjects with which Bill O'Reilly and I are in disagreement.

SOCIALIST:

Isn't it a really sad state of affairs when the Republican National Committee and the Washington, D.C. established Republican Elite, appear to be fumbling the ball once again. This particular Presidential Election should be a walk away win for the Republican Party. When the Democrats/Socialists/Progressives have at present only TWO candidates whom anyone can recognize as a legitimate candidate, and they are both way far left SOCIALISTS... with one of them, Bernie Sanders, actually admitting that he is a Socialist.

The RNC (Republican National Committee) are too busy shooting themselves in the foot to realize that they should all be getting behind a couple of candidates who have a real shot at beating either Hillary or Bernie. And what is really funny is the fact that if Hillary Clinton escapes criminal indictment prior to the 2016 Presidential Election, she will in all likelihood be the Democrat Nominee.

AH, but we don't have to worry about a thing. No sir. I heard Bill O'Reilly the other evening telling someone on his program that..... "America will NEVER elect a Socialist as President." REALLY? I just wonder of what real political persuasion he believes the current President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, to be?

If you cannot tell, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Obama is a Socialist then you should give your Social Security Number and your bank account information to that famous Nigerian Millionaire Prince who needs to get his fortune out of Africa. You are just too stupid to be trusted with any amount of cash.

As a matter of fact, earlier today, my wife got a letter from the Republican National Committee putting the touch on her for a donation. AND, what is really insulting, is that inside this request for cash is an authentic looking check, already made out to The Republican National Committee and signed by none other than John McCain. They are requesting that this check accompany your generous donation to the RNC.

The RNC does not send any more donation requests addressed to me as my replies to them were fairly to the point and could more than likely be clearly understood by even Karl Rove. They are getting ready to form the exact opinion of my wife that they have for me as I will do the honors of crafting a reply to these mutts.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Billy Williams, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Allen Ray Bates, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA - CDR USN (Ret) Bob Palmer - WI

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, MSGT James Beasley - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"If Republican voters have consistently delivered a message through all the fluctuating polls over the past months, that message is those voter's anger at the Republican establishment, which has grossly betrayed the promises that goat a Republican Congress elected."...... THOMAS SOWELL

"Whether the issue has been securing the borders, Obamacare, runaway government spending or innumerable other concerns, Republican candidates have promised to fight the Obama administration's policies -- then caved when crunch time came for Congress to vote."..... THOMAS SOWELL

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work, and give to those who would not.".. THOMAS JEFFERSON

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."......... THOMAS JEFFERSON

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

Last week, I was sitting in the coffee shop area of a local store. I have been going to this particular location 4 or 5 days per week. Job applicants are normally seated in a front section of this coffee shop waiting for a job interview. A couple of friends and I normally have a private discussion about whether or not a particular applicant is really interested in being hired. It is fairly easy just on the surface to tell which of the applicants is really interested in getting a job at more than likely a fairly low wage.

Last week I was seated there by myself as my friends had not arrived yet and I saw a young man probably in his early twenties and while waiting for his interview he had an order of fries and a drink. ALSO, the entire time I watched him he had some kind of apparatus in his ear, obviously listening to some tunes as he was bobbing his head back and forth apparently keeping time with whatever music he was listening to. Additionally, he had both thumbs working at full speed and appeared to be texting or tweeting or whatever else in the hell these social media addicts do.

In a short while, one of the store employees came and got his attention and said they were ready for him. At this time, this young man gave her a signal that meant he would be ready as soon as he finished what he was doing. The lady told him that whenever he was ready, to just come on upstairs. This guy, first of all, had on a shirt and pants which were obviously a size or two larger than he needed. His pants were worn very low so that the crotch was barely above his knees. He had multiple tattoos on his arms and neck and in general looked as if he belonged on the streets of Compton, California with some other "home boys". In a few minutes he finally got up and walked toward the door which led to the upstairs offices. I watched hoping I would see his fat ass thrown out of the second story window and see what kind of a mess he made upon landing.

It is fairly obvious to me that today's youth not only know NOTHING about the History of the United States, our government (at any level), but additionally have no clue as to how to dress and act when attempting to get a job.... ANY JOB.

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I listened to an audio of some so called "Scientist" last week and he was expounding at length on the subject of..... "Climate Change". This guy talked all kind of stuff but when he lost me was when he said that eventually, all of our cities would be........... UNDERWATER CITIES....... and that humans would necessarily evolve physically and have "webbed feet" and "webbed hands" in order to better move in these UNDERWATER CITIES. He said also that humans would more than likely develop a second set of eyelids in order to better see underwater. I thought that this so called "Scientist" might be a good person for the Nigerian Prince to contact in order to get his millions out of Nigeria.

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Another guy, whom I thought was a good actor passed away this week. Alan Rickman, who normally played a villain's role died. I liked Mr. Rickman in every role he played but I thought his portrayal of the rich rancher in "Quigley Down Under" and his role in "Die Hard" were probably my favorites. Actually also liked him in "Galaxy Quest" also. I thought that was a pretty funny movie and had a really good cast.

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Earlier today, one of my all time favorite movies was on the Turner Classic Movie Channel. "The Best Years Of Our Lives". What a great cast; Fredric March, Myrna Loy (and I still think she was one of the most beautiful ladies I ever saw), Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo and a young man named Harold Russell who played the role of Homer Parrish. Harold Russell was a double amputee losing both of his arms in WW II. He played a sailor returning from the war who had lost both of his arms and was having a really hard time dealing with returning to civilian life.

Back then, the American people had no idea about some of the problems that our military personnel had in returning to civilian life. And I am pretty sure that since some of the problems back then didn't even have a name much less any type of treatment or help for the returning troops. But fortunately the movie had a good ending and it won SEVEN ACADEMY AWARDS including Best Picture; Best Actor (Fredric March); Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell); Best Director (William Wyler); and Best Musical Score (Hugo Friedhofer). In watching some older movies made in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, look at the screen credits and see how many really great movies Hugo Friedhofer was in charge of the musical score. Anyway, it is a great movie and tells a really great story.

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I did watch a little of Sarah Palin's endorsement of "The Donald" yesterday. I have always heard that she was a good Governor and a good Mayor of her small Alaska town. I am sure that she is in possession of some really top notch political inside information... BUT..... I have a hard time putting all my eggs in the basket of someone who also backed and was the running mate of JOHN MC CAIN in 2008. As most all of you know, I think John McCain borders on being as goofy as Ron Paul and I have no trust nor positive feelings for him.

I also have trouble with buying the story that "The Donald" is a Conservative Republican or for that matter a Conservative of any kind. When I hear him bragging about how he gave money to the Clintons and other people whom I consider to be criminals and he further states that he did it to buy favors from them, I have a really hard time trusting him. I also have trouble having any degree of trust for Jeb Bush.... especially since John McCain hack, Lindsey Graham has thrown his support to Bush.

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Growing OLD is mandatory.
Growing UP is optional

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TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

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JEM

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January 13th, 2016   STATE OF THE UNION / RESPONSE

Wednesday - January 13, 2016

I send you greetings from The West Texas Association Of Jingoistic Fed Up Intolerant Fossil Fuel Burning Xenophobes.

STATE OF THE UNION:

I am sure that all of you were as taken in by Barack Hussein Obama's LAST (Thank God) STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS as was I.

Just as I had suspected, the world's most articulate and intelligent human once again pointed out to the rest of us sub-intelligent mortals that CLIMATE CHANGE was at the head of the list of items to be addressed in the LAST (Thank God) YEAR OF HIS TERM AS PRESIDENT.

And, while pointing out to the masses that CLIMATE CHANGE was the leading item on his agenda, he also managed to advise us that in his LAST (Thank God) YEAR OF THIS TERM AS PRESIDENT he would also be addressing CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. Now as I have pointed out in the past that ANYTIME you see or hear the words COMPREHENSIVE or COMMON SENSE mentioned in the same sentence as actions or legislation to be addressed by ANY BRANCH OF OUR PRESENT GOVERNMENT, you must beware of placing any faith at all that the legislation or action will be either COMPREHENSIVE or reflect the slightest degree of COMMON SENSE.

I would urge everyone to be also highly suspicious of anything in which the word REFORM is used by professional politicians ...... FROM EITHER POLITICAL PARTY.

SO, after once again putting forth the lie that CLIMATE CHANGE is instrumental in all of the problems faced globally by human beings, Barack Hussein Obama could not let this lie be the focal point. He also had to once more tell the American people that under HIS ADMINISTRATION there have been 900,000 NEW JOBS created in the past 6 years. One must seriously wonder if they use the same mathematical formulas to arrive at this huge number as they use to try and convince us that the Obama Administration has DEPORTED more illegal aliens than any previous administration. Keep in mind that Obama and his band of merry men count the turn-backs at the U.S./Mexican Border as a DEPORTATION.

THEN, after lying to us about job creations by his Criminal Administration he travelled on to tell us that before he left office, he wanted to make sure that Pre-K and Community College FREE FOR EVERYONE. He also addressed the cost of education and the the cost should be reduced. OK, now let's look at that for a moment. The cost of damn near everything we eat; drive; live in; or use, has risen drastically over the past 10 or 15 years. The minimum wage has risen; fuel costs have risen; food costs have risen; salaries in general have risen; and he is telling us that despite the higher costs of damn near everything else, education costs should decline. Then as usual he preached to us about CLEAN ENERGY and also reminded us that OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS DEAD; THE PERPETRATOR OF THE BENGHAZI ATTACKS WAS SITTING IN PRISON; THE SPACE PROGRAM WAS DOING GREAT THINGS; ADVOCATED A SYSTEM OF "WAGE INSURANCE" (Whatever in the Hell that is); GUANTANAMO IS UNNECESSARY AND ONLY SERVES AS A RECRUITING TOOL FOR TERRORISTS. And he also pointed out that any story of our ENEMIES GETTING STRONGER was HOT AIR. REALLY?

He additionally mentioned how during his administration more states have made it permissible for someone to MARRY THE PERSON WHOM THEY LOVED. (Now for those of you currently residing in The People's Republic Of San Francisco, this means SAME SEX MARRIAGE..... just in case you have been living in a cave for the past 30 or so years and an explanation was necessary). Then he summed it all up by requesting that Republicans and Democrats needed to work together to achieve all of these marvelous things which seem to be important to he and his lovely wife... you know, Michelle of the ever widening ass. I was almost reminded of the statement made by another great black personality..... Rodney King when he said...... "CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?"

This whole dog and pony show was approximately 58 minutes of Barack Hussein Obama doing what he does best...... Lie His Ass Off.

RESPONSE:

The Establishment Washington Republicans then chose South Carolina Governor NIKKI HALEY to deliver the Republican Response to the LAST OBAMA STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. I feel pretty sure that I will upset some folks who watched Governor Haley's response and thought she did an exceptional job. I am pretty sure that my opinion of Nikki Haley which I formed several months back might have had some bearing on my negative views of damn near anything she says. Prior to her speech, one of the FOX News commentators made the statement that Governor Nikki Haley might be in line for a nomination for Vice President in the future.

I had no negative opinion of Governor Haley until she folded like a cheap tent after the Charleston, S.C. murders in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015. This is when all the shouting and pissing and moaning about ANY DISPLAY of ANY Confederate Flag although this flag was prominent in South Carolina.... especially since South Carolina was a member of The Confederate States Of America. I thought that Nikki Haley had her priorities directed more at political correctness than she did on the real matters at hand which was the MURDER OF NINE CITIZENS.

AND, just as soon as Governor Haley's response had ended, the FOX News "Usual Suspects" all chirped in on what a magnificent speech Haley had just given and while this group all thought that Obama's address to the nation was a haphazard conglomeration of self centered junk, they all fawned over Haley's response. AND the funny thing is that earlier today I heard that The White House and the Obama Administration all thought Governor Haley's response was well done.

I am aware that FOX News has some really intelligent and well informed people on their staff. BUT I must sometimes wonder if many of those people have not been working "INSIDE THE BELTWAY" for a bit too long and that perhaps they have begun to think like ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIANS?

Anyway, I have a really tough time trying to be objective about anything having to do with Nikki Haley since she pretty much caved in to POLITICAL CORRECTNESS back in June, 2015

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham,   Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Billy Williams, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey, Vicki Watson - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Allen Ray Bates, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, MSGT James Beasley - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"It has been a complaint of the left that the process of amending the Constitution is too hard, so they have depended on federal judges --especially Supreme Court Justices --- to amend the Constitution I such a way as to loosen its limits on federal power."........... THOMAS SOWELL

"This judicial amendment process has been going on now for generations, so that today government officials at the local, state or national level can often seize private property in disregard of the 5th Amendment protections.".......... THOMAS SOWELL

"For nearly 40 years, the Supreme Court has been evading the 14th Amendment's provision of 'equal protection' of the law for all, in order to let government-imposed group preferences and quotas continue, under the name of 'affirmative action.' Equal rights under the law have been made to vanish by saying the magic word 'diversity,' whose sweeping benefits are simply assumed and proclaimed endlessly, rather than demonstrated."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"Despite the left's portrayal of themselves as champions of the people, they consistently try to move decisions out of the hands of the general public and into the hands of officials insulated from the voters, such as unelected federal judges and anonymous bureaucrats with iron-clad job protection."... THOMAS SOWELL

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I am pretty sure that I was not the only person who noted that absolutely no mention of 10 American members of the U.S. Navy who were captured by Iran and being held during the time that the world's most intelligent and articulate human was pounding his chest in his LAST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

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Over the week end and ending Monday evening I watched a lot of football, both college and NFL. Since I did not have a dog in the fight, it was fairly immaterial to me who won the NCAA Football Championship. I watched it and really enjoyed the game. Although I would not have minded seeing Clemson win and remain undefeated, Alabama winning the game was alright too. Actually I though both teams played well enough to have the game go either way but the Clemson defense mad two really horrible coverage errors and allowed the Alabama tight end to get open twice for two long touchdowns. And I also thought the Alabama on-side kick after scoring a touchdown was a really good move.

BUT the college game I really enjoyed was the NORTH DAKOTA STATE BUFFALOS win over Jacksonville State in the FBS Division I Championship game played in Frisco, Texas. This was North Dakota State's FIFTH CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. North Dakota State is located in Fargo, North Dakota and I imagine playing in Texas in wintertime is like playing in Miami Beach for most other teams. As you may have guessed, Fargo, North Dakota gets ultra-cold. Also North Dakota State had a really great looking quarterback who I believe will go pretty high in the NFL draft. But they just had a well coached, well conditioned team.

I wrote my feelings on behavior a week early it seems. At least it was a week early for the Cincinnati Bengals. They had the game WON until two of the Cincinnati defensive backs gave Pittsburgh 30 extra yards in penalty yardage with less than 10 seconds left which enabled the Steelers to kick a field goal and move on in the playoffs. The first penalty was a blow to the head of a Pittsburgh receiver which resulted in a 15 yard penalty, and during the process of bitching about the call, Cincinnati cornerback Adam Jones mouthed off to a referee and received an additional 15 yard penalty which put Pittsburgh in makeable field goal range.

I am sure that many of you will remember a trouble making defensive player calling himself "PAC MAN" Jones who was kicked off several teams..... WELL, "Pac Man" Jones and Adam Jones are one and the same person. Apparently a name change doesn't modify behavior all that much.

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A quick word on "The AFFLUENZA MOM". You remember, she is the mother who took her teen age son and ran off to Mexico after he had been convicted of a FELONY as a juvenile. This nice boy was intoxicated and driving a car and had an accident which resulted in the deaths of four people. After being convicted the courts decided that a 10 year probation after a defense witness testified that the boy suffered from "AFFLUENZA" which is the term used to described the teen ager's irresponsible life-style associated with his affluent upbringing... or in other words.... HE WAS A SPOILED BRAT. The spoiled brat is still being held IN MEXICO where they were apprehended. The mother is charged with a Third Degree Felony of Hindering Apprehension. The mother was initially placed under a $1 Million bond but her bond was reduced to $75,000. The judge who reduced the bond reminded prosecutors that a bond was not used to punish but rather to insure a court appearance and was mainly used if the person posed a FLIGHT RISK. OK, now here is my question: Why would anyone think that this woman could possibly be a flight risk when SHE WAS ARRESTED IN MEXICO NEAR MEXICO CITY AND HAD DISGUISED HER TEEN AGED CONVICTED SON? Sure doesn't look like a flight risk to me. And on top of it all, she reminds me of Debbie Wasserman Shultz............... Beam me up Mr. Scott, this planet will self-destruct shortly.

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Last week end I watched an old black and white crime movie from 1947, "Kiss Of Death" which had a really good cast which had Victor Mature in the starring role and in a supporting role and his very first role in a movie appeared RICHARD WIDMARK, who played a crazy killer named Tommy Udo. This old movie reminded me of just how much I enjoyed Richard Widmark as an actor. He could play damn near any kind of character you could name. He mad a great gunfighter; a great U.S. Cavalry Officer; a really believable cop or F.B.I Agent; and was excellent in all of his World War II roles. Also I never remember seeing or hearing any negative comments about Mr. Widmark and when I see an old movie with him in one of the major roles, I take time to watch it.

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I have been down for almost a week with pulled muscles in my lower back but I am feeling much better now. How did you hurt it, you ask? Well, my wife said that while I was asleep, the gravy train hit a bump and I fell off and hurt my back. She probably isn't too far off. Actually I simply bent over rather than bending my knees and when I started to straighten up I damn near fell down from the pain. But I have gone to the chiropractor twice in a week and am doing a bunch better over the past two days.

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GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

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JEM

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January 6th, 2016   BEHAVIOR / TOP 10

Wednesday - January 6, 2016

Hello once again from The Association Of Intolerant Jingoistic Right Wing Conspirators Of West Texas.

I sincerely hope that all of you had a really great Christmas and a Happy New Year. I also hope that 2016 is not only a good year for us all personally, but a good year for Patriotic Americans as a whole.

BEHAVIOR:

In almost every aspect of our everyday lives, we are subjected to some really unacceptable behavior by many people. I would like to take this opportunity in the year 2016 to point out some behavior by various people or groups of people which I find not only highly questionable but highly offensive as well.

I will just begin with the behavior of many of our athletes both collegiate and professional.

Shortly after the New Year had arrived, the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas between T.C.U. and Oregon was played. A day or so prior to the game, we learned that Heisman Trophy Candidate and starting quarterback for T.C.U. had been arrested and was suspended from the team. This, of course, to all of us experts pretty much signed T.C.U.'s death warrant insofar as their having any chance of winning the game. Apparently the T.C.U. quarterback had snuck out of his hotel after curfew and was involved in an altercation at a local nightclub. BUT, not being satisfied with violating team rules and generally letting down his T.C.U. team mates, the T.C.U. signal caller also felt duty bound to swing at a San Antonio Police Officer who had answered the call of the nightclub disturbance. He was charged with a felony crime and deposited in the San Antonio jail.

Now here is where it gets interesting. Knowing full well that T.C.U. had no chance of winning the Alamo Bowl game, I, nevertheless watched the first half of the game which found T.C.U. Horned Frogs being thoroughly thrashed by the Oregon Ducks, 31 to 0. And, since there were other things to watch, I turned off the game. SO, what does T.C.U. do? Their backup quarterback leads them from 31 points down to WIN the game 47 to 41 IN TRIPLE OVERTIME!!!! Up until this game I had always subscribed to the old Yogi Berra saying of: "It ain't over 'till it's over".

BUT, the point is that despite some REALLY BAD BEHAVIOR by the T.C.U. Heisman Trophy candidate, his team found a way to win. I am proud for T.C.U. and all their fans and alumni.

Now, without going into all of his antics, one must seriously doubt that former Heisman Trophy WINNER as a FRESHMAN at Texas A & M University, Johnny Manziel, is all that interested in abiding by team rules set out by the Cleveland Browns. It seems that almost every week, this former Aggie exhibits some type of behavior which pretty much paints him out to be a spoiled brat. I have heard many theories about this young man's behavior but I cannot believe that Cleveland Management will put up with it much longer. I sometimes wonder just how many of today's college and professional athletes would have fared under old time college coaches like Paul Bryant; Darryl Royal; Bud Wilkinson; or former Ohio State Coach Wayne Woodrow Hayes? I think I already know how they would have made out under Vince Lombardi; Tom Landry; Paul Brown; or former Chicago Bears Coach George Halas.

AH, but bad behavior exists outside the sports world. I will not even try to mention the behavior of many of our nationally elected and appointed officials. Much of their behavior is based upon just outright lies ..... "Benghazi Was The Result Of A Video"; "Islam Is A Religion Of Peace"; "The Iran Deal Will Prevent Iran From Acquiring A Nuclear Weapon"; "I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman"; and this list could go on.

Then let us just begin to notice it at a local level. Last Sunday at the 9:00 A.M. services I actually arrived a few minutes early and sat down. Within a few minutes the church began to fill up with families. I am not sure whether I was being punished for some past transgression or just was being provided with something about which to write in this letter. But at least three families showed up. One family with a small boy, about 2 years old and a girl about 6 years old. The little girl was the first to throw a fit causing her Mother to have to take her outside, then no sooner had they returned when the little boy threw a screaming, kicking fit and had to be taken outside ..both by their Mother. Then a few rows in front some teen aged kids were talking and giggling which drew some harsh looks from their parents but no real action, but they finally did shut up. Then I noticed that there were a couple of teen agers sitting off to my left who never had their heads up and spent the entire service either playing some type of game or texting on their cell phones. AND, it doesn't stop there. People who are more interested in texting than paying attention to what they are doing or where they are going is wearing plenty thin with me.

Yes, I do have a cell phone. But it is an older style flip phone that I use.......... dare I say it?............. TO MAKE AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE CALLS! If my phone rings when I am driving I pull off to either a parking lot or a side street before I answer the call. AND, when I make a telephone call from my cell phone I pull of into a parking lot or I walk away out of the hearing of others before I dial the number. I have watched rude people answer cell phone calls in restaurants and other public places and apparently they want to make sure that everyone within hearing distance can hear at least their end of the conversation... and sometimes the folks with their "Hands Free" devices are the worst of the lot.

But, since we have a President of the United States who has been known to take "SELFIES" at funeral services as well as "SELFIES" with total boobs whom he has allowed to visit the White House, the family group (fat man; fat lady; fat kid) all with their cell phones blocking a driving lane in a parking lot should not really surprise anyone.

I do know that as a kid, had I acted ANYWHERE like those kids did in our Church, every relative I had would have waited their turn to beat my rear end.... and justifiably, I might add.

For the past five years we have been host family to about a dozen or so total students from S. Korea. Many of them have stayed with us in our home. These were/are the most thoughtful young people I have seen in a number of years. I always tell them that they reminded me of US in the 1950s. They are respectful of all older people and they are most respectful of their parents and grandparents. We still communicate with almost all of them and constantly receive e-mails, letters, and photos of them and their families and friends. I guess one of the greatest compliments I ever received from one of the girls was when I responded to a question she had about something pretty simple, as well as I remember, and when I gave her my answer she said," You sound just like my father". To which I replied, "Thank You".

The bottom line being that TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR IS NOW BECOMING NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE.............. But not with me.

TOP TEN:

It seems as if almost every program has come up with their TOP TEN list of darn near everything you can think of. I enjoy watching some of these programs and of course generally find fault with many of their findings.....particularly in the lists of TOP TENS in the various sporting venues. I realize that times and rules and many other factors change over the years so in comparing, for instance, Tom Brady to Johnny Unitas is not even fair. Keep in mind that when Johnny Unitas played quarterback for the Baltimore Colts, the quarterbacks were not protected and a blow to the head by Deacon Jones or Doug Atkins was the norm and there was no penalty. Back in the 1950s when the face masks became a part of the helmet, grabbing one's face mask was not a penalty, hence the term "The Night Train Neck Tie", which was used to describe Dick "Night Train" Lane going for either the face mask or a forearm across the neck of a ball carrier or receiver. Incidentally, Dick "Night Train" Lane did the same stuff that Deion Sanders did in baiting the quarterbacks to throw his way but he was not the "Showboat" that "Neon Deion" was. Also, he would light you up with a bone crushing tackle if necessary. But when a top ten list of NFL Running Backs has EARL CAMPBELL listed as #5, then I know they are really screwed up. SO, top ten lists in sports are pretty subjective.

AH, but there was one TOP TEN list that I viewed a couple of days back with which I could find NO ARGUMENT with the #2 and the #1 picks in this list. These were the TOP TEN BOMBERS. The #2 was the Northrop Grumman B-2 (Stealth) Bomber. AND the #1 was the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Of course they showed film clips of all of their TOP TEN BOMBERS and nothing... and I mean NOTHING... can hold a candle to these two great U.S. Bombers. I believe they said that the B-52 carried something like 70,000 pounds of bombs while the B-2 carried according to the program approximately 80,000 pounds. Anyway, this is one top ten list with which I could not argue, particularly the top two.

PRAYER LIST:

Tony Aguilar, Mary Vigil,   Joe & Ruth Lucero, Ted Salgado, Raoul McPeters -NM - Ella Dunlop, Kaleigh Paige Hudgens, Bobby Peiser, Bob Wallman, Maria Tupaz, Bernice Murphy, Judy Langham, Liz Deguren, Roger Tucker, Charlotte Williams, Zak Krejci, Debra Blake, Mary Denson, Randy Jones,   Don Weaver,    Roger Goertz, Billy Williams, Jerry Carpenter, Steve Mida, Sherry Welch, Shirley Boatright, Dick Burnett, Kaylee King (2) - TX - Sr. Delphine Grigas (98) - IL - Paul & Debby Gula, Mike Burkebak, Alan Miller, Debbie McKeown, Violet Fermin, Carlos Fernandez, Hamilton Anderson, Arlene Anderson, Kate Nolan - FL - L.T. Drennan - OK - Lynn Jones - NE - Gladys Beasley, Barbara Urban - MD - Charles Latham, Rocky Leonard, Bette Miller, Sheriff Richard Mack - AZ - Kate Powell, Annise Kennedy, Sam Wittstruck (17 yoa), Kenny McPeters - CA - Pat Holley, Keith Chambers, Nancy Chambers, LANA Athey - CO -   Hal Whitmore - DE - Herb Johnston - NY - Lonnie Shoultz - AL - Perry Evans - AR - Jim Pinney, Allen Ray Bates, James E. Brady III (2 yrs. old) - OH - Joyce Marie Severino - GA - Josip & Lela Slivar - ZAGREB, CROATIA - Sister Clarice Carroll (83) - HAITI - RET. COL. Pete Mekkelson -WVA

GySgt. Daniel West, MSgt. (Ret) Randy Morrow , CAPT. Michael Rice, CAPT. Nick Francona, GySgt. James Walker, CAPT. George Zeigler, CAPT. Catherine Schmidt Fiancé of Capt. Zeigler) SSgt. Matt Ross, Alex Boyd, RCT Graydon J. Phillips, CAPT. Levi English, GySgt. Eric Harmon, LCPL Archer Abblitt, Maj. Todd A. O'Brien, MGySgt. '46 - 82 (Ret) Harvey Weigart - US MARINE CORPS - Kenneth Thomas - USCG SSgt. Eric Grudziecke, A1 Elizabeth Chaffon, Cody Barber, Col. Phil Samples, TSgt. Aaron Brown, TSgt. Rebecca Goodwin, 1st LT. Mandie Yates, MSGT James Beasley - US AIR FORCE - Capt. Brian Kriss - TxANG - Zachary Moore - US NAVAL ACADEMY - Lt. William Jourdan, CDR Robert McLay, Lt. Tommy Brown, Lt. Russell Brown, CAPT. Wayne Putnam (Ret), E5 Matthew J. Blaker (and crew of the USS ANZIO), LT JG Ethan English, - US NAVY - Bud Barnett - USNA 74 - SSgt. Mike Campagna - SPECIAL FORCES - SSgt.Michael Strawn, Sgt. Logan McKinzie, Capt. (Fr) Kevin Peek, Maj. Fred W. Tanner, Lt. Col. Robbie Ball, SSgt. Travis McGowan, Michael B. Hudgens, Scott Hillyer, Jeff Schoonover, CWO2 Mitchell Wittstruck - US ARMY - CWO3 Tim Helton and the 1/230 Air Cav Squadron TNANG - All of the men and women presently serving in the United States Military

John Mallory - DEA - Fr. Joseph M. Peek, Gary and Cindy Hogman, Ashtyn Wages and John Paul Tupaz and their families.

QUOTES:

"Those who have been marveling at Donald Trump's political showmanship were given a reminder of who is the top showman of them all, when President Barack Obama went on television to make a pitch for his unilateral actions to restrict gun sales and make a more general case for tighter gun control laws.".... THOMAS SOWELL

"None of the things proposed by the president is likely to reduce gun violence. Like other restrictions on people's ability to defend themselves, or to deter attacks by showing that they are armed, these new restrictions can cost more lives on net balance. The most we can hope for is that the effects of the new Obama-created rules will be nil, rather than harmful."....... THOMAS SOWELL

"A mass shooting at a movie theater a few years ago took place at a theater farther away from where the shooter lived than other theaters in the area that were showing the very same movie. The difference was that this theater had advertised that it was a gun-free zone.".............THOMAS SOWELL

"Considering the extraordinary character of the times in which we live, our attention should unremittingly b e fixed on the safety of our country. For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security."...... THOMAS JEFFERSON -November 8, 1808

"It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those who ought to lead them. It is impossible to believe that a liberal, energetic, and wise government can ever emerge from the ballots of a nation of servants.".. ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!.... Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."..... PATRICK HENRY

VARMINT LIST:

Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, George Soros, Joe Biden, Louis Farrakhan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chairperson, Leon Panetta,   Supreme Court Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, AND John Roberts,   Eric Holder, John McCain R-AZ, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Lanny Davis, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chuck Schumer,   David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Ezekiel Emanuel, Kathleen Sebelius, Bill Richardson, Jay Carney, Susan Rice, Rep. Keith Ellison D-MN, Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano,   COLIN POWELL ( R) , Michael Moore,   John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Former President Jimmy Carter. Al Gore,   Chuck Hagel, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo Chris Christie R-NJ , Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Susan Collins R-ME, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, John Boehner R-OH, John Cornyn R-TX, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mike Huckabee R-AR, Lisa Murkowski R-AK,   Robert Menendez NJ, Al Franken MN, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray WA, Henry Waxman CA, Linda Sanchez CA, Maxine Waters CA,   State Senator Wendy Davis D-TX, Elijah Cummings D-MD, NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Lois Lerner, Michael Morrell, Tommy Vietor (National Security Council Spokesman), Karl Rove, Rep. Ann Kuster D-NH, Jen Psaki (State Department), Josh Earnest, Marie Harf(State Department), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Orin Hatch (R-UT), John Koskinen (IRS COMMISSIONER), Jeh Johnson (Homeland Security Secretary), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jerry Brown (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Nunn (D-GA), Jay Nixon (D-MO-Gov.), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Julia Pierson, Jonathan Holmes Gruber, Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-TX), HOWARD DEAN, Timothy Kaine* (D-VA), Charles E. Samuels Jr., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Dayton (Gov. MN-D), Suspended San Francisco Sheriff ROSS MIRKARIMI, John Kirby (State Department Spokesman), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez

MSNBC, ACLU, Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, AL SHARPTON, UNITED NATIONS, Jane Fonda, LA RAZA, MOVEON.ORG,   PETA, CAIR, BOB COSTAS (NBC), ESPN, The NFL, CNN, The Environmental Protection Agency, Al Jazeera America,   Republican National Committee (RNC), NBC, CBS, CNBC, ABC, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Tom Steyer (Progressive Billionaire Opposing Keystone Pipeline), NBA, NHL, NOW (National Organization Of Women), Patricia Ireland, Jesse Ventura, Geraldo Rivera FOX News, Juan Williams FOX News, The Washington Redskins Football Team, James Brown (CBS -NFL Pre-Game). CDC (Center for Disease Control), Bill O'Reilly FOX News, Shepard Smith FOX News, Alan Colmes FOX News, MICHAEL MOORE, Bryant Gumbel, BLACK LIVES MATTER, The SIERRA CLUB, Megyn Kelly FOX News, Quentin Tarantino, The University of Missouri

*By Request

MORE STUFF:

I am sure you all know my feeling on the commercials who show someone, generally a female, who is spouting off about her CREDIT SCORE being something like 728. Well, one of my credit cards every month sends me my FICO CREDIT SCORE. They have been doing this for over a year now. My FICO CREDIT SCORE has NEVER been as low as the CREDIT SCORE of those arrogant heifers on the Credit Karma Commercials. If I went into my bank or any other location to make a purchase or apply for a loan, I would expect whom ever was in charge to run me off if I acted like these women. Once again, an example of BEHAVIOR that is now viewed as acceptable.

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OK. Here is a little something which should immediately put you on guard. If you remember, my thoughts on Legislation which is described as COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION should be viewed as highly suspicious. SO, I guess the Obama Administration must have been put on the alert about my views on this particular term and now they have come up with a brand new description of proposed Legislation. They are now calling for COMMON SENSE GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION.

Now, if COMPREHENSIVE makes your hair stand on end..... just try to apply the term COMMON SENSE to damn near anything proposed by our present: House of Representatives; Senate; Executive Branch; Department of Justice OR THE SUPREME COURT.

I'm sorry folks, but when you have the group presently in charge of our Legislative and Executive Branch try to sell us a bill of goods by simply putting the words COMMON SENSE in front of something then all I can say... to put it in Biblical terms...... "Thou Art Barking Up The Wrong Tree".

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A couple of deaths this week of some famous folks whom I liked. One was Actor Wayne Rogers, who recently had been a regular on a Saturday Morning FOX News program dealing with investments. Wayne Rogers, also played "Trapper John McIntyre" in the television version of M.A.S.H. While I really did not like the movie version of M.A.S.H. I pretty much enjoyed the television series particularly in its first few seasons. I sometimes thought that occasionally the program was "message driven" but I did like many of the actors who played in the series. There were also a few whom I did not care for either in person or in their TV roles. Alan Alda (Hawkeye Pierce) was borderline but I never did care for Mike Farrell (B.J. Hunnicutt) in either his TV Role OR in real life.

I also remember Wayne Rogers playing in the TV Mini-Series CHIEFS and thought he did a good job. He was a very smart and apparently conservative person. He was 82 at the time of his death.

I also read of the passing of one of my all time favorite NFL Defensive players, Hall of Fame Defensive End Doug Atkins who passed away at age 85. Atkins was originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1953 and played on their NFL Championship team in 1954. In 1955 he was traded to the Chicago Bears where he really became a beast at defensive end. He also played on the 1963 NFL Championship team with the Bears. He was traded to New Orleans in 1967 and continued to be really outstanding on a not very good Saints team. I remember watching him his entire NFL career and he was always one of my favorite defensive players. I remember his play being described by NFL Films great John Facenda. Facenda in one of the great announcing voices of all times described Doug Atkins as; "Descending like a Kansas Tornado on a farm house .... all you could do was tie down what you could and hope he didn't take the roof." What a great description of one of the all time greats.

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When I saw Barack Hussein Obama pretend to shed tears in his presentation calling for more restrictions on firearms purchases, my complete dislike and disrespect for him grew beyond my wildest comprehension. It is hard to imagine just what this incompetent community organizer will put on us before he leaves office. AND what is even scarier is the thought of Hillary Rodham Clinton being elected and carrying on where this boob leaves off.

GOOD GUYS:

TED CRUZ; ALLEN WEST; JOHN BOLTON; COL. RALPH PETERS; GEN. JACK KEANE; DAVID CLARKE, TOM COTTON; MIKE LEE

SEE Y'ALL NEXT WEEK

JEM

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A little background on " The Murph"

Born- April 23, 1937 - Wortham, Texas

Moved to Houston, Texas 1942

Attended school in Houston-Graduated Lamar High School -1956

Attended University of Houston 1956-1957

Operated family business 1956-1958. Business sold, 1958

Married -1958

Houston Police Department 1958-1970

Southern Printing Co. 1970

Returned to law enforcement with area Sheriff's Dept.

1970-1973

Moved to Hobbs, New Mexico 1973

Hobbs Police Department 1973-1996

Attended New Mexico Jr. College

Instructed Criminal Justice classes at NMJC for 17 years.

Retired with rank of Captain from Hobbs PD in 1996

1996 - 2000 -City Commissioner, Hobbs, New Mexico-elected

1996 - 2003 - Region VI Drug Task Force

2003 completely retired after 45 years in law enforcement;

17 years teaching at NMJC and various law enforcement academies

2003 moved to San Angelo, Texas

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