Preach it, brother!
From his blog:
…Dan Cathy’s convictions have been known for a long time, he doesn’t even allow his brand to open for business on Sunday in accordance with his beliefs in observing the Sabbath, and since his remarks about same-sex marriage do not come as a surprise to anybody with a modicum of gray matter, why all of a sudden are the mayors of major American cities in an uproar about it?
Do you think that drawing attention away from the murder rate on the streets of Chicago, that Emanuel doesn’t seem capable of doing anything about, have anything to do with it?
It’s an old political trick that Bill Clinton developed into an art form and Barack Obama’s whole 2012 campaign is based on. When you have big problems you can’t deal with, you point attention at anything other than your own shortcomings. It’s called the tail wagging the dog.
But this time they’ve hit a nerve, walked into a fastball they didn’t see coming as hundreds of thousands of Americans went out of their way to show their support and admiration for someone who would stand up for something they believe in and their distaste for out of touch, big city mayors who don’t respect anything that don’t agree with them.
Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Menino and your ilk, let’s see you go to a mosque and denounce the Muslim businessmen for their disapproval of same-sex marriage.
I double dare you.
What do you think?
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WND: Charlie Daniels unloads ‘dag-blamed truth’ on Obama
(h/t: Brookly Red)
Feisty music legend worries after November, ‘America will never be America again’
“There’s a move afoot to change life in America into a totally European – I’ve heard that so much I’m getting sick of it: ‘European’ – socialist thing,” says country-music legend Charlie Daniels, “but it’s the dag-blamed truth [sic], and it don’t work, it never has worked, and if America goes that way, America will never be America again.”
Daniels told WND in an exclusive interview that he expects 2012, with the nation’s very identity on the line, will be “the biggest election we have ever had.”
“In my 75 years on Earth, it’s never been as clear-cut as it is now,” Daniels said. “We’re either going to go into socialism, where part of the people work and the rest of them don’t, and the ones that do will be taxed to death, or – I got the point where I don’t trust politicians anymore, but hopefully – the other side represents, ‘Let’s put America back to work; let’s re-instill the work ethic back in people.’”
Since the 1950s Daniels has been a country singer and famed fiddler, perhaps best known for his hit song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008.
But he also writes frequently on culture and politics, no stranger to bold statements in defense of God and country, and maintains a “soapbox” blog on his website, CharlieDaniels.com.
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Daniels told WND there have been a few people who have tried to silence him, too, to tell him to stick to his music and leave politics alone.“People say, ‘Shut up and sing.’ Somebody said that,” Daniels said. “But shut up for what? Why don’t you shut up? What do you do? You do something else. You’re a private citizen. Do you think you should shut up? I’m speaking as a private citizen, so I think I have a perfect right to do that.”
And what about the owner of Chick-fil-A Dan Cathy and other Christians like him who are told to leave their religious beliefs out of the public and political sphere?
“That’s a bunch of junk,” Daniels said. “They need to stand up for what they believe in.”
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Tags: Charlie Daniels, Chicago, Chick-Fil-A, counterjihad
How could they have missed this fast ball though? 37 states, yes, 3 x 10 plus 7, have held elections on this very issue, and even in bluer than blue Massachusetts and California have stated very clearly that they agree with the exact same sentiment that Dan Cathy stated. Not to mention that it was the stated belief espoused by the Bamster himself until very recently. Putting aside for the moment that this is the very opinion of a demonstrated majority of Americans, telling businesses that they can not enter your city until they agree with you is nothing more than political thuggery, and that is definitely something most Americans abhor.
All the American Flags On the Moon Are Now White
The five that were standing after lift-off are still surprisingly standing
Bunch of Gays Went Down to Georgia
—apologies to Charlie Daniels
Bunch of gays went down to Georgia, they were lookin’ for a Chick-Fil-A
They’d got all bent ’cause its President liked marriage the old-fashioned way.
They drove right up to the window, under their collars they were hot
And they said to the girl takin’ orders there, “We don’t like the chicken in your pot.
“Now girlie, you may not know it but we’re a bunch of chicken hawks
“And while we insist on our own liberty, we don’t like Dan Cathy’s talk.
“So we’re gonna have a kiss-in here just to show our contempt for you
“‘Cause nobody nohow can criticize what gay folks do.”
The spoke back right smart at them, and didn’t damn their eyes,
But said, “I think you’ll change your mind when you try our waffle fries.”
Chick-Fil-A, fire up the grill and spread that chicken spice
See if you can make angry gays learn how to act real nice;
Everybody has free speech, that’s how this country’s made
Maybe you’ll sweeten their dispositions with a glass of lemonade.
The gays all piled out of their car and locked in an embrace
A couple guys with tattoos started in to gnaw each other’s face
But no-one paid them any mind, although they acted rude
They practically were trampled by folks looking to buy food.
They writhed and gripped hard as they could, but it was no big deal
‘Cause Chick-Fil-A was swamped with people clamoring for a meal
They yelled, “Gimme a spicy sandwich, do
“Gimme a drink, waffle fries too
“Whether you’re for gay marriage or not
“We don’t care for kiss-ins or boycotts.”
The chicken hawks were angry ’cause they knew that they’d been beat
They were about to get into their car and drive off in defeat
They knew they’d really lost when one of them came back outside,
Saying, “Hey, guys, you know this sandwich? It’s the best I’ve ever tried.”
They yelled, “Gimme a spicy sandwich, do
“Gimme a drink, waffle fries too
“Whether you’re for gay marriage or not
“We don’t care for kiss-ins or boycotts.”
From the BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! dept…
@ buzzsawmonkey:
One of the BEST ones ever! Love it!
the ironic part of all this is that most Americans are pretty tolerant, that is till you get in their faces. Rahm has done for gays what 0 has done for blacks.
Romney Is Right on Culture and the Wealth of Nations
People tell me that it’s only a minority of gays that want to make this a big issue. But it was only a minority of very radical muslims that made 9/11. It was only a few weeds that made the garden bad for everyone. It was only a few Russians that toppled the czar.
The devil is in Chicago I tell you. He is preaching at a church where OBama sits in the pews.
Let’s just go out an control the discussion and not let a minority opinion tell the majority how to live. Sticking a penis in someones anus is never going to be equal to the male/female counterpart no matter how much two gay guys dream and role play.
and now back to our regularly scheduled broadcast…
Dr. Suess writes the book. The sneetches. Stars and no stars. the middleman gets rich while helping everyone jockey for position. In the end no one knows who the person next to them really is.
waldensianspirit wrote:
Well, that’s the first time I can remember seeing a Democrat put a definitive number on the quantity of fraudulent votes that they produce.
@ waldensianspirit: how does a bad voter ID law cost you votes? It seems like it would be uncontitutional if it disenfranchised a voter.
I’m in favor of a person making an effort to vote. Say more effort than they would if they had to deposit a check in a bank or journey to a movie theater to buy a movie ticket for a 3 hour show.
Flyovercountry wrote:
well that is telling… I read that as we are loosing by 80K.
David Sirota thinks eating meat is a politically bad thing. And that Americans eat an obscene amount of meat. I just went on the Paleo diet. Soylent Green is on my wish list, but it’s a distant third to lots and lots of lean pork and KFC.
@ Flyovercountry:
Knowing Ed he shied it downward too.
@ darkwords:
Strenuous getting up out of a coffin to vote
darkwords wrote:
well the voter has to be:
a. alive
b. of age
c. a citizen
d. a resident
e. a human (non felon)
f. not registered elsewhere too
the list of democrats just shrank considerably…
My sides are killing me, and I have tears in my eyes.
@ Formercorpsman:
I hope that’s not my fault.
@ darkwords:
Just wondering- Where did you hear that idiot Sirota say that? That moron lives right by me. I used to “debate” him in the local paper, but I’d clean his clock and he’d start the typical lib name-calling.
@ buzzsawmonkey:
I hope you don’t mind, but I had to send that to Limbaugh. I had too. I still have my head in my hand laughing about it.
That is incredible.
@ Flyovercountry:
They are being about fraud.
@ 22 Bob in Breckenridge: It was in the Seattle Times yesterday I think. I’d have to go check. It was his regular column.
@ buzzsawmonkey:
Not just the wordsmithing, but the timing, etc.
There are so many angles.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2018843904_sirota04.html
Sirota is a fool. A person that every event has an important political consequence to it.
great OP video
Formercorpsman wrote:
UPDINGIES!!!!!
darkwords wrote:
Nothing that imbecile Sirota says EVER surprises me. The previous editor of our paper, the Summit Daily News, thought Sirota was a screwball. But the guy who replaced him is as left-wing as one can be. He loves Sirota. Oh well, birds of a feather who show their utter ignorance together.
Hope you’re all sitting down as his will shock everyone!
Hollywood liberals make me puke. Well, all libs do, but especially the wealthy ones who Chavez constantly rails against to the stupid poor in his country who elect him.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
There is not a level of Hell deep enough for Sean Penn.
@ darkwords:
And here it is- Sirota’s latest idiotic tripe in our paper….
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120806/COLUMNS/120809895/1078&ParentProfile=1055
darkwords wrote:
That would be the fix-it-up-chapee, Sylvester McMonkey Mcbean. The naked capitalists’ capitalist. :0
Evening, all.
Flyovercountry wrote:
I agree 100%. Penn’s a POS, but then again, it runs in the Penn family. Too bad he lived and his brother Chris passed away.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
You’d rather have Penn dead that being alive and mocking him?
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
well better than in New Jersey campaigning for Obama
Calo wrote:
I’m not mocking him. I’m criticizing him. Hugo Chavez is your typical South American murdering thug dictator, no different than Pinochet in Chile or Castro in Cuba. For Penn to not only support, but actively campaign for him, is disgusting.
Calo wrote:
dead is a relative term… if we took a scan of his brain waves we could legally sell his kidneys
brookly red wrote:
LOL…How true.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
so having him out of country is bad because?
@ brookly red:
Seriously. He gives potheads a bad name.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Excuse me. Pinochet saved his country from Communism. As for another South American murdering thug? Name me some.
Do you even know the history of that region?
@ brookly red:
Well, brain dead, breathing and walking around in Venezuela is better than wishing him dead.
OMG -- PENN IS A ZOMBIE!
Kafir wrote:
I encourage all of hollywood to go to Venezuela… go live your dream
Flyovercountry wrote:
Hmmm…you just gave me an idea for Episode XXVI!
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
The people Pinochet killed deserved it. They were Communist scum. Pinochet privatized Chile’s economy and turned into into an economic powerhouse.
Castro and Chavez destroyed their countries. Very different. Pincohet protected the productive class. Castro and Chavez killed off the productive class.
@ Calo:
LOL, nailed it!
Rodan wrote:
And “eliminated” his enemies.
Chile ranks #7 in terms of economic freedom.
You can thank Pinochet for that. He took the advise of Milton Friedman.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Yup, they deserved what they got.
Calo wrote:
liberal, zombie, whatever… only a matter of time till he is found face down in a brothel in Caracas
Pinochet killed less people than Castro and Chavez. He also didn’t take away anyone’s lands or business.
Plus Pinochet stepped down in 1990 and had free and fair elections.
Rodan wrote:
their good commies now
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Not quite.
Castro took over Cuba. There was no election in which Castro and Batista faced off and Batista gracefully stepped down. At the same time, Castro was not into murder for its own sake (I’ll give him credit for that). Che Guevara, on the other hand -- he really did like to kill some folk, like the Khmer Rouge. Che was psychotic. That’s why Castro kicked him out of the country.
Pinochet, similarly, took over Chile; and, similarly, killed a lot of people. So I think it’s safe to say that he was the Right’s Castro.
So if we’re looking at means to the end, Castro and Pinochet are a wash. That means I have to look instead at what the end was. And the end of Castroism is Cuba today, and the end of Pinochetism is Chile today. Advantage: Chile, and advantage Pinochet.
Chavez… well, I don’t know. He’s clearly a fascist tyrant. He got himself elected to where he is now. And he ruined the economy of Venezuela, and made it someplace no sane person would ever visit. But I don’t see the killer instinct in him, like I see it (from videos) in Che, or the Shining Path. He is just a glory hound. And when he dies, I suspect the next government will override everything he did whilst pretending that it is the true Bolivarian Revolution. Kinda like China today.
Rodan wrote:
So, if you disagree with them, even if they are communists, it’s okay to torture or even execute them? Is that what you’re saying?
Calo wrote:
sesooooooos
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
In the context of Chile’s situation, yes.
Forgot about the lands and businesses angle. Pinochet did ensure that property was left in private hands, or restored to private hands.
So he was a killer, but the opposite of a thief.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
If the alternative is a 3rd World Liberation regime, absolutely. You can’t apply American political standards to other parts of the world. Chile today is a prosperous nation because of Pinochet’s actions. Now they don’t have to kill and torture Communists. People laugh at them!
@ Zimriel:
Isn’t “taking over” a coup?
Zimriel wrote:
Bingo! There is no comparison between Pinochet and Castro. Chavez’s opposite would be ALvaro Uribe of Colombia.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
@ Zimriel:
Pinochet also support the UK in the Falkland War. He was personal friends with Margaret Thatcher.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
The context here is civil war, Bob. Or something vanishingly close to it.
Early 1970s Chile was like 1920s Spain. Seriously, you need to read this stuff. It’s not like America today where people get upset about Obamacare -- we’re talking about a government actually seizing property right there on Main Street; of rampaging mobs cheered on by the Government. We’re talking about mutinies in the Army itself. We’re talking about abject chaos.
Franco did not, in the end, save Spain from civil war (he just won it). Pinochet managed to stop civil war right before it started.
So when we’re talking about “torturing political prisoners” and the like, we’re not talking about going to the Left Hand Bookstore in Boulder and nabbing the hippies at the cash register. We’re talking about arresting people who had ordered the seizures of property and who had ginned up violent mobs.
Zimriel wrote:
So…The greater of two evils? I mean, would you rather be labeled a murderer or a thief?
Calo wrote:
@ Zimriel:
Exactly.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Sorry, I misread what you wrote.
Great discussion. On that note night all.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
The purpose of WAR is to eliminate your enemies by whatever means possible, whether it be by assassination, battlefield action, firebombing the civilian population which supports the Enemy’s efforts, or by nuclear annihilation (the ABSOLUTE LAST option). That way, the Enemy sees it is no longer useful to continue to make War.
@ The Osprey:
and we have known this for how many years?
@ brookly red:
See Episode XXVI, now in Development!
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
But I would say there is no greater thief than a murderer, since the murderer, in effect, “steals” the life of the person he or she killed, which can never be replaced, unlike any physical object.
My computer has gremlins in it tonight.
When I hover over an avi on this thread, a green box pops up and says “Click Here For Similar” and takes you to http://www.superfish.com.
But, I don’t see the green box on the previous thread or the OOT.
@ Calo:
Do you have Malwarebytes installed? If so run it. If not, download it, install it and run it.
@ Calo:
http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
@ The Osprey:
Thanks Osprey.
Kaspersky just caught it.
@ Calo:
I didn’t do it….
(glad you got it cleared).
/lurk
@ CynicalConservative:
I was looking for the perfect pedicure.
Must of caught a virus instead.
Calo wrote:
Sounds more like malware than a virus, but I guess Kaspersky catches malware as well. I have Malwarebytes for malware and whatever our IT dept put on for viruses on my Windows laptop. I think it’s McAfee. But I only use that for work. Do all my websurfing on the Macbook.
@ The Osprey:
I don’t know the difference between a virus and malware, to be honest.
I know the difference between viruses and bacteria though!
Calo wrote:
Here’s the difference:
Malware: Malicious computer software that interferes with normal computer functions or sends personal data about the user to unauthorized parties over the Internet.
Virus: a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network.
BTW, a virus is defintely the worst one to have because it can totally damage your computer.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
You are such a sweetheart.
If I wanted to know that, I would have asked.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
What’s noteworthy about Pinochet is just how few people died at the hands of his secret police. I went to a left-wing site, and they claim the deaths and disappearances number in the “thousands”. You can be sure if they were in the tens or hundreds of thousands, they would have bellowed it from the rooftops.
Pinochet and his helpers were pretty parsimonious about killing, it seems; saving the ultimate sanction for those who really needed it.