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Thomas Jefferson once said…
by m ( 41 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Healthcare, Liberal Fascism, Politics, Progressives at March 15th, 2010 - 6:00 am
One of the Most Important Words in the English Language.
by Bunk X ( 257 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Economy, Guest Post, Healthcare, Humor, Music, Open thread, Political Correctness, Politics, Republican Party, Socialism at March 13th, 2010 - 9:00 pm
I belong to the Party of NO.
Do I believe that government should insert itself into the private health care insurance industry?
Do I believe that government is capable of running any business profitably?
Do I believe that government is capable of creating jobs in the private sector?
Do I believe that government is capable of resurrecting the automotive industry by nationalizing it?
Do I believe that government cannot reign back spending by 20% and freeze it at that level for 10 years?
Do I believe that government will collapse if there is a reduction in corporate and personal taxes?
Do I believe that government should tax what I purchase on the internet?
Do I believe that the Constitution is a document that is open to arbitrary interpretation and amendment?
Do I believe that the majority of the American public is ignorant?
Do I believe I’m being unreasonable?
[Now go back up to the top of the post and click on Sluggo to hear my answers.]
NO is what I vote on everything that expands the scope of government, adds taxes for anyone, spends on ludicrous popular programs, and any measure supported by any Union, the League of Women Voters, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, or any other socialist group. And if I am ever in doubt, I vote NO.
This is an open thread.
Blogmocracy Prayer List 3/7/2010
by goddessoftheclassroom ( 22 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Religion at March 7th, 2010 - 10:33 am
Prayers for thanks, praise, comfort, strength, healing, and hope
Community issues:
The people of Chile and Haiti and all those who are helping them
The United States of America
The Justices of the Supreme Court, (macker: especially Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy)
Rifqa Bary & Brian Williams
American soldier held by the Taliban
Our internet friends
The People of Iran
First responders: firefighters, police, EMTs.
Blessing and protection over all of us during these times.
Our government
Our troops
Israel
Georgia/Ossetia
Gilad Schalit, for his release.
The contractors still held hostage
Thanksgivings
Victory for freedom in Central America in Honduras
The release of some of the missionaries in Haiti
gotc: righteous justice & a successful show
Mjazz: Harris, sister’s brother in law; has a tumor behind his eye that is cancerous but is responding to treatment twice as quickly as usual/
Rix: cousin undergoing cancer treatment
vagabond trader: Lorraine responding well to cancer treatment.
savages_girl: mended heart
Bar: boss does NOT have lung cancer
Eaglesoars: Husband is officially declared cancer survivor
newsjunkie_ky: Son-in-law was rehired
Bumr50: marriage
newsjunkie_ky: answered prayer
rain of lead: niece is now a happy mom!
Health issues:
imtoast: probably fractured ankle
Simple Voice: fiancée Heather awaiting biopsy results
Rodan: grandfather’s in the hospital with stomach pains
Canadian Infidel: broken arm (needs surgery) & Swine flu
typicalwhitey: dad’s cancer has returned
bar: nerve numbness issues
Nano over at CT
Right2thepoint
Macker: ongoing issues with legs and back; wife looking for job
SciFiGuy: nephew, involved in a motor vehicle accident.
Buckeye Abroad: Mr. Kenney, from Dublin; in pain and chemo is not going to help; also his 4 year old grandson having a battery of tests for his heart.
mfhorn: friend Jack undergoing chemo; friend Will suffering from bad case of shingles; wife’s friend Lori just found out she’s got cystic fibrosis
newsjunkie_ky: nephew, Justin, is facing surgery to remove a tumor from the pituitary gland.
NoThreat2U: daughter
Caol: sister-in-law with Huntington’s Disease
Rush Limbaugh
TeamDub: cousin’s 2-year-old son has leukemia.
Loppyd: m-i-l Gail in hospital awaiting diagnosis
Urban Infidel: mother with MS recovering from broken hip
Iron Fist: Father has Parkinson’s and diabetes
Marge45b: Health issues of daughter and father.
RedneckNaRocknRollBar: neurological problems
Lolly Gator: 5-year-old grandson having nuclear surgery
Gotc: Lauren
Bordm & cupcake: friend Marilyn recovering from a stroke
Purre: cataract
Nikis Knight: wife expecting baby in May & hopes to avoid C-section
realwest
Jlfintx: private issues
BBEV: wife not doing well
Tall Old Man
Iron Fist: diabetes
Intrepid: mother with Alzheimer’s
savage nation: Nuke Gingrinch
Nobody: friend with colon cancer
Cloudy Day: sister’s stress issues
The Albatross: blood abnormality and miraculous healing
Intoast: father suffered stroke
Coz: brother-in-law, Shane Williams
vapig: recovering from back injury
Family, friend, and life situations:
Rodan: friend’s marriage in crisis
Formercorpsman: passing of friends’s young son, Timmny
linoleumknife: friend Joe and his family. His father had a stroke
typicalwhitey: issues with daughter
NoThreat2U: traveling to be with niece having her baby; prayers too for the niece and her baby
MacDuff: better job
vagabond trader: husband and brother
Kroshka: husband’s health and need for work and the family’s overall financial state
Dreamy in MN: Grief and health
Mfhorn: wife’s niece Donna; husband walked out on her and 4 young kids
Insert Clever Name Here: jobs for wife and father
Katemaclaren: dealing with anger
Tanker: deployed to Afghanistan; asks for prayers for family (as if he has to ask!)
AZfederalist: church undergoing severe financial times
macduff: possible layoff
The Rani: job for husband
Melinwy: granddaughter in need of God’s protection
Nobdy: 1968 Widow still grieving
Typicalwhitey: grandson Chase
Nothreat2UL stepson deploying to Afghanistan
DaveM: job
Jlfintx: job
Josephine: family has ongoing health problems
Rides A Pale Horse: niece’s husband, Sgt. Joseph Connor and his unit, Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2-1
Special K: getting through work
Canoe Convoy: looking for job after grad school
mjazz: employment
Intrepid: caring for mother
Lily: healing of family and regaining my strength [plus protection from evil]
Scrat: family, esp. mum, mourning loss of father.
Bar: new boss
Cloudy Day: strength and comfort
Smokefire: Griswold family
Speranza: friend Melody in danger of losing job
Zeebeach: for employment
Imtoast: husband looking for a job
GotC: son
and all the rest of us for whatever strength and protection we need
Rescued: The Lost Threads Of Wild Irish Rose
by ChenZhen ( 452 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Blogwars, Humor, LGF at March 5th, 2010 - 7:30 pm
OK, I’m not here to beat a dead horse. But I thought that with the relative significance of this rather ironic departure, it might be a good idea to mention that, in addition to the “goodbye“, the gal in question had completely scrubbed every one of those classic CJ worship threads from her blog. This is such a shame, given the hours obviously invested on her part, and the countless more from us spent laughing and pointing. But could they be lost….forever?
Not to fear, the google remembers everything (in no particular order):
Charles Johnson is right: on parting ways with the right
Money quote:
To the surprise of absolutely no-one, the usual mob of venomous frothing Johnson haters are out in force tonight, trying to downplay the post and discredit Johnson’s character on every venue that will allow them the bandwidth to do so, and on every blog post where the writer displays even a modicum of support for Mr. Johnson.
Charles Johnson is right: Kejda Gjermani takes on white supremacist Robert Stacy McCain
Charles Johnson is right: when right-wing smear merchants attack
Charles Johnson is right: Bruce Bawer slams fascist anti-jihad bloggers
Charles Johnson is right: exposing the haters… another violent threat from a rabid hatemonger
Charles Johnson is right: Mary Madigan gets it
Charles Johnson is right: Render gets it
Charles Johnson is right: defending the defensible
Charles Johnson is right: blogging with integrity, post 9/11
..and the crown jewel; this got the ultimate reward of a LGF main page entry (twitter redirect)…
Charles Johnson is right: why I stand in support of Charles Johnson and Little Green Footballs
…and the “oh my” quote:
Mr. Johnsons material is extremely well written, and thoroughly researched for accuracy before it ever posts on his mainpage. And if after posting he finds that he is in error, he is quick to post an immediate retraction.
This is called “journalistic integrity”… something that bloggers like the absurd, bikini-blogging Pamela Geller and the irresponsibly opportunistic Glenn Beck, will never have.
I’ve also come to understand the character of this man through his public comments, his refusal to tolerate arguementative, bigoted and violent comments from others on his website and his extraordinary personal commitment to diligent (and time-consuming) website moderation… something that is an extreme rarity in the blogosphere, among lazy bloggers who for the most part tend to post a disclaimer and hide behind it to avoid having to go back in and clean up the messes that they create.
Finally, I’ve come to understand over time who Charles Johnson is as a human being, not just a website administrator… and I like what I see.
I see a confident and dignified gentleman, a man who has clearly proven that he will not be intimidated or bullied into silence by anything or anyone… and I respect and admire that. I admire Mr. Johnson for his moral courage as well, his common sense, his strength of character, and his willingness to speak the truth – even if its’ unpopular, and comes with a price tag.
His tendency toward personal and professional restraint – even in the face of some of the most vile and defamatory abuse imaginable on websites like Atlas Shrugs, Jihad Watch, Brussels Journal, Gates of Vienna and a handful of smaller websites that exist solely to slander the mans’ reputation – is equally admirable.
Charles Johnson is a rarity in the oftentimes whorishly self-promotional world of politiblogging: a man who actually cares about the comments that are made on his website, doesn’t hesitate to give public credit to his ideological opponents where credit is due, and never goes out into the public square to toot his own horn.
But then, he really doesn’t need to… the quality of his work more than speaks for itself.
One has to wonder about the mindset of someone who would take the time to put up all that stuff in the first place, and wonder further about what dramatic development would prompt the same person to obliterate it all less than a year later. (Any psychology buffs, feel free to chime in) A real heartbreaker, in any case.
Oh, and for a few more study material, go ahead and check out Irish Rose’s moment of glory in the old comment thread at 1.0.
The Cowardly Jazz Guitarist
by Rodan ( 251 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Blogwars, LGF at March 2nd, 2010 - 8:09 pm
It is often said that when people are bullied as youths they become abusive as adults. This could be the case of a certain obscure mediocre 80’s jazz guitarist. This musician, as we all know, is a blog bully. If you disagree or beat one of his pets in a debate he bans you. He then outs your identity and libels you as a Racist/Nazi/White Supremacist. Clearly this washed up jazz artist has mental issues and today we may have found out why!
He admits he avoided defending himself. This is the mark of a coward and someone who runs when confronted. This explains his paranoia that people are out looking for him. I hate to break it to him, but who would waste their time with a has been jazz guitarist that most people have never even heard of.
He was a coward as a youth and he is coward now. This is why he bullies people on his blog. It’s to make up for being a cowardly youth. He should have stuck to playing Jazz Guitar.
Enjoy the Overnight Open and feel free to discuss anything.
Update: Is it possible the Jazz Artist is really Max Headroom? They are both relics of the 1980’s are a figures of ridicule! I will let you all be the judge.
Max Headroom
The Jazz Guitarist!
Blogmocracy Prayer List 2/28/2010
by goddessoftheclassroom ( 49 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Open thread at February 28th, 2010 - 8:30 am
Prayers for thanks, praise, comfort, strength, healing, and hope
Community issues:
The people of Chile and Haiti and all those who are helping them
The United States of America
The Justices of the Supreme Court, (macker: especially Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy)
Rifqa Bary & Brian Williams
American soldier held by the Taliban
Our internet friends
The People of Iran
First responders: firefighters, police, EMTs.
Blessing and protection over all of us during these times.
Our government
Our troops
Israel
Georgia/Ossetia
Gilad Schalit, for his release.
The contractors still held hostage
Thanksgivings
The release of some of the missionaries in Haiti
gotc: righteous justice
Mjazz: Harris, sister’s brother in law; has a tumor behind his eye that is cancerous but is responding to treatment twice as quickly as usual/
Rix: cousin undergoing cancer treatment
vagabond trader: Lorraine responding well to cancer treatment.
savages_girl: mended heart
Bar: boss does NOT have lung cancer
Eaglesoars: Husband is officially declared cancer survivor
newsjunkie_ky: Son-in-law was rehired
Bumr50: marriage
newsjunkie_ky: answered prayer
rain of lead: niece is now a happy mom!
Health issues:
Rodan: grandfather’s in the hospital with stomach pains
Canadian Infidel: broken arm (needs surgery) & Swine flu
typicalwhitey: dad’s cancer has returned
bar: nerve numbness issues
Nano over at CT
Right2thepoint
Macker: ongoing issues with legs and back; wife looking for job
SciFiGuy: nephew, involved in a motor vehicle accident.
Buckeye Abroad: Mr. Kenney, from Dublin; in pain and chemo is not going to help; also his 4 year old grandson having a battery of tests for his heart.
mfhorn: friend Jack undergoing chemo; friend Will suffering from bad case of shingles; wife’s friend Lori just found out she’s got cystic fibrosis
newsjunkie_ky: nephew, Justin, is facing surgery to remove a tumor from the pituitary gland.
NoThreat2U: daughter
Caol: sister-in-law with Huntington’s Disease
Rush Limbaugh
TeamDub: cousin’s 2-year-old son has leukemia.
Loppyd: m-i-l Gail in hospital awaiting diagnosis
Urban Infidel: mother with MS recovering from broken hip
Iron Fist: Father has Parkinson’s and diabetes
Marge45b: Health issues of daughter and father.
RedneckNaRocknRollBar: neurological problems
Lolly Gator: 5-year-old grandson having nuclear surgery
Gotc: Lauren
Bordm & cupcake: friend Marilyn recovering from a stroke
Purre: cataract
Nikis Knight: wife expecting baby in May & hopes to avoid C-section
realwest
Jlfintx: private issues
BBEV: wife not doing well
Tall Old Man
Iron Fist: diabetes
Intrepid: mother with Alzheimer’s
savage nation: Nuke Gingrinch
Nobody: friend with colon cancer
Cloudy Day: sister’s stress issues
The Albatross: blood abnormality and miraculous healing
Intoast: father suffered stroke
Coz: brother-in-law, Shane Williams
vapig: recovering from back injury
Family, friend, and life situations:
linoleumknife: friend Joe and his family. His father had a stroke
typicalwhitey: issues with daughter
NoThreat2U: traveling to be with niece having her baby; prayers too for the niece and her baby
MacDuff: better job
vagabond trader: husband and brother
Kroshka: husband’s health and need for work and the family’s overall financial state
Dreamy in MN: Grief and health
Mfhorn: wife’s niece Donna; husband walked out on her and 4 young kids
Insert Clever Name Here: jobs for wife and father
Katemaclaren: dealing with anger
Tanker: deployed to Afghanistan; asks for prayers for family (as if he has to ask!)
AZfederalist: church undergoing severe financial times
macduff: possible layoff
The Rani: job for husband
Melinwy: granddaughter in need of God’s protection
Nobdy: 1968 Widow still grieving
Typicalwhitey: grandson Chase
Nothreat2UL stepson deploying to Afghanistan
DaveM: job
Jlfintx: job
Josephine: family has ongoing health problems
Rides A Pale Horse: niece’s husband, Sgt. Joseph Connor and his unit, Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2-1
Special K: getting through work
Canoe Convoy: looking for job after grad school
mjazz: employment
Intrepid: caring for mother
Lily: healing of family and regaining my strength [plus protection from evil]
Scrat: family, esp. mum, mourning loss of father.
Bar: new boss
Cloudy Day: strength and comfort
Smokefire: Griswold family
Speranza: friend Melody in danger of losing job
Zeebeach: for employment
Imtoast: husband looking for a job
GotC: son
and all the rest of us for whatever strength and protection we need
Did the Jazz Guitarist write a Book?
by Rodan ( 128 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Humor, LGF, Open thread at February 21st, 2010 - 7:30 pm
This is an anonymous guest post. The Netizen who sent it requested not to be named.
Did Chucky Johnson write a book? You decide.
Product Description
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Little Green Footballs (LGF) is a political blog run by American web designer Charles Johnson. Media observers in the past have described the site as “right wing”, but since 2007 the site has dramatically changed emphasis, and is now better known for its criticism of creationists, leading conservative figures, and right-wing blogs. A later-day LGF focus is investigations of other bloggers and political commentators in the name of “anti-racism” and “anti-fascism”. Johnson once stated: I’m not pretending I’m giving equal time to both sides. But I do think what I’m advocating, and what I believe in, is the right side. Earlier, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Johnson – who describes himself as “pretty much center-left before 9/11″ transformed his blog’s discussion of bicycle racing, programming, web design, and the occasional humorous news item into a very active discussion of the War on Terror, Islam & Islamism, Eurabia and the Arab-Israeli conflict. LGF won the “Best Israel Advocacy Blog” award from the Jerusalem Post in 2005.
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Green-Footballs-September-programming/dp/613025928X
The above is the Editorial Review for Chuckie Johnson’s book which sells for $114.00.on Amazon.
That description is the same identical description of every single book published by Alphascript books.Not only that. Each book has the same identical editors:,John McBrewster Frederic P. Miller (Editor), Agnes F. Vandome (Editor) These people are well known. If you don’t believe it…just follow the links and see what others say.In other words, is Chucky Johnson really a prolific author? Key words Folks are High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/175137
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2YLTOH201KJ06
There is so much more.But this is plenty to see what has happened here.
Update: Avid Editor has an update to his guest post from last night concerning the radical Leftist Blog Little Green Football’s smearing of Glenn Beck.
Bo and Joe
by m ( 167 Comments › )Filed under Barack Obama, Blogmocracy, Humor, Open thread at February 21st, 2010 - 12:00 pm
Blogmocracy Prayer List 2/21/2010
by goddessoftheclassroom ( 163 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Religion at February 21st, 2010 - 10:00 am
Prayers for thanks, praise, comfort, strength, healing, and hope
Community issues:
The people of Haiti and all those who are helping them
The United States of America
The Justices of the Supreme Court, (macker: especially Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy)
Rifqa Bary & Brian Williams
American soldier held by the Taliban
Our internet friends
The People of Iran
First responders: firefighters, police, EMTs.
Blessing and protection over all of us during these times.
Our government
Our troops
Israel
Georgia/Ossetia
Gilad Schalit, for his release.
The contractors still held hostage
Thanksgivings
The release of some of the missionaries in Haiti
gotc: righteous justice & son’s improvement
Mjazz: Harris, sister’s brother in law; has a tumor behind his eye that is cancerous but is responding to treatment twice as quickly as usual/
Rix: cousin undergoing cancer treatment
vagabond trader: Lorraine responding well to cancer treatment.
savages_girl: mended heart
Bar: boss does NOT have lung cancer
Eaglesoars: Husband is officially declared cancer survivor
newsjunkie_ky: Son-in-law was rehired
Bumr50: marriage
newsjunkie_ky: answered prayer
rain of lead: niece is now a happy mom!
Health issues:
Right2thepoint
Macker: ongoing issues with legs and back; wife looking for job
SciFiGuy: nephew, involved in a motor vehicle accident.
Buckeye Abroad: Mr. Kenney, from Dublin; in pain and chemo is not going to help; also his 4 year old grandson having a battery of tests for his heart.
mfhorn: friend Jack undergoing chemo; friend Will suffering from bad case of shingles; wife’s friend Lori just found out she’s got cystic fibrosis
newsjunkie_ky: nephew, Justin, is facing surgery to remove a tumor from the pituitary gland.
NoThreat2U: daughter
Caol: sister-in-law with Huntington’s Disease
Rush Limbaugh
TeamDub: cousin’s 2-year-old son has leukemia.
Loppyd: m-i-l Gail in hospital awaiting diagnosis
Urban Infidel: mother with MS recovering from broken hip
Iron Fist: Father has Parkinson’s and diabetes
Marge45b: Health issues of daughter and father.
RedneckNaRocknRollBar: neurological problems
Lolly Gator: 5-year-old grandson having nuclear surgery
Gotc: Lauren
Bordm & cupcake: friend Marilyn recovering from a stroke
Purre: cataract
Nikis Knight: wife expecting baby in May & hopes to avoid C-section
realwest
Jlfintx: private issues
BBEV: wife not doing well
Tall Old Man
Iron Fist: diabetes
Intrepid: mother with Alzheimer’s
savage nation: Nuke Gingrinch
Nobody: friend with colon cancer
Cloudy Day: sister’s stress issues
The Albatross: blood abnormality and miraculous healing
Intoast: father suffered stroke
Coz: brother-in-law, Shane Williams
vapig: recovering from back injury
Family, friend, and life situations:
NoThreat2U: traveling to be with niece having her baby; prayers too for the niece and her baby
MacDuff: better job
vagabond trader: husband and brother
Kroshka: husband’s health and need for work and the family’s overall financial state
Dreamy in MN: Grief and health
linoleumknife: friend Oriana going through difficult divorce
Mfhorn: wife’s niece Donna; husband walked out on her and 4 young kids
Insert Clever Name Here: jobs for wife and father
Katemaclaren: dealing with anger
Tanker: deployed to Afghanistan; asks for prayers for family (as if he has to ask!)
AZfederalist: church undergoing severe financial times
macduff: possible layoff
The Rani: job for husband
Melinwy: granddaughter in need of God’s protection
Nobdy: 1968 Widow still grieving
Typicalwhitey: grandson Chase
Nothreat2UL stepson deploying to Afghanistan
DaveM: job
Jlfintx: job
Josephine: family has ongoing health problems
Rides A Pale Horse: niece’s husband, Sgt. Joseph Connor and his unit, Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2-1
Special K: getting through work
Canoe Convoy: looking for job after grad school
mjazz: employment
Intrepid: caring for mother
Lily: healing of family and regaining my strength [plus protection from evil]
Scrat: family, esp. mum, mourning loss of father.
Bar: new boss
Cloudy Day: strength and comfort
Smokefire: Griswold family
Speranza: friend Melody in danger of losing job
Zeebeach: for employment
Imtoast: husband looking for a job
GotC: son
and all the rest of us for whatever strength and protection we need
Rescued: Walter L. Newton’s essay for LGF
by ChenZhen ( 184 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Global Warming Hoax, LGF, Science at February 16th, 2010 - 6:30 pm
BLOGMOCRACY IN ACTION!
Here is Walter’s essay, in it’s entirety* (not in it’s entirety because walter would rather let the lgf crowd tear him down than anyone actually READ what he seemed to have worked so hard on):
Charles has given me permission to examine some of the programming code and data that has been used by Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University for their climate modeling. My information comes from material that was “hacked” from the CRU servers in Britain and released to the public. This material included program code, databases, private emails and documents. Charles indicated that I could use anything I deemed necessary to make my case.
re: #723 Charles
OK, then go ahead and post whatever you think makes your case. I seriously doubt that you’re going to be able to show an “inaccuracy,” which is what you claimed. And quibbling over quick and dirty methods used to parse a flat file is not the same thing as demonstrating that the code produced inaccurate results.
[snip]
re: #731 Charles
And for your part, you have to prove that a section of code actually produced inaccurate or mistaken results. Not simply that it could have done so. Because that’s what you claimed.
As Charles said “I seriously doubt that you’re going to be able to show an “inaccuracy,” Charles may be right. I wasn’t at CRU, I didn’t see the actual data from the time it was generated till the time it appeared in a report or paper (or disappeared), no more than Charles actually saw William Shakespeare pen any of his plays. In the same way Charles could use the historical records to prove Shakespeare did create all of those wonderful plays, I am going to use the historical record of the programmer who was responsible for maintaining, modifying and correcting the legacy programs at CRU who can
show us the inaccuracies he found. Meet Mr. Ian “Harry” Harris.
(end comment 1)
Feast before the fast
by m ( 146 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Open thread at February 16th, 2010 - 4:00 pm
Happy VietNamese New Year
by m ( 36 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Guest Post at February 14th, 2010 - 6:30 pm
Blogmocracy in Action!
Guest post by: Bunkx
How do’ folks, and Happy VietNamese New Year!
Little Saigon, in Westminster California, comprises the largest population of VietNamese ex-patriots of anywhere in the world. The community was founded by those who escaped the communist invasion that followed the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Most made it here after abandoning all their material possessions. Doctors, lawyers, accountants, other professionals as well as tradesmen escaped the onslaught with virtually nothing, in order to save themselves and their families from the brutality of the communists. Many did not escape and many of those left behind did not survive.
What those survivors did with little more than integrity, a great work ethic, conservative values and a lot of patience transformed what might have been a crime-ridden slum into a prosperous community. I’ve got a lot of respect for the VietNamese.
I don’t live far from Little Saigon, so I decided to attend the local Tet parade for the heck of it. There were two things that compelled me to go:
1. See the V Hogs;
2. Look for moonbattery and report my findings on behalf of Blogmocracy.
As for No. 1, I saw and heard the V Hogs, a VietNamese Harley-Davidson afficionado group. As for No. 2, there were rumors of attendance by a VietNamese pro-gay marriage group from San Jose with protests promised.
I was pleased that there was no blatant moonbattery to be found, and the counter protest was negligible, but on the other hand I was kinda hoping for photo-ops in Zombiestyle. It was just a nice quiet parade.
View looking west. I figured this was the place to be, until I found out that the parade was gonna be driving the wrong way on Bolsa Avenue. In a bizarre sarcastic twist, it was kind of appropriate.
Blogmocracy Prayer List 2/14/2010
by goddessoftheclassroom ( 112 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Open thread at February 14th, 2010 - 9:30 am
Prayers for thanks, praise, comfort, strength, healing, and hope
Community issues:
Those dealing with the effects of the snow storms
The missionaries arrested in Haiti
The people of Haiti and all those who are helping them
The United States of America
The Justices of the Supreme Court, (macker: especially Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy)
Rifqa Bary
American soldier held by the Taliban
Our internet friends
The People of Iran
First responders: firefighters, police, EMTs.
Blessing and protection over all of us during these times.
Our government
Our troops
Israel
Georgia/Ossetia
Gilad Schalit, for his release.
The contractors still held hostage
Thanksgivings
gotc: righteous justice
Mjazz: Harris, sister’s brother in law; has a tumor behind his eye that is cancerous but is responding to treatment twice as quickly as usual/
Rix: cousin undergoing cancer treatment
vagabond trader: Lorraine responding well to cancer treatment.
savages_girl: mended heart
Bar: boss does NOT have lung cancer
Eaglesoars: Husband is officially declared cancer survivor
newsjunkie_ky: Son-in-law was rehired
Bumr50: marriage
newsjunkie_ky: answered prayer
rain of lead: niece is now a happy mom!
Health issues:
Macker: ongoing issues with legs and back; wife looking for job
SciFiGuy: nephew, involved in a motor vehicle accident.
Buckeye Abroad: Mr. Kenney, from Dublin; in pain and chemo is not going to help; also his 4 year old grandson having a battery of tests for his heart.
mfhorn: friend Jack undergoing chemo; friend Will suffering from bad case of shingles; wife’s friend Lori just found out she’s got cystic fibrosis
newsjunkie_ky: nephew, Justin, is facing surgery to remove a tumor from the pituitary gland.
NoThreat2U: daughter
Caol: sister-in-law with Huntington’s Disease
Rush Limbaugh
TeamDub: cousin’s 2-year-old son has leukemia.
Loppyd: m-i-l Gail in hospital awaiting diagnosis
Urban Infidel: mother with MS recovering from broken hip
Iron Fist: Father has Parkinson’s and diabetes
Marge45b: Health issues of daughter and father.
RedneckNaRocknRollBar: neurological problems
Lolly Gator: 5-year-old grandson having nuclear surgery
Gotc: Lauren
Bordm & cupcake: friend Marilyn recovering from a stroke
Purre: cataract
Nikis Knight: wife expecting baby in May & hopes to avoid C-section
realwest
Jlfintx: private issues
BBEV: wife not doing well
Tall Old Man
Iron Fist: diabetes
Intrepid: mother with Alzheimer’s
savage nation: Nuke Gingrinch
Nobody: friend with colon cancer
Cloudy Day: sister’s stress issues
The Albatross: blood abnormality and miraculous healing
Intoast: father suffered stroke
Coz: brother-in-law, Shane Williams
vapig: recovering from back injury
Family, friend, and life situations:
vagabond trader: husband and brother
Kroshka: husband’s health and need for work and the family’s overall financial state
Dreamy in MN: Grief and health
linoleumknife: friend Oriana going through difficult divorce
Mfhorn: wife’s niece Donna; husband walked out on her and 4 young kids
Insert Clever Name Here: jobs for wife and father
Katemaclaren: dealing with anger
Tanker: deployed to Afghanistan; asks for prayers for family (as if he has to ask!)
AZfederalist: church undergoing severe financial times
macduff: possible layoff
The Rani: job for husband
Melinwy: granddaughter in need of God’s protection
Nobdy: 1968 Widow still grieving
Typicalwhitey: grandson Chase
Nothreat2UL stepson deploying to Afghanistan
DaveM: job
Jlfintx: job
Josephine: family has ongoing health problems
Rides A Pale Horse: niece’s husband, Sgt. Joseph Connor and his unit, Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2-1
Special K: getting through work
Canoe Convoy: looking for job after grad school
mjazz: employment
Intrepid: caring for mother
Lily: healing of family and regaining my strength [plus protection from evil]
Scrat: family, esp. mum, mourning loss of father.
Bar: new boss
Cloudy Day: strength and comfort
Smokefire: Griswold family
Speranza: friend Melody in danger of losing job
Zeebeach: for employment
Imtoast: husband looking for a job
GotC: son
and all the rest of us for whatever strength and protection we need
And the winners are…
by m ( 82 Comments › )Filed under Barack Obama, Blogmocracy, Geert Wilders, Open thread at February 8th, 2010 - 4:30 pm
The Blogmocracy Fallaci Award for 2009:
Geert Wilders!
“I believe in my heart and soul that freedom in the Netherlands is being threatened,” he said. “It is not only our right but our obligation as free people to speak out.”
-Geert Wilders
Robert Spencer: The Geert Wilders trial ought to be an international media event
Daniel Pipes: Western Civilization on Trial: Why We Should Be Watching Geert Wilders
The Blogmocracy Icarus Award for 2009:
Barack Obama!
Obama’s plan to shame Republicans in TV debate
The Obama-file 1 Forget Islam-Look at Obama’s Socialism!
all the way to…
Obama File 96 Coincidence? Obama, Frank Marshall Davis and the Earl Durham Connection
Once again – MANY MANY THANK YOUS to Bosch Fawstin for the award images! You rock man!!
Let’s show him our support!!
Hi kids…
by savage ( 40 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy at February 8th, 2010 - 10:00 am
Well, I am back and ready to kick ass all over the enemies of Western Civilization.
I had to take a break from everything but work to get my batteries recharged. I hope everyone has been enjoying themselves.
I have returned! Woe to those who are against this Republic of ours!
