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Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his. -- General George S. Patton
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January 19, 2006The Moon Is Simply Too Close......NASA needs a greater challenge. NASA launches probe The mission will take approximately 9.5 years. For the full story go here. It will be interesting to see what this mission may yield. Stay tuned for the report in the year 2015.
Posted by SlagleRock at 11:32 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack January 15, 2006My Thoughts On A Little War On Terror NewsOfficial: Saddam Judge Offers Resignation Pakistanis Condemn Purported CIA Attack Unfortunately it appears that the Al-Qaeda #2 man was not among the dead in Pakistan.
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:31 AM | Comments (2) | TrackBack January 14, 2006Sad Update To A Tragic StoryI was just surfing the net and learned that the young man who pointed a pellet gun at Florida S.W.A.T. members has been pronounced brain dead. Sad update to this story... Lawyer: Teen Shot by Police Is Brain Dead By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer This is truly unfortunate. While I haven't had to suffer the loss of a family member such as my own child I have lost other family members and friends. Death is difficult no matter what the situation. My heart and prayers truly go out to the family and friends of young Christopher Penley. I have to say, as I mentioned in my previous post, I am inclined to believe that the pellet gun must have been a very accurate replica, especially considering now that they say the S.W.A.T. members thought it was a Beretta 9mm. Every cop on the planet can identify a standard 9mm Beretta. It mentioned that his organs were being harvested. I pray that some good will come of this and the life of another or even others can be saved by this tragedy.
Posted by SlagleRock at 09:18 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack SWAT Team Shoots Armed Florida 8th-GraderThis kid is lucky he was only wounded! An 8th-grader at a Florida middle school was shot and wounded when SWAT fired on him in a restroom. The boy gestured several times that he was going to kill himself and also stated the same thing. After pointing the weapon at Sheriff's deputies the boy was shot and wounded. LONGWOOD, Fla. - An eighth-grader was shot and wounded by a SWAT team officer in a school bathroom Friday after he pulled out a pellet gun that resembled a real weapon, authorities said. Wow, a pellet gun! Holy shit, notify the gun control Nazi's and fire up the liberal propaganda machine, this could be the story that gets them another 15 minutes of fame, NOT! I spent my first 5 years in the Air Force working Law Enforcement and I know what it feels like to have a weapon pulled or even pointed at me. As real as many "toy" weapons look these days it is easy to understand why the deputy reacted the way he did. Reports were that the boy had a real firearm and it looked real. When the shit hits the fan, your brain doesn't say that's a Glock Model 17 in 9mm or don't shoot that is just a perfect replica, but it is really just a pellet gun. The brain, says FUCK, GUN! I know. The officer reacted properly. Now, I don't know what type of gun this boys pellet gun looked like, but I can tell you the minute he pointed it at law enforcement all they saw was gun. Fight or flight; remember that!?! I agree with 12 year old Sarah Tivy, that boy has no business in an ordinary public school; at least not until he has been adequately punished and educated.
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:15 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBack January 11, 2006Failed Grenade Attack On President Bush Earns Georgian Life In PrisonOk, before you libs jump up and down thinking that someone in Atlanta tried to off the President this story is about Georgia the country. Bush grenade attacker gets life Life in prison. Should have been a firing squad, but I'll settle for life in prison.
Posted by SlagleRock at 11:44 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack January 05, 2006Robertson Suggests God Smote Sharon And SlagleRock Suggests......Pat Robertson is an extremist. Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition and failed Presidential wannabe suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which Robertson opposed. Now, in the words of Forrest Gump, "I may not be a smart man..." Sharon is 77 years old, that is years past the average life span for a man. Do you suppose that maybe, just maybe his stroke was a result of his age. Give me a break Pat.
Posted by SlagleRock at 04:15 PM | Comments (4) | TrackBack January 04, 2006Update: Mine Collapse In W. Virginia, Rescue Efforts Yield One SurvivorHere is an update to this tragic story. One survivor is found in the mine collapse in W. Virginia. More news to follow later...
Posted by SlagleRock at 01:44 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBack January 02, 20062006 The First 48 HoursSo what's gone on in the first 48 hours of 2006? Well, better put, what's gone on in 2006 that I am remotely interested in... Notre Dame lost to the 13 coal miners were trapped by an explosion. An explosion left the miners more than a mile from the mouth of the mine. The President chimes in with his perspective on the economy, he defends U.S. action in Iraq and challenges critics who claim his methods of fighting terrorists infringe on civil liberties. Former Spook says the CIA is short on spies These were a few of the "lame stream media" stories that caught my attention. What about the sphere you ask?!?! Well here's what I found interesting: The Emporer himself, of Anti-Idiotarian fame tells of one PC crowd attempting to sue another. If the libtards are going to start fighting amongst themselves they may as well give up. If they can't function as one collective weak mind they are doomed to fall in line with the right wing, LOL. Matt at Blackfive tells us the amazing story about an amazing SSG in the U.S. Army. Follow the link to see how this amputee is changing jobs to stay in the Army. Linda at Something and Half of Something has an interesting poem authored by Russ Vaughn, 101st Airborne. Arklahomboy notes that this Xmas and New Year is just one more thousands of miles from home. I know the feeling arklahomboy, stay sharp, stay safe! The one and only BlogMama, aka MamaMontezz asks that we keep her ailing Father in our prayers. Consider it done, Mama! Uncle Burp introduces us to one BAD ASS Sniper, HUA Sgt Gilliland. ![]() The Conservative Insurgent shows us that the "U.S. should free Saddam Hussein if it wants to end its problems". Must read! Needless to say there were numerous other great entries throughout the blogosphere and I would have loved to mention them all, but life happens and I have a uniform to press and boots to shine. Stay tuned and see what gets me riled up next.
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:30 PM | Comments (5) | TrackBack October 25, 2005Rosa Parks dies at 92
What more can be said. Millions of people have brave women and men like Rosa to thank for the civil rights and equal rights for all people in the United States. ![]()
Posted by SlagleRock at 09:59 AM | Comments (5) | TrackBack They Just Can't Help ThemselvesMany of you have heard me refer to CNN as the Communist News Network, or the Clinton News Network among other things. They clearly have a penchant for overshadowing the important stories with their own agenda. Todays coverage is a good example. The draft resolution for the Iraqi constitution passed with a voter turnout of 63% but instead of focusing on that and writing it as a story of its own they chose to start it this way: U.S. military death toll in Iraq reaches 2,000 What we have here is two distinct stories, and while they occured on the same continent and in the same country they should have been reported seperately, but once again CNN tries to overshadow the importance of this draft resolution by starting the story with the tragedy that is the loss of 2,000 Americans. Today is yet another giant leap towards a new Iraq and a new landscape in the Middle East. The Slaughterhouse mourns the loss of our 2,000 American. I also applaud the Iraqi people for their voter turnout in passing the draft resolution.
Posted by SlagleRock at 09:45 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack Identifying The Iceman...According to the Communist News Network, or Clinton News Network or CNN whichever you prefer to call it: Frozen airman flown to Hawaii for identification ![]() I hope this Airman is in fact identified so that his family may finally have some answers and closure. Posted by SlagleRock at 09:30 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack September 29, 2005The Man Of Steel ReturnsA long 11 year road in the making... In 273 days Superman Returns For any of you whom may be Superman fans there is a good article in Newsweek about the 11 year road that finally ended up with Bryan Singer producing "the most expensive film ever". Here is an excerpt from the Newsweek article: ![]() It's taken Warner Bros. 11 years to get 'Superman Returns' off the ground. Not exactly faster than a speeding bullet. Now 'X-Men' director Bryan Singer's at the helm in Australia. An exclusive visit. Yeah, I know, I'm a dork. I just thought I'd share the picture and some info on the Man of Steel.
Posted by SlagleRock at 02:44 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBack September 26, 2005PFC England Convicted On Six Of Seven CountsFORT HOOD, Texas Pfc. Lynndie England, 22, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of committing an indecent act. She was acquitted on a second conspiracy count. According to CNN.com: Monday, September 26, 2005; Posted: 6:28 p.m. EDT (22:28 GMT) Once in a while the system works. If you followed my previous posts on this subject you'll know how I felt about all of this. I believe those involved with this (from top to bottom) should have to pay for their actions. Anyone who tries to argue that they were just following orders must not be familiar with the term "lawful order". We all have an obligation to disobey any order that is unlawful or may hurt/harm themselves or those under their care. Let's hope for a reasonable sentence! **UPDATE** England received 3 years!
Posted by SlagleRock at 04:19 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBack August 02, 2005The Bitch Is Back......Jane Fonda's second coming Cal Thomas July 28, 2005 As if this BITCH hasn't done enough in her lifetime to demoralize the troops and stand against all things American she needs to do it again as part of her mid life crisis?
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:18 PM | Comments (4) | TrackBack Simple Funeral For Saudi Arabian King FahdRIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Muslim leaders and Saudi princes have bid a final farewell to King Fahd before his body was buried in an unmarked grave in a desert cemetery in keeping with Saudi Arabia's austere Islamic tradition. See CNN for more on this story. So what will this mean for world politics? I say not much is likely to change. Prince Abdullah has been the de facto fuler since King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995. What do you think?
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:18 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack July 26, 2005Back In The Saddle Again...The space shuttle Discovery roared into the skies over Florida Tuesday morning as NASA returned to manned space flight for the first time since the 2003 Columbia disaster. The spacecraft blasted off as scheduled at 10:39 a.m. ET, following days of troubleshooting to fix a faulty fuel sensor in its external tank. Here's to the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery... Good luck and Godspeed!
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:51 AM | Comments (4) | TrackBack June 03, 2005They Call It "Fight Or Flight" For A ReasonH/T to Delftsman and Mamamontezz for pointing me to this story.... According to The Salt Lake Tribune: CONCEALED WEAPONS: Firearms do not make people 'nice' Living in fear Not having been present at the episode, and lacking any legal determinations, we will not presume to judge the behavior of one well-known and well-armed computer entrepreneur and that of a group of people gathered to express extreme displeasure with his motoring habits. We are, however, prepared to evaluate the philosophy the impossible-to-embarrass "Super Dell" Schanze employed to justify using a gun, or at least reference to a gun, to deter hostile people during said confrontation. Bunk. Dangerous, potentially deadly, bunk. Apparently threatened by a man with a rock - a rock aimed not at Schanze or his child, but at his luxury car - Schanze is alleged to have produced a previously, and legally, concealed Glock 10 mm in self-defense. Well, auto-defense, anyway. If that's what happened, Schanze faces both a misdemeanor charge and the loss of his concealed-weapon permit. An outspoken advocate of the right to keep and bear arms, even when exhibiting behavior that would not be acceptable in any well-regulated militia, Schanze denies committing a crime but was happy to describe the change in attitude that his little friend elicited among his antagonists. "They decided to be really nice once they knew I was armed," he said. "Their whole personality changed. It was amazing." Amazing? Amazing that people will change their behavior when the alternative may well be sudden death? Seems pretty predictable to us. Of course the whole point of the free coinage of concealed-weapons permits in Utah - there are some 62,000 of them out there - is that a heavily armed populace is a well-behaved populace. Maybe. But people who think they may be shot are not being "nice." They are afraid. Some of them ought to be afraid, as they might otherwise commit some sort of mayhem. But the majority of us do not want or deserve to live in fear, threatened by someone whose concealed-weapons permit is one traffic accident or domestic quarrel away from being among the some 200 a year that are revoked for criminal, sometimes violent, behavior. Some people, who carry large sums of money or have specific reasons to feel endangered, may be safer if they are armed. The rest of us are not. OK, so what did we get from this editorial? First, where are the facts? This story is clearly written from the liberal/anti-gun standpoint where the author wants to depict Mr. Schanze as a gun toting, trigger happy, "right-wing nut job". I can't say whether or not Mr. Schanze felt like his life was in danger or if the life of his child was threatened, but what I can say is it is clear that he was outnumbered and the crowd was not friendly. All it may have taken to incite a riot that he couldn't have stopped or contained would have been one word, one punch or one throw of the rock. It doesn't sound like he pointed it at anyone just showed that he had it and would defend himself and his family. Fear, I absolutely hope the crowd felt fear. That is exactly the reaction that is needed to make someone second guess whether or not they want to attempt to harm you or your loved ones. The Salt Lake Tribune should be embarrassed for publishing this tripe. You will notice that there is no authors name on this article. Probably for a reason!
Posted by SlagleRock at 05:08 PM | Comments (5) June 01, 2005What No Child Molestation Or Prisoner Torture, These Stories Can't Be Worth Reporting...Kim Du Toit has a couple of stories you won't likely see in the lame stream media. There are no rock stars fondling little boys, or terrible pictures of Abu Ghraib, there is nothing to pin on the military or our President except Kudos. Take a second, hop on over read the stories and let me know what you think.
Posted by SlagleRock at 02:45 PM | Comments (3) May 06, 2005Punishment Reaches The TopThe Abu Ghraib scandal rocked the world and nearly as quickly as the Libs forgot 9/11 it appeared to fall off the radar. First a couple of enlisted troops got hammered and apparently for most of America that was enough for the story to start to fizzle. In fact until recently when I heard of PFC England's attempt to plea her way out, I hadn't heard that much about it (keep in mind I am in Europe and I miss quite a bit of the news). Well First England’s case was declared a mistrial after the judge refused to accept her plea, now a top General has felt the wrath. According to Yahoo News: WASHINGTON - The Army has offered its last word on holding its generals accountable in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, but Congress is going to have the final say. It is always unfortunate to hear that a career is ending, but either way this General should be held accountable. Either she didn't know what was going, which is dereliction of duty or she knew and was covering. Abu Ghraib is without a doubt a blackeye, but like a true black eye it will heal and it will pass. As much as certain libs would like to believe it this is not representative of the fine young men and women that serve our nation!
Posted by SlagleRock at 01:48 AM | Comments (2) May 03, 2005PFC England Attempts To Plea Her Way Out![]() FORT HOOD, Texas - Pfc. Lynndie England took responsibility for the smiling, thumbs-up poses she struck for photographs taken at Abu Ghraib prison camp, which made her the face of the prisoner abuse scandal. Now, with the sentencing phase in her military trial set to begin Tuesday, England's goal is to minimize the punishment. I have mixed emotions about this whole scenario. If they were ordered to commit these acts then the person who made the order should be held most accountable, but she absolutely could and should have said "No" if that was the case. Either way it is another slap in the face for the Guard and Reserve folks out there who try their best to serve this country.
Posted by SlagleRock at 03:42 PM | Comments (2) April 30, 2005What'll They Think Of Next???![]() How would you like to have eyes like those staring you down? According to FoxSports.com:
Pretty impressive really. Technology is an amazing thing. So how long before the congressional hearing on eye enhancements in professional sports!??!?!?
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:36 AM | Comments (4) April 29, 2005American Service Member Sentenced To DeathAccording to the Washington Post: Sergeant Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Officers in Iraq I've said it before and I'll say it again, the loss of an American service member is always a tragedy. The death sentence of Sgt Akbar is only different in the sense that he is a murderer. His life won't be lost in the service of his country but it will be lost for the senseless murder of his brothers in arms. The punishment fits the crime. Some say an 'eye for an eye' and others say 'live and let live', but in this case I have to say that the jury made the right decision.
Posted by SlagleRock at 10:31 AM | Comments (6) April 24, 2005Look Up In The Sky...It's a bird, it's a plane, it's SUPERMAN!!!! ![]() OK, so I am a bit of a geek, but what greater pop culture icon is there than the last son of Krypton, who fights for truth, justice and the American way. According to USA today: The look of Superman literally rests on the broad and buff shoulders of newcomer Brandon Routh. So, what's the reaction? They didn't mess with the traditional too much. I think it looks good. Granted, Routh could be just a bit larger or at least more cut.
Posted by SlagleRock at 08:27 PM | Comments (1) Almost Time For His Dirt NapYou may remember this post, A Dirt Nap Is Just What The Doctor Ordered. If you don't take a second to follow the link and read it then come back here. OK, remember that scum bag? His attempt to escape was thwarted and now it appears his dirt nap may be just around the corner: Soldier guilty of premeditated murder in deadly Kuwait grenade attack I sincerely hope he does become the 6th member of death row. He wasn't insane, he was a highly trained killing machine that lost track of his loyalties and attempted to set false values ahead of reason. Any sane member of the military knows that the "rape" of Iraqi women simply isn't on our global to do list. It's just too bad that the families of the victims can't be part of a firing squad.
Posted by SlagleRock at 08:47 AM | Comments (2) April 22, 2005Hanoi Jane Gets What She DeservesI received this article from Jack of the Conservative Insurgent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 08:04 JST KANSAS CITY, Mo - A man spit tobacco juice into the face of Jane Fonda after waiting in line to have her sign her new memoir. Capt Rich Lockhart of the Kansas City Police Department said Michael A Smith, 54, was arrested Tuesday night on a municipal charge of disorderly conduct. Not that spitting tobacco in the bitch's face will change the horrible things she has done, but at least it will allow Mr. Smith to sleep more peaceably at night!
Posted by SlagleRock at 06:58 AM | Comments (0) April 19, 2005Rope. Tree. Cargo Handlers (Some Assembly Required)
What a bunch of ass holes plain and simple. I mean what more can I say? These people stole U.S. Mail that was intended for U.S. military men and women and their families.
Posted by SlagleRock at 04:05 AM | Comments (2) April 13, 2005Oh Hell No!!H/T to MamaMontezz for pointing me to this story. (Or sort of a H/t, now I am all kinds of pissed off!) You know, the world will never be perfect. Ever it is simply not possible. Even one day hundreds of thousands of years from now when man has blurred the lines between the races and the religions the world simply won't be perfect. I don't think any rational person ever really expects a utopian society but I do think that all good natured people expect relative harmony; a little order, morality and basic human decency. What the four boys in this story demonstrated was hate, and a total disregard for another human being. I'm going to tackle this one piece by piece... Witnesses: Disabled Girl Punched In Face, Forced To Perform Sex Acts How in the hell does something like this happen? How in the hell is it ok to hit a woman, much less a disabled girl? How in the hell has our youth gotten so out of touch with reality that "dozens" of students watched these acts? Authorities are investigating and no charges have been filed in the alleged attack last month at Mifflin High School. Four boys suspected of involvement were sent home and have not returned to class. Ghee, you think? They haven't returned to class. The next time they attend a class it should be in the juvenile detention system. When I was in school had these douche bags returned to school they wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes. Also, the principal, Regina Crenshaw, was suspended and will be fired for not calling police, school officials said. And three assistant principals were suspended and will be reassigned to other schools. OK, I understand and fully agree with the firing of the Principal, but why is it that the three assistant principals will be reassigned? Either they were aware of the events in which case they are just as liable for the situation or they were oblivious to the events in which case they should have been left alone?? Which is it? The girl was forced to perform oral sex on at least two boys, according to statements from school officials, obtained by The Columbus Dispatch. I hope to hear of two things in this case: 1.) The tape is used to convict all four of these dirt bags I have a daughter of my own and I promise you if something like this ever happened to her, I'd go to jail or go to hell. There is no way something like this could go unpunished. Like many things in our judicial system these kids will likely get a smack on the wrist and press on with their lives. What they should get is a 6'x6' cell with a 300lb gorilla named Bubba who has a penchant for young boys! It just sickens me!
Posted by SlagleRock at 03:56 AM | Comments (5) April 12, 2005Torture Would Be To KindAccording to AP News a Florida Woman Sells Daughters for Car, Prostitution, Police Charge: OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (AP) - A woman was arrested for allegedly forcing her 12-year-old daughter into prostitution and trading a 14-year-old daughter for a car. The 39-year-old woman was charged with aggravated child abuse and sexual performance by a child. Both girls have been turned over to the Department of Children & Families. This woman is the lowest of the low. Her worth as a human being is lower than the excrement of an AIDS infested child molester. But wait, the LibTards will crawl out of the woodwork to defend her and blame our government. Give me a break people; she traded her first born for a car. Her youngest daughter is now pregnant and only 12 years old. This woman has taken it upon herself to ruin the lives of her children before they even got the opportunity to live. I only hope that both of these little girls are resilient and will be able to come back and enjoy the rest of their lives in a civilized manner free from the extortion of their C*nt of a mom. As BC frequently says, "Rope. Tree. C*nt. Some assembly required."
Posted by SlagleRock at 11:39 PM | Comments (2) April 01, 2005Her Ordeal Is OverAs most of you (I assume) already know Mrs. Schiavo has passed. After nearly two weeks of neglect she has passed on. It's not letting her go that bothers me so, it is how they did it. It would be one thing if simply unplugging a machine would instantly allow her to slip into and eternal slumber, but to deprive her of food and water for two weeks makes me sick. I extend my condolences first to her husband as this must be a tragic day for him (I know this won't gain me any favor with the Uber Right Wing). I also extend my condolences to her parents. As a Father myself I cannot imagine what it must feel like to see the death of ones own child. I do however believe ultimately both families will live more stable lives now that Terri is gone. There is no place for politics in this event. As most State laws reflect, the wishes of Mr. Schiavo should have been respected long ago. However, we desperately need to find a more humane means of handling situations like these. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:30 AM | Comments (2) March 31, 2005Once A Coward Always A CowardSome of you may remember Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar. If you don't know who this dirt bag is take a second and read this first. OK, remember this waste of flesh now? Akbar killed two officers in his chain of command and injured several other soldiers while in Kuwait in preparation for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. According to the Tennesseean: Akbar tries to overpower guard at Fort Bragg The sad part about this whole situation is even after Akbar is convicted he will continue to live. The two officers who died in that tent in Kuwait won't have that luxury. The military needs to crack down on this sort of behavior. Akbar is a murderer and he killed his own brethren. He needs to be put in front of a firing squad and save the taxpayers money! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:44 AM | Comments (3) March 30, 2005The Schiavo SituationGiven recent comments and other inputs in the news I thought I'd say a little more about Mrs. Schiavo's situation. I agree that her husband should have the final say. I agree that when her Father gave her away on her wedding day he gave those rights to her husband. I agree that her family is being selfish and trying to hold on to her when the whole world knows she will never function on any normal level. I also agree that a feeding tube is essentially life support, not just because the courts say so but because she can't live without it. Here is my biggest issue with this situation. They are starving this woman to death. Just like I wrote in the Future Inmate Post could you imagine if we starved death row inmates to death. I think that if the decision was made to let her die they should have simply given her a lethal injection and been done with it. Instead she has to suffer through dehydration. What if she has all sense of feeling but cannot express it. Think about it like that for a minute. What if you took a perfectly healthy adult and tied them down and sealed their mouth and then forced them to suffer through starvation. It just isn't humane. So that is what I think about this. So, go ahead all you libs and say that lethal injection is murder; I don't want to hear it. So is starving her to death. At least an injection is humane. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 10:58 PM | Comments (0) March 24, 2005Terri Schiavo Not Human?Ok, I promised to weigh in on this so here I go. First, the more I watch the news and the more I hear about this woman’s situation the more it pains me. First, in the beginning I think it should have been left to her husband. If it was a matter of life support and she didn't want machines to keep her alive then that should have been the end of it. The husband not the parents should have been able to make that call. However, a feeding tube is not life support; we all need food and water. Life support is when a machine has to breathe for a person or when their blood has to be circulated by an outside source. The feeding tube would be necessary regardless of her mental state due to a prior tracheotomy. Then there is the argument that she is in a completely vegetative state and will not recover, I tend to agree with this. She has been like this for 15 years. I'd say the odds are severely stacked against Mrs. Schiavo recovering. However, she is still a living being and she is not on life support. She breaths, her heart beats. I can't imagine the pain that her parents are going through. I also can't understand how her husband can rationalize starving his wife to death. Even if she truly is in a vegetative state and will never recover how does a person justify starving another human being to death. Just imagine if to save money all inmates sentenced to die were simply locked in a room without food or water on the day of their execution, left there to die of dehydration and starvation. Can you imagine all of the human rights groups that would crawl out of the woodwork? Hell, I think those protests would likely turn violent. And these people are violent offenders, how do we safeguard murderers, but let an innocent starve? So what is my overall take on Mrs. Schiavo's situation? First her husband stood in a courtroom and told judge and jury that he is married to his wife for better or worse 'til death do they part. He laid it on thick at a medical malpractice suit and made himself a millionaire. I think he has suffered a tremendous trauma in his life, but now he, his money, and his girlfriends have clearly moved on. That said, he should simply divorce his wife and leave her to the care of the state, or better yet grant her parents custody. I can't understand how he can justify starving the woman to death when there are organizations and other families out there that are willing to assume responsibility for her. It would be one thing if she were truly on life support and simply pulling the plug would put the end to a life that can truly never be lived, but she is not on life support. I think stubbornness and greed are the only factors in this case. Pulling the plug on my own daughter if it ever came to it would truly be the hardest thing I could imagine, but to starve her to death!?!?!?!?!? SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 10:53 PM | Comments (3) March 08, 2005Treating Illegal Aliens With Greater Respect And Trust Than Our Own CitizensThis just makes me sick. The state of Maine issues ID card and drivers licenses to aliens that are valid beyond the expiration of their passports and/or visa's. My name is Jennifer Pease and I am here to give testimony in favor of LD 501. I work at the bureau of Motor Vehicles, and I have taken vacation time to be here today as a private citizen. I do not represent the Bureau in any way. As a matter of fact, the only endorsement I have from the Bureau is Secretary Dunlap graciously letting me know that he supports my desire as a private citizen to do something about an issue I feel strongly about. This absolutely makes me sick. So basically a terrorist could come to this country on a visa wait until a day or two before it expires and then go to the state of Maine and get a drivers license or state ID card that would be valid for years beyond the Visa. Why not just give them a "bypass security" card to make their efforts even easier. I think the outcome could have been different if those licenses had expired when their visas did. If they had not been provided a credential to take the place of their passport with the expired visas, perhaps some wouldn't have been permitted to board a plane. Sounds to me like part of the state had the right idea, but politics beat out common sense. An Egyptian national came into the Portland branch with his attorney and wanted to transfer his license from New York to Maine. The attorney said his client was a New York resident, had never been a Maine resident, and had no intention of ever moving to or living in Maine, but he wanted a Maine license. He could not renew his New York license because he was an illegal alien. The attorney went on to say he had contacted (at the time Secretary Gwadosky's) office, and was told that we would be able to provide a license for his client. She issued a drivers license to a man in deportation status?!? Makes me a bit upset to know I was born in that state. So, where are we now? Current Bureau policy is to ignore the expiration dates on passports and visas, and to knowingly issue licenses and ID cards to illegal aliens. This whole situation just makes my blood boil. A person with a valid ID or drivers license is rarely asked for any other type of identification and in the mind of most screeners would automatically be viewed as a legal resident of the state that issued the ID or license. The implications are mind boggling. It is like handing the bomb and the access to a terrorist. I am grateful that there are people like Jennifer Pease who are willing to stand up for what is right. Wake up America, if we keep handing them access it is only going to get worse. H/T to Mamamontezz for the link. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:30 AM | Comments (8) February 10, 2005Iraqi's Gift Comforts Family Of Marine CasualtyROSEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Rae Oldaugh says she cried upon being told her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Allan Klein had been killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, and again when an Iraqi immigrant offered his banquet hall for a free funeral luncheon. For the full story go here. I feel for Mrs. Oldaugh and her loss. The loss of American lives is always tragic. The actions of Mr. Youil "Louie" Ishmail are a sign of the changing times. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:07 AM | Comments (3) Perceived US Cowardice Fuels TerrorismI found this on CNS News. Perceived US Cowardice Fuels Terrorism, Former CIA Head Declares By Kathleen Rhodes CNSNews.com Correspondent February 09, 2005 For those of you who read regularly you have seen me mention Clinton’s great debacle in Somalia. I have said for years that not following through only provides further incentive for terrorists to attack. The perception that we won't act motivates countries like Korea to build nuclear weapons. Hopefully now, the world is learning that we are following through and will will stomp a mud hole in anyone who threatens democracy and our freedom and walk it dry. For the full story follow the link at the top of this entry. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:59 AM | Comments (1) Kommunist Kalifornian Hangs U.S. Soldier (Symbolism)![]() Sacramento Kalifornia This isn't a "very loud" political statment. This is an unamerican dirt bag showing the rest of their quiet neighborhood one more reason to watch them more closely. Hanging from a house in Land Park, a soldier's uniform in a noose dangles from a rooftop. The words "your tax dollars at work" are scrolled across the chest. What a pair of absolute assholes. These are the people who take their freedom for granted. They want to speak out simply to get their pathetic names mentioned on the 5 O'clock news. You don't have to support the war, but you have to support the troops. It's not an option it is a must. These are the people who protect your right to do ignorant shit like the The tension in the neighborhood has escalated into more than just a political feud. To whomever removed this atrocity, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for having the guts to stand up for the troops. This really is quite silly. You mean to tell me a homeowners association can keep you from putting a basketball goal on your garage or a pool in your yard, but the city can't stop you from looking like white trash by hanging a U.S. Soldier in your front yard even if only in symbolism? To all those people in California who had sense enough to elect a Republican Governor and who voted for GW even though you knew full well you were outnumbered by lunatics, I say thank you! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:49 AM | Comments (13) February 05, 2005A New Low (Even For Terrorists)Terrorists used a kidnapped Down Syndrome child to "suicide" bomb a polling booth in Baghdad. This wasn't a suicide bombing it was a murder bombing. First they kidnapped a child with special needs (to put it mildly) strapped a bomb to him and tried to make him walk into a polling station so they could detinate him. From Iraq The Model: Eye witnesses said (and I'm quoting one of my colleagues; a dentist who lives there) "the poor victim was so scared when ordered to walk to the searching point and began to walk back to the terrorists. In response the criminals pressed the button and blew up the poor victim almost half way between their position and the voting center's entrance". This is just disgusting (understatement). So now they are resorting to forcing those who do not posess all of their mental faculties to do their dirty work for them. And look at the quote, "the poor victim was so scared when ordered to walk to the searching point and began to walk back to the terrorists." Even this person plagued by Downs had more sense than the terrorist. Well, left, start the apologies for this one. How can you justify this one and defend the terrorist in your sick way? H/T to Right Wing Rocker And Emigre With A Digital Cluebat SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:30 AM | Comments (2) February 04, 2005Enough Is EnoughI was looking at one of my favorite sites this morning when I found this, from this post. The Iraqi police have investigated a case in the village of al-Mudhariya, which is just south of Baghdad. The villagers there say that before the election insurgents came and warned them that if they voted in last weekend's election, they would pay. Wow, that is not only awesome, but amazing!!! *Thumbs nose at MSM* The Iraqi people got a big bite of the freedom burger and they like what they are tasting. Democracy will spread in the Middle East. The drive to be free ultimately toppled the Soviet Union and I know it will also topple many of the radical Islamic states. That's several days in a row, with "I told you so" in the headlines. First the extremely successful Iraqi elections, and now stories of heroism from within. *walking away, humming... we're not gonna take it! no! we ain't gonna take it! we're not gonna take it ANYMORE!* (Damn it Beth, you got this stuck in my head) SlagleRock Out! Delftsman shares his thoughts on this! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:31 AM | Comments (1) It's Fun To Shoot Some PeopleMarine general: It's 'fun to shoot people' Commandant gives counsel, acknowledges wrong word choice ![]() A three-star Marine general who said it was "fun to shoot some people" should have chosen his words more carefully, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday. Why should he have chosen his words more wisely? Everyone is thinking it, Lt. Gen. James Mattis, just had the balls to say it. Semper Fi, General! Have we already forgotten the 3,000 plus Americans that were butchered on September 11, 2001? What about Nick Berg and Paul Johnson and numerous other innocents brutally beheaded by terrorists. That is a sad fact about our society. We are a nation full of fair weather patriots. Had General Mattis made this same remark on 9/12/01 he would have had the support of all the major main stream media outlets and the American people. "Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot," Mattis said, prompting laughter from some military members in the audience. "It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling. Abso-Fuckin'-lutely! These animals treat their camels and their goats better than their wives and children. They want to destroy anything that resembles civilized society. Crush everything that is knowledge, advancement. Live in the stone age and force everyone around you to do the same thing. Mattis' press office has not yet responded to a request to answer questions about his comments. General Hagee didn't need to defend General Mattis, he is a three star general in the United States Marine Corps. He has risen to a position within our military that such a small fraction of our population could ever hope to achieve. He is responsible for thousands of American lives and billions of dollars worth of equipment. The man has seen the harsh reality of war and tells it like it is! "Throughout our history, Marines have given their lives in the defense of this nation and human rights around the globe," Hagee's statement read. "When necessary, this commitment helps to provide us the fortitude to take the lives of those who oppress others or threaten this nation's security. This is not something we relish, yet we accept it as a reality in our profession of arms." I can't imagine any sane person enjoying taking the life of another human being. But when you have seen your troops die for another nation and then seen people of that nation try to kill you for it, it changes a person. Call his remarks flippant, inappropriate, and rude or politically incorrect. Call it what you want. I call it the harsh reality of war. Semper Fidelis General Mattis. SlagleRock Out! **UPDATE**Since I am getting quite a bit of traffic from Fazed.org I thought I'd say hello to anyone who came from this page. However since it is obviously a liberal agenda page, I'll say this. I don't think the General enjoys killing people, nor do I think he meant to berate or belittle Muslims, I do however think that he has lived the harsh reality of war and until you have you are not fit to judge. Remember when you were a kid, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Find a real issue and give it half as much effort as the Libtards of the world put into trying to be politically correct and maybe just maybe we wouldn't need to defend real patriots or fight wars, maybe this would be a better place for everyone to live. **UPDATE**The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil liberties group, called on the Pentagon to discipline Mattis for the remarks. Sporting event? Pardon my French but Fuck You Asshole! General Mattis was talking about scum like the Taliban and foreign insurgents. He wasn't talking in general or about all Muslims. He wasn't referring to law abiding, Allah fearing Muslims. Don't get your towel on too tight, your little pee brain might pop out of your ear. Others covering this: Spats at the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler Posted by SlagleRock at 12:04 AM | Comments (30) February 03, 2005No RespectEven in death comedy legend Rodney Dangerfield gets "no respect". January 31, 2005 -- EVEN in death, Rodney Dangerfield gets no respect. The late comedy legend's longtime publicist, Kevin Sasaki, got a call from a booker at CNN last week asking him if "Rodney would be available to share his comments on the passing and legacy of Johnny Carson." Sasaki replied that unless CNN had a new way of linking up to the afterlife via satellite, that would be impossible. Dangerfield, of course, passed away last October. Ironically, his new DVD set, "Rodney Dangerfield — The Ultimate No Respect Collection," was posthumously released last month, and includes clips culled from his more than 70 appearances on "The Tonight Show." That is just plain disgusting. CNN, allegedly a major (reliable) media outlet called and asked how Rodney felt about the legacy of Johnny Carson. What about the legacy of Rodney Dangerfield? Rodney passed on last October. I mean no disrespect to Johnny in fact I posted on the loss of both Johnny Carson and Rodney Dangerfield. Both of these men are truly legends. Both were great comedians. It sickens me to think that CNN would do something like this. How must this make the family and friends of Rodney Dangerfield feel? One more reason why CNN is not my news source of choice. Respect Rodney Respect. **NOTE** This is the 500th Post here at the Slaughterhouse!!! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:02 AM | Comments (0) February 02, 2005A Dirt Nap Is Just What The Doctor OrderedAccording to his defense attorney Sgt. Hasan Akbar , the douchebag who fragged two officers in his chain of command in Kuwait, has a sleep disorder. AP News I know exactly what Sgt (it shames me to use this title) Akbar needs. A nice long, we'll say, permanent dirt nap. Asking for a break after each witness. The only break this guy deserves are his legs. It's truly a shame that we have become such a touchy feely nation that this douchebag will probably get off with life in prison, when the time comes. One well placed round of 7.62mm and Sgt Akbar could get what he deserves. Save the tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars over his wasted lifetime and drop him with one shot from a firing squad. Hell, .25 cents is generous, you could make change with the value of his life. Any soldier that would frag his own people, is not fit to bear any rank or title, not fit to breath the same air as other great Americans. I hope justice is swift, although I know it will be far less than he deserves. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:03 AM | Comments (4) February 01, 2005'Martyrs' And MartyrsNow, I'm not one for much religious review or putting things into a religious perspective, but this is a really good look at the bastardization of the word martyr. From the WA Times.com: Commentary: In Iraq, 'martyrs' and martyrs H/T to the Blog Mama for the link. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:44 AM | Comments (0) January 31, 2005More On Iraq's FREE ElectionHere is a great video montage of the Iraqi Elections. And, here is a video of those who made it possible. H/T due to Lucianne, Mamamontezz, and Queenie Thanks all. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:42 PM | Comments (0) January 30, 2005Iraqi's Re-Write Their DestinyMillions Of Iraqi's Cast Ballots Despite Violence BAGHDAD, Iraq — For the first time in more than 50 years, Iraqis cast ballots in democratic elections Sunday and took the first steps to declaring how they wanted Iraq to be governed. Iraqi's braved suicide bombers, threats of attack, and a call to boycott the election by every wanna be dictator in the Middle East. Despite all of this they had a larger percentage of eligible voters cast their ballot in this first election in more than 50 years than we (the U.S.) did in the '04 Presidential race at just under 56%. Now is their time, now is their chance to re-write their destiny and move past their troubled history. Iraqi's not only voted throughout Iraq but throughout the world: ![]() Al Alamara ![]() Az Zubayr ![]() Baghdad ![]() Dubai, UAE ![]() Irvine, CA ![]() Najaf ![]() Netherlands ![]() Sadyr City ![]() Sydney, Australia ![]() Tehran Other Bloggers Covering This Historic Event" Emma at My Life In An Egg Roll Emperor Misha I of the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler Delftsman of Emigre With A Digital Cluebat Spc Ron of Suspension Of Disbelief Arklahomboy went of the hizzle fo shizzle. Matt at Blackfive Greyhawk at the Mudville Gazette GOC at Obnoxious Droppings Blackjack at the Hole Card Beth at MVRWC Linda at Something... And Half of Something All right, I am starting to reprint my blogroll(s). Before I get carried away, these are just some of the great bloggers that are covering the historic Iraqi elections. This is truly a victorious day. I'll leave you with this... SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 06:48 PM | Comments (3) January 26, 200531 Marines Lost In Helo Crash In Iraq
Weather suspected in chopper crash that killed 31 troops Thirty Marines and a Navy corpsman were killed in a helicopter crash near Iraq's border with Jordan, bringing the number of U.S. troops killed Wednesday to 37 -- the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the start of the war in Iraq. Four U.S. Marines were killed during combat in Iraq's Al-Anbar province, and two U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks in the Baghdad area, according to the U.S. military. The cause of the chopper crash is still under investigation, although it appears to be weather-related, according to Gen. John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central Command. "The weather was bad. We don't know of any enemy action; the investigation continues," he said. It is a sad day when we lose 31 of our nations finest. Though I will say this, for this to be our largest loss in a single day in Iraq says something about the might of our military and the will of our warriors. ![]() The flag flies at half staff today at the Slaughterhouse as we mourn the loss of these heroes. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:39 PM | Comments (1) Condoleeza Rice Confirmed As Secretary Of State
Condoleezza Rice won Senate confirmation as secretary of state on Wednesday, after hours of sometimes-bitter debate Tuesday that focused largely on the war in Iraq. Not that I needed to tell you, but... Leading the charge against Rice on Tuesday were Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Barbara Boxer of California. The others were: John Kerry of Massachusetts, Carl Levin of Michigan, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Evan Bayh of Indiana, Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Richard Durbin of Illinois and Mark Dayton, of Minn. For the full story go here or here. So what does everyone think about this appointment? Good!!!! Your thoughts? SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:21 PM | Comments (1) January 23, 2005Tonight Show Legend Has Died
From ABC News Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" TV host who served America a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter, droll comedy and heartland charm for 30 years, has died. He was 79. "Mr. Carson passed away peacefully early Sunday morning," his nephew, Jeff Sotzing, told The Associated Press. "He was surrounded by his family, whose loss will be immeasurable. There will be no memorial service." Sotzing would not give further details, including the time of death or the location. The boyish-looking Nebraska native with the disarming grin, who survived every attempt to topple him from his late-night talk show throne, was a star who managed never to distance himself from his audience. His wealth, the adoration of his guests particularly the many young comics whose careers he launched the wry tales of multiple divorces: Carson's air of modesty made it all serve to enhance his bedtime intimacy with viewers. "Heeeeere's Johnny!" was the booming announcement from sidekick Ed McMahon that ushered Carson out to the stage. Then the formula: the topical monologue, the guests, the broadly played skits such as "Carnac the Magnificent." Click Continue Reading below for the rest of the story. Here are some of my favorite Carson Quotes: "Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas." "Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president." "If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners." "If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead." "Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined." America never tired of him; Carson went out on top when he retired in May 1992. In his final show, he told his audience: "And so it has come to this. I am one of the lucky people in the world. I found something that I always wanted to do and I have enjoyed every single minute of it." His personal life could not match the perfection of his career. Carson was married four times, divorced three. In 1991, one of his three sons, 39-year-old Ricky, was killed in a car accident. Nearly all of Carson's professional life was spent in television, from his postwar start at Nebraska stations in the late 1940s to his three decades with NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Carson choose to let "Tonight" stand as his career zenith and his finale, withdrawing into a quiet retirement that suited his private nature and refusing involvement in other show business projects. In 1993, he explained his absence from the limelight. "I have an ego like anybody else," Carson told The Washington Post, "but I don't need to be stoked by going before the public all the time." He was open to finding the right follow-up to "Tonight," he told friends. But his longtime producer, Fred de Cordova, said Carson didn't feel pressured he could look back on his TV success and say "I did it." "And that makes sense. He is one of a kind, was one of a kind," de Cordova said in 1995. "I don't think there's any reason for him to try something different." Carson spent his retirement years sailing, traveling and socializing with a few close friends including media mogul Barry Diller and NBC executive Bob Wright. He simply refused to be wooed back on stage. "The reason I really don't go back or do interviews is because I just let the work speak for itself," he told Esquire magazine in 2002 in a rare interview. The former talk show host did find an outlet for his creativity: He wrote short humor pieces for The New Yorker magazine, including "Recently Discovered Childhood Letters to Santa," which purported to give the youthful wish lists of William Buckley, Don Rickles and others. Carson made his debut as "Tonight" host in October 1962. Audiences quickly grew fond of his boyish grin and easy wit. He even made headlines with such clever ploys as the 1969 on-show marriage of eccentric singer Tiny Tim to Miss Vicki, which won the show its biggest-ever ratings. The wedding and other noteworthy moments from the show were collected into a yearly "Tonight" anniversary special. In 1972, "Tonight" moved from New York to Burbank. Growing respect for Carson's consistency and staying power, along with four consecutive Emmy Awards, came his way in the late 1970s. His quickness and his ability to handle an audience were impressive. When his jokes missed their target, the smooth Carson won over a groaning studio audience with a clever look or sly, self-deprecating remark. Politics provided monologue fodder for him as he skewered lawmakers of every stripe, mirroring the mood of voters. His Watergate jabs at President Nixon were seen as cementing Nixon's fall from office in 1974. He made presidential history again in July 1988 when he had then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton on his show a few days after Clinton came under widespread ridicule for a boring speech at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton traded quips with Carson and played "Summertime" on the saxophone. Four years later, Clinton won the presidency. Carson dispatched would-be late-night competitors with aplomb. Competing networks tried a variety of formats and hosts but never managed to best "Tonight" and Carson. There was the occasional battle with NBC: In 1967, for instance, Carson walked out for several weeks until the network managed to lure him back with a contract that reportedly gave him $1 million-plus yearly. In 1980, after more walkout threats, the show was scaled back from 90 minutes to an hour. Carson also eased his schedule by cutting back on his work days; a number of substitute hosts filled in, including Joan Rivers, David Brenner, Jerry Lewis and Jay Leno, Carson's eventual successor. Rivers was one of the countless comedians whose careers took off after they were on Carson's show. After she rocked the audience with her jokes in that 1965 appearance, he remarked, "God, you're funny. You're going to be a star." "If Johnny hadn't made the choice to put me on his show, I might still be in Greenwich Village as the oldest living undiscovered female comic," she recalled in an Associated Press interview 20 years later. She tried her own talk show in 1986, quickly becoming one of the many challengers who could not budge Carson. In the '80s, Carson was reportedly the highest-paid performer in television history with a $5 million "Tonight" show salary alone. His Carson Productions created and sold pilots to NBC, including "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes." Carson himself made occasional cameo appearances on other TV series. He also performed in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J., and was host of the Academy Awards five times in the '70s and '80s. Carson's graceful exit from "Tonight" did not avoid a messy, bitter tug-of-war between Leno and fellow comedian David Letterman. Leno took over as "Tonight" host on May 25, 1992, becoming the fourth man to hold the job after founding host Steve Allen, Paar and Carson. Carson was born in Corning, Iowa, and raised in nearby Norfolk, Neb. He started his show business career at age 14 as the magician "The Great Carsoni." After World War II service in the Navy, he took a series of jobs in local radio and TV in Nebraska before starting at KNXT-TV in Los Angeles in 1950. There he started a sketch comedy show, "Carson's Cellar," which ran from 1951-53 and attracted attention from Hollywood. A staff writing job for "The Red Skelton Show" followed. The program provided Carson with a lucky break: When Skelton was injured backstage, Carson took the comedian's place in front of the cameras. Producers tried to find the right program for the up-and-coming comic, trying him out as host of the quiz show "Earn Your Vacation" (1954) and in the variety show "The Johnny Carson Show" (1955-56). From 1957-62 he was host of the daytime game show "Who Do You Trust?" and, in 1958, was joined for the first time by McMahon, his durable "Tonight" buddy. A few acting roles came Carson's way, including one on "Playhouse 90" in 1957, and he did a pilot in 1960 for a prime-time series, "Johnny Come Lately," that never made it onto a network schedule. In 1958, Carson sat in for "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar. When Paar left the show four years later, Carson was NBC's choice as his replacement. After his retirement, Carson took on the role of Malibu-based retiree with apparent ease. An avid tennis fan, he was still playing a vigorous game in his 70s. He and his wife, Alexis, traveled frequently. The pair met on the Malibu beach in the early 1980s; he was 61 when they married in June 1987, she was in her 30s. Carson's first wife was his childhood sweetheart, Jody, the mother of his three sons. They married in 1949 and split in 1963. He married Joanne Copeland Carson in 1963; divorce came in 1972. His third marriage, to Joanna Holland Carson, took place in 1972. They separated in 1982 and reached a divorce settlement in 1985. On the occasion of Carson's 70th birthday in 1995, former "Tonight" bandleader Doc Severinsen, who toured with musicians from the show, said he was constantly reminded of Carson's enduring popularity. "Every place we go people ask `How is he? Where is he? What is he doing? Tell him how much we miss him.' It doesn't surprise me," Severinsen said. The brisk sale of the video collection "Johnny Carson: His Favorite Moments From The Tonight Show," released in 1994, offered further proof of his appeal. He won a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1992, with the first President Bush saying, "With decency and style he's made America laugh and think." In 1993, he was celebrated by the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for career achievement. He truly was a legend SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 11:35 AM | Comments (1) January 22, 2005Klansman Byrd Attempts To Slow The Nomination Of Dr. RiceThis one is straight from: ![]()
Senator Robert Byrd, the Democrat from West Virginia is set to spearhead the effort to derail Secretary of State-nominee Condoleezza Rice. An interesting choice for the task considering the man’s past. Once again the Democratic Party, the "party of peace and understanding" has chosen the worst possible person to speak on their behalf. Let's have the racist denounce Condoleeza Rice. What in the world were they thinking? Other Media Outlets Covering This (links to be updated later today): Other Bloggers Covering This(links to be updated later today): SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:58 AM | Comments (5) January 20, 2005Mock Coffins And Anti War Chants As Bush Sworn In![]() A demonstrator stands beside coffins draped with American flags as part of a protest to memorialize American soldiers who have died in the war with Iraq (news - web sites) at Washington's Malcolm X Park, January 20, 2005. Flag-draped coffins and anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance on Thursday at the inauguration of President Bush (news - web sites) along the snow-dusted, barricaded streets of central Washington. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Why even acknowledge these people in the Main Stream Media? Why give them the publicity that they are seeking? 200 Anarchist hardly reflect public opinion. Just rediculous. SlagleRock Out! Update: Murdock at Blogging At 20,000 Feet weighs in on the demonstration Posted by SlagleRock at 12:48 PM | Comments (3) 13-Year-Old Girl Throws Newborn Out Of WindowA 13-year-old mother/child threw her 3-day-old baby out of her apartment window and into an alley where it lay for 14 hours with a fractured skull and broken ribs. The baby died and was deposited, in a basket, at the front steps of a Baptist church by the girls 15-year-old boyfriend. According to the New York Times(You must be a subscriber to read the NYT full story): The police said a 13-year-old girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend, who is the baby's father, had told them the girl had given birth to the baby in her bedroom sometime Friday. But the girl said she panicked when she could not quiet the baby's cries and she threw him out a window and into an alleyway behind her apartment. The child lay in the cold alley for 14 hours, until the boyfriend arrived on Friday night and learned what had happened, the police said. It amazes me that in the year 2004 atrocities like this still happen in the United States. So many states have open adoptions and some even allow a mother to drop her child off at a hospital without repercussion. It is sad that the lack of education and information would lead a young mother to murder her own child. If only the boyfriend would have placed the baby in a basket and taken it to the church before the mother tossed it out the window. H/T to Digger for the story. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 11:00 AM | Comments (4) January 19, 2005Dirty Bomb In The U.S.???BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency has been placed on standby, and public safety officials are meeting at the bunker, officials said Wednesday. There have been reports that the FBI office in Boston received a call from an FBI office in California warning officials about a suspicious person that may be in the area. There have been no specific threats made, but FBI agents in Boston have been put on alert, and officials started to gather at MEMA at about 1:30 p.m. NewsCenter 5 and TheBostonChannel.com will have more information as it becomes available. Federal and state authorities are investigating a nuclear terrorist threat against Boston after a man calling from Mexico told California police that he smuggled two Iraqis and four Chinese over the border, the Boston Herald has learned. ![]() According to the Boston Globe: The FBI has triggered a massive manhunt for six people -- four Chinese and two Iraqis -- who may pose a terrorist threat to the city of Boston, law enforcement officials briefed on the threat said today. The six are suspected of having come into the United States from Mexico, and may have headed to New York and then to Boston, the target of a planned attack that could involve a lethal substance, possibly chemical or biological or explosive, three law enforcement officials briefed on the threat said. H/T to the Back Country Conservative for keeping us updated on the situation. Hopefully this will be nothing more than a false warning or someone seeking publicity. Although this is one of the most "specific" threats I have seen or heard in the media in quite a while. Stay tuned... SlagleRock Out! (For Now) Posted by SlagleRock at 05:12 PM | Comments (2) January 17, 2005Graner Gets 10 Years (He Should Have Gotten The Maximum)In todays earlier post I stated that Army Reserve Specialist Graner was convicted on 9 of the 10 counts of prisoner abuse and sexual humiliation he was charged with. CNN says he got 10 years. I think there were many failures in the Abu Ghraib prison incident, but for any of the accused to try and say that they were "just following orders" is absolutely absurd. As members of the military we must obey LAWFUL orders. In order for the military establishment to function properly we must understand not only our rank structure, but what is lawful and what is not. There is always the possiblilty that these people were ordered to commit some or even all of the atrocities that the MSM turned into the freak of the week ratings hike. However, the fact of the matter is all of these people had an obligation to do what was right. If disobeying a direct order was the right thing to do then they could have hashed that out in court. It would have been much better for the public to hear about a soldier denying an unjust order than it was for us all to be flooded with pictures of Graner and his crew doing the things they did. Our kids don't need to see pictures of a pyramid of naked Iraqi's. They don't need to see that horrible little troll Lindsey England pointing to the penis of a nude prisoner of war. What they need to see are the just actions of those who serve with pride, loyalty and above all integrity. So far, in my opinion, the people convicted of these atrocities have gotten off lightly. Graner and all of the others (if convicted) should automatically get the maximum allowable sentence. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 10:09 AM | Comments (1) More From Abu GhraibAccording to CNN.com the "Ringleader" in the Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal, Army Reserve Spc. Charles Graner, was convicted of 9 of the 10 counts he was charged with. Graner faces up to 15 years in prison after a military jury at Fort Hood found him guilty Friday afternoon. Prosecutors accused him of being a ringleader in the physical abuse and sexual humiliation of prisoners, a scandal that surfaced in January 2004. According to pool reporters in the courtroom, the 36-year-old Graner stood stiffly at attention, showing no emotion, while the verdict was read. The prosecution was allowed to speak before and after the defense closing arguments. As a final statement, Graveline said of the naked pyramid photo, "This cannot become the recruitment poster for the United States Army." Graner, an Army reservist from Uniontown, Pa., is the first soldier to face trial among seven military guards charged in the Abu Ghraib scandal. Three of those guards -- all from the 372nd Military Police Company -- have pleaded guilty in the case: Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick II, 37, of Buckingham, Va.; Spc. Jeremy Sivits, 24, of Fort Ashby, W. Va.; and Spc. Megan Ambuhl, 29, of Centreville, Va. Graner reportedly had a relationship with England, who is awaiting charges from the case, and reportedly fathered a baby with her. Ambul testified this week she also had a brief sexual relationship with him. He will get what is coming to him. I am glad to see that his family supports him, but for his Mother to say that he will always be a hero is not only asinine but irresponsible. He was not a hero, he was an embarrassment to the United States Army Reserve and all who serve with integrity within the Department of Defense. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:48 AM | Comments (1) January 06, 2005Deserter Deserts Again!?!?Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun who was first believed kidnapped by terrorists then appeared to have deserted then again rumored to have been captured then freed and ultimately charged with desertion appears to have deserted again! What a confusing mess this is for the United States Marine Corps. According to Fox News.com Hassoun had been on leave with his family in West Jordan, Utah, when he was scheduled to return to Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Tuesday, military officials told FOX News. As of 3 p.m. EST, Hassoun's command "officially declared him a deserter and issued authorization for civil authorities to apprehend Hassoun and return him to military control," a military statement said. Wait a minute did that say on leave? This guy disappears from a Marine Camp near Fallujah, shows up in a terrorist video where they threaten to behead him, miraculously escapes or is freed (under very questionable circumstances), ends up in Lebanon and is ultimately charged with desertion was allowed to go on leave? Now, I don't mean to be rude, and I have nothing but respect for the Marine Corps, but you see something like this and it doesn't make the term “Jarhead” so hard to understand. What were they thinking? A man is charged with a crime during a time of war and they allow him to go on leave? Sources told FOX News Hassoun had been allowed to go on leave to visit his family for New Year's. He was due back at noon on Tuesday. Talk about pathetic, I know people who are serving honorably, who are not under suspicion of anything and couldn't get time off to be with there families for the holidays, yet Hassoun who appears to have had some sort of conspiracy with terrorists was allowed to be on leave to "visit his family for New Year's." This story gets more and more pathetic and the Marine Corps looks worse and worse with every new event. I hope that they catch Hassoun. He needs his day in court. "I did not desert my post," Hassoun told reporters in July after returning to the United States. "I was captured and held against my will by anti-coalition forces for 19 days. This was a very difficult and challenging time for me." Yeah, he didn't desert his post then and let me guess, some nice Mormon Grandma kidnapped him at the Salt Lake City Airport and he isn't a deserter this time either. "I would like to tell all the Marines as well as all those others serving in Iraq to keep their heads up and spirits high. Once a Marine, always a Marine, Semper Fi," Hassoun said, invoking the Marine Corps motto, Latin for "always faithful." Always faithful my ass! Faithful to who? Bin Ladin, Zarqawi, yourself? Twice you have disappeared under extremely questionable circumstances. Many Marines say, once a Marine, always a Marine and you will here former Marines refer to themselves as former and not ex. Well, I sincerely hope that if you are convicted of the things it is starting to look like you did, you realize that you will not be a former Marine nor will you qualify as an ex Marine, you will be nothing more than a deserter, an un-American. I blogged quite a bit on this subject (as you can see by the numerous links that started this post) but now I feel as if perhaps I wasted my time. SlagleRock Out! **UPDATE** BC, The Imperial Torturer tells us that through ATM records Hassoun has been tracked through Canada and back to Lebanon. Posted by SlagleRock at 11:54 AM | Comments (5) December 23, 2004Attack On Mosul Likely Work Of A Suicide BomberAccording to CBSNews.com: A suicide bomber was the likely cause of the deadliest single attack on American troops in Iraq — an explosion at a U.S. base that killed 22 people, the Pentagon's top general, Richard Myers, said Wednesday. This is disturbing. This means one of two things has happened if in fact this was the result of a suicide bomber. Either someone trusted to work on the base who had clearance to be there smuggled in a device undetected or second, an outsider was able to get both themself and their device onto the installation and into the most heavily crowded area. Either way this is bad news. I fell for the 18 Americans lost and sincerely hope that this doesn't devistate the morale of the troops in Mosul. Please keep these brave Americans in your thoughts. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:13 AM | Comments (0) Lunatic Left Champions DesertersRecently Mamamontezz pointed me to an article on SFGate.com written by Harley Sorensen. It is a sorry little piece in which a man who shouldn't be afforded the title American tries to blame the war in Iraq on one man, President George W. Bush. First, Mr. Sorensen you'll notice that I properly referred to the president by that, President not Mr. You started your sorry commentary with this: Today let us take the sad, sordid case of one George W. Bush. Our president. Love him or hate him, it was he and he alone who decided that our mighty armies should travel to Iraq and kill tens of thousands of people, most of whom were guilty of nothing more than being there. Do you honestly believe that President Bush was the lone individual that decided we "should travel to Iraq and kill tens of thousands of people". Are you actually that misinformed about our system of government to believe that "Mr. Bush" as you so smugly referred to him has the authority so send our youth to die? Like egomaniacal rulers forever, dating back to the cave, Mr. Bush demonized the people he wanted to kill. They have "weapons of mass destruction," he asserted. Yeah, like we don't. Like India doesn't. Like Israel doesn't. Like Pakistan doesn't. Like China doesn't. Like Russia doesn't. Why don't we invade them? Or ourselves? “Egomaniacal rulers forever” You are ridiculous. While I personally do not agree with everything that OUR President has done or influenced I do believe that as an American I have an obligation to support him and our armed forces. And as far as your silly, China has them, Russia has them bullshit comment, you clearly don't understand the concept of preemption. Why allow known terrorist nations to seek the bomb? We may not be able to change the fact that China and Russia have nuclear capabilities but we can prevent others from being added to that list. It turned out the Iraqis didn't have those terrible weapons. But, the Iraqis are evil, Mr. Bush asserted. Well, at least their leader was, so, by extension, they all were. And, by gosh and by golly, they might have harbored terrorists at one time or another. I do not recall ever hearing President Bush say that the "Iraqis are evil", in fact I don't ever recall him implying such a thing. It is ridiculous of you to think that the American people are so stupid as to believe that we need to attack and kill as many of those evil woman and children as we can. While I would love to go on and on and continue ripping your garbage Op Ed to pieces I have better things to do with my time. I'll leave you with this. Every one of the 5,500 people that you claim have deserted should be captured, tried as deserters in a time of war and punished as such. We took an oath to obey the laws of the constitution and obey the orders of the President. We do not have to agree with them but we have to follow them. Anyone who is not prepared to do so, needs to get the hell out of the military the honorable way at the end of their agreed upon enlistment. Your silly remark about reaching recruiting quotas is completely unfounded. I have several friends in recruiting and they have no quotas, no numbers, in fact many have been told that we don't need people right now. After you don your uniform and fight in the global war on terrorism you can whine, bitch and moan about the things you disagree with, until then you have no right, to belittle our President, or imply that honorable Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Marines must be stupid because they didn't desert. You are the prime reason that no one takes the extreme left or their ridiculous views seriously. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:07 AM | Comments (1) December 18, 2004Ollie North Speaks Out And Once Again He Hits The Nail On The Head!Mamamontezz pointed me to this article and as usual she finds the kind I like to read and comment on. First take a look at the article. I have printed it in full from TownHall.com. No more heroes? December 17th, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "It's stuff you hear about in boot camp, about World War II and Tarawa Marines who won the Medal of Honor," Lance Cpl. Rob Rogers of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment told the Army Times. Rogers was describing the actions of his fellow Marine, Sgt. Rafael Peralta, a Mexican immigrant who enlisted in the Marine Corps the day he received his green card.
©2004 Creators Syndicate, Inc. Ok, I'll start with Sgt Peralta. He is a hero, plain and simple, the example for immigrants who want to pay back their new country. Second, this is the prime example of the sick spin the mainstream media puts on everything they spew just for attention their agenda or ratings. Third, well that'll take a second. I have this question for anyone who would consider or commit AWOL, Desertion, Failure to Go or failure to follow a lawful or direct order: Why in the world would you join the military? Here are some other questions that come up every time I read about a chickenshit or coward. Did you know that military meant that you might have to go to war? Why would you join the military if you clearly don't believe in it? In this time of global terrorism and war I firmly believe that these cowards people that fail to live up their oath should do jail time and should receive a less than honorable discharge as a minimum. Get the hell out the right way and stay the hell away from these United States. PO3 Paredes. That's about all the thought I can put into people like Paredes without vomiting. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 10:05 AM | Comments (4) December 16, 2004What Kind Of A World Do We Live In Where....2004-12-15 - Wireless Flash Weird News NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Hip hop-based words have entered the vernacular of many English speakers and now they have found their way into a prestigious dictionary. More than 2,000 new and revised word entries have been added to the online edition of The Oxford English Dictionary and a small contingent of them come from the P. Diddy and Eminem arena. For example, the word "benjamin," meaning "a one-hundred dollar bill" and more generally, "large sums of money" made its way onto the list. Other hip-hop words that were added: -- "Hoochie," which means "a young woman who is promiscuous or who dresses or behaves in a sexually provocative or overtly seductive manner." -- "Thugged out" is defined as "resembling a thug in dress or behavior, tough-looking." -- And finally, the dictionary editors have added "crack ho," which is defined as "a prostitute addicted to crack cocaine." Dictionary spokesman Jesse Shiedlowe says he expects a lot more hip-hop words to be added in future editions of the dictionary as long as the music genre continues to stay popular. What has the world come to when piss poor slang finds its way into the Oxford English Dictionary?? SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:12 AM | Comments (3) December 13, 2004Cpl. Wassef Ali HassounA Marine who was reported abducted in Iraq and later turned up in his native Jordan was charged Thursday with desertion. Like I said in my previous posts, If he is a deserter he needs to get the maximum level of punishment! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:18 PM | Comments (2) December 12, 2004It There Were Any Doubt...Peyton Manning is UNARGUEABLY the single greatest quarterback to ever play the game. ![]() His fans support him, other fans won't give him his due, but without a doubt statistically he is the greatest QB to ever play the game. ESPN took the time to mathematically level the playing field comparing the greats since the AAFC and NFC merger in 1950. What did they find? No surprise to me, Peyton Manning is number 1. While it is not likely that he will cap this historic season with a Lombardi Trophy he will go down in history as the man who shattered Dan Marino's single season TD record. He is on track for 59 TD's this season. In fact after today he is only 2 TD's away from tying the record. He will destroy it. We've gone through every quarterback season since the AAFC-NFL merger in 1950 to figure out the best passing performances in history. We created a level playing field by transferring each season to the offensive environment of 2004. If interceptions were more common than they are in 2004, we project fewer interceptions. If teams threw less often than they do now, we project more passing. If teams played only 14 games a year, we give the quarterback an extra two games -- and Manning and the other 2004 quarterbacks get an extra four games to make a full season. So all you silly Rothlisberger, Vick, and Culpepper fans will just have to sit back, wait and cross your fingers that one day, your QB might actually be fit to carry Peyton Manning’s jock strap. Just thought I'd weigh in... SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 11:11 AM | Comments (6) November 30, 2004And we thought the Nazi's lost...Back in the years preceeding WWII in Europe, Germany began the routine practise of Asylums, nurseries, hospitals and pension homes were emptied and their tenants were incinerated after they had been And we all know what happened next. Homosexuals, Gypsies, Jews, all deemed impure and undesirable in their great experiment were also swept up in this murderous drive and killed in huge numbers. And then the Poles, and Catholics, and anyone who was politically undesirable. How did it start again? Oh, I remember. It started with babies. "In August, the main Dutch doctors' association KNMG urged the Health Ministry to create an independent board to review euthanasia cases for terminally ill people "with no free will," including children, the severely mentally retarded and people left in an irreversible coma after an accident." Sound familiar? It should. History doesn't always repeat, but it always fucking rhymes. "Examples include extremely premature births, where children suffer brain damage from bleeding and convulsions; and diseases where a child could only survive on life support for the rest of its life, such as severe cases of spina bifida and epidermosis bullosa, a rare blistering illness." Do you also suppose they plan to include other disorders? Cystic Fibrosis? How about birth-injuries like Cerebral Palsy? Will that be next, or is it just not listed but being done now? Hydrocephalis? Down's Syndrome? Can you say "Slippery Slope"? Posted by Mamamontezz at 10:57 PM | Comments (3) Saddam's ExplosivesRemember the Dem's October Surprise? Those many tons of missing high explosives which Kerry went on to use as an example of the Bush administration's incompetence in Iraq? Sure, you do. It was in all the papers, all over the Main Stream Media, the big thing on ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/PMSNBC/NYT. How could we forget it? Well, seems they found out exactly what probably happened to all of that UN sealed and locked-away ordnance. Saddam had it removed before the war ever really got revved up completely. It had just barely started when his minions nabbed that shit. Egads! No! How could this have happened! "As American forces closed in on Baghdad last year, senior members of Saddam Hussein's government devised a plan to send suicide bombers in vehicles packed with devastating high-energy explosives that were under UN safeguards." So THAT'S what happened. Oh, it gets better. A letter to Saddam from Dr Naji Sabri, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, five days before the fall of Baghdad, suggests taking the HMX from underground bunkers, where it had been kept under seal by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and giving it to suicide bombers. Can you believe it? And all this time we thought it was administrative incompetence here. No, the incompetence was in the reporting by the world media in their desparate bid to affect the election here. Much like Bin Laden's video tape, this was to boost support for Kerry (regardless of the demented theory that senile ex-anchorman tried to float on the Larry King show) and intended to hoist Bush on the false petard of a poorly handled war. Chew on this one a while, ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/PMSNBC/NYT. And choke on it. We know you won't even mention it to your viewship/readership. We wouldn't expect you to. It would be completely out of character for any of you. Posted by Mamamontezz at 10:30 PM | Comments (2) November 29, 2004LCpl Kyle Renehan, USMCYes, I'm guest posting for a little while as SlagleRock gets his computer problems sorted out. So bear with me as I try to keep up his level of great posting. I want to start tonight with information on Lance Corporal Kyle Renehan, USMC, the older brother of a young member of the VRWC who hangs out in the Loyal Citizens chat room at the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. LCpl Renehan was injured seriously Monday when a mortar struck the small trailer in Fallujah where he was messaging some friends online. The mortar caused two severe breaks in one of his legs, as well as multiple shrapnel wounds in his abdomen, arm, and the back of his head. The one to his leg and the one to the back of his head are the most serious, and have the potential of being extremely life affecting. His brother LCpl Chris Renahan, also in Iraq, was quickly sent to be with him at the medical facility in Baghdad. He has undergone surgery and we belive that the surgery is over. No further information is available on his condition. The family is struggling to deal with the situation, and need everyone's support. When talking to Spence in chat this evening, he stated that Kyle had been online at the time, in what was considered a rear area in or near Falluhah which the family had believed was "safe." The other brother, Chris, has been in a forward unit taking heat on a regular basis. Apparently Chris noticed the irony of this, and is reported to have to have told his wounded brother "Here I am on the front line, dodging bullets, and you're the one who gets a Purple Heart while IM'ing one of your girlfriends." Well, I imagine the language may have been a bit saltier, but we'll leave that alone for now. Beth at Yeah, Right, Whatever has a call for prayers, and info on contacting the Renehan family, and Sir George has co-written a piece with Spence that is now posted at the Rottie. Update: As of 0350EST, LCpl Renehan is being moved to a hospital in Germany for further assessment and treatment, quite possibly as this is being posted. His parents plan to join him as soon as they can, probably by the end of the day Tuesday. Please go to Spence's site and hit the Paypal button, as they will need our financial support as well as our prayers. Posted by Mamamontezz at 09:55 PM | Comments (1) November 21, 2004Stay Home, You Pathetic Whining MaggotsBy Ian Robinson -- Calgary Sun In the wake of the U.S. presidential election -- in which I cheerfully took a Sun assistant city editor, who figured Senator John Kerry couldn't lose, for $10 (a quick pause to gloat here) Americans disenchanted with President George W. Bush's re-election romp back into the White House, continue to deluge the Canadian immigration website. Well, if anyone thought that all Canadians were neutral, tree hugging, anti-American hippies boy were you wrong. This guy just keeps tacking them down. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:07 PM | Comments (4) A Canadian With Balls And Common SenseMamamontezz mailed me this link to a man that instantly became one of my daily reads! Sun, November 21, 2004 That's it, to a "T". I couldn't have said it better. This Marine was not only just for what he did, but he may have saved the lives of other Marines. This is war people, wake up. This isn't Mocha Lattes and puppy dog tails. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:01 PM | Comments (9) November 20, 2004Just One More Reason Why I Voted For President George W. Bush...According to AP News: SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night. As the title says, one more reason why I voted for President Bush. The man is not afraid to stand his ground! Hoo Ah Commander In Chief SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:16 PM | Comments (2) November 17, 2004Polls Worth Laughing AtOK, just for laughs check out these Poll Results. It is humorous. For example, the Arabs said Kerry would win (55%). Only 35% thought GW would win. They also stated overwhelmingly that the US has lost control of Iraq. Scuffle is not a sign of lost control, being kicked out is a sign of lost control. Not going to happen. So follow the links and have a laugh. I learned that the average Arab is clearly a Democrat! Take a look. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:33 PM | Comments (2) November 16, 2004CARE Organizer Believed Murdered In IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan was believed to be dead Tuesday after a video received by Al-Jazeera television showed a hooded figure shooting a blindfolded woman in the head. Are you kidding me? Now they are killing unarmed civilians with no association to the military. This woman was a CARE organizer. She was their to provide, food and assistance to all who need it. She was brutally murdered for caring, nothing more. These people are animals. What do we do to animals with Rabies? We put them down. I'd like to stay politically correct and I truly would like to believe that there is hope for these animals, but at every opportunity they prove otherwise. If this is their idea of life then perhaps we should just, NUKE THE WHOLE FUCKING LOT OF THEM! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 06:42 PM | Comments (2) November 15, 2004Secretary Of State No MoreWASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Monday he was resigning, and two senior administration officials told CNN that national security adviser Condoleezza Rice is President Bush's choice to replace him.In a letter dated Friday, Powell told Bush that, "now that the election is over the time has come for me to step down as secretary of state and return to private life. I, therefore, resign as the 65th secretary of state, effective at your pleasure." Well, what do we think of these changes? Just the facts: Gen. Colin Powell was a fantastic military officer and leader. Condoleeze Rice is qualified for the position and has potential. Beyond that we will just have to see. I don't have too large an opinion on these changes. Before the left starts screaming that Powell quit because of President Bush, just bare in mind that he always said he was a, "one term man." I expect there will be many more changes in the Presidents cabinet postions. I personally feel change is good. Time will tell. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 06:22 PM | Comments (3) November 09, 2004FallujahChinese Website says 35 Americans Captured I will expand on this first thing tomorrow. Like Cynthia's comment said, "do you think they got this backwards?" I hope so. I will post my thoughts and the actual post first thing in the am. Update: This has been completely uncomfirmed. In fact this Chinese website is the only one to make the claim. I think they had their facts wrong! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 05:04 PM | Comments (2) November 08, 2004Assault On FallujahFALLUJA, Iraq(CNN) -- Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops streamed into Falluja on Monday, beginning an all-out assault aimed at driving insurgents out of the city. ![]() Pentagon officials said the operation involves more than 2,000 Iraqis and about 10,000 U.S. troops. Keep the troops in your thoughts! Hopefully we can make some progress in this terror ridden town. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:43 PM | Comments (2) November 07, 2004Hezbollah Flew A Reconnaissance Drone Over IsraelHigh tech terrorists, just what we need. According to AP Breaking News the terrorist group Hezbollah claims to have flown its first arial reconnaisance drone all the way to the Israeli northern city of Nahariya. Hezbollah claims the drone which was launched from Lebanon returned to them safely. Conflicting reports claim the drone crashed and was picked up by fisherman. Israel claimed the craft was Iranian-made, and the army confirmed that it penetrated Israeli airspace early Sunday and flew over western Galilee. All I can say is Israel needs to act (not that they normally have a problem with responding to threats from other nations). With the rapid growth of unmanned vehicle technology can you imagine the threat generated by terrorist posessing such aircraft? SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 05:17 PM | Comments (2) November 06, 2004Finally Coming Home??According to First Coast News Capt. Scott Speicher, USN may finally be coming home. ![]() ![]() It's 1 a.m. January 17th, Speicher is part of the first mission flown over Iraq during the first Gulf War. Hopefully this test will put an end to his families nearly fourteen years of grief, worry and wonder. It will be both a sad and joyous day for the Speicher family if the test proves positive, but it will also provide some closure to this chapter of their lives. Like others who have fallen before and since Capt. Speicher is a fine example of an American, a patriot and a member of our armed forces. Cross your fingers! For additional information on Capt. Scott Speicher visit freescottspeicher.com SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 05:05 PM | Comments (4) November 04, 2004Exit Polls Show Which Kind Of People Vote For Which Type Of CandidateIf you haven't looked at the voting statistics compiled via the exit polls you need to. Take a look at USA Today.com. Here are some examples of the statistics that reflect the candidates. Education How well educated were the people who voted for each candidate. The majority of High School DROP OUTS who voted, voted for Kerry. Those with a high school diploma, some college or a college degree voted for Bush. Those people who were married voted Bush, while unwed mothers voted for Kerry. (What Dems looking for a hand out, NO can't be!?!) Those people who felt that morals were one of the main issue of the election voted for Bush. So what do we gather from these statistics? The ideal Kerry supporter is: A) Uneducated You decide. Follow the link and look at all the statistics. Are you comfortable voting with the particular crowd that voted for your candidate? One more statistic. All age groups over 30 voted for GW while it was only the 17-30 year olds that voted Kerry. Could it be that the youth of America is far more gullible than the educated and those who have had to live through lifes hard knocks? SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 05:03 PM | Comments (7) V-US Day + 2It has been two days now since the election and roughly twenty four hours since John Kerry conceded, since then I have seen, heard and learned much. First, President Bush won this election with the largest popular vote in history. That says two things to me: One, he is supported by the American people and two, John Kerry couldn't hide the truth. Second, more than 3/4 of the country feel like the President won reelection fairly. What that says is that 1/4 of this country is either hard line (bitter) democrats or conspiracy theorists. I expected GW to win, but I was surprised by his powerful poplar vote results. Third, while Kerry was able to bow out with style and grace his party is not capable. ![]() Kerry conceded with style and grace. He came across very presidential in his speech and manned up (for a change), yet the extremists within the party just keep finding things to whine about. Kerry, "we can't win." Remember that? He said that during his speech after he called President Bush to concede. The man himself acknowledged his loss, so lets move on America. Support your President, your troops, family, friends and neighbors. SLAGLEROCK OUT! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:57 AM | Comments (6) It's President Bush Not Mr. BushTo the owners, editors, producers and broadcasters at NBC: The correct way to refer to the President of the United States of America is.... Drum roll please...... Wait for it.... PRESIDENT Bush. I know this may come as a shock to all of you at NBC but the title President of the United States is not only the most powerful on Earth it is also the most recognizable. If I had a nickel for every time some moron at NBC referred to President Bush as Mr. Bush I'd be rich. I am sure that you would be quick to correct other media outlets if they referred to someone within your organization incorrectly. President is not only a powerful title; it is also one that President Bush earned. He solidified that right with his history making popular vote. In the future please keep in mind that Americans are not bumbling idiots and we do catch your efforts to undermine the status of those you do not agree with. And since we are talking about titles: SSgt Slagle Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:17 AM | Comments (3) November 03, 2004Kerry ConcedesAccording to CNN and every other major media outlet, John Kerry phoned the PRESIDENT this morning to concede the election. Everyone can breathe a deep sigh of relief. The traitor did not win. Not only did President Bush win reelection he also won the POPULAR vote. It appears that the driving factor in this election was morals. People with strong moral beliefs and interests voted for President Bush. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL!! This is a toss up day here at the Slaughterhouse. I am very grateful that President Bush won both reelection and the popular vote, but I am saddened because I will now have to rework much of my blog. So much of my content and many of my links were focused on spreading the truth about John Kerry. I will continue to focus on the military and political but I will no longer need to concentrate on John Kerry. Wow the relief is amazing. Today truly is a great day for America. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 10:52 AM | Comments (12) November 01, 2004A Vote For Kerry Is A Vote For TerrorismAccording to the New York Times Osama bin Laden warned in his October Surprise video that he will be closely monitoring the state-by-state election returns in tomorrow's presidential race — and will spare any state that votes against President Bush from being attacked, according to a new analysis of his statement. Oh gosh, you mean Bin Laden formally endorsed John Kerry? Imagine that!?!?! Now I guess us "Right Wing Lunatics" can actually say a vote for Kerry is a vote for terrorism. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 04:47 PM | Comments (2) To The Mainstream Media, Air The Rest Of The TAPE!!!According to the New York Times there is another 12 minutes of the Bin Ladin tape that Al Jazeera selectively left out when airing it. Officials said that in the 18-minute long tape — of which only six minutes were aired on the al-Jazeera Arab television network in the Middle East on Friday — bin Laden bemoans the recent democratic elections in Afghanistan and the lack of violence involved with it. Can you imagine the effect of this tape on the democrats who would so love all of America to believe the the war on terror has been ineffective? Bin Ladin admitting that his organization has been "hurt by the U.S. military's unrelenting manhunt for him." What a blow that would be to the Kerry campaign that keeps calling Bush ineffective. I challenge the mainstream media to play the rest of the tape. Let American's hear from the top terrorist himself that Bush has made it difficult for his band of terrorist brethren to be effective. Bush-Cheney '04 VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!! Exercise Your Right We Fight For! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:09 AM | Comments (2) True PatriotismLawyer takes salary cut to follow lifelong dream!!!!! Despite dangers, attorney joins the Army to fight for his country By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press These aren't the kinds of stories that are heard often, remember NFL safety Pat Tillman? He took a drastic decrease in pay (obviously by leaving the NFL) to serve his country and as a member of a special forces unit he payed the ultimate sacrifice. These two men are a shining example of what patriotism is all about. These two were willing to give up very comfortable lives to serve at the bottom of the enlisted ranks just for the opportunity to give back to this great nation. These are brave men, patriots, and true Americans. Tomorrow is Nov. 2, election day. Please make sure you support the actions of these two brave men by voting and ensuring they will have a Commander In Chief worthy of their loyalty. 4 MORE YEARS SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:00 AM | Comments (2) October 30, 2004Lethal Lollipops (Halloween Safety)by June M. Ramos, Western States Information Network With Halloween just around the corner, those of us with children in our lives need to take the usual precautions to make sure the candy received is safe. Unfortunately, we have a new drug trend to be on alert for. Recent intelligence reports from around the country indicate a growing trend of manufacture and sale of lollipops containing controlled substances. Substances found vary from Psilocybin mushrooms to heroin. These pops are a particular threat to children due to their appealing packaging. Following is a brief summary of lollipops found: Psilocybin Mushrooms THC & PCP Cannabis Heroin Although many of these tips are common sense, please take a moment to review them and share with those around you with children. Remember to be safe and have fun! Halloween candy safety tips: Be sure you examine all candy for tampering · Tell children not to accept and, especially, not to eat · Discard candy or treats that are homemade, unwrapped or · Parents of young children should remove any choking If you have any further information on adulterated lollipops for This is pretty serious people. Things like this are found everyday. I am very grateful for being priviledged enough to receive these kinds of law enforcement bulletins. While it is unlikely that anyone would give these "candies" to children it is always a possibility. Please spread the word, and show your children and other parents you know these pictures and have a safe and happy Halloween. TRICK-OR-TREAT!!! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 05:02 PM | Comments (1) October 26, 2004Indy Media And Terrorist Links?News website Indymedia says FBI seized server WASHINGTON (AFP) - A website billed as a grassroots news source for the anti-globalization movement and other issues said one of its Web servers was shut down after the FBI served a subpoena. The Independent Media Center said the FBI issued an order to hosting company Rackspace "to remove physically one of our servers." The FBI acknowledged that a subpoena had been issued but said it was at the request of Italian and Swiss authorities. "It is not an FBI operation," FBI spokesman Joe Parris told AFP. "Through a legal assistance treaty, the subpoena was on behalf of a third country." The FBI spokesman said there was no US investigation but that the agency cooperated under the terms of an international treaty on law enforcement. Rackspace, a US Web hosting company with offices in London, said it complied with a court order "pursuant to a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, which establishes procedures for countries to assist each other in investigations such as international terrorism, kidnapping and money laundering." The company declined to elaborate. "The order was so short-term that Rackspace had to give away our hard drives in the UK," the Independent Media Center said. Italian news reports said access to Indymedia had been cut as a result of an FBI operation at US and British locations. Mauro Bulgarelli, a member of Italy's Green party, called it a "provocation and intimidate effort" against the alternative media. The website was established by organizations during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests claiming the mainstream media failed to adequately cover the news. It calls itself "a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate and passionate tellings of the truth." Indymedia said in a statement it "had been asked last month by the FBI to remove a story about Swiss undercover police from one of the websites hosted at Rackspace." The statement added, "It is not known, however, whether Thursday's order is related to that incident since the order was issued to Rackspace and not to Indymedia. According to Rackspace, they 'cannot provide Indymedia with any information regarding the order.'" I just posted this FYI, please feel free to form your own opinions. Comments appreciated. Those of you who are familiar with Indy Media may have something to say about this. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:28 PM | Comments (2) October 20, 2004For The First Time In History....A team with a 3-0 lead in a best of 7 series has been defeated. In what I am sure will be labeled the upset of the century the Boston Red Sox have defeated the single greatest team in all of organized sports, the New York Yankees.
I couldn't believe it when I heard the Yanks were down 8-1. Even at that I half expected them to pull it off. Apparently the curse of the Bambino is no more! To Jeter, A-Rod, Matsui and the rest of the gang, there is always next year!!! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:08 PM | Comments (2) Who's next to endorse Kerry, Bin Laden?Someone said to me the other day that the world’s leaders want Bush out of office. I pointed out the Putin has endorsed Bush, and we will always have the endorsement of Tony Blair. I was told Putin is a putz and Blair has to support the U.S. While I agree with this statement I'd rather have the endorsements of these two men, than the kind of endorsements Kerry keeps racking up. On 12 October I reported that John Kerry was endorsed by the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). Since I originally ran that article the CPUSA back peddled a little (likely after pressure from the Dems) and stated that it is not party practice to endorse other candidates(see comments on that thread). Though if you read their site you will see that their priorities for this election exactly mirror John Kerry's and the Dumbocrats. I also reported that more than 2/3 of the U.S. Military support George Bush. In other words Kerry can't even get the support of the people he claims to represent and whom he hopes to run Now after looking at the BlogMama's site I have learned that Kerry has the endorsement of Al Jazeera and Yasser Arafat! Are you kidding me? He has the endorsement of the Terrorist puppet media corporation, Al Jazeera. OK people, have we forgotten that Al Jazeera was bombed by the US during the war? Did we forget that they have been shut down on numerous occasions in Iraq for their broadcasts of terrorist propaganda? Everyone with half a clue knows that Al Jazeera clearly and unequivocally supports terrorism. And Arafat, I won't even go there. Arafat had this to say about Jean Fonda Al-Queery, "'better for Palestinian cause". So far, we have learned that the Communist Party is pro Kerry and now we learn that Palestines top terrorist, Yasser Arafat as well as Al Jazeera endorse John Kerry. Like I said who is next to endorse this piss poor candidate? Bin Ladin? It wouldn't surprise me; under Kerry we may never get Bin Ladin. I can tell you who doesn't endorse John Kerry, SLAGLEROCK, that's who! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:14 PM | Comments (2) October 19, 2004No Decision On RefusersA few days ago I ran a post on a handful of Army Reservists who refused to do their jobs in Iraq. Allegedly they failed to complete a convoy claiming that their equipment was sub standard. Needless to say I was furious about this. They just took it upon themselves to put their brethren further in harms way by not delivering much needed supplies. Luckily some other members of their unit stepped up and got the job done. 19 members of that unit were being held. Today Jack, of the Conservative Insurgent, tells us that there has been no decision on what to do with these traitors. Thanks for the update Jack!! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 06:43 AM | Comments (2) October 18, 2004A Look At Waffles RecordI frequently mill around the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth homepage. Take a look on the right of my site and you will find a large button and a permanent link to their site. I'm sorry Waffles but I take the word of dozens of honorably discharged heroes and former POW's over yours, a man that refuses to release his records. Sign the 180! If you haven't been to the Swift Vets site you need to go there, look around and read up on the information they provide. Keep in mind this is the first hand information from the men who served over, under and along side John Kerry. Here is their take on Kerry's lackluster tour in Vietnam: ![]() John Kerry's service in Vietnam lasted 4 months and 12 days, beginning in November 1968 when he reported to Cam Ranh Bay for a month of training. His abbreviated combat tour ended shortly after he requested a transfer out of Vietnam on March 17, 1969, citing Navy instruction 1300.39 permitting personnel with three Purple Hearts to request reassignment. So far as we are able to determine, Kerry was the only Swift sailor ever to leave Vietnam without completing the standard one-year tour of duty, other than those who were seriously wounded or killed. I'll tell you this. Any honorable man or woman who has served this nation would not hesitate to make their records public. I would! I am sure my Father and Grandfather would. Honorable men who served as such have nothing to hide. What are you hiding Mr. (used loosely) Kerry? Release the records. Tell the truth! Don't let Americans find out after the fact what you really are and bring shame on this great nation. You claim that we look bad to the global community? How will we look if a liar, cheat and dishonorable Seaman is elected to the single most powerful office on Earth? ![]()
Posted by SlagleRock at 09:52 AM | Comments (11) Let The Voting Begin![]() ![]() Early voting begins today in some battleground states. According to Fox News.com this started with the 2000 election. In short, if you are reading this and you are a Florida resident you need to get to the polls and cast your vote for Bush immediately. Don't wait. My absentee ballot is on its way to my home of record (My state will go to Bush, sorry Dad but Bush wins Indy) This election is crucial. If Kerry is the douche bag that we all know he is I am sure he will try and discount any military absentee ballots he can just like Gore did in 2000. For anyone who is voting by absentee ballot please read, re-read and double check that you have properly filled out everything correctly and don't forget proper postage or to have it postmarked by your states deadline. Let’s take away Kerry's ability to throw out the Republican votes. Look at Florida which was won by Bush by just over 500 votes. Gore got more than 1,400 absentee ballots cast by members of our Armed Forces thrown out. Let's not let the Dems steal our votes or our rights!
Get the point? SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:27 AM | Comments (1) October 16, 2004Unit Refused Iraq Mission, Military SaysI found a very disturbing article on AOL news this morning titled, Unit Refused Iraq Mission, Military Says. My first thought was what do you mean refused mission? Maybe they mean that a commander had a deployment turned off because he couldn't support it. Sometimes manning shortages prevent a commander from deploying more of his people. That sort of thing is unavoidable and isn’t a direct impact on the mission as some other unit will deploy in their place. Ok, so just go here and read the full article, I did. Now the media is good at altering the magnitude of any situation so this one may not sound so bad to those who are not "in the know" so to speak. According to AIM news: The Army is investigating up to 19 reservist members of a platoon that is part of the 343rd Quartermaster Company, based in Rock Hill, S.C. The unit delivers food, water and fuel on trucks in combat zones. Luckily other brave members stepped up to the plate and carried out the mission. These convoys are responsible for delivering everything from food/water and fuel to much needed supplies such as munitions or other war fighting assets. The 19 people potentially endangered the lives of countless other Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Marines. One of the cowards was quoted in a phone call to her mother as saying, "This is a real, real, big emergency,'' Amber McClenny said in her message. "I need you to contact someone. I mean, raise pure hell.'' Translation, help me mommy I was talked into failing to report for duty/dereliction of duty by some other morons in my unit and it just hit me that dereliction of duty is punishable by death in war time. This is the kind of break down in discipline that the military cannot afford regardless of who did it or which branch of service. I know first hand what it is like to perform a mission with inferior or substandard equipment. Thanks to Senators like John Kerry we often are forced to press on with less than the best equipment. However, nowhere in my military record will you find something so absurd as failure to go. I hope that the Uniform Code of Military Justice prosecutes all of these participants to the maximum extent allowable. It's actions like these, and those of the incompetent reservists at Abu Ghraib that make us look bad to the public and spawn the anti-military views of the pacifists. There would be no love lost here if all 19 of these perpetrators were sentenced to numerous years of hard labor. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:43 PM | Comments (5) October 14, 2004Tributes GaloreI was searching around the web and being the Superman fan that I am I was looking at the Superman Homepage at tributes to Christopher Reeve. This Superman fan site had several great cartoon tributes from various newspapers around the country. Here are the best of the best. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Fly high Mr. Reeve, fly high!!! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 09:01 AM | Comments (1) October 12, 2004Communists For KerryI received this in an email and have decided to run it unedited. I leave it for you to decide. The Communist Party of The United States of America, CPUSA, is publicly supporting the election of John Kerry! No, this is not a typo...you read it correctly. The CPUSA has made available on its Web site, http://www.cpusa.org/ an advertisement entitled Top Ten Reasons To Defeat Bush. This advertisement can be downloaded http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/585/1/27/ . The communist party urges readers to place this ad in local newspapers throughout the country to defeat President Bush. First let me say that I agreed to run this undedited. I personally feel that Gay rights is an issue this country must address, it is inevitable. Second, let me say that my political affiliations have nothing to do with religion and actually agree that the commandments should go. There is no place for religious relics in political or government venues. Also, I both agree and disagree with some of what this message contains. Bottom line for me is this, do I really want a president "worthy" of the approval of the Communist Party? I wouldn't have voted for Marx, Hitler, Pol Pot or Stalin. I certainly won't vote for Jean Fonda Al-Queery. ![]() SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 05:13 PM | Comments (2) October 11, 2004Kryptonite Takes Its TollStar of the 70's and 80's super hit movies Superman has died. ![]() According to Reuters/Yahoo news. ![]() Actor Christopher Reeves has died at the age of 52. September 25, 1952 - October 10, 2004 For the details of his passing you can look here, here, or here. The actor who became famous playing Superman, then turned into an icon for quadraplegics after he was left paralysed by a 1995 riding accident, died of a heart attack at his home on Sunday night. BBC reported Reeve's publicist Wesley Combs saying the actor fell into a coma on Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his New York home. Reeve had a severely infected pressure wound, which is a common ailment among paralysed people. After he broke his neck in May 1995 -- he was thrown from his horse -- Reeve was left paralysed below the neck. But he refused to accept his disability quietly. He underwent months of painful physiotherapy, which enabled him to breathe longer without his respirator, move his index finger, and regained movement in some of his limbs. In a statement to the media, Reeve's wife Dana, who the actor acknowledged has been a huge source of support, said: 'I want to thank his personal staff of nurses and aides as well as the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years'. In my youth, Superman was by far the one person I imagined I was when I was outside playing. When I was very young it didn't matter what my friends were playing I was Superman. We could be playing kickball, and when I was up to kick I would imagine kicking the ball to the moon. When we played Army or G.I. Joe I would pretend that I was Superman and I would help G.I. Joe defeat Cobra's evil Army. Ask, my siblings and they will probably remember the pictures of me in my Superman Underoos with my cheesy red (towel) cape. Superman has been named America's number one pop culture icon by numerous media outlets on numerous occasions throughout the years. And while the legend of Superman will live on in comics, movies and the minds of little boys. The one man who I have always associated with being Supes has passed on. The image of Chris Reeve as Superman is so etched into the minds of Americans that many couldn't believe that he was paralyzed in that riding accident back in 1995.
![]() It is a tragic loss. The one true (though not the first) Superman will never be forgotten. ![]() SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 02:06 PM | Comments (3) What A Poor Caliber Of People The Dems Really AreYou have to wonder about the caliber of people whose choice for President is a traitor to the nation that he is trying to lead. There is no other way too look at it. John Kerry is a traitor. He aided the enemy while still on active duty. He turned his back on his fellow service members. He wasn't even discharged from the service until 30 years after the fact when he could get a fellow douchebag like Clinton to make it honorable. Take a look at Kerry's true service record and you will see what a horrible representation of an American he is. As I drive around the local area I see all of the things you'd expect to see come election time. There are signs and bumber stickers for both candidates and you hear of rallies and protests. The one glaring difference in this election is that the people that support the criminal act like criminals themselves. I frequently see signs for the Bush-Cheney campaign that have been vandalized. The GOP offices in several cities have been vandalized, burlarized and just plain destroyed. A week or so ago the windows of one GOP office in Florida were shot out. Shot out, you've got to be kidding me!?!? What if someone were in there? The Dems don't care. Electing John Kerry would be like electing Al Capone or Benedict Arnold. Now here is another incident of mayhem on behalf of the criminal John Fonda Kerry and his kind: Vandals hit GOP headquarters October 10, 2004 Brett Norman Now before some blockhead reads this and tries to say that is because Americans are fed up with Bush, remember this, he leads in the polls. 73% of the military has stated that they WILL vote for Bush. This is not the reaction or actions of a sain people. These are the cowardly terrorist attacks of hoodlums and morons. These are attacks by the very people who bought Fahrenheit 9/11 and will cast their vote for John Fonda Kerry. Do you really want a president who is/represents these types of people? SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 01:20 PM | Comments (2) October 10, 2004Navy Seal Examines Kerry's Military RecordI found this bit of information on the AM810 News Radio Website, Thanks Mama. Navy SEAL examines Kerrys Military Record SEALED MILITARY RECORD? by A. L. "Steve" Nash Not that ANY of this surprises me. What does surprise me however are the people out there who elected this criminal to the senate and the people who are trying (and hopefully failing) to get him elected to the White House. Kerry is a traitor, a liar and criminal. He never should have been elected as dick head #1 on his block let alone to the U.S. Senate and he damn sure shouldn't be elected to the White House. BUSH-CHENEY '04 SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:13 PM | Comments (10) October 09, 2004President Bush Is A Patriot, Kerry Is A LiarThere is no doubt that with every political debate both sides of the issue will always say that there candidate won. With the first debate, which I feel was a very prepared and unimpassioned format most agree that Kerry "won the debate". I agree that he was better at reading his notes and the teleprompter. But we don't need a salesman we need a president. Just as the Kerry campaign did after the first debate they immediately sent out emails to millions declaring Waffles as the winner of the second debate. Well, this time they were way off the mark and were attempting to do nothing more than influence the ignorant. Even a senior correspondent from The Communist News Network (CNN) declared Bush the winner. Fox News analysts declared Bush the winner. Most media outlets felt that Bush made his points while Kerry straddled the fence. The Bush Campaign had this to say about the Presidents victory: President Bush won a decisive victory last night. The President dominated the debate with impassioned, thoughtful and concise arguments that left Kerry looking petty and defensive as he sputtered out tired, false political rhetoric and distortions that shattered his credibility and contradicted the Senator's 20-year record of being on the wrong side of history on national security and domestic policy. This type of debate is what we need to see more of. This debate showed both men for who they really are. President Bush came off looking like the patriot he is and Kerry just looked like a career ![]() Oh and by the way, this was my 300th Post!!! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 12:15 PM | Comments (2) October 08, 2004BUSH WINS DEBATEThe gloves came off and President Bush slapped John Fonda Kerry around like the Bitch that he is! SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:59 PM | Comments (1) October 07, 2004A Full 2/3 Plus Of The U.S. Military Rejects John KerryMilitary Rejects Kerry by Staggering Margin By a staggering margin of 4 to 1, U.S. military personnel have rejected the presidential candidacy of Sen. John Kerry, a new survey by Army Times magazine shows. I saw the article in the Army Times but also saw it here. It doesn't surprise me a bit. What actually surprises me is that there is anyone in the military who would support a liar and someone who stabbed every Veteran of the Vietnam war in the back. Get to the polls and cast your vote. America can't afford a douchebag like Kerry for President. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 06:22 AM | Comments (3) October 06, 2004Comedy Legend Rodney Dangerfield Passes AwayAmerica lost a comedy legend yesterday. Rodney Dangerfield passed away at the age of 82. ![]() Rodney is seen here after winning a lifetime achievement award. He is also shown here with Jim Carrey, just one of many comedy personalities that got their start with the help of Rodney Dangerfield. I got this information directly from Rodney.com: LOS ANGELES---Beloved comedian Rodney Dangerfield passed away yesterday at 1:20pm at UCLA Medical Center following a difficult recovery from heart valve replacement surgery performed on August 25. He was 82 years old. According to his doctors, Rodney suffered a small stroke post operatively and developed infectious and abdominal complications from which he did not recover. Respect Rodney, Respect SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 03:50 PM | Comments (3) October 04, 2004Microwave Gun To Be Used By US Troops On Iraqi RiotersMicrowave gun to be used by US troops on Iraq rioters Microwave weapons that cause pain without lasting injury are to be issued to American troops in Iraq for the first time as concern mounts over the growing number of civilians killed in fighting. The non-lethal weapons, which use high-powered electromagnetic beams, will be fitted to vehicles already in Iraq, which will allow the system to be introduced as early as next year. Using technology similar to that found in a conventional microwave oven, the beam rapidly heats water molecules in the skin to cause intolerable pain and a burning sensation. The invisible beam penetrates the skin to a depth of less than a millimetre. As soon as the target moves out of the beam's path, the pain disappears. Because there are no after-effects, the United States Department of Defence believes that the weapons will be particularly useful in urban conflict. The beam could be used to scatter large crowds in which insurgents operate at close quarters to both troops and civilians. "The skin gets extremely hot, and people can't stand the pain, so they have to move - and move in the way we want them to," said Col Wade Hall of the Office of Force Transformation, a body formed in November 2001 to promote rapid improvement across all of the American armed services. Rich Garcia, a spokesman for the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico, where the systems were developed, took part in testing the weapon and was subjected to the microwave beam which has a range of one kilometre. "It just feels like your skin is on fire," he said. "[But] when you get out of the path of the beam, or shut off the beam, everything goes back to normal. There's no residual pain." A heated battle on a crowded Baghdad street last week that left 16 Iraqis dead, highlighted once again the pressing need to reduce the number of civilian casualties, and at the same time prevent further damage to relations between American troops and the Iraqi population. American commanders later admitted using seven helicopter-launched rockets and 30 high-calibre machine gun rounds in last Sunday's incident. The armoured vehicles will be named Sheriffs once they have been modified to carry the microwave weapons, known as the Active Denial System (ADS). Col Hall said that US army and US marine corps units should receive four to six ADS equipped Sheriffs by September 2005. The project was initiated only three months ago but US military chiefs intend to rush the Sheriffs into the front line, believing that they can be of immediate assistance. In another development, the Sheriffs will be fitted with Gunslinger, a rapid-fire gun currently under development that will detect enemy snipers and automatically fire back at them. If the Sheriffs prove successful, their use will be expanded in combat zones. They will also be deployed for security at ports and air force bases, and could take part in border patrols. What's next, do we just powder there asses until they give up? Ah, the kinder gentler, UN world. I do admit, that the technology is amazing. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 03:01 PM | Comments (2) October 03, 2004Al-Qaida Operatives Attempt To Poison U.S. Military Meals Ready To Eat (MRE)This one is off of WorldNetDaily.com. U.S. officials are probing the possibility the al-Qaida terrorist network sought to infiltrate a Texas company in order to contaminate ready-to-eat meals designated for the military. A high-ranking al-Qaida operative provided information leading authorities to nearly a dozen illegal immigrants working for the McAllen, Texas-based Wornick Co., the largest supplier of the meals, according to McAllen's The Monitor newspaper. The firm that places the workers at Wornick has been charged with conspiring to make and use false employment eligibility verification forms. U.S. Attorney Michael Shelby explained, "Immediately after the liberation of Afghanistan from the Taliban in 2002, U.S. forces on the ground received specific information that links McAllen, Texas, by name and the Wornick facility by name to information within al-Qaida's possession." The Texas paper noted the Department of Defense has a $67 million contract with Wornick to produce the meals. Armed with the al-Qaida operative's information, the FBI was led to an employee-placement firm, Remedy Intelligent Staffing in McAllen, which referred a number of workers to Wornick. "There had to be an investigation into the possibility that al-Qaida had the intention of infiltrating the Wornick Company for the purposes of contaminating -- possibly -- the MREs produced by the company," Shelby stated, according to The Monitor. Shelby said no contaminated meals have been found, but 10 temporary employees at Remedy, involved in all aspects of assembling the meals, were convicted in July on charges of stealing Social Security numbers. The indictment of Remedy, unsealed Thursday, was a significant event to servicemen worldwide, Shelby said, noting Wornick officials cooperated with the investigation. Remedy's vice president, James Eckensberger, appeared in court Thursday to enter a plea of not guilty on behalf of the company. "Remedy and all of its officers are responsible for following all federal laws and regulations concerning its own workforce, including those laws that prohibit the hiring of unauthorized workers or illegal aliens," Shelby said. "Today's indictment alleges that Remedy hired a number of illegal aliens and did so basically knowingly and then they falsely certified that they had in fact checked the information provided by those unauthorized workers when in fact, they had never even attempted to verify the information for hundreds of people," Shelby said. The attorney said that after the managers were confronted by the FBI with the discrepancies, they tried to conceal the fact they had not verified the illegals' information by creating false official forms and delivering them to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Shelby said he did not want to discuss where the undocumented workers might have obtained their fake Social Security cards. I hate to say it because I am sure I will inflame a few, but I think illegals should be deported without trial or hesitation. I think any individual who is caught twice illegally inside the U.S. should do hard time in a federal prison. This type of action is pure cowardice. This is not the actions of brave warriors fighting for their cause. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 02:27 PM | Comments (5) The Tongue Is Mightier Than The M-16This was taken from the 10 September Issue of the Wall Street Journal, can you believe that, I read the Wall Street Journal?!?!? It made for an interesting story. Take a look and tell me what you think. On Ground In Iraq, Soldier Uses Wits To Hunt Insurgents Make sure you click continue reading to check out the rest of the story. SlagleRock Out! But the shadowy enemy that the U.S. is unexpectedly battling in Iraq requires a far different approach. So Sgt. McCary, who speaks fluent Arabic and specializes in "human intelligence," improvises how he does his job and the Army is improvising how it uses soldiers like him. Sgt. McCary's experience in Iraq shows why this war is so hard to win. It also highlights why the U.S. Army, a force built for wars against uniformed enemies with tanks and planes, is still struggling to adapt 18 months into its fight with a brutal insurgency that hides among the local population. Looking to cut costs, the Army slashed its active-duty counterintelligence and human-intelligence force, critical to battling guerrilla fighters, by about one-third in the 1990s. Frontline commanders rarely trained with these troops. Today senior Army officials in the Pentagon say they are adding 4,000 more intelligence specialists to the current force of 6,000, to meet demands of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But because counterintelligence and human-intelligence soldiers require extra training, including as much as 15 months of foreign-language school, adding them will take years. To preserve their anonymity, counterintelligence soldiers don't wear nametags or ranks on their uniforms. Because he is leaving Iraq this month, after finishing his one-year tour, Sgt. McCary and his commanders recently allowed a reporter to follow him for several days. Sgt. McCary graduated from Vassar College with a degree in French literature before enlisting in the Army in 2000. Before basic training he had never touched a gun in his life. Because he had a college degree and a knack for languages, the Army sent him to its Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif., for Arabic instruction. He picked up the language so quickly that his instructors nicknamed him "the sponge." Last fall, he was sent to Khalidiya, an insurgent stronghold near Fallujah. On the way to his battalion's base, his unit was hit with mortar and rocket-propelled-grenade fire. "I jump out of my seat every time I hear a whump, crack or thump," he wrote in an e-mail home to his parents in North Carolina on Sept. 28, 2003. But the attacks didn't dim his initial optimism. The Iraqis "are a good-hearted people, steeped in traditions different from ours but not inhuman, incomprehensible or impenetrable," his e-mail said. At first, Sgt. McCary's biggest challenge was showing his 800-man battalion, built to fight rows of opposing tanks, how to use him. Army doctrine states that human-intelligence soldiers are supposed to stay behind the front lines -- not accompany troops on dangerous raids. That approach didn't work in Iraq. The tank commanders, unable to speak Arabic and unfamiliar with the culture, would often round up everyone in a house they were raiding and bring them in to be interrogated. Soon the battalion's detention facility was bursting with more than 200 detainees, most of whom had no useful information. Sgt. McCary and his fellow human-intelligence soldiers were working 18-hour days to question them all. "If we could have done preliminary questioning in the field, the majority of the guys we were detaining would never have been brought in," Sgt. McCary says. By October, Sgt. McCary and a colleague persuaded his bosses to try a different approach. Instead of sitting on the base, Sgt. McCary would go out on raids. "I want to be as close as I can to the hit team without being shot," he says. In the last year, the sergeant has conducted more than 1,000 interrogations of Iraqi insurgents, trying to figure out how they are organized and where they are hiding. He's walked hundreds of patrols, dodged rocket-propelled-grenade fire and watched friends -- both Iraqi and American -- die grisly deaths. So far, 19 soldiers and three Iraqi translators in his battalion have been killed. His presence on raids helped in efforts to bring in only Iraqis who had actual knowledge about the insurgency. It also had another benefit. Interrogating detainees in the first few minutes after capture allowed him to question suspects while they are disoriented and unable to construct a good alibi. He says his battalion is the only one he knows of that uses counterintelligence soldiers in this way. "I didn't realize how innovative we were until I started talking with friends from other units," he says. Lt. Col. Gerard Healy, an Army spokesman in the Pentagon, says it isn't unheard of for counterintelligence soldiers to accompany troops on raids. "But we don't have enough of these assets to use them in this war on a regular basis," he says. Learning to Lie In the field, Sgt. McCary learned other critical skills. One was the ability to lie. "If you are not a Muslim brother in this culture you are nothing, so I had to construct an entirely new working persona," he says. Though he has no Arab heritage, he tells Iraqis his mother is Lebanese. He sprinkles every conversation with asides such as "Praise be to God." When a local says he is afraid to talk because the mujahedeen will kill him, Sgt. McCary recites a phrase commonly used in Iraq: "A good Muslim fears only one person." Then the sergeant points to the sky. As part of the ritual, the other person says, "Allah." Last month, Sgt. McCary and 30 other soldiers set out to find an insurgent who they believe heads a terrorist cell that has been attacking them. The battalion raided the insurgent's house five months ago and found bomb-making equipment and grenade launchers, but not the insurgent. Recently they got a tip that a local government minister was harboring the cell leader at his home. But just getting basic information -- such as the exact location of the minister's house -- is difficult. There are no street signs in most Iraqi cities. Many homes look alike and none of them have numbers. Operating under conventional rules of warfare, the Army doesn't allow Sgt. McCary to don local clothes or ride in civilian vehicles. He must wear his uniform when he goes into town. So Sgt. McCary couldn't disguise himself and have the tipster discreetly lead him to the house. He also couldn't tell locals why he was looking for the minister's house. In the last few months, insurgents in the area have killed or attempted to kill anyone seen cooperating with U.S. troops. Sgt. McCary's source told him generally where the minister lived. The insurgent they were looking for drove a green car, which the source said should be parked by the house. To confirm he had the right house, Sgt. McCary pretended to be an Army civil-affairs officer, doing a survey of the local infrastructure. The ruse would give him a good excuse to inquire about the minister's house. "It is extremely duplicitous, but if you walk up to people and say, 'Damn it, we want to know where this bad guy lives; we want to help you,' it is not effective," he says. Sgt. McCary and his fellow soldiers packed themselves tightly into a small, armored troop carrier. "I hope you put on deodorant today," he joked to the soldier next to him. "No, but I changed my underwear this morning,"' the young soldier replied. "Just for me, or just in case?" Sgt. McCary deadpanned. Once in the neighborhood, a hive of brown, two-story houses surrounded by mud walls, Sgt. McCary talked to the locals. A man in a white dish-dasha, a long dress-like shirt, complained his family was getting only four hours of electricity a day. Another local in a Los Angeles Lakers T-shirt told him U.S. troops were shooting in their neighborhood at night. Sgt. McCary spotted a boy of about 11, standing lookout in front of what he thought might be the minister's house. He wanted to get a picture of the boy for his records. But the boy was adamant he didn't want his photograph taken by the Americans. "Don't be such a girl," Sgt. McCary teased the boy, telling him they were just in town taking a survey of the local power and water facilities. Another counterintelligence soldier crouched down next to the boy, pretending he was posing for a souvenir snapshot to send back home. "Wow, we are definitely going to hell," Sgt. McCary said in English, as he snapped the picture. In 30 more minutes of questioning, Sgt. McCary duped two locals into telling him where the minister actually lived -- by first asking about the local garbage, electricity and other municipal services. When they identified the minister's house, the tank platoon accompanying him prepared to raid it. But Sgt. McCary told them to hold off. The green car -- which was supposed to belong to the insurgent -- wasn't parked outside. They would have to try another time. "When you are a [tank] commander, the mindset is, there's a bad guy, let's kick his a--. That doesn't work here. This is like police work," Sgt. McCary says. The day was humbling in another way. The insurgent's hideout was only about 100 yards from where U.S. forces had targeted him five months earlier. The reluctance of locals to tell U.S. troops where insurgents hide is frustrating, Sgt. McCary says, allowing the enemy to move easily. "We are so removed from Khalidiya these bad guys know they can thumb their noses at us." Despite the setbacks, a year in Iraq has made Sgt. McCary and his battalion a smarter, tougher, more cynical fighting force. The same tank commanders who had never worked with a counterintelligence soldier before now go out of their way to request his presence on raids and patrols. Sgt. McCary's battalion commander nominated him recently for the Bronze Star. "You couldn't design a better counter-insurgent," says Maj. John Nagl, who is third in command of Sgt. McCary's battalion. "He's interested in other cultures, willing to question his own beliefs and mores." The next day, Sgt. McCary and a team of soldiers set out on the mission to find four insurgents suspected of launching attacks on U.S. forces. Two of the four men he was looking for are members of the local U.S.-trained Iraqi National Guard security force. Sgt. McCary knew he didn't have enough information to detain the men. But his command was hoping that by questioning them he could put a scare into them and elicit some intelligence. On a blistering morning, the soldiers pushed through the gate of the suspects' house, finding nothing but shrieking women and small children milling about in a dirt courtyard outside. In the corner was a freshly washed black motorcycle, still coated in suds. Sgt. McCary took the bike's presence as a sign that one of the men they were looking for had been in the house recently but fled. He quickly began firing questions at the women in Arabic. "Whose motorcycle is this?" he asked. "It's broken," a woman replied. He repeated the question. This time the same woman told him she found it on the street. Interrogating women rarely produces good intelligence, Sgt. McCary says. Arresting women in this male-dominated society is deeply offensive to most Iraqis, so U.S. troops avoid it at all costs. Because the women know they are unlikely to be detained, they have little incentive to cooperate. The battalion's unwritten policy is to interrogate the oldest male on the scene. In this case it was the sobbing boy. Sgt. McCary grabbed the child by the wrist and led him into the dark house off the courtyard. When his mother tried to follow, Sgt. McCary yelled at her to stay away. Outside the mother began crying, in English, "Mister. Baby. Mister. Baby." Rapid-Fire Questions Inside the house, Sgt. McCary fired questions at the terrified boy. Once the boy realized Sgt. McCary wasn't going to hurt him, he told different stories; that he didn't know any of the men they were looking for, or that the men had all moved away. So Sgt. McCary took off his helmet, leaned in close and began to yell in an effort to unsettle him. Using a photo that he pulled off the wall, Sgt. McCary got the boy to identify the men he was looking for. He scribbled a name over each face. Then the sergeant took the picture next door, hoping to get the names confirmed with a second source. The place had no roof or furniture. The floor was covered with dirt and the morning's breakfast. Sgt. McCary led the oldest male present, a boy of about 6 years old, aside and showed him the picture. A few minutes later, the soldiers heard a loud thud. It was the first of four roadside bombs that would explode in Khalidiya that day. Soldiers crouched behind walls for protection. The second boy and his mother confirmed the names Sgt. McCary got at the first house. Sgt. McCary and the rest of the platoon piled back into the Humvees. The mission was a success of sorts. Sgt. McCary now knew what the suspected insurgents looked like. But it was exhausting. "The fact that I have to terrify a kid ... to get the truth is b—s---," he said. "Morally it is questionable. But you've got to go with what you've got." A small percentage of the insurgents who launch attacks against U.S. forces in Khalidiya are foreign fighters from places such as Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Some of the terrorists come from nearby Fallujah, which isn't currently under U.S. control and has become something of an insurgent safe haven. But many of the insurgents in Khalidiya seem to be locals, Sgt. McCary and his commanders say, drawn to attack the U.S. by a combination of nationalism and religious obligation. In May, a good friend of Sgt. McCary's had his leg blown off by a rocket-propelled grenade. U.S. forces quickly grabbed the insurgent who fired it. Back at the base, Sgt. McCary asked the enemy fighter if he was a mujahedeen, or holy warrior. The man shook his head no. "Then why did you blow off my friend's leg?" Sgt. McCary recalls asking. The insurgent, a small man in his 20s, said he did it because he was told to by his religious leader. Above his bunk, Sgt. McCary keeps photographs of two friends, an Iraqi father and son who worked as translators for the Army in Khalidiyah until insurgents kidnapped them in broad daylight from their home of 40 years. The mujahedeen murdered the 75-year-old father and beat the son unconscious. Shortly after the kidnapping, Sgt. McCary e-mailed his family back home in North Carolina. "This is such a barbaric place. I cannot fathom the depths the Iraqis endured to reach this level," he wrote. In the e-mail he added that he wished those responsible for the killings, maimings and kidnappings would simply "dissipate.... I wish they would transform into average citizens, fathers, sons and brothers. I don't care about bloodlust, justice or revenge," he wrote. Sgt. McCary and his commanders know that won't happen. They say the key to defeating this or any insurgency is convincing locals to tell them where the enemy hides. "But the natural inclination of the Iraqis is to support their own people," he says. He remains hopeful that more Iraqis will eventually help the U.S. track down the enemy. "I just don't see how they could remain loyal to the insurgency, but it is possible. In this culture, Allah trumps all. Religious loyalties can never be questioned," he says. Does he think he and his fellow soldiers are winning the war in Khalidiya? "I've learned a lot. I have been extremely successful. I couldn't have asked for a better command," he says. "Am I winning? I don't know. I am just fighting."
Posted by SlagleRock at 01:03 PM | Comments (4) October 02, 2004Who Is Leading In The Polls?I get frequent comments from people who want to tell me the news. More often than not they are wrong. They come to my site and tell me that Kerry is leading Bush by 800 points in the polls. Well, what Bubba the janitor tells you over talk at the water cooler is not news and it is not fact. Since I am a fan of factual information. I have decided to provide some links to legitimate polls so you can see just who is really leading in the presidential race. Bush leads by 3 points at RasmussenReports.com This poll is updated daily by 12 noon. Bush leads Kerry by 8 points according to the Gallup Poll Bush leads Kerry by 6 points on Yahoo A few of these polls update daily, some weekly and others aren't as frequent. If you can provide me a link to any other legitimate polls (Presidential Race Only) I will gladly post them here. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:54 PM | Comments (4) October 01, 2004Poor Poor FloridaBelow is a very cool picture of the action in Florida. I don't know if it is Computer Generated, a drawing, or something from the American Meteorological Society, but it is cool nonetheless. ![]() I feel for everyone who has been devistated by this force of nature! Stay safe Aunt Nora and Uncle Randy. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:56 PM | Comments (2) September 30, 2004Presidential Debate 30 Sep 04 Bush WinsFirst, I am not going to pick this debate apart. I think the debate speaks for itself. Having just watched the first presidential debate of this election year I feel that most Americans will see this debate as a victory for President Bush. I believe that Bush appeared more presidential. Bush is stronger in his convictions and the fact that he does not Waffle makes him more credible. I will concede that sKerry is a better public speaker. However, televangelists, matchstick men and flim flam artists are also great public speakers. Kerry never really made his point clear. He started several statements by agreeing with the President and then countering every point the President made with disagreement. There were some inaccuracies. I caught this one. sKerry made the statement that we have spent over 200 Billion dollars on the war in Iraq, yet the official number doesn't exceed 130 billion. Either way this is a large dollar amount, but I think he should have his facts straight especially if his intent is to dodge the debate and bash the President. I'd like to offer this outline version of the debate: Bush: "We must remain strong in our resolve." Kerry: "Bush is a poo poo head." Bush: "We cannot fail in the war on global terrorism, we will not fail." Kerry: "Bush is a poo poo head." Bush: "We will win the war on terror by supplying our troops with the right equipment and the right training." Kerry: "Bush is a poo poo head." You get the point. Bush-Cheney '04 4 MORE YEARS SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 07:58 PM | Comments (8) September 28, 2004UPDATE (Blame Canada Part 3)Jack pointed me to this on World Net Daily. It appears the stoners in Nelson, B.C. are going to scrap the idea to build a monument to chicken shit American draft dodgers. For the full story look here. Damn good thing!!! To hell with such a horrible "memorial". SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 08:05 PM | Comments (2) Blame Ignorant Canadians Not All Of CanadaA few days ago I posted an bitching session about some boneheads in Canada titled Blame Canada. It is about some nimrods who are planning on erecting a monument to memorialize American draft dodging douche bags during the Vietnam War. The original post raised a bit of a stink and started a chain of comments from Canadians that were a little pissed about my comments. Now after a few days of Americans emailing the mayors office in Nelson and telling it like it is it appears that the legal leadership of Nelson, British Columbia are withdrawing any signs of support for such an ignorant idea by a bunch of ignorant people. According to Canada's National Post the mayor of Nelson had this to say about the situation, ''I made an innocent comment, off the cuff,'' he explained. ''Yes, I am a peace activist. But I wasn't speaking as mayor when I said I liked the idea. I wasn't even talking about the sculpture, which I don't support. We don't have a lot of public art here.'' Also a city councillor had this to say about supporting this atrocity, "Definitely not, adds Ian Mason. He is preparing a ''resolution of non-support'' that will make Nelson's position on the event crystal clear. Give me a break. So his statement was merely support for art and he all together missed what their intentions were? At least I can feel a little more comfort knowing that the men and woman of the Canadian military also oppose such a horrendous thing. One loyal veteran had this to say at the Royal Canadian Legion hall, ''Those draft-dodging a-holes,'' snorted one legion member. ''We are in communication with our provincial command and we will be formulating a strong response to this nonsense. That's all I can say about it right now.'' Boycott Nelson, B.C. and the morons (and their businesses) who would support such an atrocity. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at 06:23 PM | Comments (3) September 27, 2004Gimme Gimme GimmeSome time ago Rush Limbaugh took a stand on the money grubbing attitudes (Gimme Gimme Gimme)of some Americans post 9/11. He had this to say: By Rush Limbaugh: Now anyone who reads my site will be the first to know how I feel about the tragedy of 9/11. They will also know that I feel deeply for the victims and their families. However, I have to say old Rush hit the nail on the head with this one. I have been in the service for nearly 10 years now and raises are paltry. During the Clinton years we didn't even see a raise significant enough to cover inflation, so each year we got further and further behind. Keep in mind that prior to Clinton we were already behind despite President Reagan’s efforts to correct the problem. Of course that is how the cycle goes. Democrat gets elected, military benefits suffer and then when a Republican gets elected they have to try and play catch up. As Rush outlined the survivor benefits for a member of the military are garbage. We can get $250,000.00 worth of life insurance, but then so could anyone who was in the towers when they collapsed. I agree that we need to seriously reform our legislative system. Consider this, most Airman in their first term won't make $15,000.00 a year, but a professional politician, who in many cases lie and cheat their way into congress will get a life long pension of $15,000.00 just for serving one term. And to think they can go that full term without ever initiating a piece of legislation and in many cases they can skate by and largely miss votes for bills. I do think that the families of 9/11 and even Oklahoma City suffered a horrible loss, but as Rush said, they were simply "in the wrong place at the wrong time." Our Airman, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines go back time and time again into hostile fire zones. Not because they are high school dropouts or warmongers but because they are patri |