Kentucky Congressmen Vote on Polar Bear Hunting Ban...
First Name Last Name Party State Yes No Didn't Vote Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
Ben Chandler D KY x Yes
Geoff Davis R KY x Yes
Ron Lewis R KY x Yes
Harold Rogers R KY x Yes
Ed Whitfield R KY x Yes
John Yarmuth D KY x No
As you can see again Congressman Yarmuth has voted against the interests of sportsmen in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Voting to stop hunting of HEALTHY Polar Bear Populations and to deprive native populations of needed revenue, and to ignore the rights of Canada a good neighbor to manage its own resources.
He also apparently is the only member of the Kentucky Congressional Delegation who is not a member of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Elizabeth Edwards - Liberal making of a heroin
I am not a huge fan of Ann Coulter. I find her brand of conservatism a bit lacking. Still and all I do know when someone is getting hosed in the press. For those who did not hear the entire statement that Ms Coulter made when she stated that she had learned her lesson.. she should not call Mr. Edwards a Faggot, she should wish he died in a terrorist attack.. To put this in context..
The full statement she made stated that Others had wished that Vice President Dick Cheney had been killed in an attack in Afghanistan. She was pointing out that no one had gotten upset when pundits had made that statement so instead of calling people names she should just say "I wish John Edwards had been killed in a terrorist attack."
In Fact Ms. Edwards was complaining about something that was not about her or her husband. Of course the Liberal Press play the part of the story about Ms. Coulter saying she wished John Edwards killed in a terrorist plot without playing what led up to it.
Shame on the Press and on Entertainment Tonight for this poor journalistic tactic.
Thats My take on it.
Jim Dicken
The full statement she made stated that Others had wished that Vice President Dick Cheney had been killed in an attack in Afghanistan. She was pointing out that no one had gotten upset when pundits had made that statement so instead of calling people names she should just say "I wish John Edwards had been killed in a terrorist attack."
In Fact Ms. Edwards was complaining about something that was not about her or her husband. Of course the Liberal Press play the part of the story about Ms. Coulter saying she wished John Edwards killed in a terrorist plot without playing what led up to it.
Shame on the Press and on Entertainment Tonight for this poor journalistic tactic.
Thats My take on it.
Jim Dicken
Friday, June 22, 2007
Make NO MISTAKE... We are at War.
War was declared on the United States in 1992 by Ossama Bin Laden. The first attack occurred in 1993 when the first attack on the World Trade Center occurred. Since then there have been attacks by local Al Queda Cells on this country and its citizens on every continent but South America, and the Antartic.
Problem is that the people in this country do not understand and have not had to sacrifice for like the "Greatest Generation" that lost 250,000 in its fight to stop Hitler.
We are at war with an enemy who will NEVER surrender, will NOT negotiate, and who sees negotiation as a weakness. They may sign an agreement, agree to peace but in the end they will try to kill each and every person who is not part and parcel in line with the Wahabi Beliefs of Islam.
These beliefs demand the extinction of all non-believers.
DO YOU GET THAT?
We can not leave Iraq. If we do the Wahabi Sect Mullahs, and the Al Queda nut jobs will take over. There will be plenty of oil revenue to allow them to purchase if not develop Nuclear Weapons with which they can attack this country.
Sadly they will use OUR OWN Freedoms against us.
They are using our own technology against us now. Do you really believe that all of the conspiracies you see on the internet are not helped along by small tidbits of misinformation that is being sent out by Al Queda and the Wahabi Sect?
This whole 9-11 was a Bush Attack nonsense? This is Al Queda trying to tear us apart from within using our own internet to provide the impetus for this dissent.
ONE GUY even says that the planes that hit the WTC were not big enough to be the Boeing Planes.. that they were drones that hit the towers..
PEOPLE, People, People, do you really believe those were drones?
Do you think anyone would allow a plane to land and then have OUR OWN MILITARY kill the people in the planes? Is there a soldier in this army that would kill innocent Men, Women and CHILDREN in order to cover up the Quote "9-11" conspiracy?
HORSE HOCKEY.
We are at war. This country has lost fewer people in the last 10 years than in 5 years of WW2. 20 Million died in Europe, and Asia and the South Pacific. Stopping Sadam was a good thing. We have to finish the job.
Democrats will not do that. At least not the ones I have seen. MAYBE Joe Lieberman could do it.. but he is the ONLY conservative Democrat I have seen who could do the job of President.
Thats my take on it.
Jim Dicken
No Handles Here!
Problem is that the people in this country do not understand and have not had to sacrifice for like the "Greatest Generation" that lost 250,000 in its fight to stop Hitler.
We are at war with an enemy who will NEVER surrender, will NOT negotiate, and who sees negotiation as a weakness. They may sign an agreement, agree to peace but in the end they will try to kill each and every person who is not part and parcel in line with the Wahabi Beliefs of Islam.
These beliefs demand the extinction of all non-believers.
DO YOU GET THAT?
We can not leave Iraq. If we do the Wahabi Sect Mullahs, and the Al Queda nut jobs will take over. There will be plenty of oil revenue to allow them to purchase if not develop Nuclear Weapons with which they can attack this country.
Sadly they will use OUR OWN Freedoms against us.
They are using our own technology against us now. Do you really believe that all of the conspiracies you see on the internet are not helped along by small tidbits of misinformation that is being sent out by Al Queda and the Wahabi Sect?
This whole 9-11 was a Bush Attack nonsense? This is Al Queda trying to tear us apart from within using our own internet to provide the impetus for this dissent.
ONE GUY even says that the planes that hit the WTC were not big enough to be the Boeing Planes.. that they were drones that hit the towers..
PEOPLE, People, People, do you really believe those were drones?
Do you think anyone would allow a plane to land and then have OUR OWN MILITARY kill the people in the planes? Is there a soldier in this army that would kill innocent Men, Women and CHILDREN in order to cover up the Quote "9-11" conspiracy?
HORSE HOCKEY.
We are at war. This country has lost fewer people in the last 10 years than in 5 years of WW2. 20 Million died in Europe, and Asia and the South Pacific. Stopping Sadam was a good thing. We have to finish the job.
Democrats will not do that. At least not the ones I have seen. MAYBE Joe Lieberman could do it.. but he is the ONLY conservative Democrat I have seen who could do the job of President.
Thats my take on it.
Jim Dicken
No Handles Here!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
More Answers to the Ill informed.
The war was declared over already: "Mission Accomplished."
Gun confiscation is anti-freedom no matter which way you try and spin it. When they come for your guns because "we're at war" maybe you'll complain? But it we're doing it in Iraq, then it's all about freedom and democracy for Iraqis.
That war is over. This is a new war. A war to rebuild Iraq.
The mission was to overthrow the Sadam Government. We won.
The new war is with Al Queda in Iraq which wants a new home now that Afghanistan is not going to work for them any more.. plus with Iraq they get control of Oil.
YES I will admit that this war is about Oil.
It is why Iraq is so important to both sides. If the Iraqi's do not obtain freedom, if the Iranians or Al Queda take over it will mean that oil supplies around the world will be cut off to all NON-Believers, unless we are willing to pay a price that will give Capital to our enemies to destroy us.
The challenge is to give the Iraqi People a government of all the people not just a government of one sect or the other. A government that cares about all the people and does not try to kill 60% of the people. ( This is what happened under Sadam)
Al Queda does all it can to stop this.
We must not give in to Al Queda.
Failure to stand up and to make the necessary sacrifices will mean the end to our way of life. America can not withdraw from Iraq without a REAL government in place. IF we are defeated in Iraq, there will NEVER be an end to terror.
If you think we have lost over 7000 men women and children over the last 6 years in this country on 9-11 and through the soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan then you WILL think that is nothing when Al Queda has a country to attack from.
History teaches us that failing to stand up to tyrants, that appeasing the enemy NEVER works.
We appeased Hitler. Chamberlaind declared "Peace in our Time" and Bush's Mission Accomplished may join Peace in our Time as one of the stupidest undertatements in history.. but Peace can not be obtained without a free Iraq.
We can leave.
In 5 years we will have to go back and bomb the entire country and Iran back to the stone age. Either that or accept Allah as our God and the destruction of our country.
What is your choice.
Death of some now.
Deahs of MILLIONS later.
Hitler dies in 1939 and 15 million souls live and Europe is spared a terrible war.
Sadam is killed in 2006 and millions are saved.. for now.
WHAT IS your solution Demigod? What is your solution liberals..
The choices you have made in the past have killed millions.
I support the soldiers and I suppor this war.
I donate 50% of my income to Freedom is Not Free from my Hotel and Motel busines.
I have attempted to sign on as a Truck Driver in Iraq or Afghanistan.. Just too old..
What have you done to support our soldiers?
Jim Dicken
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Gun confiscation is anti-freedom no matter which way you try and spin it. When they come for your guns because "we're at war" maybe you'll complain? But it we're doing it in Iraq, then it's all about freedom and democracy for Iraqis.
That war is over. This is a new war. A war to rebuild Iraq.
The mission was to overthrow the Sadam Government. We won.
The new war is with Al Queda in Iraq which wants a new home now that Afghanistan is not going to work for them any more.. plus with Iraq they get control of Oil.
YES I will admit that this war is about Oil.
It is why Iraq is so important to both sides. If the Iraqi's do not obtain freedom, if the Iranians or Al Queda take over it will mean that oil supplies around the world will be cut off to all NON-Believers, unless we are willing to pay a price that will give Capital to our enemies to destroy us.
The challenge is to give the Iraqi People a government of all the people not just a government of one sect or the other. A government that cares about all the people and does not try to kill 60% of the people. ( This is what happened under Sadam)
Al Queda does all it can to stop this.
We must not give in to Al Queda.
Failure to stand up and to make the necessary sacrifices will mean the end to our way of life. America can not withdraw from Iraq without a REAL government in place. IF we are defeated in Iraq, there will NEVER be an end to terror.
If you think we have lost over 7000 men women and children over the last 6 years in this country on 9-11 and through the soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan then you WILL think that is nothing when Al Queda has a country to attack from.
History teaches us that failing to stand up to tyrants, that appeasing the enemy NEVER works.
We appeased Hitler. Chamberlaind declared "Peace in our Time" and Bush's Mission Accomplished may join Peace in our Time as one of the stupidest undertatements in history.. but Peace can not be obtained without a free Iraq.
We can leave.
In 5 years we will have to go back and bomb the entire country and Iran back to the stone age. Either that or accept Allah as our God and the destruction of our country.
What is your choice.
Death of some now.
Deahs of MILLIONS later.
Hitler dies in 1939 and 15 million souls live and Europe is spared a terrible war.
Sadam is killed in 2006 and millions are saved.. for now.
WHAT IS your solution Demigod? What is your solution liberals..
The choices you have made in the past have killed millions.
I support the soldiers and I suppor this war.
I donate 50% of my income to Freedom is Not Free from my Hotel and Motel busines.
I have attempted to sign on as a Truck Driver in Iraq or Afghanistan.. Just too old..
What have you done to support our soldiers?
Jim Dicken
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More for my Youtube Buddies.
demidogma: THE SURGE WAS GOING TO SHOW RESULTS, or not, by September. Now we learn that Gen. Petraeus may be aiming for September, 2017. Eight or ten years is the typical timeframe for success or failure with an insurgency.
Imagine ten more years, at 800 to 1,000 KIA per year, and $100 billion per year. What insanity these people have.
I would deny your time line. Still what would you do?
If we leave Al Queda has a new country with Billions of Dollars in Oil Revenue to use to Acquire weapons of mass destruction to kill us. They have a place to train and to get ready for world domination. IF I MUST CHOSE who will dominate the future of this world I would chose the United States.
You are naive at best to believe that this war is not going to cost lives and money. That is what Al Queda wants. Bankrupt the world putting it into anarchy so that they can recruit from every sector of society.
Al Queda depends on death and destruction.
The United States depends of Freedom.
Were YOU in Iran or Syria or even Saudi Arabia and to talk the way you do..??
Well let us just say that you and your ilk are the people that Al Queda depends on and will be the first they kill.
Has this war been fought perfectly ? HELL NO.. no war is.
World War 2 was a major disaster. D-Day was so incompetent that Hitler believed for 2 days that the Americans and English really were going to hit another part of the coast of France. Over 2500 died on Omaha Beach due to total chaos and confusion. Tanks were dumped into 30 feet of water that were meant to provide cover to the men on the beach.
Yet we scream of the TERRIBLE cost of invading Iraq in the deaths of our yound soldiers.. Yes I cry ever time I see a name, yet I remember too the grandfathers of some of these men. 250,000 Killed in World War 2. 20 Million Europeans, Africans, Australians, Asians and Americans who died in WW2 because we failed to stop a dictator whom Sadam took lessons from in horrifying death and destruction.
A man who Sadam and others of the Wahabi Sect look to as a hero because he wanted the end of all Jews.
What is the solution if not continuing to fight and give Iraq a FREE government?
What would you do?
Instead of talking about our country like it is so terrible for taking out a man who would have killed millions tell me what YOU would do different to stop the terrorists who are using our FREEDOMS against us. Who abuse their rights in this country to plot and to plan to attack us.
You talk a good hatred, but what would you do to STOP the US EMPIRE from helping poor people who are being murdered by horrible people?
What is the solution o brilliant soothsayer who hates corporations and profit and oil and money and oh yeah the very things that give you your podium to toss out this drek of hatred and self loathing of this country.
YOU ASSUME that everything we stand for now is bad.. yet what is the solution to terror?
America did nothing to Al Queda.
Matter of fact we helped them to fight the oppression of the Russians.. and the reward for that was that WE were attacked.
How do we deal with people who have fundamentalist beliefs that say KILL ALL NON BELIEVERS?
What is your solution to death and destruction driven by hatred?
My solution is to take out the haters and to rebuild the countries infrastructure so that the people can live normal lives. We are doing that in Iraq and in return Al Queda kills not only Sunni's but Shiite's. Why? Because they depend on Poor, Stupid, Uneducated and deprived people to continue their hate.
We are attempting to restart a country and while the campaign was not run properly from the beginning the alternative to staying and continuing to rebuild is to leave Iraq in chaos and to give Al Queda a new country to restart their terror from.
IF Iraq goes, Europe will be in flames within 5 years.
In 10 years the United States will be isolated and bankrupt. No military to defend us. Open to invasion by ill equipped and ill prepared Al Queda militants who will kill indiscriminately. Communities will be isolated and will be forced to defend themselves.
This is what happens if we fail in Iraq.
I promise.
Thats my belief
Jim Dicken
No Handles here.
Imagine ten more years, at 800 to 1,000 KIA per year, and $100 billion per year. What insanity these people have.
I would deny your time line. Still what would you do?
If we leave Al Queda has a new country with Billions of Dollars in Oil Revenue to use to Acquire weapons of mass destruction to kill us. They have a place to train and to get ready for world domination. IF I MUST CHOSE who will dominate the future of this world I would chose the United States.
You are naive at best to believe that this war is not going to cost lives and money. That is what Al Queda wants. Bankrupt the world putting it into anarchy so that they can recruit from every sector of society.
Al Queda depends on death and destruction.
The United States depends of Freedom.
Were YOU in Iran or Syria or even Saudi Arabia and to talk the way you do..??
Well let us just say that you and your ilk are the people that Al Queda depends on and will be the first they kill.
Has this war been fought perfectly ? HELL NO.. no war is.
World War 2 was a major disaster. D-Day was so incompetent that Hitler believed for 2 days that the Americans and English really were going to hit another part of the coast of France. Over 2500 died on Omaha Beach due to total chaos and confusion. Tanks were dumped into 30 feet of water that were meant to provide cover to the men on the beach.
Yet we scream of the TERRIBLE cost of invading Iraq in the deaths of our yound soldiers.. Yes I cry ever time I see a name, yet I remember too the grandfathers of some of these men. 250,000 Killed in World War 2. 20 Million Europeans, Africans, Australians, Asians and Americans who died in WW2 because we failed to stop a dictator whom Sadam took lessons from in horrifying death and destruction.
A man who Sadam and others of the Wahabi Sect look to as a hero because he wanted the end of all Jews.
What is the solution if not continuing to fight and give Iraq a FREE government?
What would you do?
Instead of talking about our country like it is so terrible for taking out a man who would have killed millions tell me what YOU would do different to stop the terrorists who are using our FREEDOMS against us. Who abuse their rights in this country to plot and to plan to attack us.
You talk a good hatred, but what would you do to STOP the US EMPIRE from helping poor people who are being murdered by horrible people?
What is the solution o brilliant soothsayer who hates corporations and profit and oil and money and oh yeah the very things that give you your podium to toss out this drek of hatred and self loathing of this country.
YOU ASSUME that everything we stand for now is bad.. yet what is the solution to terror?
America did nothing to Al Queda.
Matter of fact we helped them to fight the oppression of the Russians.. and the reward for that was that WE were attacked.
How do we deal with people who have fundamentalist beliefs that say KILL ALL NON BELIEVERS?
What is your solution to death and destruction driven by hatred?
My solution is to take out the haters and to rebuild the countries infrastructure so that the people can live normal lives. We are doing that in Iraq and in return Al Queda kills not only Sunni's but Shiite's. Why? Because they depend on Poor, Stupid, Uneducated and deprived people to continue their hate.
We are attempting to restart a country and while the campaign was not run properly from the beginning the alternative to staying and continuing to rebuild is to leave Iraq in chaos and to give Al Queda a new country to restart their terror from.
IF Iraq goes, Europe will be in flames within 5 years.
In 10 years the United States will be isolated and bankrupt. No military to defend us. Open to invasion by ill equipped and ill prepared Al Queda militants who will kill indiscriminately. Communities will be isolated and will be forced to defend themselves.
This is what happens if we fail in Iraq.
I promise.
Thats my belief
Jim Dicken
No Handles here.
To my Youtube Friends...
jimd asks: WHY IS IT THAT YOU HATE THIS COUNTRY?
Well, Jim, I don't know about you, but I love this country. That's why I am so concerned about what the combination of neo-cons, Christian fundies, corporations, and flag-waving, goose-stepping thugs have done with it.
It scares me that people really believe that there are goose stepping thugs in this country. I would like for you to Identify who you think this is. Conservatives like myself and the Christian Fundamentalists, apparently are BAD. Why? We believe in God. We believe in Freedom, and in what this country stands for. What we do not believe in is creating special classes and special rules for special groups. The Christian Religion preaches love of EVEN the sinner. While some Fundies as you call them do not believe that this country should seperate Church beliefs from Freedom beliefs I do. I do not care if 2 men or 2 women co-habitate, I think you are free to choose. God gave us free choice so I do not care what you do in the privacy of your home..
Beyond that I do not see the problem with Corporations. (Well not most) Corporations provide jobs, profits, investment, research things that individuals can not due because of the problems of Litigation this country has.. and that is a LIBERAL Deal.. not a conservative one.
If an individual were to invent a drug doing the research and all the work and it saved lives.. ONLY to be found to have dire side effects for which he was sued? End of the individual. That is why corporations began and were allowed to exist. Corporations have deep pockets and can at least survive.
As for your view that this country is an Empire? How do you figure that?
Because we are trying to set up a FREE Government in Iraq?
If we had gone into Somalia and done this or to Africa during the great rampages of the 90's where millions died would you feel the same way?
It was the Democrats that ignored the death and destruction in Africa because there was no oil there. It was Clinton who allowed Ossama Bin Laden to get started and the to grow as a threat.
You talk like we are fighting in Iraq for the oil companies, but the oil will be turned over to the new Iraqi Government and to the people IF we defeat Al Queda. Iraq will have its own government and its own chosen freedoms. How does that make the US an Empire?
Our men are fighting TERROR not for corporations and if you were to suggest to a soldier that he was fighting for oil he would most likely tell you YES.. we are fighting for oil, so that the Iraqi People can have it and use it to recreate a FREE country where women can walk down the street with no fear of being raped by the dictators sons.
Shame on you for your insults. I do not insult Liberals. I try to understand. You see I voted straight democratic party up until Clinton. I hated conservatives.. but I finally realized the reality of Todays world.. Anarchy will mean the growth of Al Queda and other fundamentalist wacko ideas.
IF we allow anarchy and hate to continue in the Middle East there will NEVER be any peace. This is a war that must be won for there to be peace in the world.
We can not continue to allow these nut job Wahabi Sect Mullahs to exist in the world.
Their reign of terror must stop NOW.
If it does not the attacks on major targets will continue until a target is finally hit that destroys the world economy, turning the world upside down and making the Fundamentalist Promises of Heaven and Virgins appealing to people who will have nothing.
Wake up.
Your views will end with this country on fire. Europe in ruins.
You are not getting the full story from the news. Do you really believe that CBS, NBC, ABC or CNN can cover the real story in 20 minutes ever night on the World News?
The problem is NOT A sound bite.
Stop believing that Corporations are bad because they say so..
Stop believing that this war is about profit for American Corportations..
Stop believing that our soldiers are dying for nothing..
START BELIEVING that this country can do what is right in Iraq and then you might understand why we fight and why our soldiers die.
Thats my take on it..
Jim Dicken
No handles here.
Well, Jim, I don't know about you, but I love this country. That's why I am so concerned about what the combination of neo-cons, Christian fundies, corporations, and flag-waving, goose-stepping thugs have done with it.
It scares me that people really believe that there are goose stepping thugs in this country. I would like for you to Identify who you think this is. Conservatives like myself and the Christian Fundamentalists, apparently are BAD. Why? We believe in God. We believe in Freedom, and in what this country stands for. What we do not believe in is creating special classes and special rules for special groups. The Christian Religion preaches love of EVEN the sinner. While some Fundies as you call them do not believe that this country should seperate Church beliefs from Freedom beliefs I do. I do not care if 2 men or 2 women co-habitate, I think you are free to choose. God gave us free choice so I do not care what you do in the privacy of your home..
Beyond that I do not see the problem with Corporations. (Well not most) Corporations provide jobs, profits, investment, research things that individuals can not due because of the problems of Litigation this country has.. and that is a LIBERAL Deal.. not a conservative one.
If an individual were to invent a drug doing the research and all the work and it saved lives.. ONLY to be found to have dire side effects for which he was sued? End of the individual. That is why corporations began and were allowed to exist. Corporations have deep pockets and can at least survive.
As for your view that this country is an Empire? How do you figure that?
Because we are trying to set up a FREE Government in Iraq?
If we had gone into Somalia and done this or to Africa during the great rampages of the 90's where millions died would you feel the same way?
It was the Democrats that ignored the death and destruction in Africa because there was no oil there. It was Clinton who allowed Ossama Bin Laden to get started and the to grow as a threat.
You talk like we are fighting in Iraq for the oil companies, but the oil will be turned over to the new Iraqi Government and to the people IF we defeat Al Queda. Iraq will have its own government and its own chosen freedoms. How does that make the US an Empire?
Our men are fighting TERROR not for corporations and if you were to suggest to a soldier that he was fighting for oil he would most likely tell you YES.. we are fighting for oil, so that the Iraqi People can have it and use it to recreate a FREE country where women can walk down the street with no fear of being raped by the dictators sons.
Shame on you for your insults. I do not insult Liberals. I try to understand. You see I voted straight democratic party up until Clinton. I hated conservatives.. but I finally realized the reality of Todays world.. Anarchy will mean the growth of Al Queda and other fundamentalist wacko ideas.
IF we allow anarchy and hate to continue in the Middle East there will NEVER be any peace. This is a war that must be won for there to be peace in the world.
We can not continue to allow these nut job Wahabi Sect Mullahs to exist in the world.
Their reign of terror must stop NOW.
If it does not the attacks on major targets will continue until a target is finally hit that destroys the world economy, turning the world upside down and making the Fundamentalist Promises of Heaven and Virgins appealing to people who will have nothing.
Wake up.
Your views will end with this country on fire. Europe in ruins.
You are not getting the full story from the news. Do you really believe that CBS, NBC, ABC or CNN can cover the real story in 20 minutes ever night on the World News?
The problem is NOT A sound bite.
Stop believing that Corporations are bad because they say so..
Stop believing that this war is about profit for American Corportations..
Stop believing that our soldiers are dying for nothing..
START BELIEVING that this country can do what is right in Iraq and then you might understand why we fight and why our soldiers die.
Thats my take on it..
Jim Dicken
No handles here.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Soldiers Deserve the right to WIN a war.
How do you win a war when the Press, Media, and the Liberal Politicians declare it lost?
How do soldiers fight and die knowing that at home they have lost the war?
This is the mind boggling problem I see in this country today.
Sadly we have lost approximately 3500 men in the war on terror just in Iraq.
Yet for some reason this seems to the liberal mind to be a terrrible toll of lost souls. Yes, I said it.. seems to be a terrible toll when in fact this war has had fewer casualties than most of the battles of the civil war.
We are soft. We are weak when 3500 men killed in action causes us to declare a war lost.
We are not willing as a nation any more to make the sacrifices needed to remain free and to remain safe.
I hear the libs saying "America does not attack first"! Where has that gotten us in the past? The sinking of the Lusitania? The Sinking of the Maine? Pearl Harbor? and of course 9-11? Revenge is sweet, but preventing the deaths of 2900 individuals on 9-11 seems to me to be a great reason to attack an enemy. Israel waited to be attacked and lost hundreds of soldiers in 1968. We do not attack our enemies is a STUPID policy that gets people killed.
Sadam Hussein was a Weapon of Mass Destruction in and of himself. He was a ticking time bomg waiting to go off and to start a major world conflict. He was looking for ways to attack this country and had the money thanks to the Oil for Food Program that was run by the son of Khofi Anan. Thanks to the end of the Soviet Empire there are plenty of nukes on the market and it was a matter of time till Sadam found one. Millions of American Dollars were found in Iraq. Were they REAL or counterfeit? Was Sadam able to counterfeit enough money to turn the US Economy into mush through the dumping of Billions in counterfeit money? No one will answer that question, yet the billions of dollars that were found were destroyed.
This nation can no longer wait to be attacked. Doing so is tantamount to suicide when the right attack on the right target could criple the entire nation, its economy and its infrastructure.
To the "America does not attack crowd" I say YOUR F-ing nuts if you think that this country can live by this kind of motto. NO nation in this age of Nuclear weapons can afford to give the enemy the first punch. Its like Muhammed Ali giving George Frazier a free shot in a Heavy Weight bout. Chances are that George is going to knock Ali out with one freebie... yes if he does not then Ali is going to come back and clean his clock, but I would rather NOT be reeling from the first punch when I am trying to take out my enemy.
Shame on the "We do not attack crowd" you are short sited and suicidal.
LOSING in Iraq will be the end of this country. Failure to win will mean that we are at risk from every 2 bit dictator and wanna be terrorist in the world. They will know that the United States will not prevent them from attacking and when attacked will back off rather than piss off the European Community.
Failure to stand up to the Muslim Extremists will end with Europe under attack.
Thats My Take on it.
Jim Dicken
How do soldiers fight and die knowing that at home they have lost the war?
This is the mind boggling problem I see in this country today.
Sadly we have lost approximately 3500 men in the war on terror just in Iraq.
Yet for some reason this seems to the liberal mind to be a terrrible toll of lost souls. Yes, I said it.. seems to be a terrible toll when in fact this war has had fewer casualties than most of the battles of the civil war.
We are soft. We are weak when 3500 men killed in action causes us to declare a war lost.
We are not willing as a nation any more to make the sacrifices needed to remain free and to remain safe.
I hear the libs saying "America does not attack first"! Where has that gotten us in the past? The sinking of the Lusitania? The Sinking of the Maine? Pearl Harbor? and of course 9-11? Revenge is sweet, but preventing the deaths of 2900 individuals on 9-11 seems to me to be a great reason to attack an enemy. Israel waited to be attacked and lost hundreds of soldiers in 1968. We do not attack our enemies is a STUPID policy that gets people killed.
Sadam Hussein was a Weapon of Mass Destruction in and of himself. He was a ticking time bomg waiting to go off and to start a major world conflict. He was looking for ways to attack this country and had the money thanks to the Oil for Food Program that was run by the son of Khofi Anan. Thanks to the end of the Soviet Empire there are plenty of nukes on the market and it was a matter of time till Sadam found one. Millions of American Dollars were found in Iraq. Were they REAL or counterfeit? Was Sadam able to counterfeit enough money to turn the US Economy into mush through the dumping of Billions in counterfeit money? No one will answer that question, yet the billions of dollars that were found were destroyed.
This nation can no longer wait to be attacked. Doing so is tantamount to suicide when the right attack on the right target could criple the entire nation, its economy and its infrastructure.
To the "America does not attack crowd" I say YOUR F-ing nuts if you think that this country can live by this kind of motto. NO nation in this age of Nuclear weapons can afford to give the enemy the first punch. Its like Muhammed Ali giving George Frazier a free shot in a Heavy Weight bout. Chances are that George is going to knock Ali out with one freebie... yes if he does not then Ali is going to come back and clean his clock, but I would rather NOT be reeling from the first punch when I am trying to take out my enemy.
Shame on the "We do not attack crowd" you are short sited and suicidal.
LOSING in Iraq will be the end of this country. Failure to win will mean that we are at risk from every 2 bit dictator and wanna be terrorist in the world. They will know that the United States will not prevent them from attacking and when attacked will back off rather than piss off the European Community.
Failure to stand up to the Muslim Extremists will end with Europe under attack.
Thats My Take on it.
Jim Dicken
Friday, June 15, 2007
Fred Thompson for President .. Endorsement
I have felt for a long time that Mr. Thompson had the right stuff to be the President. While he has not run a state, he is well educated, and expresses himself in succinct and direct statements.
His knowledge of history and of the law are excellent, and he has no hint of scandal in his past. In fact he was instrumental in the demise of Mr. Nixon. He authored the question... "What did the President Know and when did he know it."
It changed the course of the impeachment of Nixon.
He then went home to Tennessee and managed to take down a corrupt governor who was taking bribes for pardons and paroles.
Beyond that there is no hint of scandal attached to this man.
He is a Regan Conservative and while I was young dumb and full of vision, I did not like Regan when he ran. I do appreciate now what he accomplished.
I hope Mr. Thompson is elected. He will serve this country well and protect it.
His knowledge of history and of the law are excellent, and he has no hint of scandal in his past. In fact he was instrumental in the demise of Mr. Nixon. He authored the question... "What did the President Know and when did he know it."
It changed the course of the impeachment of Nixon.
He then went home to Tennessee and managed to take down a corrupt governor who was taking bribes for pardons and paroles.
Beyond that there is no hint of scandal attached to this man.
He is a Regan Conservative and while I was young dumb and full of vision, I did not like Regan when he ran. I do appreciate now what he accomplished.
I hope Mr. Thompson is elected. He will serve this country well and protect it.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Global Warming? An Inconvenient Truth..... Its not real...
The article below outlines my basic thesis in the Global Warming debate..
The earth is warming naturally, and possibly has some minor help from man.. however this is NOT the warmest the earth has ever seen and may be a normal part of the ebb and flow of temperatures that the earth has seen.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-3753784_ITM is the location of the article.
One of the things that got me to thinking about Global Warming and the REAL Inconvenient Truth is that there have been a lot of recent Archeological finds in ice fields and where there used to be glaciers.. What does this mean? That despite the simple fact that the world is warming, it is NOT warmer than any time in the past. Finding human remains in areas where glaciers were means that at some time in the past there was NOT ice in this location. The biggest story I have heard of is a silver mine in the Alps which supposedly was recently found. It got frozen in and was abandoned when the ice did not retreat... at some time in the past.. If it is now "Unfrozen" then the world temps at one time were the SAME as they are now.!!
See some of the Archeological evidence below in an Excerpt from the article link above.
Description
In recent decades accidental discoveries of archaeological and paleontological remains have been reported from glaciers around the world. These finds demonstrate that humans and animals repeatedly have used specific areas of perennial snow and ice for thousands of years. Frozen organic artifacts from these sites provide detailed information unavailable from other types of depositional environments. They also provide data important to understanding high-latitude and high-altitude human adaptations and to interpreting and dating artifacts recovered from other contexts. The current period of global warming presents an opportunity to identify glaciers and perennial ice and snowfields holding potential for archaeological and paleontological site discovery. Monitoring melting ice is necessary to identify and preserve these unique, rare, and ephemeral archaeological remains. Approximately 10 percent of the Earth's land surface is underlain by permafrost or covered by perennial ice and snow (Times Atlas 1999:39). Small glaciers (all glaciers other than the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets) occur in high-latitude and high-altitude environments and comprise roughly 4 percent of all land ice (Dyurgerov 2002:10) with an estimated total minimum area of 610,000 [km.sup.2] (Dyurgerov 2002:68: Meier and Bahr 1996). Traditionally these vast areas have been regarded as environments unlikely to attract humans or animals because they are perceived as being comparatively remote and low in biological productivity. As a result, glaciers and perennial snow and ice have been thought to hold little potential for the discovery of archaeological remains. This assumption is incorrect. A Geographic Information System (GIS) model, "Modeling Archaeological Potential of Ice and Snow," or MAPIS, is being developed and field-tested in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WSENPP) (Dixon and Manley 2001; Dixon et al. 2003, 2004). Results of the survey reveal that spatial modeling can focus archaeological surveys of: perennial snow and ice, and help document historic and prehistoric archaeological sites. Glacial Archaeology Freezing may be the most ideal condition under which prehistoric organic remains can be preserved. Frozen environments have produced some of the most complete examples of prehistoric human remains and artifacts ever discovered. Tools, clothing, and other materials made from plants and animals usually decompose soon after deposition: however, if frozen, they may be preserved for thousands of years. Their excellent state of preservation makes them suitable for analysis with a variety of analytical techniques, including radiometric dating and isotope analysis. Archaeological remains preserved in Arctic and sub-Arctic permafrost have been recognized and recovered throughout the Arctic (Dixon 1993, 1999: Guthrie 1990: Hansen and Gullov 1989: Hansen et al. 1985: Lobdell and Dekin 1984: Newell 1984; Rainey 1939: Reinhard 1996, 1999; Smith and Zimmerman 1975: Zimmerman and Smith 1975). While permafrost discoveries have been widely documented, reports of archaeological remains from glaciers and ice patches have been rare until recent years. In 1991 the discovery of a Late Neolithic "Iceman" brought world attention to the archaeological potential of glaciers. Found near a 3,200 m glaciated pass in the Tyrolean Alps, the Iceman carried an impressive array of sophisticated technology including armaments, clothing, storage containers, wood-working implements, fire-starting equipment, and even medicinal plants (Kutschera et al. 2000; Oeggl et al. 2000; Spindler 1994). This discovery was soon followed by the pioneering work of Canadian researchers in the southern Yukon Territory of Canada. Near the British Columbia border, several thawing ice patches were discovered containing frozen archaeological and paleontological specimens (Farnell et al. 2000; Farnell et al. 2004; Hare 2001; Hare et al. 2004; Kuzyk et al. 1999). Subsequently, the remains of Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi, meaning "Long Ago Person Found" in Southern Tutchone (Athapaskan), were found in northern British Columbia, Canada. The remains of this individual were discovered along an ice ridge on a glacier at an elevation of approximately 1,600 m in northwest British Columbia, Canada (Beattie et al. 2000). Artifacts recovered with the individual included tools, weapons, clothes, and even trail food. These and other fortuitous discoveries were brought to the attention of archaeologists by outdoor recreationalists. These finds demonstrate that organic artifacts are preserved within these unique frozen depositional environments and that they will continue to be exposed as ancient ice melts. In addition to the archaeological remains that have been reported from mountain glaciers, numerous organic artifacts have been discovered melting from small patches of perennial snow and ice. Canadian scientists have used the term "ice patch" to describe these features (Hare 2001). The Inuit word "aniuvat," meaning permanent snow patches, also is used to describe them (Kusugak 2002:vi). The archaeology of glaciers and aniuvat presents unique challenges. For example, because it is not feasible or practical to dig test pits in glacial ice and aniuvat, archaeologists rely primarily on surface finds. Further, because artifacts are covered by accumulated snow for much of the year, archeologists must conduct surveys during the late summer within the ablation zone, the lower part of the glacier or aniuvat where ablation (melting and evaporation of ice and snow) exceeds accumulation (winter snowfall). Glaciers and aniuvat exhibiting negative mass balance (greater ablation than accumulation) over the course of a year or longer present the best possibility for identifying and recovering artifacts exposed on their surfaces. Once thawed, organic remains soon decompose or are subject to destruction by scavenging animals. Glaciers are depositional environments that present challenges to traditional archaeological concepts of spatial and stratigraphic relationships between artifacts and artifact assemblages. Archaeological research on glaciers requires an understanding of ice dynamics, which are different from geomorphic contexts associated with most archaeological sites. The movement of large valley glaciers and ice fields creates unstable geologic features that present unique archaeological problems. Englacial transport paths (within the glacier) and supraglacial pathways (on the surface of the ice) are important variables in locating archaeological and paleontological remains. Artifacts originally deposited within the accumulation zone will be carried within the ice and exposed in the middle or lower ablation zones. Hypothetically, artifacts initially deposited anywhere within the ablation zone will be carried down glacier, accumulating as "lag" on the surface. Examples from British Columbia (Beattie et al. 2000) and the Tyrolean Alps (Oeggl et al. 2000) demonstrate that these surface deposits may contain artifacts of different ages that initially have been presumed to be contemporaneous. The exceptional preservation of organic artifacts found in these contexts can make them appear to be recent, particularly to the untrained eye. As a result, their full significance may not be recognized. For example, the Iceman from the Tyrolean Alps was regarded as a recent fatality and was initially treated as a forensic case. For these reasons, it is important to date every specimen and not assume that specimens are recent, or that assemblages of objects are contemporaneous. Glaciological principles of kinetics and mass balance are tools that can be applied to help identify promising locales for archaeological survey. In conjunction with field survey, they can be used to identify and eliminate chaotic surface topography within the lower ablation area of specific glaciers. Surface velocities also...
The earth is warming naturally, and possibly has some minor help from man.. however this is NOT the warmest the earth has ever seen and may be a normal part of the ebb and flow of temperatures that the earth has seen.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-3753784_ITM is the location of the article.
One of the things that got me to thinking about Global Warming and the REAL Inconvenient Truth is that there have been a lot of recent Archeological finds in ice fields and where there used to be glaciers.. What does this mean? That despite the simple fact that the world is warming, it is NOT warmer than any time in the past. Finding human remains in areas where glaciers were means that at some time in the past there was NOT ice in this location. The biggest story I have heard of is a silver mine in the Alps which supposedly was recently found. It got frozen in and was abandoned when the ice did not retreat... at some time in the past.. If it is now "Unfrozen" then the world temps at one time were the SAME as they are now.!!
See some of the Archeological evidence below in an Excerpt from the article link above.
Description
In recent decades accidental discoveries of archaeological and paleontological remains have been reported from glaciers around the world. These finds demonstrate that humans and animals repeatedly have used specific areas of perennial snow and ice for thousands of years. Frozen organic artifacts from these sites provide detailed information unavailable from other types of depositional environments. They also provide data important to understanding high-latitude and high-altitude human adaptations and to interpreting and dating artifacts recovered from other contexts. The current period of global warming presents an opportunity to identify glaciers and perennial ice and snowfields holding potential for archaeological and paleontological site discovery. Monitoring melting ice is necessary to identify and preserve these unique, rare, and ephemeral archaeological remains. Approximately 10 percent of the Earth's land surface is underlain by permafrost or covered by perennial ice and snow (Times Atlas 1999:39). Small glaciers (all glaciers other than the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets) occur in high-latitude and high-altitude environments and comprise roughly 4 percent of all land ice (Dyurgerov 2002:10) with an estimated total minimum area of 610,000 [km.sup.2] (Dyurgerov 2002:68: Meier and Bahr 1996). Traditionally these vast areas have been regarded as environments unlikely to attract humans or animals because they are perceived as being comparatively remote and low in biological productivity. As a result, glaciers and perennial snow and ice have been thought to hold little potential for the discovery of archaeological remains. This assumption is incorrect. A Geographic Information System (GIS) model, "Modeling Archaeological Potential of Ice and Snow," or MAPIS, is being developed and field-tested in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WSENPP) (Dixon and Manley 2001; Dixon et al. 2003, 2004). Results of the survey reveal that spatial modeling can focus archaeological surveys of: perennial snow and ice, and help document historic and prehistoric archaeological sites. Glacial Archaeology Freezing may be the most ideal condition under which prehistoric organic remains can be preserved. Frozen environments have produced some of the most complete examples of prehistoric human remains and artifacts ever discovered. Tools, clothing, and other materials made from plants and animals usually decompose soon after deposition: however, if frozen, they may be preserved for thousands of years. Their excellent state of preservation makes them suitable for analysis with a variety of analytical techniques, including radiometric dating and isotope analysis. Archaeological remains preserved in Arctic and sub-Arctic permafrost have been recognized and recovered throughout the Arctic (Dixon 1993, 1999: Guthrie 1990: Hansen and Gullov 1989: Hansen et al. 1985: Lobdell and Dekin 1984: Newell 1984; Rainey 1939: Reinhard 1996, 1999; Smith and Zimmerman 1975: Zimmerman and Smith 1975). While permafrost discoveries have been widely documented, reports of archaeological remains from glaciers and ice patches have been rare until recent years. In 1991 the discovery of a Late Neolithic "Iceman" brought world attention to the archaeological potential of glaciers. Found near a 3,200 m glaciated pass in the Tyrolean Alps, the Iceman carried an impressive array of sophisticated technology including armaments, clothing, storage containers, wood-working implements, fire-starting equipment, and even medicinal plants (Kutschera et al. 2000; Oeggl et al. 2000; Spindler 1994). This discovery was soon followed by the pioneering work of Canadian researchers in the southern Yukon Territory of Canada. Near the British Columbia border, several thawing ice patches were discovered containing frozen archaeological and paleontological specimens (Farnell et al. 2000; Farnell et al. 2004; Hare 2001; Hare et al. 2004; Kuzyk et al. 1999). Subsequently, the remains of Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi, meaning "Long Ago Person Found" in Southern Tutchone (Athapaskan), were found in northern British Columbia, Canada. The remains of this individual were discovered along an ice ridge on a glacier at an elevation of approximately 1,600 m in northwest British Columbia, Canada (Beattie et al. 2000). Artifacts recovered with the individual included tools, weapons, clothes, and even trail food. These and other fortuitous discoveries were brought to the attention of archaeologists by outdoor recreationalists. These finds demonstrate that organic artifacts are preserved within these unique frozen depositional environments and that they will continue to be exposed as ancient ice melts. In addition to the archaeological remains that have been reported from mountain glaciers, numerous organic artifacts have been discovered melting from small patches of perennial snow and ice. Canadian scientists have used the term "ice patch" to describe these features (Hare 2001). The Inuit word "aniuvat," meaning permanent snow patches, also is used to describe them (Kusugak 2002:vi). The archaeology of glaciers and aniuvat presents unique challenges. For example, because it is not feasible or practical to dig test pits in glacial ice and aniuvat, archaeologists rely primarily on surface finds. Further, because artifacts are covered by accumulated snow for much of the year, archeologists must conduct surveys during the late summer within the ablation zone, the lower part of the glacier or aniuvat where ablation (melting and evaporation of ice and snow) exceeds accumulation (winter snowfall). Glaciers and aniuvat exhibiting negative mass balance (greater ablation than accumulation) over the course of a year or longer present the best possibility for identifying and recovering artifacts exposed on their surfaces. Once thawed, organic remains soon decompose or are subject to destruction by scavenging animals. Glaciers are depositional environments that present challenges to traditional archaeological concepts of spatial and stratigraphic relationships between artifacts and artifact assemblages. Archaeological research on glaciers requires an understanding of ice dynamics, which are different from geomorphic contexts associated with most archaeological sites. The movement of large valley glaciers and ice fields creates unstable geologic features that present unique archaeological problems. Englacial transport paths (within the glacier) and supraglacial pathways (on the surface of the ice) are important variables in locating archaeological and paleontological remains. Artifacts originally deposited within the accumulation zone will be carried within the ice and exposed in the middle or lower ablation zones. Hypothetically, artifacts initially deposited anywhere within the ablation zone will be carried down glacier, accumulating as "lag" on the surface. Examples from British Columbia (Beattie et al. 2000) and the Tyrolean Alps (Oeggl et al. 2000) demonstrate that these surface deposits may contain artifacts of different ages that initially have been presumed to be contemporaneous. The exceptional preservation of organic artifacts found in these contexts can make them appear to be recent, particularly to the untrained eye. As a result, their full significance may not be recognized. For example, the Iceman from the Tyrolean Alps was regarded as a recent fatality and was initially treated as a forensic case. For these reasons, it is important to date every specimen and not assume that specimens are recent, or that assemblages of objects are contemporaneous. Glaciological principles of kinetics and mass balance are tools that can be applied to help identify promising locales for archaeological survey. In conjunction with field survey, they can be used to identify and eliminate chaotic surface topography within the lower ablation area of specific glaciers. Surface velocities also...
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