tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62874002011-04-21T16:57:48.743-07:00Dagney's RantThis is where I will put my upsets, resentments, reasonings and logical commentary on why liberalism is a threat to the United States of America! Dagney Taggert is a character from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged", but she was also my teacher. She taught me the fallacy of my liberal upbringing. If you are a liberal, you may see some of the fallacy of it here, too...unless you're braindead!DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comBlogger5821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148737295310350232006-05-27T06:34:00.000-07:002006-05-27T06:41:35.360-07:00It's Time!It's time for me to leave my blogspot home for my new home. Dagney's Rant has enjoyed success at this site, but I hope you will come to visit me at the new and improved Dagney's Rant. If you have me bookmarked, please make the change. Also, if you have me linked from your page, please change the link url. From now on, I'm at www.dagneysrant.com Come on over and see me sometime!DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148675256636978922006-05-26T13:19:00.000-07:002006-05-26T15:48:52.813-07:00Memorial Day - A Day To NOT ForgetAs we head off into the long weekend, I hope we all remember who it is this holiday remembers; the brave men and women who gave us the freedom to take off to the lake, or the beach, or the park, to party and enjoy family and friends. Please try to find time this weekend to reflect on what this poet had to say about this day;"Let's pass on to our childrenAnd to DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148565363717882802006-05-25T06:31:00.000-07:002006-05-25T12:53:22.856-07:00I Know What's Up!At least I'll bet I do! Got up this morning, and saw two conflicting headlines on Drudge this morning. One that says Dennis Hastert is under investigation, and one that says he isn't under investigation. I'm not the only one wanting to understand what is going on; Michelle Malkin has a whole roundup of other bloggers and sources.So what's going on in our capital? It all boils DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148503015228311252006-05-24T13:19:00.000-07:002006-05-24T13:36:55.306-07:00Open Letter to Hastert, Boehner, Frist, et alGentlemen, I do not believe you know how your shrill complaints sound to the rest of America. "Hastert raised concerns that the FBI’s unannounced seizure of congressional documents during a raid of Jefferson’s Rayburn office Saturday night violated the separation of powers between the two branches of government as they are defined by the Constitution.DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148414701694658892006-05-23T13:01:00.000-07:002006-05-23T13:05:01.726-07:00Parental Warning!Michelle Malkin has a cautionary vent for parents. Listen to her vent here. Hollywierdos are doing it again, and this time it's on our kids!DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148334047008339402006-05-22T13:25:00.000-07:002006-05-22T14:45:37.703-07:00Why Are We Surprised?If you don't check The Drudge Report daily, as I do, you probably have not heard about the story Drudge had posted first thing this morning alleging that Democrat operatives were sent by The Screamer, Howard Dean to work against Ray Nagin's mayoral campaign. You can be guaranteed that you will not hear about it on any of the mainstream media news programs. Apparently the DNC DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148245397289607832006-05-21T13:39:00.000-07:002006-05-21T14:03:17.363-07:00Edification vs. Lack ThereofMy earlier post was a great example of how learning about history can be edifying. Watching this video is an example of what happens when we do not teach history. On the other hand, at Michael Yon's, this post should teach us the value of parental training. It produces heroes. I'm not sure if it is sad, or perhaps the Hand of God that we have this phenomenon. "So DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148234384676580062006-05-21T06:26:00.000-07:002006-05-22T13:24:52.226-07:00Time to ShareMy uncle the professor shared the following with the family. In an age where education does not include much in the way of historical perspective, I thought this would be great to share, not to mention informative:"The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.Here are some facts aboutDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148168389274259462006-05-20T16:33:00.000-07:002006-05-20T16:41:46.636-07:00Am I Confused?I watch Fox News. I see Mort Kandrake and Fred Barnes. Have you ever wondered who, between the two, is a conservative? Just asking, 'cause I'm not convinced.DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1148067335585541712006-05-19T11:08:00.000-07:002006-05-19T12:38:36.800-07:00Ever Wonder.....?Have you ever wondered what is the typical American politician's top priority? I think we need to ask ourselves what we think their top priority needs to be. In my case, it's quite simple. Security for our country. Once you've answered that question to your personal satisfaction, then ask yourself what you see as the top priority of your congressman, or your senators? It's fairlyDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147918402271766922006-05-17T18:42:00.000-07:002006-05-17T19:13:22.373-07:00Classic Movies & Today's HollyweirdosWith all of the hoopla about The DaVinci movie notwithstanding, I got caught up in a movie I'd never seen, while awating the Spurs playoff game. Bette Davis' The Old Maid came on tonight, and I cannot remember having seen it as a child. Lately I've become jaded about anything "old", or for that matter, new, from Hollyweirdos. Most of the old stuff I've seenDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147902846701157622006-05-17T14:49:00.000-07:002006-05-17T14:54:06.726-07:00You GO, Girl!If an alligator came into my house I'd shoot him too! "The alligator was only 3 feet long, but Candy Frey wasn't taking any chances. When the reptile came into the lanai of her home east of Bradenton Saturday and attacked her golden retriever, Frey went and got her gun. After Frey and her daughter managed to push the gator out of the lanai through the dog door, she blasted away at DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147823773429873952006-05-16T15:29:00.000-07:002006-05-16T17:05:05.553-07:00Disappointed, Not SurprisedLike many, if not most Americans, what I was hoping the President would say last night was "We're going to build a wall along the entire border." Yet I knew he would not. Having read Karen Hughes' book, "Ten Minutes From Normal" I knew that the President had said, when Governor of Texas, "Family values do not stop at the Rio Grande." President Bush is more consistent inDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147749296720166432006-05-15T20:10:00.000-07:002006-05-15T20:14:56.750-07:00Loads To SayIt's half time at the Spurs playoff...so now is not the time for me to comment on this, but this is not a good sign that Tony Snow is making any difference at all in the lack of communication ability of this White House! We'll talk about this tomorrow. (sigh)DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147730481021788412006-05-15T14:32:00.000-07:002006-05-15T15:01:21.060-07:00Reserving Comments, Except For RoveI tried to link to Michelle Malkin's points and predictions this morning, just about four minutes after it was published (according to my homepage RSS link). Blogger kept losing the bulk of my comments, so I finally gave up. I hope she's wrong, but I'll reserve judgement until I hear the speech tonight. As soon as I have time, this week hopefully, I will be DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147652793079878412006-05-14T15:57:00.000-07:002006-05-14T17:26:33.230-07:00Can You Say "Backlash"?They just don't learn do they? MSM just cannot understand that Americans are more aware that we are at war, than they are...and their buddies on the left remain clueless as well! So go ahead and break stories that are rehatches of months old stories (the NSA phone surveillance leak originally hit the NYT December 18, 2005), in hopes that the President and his CIA DirectorDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147561208740304322006-05-13T15:39:00.000-07:002006-05-13T16:08:38.803-07:00Good News, Bad NewsThere are a couple of stories in the news that suggest living in Texas could be somewhat dangerous. This one suggests we should not sleep with the windows open!"A Texas teenager who was bitten by a bat while he slept in his home has died of rabies, the Houston hospital that treated him said in a statement.Zachary Jones, 16, died on Friday, a week after he became ill from the DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147437781686643362006-05-12T05:21:00.000-07:002006-05-12T05:44:38.743-07:00Why Isn't It News?While the media is screaming wall to wall about phone-y stuff, and legislators are wasting their time on the same topic, which is a NON-topic, we're missing a really important story! Al Qaeda is becoming disheartened in Iraq, did you know that?"At the same time, the Americans and the Government were able to absorb our painful blows, sustain them, compensate their losses with newDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147386100742350492006-05-11T15:07:00.000-07:002006-05-11T15:36:21.090-07:00Finally!I have pleaded, wheedled, demanded and generally whined about the White House's lack of public relations expertise! They have allowed issue, after issue, after issue to get a ton of refutable and ridiculous coverage so far from the truth, until the President and Cheney have to hit the airwaves to try to recover from the PR mess! It seems that they have finally found a spokesman who will DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147301637256493222006-05-10T15:45:00.000-07:002006-05-10T15:53:57.283-07:00Have You Seen Flight 93?I haven't either...yet! But in case you feel like you cannot handle it, or you're in the school of thought that says "It's too sooooooon..." [whine, whimper], you still need to remember who we are at war against. [Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin]"Seven suspected Islamic terrorists have confessed to beheading three Christian schoolgirls on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island, police DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147209399332586712006-05-09T13:43:00.001-07:002006-05-09T14:20:16.156-07:00You Too?Has your e-mail box been loaded up with e-mails such as "Boycott Exxon", or MSN video reports? As many times as I request they check out Snopes, or just to do their own research, they just keep coming! So what's a girl to do? How about, thought I, an e-mail campaign to either tick off a bunch of libs, or get my pals and theirs to do some of their own research.? Here's what I came up with:DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147120963222527592006-05-08T12:40:00.000-07:002006-05-08T13:49:12.300-07:00I Love The Blog WorldOne of the reasons that I love to blog is the diverse readership, and how their comments add to the discussion. Yesterday's post brought a commenter I doubt has ever visited here before, but the content of the post apparently attracted him/her. Mostly though, I enjoy the aspects and angles commenters bring to the table. One such comment I had on a recent post is an example. DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1147035506110220802006-05-07T12:55:00.000-07:002006-05-07T20:04:42.286-07:00A Powerful ExperienceI went to an all day seminar on Saturday. It was conducted by Dr. Randall Price, who has a Ph.D in Middle Eastern Studies (University of Texas), and is currently in charge of an archeological dig at Qumran, in Israel. Qumran is the site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. There was so much crammed into the day, that I find it difficult to know where to start, except to DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146958844793857322006-05-06T16:23:00.000-07:002006-05-06T16:40:44.826-07:00So Much To Say!I've spent the entire day in a seminar that is still blowing out cobwebs in my brain, so I'm not yet ready to address the content...maybe tomorrow. Sitting here this evening, watching our usual Saturday night news fare, we watched News Watch, of Fox News. The panel discussed what they considered a laughable episode of film confiscated by our military forces, and touted it as a DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146877931894503392006-05-05T17:37:00.000-07:002006-05-05T18:15:27.166-07:00Feliz Cinco de MayoHere in Texas, we revere our Texas history. One of the local radio stations has a "Today In Texas History" segment. Today's memory commemorated a Texan's place in Mexican history;"MAY 1862 AND A TEXAN HELPS CREATE A MEXICAN HOLIDAY. THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THIS STATION AND THE SAVE TEXAS HISTORY PROGRAM OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. MAY 5, 1862. PUEBLA, NEARDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146777965056247222006-05-04T14:10:00.000-07:002006-05-04T14:37:09.913-07:00Adding Fuel To The Backlash FireWhile our woosie weenies in Washington D.C. vacillate about what to do about illegal immigrant workers, I thought you might be interested in what Mexico does about LEGAL immigrant workers. The following is from a family friend [thanks, Maggie]."Subject: U.S Citizens working in Mexico"AMERICANS WORKING IN MEXICO"From the other side of the fence.....Received the DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146673534491067472006-05-03T08:41:00.000-07:002006-05-03T09:32:33.036-07:00The Backlash Is Swelling!La Shawn Barber's back from her hiatus from blogging, and alerted me to this story. As La Shawn says, "A big hat tip to my friends at Help Save Herndon for letting me know about last night’s ouster of Herndon’s mayor and Town Council members who voted for a taxpayer-supported “day labor” center for illegal aliens in Herndon, Virginia, just down the road.Yes, using public DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146509194862229522006-05-01T10:49:00.000-07:002006-05-01T19:50:05.226-07:00Afternoon Update & A Challenge AnsweredFirst I'll update this morning's post about Sgt. Rosas. I did some shopping, filled up the back of my Tahoe (seats down) with goodies per his list, sent to me by Soldier's Angels. It was a perfect opportunity for me to buy pink pretties for his little girl, so I added stuff to his list. Having two grandsons, I take every opportunity to buy cute little girl DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146486350962173712006-05-01T05:14:00.000-07:002006-05-01T05:25:50.983-07:00I'm Going Shopping!They want to boycott? Fine, I'm going shopping!"Some will work but buy nothing on Monday. Others will protest at lunch breaks or at rallies after work. There will be church services, candlelight vigils, picnics and human chains.The range of activities shows both how powerful the immigrants' rights movement has become in a matter of weeks, and that organizers don't yet have a DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146438541140262082006-04-30T15:07:00.000-07:002006-04-30T16:09:01.170-07:00History And The Middle EastI'm going to be attending a day-long seminar next weekend, and I can hardly wait! There is a question that has been burning a hole in my brain for a very long time, and I am so excited about being able to ask an Archeologist and biblical historian [take your pick of links] my question. What's my question? "Dr. Price, at any time in your reasearch or experience, has DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146359002384896142006-04-29T17:27:00.000-07:002006-04-29T18:09:45.713-07:00Lefty Hypocrisy Rises Its Ugly Head AgainI know. You don't have to tell me. Whenever I miss a day or so of blogging, I get silly with posting 2-3 times in a day. Oh well, get over it! This story spurred me (OT, Go Spurs!) to highlight this story, since I've been reminded for the last hour or so on Fox News that Mother Sheehan is going to be very active on Monday. "Unite for change -- let's turn DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146324216214620392006-04-29T05:56:00.000-07:002006-04-29T16:00:10.976-07:00Will Hollywood Get It?The movie rights to "Atlas Shrugged" have been purchased, and the first thought that came to my mind was whether the Hollywierdos would get the meaning of the book. "Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to "Atlas Shrugged" from Howard and Karen Baldwin ("Ray"), who will produce with John Aglialoro. As for stars, book provides an ideal role for an actress in DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146174507728101982006-04-27T06:14:00.000-07:002006-04-27T15:11:13.503-07:00Unboycott Exxon MobileFrom O'Reilly to the city council of Beeville, Texas, to a plethora of e-mails making their way around the internet, many are asking for a boycott of Exxon Mobile! I've heard cockamamy reasoning before, but this one tops them all! I may be biased, from the standpoint that we are shareholders, but I doubt it! If you are a pensioner, or expect to be, or if you are a DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1146003496542862132006-04-25T14:53:00.000-07:002006-04-25T15:36:41.893-07:00President Bush and My LogicAt first I was upset that President Bush was making statements that sounded like pandering to the political outcry about gas prices! Until I thought about it, and what it really means. Here's my reasoning by the numbers;1) I know that this man, George W. Bush, does not say something he does not mean.2) I know that he is a MBA, and understands the marketplace.3) I know DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145914736003298422006-04-24T13:42:00.000-07:002006-04-24T14:38:56.146-07:00Humor On A MondayMany bloggers reserve Friday for the more light-hearted fare. I decided that Monday was a better day for it, since those who have to work could use something to smile about. I spotted some stories at breitbart.com and just had to laugh out loud! When I saw the city this happened in, my first thought was "How can this happen in Berkeley? They have nude parades!" "A carpenter DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145796533085265432006-04-23T05:23:00.000-07:002006-04-23T19:10:14.973-07:00The Bully PulpitThe Bully Pulpit is being used effectively, not by President Bush, but by Osama bin Laden. He is apparently stirring the pot again, saying America's refusal to give financial aid to the Hamas government in Palestine is proof we're at war with Islam. We should somehow be putting food into the mouths of Palestinians, rather than the Palestinians should take care of themselves? I DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145743766442718752006-04-22T13:43:00.000-07:002006-04-22T15:29:44.326-07:00Observations And Past PostsHoward "The Screecher" Dean cannot seem to open his mouth without sounding like a maniac. "In his first post-Katrina visit to the Crescent City, Dean helped Acorn, a nonprofit community group that works with low-income families, to clean out Vincent Cooper's flood-damaged home on Derbigny Street in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. "I don't want to be partisan at a DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145653496051971892006-04-21T12:19:00.000-07:002006-04-21T14:12:34.653-07:00The Donks Have A PlanThey can smell the closeness of their power returning! They're so excited by the high gas prices and the upset of both Republicans and Democrats over the inaction of the Bush Administration in securing our borders. They just know they can skate back into power by hammering these issues."To varying degrees, Democrats around the country are following a similar script that DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145573487537432722006-04-20T15:14:00.000-07:002006-04-20T19:33:54.093-07:00What's A Girl Gonna Do?Poor Shrillary. She's been in such a quandry, since she's been heckled and shouted down by what should be her base voters. "CBS) CHICAGO It takes a pretty motivating person [ya gotta love the pandering, right?]to get 4,000 high school and college students up bright and early on a Saturday. In Chicago, Senator and Former First Lady Hillary Clinton did just that.But her visitDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145479719770788552006-04-19T13:02:00.000-07:002006-04-19T13:48:39.923-07:00Then and NowThe difference between President Bush's administration, and President Clinton's could not be more stark when it comes to this issue. "Bloom admitted paying the authority and U.S. military officials more than $2 million in money and gifts, the department said. In exchange, they used their official positions to award contracts to Bloom and his companies.Bloom faces up to 40 years in DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145397187106703582006-04-18T14:44:00.000-07:002006-04-18T14:53:07.120-07:00Disturbing!With all the news about the Duke arrests today, when I saw this story I was appalled at the way the press, including Drudge, handled it. I am so upset by the difference of MSM's treatment of these two stories. I've asked one of my favorite bloggers, LaShawn Barber to address this issue. She's done a masterful job of covering the Duke story. I hope she covers this one as well. In DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145386271153732702006-04-18T11:47:00.000-07:002006-04-18T13:16:01.566-07:00Did You Hear????I'll bet you have not heard very much about the documents seized in Iraq on your local news, have you? The government, at the insistence of the president, has finally released the newly translated documents which substantiate all of the president's reasons for going after Saddam Hussein! That link is not working, so try this one; www.weeklystandard.com/Content/ Public/Articles/DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145278797023319882006-04-17T05:22:00.000-07:002006-04-17T05:59:57.156-07:00Unasked Questions? Or Me Thinking Outloud?I woke up this morning wondering if anyone has asked if any of these 6 generals could be the source of the recent "leaks" from inside the intelligence community? It seems entirely possible that their retirement, arguably before their job was done in the GWOT, could have come because they were found out, doesn't it? Now that they're out they have an axeDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145143549115902582006-04-15T15:35:00.000-07:002006-04-15T19:21:03.926-07:00Extraordinary EasterFirst off, I want to wish everyone a Happy Easter! My Easter celebration began yesterday, Good Friday, when I met a fellow Soldiers' Angel Jenn, for a trip to San Marcos, TX. We traveled there to retrieve 60 Easter baskets from another Angel, Cynthia. Cynthia and her hubby had put together the baskets from their own resources and time, and they were filled with fun toys and DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1145059255138087112006-04-14T16:36:00.000-07:002006-04-14T17:00:55.260-07:00Good Point, Hubby!My husband and I were discussing the skyrocketing gas prices tonight. He made an excellent point that some stories at The Drudge Report illustrate. [Should I come up with a pet name for him, a la Phyllis Diller, i.e. "Fang"?....I'll put some thought to that idea.] His point was that the "most powerful man in the world" makes a grand total of $400,000, despite the fact that DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144969447881982552006-04-13T15:49:00.000-07:002006-04-13T16:05:41.643-07:00Socialism At Work?This story presents some interesting questions. "Joyce Vincent was surrounded by Christmas presents and the television and heating in her bedsit were still on.The 40-year-old's body was so decomposed that the only way to identify her was to compare dental records with a holiday photograph.Police believe she probably died of natural causes in early 2003, and was only found in DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144900519188670312006-04-12T20:43:00.000-07:002006-04-12T20:57:12.483-07:00NOT What I Meant!Just a quick post, but only because when I saw this on Drudge. My first reaction was...wait just a dadgum minute!!! This is NOT closing the border! "A Marine reservist returning home after eight months in Iraq was told he couldn't board a plane to Minneapolis because his name appeared on a watch list as a possible terrorist. Staff Sgt. Daniel Brown, who was in uniform and DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144799168859520182006-04-11T14:52:00.000-07:002006-04-11T19:19:53.986-07:00America's Snooze ButtonWith all of the nonsense being put out about marching illegal aliens, I was appalled that legislators seem willing to give them dozens of loopholes in a piece of legislation that sounds more like a pat on the head's of the illegals, than anything resembling a law to protect our borders. So when I ran across this post at Snopes.com, I knew I had to post a hopeful wake-up DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144769357554194972006-04-11T08:08:00.000-07:002006-04-11T08:34:15.256-07:00Is It Just Me?We all saw the coverage of the marches all over OUR country this week, right? Like this one;"The national day of protest, the most widespread in a series of rallies that some have compared to the 1960s civil rights movement, was provoked by legislation in Congress that would turn millions of illegal immigrants into felons and fence off sections of the U.S. border with Mexico."You DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144684649001314242006-04-10T08:50:00.000-07:002006-04-10T08:57:31.436-07:00Off To The BeachBefore I go, I wanted to offer this heartwarming soldier story. Michael Yon has begun a new blog, this one is one dedicated to soldiers to tell their stories. The first offering is from Sgt. Boggs. Here's a sample, but I hope you'll go read it for yourself. It's both heartwarming and hopeful for the future. "After I had been there a few weeks, I noticed that several Iraqi DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144587652718905812006-04-09T05:40:00.000-07:002006-04-09T06:00:53.576-07:00Off With Their Heads!All the rubbish we've heard about Plamegate does not address the real concern I have over these leaks, and who is leaking them. I'm happy to read that Greta, at Fox News, is being responsible in her reporting."It is a very important story and since so many shows were doing it, I felt comfortable being a bit more cautious and pulling back. If no other news shows or print DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144513837237581812006-04-08T09:20:00.000-07:002006-04-08T09:30:37.276-07:00Amazing!There have been so many stories of miracles coming from Iraq, that never see the light of day in the news, but get reported instead by the participants and witnesses of the miracles. Shortly after our troops went in, their progress was stopped short by a horrendous sand storm. While the MSM was predicting "quagmire", the troops woke up the day after the storm, and found the storm had DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144425148182829982006-04-07T08:31:00.000-07:002006-04-07T08:54:01.063-07:00Good News - Bad NewsI always like to get the bad news first, it seems to make getting the good news more joyful. The bad news was the death of three of my electronic necessities; the scanner died way back when, but I've survived without it, my fax has been at 50% capacity for months, It could send, but not receive. The printer suddenly decided that it could not print in anything but a too-light DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144258763852340632006-04-05T10:21:00.000-07:002006-04-05T10:47:01.540-07:00Remember When....?I can remember when America was the world leader in the GUTS department. That was before political correctness, the infamous PC, took over American behavior. Can you imagine what would happen if one of our politicians said this? [hat tip: Snopes RSS update]"Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144191048546586052006-04-04T15:35:00.000-07:002006-04-04T15:58:27.246-07:00A.N.S.W.E.R.This is totally hilarious, and utterly predictable! As the socialists lose their anti-war podium, up jumps the illegal alien controversy. These people just cannot resist a chance to steal the spot-light. So what does a good socialist do? Adopt the newest issue as their own, and couple it with their anti-war stance. "The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) fully DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144168606175537702006-04-04T08:11:00.000-07:002006-04-04T09:47:58.586-07:00No Wonder!I really had to laugh when I saw this story at the Smoking Gun site this morning. Remember back to the Hollyweird lefties screaming at the top of their lungs about the "invasion of privacy" they perceived in the President's decision to monitor calls to or from terrorists? You'd have thought he ordered cameras to be installed in their respective boudoirs! I remember wondering at their DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144095490522264602006-04-03T13:03:00.000-07:002006-04-03T13:18:10.560-07:00A New Perspective From IraqThanks to The Mudville Gazette's daily offering of news from the military, I found the most intelligent and well thought out perspective I've seen yet. I'm an avid reader of Iraqi blogs, including the good, bad and ugly, but this is a must read for MSM-caused starvation of information you can count on from Iraq! Strategy Page is going into my "news source" file right DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144068836918065422006-04-03T05:04:00.000-07:002006-04-03T06:01:02.556-07:00The Way It WasMajor Dad commented recently on my advice to Republicans;"Do establish a "guest worker" program where the entire expense of the program is bourne by those that benefit most. Farmers, hotel/restaurant, gardening companies are the primary beneficiaries...so they're going to pony up the money to make this program run."That's exactly how things were done before the 1965 Hart-Seller DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1144012609027296442006-04-02T13:34:00.000-07:002006-04-02T14:25:11.333-07:00Sunday Syndrome?Maybe it's just because I found today's church lesson, 5th Sunday after Lent, to be so moving, or maybe the idea this cretin is suggesting is so contemptable, but whatever it is, I've got to get this off my proverbial chest! Why is having God in your life so important? Obviously, this guy doesn't know Him at all!"One of Pianka's earliest points was a condemnation of DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143840609361701992006-03-31T11:15:00.000-08:002006-03-31T15:48:31.546-08:00Advice To RepublicansI know y'all realize that you have an election coming up in November, right? Do you know that your fellow Republicans don't believe you know what jeopardy you are in? How close you are coming to losing the majority in both house and senate this election? No, you obviously do not, or you would not be making the noises you are making about an amnesty provision in any DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143755820844041562006-03-30T13:54:00.000-08:002006-03-30T13:57:00.856-08:00The Death of Manhood? Backing down has become a disease in America. This story is just about backing down from carrying a magazine because it shows the infamous Prophet Mohammed cartoons. If you're interested, you will follow the link. I'm not going to exerpt it here, as it is not what this post is really about. It's about the dying concept of what manhood is all about! I've often said, to DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143668017789516942006-03-29T13:00:00.000-08:002006-03-29T13:41:55.646-08:00More Loonie LeftApparently Meathead is upsetting some folks;"Complaining of "personal political attacks," Hollywood director Rob Reiner resigned Wednesday from a statewide preschool commission he helped create.His organization, the California First 5 Commission, has been under scrutiny for its spending practices. "Whatever the spending practices, I really don't care. That this program still DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143578260922054392006-03-28T12:05:00.000-08:002006-03-28T13:51:10.286-08:00Loonie Left in HollywierdThe news seems to be chock full of loonie behavior from the Hollywood types today! Here's a sample of their wierdness;Sean PennIt seems that Mr. Penn does not like Ann Coulter very much. [Annoying sign-on required] He has a Barbie-like doll of Ms. Coulter that he enjoys abusing when he's in a testy mood. He tells us that the doll has cigarette burns in some DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143379273915661502006-03-26T04:51:00.000-08:002006-03-26T05:23:09.786-08:00I'm A Cheerleader For Carlton SherwoodThis little tidbit was brought to my attention by Small Town Veteran [hat tip: Mudville Gazette]. "The Massachusetts senator recently created a defense fund to pay his legal costs in a federal defamation lawsuit filed last fall by a Pennsylvania filmmaker, Carlton Sherwood.Sherwood alleged that Kerry and a top aide sought to "discredit and silence" him while DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143255842335946712006-03-24T18:27:00.000-08:002006-03-24T19:05:53.976-08:00Natalee Holloway's Demise?If you are a Fox News viewer, you most certainly have seen the coverage of this story over the past year or so...or at least it feels as though it's been that long. Tonight the coverage continued on O'Reilly and Hannity and Colmes, and I must make some observations. [Despite the fact that I've pleaded with Fox News over their OVERcoverage of this story, I've got to get DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143206652872920732006-03-24T05:17:00.000-08:002006-03-24T05:24:12.886-08:00Do You Still Read The Grey Lady?After this, why would you waste your time? "For the second time in less than a week, The New York Times today admitted to a serious error in a story. On Saturday it said it had misidentified a man featured in the iconic "hooded inmate" photograph from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Today it discloses that a woman it profiled on March 8 is not, in fact, a victim of DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1143123601559556862006-03-23T05:23:00.000-08:002006-03-23T06:20:01.693-08:00Shrillary & CompanyWhy is it that this story nauseates me? Perhaps it's because when the word "Jesus" comes out of this particular mouth, it sounds more like blasphemy!"It is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the Scriptures," Clinton said, "because this bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself." The bill in question would make being in DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1142981562151972952006-03-21T14:33:00.000-08:002006-03-21T14:54:14.473-08:00Set-Up From Lefties In MSMI double-darn guarantee you that this story will get plenty of play in the left-wing media! Why? Not because it's the story of a wacky old man obsessed with his manicured yard murdering his 15 year old taunting teen neighbor, but because of this;"Neighbors said Martin lived alone quietly, often sitting in front of his one-story home with its neat lawn, well-trimmed DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1142895961596145802006-03-20T14:52:00.000-08:002006-03-20T15:06:01.633-08:002nd Post Today?In memory of my friend Bunker Mulligan, I am offering this 2nd news post...he was so good at that...he's still missed. This item is on another note from the ME, but with relevance to the last one. In fact, this story brought to my attention by my husband this morning. "A judge tells The Associated Press the defendant, Abdul Rahman, was arrested last month after his family DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1142888710721951952006-03-20T12:52:00.000-08:002006-03-20T13:06:00.466-08:00Riveting Interview!Michael Yon has a "must see" video on his site. Dr. Wafa Sultan is a voice of reason in a dangerous world brought on by Islamofascism. She is a Syrian-born American woman who is now living a "secular" life, and speaking out against her former religion. There are many in the Jewish and Christian community who believe that Mohammed, the founder of Islam, was a false prophet. I doDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1142692521870899502006-03-18T05:44:00.000-08:002006-03-18T07:04:16.823-08:00France's Malaise, or America's Warning?Reading this story is quite enlightening, but it is also quite a cautionary tale. At the height of America's war protests, the French were dealing with riots of their own."The images a week ago of cheering students occupying the 17th-century Sorbonne, the birthplace of the 1968 revolt, called forth memories of that exhilarating, romantic leftist youth DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1142380306322824442006-03-14T15:36:00.000-08:002006-03-14T15:53:53.880-08:00Frist's New BackboneI find it amazing that Senator Frist has recently grown a backbone! "Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist plans to push Democrats for a vote of censure against President Bush! After facing down Senator Russ Feingold's censure bill on Monday and seeing Democrats of all ranks fold, Frist thinks it's time to call Democrats on their antics, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "He pushed DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1141998587117093292006-03-10T05:35:00.000-08:002006-03-10T05:49:47.210-08:00The Abortion BandwagonDemocraps' sacred cow is being chased all over the American landscape. South Dakota led the way, now Tennessee is in the hunt! [hat tip: GOPbloggers] We knew this was coming, as soon as President Bush appointed his replacement for the fence sitting Sandra Day O'Conner. This will put this debate where it belonged to begin with; a state's rights issue. These laws are DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1141943758425567992006-03-09T04:39:00.000-08:002006-03-09T14:35:58.533-08:00ReflectionsThinking back over our recent trip through the Katrina ravaged south, I recall the groups of people working with gloved hands holding brooms, shovels, buckets and other implements to recover what they could from the rubble. It seemed as though there were such groups gathered all over Alabama & Mississippi.At one motel where we stayed, there were vans and buses full of teens from all DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1141519394696898592006-03-04T15:57:00.000-08:002006-03-04T16:43:14.810-08:00Off The Beaten PathComing home from Florida, I wheedled and pleaded enough to convince my husband to leave I-10, and venture on to alternate and more scenic routes, through Mobile, Biloxi, Pass Christian…in other words, through the path of Katrina. He got into the spirit of the trip, and asked me to program the Garmin StreetPilot towards a resort he’d spent time at in another life. Imagine his DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1141429751648736012006-03-03T15:23:00.000-08:002006-03-03T15:52:07.703-08:00My Apologies and AdmonitionsMr. President, I reacted with the same knee-jerk reaction that many other conservatives experienced, with regard to the port purchase by the UAE-based company. I’ve since learned more of the details, facts, and particulars where the purchased is concerned, and I am writing this to apologize. I’d have written sooner, but I’ve been on the road, and out of the reach of DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1140462000199366392006-02-20T10:55:00.000-08:002006-02-20T11:00:00.216-08:00"Dear Mr. President,I do not understand the administration's position on the port deal with the U.A.E. company. You cannot make a sweeping declaration that a company in any part of the Arab world can be certified as safe. It cannot be done! The Arab world is full of Islamofacists who are becoming more and more sophisticated in not being detected, and there is no way you can guarantee that theyDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1140218544999923142006-02-17T14:09:00.000-08:002006-02-17T15:22:25.120-08:00Has Anyone Seen This?Was this a front page story in your daily newspaper? No? Really? Has anyone asked why not? Well, I am doing that now! [If you do not see "Secret Saddam Tapes Revealed", scroll down.] This story is not the real reason for this post. The real reason I am writing it is to ask the question that is really, as Major Dad would put it, the elephant in the room. What has DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1140143036444312052006-02-16T15:44:00.000-08:002006-02-16T18:24:15.346-08:00Unfortunate Cheney Update, And More!The Cheney hunting story seems to have taken on a life of its own...which is pathetic! So to update that portion of my previous post, I offer this from the Corpus Christi Caller Times (annoying registration required, so I'll copy/paste);"SARITA - The Kenedy County Sheriff's Department feels at home with the Secret Service and the powerful people who go hunting DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1140058220965694422006-02-15T17:44:00.000-08:002006-02-15T18:50:21.076-08:00Enough Is Enough!We've had what?....36 hours? 48 hours? ...of the most ridiculous overboard coverage of Vice President Cheney's quail hunting trip? Mr. Cheney came clean to Britt Hume tonight on Fox News so can we please leave this ridiculous story and get to the real news stories?I heard this one about the time this whole Cheney debacle came to the press awareness, and it occurred to me then, "DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139863489206246522006-02-13T11:55:00.000-08:002006-02-13T13:11:11.683-08:00Hunters Are Laughing!The flap over Cheney's hunting trip is giving all of us who are hunters a great big chuckle! I cannot believe how ridiculous this is becoming! Attention, MSM fools:"It's not critical. It's not serious," Banko said at a morning briefing. He said admitting Whittington to the trauma-intensive care unit was "a fairly common procedure" for a patient hit by a spray of the small DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139781711476845402006-02-12T13:29:00.000-08:002006-02-13T13:13:23.186-08:00Disappointed?Should I take back my vote for you, Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM)? Before we left New Mexico, both my husband and I voted for you. I saw you as a strong conservative in an abysmally liberal & corrupt state. You were the only female veteran in Congress, and a vote for you seemed to be a no-brainer from everything I had learned about you. In fact, when we heard that you were asking for DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139677255184834602006-02-11T08:39:00.000-08:002006-02-11T09:21:46.933-08:00Spreading Democracy via NBAOne of the many ways America spreads her influence around the world is through sports, in particular through the NBA. As we watch our San Antonio Spurs play, it's always fascinating to realize how international our World Champions really are; Manu Ginobli & Fabrizio Oberto (childhood pals) from Argentina, Tony Parker from France, Sean Marks from New Zealand, Rosho DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139614374196054802006-02-10T14:35:00.000-08:002006-02-10T15:37:35.156-08:00Seething From The Left....soon!The Left is going to lose another important state governorship! This one will really hurt them, too! "Republican challenger Lynn Swann has caught Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, a new Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/WTAE-Channel 4 Keystone poll shows. Swann, who trailed Rendell by 20 points five months ago, has jumped to within three points -- a statistical tossup. More than DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139434870969627272006-02-08T12:59:00.000-08:002006-02-08T14:53:32.033-08:00News For A Happy Dance!Generally speaking, when I am perusing the news items of the day, I see items that 1) make my blood boil, 2) make me want to tear my hair out, or 3) make me shake my head in wonderment that such idiocy is even published. Today I found an item that made me want to do the "happy dance"!"The $415 million federal study involved nearly 49,000 women ages 50 to 79 who were DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139350037958284042006-02-07T13:55:00.000-08:002006-02-07T14:15:09.356-08:00Reprehensible Behavior I guess we should not be surprised by the callous and rude behavior of the left today, but why did they have to show their depravity at the funeral of a good woman? "The outspoken Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, ripped into President Bush during his short speech, ostensibly about the wife of Martin Luther King Jr."Mr. Lowery was DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139176434180081732006-02-05T12:41:00.000-08:002006-02-05T14:13:23.363-08:00Culture of Death?Who would believe in this day and age, people were in hiding for their very lives because they had drawn a cartoon? The cartoonists, many of whom had reservations about the pictures, have been shocked by how the affair has escalated into a global “clash of civilisations”. They have since tried, unsuccessfully, to stop them being reprinted. A spokesman for the cartoonists said: “DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1139097956985342912006-02-04T15:23:00.000-08:002006-02-04T16:05:57.060-08:00Guilt TripI am officially on a guilt trip...for a very odd reason. Last night I attempted to check out this blog to see what, if any comments I might have, only to be told that I had been restricted from access to my OWN SITE! I'm still not completely sure why, but I did get a potential reason from a local radio show this, morning. That is the point that this "guilt trip" begins.As we were DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1138922558159908382006-02-02T14:25:00.000-08:002006-02-02T15:32:57.833-08:00America's Entrepreneurial Spirit America's spirit, what makes America different from any other country on Earth, is its entrepreneurial spirit. That spirit is now triumphing over the mess the left and its union buddies have made of our public schools. Despite the constant fight against the idea of vouchers and school choice, there are businesses springing up all over the US to combat the abysmal DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1137859155179606212006-01-21T07:38:00.000-08:002006-01-21T07:59:19.226-08:00Gun Control In Canada?Americans learned why we cannot allow liberals to run the government, but Canadians may be starting to learn how liberal ideas do not work. The violent crime rate in Canada is but one example. "Canada's gun control scheme has not just failed, it has failed disastrously. Clear evidence of that can be found in a comparison of the crime rates for Canada and the U.S. While DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1137712655578857172006-01-19T14:55:00.000-08:002006-01-19T15:17:35.666-08:00Not Unprecidented; Two In A DayIt's not often, and it has been a long time, but I am actually going to post twice in the same day! I remember my pal Bunker Mulligan's penchant for popping in and out several times a day, depending on what struck his fancy, and I guess he gives me license. [Every once in awhile, I feel like he's that tiny angel sitting on my shoulder...part of me says he is! I DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1137694356651088142006-01-19T09:33:00.000-08:002006-01-19T10:12:36.756-08:00OBL + MSM + American Left = Same MessageYou heard it correctly, Osama bin Laden [or someone who sounds like him] has released a statement! He must be getting the same faxes the DNC sends out to their comrades in the mainstream media. "But Bush does not want this and claims that it's better to fight his enemies on their land rather than on American land."Bush tried to ignore the polls that DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1137601802488483102006-01-18T08:17:00.000-08:002006-01-18T08:30:02.556-08:00Her Unwashed MassesNancy Pelosi was confronted by her own constituency at a recent Town Hall meeting in San Francisco. It seems to me that many Democrats have to be wondering who they've climbed in bed with, and what they have to do to keep these moonbats happy! "When she'd finished her thought, she looked down at the solid row of pink- and black-clad protesters now forming a barricade in frontDagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1137523312366964952006-01-17T10:39:00.000-08:002006-01-17T10:41:52.383-08:00Happy Birthday, Dr. King I don't know if it was going back to my 40th high school class reunion this past summer, or if my reaching the half century plus nearly a decade, has something to do with it. What I do know is that this MLK Day was very thought provoking for me, with a plethora of memories floating to the surface. I remember November 22nd, of 1963. For those of you too young to remember, DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1137363895567214672006-01-15T13:53:00.000-08:002006-01-15T14:24:55.673-08:00MSM & SportsAs a displaced Bronco fan, it was a thrill to get to see my team prevail in the playoff game against the New England Patriots last night...take that, sKerry! Yahoo! However, at the end of the game I was amazed at the announcers' comments. If you watched it, you may know what I mean, but the gist of it, as shorthand rundown, is that the Patriots were real troopers, they kept DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1137021031206649642006-01-11T14:58:00.000-08:002006-01-11T18:11:30.350-08:00A Blog RequestIt is rare that my husband requests that I blog post on something. In fact, today was only the second time. The incident that spurred his fury enough to say, "There's something I want you to blog about!!!" was when he saw Mrs. Alito flee the Senate chambers in tears. After a full day of sitting there listening to the castigations and rude inquiries from moral paragons like Ted DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1136915178272751002006-01-10T04:57:00.000-08:002006-01-10T09:49:50.230-08:00Rants On Alito & MoreI firmly believe that if they turned the cameras off, they already would have voted on Judge Alito's appointment. Teddy (hic) Kennedy and his acolytes are basing their comments and questions on the talking points provided by moveon.org & the left wing bloggers. As usual, the Judge is making them look like under-educated monkeys. As circuses go, this one gets boring rapidly. DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1136842116348971472006-01-09T11:51:00.000-08:002006-01-09T13:28:36.426-08:00The Truth About UnionsIn this case, the National Education Association, or as we know them, the NEA. Thanks to Secretary Elaine Chao, we now have a version of "truth in donating". Sec. Chao decided it was about time unions were made to disclose to the public, and more importantly their members, just what it is they are doing with the union dues! What? You hadn't heard this on any MSM? How DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1136761700208749862006-01-08T14:57:00.000-08:002006-01-08T15:08:23.986-08:00A Bit Of HomeOne of my favorite Iraqi bloggers is Sam at Hammorabi. He has some pictures posted that you will not find anywhere in American media, but they are pictures that we should be seeing regularly to remind us of what animals we are fighting. One of the things I love most about blogs, are the comments that people from all over the universe leave for the blogger. One of those comments DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287400.post-1136691238254541652006-01-07T19:30:00.000-08:002006-01-07T19:33:58.266-08:00Food For ThoughtBefore I leave for the beach to escape from Cedar Fever, I want to leave you with some food for thought;If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words???Things that make you go hmmmm?DagneyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11786391103690215038noreply@blogger.com