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Posted by: bordsmnj on Oct. 15 2004,11:56 am
John Kerry mentioned in the first debate that he WILL sign the Kyoto Treaty as President. Little is being said about this but Maters need to know that economists have said this treaty will destroy most non-esential businesses (which would include drag racing). The treaty states that the United States will cut ALL energy related emissions by 1/3rd. What this will do is cause gas rationing or an extreemly high tax on gasoline. This will prevent race teams from being able to transit thier race cars to the race track which will force tracks to close and will leave racers no place to race their car. It will also doom the high performance parts industry.
President Bush has not and will not sign the Kyoto treaty because of the devistating effect it will have on business and the economy. I posted this here because you guys need to know whats instore if Kerry wins. I don't want to be typing on this site about the good old days three years from now. Pepole need to know this before the election not after. If there's a reason to vote it's this issue! This s hit will affect pleasure boating and big suv tow vehicles too!!!
here's more.-
The first line from Kerry is from an interview with Field & Stream magazine. The second is from Bush's website.
Kerry: Well you’ve got to enforce the emission standards. And you’ve got to fight with other countries to hold them accountable, too. That was the flaw with the Kyoto Treatyâ€â€the less developed countries were left out. And what goes up into the atmosphere in Asia can have an impact on a Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, or Washington lake just as much as anything else.
Posted by: Ziggy on Oct. 15 2004,2:07 pm
I don't believe one iota of what Kerry has to say--he wants to reform everything and promises everything..he can't do it without the support of the Senate or Congress....which is near impossible to do for anyone.
That's my biggest response to any political post--I hate politics..period.
Posted by: AZKC on Oct. 15 2004,3:34 pm
Now for my liberal ''open mouth when I know nobody will agree statement'' In my best John Kerry voice
"Well it would be a shame to lose one of our nations favorite pastimes. But there is a bigger picture to look at. What type of world do you want to leave our children and their children? Do we just abuse the enviroment and leave it for someone else to fix, or do we start now?"  We all know that gas is not going to be around for ever, maybe hydrogen, maybe electric, maybe methanol, but fossil fuels are finite.
disclaimer: All statements made by AZKC are his own opinions and in noway are shared by anyone on the boards except maybe AZDon
Posted by: Sleek-Jet on Oct. 15 2004,4:42 pm
 Since most electricity is generated with either combustion turbines or coal plants (mostly coal) the majority of these plants would be shut down, or at the very least drasticly cut back.  And since you can't build a nuke plant in this country, it's going to get really cold and dark.  Wind power you say?? Well, the enviro's won't let anyone build very many wind farms anymore becuase they disrupt bird migration routes.  Solar??  OK, but battery technology has got to come farther, or you aren't going to have light after dark.  Fuel Cell??  Great idea, but you need natural gas from somewhere to make them work... but the required decrease in emmissions will basically halt natural gas production as well.  Clinton, to his credit, didn't sign the Koyoto Protcol either, for precisely the reason of  the impact on the economy.  Basically the Koyoto Protocol targets the US, and leaves some major polution producing countries out.  It is a penalty imposed by the EU when you get down to it.
Posted by: AZKC on Oct. 15 2004,5:06 pm
If you could harness all the hot air blowin on HB's political forum that would be something
 
Posted by: Sleek-Jet on Oct. 15 2004,5:21 pm
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If you could harness all the hot air blowin on HB's political forum that would be something
 As far as the no win, I'm all for alternative energy solutions. I plan on putting solar on my house at some point. But, I won't be totally self sufficiant, I'll have to draw off the grid in the evenings and at night. The problem comes when the greenies have gone so far that you can't do anything to try to relieve the enegy crunch. Fuel Cells rock as well (all the hot water you could ever want
, you could take a 24 hour shower if you wanted), kinda spendy though.
Posted by: AZKC on Oct. 15 2004,5:36 pm
Posted by: Sleek-Jet on Oct. 15 2004,5:39 pm
Posted by: AZKC on Oct. 15 2004,5:41 pm
I'm outy
Posted by: Ziggy on Oct. 15 2004,5:46 pm
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I'm outy
Posted by: RiverLiver on Oct. 15 2004,6:56 pm
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Nice disclaimer AZKC
Posted by: BigBoyToys on Oct. 15 2004,9:13 pm
<00FFFF'>Tree Hugging Democraps at it again
The rain forests in South America have been burning for thousands of years, and it hasn't had any effect on the ozone or anything else. The Earth is kinda like a Human body, in a sense that it heals itself.
The Democraps just need to leave everything alone and let people LIVE their life, rather than being told by some rinky dink wishy washy Democrap how to live your life.
And Kerry, just the thought of him gets my blood boiling. Hanoi John doesn't deserve to even be mentioned in the same breath as any true American. And I've had about enough of his I have a plan, I got a plan, there is a plan, BS!!! He ain't got NOTHING! And I tell you what, IF he does manage to weasel his way into the White House, things are gonna get really ugly really quick in this Country, because Kerry is the most Liberal Democrat in Washington, and the House and Senate are BOTH controlled by the Republicans, and it has been widely predicted that the GOP will actually ADD more seats in the House and Senate after the elections.
When it's all said and done, if Kerry makes it into the White House, he will be TOTALLY ineffective because he won't be able to get ANYTHING past the House and Senate.
And that's a done deal folks!
Posted by: RiverLiver on Oct. 15 2004,9:19 pm
Posted by: GoFastRacer on Oct. 15 2004,9:27 pm
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  The rain forests in South America have been burning for thousands of years, and it hasn't had any effect on the ozone or anything else.  The Earth is kinda like a Human body, in a sense that it heals itself.
The Democraps just need to leave everything alone and let people LIVE their life, rather than being told by some rinky dink wishy washy Democrap how to live your life.
And Kerry, just the thought of him gets my blood boiling.  Hanoi John doesn't deserve to even be mentioned in the same breath as any true American.  And I've had about enough of his I have a plan, I got a plan, there is a plan, BS!!!  He ain't got NOTHING!  And I tell you what, IF he does manage to weasel his way into the White House, things are gonna get really ugly really quick in this Country, because Kerry is the most Liberal Democrat in Washington, and the House and Senate are BOTH controlled by the Republicans, and it has been widely predicted that the GOP will actually ADD more seats in the House and Senate after the elections.
When it's all said and done, if Kerry makes it into the White House, he will be TOTALLY ineffective because he won't be able to get ANYTHING past the House and Senate.
And that's a done deal folks!
Posted by: AZKC on Oct. 16 2004,8:07 am
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Kerry is the most Liberal Democrat in Washington And that will cost us a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for all his BS programs and his "Plan"
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Actually he's ranked #11 ÂÂ
<00FFFF'>Depends on who ya ask. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck (Or in Kerry's case, a pigeon.....I'm not very sure with all of the flip flopping going on)
Posted by: AZKC on Oct. 16 2004,9:36 am
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Posted by: Bullitt Bob on Oct. 16 2004,6:29 pm
<00FFFF'>Kerry's not real popular in the trucking industry.
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I like it!
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BTW those are the loads I like!.
Posted by: Mrs big boy toys on Oct. 16 2004,11:27 pm
<00FFFF'>From: "Barb" >
Hi! Received this from a very good friend in PA. she wants everyone to know what she saw.
Good Tuesday morning! John Kerry brought his "front porch meeting" to our
Canonsburg, PA neighborhood on Labor Day morning. Since you will never hear
the truth from the TV or print media I thought that you should know from someone who was almost' there.
The residents who live on the street where the event took place were not
allowed to attend.
Kerry shipped in approximately 90 invitation only VIPs. In addition, there
was a hard luck case who was about to lose her job at USAIR and another was
an elderly woman who was having health care problems. Neither one was from
this neighborhood. The street was closed to all traffic the night before and
all residents on the street were REQUIRED to remove their Bush/Cheney signs.
The sympathetic police officers on duty told us that Kerry used imminent
domain to claim the street for his purposes. Residents who have homes
within the perimeter (approximately 1 full block) were kept behind a line
away from the partisan crowd. The rest of us were not allowed within the 1
block cordon. A neighbor from across the street came to the line where we
were being kept and asked us to come onto his property. The police told us
that we could not stand on this mans FORMERLY private property! This was
set up so that Kerry's views could be heard - but not the neighbors. About 30
peoples (mostly neighbors) shouts echoed down the street "Let the neighbors in".
We could barely hear Kerry speaking with his microphone because press
buses
were used to block us off from view! This mornings papers are reporting
hecklers tried to interrupt Kerry as he spoke to the neighborhood
gathering,
but he turned our chants to his favor by calling us rude. Even though
most
of the media was there to record our stories of not being included in the
neighborhood forum, not one of them printed or aired the truth. This is
what America will look like if Kerry becomes president.
Get registered and get all of your friends registered to vote if they have
not already. Kerry thinks that he is better than the rest of us and he
has
the media on his side to make him out to be what he is not! Finally, last
night as I drove down the street where the rally was, I was shocked to
see
Bush/Cheney signs in almost every yard on the street!
Posted by: bordsmnj on Oct. 17 2004,7:23 pm
that kind of crap doesn't surprise me anymore. it still makes me sick but it doesn't surprise me a bit. i stole your pro bush signature thing if yuh don't mind. p.s. since she wants everyone to see what she saw i'm going to further spread that post around. if for some reason that is not ok let me know and i'lll delete it else where. -jas
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that kind of crap doesn't surprise me anymore. it still makes me sick but it doesn't surprise me a bit. i stole your pro bush signature thing if yuh don't mind. p.s. since she wants everyone to see what she saw i'm going to further spread that post around. if for some reason that is not ok let me know and i'lll delete it else where. -jas
<00FFFF'>I think I can speak for Mrs BBT on this one and say that it's GREAT that you use the pro Bush sig, and also GREAT to spread the TRUTH about that SOB Kerry. And the truth is, he will say anything and do anything to get elected, and if elected, he'll mess up this country big time.
And as you can see by the story above, he don't care about anybody but himself, and doesn't care who's toes he steps on. Spread the story and get out the message! BUSH IS THE MAN FOR AMERICA!!!
Posted by: Mrs big boy toys on Oct. 17 2004,8:49 pm
<00FFFF'>No problem... We all need to get the word out there so our country doesn't go to hell in a hand basket.
Posted by: Mrs big boy toys on Oct. 18 2004,5:12 am
<00FFFF'>"Election determines fate of nation"
In that this will be my last column before the presidential election, there will be no sarcasm, no attempts at witty repartee. The topic is too serious, and the stakes are too high.
This November we will vote in the only election during our lifetime that will truly matter. Because America is at a once-in-a-generation crossroads, more than an election hangs in the balance. Down one path lies retreat, abdication and a reign of ambivalence. Down the other lies a nation that is aware of its past and accepts the daunting obligation its future demands.
If we choose poorly, the consequences will echo through the next 50 years of history. If we, in a spasm of frustration, turn out the current occupant of the White House, the message to the world and ourselves will be twofold.
First, we will reject the notion that America can do big things.
Once a nation that tamed a frontier, stood down the Nazis and stood upon the moon, we will announce to the world that bringing democracy to the Middle East is too big of a task for us. But more significantly, we will signal to future presidents that as voters, we are unwilling to tackle difficult challenges, preferring caution to boldness, embracing the mediocrity that has characterized other civilizations. The defeat of President Bush will send a chilling message to future presidents who may need to make difficult, yet unpopular decisions. America has always been a nation that rises to the demands of history regardless of the costs or appeal. If we turn away from that legacy, we turn away from who we are.
Second, we inform every terrorist organization on the globe that the lesson of Somalia was well learned. In Somalia we showed terrorists that you don't need to defeat America on the battlefield when you can defeat them in the newsroom. They learned that a wounded America can become a defeated America.
Twenty-four-hour news stations and daily tracking polls will do the heavy lifting, turning a cut into a fatal blow. Except that Iraq is Somalia times 10. The election of John Kerry will serve notice to every terrorist in every cave that the soft underbelly of American power is the timidity of American voters. Terrorists will know that a steady stream of grizzly photos for CNN is all you need to break the will of the American people. Our own self-doubt will take it from there. Bin Laden will recognize that he can topple any American administration without setting foot on the homeland.
It is said that America's W.W.II generation is its 'greatest generation'. But my greatest fear is that it will become known as America's 'last generation.' Born in the bleakness of the Great Depression and hardened in the fire of WW II, they may be the last American generation that understands the meaning of duty, honor and sacrifice. It is difficult to admit, but I know these terms are spoken with only hollow detachment by many (but not all) in my generation. Too many citizens today mistake 'living in America' as 'being an American.' But America has always been more of an idea than a place. When you sign on, you do more than buy real estate. You accept a set of values and responsibilities.
This November, my generation, which has been absent too long, must grasp the obligation that comes with being an American, or fade into the oblivion they may deserve.
I believe that 100 years from now historians will look back at the election of 2004 and see it as the decisive election of our century. Depending on the outcome, they will describe it as the moment America joined the ranks of ordinary nations; or they will describe it as the moment the prodigal sons and daughters of the greatest generation accepted their burden as caretakers of the City on the Hill.
Mathew Manweller
Posted by: bordsmnj on Oct. 18 2004,4:21 pm
Posted by: BigBoyToys on Oct. 19 2004,6:09 am
<00FFFF'>Well, did ya get to go see "Team America" last night?  I liked it so much that I may go see it again....and that is a rarety for me since I don't normally like watching movies unless they are the old "Classic" ones.
Posted by: GlassMan on Oct. 19 2004,2:06 pm
This gentleman felt  so strongly about this that he paid for a full page ad in the Sept 6th Edition  of the Army Times. ******************************************************************************************
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>By Dexter Lehtinen, an Army paratrooper and  Ranger, severely wounded in 1971 while a reconnaissance platoon leader in  Vietnam.  He later graduated first in his class from Stanford Law School  and later served as a Florida State Senator and the United States' Attorney in  Miami.
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>Here is his Full Page Advertisement:
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>John Kerry & Vietnam-- THE WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEAL
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>In 1971, I awakened after three days of unconsciousness aboard a hospital ship off the coast of Vietnam.  I could not see, my jaws  were wired shut, and my left cheekbone was missing, a gaping hole in its place.
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>Later, while still in that condition at St Albans Naval Hospital,  one of my earliest recollections was hearing of John Kerry's testimony before Congress. I remember lying there, in disbelief, as I learned how  Kerry told the world that I served in an Army reminiscent of Genghis Khan's;  that officers like me routinely let their men plunder  villages and rape  villagers at will; that "war crimes" committed in Vietnam by my fellow soldiers  "were not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the  full awareness of officers at all levels of command."
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>Then Kerry  went to Paris, meeting with the North Vietnamese enemy officials, all while our  soldiers still fought in the field.  The pain and disbelief I felt  listening to his words went deeper than the pain I felt from the enemy fire  which seriously wounded my face.
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>Eighteen months later I was  discharged from the hospital, the wounds inflicted by the enemy fully  healed.  But more than 30 years later, the wounds inflicted by John Kerry  continue to bring pain to scores of Vietnam veterans. Those wounds--the  bearing of false witness against me and a generation of courageous young  Americans who fought and died in Vietnam--are much more serious than any wound  warranting a Purple Heart.  Those wounds go to the heart and soul.  Those wounds never go away.
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>Today, my son is a Marine Corps  weapons officer, flying the F/A 18 Hornet. He belongs to the same Marine  Corps Kerry ridiculed with his 1971 book cover showing protestors simulating the  Iwo Jima Memorial, raising an upside-down American flag.  He flies the same  F/A 18 fighter jet that Kerry voted against in the U.S. Senate.  And today,  Kerry's picture hangs in an honored place in Saigon's war museum, as a hero to  the Vietnamese Communists.
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>Yet, John Kerry shamelessly drapes  himself in the imagery of Vietnam, military service and the support of veteran's  devoid of any media scrutiny. Meanwhile, the criticism and disapproval of  Kerry by scores of veterans continues to fall on deaf ears.  Worse yet, any  legitimate criticism of Kerry's post-war record is discredited as a "personal"  attack or an attack against his service.
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>John Kerry is quick to  surround himself with a handful of veterans and claims overwhelming support from  the veteran community.  He ignores, however, the wounds he inflicted on  millions of veterans, and he refuses to sign a waiver to release his military  personal records and medical records.  This is the portrait of a man who  has failed to come to terms with his treacherous past.
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>I, Dexter  Lehtinen, paid for this ad personally, without any connection to other  individuals or groups, because I want the public to know what John Kerry did to  our Vietnam veterans.
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>Dexter Lehtinen
>7700 S.W. 88th St., Ste.  303 Miami, FL  33156
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Ya know, I thought (this is the Mrs. by the way) it was funny but stupid but the more I think about it, it was effen hilarious. I love the songs, AMERICA.....FUCK YEAH!!!!! Mrs. Bordsmnj
Posted by: BigBoyToys on Oct. 19 2004,6:00 pm
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Posted by: Mrs big boy toys on Oct. 20 2004,5:42 am
<00FFFF'>By JOE RUFF, Associated Press Writer
BOYS TOWN, Neb. - An Iraqi orphan credited with helping American troops capture insurgents in Baghdad started a new life Tuesday at Girls and Boys Town, the storied home for troubled youngsters.
Wearing a Boys Town windbreaker and holding a plastic American flag on a stick, 16-year-old "Johnny"  the nickname U.S. soldiers gave him  said he was happy to be in the United States.
"Everything's OK," he said. "Real cool."
Soldiers in Baghdad encountered the boy living on the streets and discovered that he knew a lot about the people behind insurgent attacks in the city, said Lt. Col. Brian McKiernan, commander of the 1st Armored Division's 4-27 Field Artillery Unit.
McKiernan said Tuesday he took Johnny into the unit as a janitor in September 2003 and the boy learned some English. The boy eventually helped U.S. troops apprehend more than 40 insurgents and seize several weapons caches, McKiernan said.
"He came to identify with the soldiers and admire them," McKiernan said. "He is a unique individual with a lot of heart, very loyal."
After learning that his unit was going to be transferred to Germany, McKiernan contacted Girls and Boys Town about helping the boy. McKiernan feared Johnny could be targeted by insurgents for helping the Americans.
"I thought if we could give him a better lot in life, a fresh start, it would be worth it," McKiernan said.
Johnny arrived in the United States on Monday and ate a McDonald's hamburger for his first American meal. At Girls and Boys Town, he will live with a couple who have seven other orphans and two of their own children.
For privacy reasons, Girls and Boys Town would not disclose the boy's name.
Although Johnny had little schooling in Iraq (news - web sites), he said he wants to get a high school diploma and join the U.S. Army.
This is the kind of stuff you don't hear about.....I wonder why?
Posted by: BigBoyToys on Oct. 20 2004,5:59 am
<00FFFF'>That's such a cool story
And I think the icing on the cake is that he wants to get a high school diploma, and then join the US Army Right on
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<00FFFF'>Yes, it is a shame. But it is because the MEdia Bias, There are lots and lots of good things happening in Iraq, and elsewhere in the World for that matter, but we don't hear about that stuff. All we hear and read about is the blood and guts stuff. It really is too bad, but the media just doesn't consider good things "News" I guess.
That doesn't apply just in the Iraqi war too. That applies on everything, both foreign AND domestic stories. An old song comes to mind right now....Sure could use, a little good news, today.
Posted by: Mrs big boy toys on Oct. 26 2004,5:20 am
<00FFFF'>The other day, my nine-year old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our Country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation.
My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window He said "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"
"I see trees and cars and our neighbors’ houses." he replied.
"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America and you are President Bush."
Our son giggled and said "OK."
"Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a different country" my husband said.
"OK Dad, I'm pretending."
"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and pretend you see Saddam come out of his house with his wife. He has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, and then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him. They are screaming and crying. They are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and they are afraid of their father. You see all of this son... what do you do?"
"Dad?"
"What do you do son?"
"I'd call the police, Dad."
"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take your call, listen to what you know and what you saw, but they refuse to help. What do you do then son?"
"Dad… but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine.
"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it."
"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.
"I know he did..but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children."
"Daddy...he kills them?"
"Yes son, he does. What do you do?"
"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.
"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him," my husband says.
"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"
"WHAT DO YOU DO, SON?" Our son starts to cry.
"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next, son?"
"What Daddy?"
"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"
"Daddy..."
"WHAT DO YOU DO?"
Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I'd close the blinds, Daddy."
My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him .."Why?"
"Because Daddy..the police are supposed to help people who need them...and they won't help... You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't help me stop him...I'm afraid...I can't do it by myself Daddy...I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and...and.....do nothing...so...I'm just going to close the blinds... so I can't see what he's doing...and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening."
I start to cry.
My husband looks at our nine-year old son standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husband’s questions and he says..."Son"
"Yes, Daddy."
"Open the blinds because that man... he's at your front door..."WHAT DO YOU DO?"
My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitation he says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"
I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs our son to his chest and hugs him tight, and says... "It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son...You should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife, and his children and the old lady across the way. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone, before it's too late." my husband whispers.
THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen son, THAT is the greatest EVIL of all. Our President is doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this war is a war of humanity. WE must remove evil men from power so that we can continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out our window; so that my nine-year old son won't grow up in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" the blinds, the atrocities in the world won't affect him.
"YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!"
BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA!! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS..."
This should be printed in every newspaper and posted in every school in America. Of course that won't happen, so we'll use the Internet.
Posted by: Bullitt Bob on Oct. 27 2004,9:07 pm
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Posted by: GoFastRacer on Oct. 31 2004,6:36 pm
A cowboy was herding his cows in a remote pasture when suddenly a
brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him.
The driver, a young man in a YSL suit, Fendi shoes, Bvlgari
sunglasses & an Armani tie leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If
I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you
give me a calf?"
The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his
peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer,
connects it to his AT&T cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the
Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an
exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite
that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then
opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image
processing facility in Hamburg, Germany.
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image
has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL
database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with hundreds of
complex. He uploads all of this data via an email on his Blackberry and,
after a
few minutes, receives a response.
Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech,
miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and
says, "You have exactly 1586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the
cowboy.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on
amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you
exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" The
young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a consultant to the Kerry campaign." says the cowboy.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even
though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I
already knew, to a question I never asked; and you don't know anything
about my business...
....Now give me back my dog.
Posted by: GoFastRacer on Oct. 31 2004,6:39 pm
(Most Americans haven't thought about this, have you?)
Should Kerry and Theresa start running the government, you will begin paying
upkeep and Secret Service care for 5 Kerry mansions.
Kerry is one of the richest SenatorsinGovernment,ever.WhensomeoneiselectedPresident,itmeanstheSecretServicehastoprotec
tthePresidentandhisfamilyaswellashisproperty.BBRBRBTheKerry'shavefiveUSpropertiesnotcountingtheseveralforeignpropertiestheyalsoown. The cost to run these homes are much more than what the average American could afford, even if the rent was free, and all you had to pay was the water, gas & electric, including ground keepers, maintenance, pool, and house keepers. For him to be President would require the taxpayers to pay for all that including a completely staffed Secret Service security for 24 hours a day. In addition to that we will have to pay for each of their homes for security improvements even if they never go to them all, that is, that just in case. Who do you think will pay for all this? We will !
This takes all the expense off Kerry and puts it on us. Nevertheless, factor another major cost to Americans that Kerry does not want you to know about. Becoming President would automatically include taking care of all their properties with Secret Service Agents -- this includes 5 agents per 6 hour shifts, 4 times a day, 365 days of the year for the rest of their lives as long as they own those properties. It comes with being President, once you are elected. It requires us the taxpayers, to pay for this as well as his annual salary, as well as his retirements (Senator and President) including the cost of living adjustments each year to boot, plus salaries and protection for all their real estate property, plu s Secret Service Agents, and pay the bills for the rest of his life.
In addition, feed the Secret Service Agents and rotate new ones every 6 hours for the rest of Kerry's life.
Do the math. Five properties need to be protected. This requires five Secret Service Agents per shift, daily every six hours, per property! That is 20 Secret Service Agents per day per property everyday including Holidays. Wow, what does that cost?
Lets say an average of 20 agents per property, each earning about $60K per agent to survey the perimeters and protect. Now times that by five properties so far. That is, if the Kerrys do not buy any more properties afterwards. This also includes the Agents vehicles and repairs, gas, meals, days off, paid vacation, and medical plan visits etc per agent. Who pays? YOU pay, the whole time they are alive after becoming President!
Is this the best use of our tax money, electing Kerry to take care of all their properties, both foreign and domestic? On the other hand, shouldn't he pay for his own? Yet, the Presidential salary could not afford it.
The more I think about paying for Kerry's properties everyday, just makes me happy keeping President Bush all the more merrier. Without raising taxes to boot.
How on earth would Kerry pay for everyone to have Healthcare, increase our military, and have us pay to protect his investments, all without raising our taxes?
Tax and spend Kerry is his party's motto.
Which really has to make you wonder why anyone with his wealth, would take a salary of that of a U.S. Senator, never mind "wanna be" President? Do you believe now why he needs to be the Prez? To serve the people? On the other hand, the people serve him and his wife!
Please lets keep Bush a resident in the White House, and not have to protect another Kerry house.
Think this one over and then have a nice day.
Posted by: Wifey on Nov. 02 2004,12:30 pm
Sending out Prayers that BUSH WINS!!! 
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Posted by: AZKC on Nov. 02 2004,2:59 pm
If this is a Kerry fans thread how come there is no love for the man, you guys are a bunch of haters
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Posted by: AZKC on Nov. 02 2004,3:06 pm
Also remember in the great Irish tradition "vote early and vote often"
Posted by: Sleek-Jet on Nov. 02 2004,3:09 pm
I figure I'm up on you by a couple hundred.
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Posted by: Carrera Elite on Nov. 04 2004,9:44 pm
Little Tommy, who had just opened his book, closed it slowly, and said to the stranger, "What would you like to discuss?"
"Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "How about politics? Should we keep Bush or elect Kerry?"
"Okay," said Little Tommy. "That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow and a deer all eat grass. The same stuff! Yet, a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?"
"Jeez," said the stranger. "I have no idea."
"Well then," said Little Tommy, "How is it that you feel qualified to discuss who should run the country when you don't know crap?"
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