Boehner Calls It Quits .... Now, If Only McConnell

John Boehner, Speaker of the House says, "I've had enough !" and announced his retirement at the end of October.


Now, if only Mitch McConnell would ....

Nah, I guess it would be too much to hope for !

Pope Francis ...will he excommunicate Pelosi and Biden ?

I'm not holding my breath BUT if Pope Francis genuinely wanted the Church's doctrine on the sanctity of life and its opposition to abortion understood in this country he would take this opportunity on his historic visit to the United States to do something equally historic and profound.

Since the Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade an estimated 57 million unborn children have lost their lives thanks to pro-abortion proxies like Nancy Pelsoi, Joe Biden and Planned Parenthood.

A public Papal condemnation of Planned Parenthood is justifiable as is the public Excommunication of Biden and Pelosi from the Catholic Church.

In the aftermath, every Catholic politician in the country presently favoring and supporting abortion would hastily maneuver to abandon their positions and rhetoric !

Instead this morning before a joint session of  Congress the Pope implored the assembled politicians with ...."(we) have a responsibility to defend and protect life at every stage of its development." 

Tepid remarks that were immediately and woefully lost on every liberal in the room.

Pope Francis, if you will not speak more eloquently and forcefully for the right to life of future unborn children - then WHO will?

Delaware Man in Wheel Chair ... killed by police

The video speaks volumes ... not the least of which is that it appears the police were not justified in using deadly force under these circumstances !

It was reported to police that the man had a self inflicted wound from a firearm which he presumably still had.

Police thinking when confronted with a firearm is something like this "gain control over the weapon so it can not be used to injure officers or others including the victim himself."

And of course the best way to do that in this instance as concluded by the responding officers is to unleash a barrage of gun fire until he drops out of the wheelchair - now medical personnel can SAFELY attend to his self inflicted wound !

Oh, and then there was the single errant gunshot at the outset - I know it's a little annoying detail but why was it fired, by who, the police? -  and where ?

And, of course there's the standard fallback rationale, "we gave him orders to comply and he didn't".

Did he even understand English? Was he deaf or hearing impaired? Was he able to speak? Did his wound make communication impossible?

I suppose those were all ruled out by police early on in their shoot or don't shoot assessment. Indeed, it's not like they were already pre-disposed to shoot having one shot already fired at the scene, were they?

In shifting his body position in the chair several times I can imagine the victim having made the fatal mistake and having had the misfortune to touch his gun with these cops ready to shoot in front of him.

It's a terrible and sad day for the victim's family but also for all of the cops who day in and day out do their jobs well, with distinction and with honor.


Go here for more details and actual video:

man in wheelchair killed by police

When the Pope got to Washington ...

When the Pope got to Washington Obama took him on a tour of the White House - When they arrived  in the Oval Office the Pope saw a red sign with the numbers 333 sitting on Obama's desk.

"What's this ?", asked His Holiness.

"Oh that, is just to remind me", replied Obama, "that I'm only half finished !".

Obama’s lethal and foolish Iranian Nuclear Deal ….

Obama recently wrote as justification for the controversial Iranian Nuclear deal he’s ramming through Congress on a partisan basis:

“What U.S. policymakers have been clear about for decades — both Democrats and Republicans alike — is that there are few greater threats to our global security than a nuclear-armed Iran. That is why the U.S. and our international partners spent nearly two years working out the best possible diplomatic solution to eliminate that threat. However, throughout our negotiations with Iran, we've remained clear-eyed about the Iranian regime. Whether it's supporting terrorist groups like Hezbollah, continued threats directed at Israel, human rights abuses, or the unjust detention of American citizens, I understand exactly the kind of dangerous and repressive regime we're dealing with in Iran.” Barrack Obama, Quora.

And if you’re SO CLEAR about the dangerous regime you’re dealing with Barack– whether it’s their support of Hezbollah terrorists (read a murderous Iranian state proxy), existential threats against Israel (read genocide), continuing human rights abuses (read murder and torture), and the unjust imprisonment of American citizens (sorry , just couldn’t bring myself to calling it “detention” like you do as though it’s camping)… And, So THE REASON you gave them US $150 billion for this ill advised and lethal deal is …. ?

As a consequence of your implacable ideology the United States is now the single largest financial contributor to worldwide Iranian sponsored terrorism !

Of course I’m just wondering out loud now – But does that mean that the United States must seize all of the financial assets of the United States for financially aiding known terrorists ?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Petra Laszlo …. “A Real Piece of Szar”

Hungarian camerawoman Petra Laszlo who was fired from her TV station for tripping migrants as they fled from police in Hungary a few days ago has apologized claiming that her actions on video were just misunderstood.

Laszlo says the migrants “frightened” her and she acted out of self defense when she tripped a man carrying a child; sending both tumbling to the ground.

Moments later she was apparently “frightened” again when she tripped another small child.

And then, still “frightened” she shoved another migrant as well.

 What’s “frightening” is this zealous nut case !

Larry Summers ....Saga of The Village Idiot !

We need not dwell on his ill advised stock market predictions while at Harvard University; nor of his economic and financial "counsel" provided in the first four years of a disastrous Obama administration - but as the stock market tanked 1000 points last Monday, August 24th, 2015 - Summer's tweeted "...we could be in the early stage of a very serious situation.".

Just SOMEHOW, I am reminded of a village erupting in flame with the townsfolk all shoulder to shoulder in a bucket brigade struggling to put out the fire when the village idiot rides up and announces that "he smells smoke".

Who's to blame if ISIS attacks US .... One Guess

Whose incompetent leadership is to blame if ISIS attacks the US and there are American casualties all over the ground ?

ONE GUESS !

"This (ISIS) is not something that is comparable to the challenges we faced during the Cold War."

Passengers and Crew of MH370 Murdered ???

News agencies report that the focus of the investigation into the missing Boeing 777 airplane Malaysian Airlines MH370 has now shifted to determining whether or not the plane was deliberately diverted from its intended flight path and flown to some unknown location for some as yet unknown purpose.

Some of the facts now known about the flight such as its transponder having been turned off, indications that the plane continued to fly at length at altitude afterwards and other satellite data indicating flight path have all contributed to the shift in focus.

One element reported was a curious profile in change of altitude with the plane climbing to its maximum operating ceiling above 50,000 feet above sea level and then returning to lower operating altitudes.

If equipment malfunction is ruled out, which apparently has been the case in the view of the investigating agencies, then what purpose would it serve hijackers to take the plane above 50,000 feet ?

Pilots are familiar with hypoxia - the loss of consciousness due to insufficient oxygen at altitude. Hypoxia is one of the dangers of operating aircraft above 14,000 ft. If oxygen isn't restored in time the condition becomes fatal.

The ability of a person to function with hypoxia for any length of time is related to the altitude and called Time of Useful Consciousness or TUC - at 35,000 useful consciousness is about 30 to 60 seconds - above 50,000 feet a person will become unconscious in 6 to 9 seconds !

Are the passengers and most of the crew already dead ?

Unfortunately, I can think of only one reason that hijackers would risk taking a plane above 50,000 feet while carrying several hundred passengers who could potentially interfere with a hijacking in progress - and that would be to immediately disable them.

Obama's Stewardship, the cost of Obamacare .... Really ? You're Surprised ?

Obama and his administration have never been forthcoming about the actual costs of the most visible manifestation of the Obamacare debacle – a failed and as yet not fully functional website. The best available information put the cost of failure at around 677 million dollars – but as with most government disclosures, particularly embarrassing ones, you can expect that the all in costs will be more than 100 % higher than reported by the Obama administration.

And now, Golly Gee  …. From the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) watchdog group comes a report that itemizes and details all of the money spent by the Obama administration on the Obamacare implementation so far, including state aid, at more than 4.4 billion dollars !

 Isn’t our government just absolutely fantastic in returning value to us for our taxes ? I mean, My Gawd,  what A bargain !   What A Bargain !    WHAT A BARGAIN !!!  …. at only 4.4 billion dollars, really you know, we just don’t deserve to be this fortunate under Obama’s stewardship.

Because under Roosevelt’s, World War II cost us about 341,000,000  billion or about 700,000,000 billion in today’s dollars – wait a minute, wait a minute, isn’t that what we spent to bail out Wall Street bankers just a few years ago ? (actually it went over 1.2 trillion when the smoke finally cleared but who’s gonna quibble about 500,000,000 billion dollars here and there ?).

BUT then MAYBE some other perspective IS in order about Obamacare –

 This one for instance is currently making the internet rounds but obviously was sent in by some malcontent or other senior citizen type who surely has it “in” for Obama – no doubt he’s some white conservative dude who spends all of his time watching Fox News, is mentally impaired more or less and is probably a bigot to boot … Yeah, no doubt !

“During the 3-1/2 years of World War II that started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, the U.S. Produced 22 aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 48 cruisers, 349 destroyers, 420 destroyer escorts, 203 submarines, 34 million tons of merchant ships, 100,000 fighter aircraft, 98,000 bombers, 24,000 transport aircraft, 58,000 training aircraft, 93,000 tanks, 257,000 artillery pieces, 105,000 mortars, 3,000,000 machine guns, and 2,500,000 military trucks.

We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, invaded Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, planned and executed D-Day, marched across Europe and the Pacific, developed the atomic bomb and ultimately conquered both Japan and Germany.

It's worth noting, that during the almost exact same amount of time, Obama and his administration couldn't build a fucking web site !”

No, but they’ve made stealing and lying about it to the American people into an art form and just imagine how much fun you’re going to have when you actually try to get some of that good ole’ Obamacare in the future anyway …..

Christmas Greetings from Central Pennsylvania ....

To All My Progressive Democrat and Liberal Friends:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or otherwise implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious sect or religion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or even their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.


I also wish you a financially successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated future in recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2015 Common Era (CE), but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of many other diverse cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. This is NOT to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only "America" in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made for you without regard to your race, creed, color, age, gender, physical or mental ability, emotional stability, susceptibility to paranormal phenomena, religious faith, diet or sexual preferences.

AND, 

To All of My Rowdy Republican and Conservative Friends:

Hope you ALL have a Merry and Jolly Christmas, and a Damn Happy New Year !!!

Warmest Regards,

Obama Flirts at Funeral .... and Winter Freeze Settles In

During Mandela's funeral service in South Africa, in front of 91 other world leaders, Obama is caught on camera flirting with the sexy blonde, and leggy Prime Minister of Denmark while Michelle Obama flashes daggers.

Described in press coverage as having lost his dignity during the proceedings and acting "like a hormone-ravaged frat boy on a road trip to a strip bar.", may have been too harsh a condemnation of Obama's behavior and poor judgment .... but then perhaps not ....

Obama can't or won't control himself until Michelle finally steps in, the seating changes and Barack' s feeling the heat .... but no longer from Helle Thorning-Schmidt !!!

Latest word is that a deep winter freeze has settled over the family's Whitehouse living quarters with Michelle moving to a separate bedroom while Obama's poll numbers continue to decline - Hey, Go figure ....

You Can Find Good Stuff Everywhere You Look .... Sort of

Even in the face of life's disappointments, large and small, I'm convinced you can still find good stuff whenever you look for it .... well, sort of.

Over the Holidays my wife pointed out to me that most of America's families are "dysfunctional in some manner or other".

Indeed, I recall reading mainstream news articles a few years ago that loudly proclaimed that at least 67 percent of American families were dysfunctional.

So during all of the Holiday stress .... Take heart dysfunctional American families .... we're a majority and consequently all "normal" (again) !

Obama Chose Bronze .... Big Deal !

Barack Obama yesterday on the last day for enrollments through the Washington DC health insurance exchange registered and selected a "Bronze" health insurance plan - the lowest featured plan available with a monthly premium cost of $400.

The White House was quick to point out that though Obama will pay the premium each month this was only a symbolic gesture on his part in that he and his family receive and will continue to receive their medical care through the US Military at taxpayer expense not through the private insurance plan he's just purchased.

Ok ... it's symbolic of what ?

That he's in the same "boat" as the rest of us due to the Obamacare burdens, including forthcoming cost increases, job losses, poor delivery of health care services due to provider shortages, and long queues to get those services ?

Only I guess if you naively believe that privileged and politically connected people won't get favorable access and consideration and assistance ahead of you and me.

That the government mandated private health insurance plans are good enough for all of us including Obama ?

Got  news for you - the US government in no way believes that a Bronze or any other private insurance product is adequate or sufficient to protect the health of Obama or his family. It's not going to happen. Period.

That Obama is going to spend $400 each month on something useless and of no practical value since he won't utilize it anyway ?

 Well, yeah ..... that IS pretty much symbolic of his entire administration isn't it as he and his cohorts continue to drain and piss away the taxes of US taxpayers.

Thanks .... I got the message real loud and clear !

Christmas Wish List Laments .... my favorite power tool

Always felt that the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who enjoys shooting is a box of ammunition, as opposed to ... oh,  I don't know just off the top of my head - another tie or sweater.

Tried to get that across over the years (unsuccessfully) to the non-shooting females in my family that they don't need to "know" anything about either firearms or ammo (which they don't) - just go into any sporting goods store and buy any box, brand, quantity or type of ammo - it can be rimfire, handgun, rifle, shotgun shells, big magnums, tiny 22 long rifles, whatever - it doesn't matter - you don't even need to gift wrap it - it's still the perfect gift for me.

Why?

Because if I have a gun that shoots it, I will, and have a blast all the while it lasts AND if I don't own a gun that does, it's the perfect excuse for me to go out and buy one that will !

And, this Christmas just so you know in case you're wondering what I would really like to find under the tree - here's a picture of my favorite POWER TOOL .....

Sig Sauer's single stack 45 acp model P220

Ho-Ho-Ho Merry Christmas !