Remember The Alamo

In an essay published today, Victor Davis Hanson remarked:

"Behind the current mess and shrill rhetoric in DC are these two larger competing visions — the belief that the Obama agenda is the road to serfdom for everyone, and the belief that it will result in a long-overdue equality of result."

Indeed.  Those of us with more than oatmeal between our ears have recognized that, should Barry somehow retain power, the 47% of the population who don't pay income taxes is going to increase.  His theory of government carried to its logical conclusion would end with no one left to generate any sort or amount of wealth. An entirely new financial system would need to be adopted: one in which all citizens are "paid" the same.

One of my progressive friends enlightened me on where the funding would come from to do such a thing.  The dialog between me and my Progressive Friend went this way:

Me:  "If no one is generating wealth to be taxed, how will the Yankee government have any money to distribute to anyone?"

PF: "The federal government will simply either print the greenbacks or they'll issue checks that represent greenbacks."

Me: "I know that the only thing that would back the Yankee government's checks would be its word that it's actually worth what it says it's worth.  But what about the greenbacks?  What specie would back them."

PF: "The same as it is now: no specie would back the greenbacks.  Like the checks, they'd be worth exactly what the federal government would say they're worth.  What's the matter?  Don't you know that we're almost there now?  At least as far as greenbacks and checks actually being worth anything - at least as far as precious metals go?"

Me: "Yes, I know that and that's why I've been ready for Texas to secede for quite a while now.  We'd back our currency with metal and probably just about everyone would be paying some kind of income tax; probably a flat tax."

PF: "Do you really think that Texas could survive on its own?"

Me: "Remember the Alamo?"

What'll He Get?

Arreola

Jose Arturo Arreola-Lopez, (who is now 25), killed a U. S. Border Patrol Agent in Mexico.  Arreola crushed the Agent's head with a fifty pound rock.

Today, he was handed-over to Mexican Federali at POE Nogales, Arizona.

Arreola was 17 when he committed the murder of BP Agent Jorge Salomon near Bacocahi, Sonora while Salomon was vacationing there.  The murder took place simply because Salomon was a known U. S. Border Patrol Agent.

It is informative to note that Arreola was found in a jail cell in Minnesota where he had been arrested on a drug rap.

Currently, there is no death penalty in Mexico.  There is, however, talk of re-instating it for kidnapping, rape and murder.  It seems that some Mexicans are concerned that the Cartels need to have clamps placed upon them.  Also,there is no such thing as life imprisonment in Mexico.  One particularly famous Mexican was recently awarded a 27.5 year sentence for murder.

Maybe we can hope that Senor Arreola gets a couple of years.  Coupled with time off for good behavior, he can be back in the United States in no time.  All of us know what he looks like now.....  My goodness, I keep forgetting: there is no more Old Patrol.

Deo Vindice

Indian Billy and The Will To Prevail

 "The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail ... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation" - Col. Jeff Cooper 

During the days of The Old Patrol, Agents were trained early at the Academy that things were different than in the military.  Several Trainees in Actor's class had just exited active duty in the Marine Corps and this was a bitter pill for Actor to swallow.  At first, it seemed as if it could be a "deal breaker".

Our class of Trainees was on a fairly easy run: five or six miles; one of our classmates became too exhausted to continue and fell out.  Naturally, Actor and another vet broke ranks, went back to where the panting Trainee was, picked him up and carried him.  "No man left behind", right?

What rescuers didn't notice while struggling with their burden was one of the instructors, Swede, had circled around behind them.  Actor realized that he was there when he kicked him in the ass.  He did the same thing with the other vet Trainee.  "Let Pork lie where he fell", Swede shouted.  They dropped him and re-joined the formation to complete the run.

Back at the barracks, Swede locked everyone into a formation and lectured them: "This job is different from the military.  Because we work by ourselves with our shift partners miles away, there may be a time when you don't have anyone there to pick you up and carry you.  You have to be able to carry your own weight, administer first aid to yourself and to prevail in whatever situation you find yourself".

By the next morning, "Pork" had vanished from the Academy.  No one had told the remaining ones why ... but all of them knew.

A couple of years later, Indian Billy and Actor were working a large group that had managed to cross the All American Canal about fifteen miles West of Yuma, Arizona.  They knew that the group was disoriented because they had crossed over Interstate 8 and were still traveling North toward the mountains.

Actor had cut their sign late in the day shift and Indian Billy had joined him in chasing them.  They were still following their sign on foot through the rocks North of the Araz railroad siding well into the night - long after our shift ended.  Off in the distance, Actor and Indian Billy spotted them.  Finally, they made the apprehension.

By that time, it was around 2300 and very dark.  They were on the way with the group back to their vehicles when the cheap, government issue flashlight batteries in their kel-lights gave out.  That's when two of the group made their move.  Indian Billy and Actor were knocked to the uneven surface of the ground.  The group split into two smaller units and began to run.  Actor ran after one group of about four and got them contained while Indian Billy pursued the other.

The six that Indian Billy was chasing ended up wanting to fight him, but it was so dark that Actor couldn't see what was going on.  All he could hear was the "thump" of bodies sliding down a rocky slope.  After several seconds, Billy called out, "Actor!  Over here!  You got any extra cuffs on you?".  He did.  His Tonks were more docile that Indian Billy's Tonks.

When they arrived back at their vehicles, and loaded the Tonks into the Ramchargers for the trip back to Yuma for processing them, Actor saw Billy's face in the light of his Ramcharger's dome light.  He had a three inch cut running from just under his right eye down toward his lower mandible.  Indian Billy had not only survived; he prevailed.  There was no one there to help him.  Indian Billy prevailed.

Deo Vindice

Holder Knew. Barry The Pretender Knew.

Ciro Rodriguez (D) Texas 23rd Congressional District sponsored the original Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009.  In it, he included $15,000 to fund BATFE's Operation Gunrunner.  In case you haven't heard, Gunrunner funded BATFE's Agents literally walking guns into the hands various Mexican Cartels.


A portion of the Act reads this way:

SEC. 2. PROJECT GUNRUNNER.

(a) In General- The Attorney General shall dedicate and expand the resources provided for the Project Gunrunner initiative of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals involved in the trafficking of firearms across the international border between the United States and Mexico.

(b) Activities- In carrying out this section, the Attorney General shall--

(1) assign additional agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to the area of the United States adjacent to the international border between the United States and Mexico to support the expansion of Project Gunrunner teams;

(2) establish not fewer than 1 Project Gunrunner team in each State along the international border between the United States and Mexico; and

(3) coordinate with the heads of other relevant Federal law enforcement agencies and State and local law enforcement agencies to address firearms trafficking in a comprehensive manner.

(c) Additional Staff- The Attorney General may hire Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives agents for, and otherwise expend additional resources needed to adequately support, Project Gunrunner.

(d) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to carry out this section.

Since Eric Holder, the Yankee Attorney General had full knowledge of the operation, then it is very safe to believe that his principal (the Yankee Chief Executive), Barry, was aware of it as well.  After all, you don't hide those kind of secrets from your boss - especially if the goal is to ultimately reduce firearm availability (which is something Holder's boss dearly wants).


Barry knew.


Brian Terry, Agent, U. S. Border Patrol (deceased) was killed by one of those weapons from Operation Gunrunner.  Has Agent Terry's widow and fatherless children received any sort of apology from Holder or from The Pretender?  Probably not.  It's not in the Liberal/Progressive bag of tricks.  Subsequent to my own very serious wounds received as a Border Patrol Agent, I heard nothing from The Great Fool (Carter).  I did, however, get a letter while I was in the hospital.  It was from Carter's INS Commissioner, Leonel Castillo.  The substance of the letter was: "Dear Agent Nowhere Man:  You should have expected to have been ambushed and captured.  After all, you are dealing with oppressed people."


The mean-spirited arrogance of Barry The Pretender and his friends is legendary.  What we know of the public side of his administration is that they have refined Carter's bumbling into a true art form.  Quite possibly, Terry's family got a letter from Janet The Clueless.  I wonder what was in it.


Deo Vindice

Our Own Village Idiot

Sheila Jackson Lee (D) - of Texas' 18th Congressional District, has placed herself upon the font of stupidity once again.  She insisted that Barry The Pretender is being "disrespected" because he's "Black".

I'm certain that Barbara Jordan's successor must have forgotten the "disrespect" she and her friends have heaped upon previous Chief Executives.

As far as disrespect of those in high public office goes, it has been a national sport even before there were United States.  This Ass Hat is truly a gift to all of us.  She is, not only, a local laughing-stock but is also a shining example of the fact that absolutely anyone may be elected to the Yankee House of Representatives.

If Barry is being "disrespected" it isn't because he is Black (or Half-Black - or Half-White).  Disrespect for him is simply because of his arrogantly destructive conduct while in office.  In short, Barry has earned all of the disrespect he is being accorded.  Our Village Idiot ought to know that, but, because she doesn't, she's laughable upon her own merit.

Deo Vindice

Perrypedia

Governor Rick

Question:  Why do Aggies always smile during lightning storms?
 
Answer:  They think their picture is being taken.


For those of you who just can't stop ruminating about The Aggie's possible quest for a new address in Washington City, I offer the Perrypedia.  It is a compendium of facts concerning The Aggie.  For instance, did you know that he is a former Democrat and an Al Gore supporter?

Quite possibly, the earth doesn't "have a fever", but it's a safe bet that Perry's potential voters (on a national scale) do.  Otherwise, how could their vision be so clouded?

Deo Vindice.

Peligro, Gringo !

The U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez (across from El Paso, Texas) has warned that gringos had better be wary if they go into Mexico or otherwise hang around the Port of Entry.

"Information has come to light that suggests a cartel may be targeting the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez or U.S. Ports of Entry.  In the past, cartels have been willing to utilize car bombs in attacks.  We ask American citizens to remain vigilant."

It seems as if the Mexican Marines have captured a high-ranking member of the Chihuahua Cartel.  Because of that, his homies have threatened violence against (1) other cartels, (2) Mexican Marines, (3) the public in general, (4) the Consulate office in Juarez, or (5) official border crossing points.  Similarities between the cartel's threat and a toddler's temper tantrum are obvious, but this threat is not new.  Any citizen of The Yankee Nation - no matter of what race - who doesn't already know that things are not safe for him in Mexico is either ignorant, deluded or both.

Youth Pastors take note: your summer mission trip could just as easily be done in Chicago's South side, Houston's 3rd Ward, or Washington, D.C.'s Southeast.

Deo Vindice

Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain ...

Since 1940, the national debt of The Yankee Nation has risen (and has continued to rise) since Secular St. Reagan took office.

The War On The Middle Class is ginning-up and finally getting out of low gear.  Barry The Pretender has seen to it that TYN is rapidly approaching the point that his mentor puppet master (George Soros) shall be done with him and begin his search for another ass clown to manipulate.

The electorate - at least the ones of us who are still capable of rational thought - are going to see to it that Barry is a one-termer as Chief Executive of TYN.  The brain-dead remainder will still refuse to admit that Barry is merely a symptomatic manifestation of a much larger evil-behind-the-curtain.  They will look at the rest of us with genuine bewilderment as we try to explain that his function was to play the fool for his intellectual better: the Wizzard Soros.

The Gang Recoils In Horror As They Discover The Real Yankee President

Soros' most recent mantra is that The Yankee Nation can absorb much more debt than it already has.  One must wonder why anyone would believe such a concept.  it violates common sense as well as any reasonable test of basic economics.  The fact that Barry claims he believes it proves that he is either (A) as stupid as some believe him to be, or (B) a rogue and a liar of the most foul stripe.

We can all feel sorry for him on one account: Michelle has grabbed him by his ears, thrown him up against the wall and insisted that he include her mother as part of the live-in coterie of family as they inhabit the Executive's mansion in Washington City.  In response to being manhandled by his domestic superior,  Barry kicks the dog: the economy.

Deo Vindice

Joyce In Sunnyside (a place near Houston)

Joyce says it all.  Turn up your volume...

It would be informative to hear her thoughts on Morris Dees and the SPLC.  Even though the "Progressives" think Joyce is a "plant", she's for real ... a damn good Texan.

Deo Vindice

The UN Doesn't Get It, Either...

Navi Pillay

Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, seems not to fully comprehend that the Gulf Cartel (and other cartels) don't give two hoots and a holler for her opinion.  She is concerned over "the high level of violence" in Mexico engendered by the narco-traffickers.

Mexico's response has been to mobilize the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) and the Mexican Marine Corps to attempt to combat the seemingly endless instances of violence South of what that country calls the Rio Bravo.

The Marines and the SSP, it seems, are almost alone in their quest to put an end to the decapitations and other murders.  At least twenty persons were capped last week at a Monterrey night club.  Local law enforcement appears to be as powerless as the Mexican feds to halt any of it.

The fly-ridden nation of Mexico is one, huge, victim disarmament zone.  No one - except the lawmen and the military - is allowed to own any kind of significant weaponry.  If Ms. Pillay were really serious about Mexican violence and the Cartels' depredation of human rights, maybe she should suggest that Mexico's congress enact something similar to our Second Amendment.  It is more than likely that none of the twenty persons killed in Monterrey had personal protection weapons on them (or within reasonable access).

The violence in Mexico will continue.

Deo Vindice

My Progressive Friends

I know a few Progressives.  Puritanesque and evangelically-oriented, they used to try to convince me of the rectitude of their cause.  No more.  All parties in the several relationships have agreed to a cease fire when it comes to the deplorable state of the Victorious Yankee Nation.

Barry The Pretender was once the darling of my Progressive friends.  No more.  They managed to stick with him through the non-closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, through the muddled and failed "Stimulus" Plan and through numerous other Demodebacles.  What made the fat lady sing for my Progressive friends was what happened this weekend: Barry is negotiating with Boehner over the debt ceiling.

In the end, both will have been perceived to have "caved" by their constituent bases.  Tea Party people are railing against Boehner for even suggesting the hint of a debt ceiling compromise.  Progressives are, now, viewing Barry as just another sad and sorry political hack who will back down when a stronger bully than he enters the room.

Deo Vindice

Barry, The Phone's For You - It's Geppetto, Your Daddy

Serial Liar

Barry The Pretender has been lying to us for so long that it probably seems like truth to him.  He told us that, during his first year in office, he would cut the deficit by 50%.  Such has proven not to be the case.  Through his failed Stimulus Plan (through which he financially rewarded his friends) and through the looming threat of Obamacare The Pretender has managed to almost double the national debt he inherited from Bush 43.

While the Masses are diligently discussing Casey Anthony, the real problem of the economy is being under-reported.  Why?  Probably because it doesn't "sell" well to the population of the Yankee Nation who would much rather focus upon other peoples' problems than their own.  In fact, cultural decline in the United States has placed most domestic news agencies in the same general genre as People Magazine.

 Right now, the debt ceiling is at $14.249 trillion dollars (increased from 9 trillion and change in 2008); something unheard of in all of our history.  Putting it in perspective, a trillion is 999.99 billion.  If you had gone into business on the day Jesus was born and lost a million dollars a day - every day, 365 days a year - it would take you until October 2737 to loose one trillion dollars.

Just one of Barry's panaceas has been to print fiat money - Monopoly money; lots of it.  Backed only by the empty promises of its worth, this money (and government checks which purport to represent it) is flooding into the Yankee Nation with astonishing speed.  The time will rapidly approach when other nations - the ones to which we are in debt - will refuse to take empty promises as payments.  We have already borrowed money from China by selling them worthless bonds simply to pay interest on the debt owed to them.  How long do you think Mao's descendants will cooperate with such an airhead scheme.

Barry The Pretender, hopefully, shall serve only four years as Chief Executive of the Yankee Nation, but it will take several generations to repair the damage he has done in those four years.

Deo Vindice

The Yankee President Has No Adult Supervision

Moe, Larry and Shemp
- Friends of Barry

According to Reuters, a leftist European news agency, the "Arab Spring" functionaries (read "Moslem Brotherhood") have made it to within fifty miles of  Gadaffi's HQ.

This stalwart band of True Believers have, through the offices of Barry The Pretender, been emboldened to press-on through the fog of their enthusiasm in order to prove to the world that jingoism is a multilingual phenomenon.

Exactly what has been the reaction of the Yankee President to this new development?  Quoted in a Canadian rag, Barry's reaction was described this way:

"In a combative White House news conference, Obama forcefully defended America's participation in the Libya mission and said congressional leaders were creating a "fuss" over the operation for political reasons."

It appears as if Barry feels free enough to castigate others over "political reasons" but remains unwilling to fess-up to his own.  Another blog author has characterized the Half-blood Prince as being "pathetic and dangerously incompetent".  I couldn't have said it better myself.


Can anyone explain just why we have to be involved at all?  Put the flag down and think for a minute or two .....!


Deo Vindice