Thursday, November 28, 2013

Turkey lyin' to a turkey....


And the silent bailout continues. Hey, it's a black city......-----Detroit gets $24M federal grant to hire 150 firefighters

Detroit gets $24M federal grant to hire 150 firefighters | The Detroit News:
"The Detroit Fire Department was awarded $24 million in federal funding to hire 150 firefighters, lawmakers announced Wednesday.
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Program grant will help protect Detroiters."

▶ WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving - YouTube

▶ WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving - YouTube: "

Birth of the democrat party

"I am no cook. But I can follow the directions. Which said to let the bird chill in the sink for a few hours."

The Desolate Wilderness


More if you care about our history:
Review & Outlook: The Desolate Wilderness - WSJ.com:
"Here beginneth the chronicle of those memorable circumstances of the year 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton , keeper of the records of Plymouth Colony, based on the account of William Bradford , sometime governor thereof:
So they left that goodly and pleasant city of Leyden, which had been their resting-place for above eleven years, but they knew that they were pilgrims and strangers here below, and looked not much on these things, but lifted up their eyes to Heaven, their dearest country, where God hath prepared for them a city (Heb. XI, 16), and therein quieted their spirits."

Try this at today's Thanksgiving......

Ask each person this question:
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving.
Who were they thanking?
What were they giving thanks for?
 

Governor William Bradford's 1623 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Governor William Bradford's 1623 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience.
Now I, your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims, with your wives and ye little ones, do gather at ye meeting house, on ye hill, between the hours of 9 and 12 in the day time, on Thursday, November 29th, of the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-three and the third year since ye Pilgrims landed on ye Pilgrim Rock, there to listen to ye pastor and render thanksgiving to ye Almighty God for all His blessings.
--William Bradford
Ye Governor of Ye Colony

The Real Story of Thanksgiving-The one they don't teach in schools anymore.

An especially good rendition of the first Thanksgiving.
Read it all.
Make sure your kids read it.
Have a wonderful, thankful Thanksgiving!

The Real Story of Thanksgiving - The Rush Limbaugh Show
......But while most of the rest of the world has been experimenting with socialism for well over a hundred years – trying to refine it, perfect it, and re-invent it – the Pilgrims decided early on to scrap it permanently. What Bradford wrote about this social experiment should be in every schoolchild's history lesson If it were, we might prevent much needless suffering in the future. 
"The experience that we had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years...that by taking away property, and bringing community into a common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing – as if they were wiser than God," Bradford wrote. "For this community [so far as it was] was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense...that was thought injustice." 
Why should you work for other people when you can't work for yourself? 
What's the point? Do you hear what he was saying, ladies and gentlemen?
 The Pilgrims found that people could not be expected to do their best work without incentive. 
So what did Bradford's community try next? 
They unharnessed the power of good old free enterprise by invoking the undergirding capitalistic principle of private property. 
Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work and permitted to market its own crops and products. And what was the result?

.... In no time, the Pilgrims found they had more food than they could eat themselves. Now, this is where it gets really good, folks, if you're laboring under the misconception that I was, as I was taught in school. So they set up trading posts and exchanged goods with the Indians. The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London. And the success and prosperity of the Plymouth settlement attracted more Europeans and began what came to be known as the "Great Puritan Migration." Now, you probably haven't read this. You might have heard me read it to you over the previous years on this program, but I don't think this lesson is still being taught to children -- and if not, why not? I mean, is there a more important lesson one could derive from the Pilgrim experience than this? 
Thanksgiving, in other words, is not thanks to the Indians, and it's not thanks to William Bradford. It's not thanks to the merchants of London. Thanksgiving is thanks to God, pure and simple......

Thanksgiving Proclamation - Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day - 1863

WallBuilders - Thanksgiving Proclamation - Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day - 1863

President Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of Thanksgiving
Issued, October 3, 1863
The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.
In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to invite and provoke the aggressions of foreign States, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict; while that theater has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union.
The needful diversions of wealth and strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship. The axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battlefield; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people; I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to our beneficent Father, who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recommend to them that, while offering up the ascriptions justly due to him that, for such singular deliverances and blessings; they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and union.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth.
Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Wal-Mart deserves the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for improving the lives of millions of low-income consumers globally

Wal-Mart deserves the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for improving the lives of millions of low-income consumers globally | AEIdeas:
"Bottom Line: Any neutral observer who looks at the significant economic benefits generated by Wal-Mart in terms of everyday low retail prices for groceries, prescription drugs, clothing, and household items that generate billions of dollars in cost savings for low-income Americans, along with millions of job opportunities in cities across America for low-income Americans with above-market compensation and significant advancement opportunities, could only come to one conclusion: Wal-Mart is truly great for low-income Americans.

Inspired by this Vancouver Sun article and to provide some counterbalance to Professor Massengill’s vilification of Wal-Mart, I hereby nominate Wal-Mart for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its significant contributions to society, for improving the US and world economies, for directly creating more than two million jobs worldwide at its retail outlets and helping to support many thousands of jobs indirectly for all of the thousands of suppliers to Wal-Mart, and for its contributions to improving the lives of millions of lower-income consumers by offering “Everyday Low Prices.”"

Ace of Spades' Talking Points for Talking With Your Obnoxious Progressive Family Members About Obamacare This Thanksgiving

Ace of Spades' Talking Points for Talking With Your Obnoxious Progressive Family Members About Obamacare This Thanksgiving:
"6. Remember when you were so confident, arrogant, snotty, sneering, and dismissive about legitimate and informed concerns about Obamacare? 
You were wrong.
And you weren't just wrong on the facts, but you were wrong on a human level.
You very nearly screamed your ignorant opinions and shouted down dissent.
You sneered at people as ignorant who actually knew more than you did, and you indulged in entirely-unwarranted moral preening about your alleged concern for the poor.
Despite the fact that you never do anything to actually aid the poor.
Apparently shouting at relatives is your idea of "charity.""

I'm thinkin' this won't look as good 20 years from now.......or as real.......Tattoos so real it's scary

Tattoos so real it's scary | Home - Social Local:
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Remember the "bad old days" when this was considered an outrage? ---Crowd of 100 Illegal Aliens Attack U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Let Them Go

Crowd of 100 Illegal Aliens Attack U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Let Them Go:
"A group of 100 Mexican nationals illegally crossed into the United States and attacked U.S. Border Patrol Agents with rocks and bottles, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP).
The violent group was allowed to run back into Mexico and were permitted to disperse by Mexican authorities without being arrested or otherwise suffering any consequences for their brutal attacks on U.S. law enforcement.
The attack occurred in southern California on November 24, 2013. "

No books here: New Texas library is all digital

Bexar BibliotechNo books here: New Texas library is all digital | Crave - CNET:
"San Antonio's BiblioTech, believed to be the first public bookless library in the US, offers computers, Internet access, e-readers, and technology classes."

Best "worst" movie EVER--Aspen-Mt. Brighton connection-----Vail resorts bought Detroit area Mt. Brighton Ski Resort

Cold spell helps newly renovated Mt. Brighton Ski Resort open ahead of schedule | MLive.com:
"The lift that opened Wednesday is brand new, and the snow on the ground at the mountain came from a new snowmaking system.
Both are part of a $10 million investment that parent company Vail Resorts has made to upgrade facilities at Mt. Brighton.
Vail acquired the resort in December 2012."

The two lift operators at Mt. Brighton become the best skiers in Aspen.
Redefining camp. 
But it IS a fun movie.
Aspen Extreme is a 1993 film about two ski buddies, TJ Burke (Paul Gross) and Dexter Rutecki (Peter Berg), who move from BrightonMichigan to Aspen to seek a better life. The two friends quickly become Aspen ski instructors, but women, drugs, and job troubles threaten to destroy their relationship. Along the way, TJ tries to realize his dream of becoming a professional writer, and the pair train for the upcoming Powder 8 ski competition.
The supporting cast includes Finola HughesTeri PoloWilliam Russ, and Trevor Eve. The cover of the US video release quotes the Seattle Times as referring to the film as "Top Gun on the Ski Slopes."

Some only live to hate.

This guy was an Obama approved illegal immigration plant! --Holding Foreign Visitors to Their Promises

Another staged performance.
And the propagandist MSM played right along
Holding Foreign Visitors to Their Promises | National Review Online:
"Yesterday’s heckler at Obama’s pro-amnesty speech in San Francisco was Ju Hong, an approved guest of the White House and an illegal alien from South Korea who recently graduated from UC Berkeley.
People who still say illegal aliens “live in the shadows” obviously don’t know this guy:
He’s on Twitter and LinkedIn, was a member of student government, has lobbied for taxpayer subsidies for illegal-alien students, and has been the subject of so much fawning news coverage he has his own topic page at the Cal student paper."

Seriously folks. These morons are gonna decide if your kid gets to see a doctor-----Obamacare Enrolls Man's Dog for Health Insurance

Obamacare Enrolls Man's Dog for Health Insurance | CNS News:
"For pet owners across the country, you should rejoice!
Your pets are eligible for Obamacare benefits.
Colorado resident Shane Smith received a letter informing him that his dog, Baxter, was successfully enrolled in the Affordable Care Act.
Smith’s own policy was cancelled under Obamacare, so he decided to enroll with the government’s program. 
During the application process, which he decided to do by phone, he was asked several security questions; he used his dog’s name for one of the codes.
An error in data collection obviously occurred."

This crap is getting old FAST. Just wait until this type of allegation is protected by federal law----Will Leaving a Cash Tip Open Us Up to This Kind of Fraud?

Will Leaving a Cash Tip Open Us Up to This Kind of Fraud? -UPDATED: "
Dayna Morales, a former Marine and a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, posted a photo on Facebook earlier this month, showing the bill with a line through the space for a tip.
The photo of the receipt showed someone had written, “I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle.”
Morales indicated in her Facebook post and in subsequent media interviews . . .that the customer wrote that line.
But a family contacted NBC 4 New York claiming their receipt from the restaurant shows they did leave a tip, and provided what they said was a credit card statement as proof.
The husband and wife, who asked to remain anonymous, showed. . .a receipt that appeared to be printed at the same minute, on the same date, for the same $93.55 total, except with an $18 tip.
They also provided a document they said was a Visa bill, which appears to indicate their card was charged for the meal plus the tip, for a total of $111.55."