2005 October | The Bull Speaks!

It finally happened.

Someone asked me the question that has been one every political mind…

“Is American ready to have a woman, or a black, in the Office of President of the United States?”

The Answer is a big ol’ Hell YES!
Though not some weak-kneed figurehead. Said person is gonna have to be both, loyal to the Constitution of the United States as written and intended by the Framers, and be more than reasonably clean of record.

In this writer’s opinion that will likely rule out Condi Rice because of the (long expected) current Liberal-fueled, so-called White House scandals. Unless, of course, the investigations end and totally clear her and the Bush Administration before the race begins.

It for damned sure rules out that Nazi Cow, Sen. Hillary R. Clinton as she has shown us all clearly how she plans to rewrite the Constitution as she and her Liberal lap dogs see fit. Screw the Founding Fathers. Screw Individual Freedoms. Socialism in America.
Frightening.

For years I’ve said there is a “No Lose” ticket out there. Don’t matter much which person takes top billing either…
Gen. Colin Powell and Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Both are strong on the Constitution. Both believe in America. Both are extremely experienced in real life and politics at many levels. Dole is simply an outstanding American in every respect. However, Powell really intrigues this writer. Take the following quotes from “The Powell Principles“, (McGraw-Hill 2003):

“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.”

“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.”

“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”

“Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.”

Now, how to get Powell to agree to run? The problem there is that he promised his wife he would leave public office and he is a man of his word. Dole? I wonder about her “War Chest”. Does she have the funds & fund raising ability to get the job done? Actually, the same applies to Powell.

Yes, I know there are pockets of racism and sexism here in America. I see it far too often. Here in Mobile, AL a black Mayor was elected for the first time just weeks ago. Immediately following were the whispers of how the City will now become a cess pool, whites will now be second-class citizens, etc. Not blatent hatred, but distrust and low expectations It saddens me. However, Mobile, AL is not the United States and those whispers are merely the dying breaths of a decrepit culture on its way to the grave.
Good riddance.

As I see it, there is only two groups here in America that could not yet have a member run for President: Gays and Pagans. I’m Pagan. While I’ll likely not live to see one of us in the Oval Office I know that Time will cure that ill. So, too, for Gays.

As long as the Constitution of the United States of America is held as dear to the populace as it has been for over two hundred years there is a Promise of Freedom and Equality for all Americans.

Omar, out!  End of Article

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I was out – again – reading through the blogs when I came upon a mention of a webpage called “Your Age on Other Worlds“. Intrigued, I zipped over there and had my age quickly calculated.

Imagine my delight to find that on Mars I would only be 23.1 years old! Yay!

I was especially pleased as while at the County Fair a couple of days ago I won a prize for “Fooling the Guesser”. The carnie attempted to guess my age within two years either way.
I’m 43 years old. The guy guessed 52!

52…? Hell yeah, I’ll take 23.1!

Oh. The prize was a two foot long plush dragon.

“Old” Omar, out…
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So I’m bored and reading various blogs – like I do most mornings. Then I come across a blog with a post noting just how much his blog was worth according to research by Technorati. His was a cool $36,000.00+! The blog owner had made comment that if anyone wanted to pay hi that amount to stop blogging he would gladly do so.

I thought for a moment, debating if I really wanted to start off my day with the insult of finding this blog to be worth less than a cup of coffee. Then, I thought, “What the hell. Let’s give it a go!”, and hit the button. I nearly fell in the floor when this came up…

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My blog is worth $81,293.76.
How much is your blog worth?

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$81,293.76? Who knew?

BTW: I, too, am willing to sell this blog for that exact amount. However, that doesn’t mean that “someone” else in this home wouldn’t fill the void with a new blog. Just so you know…

Omar, out.  End of Article

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Northwest Territorial Mint | October 21, 2005

After completing nineteen daring deployments over a stunning thirty year career, The U.S.S. Parche, the most decorated boat in U.S. Navy history, lowered her colors for the last time in the fall of 2004.

Parche (pronounced PAR-chee) was the last of the Navy’s thirty-seven Sturgeon-class attack submarines to be decommissioned. During her career, Parche earned an unprecedented nine Presidential Unit Citations. Additonally, the sub was awarded ten Navy Unit Commendations and thirteen Navy Expeditionary Medals. Parche also holds the U.S. record for submerged endurance.

During one of the boat’s legendary deployments in 1982, under the leadership of Captain Peter Graef, Parche maintained submersion for an amazing 124 days before resurfacing. Demonstrating its remarkable endurance, Parche came close to breaking its own record in 2002, when the boat and her crew completed a 121-day submerged deployment.

Many former crewmembers expressed the desire to commemorate Parche after learning she was going to be taken out of active duty after thirty years of service, but one man stepped forward and took up the challenge. In anticipation of Parche’s decommissioning ceremony, Senior Chief Petty Officer Shaun Peirsel, who served on board Parche from May of 2000 until August of this year, spearheaded an effort to have a special commemorative coin made to honor the service of the boat and her crew. “I wanted to do something special to honor the ship’s history and to help carry on her name,” Peirsel said. “The coin seemed to me to be the best way to make it happen.”

With this goal in mind, Peirsel began to sketch out the coin’s design. In early 2004, he set out to find a company capable of transforming his vision into reality. After months of scouring the internet, he made contact with Northwest Territorial Mint. Working closely with the company’s design team, he was able to create a unique commemorative coin worthy of Parche’s proud heritage.

More than just a symbol of Parche, the 1,100 coins produced by Northwest Territorial Mint exclusively for the boat’s decommissioning were made from metal taken directly from the Parche itself. Eighty-seven of the original 1,100 coins that were produced at Northwest Territorial Mint’s facility in Auburn, Washington were presented in August of 2005 to the members of Parche’s final crew. These eighty-seven coins contained a special reverse and were inscribed with the names of the respective crew members.

The remaining 1,013 coins, which were distributed to Parche’s past crew members, featured a more generic reverse and were not inscribed with the names of the recipients. With the original coins distributed, Northwest Territorial Mint has announced plans to mint a second coin commemorating Parche. The new coins will be struck using the same die as the original but will not contain any metal from the boat.

The first Parche (SS 384) was commissioned in 1943 and earned acclaim during World War II as part of the Navy’s famous Pacific Submarine Force. During her five years of service, the boat earned two Presidential Unit Citations.

“All of us who served on Parche were aware of how important that first boat was,” said Peirsel. “We were proud to continue in that great tradition.”

The reverse of the coin that Peirsel helped to design bears the shield of the Parche, inscribed with the Latin phrase “Par Excellence,” the motto shared by both boats.
Parche is depicted returning from her last mission on the coin’s obverse. Flying high above her deck are the Presidential Unit Citation and Navy Unit Commendation flags.

The new coin salutes Parche’s outstanding service to the Navy and the nation at large. As he considered the final commemorative coin, Chief Peirsel said “I hope it helps people come to appreciate Parche and how important the ship was to America’s naval history.”

Took a Goat to get it done. Of course.
Omar, out.  End of Article

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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.”

~~~Ronald Reagan~~~  End of Article

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Here’s a quote from the The Nazi Cow Who Would Be President:

In a time when our nation’s military is serving in hostile locations across the globe, I believe there is nothing more important to our soldiers then letting them know that their country supports their courage and sacrifice.

Er… Yeah…
This coming from the same wench that regularly stares favorably at Socialist Governments and day dreams of a Socialist America. The same woman who could see no real problem with gas prices going as high as $6.00 per gallon. Of course, her veiws tend to flip-flop much like John Kerry’s depending on the political winds at the moment. The same woman who decries racism in any form, but has too many times to count been heard to scream such things at Bill as “Jew motherfucker,” “Jew Boy” and “Jew Bastard.” [NewsMax, 15 and 17 July 2000]. (Not that good ol’ Bill is so lilly-white. He was often quoted using the “N” word to refer to both Jesse Jackson and local Little Rock black leader Robert “Say” McIntosh.)

Probably the best quotation that can be used to sum up Hillary Clinton is this: “We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking of what’s best for society.â€?? What the heck, woman!? Have you even freakin’ read the Constitution of the United States?

More, let’s not forget the quote from He Who Would Be ‘First Husband’ – William Jefferson Clinton: “We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.â€?? Says a lot about this family, doesn’t it?

Oh yeah, just so you are reminded, Hillary… Here’s a famous shot taken of you with one of our American Heroes. You remember, don’t you? The guy who showed the world that he was forced to have his picture taken with your shriveled Socialist mug…

Before anyone that may not have seen this photo yet says that it was falsified, here is what Snopes.com had to say about the matter:

TRUE!

The gesture of crossing one’s fingers is not unique to the military, of course; it is an ages-old symbol used to indicate that the finger-crosser does not mean what he is saying or is being compelled to act through coercion. (A typical kiddie trick is to surreptitiously cross one’s fingers behind one’s back while making a promise, a token that supposedly shields the finger-crosser from the obligation of upholding the terms of his oath.) The implication of the photograph shown above (which began circulating on the Internet in early 2004 and was taken at one of the military facilities New York senator Hillary Clinton visited in Iraq during the Thanksgiving 2003 holidays), then, is that despite the smiling faces and friendly hand-shaking captured in the picture, the soldier is communicating that he is not really all that pleased to be meeting Senator Clinton.

The “not really all that pleased” assessment is evidently accurate â€??? although the picture originally appeared without any accompanying text, and the “coercion” caption was only added later to make the humor of the photograph more explicit â€??? as the soldier pictured with Senator Clinton (who asked that we not identify him by name) told us that he employed the gesture to indicate that he was not a fan of the senator’s and was not as appreciative of having the opportunity to meet (and pose with) her as it might otherwise appear.

Omar, out!  End of Article

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No. Not that kinda booger!

This kind of Booger!!!

Booger the Iguana

Ain’t he cool? Booger here is in need of a home. Currently he lives with his long time human parents who now, due to age and health, can no longer care for him. According to our Reptile Vet, this Iguana is the best cared for lizard she has ever seen. He even gets his scales oiled regularly! Did you know that four foot long lizards can be potty trained? This one is! No foolin’! He’s a sweet one. Loves to get scratched, loves a warm dark blanket to sleep under and loves his salad.

If anyone takes a notion, check us out at Chaos & Critters or on Petfinder.com. Heck, just write to me and I’ll send you a few more pics.

Never thought I’d see a beautiful Booger, but now I have!

Omar, out.  End of Article

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*gag!* You have NO idea how bad that title tasted!

Here’s the thing: Every week I get something along the line of a thousand emails. Most are legit. A number, (too many), are spam. Another percentage are Internet Rumors. Mostly the rumors are silly and obviously horse shyte. The point where I begin to have issues with the rumors is when they threaten the future of this Great Land I call home.

You see, all too often those email rumors are aimed squarely at Senator Hillary Clinton and that is where the danger lies. Attacks of every conceivable nature have been leveled at the Senator from New York. The vast majority are obviously totally false, others can not be substantiated at all. (For starters, check out Snopes.com if you want to check for yourself.) I’m here to tell all of my Dear Readers that this type of cheap attacks must stop – and I mean right now! We don’t have time to play with cheap internet jokes.

The mid-term elections are rushing down upon us even as I sit here typing and Conservative may be in a world of deep, dark, shyte. The next Presidential Election is closer than you may want to think. If there was ever an occasion not to be wasting time on false accusations against Hillary Clinton, this is it. If the best we can do is the tripe that is out on the Web now, (mostly old and recycled crap), then count on Hillary Clinton changing her title from Senator to President.

It can happen. It will happen. And YOU are the only hope for the ‘Land of the Free’ to stay that way!

This may sound like the rantings of a desperate Conservative flunkie. So be it. What I know is that should Hillary Clinton gain the office of President and there be anything even close to a Liberal majority in either House or Senate, then America as we know it will cease to exist. Freedoms we have known for centuries will be swept away in a tidal surge of Liberal/Communist cheers and tears. Just for starters…

  • Taxes? You haven’t seen taxes yet!
  • Gas prices? Dude, those are just the beginning! Hillary would *love* to see $6.00 per gallon be the norm.
  • To my fellow Outdoorsmen: kiss your guns goodbye, and your knives (just like in jolly ol’ England), and hunting, and – if PETA gets it’s way – good bye to fishing! (Wouldn’t surprise me to see PETA become a Government Agency under Hillary…)

Finally, to my Christian Readers: You may think that people like me, (a tattooed & pierced Pagan), are your worst enemy. You are wrong, for you and I share many common beliefs. One of those is that as an American we may worship our Creator as we see fit. I promise you that the Liberal Left has different ideas that they wish to impose upon us all. As they see it, ‘the mob’ – as they refer to the population – is deluded by Faith and can not be trusted to make individual decisions and is in need of ‘guidance’.
Thier ‘guidance’ I can do without, thank you very much!

There is one thing I’ve learned since moving down here to the Gulf Coast. Preparation. Hurricanes are stearn taskmasters. Wait until the last minute and you will lose. Everytime. The same goes with Elections. We must prepare. We must come together, we must gather facts – not cheap lies. This preparation must start now.

We must also seek out our strongest to do battle in 2008. McCain? Rice? Giuliani?
I don’t know.
What I *do* know is that it is time for us to get started on the path and to arm ourselves with FACTS – not fiction!

Omar, out.
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(Found on NewsRadio 710 WPMI-AM Mobile, AL website.)

By LISA HOFFMAN – Scripps Howard News Service

If the notorious BTK serial killer Dennis Rader wants to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, there’s nothing to stop him.

But that would change under a newly unveiled Senate measure to close a loophole that allows some murderers to be laid to rest in America’s most sacred soil.

“We should not bury brutal murderers alongside America’s honored dead,” said Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, which held a hearing on the matter last month.

Rader – who called himself “the BTK killer” for “bind, torture, kill” – was recently convicted of murdering 10 people in Kansas. Under current law, he is entitled not only to burial at Arlington or another national cemetery, but also to such military honors at his funeral as the playing of taps and the presentation of a flag to his family.

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That is because Rader received an honorable discharge from the Air Force, where he reached the rank of sergeant. Such service entitles him and other veterans to the right to be interred in a national cemetery. It also is because Rader was sentenced to life in prison with at least the technical possibility of parole in 2180. As a result, Rader is not covered by a 1997 law passed to prevent the remains of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh _ who was a decorated Army soldier during the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War _ from being buried in any such cemetery. That law was narrowly written to exclude from burial just those convicted of capital murder with a sentence of life without parole or death. Veterans’ organizations had fought a broader measure because of their contention that _ except for the most heinous of criminals _ an honorable term of duty is sufficient justification in itself for a military burial, regardless of what else the person might have done. But reports last summer of the placing of the cremated remains of convicted double-murderer Russell Wayne Wagner at Arlington triggered a new look at the burial rules. Wagner was convicted of killing Daniel Davis, 84, and his wife, Wilda Davis, 80, in a brutal stabbing in 1994 in Hagerstown, Md. Though sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, he was eligible for parole. After Wagner, 52, died in February of an apparent heroin overdose in a Maryland state prison, his remains were placed in a columbarium at the cemetery. The son of the murdered couple was outraged to discover where Wagner had been laid to rest, and the situation stirred Congress to re-examine the rules. Craig has also introduced a bill that would allow the removal of Wagner’s remains from the cemetery. At a hearing in September, Department of Veterans Affairs officials said those claiming the national-cemetery-burial benefit are checked to make sure they indeed served, and did so honorably. No criminal records checks are currently made. (Contact Lisa Hoffman at HoffmanL(at)shns.com.)

Oh crap! This needs fixing!
Omar, out!
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I’ve just wasted 15 minutes of the short amount of time I have left on this planet reading a pile of shyte called a Terror Survival Handbook. Here’s the list of items they suggest you have on you at all times.

  1. Energy Bars. Have you ever ate those things? You’d do better eating the nearest corpse…
  2. A small towel. Duh. Anyone who has ever read “A Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” knows that! You’d best make it a large towel, though…
  3. A bottle or two of water. No complaint here, though I’d add water purification tabs or one of the new filter straws as well.
  4. A small flashlight. Always a good plan.
  5. A moderate amount of cash. Another well made point.
  6. A small whistle. Make that a LOUD whistle. Don’t play here. If you’re trapped a small kids whistle won’t make it.

Wait!“, you say. “You just agreed with most of the points on the list“. Yep. I did. Problem is that the list isn’t complete. If you’ve been a regular reader of this blog then you are aware of the “everyday carry” items I’ve spoken of so often. Grandpa Homer made me a believer and I hope I’ve made one out of at least one of my readers. Here they are:

  • A knife – *well* sharpened. Mankinds first truly effective tool and still used everywhere,everyday.
  • Some way to start a fire. I carry a Zippo lighter. YMMV.
  • A length strong string or small rope.

With these items added to the list above you can survive a hell of a lot of bad shyte. However, I’ll add one last thing:

  • A Handgun that you are well trained in the use of, and at least one reload. Why not go ahead and be proactive when it comes to terrorism? I like any weapon firing a round .40 caliber or larger – preferably .45 caliber.

Let’s be real here. We’re talking about terrorist wanting to kill you and as many of those around you as possible. If you’re certain he’s a terrorist, take his ass out first! Terrorist are NOT human beings. They are vermin and should be treated as such. It is best to swat the mosquito before it bites.

That it for now from Mobile, AL.

Omar the Bull, out!  End of Article

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Slept well, but awoke too stiff to get out of bed unassisted. I tried to go out and clean more of the hurricane debris up yesterday and did too much. Sucks, but I’ve got no one to blame but me. Perfect timing too. We are supposedly getting “a large snake” in at our Rescue today.

“A large snake” coould mean anything from a five foot long Eastern King snake to a 28 foot Reticulated Python. No one has yet informed us…

Anyhoo, here’s a wee bit of herper humor for you…


Omar, out!  End of Article

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It’s funny isn’t it? The physically smaller and lighter they make cell phones the heavier those little bits of plastic feel on our minds.

Yesterday afternoon when the kids came home we decided to make a trip out to Waffle House for dinner. (Yeah, Waffle House. Shut up.) At any rate, when I asked Lady Beth which one she wanted to visit seeing as how they are literally on every Interstate exit and in several locations in major town down here, (you poor yankees…), she said “The one out near Mom’s house.” I said, “Why not call your Mom and see if she would like to meet us there?” “No phone”, she replied. Turned out Clancy had left hers at home as well. Everything got kinda quiet in the van for a sec as the fact we were out of touch sank in.

Then the most wonderful feeling of Happiness and Freedom ran through everyone in the van. Even the kids, though they knew not why. We were out as a Family, no one else knew where we were and no one could get in touch with us if they tried. We were free spirits. Felt good. Damned good. Dinner was great, conversation better, kids tried some new stuff, we laughed, drank too much tea, and had a fantastic time.

And not a single phone was heard to ring.

I’m gonna pick on my sister-in-law here, but I can just hear what Erin would have said had she tried to call us on that sunny Sunday evening… “I tried to call you but you were not at home and refused to answer your cells. What if something important had happened?” My reply would be: “It would have had to wait until we got home.

Patience. Something we are sorely lacking in this Country today. We’ve become far too used to instant gratification, instant contact with any info or any person we desire. What is wrong with being alone? Not so very long ago there were no such things as cordless phones, much less cell phones. Methinks we will start deliberately leaving the damned things at home – often!

We’ve even come to expect instant victory on the battlefield, though how that happened I’ll never understand. We want our victories bloodless too! (?) Yes, Vietnam went on far too long, and WWTwice lasted for over four years. We somehow expect Iraq to be Democratized in two years? Get real! It took, what, eight years for us to come up with a working Constitution. Today we worry that it took less than two to get Iraq to that point. And while the death of any American serviceperson is a tragedy, Two thousand is an awefully low number compared to losses in other wars. I can’t help but to wonder how some of these protesters would have felt had they stood looking down on the carnage of Gettysburg on the third morning, or had they been at Pearl Harbor, Omaha Beach, or Iwo Jima.

We’ve come to expect too much from our world. We’ve come to expect too much from others. Yet, we’ve come to expect too little from ourselves – and that is the real tragedy in the big picture show of Life.

Omar the Bull, out.
… & perhaps out without a phone!  End of Article

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The following found its way to my mailbox from Military.com. Thought I’d share and show a wee bit of pride!

(Navy News | By Lori Cravalho | October 06, 2005)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Five submarines assigned to Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, have been given unit awards for deployments made to the Western Pacific.

USS Charlotte (SSN 766), USS Tucson (SSN 770), USS Honolulu (SSN 718), USS La Jolla (SSN 701) and USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) were all recognized for outstanding operational performance during deployments in 2003 and 2004.

Tucson and Charlotte both received the Navy Unit Commendation. City of Corpus Christi received the Meritorious Unit Commendation, while Honolulu and La Jolla received Letters of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy.

According to the award citations, each of the submarines successfully completed missions that were vital to national security while operating in a challenging environment.

“These awards are a direct reflection of how submarines make real, substantive contributions to our nation’s security on a daily basis,” said Rear. Adm. Jeffrey Cassias, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, who was on hand to present the Navy Unit Commendation to the crew of Tucson Oct. 4.

“Even in peacetime, submarines perform challenging missions that help maintain regional stability, dissuade potential adversaries, and provide valuable information to our nation’s decision makers,” Cassias said.

Tucson, which returned from its Western Pacific deployment in November 2004, was successful in accomplishing its challenging missions due to the efforts of the crew, said Cmdr. James Pitts, the submarine’s commanding officer.

“The deployment was handled professionally and all missions were met highly successful,” said Pitts. “It’s a testament to the crew”s professionalism and efforts that they put in last year, so it’s a tangible reward and award of their efforts.”

Cmdr. Dennis Carpenter, commanding officer of Charlotte, also credited his crew for the submarine’s superior performance during its deployment, which ended in January.

“It was the result of significant pre-deployment preparation, the highly effective deckplate leadership of Charlotte’s chief’s quarters and a dedicated and effective wardroom of submarine warfare leaders,” said Carpenter. “Every crew member contributes to receipt of an award like this. They simply did it all extremely well.”

City of Corpus Christi, based in Guam, was recognized for operations it conducted in the Western Pacific between August 2003 and September 2004. According to the award citation, City of Corpus Christi’s crew “displayed exceptional tactical skill and perseverance while operating under extremely challenging conditions to gather high-value intelligence and prepare the battlespace for future operations.”

La Jolla was commended for its last deployment from February to August 2004, during which time it conducted an operation and participated in a number of exercises including Pacific Reach.

Honolulu, which returned from its deployment in October 2004, was commended for conducting operations important to national security and for participating in several exercises including JASEX-2004 and Summer Pulse.

Omar, out!  End of Article

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