John Milton, Poet
(9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674)
"No man who know aught can be so stupid to deny
that all men naturally were born free."
Thursday, December 9, 2010
My Christmas Memo to Obama: Even John Milton Knew!
John Milton, Poet
(9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674)
"No man who know aught can be so stupid to deny
that all men naturally were born free."
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
From my Window: The Frost for the Trees?
I am certain this is not the only frost I will photograph on my windows this winter, but it is the first!
Kind of a nice abstraction, isn't it?
Even MORE 'Tis the Season...almost!
The following are examples of more Christmas decor I created...and donated today, not to a nursing home, but to a local social service organization for women. I hope you and THEY enjoy them!
Oh, and BTW, here's a window sign I did back around Christmas of 2005--UPDATED, of course. Why?
Because I am so totally disgusted with our pResident, who claims to be a Christian, who insists on calling this "Winter Holiday"! It is the time designated as "Christmas", and no one will be hearing "Happy Holidays" from me--and I really don't care if any of you get offended!
Years ago, we spoke of 'putting Christ back into Christmas', but these days, talk of Christ can get your throat slit.
I was talking with my fave CPD officer today, who was at a shopping center, sitting in his squad and watching people, while also looking down occasionally to read--the BIBLE!
His words were: "Well, I'm a sinner. And I belive in Jesus Christ. So when I can, I read the Bible."
No girlie mags, no internet porn, no garbage for my friend...how refreshing!
Please, remember Christmas IS about Christ, the Jesus, and please try to shop locally for any gifts you may give in His name.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas to all!
Oh, and BTW, here's a window sign I did back around Christmas of 2005--UPDATED, of course. Why?
Because I am so totally disgusted with our pResident, who claims to be a Christian, who insists on calling this "Winter Holiday"! It is the time designated as "Christmas", and no one will be hearing "Happy Holidays" from me--and I really don't care if any of you get offended!Years ago, we spoke of 'putting Christ back into Christmas', but these days, talk of Christ can get your throat slit.
I was talking with my fave CPD officer today, who was at a shopping center, sitting in his squad and watching people, while also looking down occasionally to read--the BIBLE!
His words were: "Well, I'm a sinner. And I belive in Jesus Christ. So when I can, I read the Bible."
No girlie mags, no internet porn, no garbage for my friend...how refreshing!
Please, remember Christmas IS about Christ, the Jesus, and please try to shop locally for any gifts you may give in His name.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas to all!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
"A date which will live in infamy"--FDR, Dec. 8, 1941
December 7, 1941
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history.
A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion.
America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant.
Eighteen months earlier, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had transferred the United States Fleet to Pearl Harbor as a presumed deterrent to Japanese agression.
The Japanese military, deeply engaged in the seemingly endless war it had started against China in mid-1937, badly needed oil and other raw materials.
Commercial access to these was gradually curtailed as the conquests continued.
In July 1941 the Western powers effectively halted trade with Japan.
From then on, as the desperate Japanese schemed to seize the oil and mineral-rich East Indies and Southeast Asia, a Pacific war was virtually inevitable.
By late November 1941, with peace negotiations clearly approaching an end, informed U.S. officials (and they were well-informed, they believed, through an ability to read Japan's diplomatic codes) fully expected a Japanese attack into the Indies, Malaya and probably the Philippines.
Completely unanticipated was the prospect that Japan would attack east, as well.
The U.S. Fleet's Pearl Harbor base was reachable by an aircraft carrier force, and the Japanese Navy secretly sent one across the Pacific with greater aerial striking power than had ever been seen on the World's oceans.
Its planes hit just before 8AM on 7 December.
Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest damaged.
Several other ships and most Hawaii-based combat planes were also knocked out and over 2400 Americans were dead.
Soon after, Japanese planes eliminated much of the American air force in the Philippines, and a Japanese Army was ashore in Malaya.
These great Japanese successes, achieved without prior diplomatic formalities, shocked and enraged the previously divided American people into a level of purposeful unity hardly seen before or since.
For the next five months, until the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May, Japan's far-reaching offensives proceeded untroubled by fruitful opposition.
American and Allied morale suffered accordingly. Under normal political circumstances, an accomodation might have been considered.
However, the memory of the "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor fueled a determination to fight on.
Once the Battle of Midway in early June 1942 had eliminated much of Japan's striking power, that same memory stoked a relentless war to reverse her conquests and remove her, and her German and Italian allies, as future threats to World peace.
More at Solar Navigator...
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Please take a moment today to remember those thousands who died during this heinous attack.
And study HISTORY...that you may learn from your mistakes as so many of us have!
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history.
A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion.
America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant.
Eighteen months earlier, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had transferred the United States Fleet to Pearl Harbor as a presumed deterrent to Japanese agression.
The Japanese military, deeply engaged in the seemingly endless war it had started against China in mid-1937, badly needed oil and other raw materials.
Commercial access to these was gradually curtailed as the conquests continued.
In July 1941 the Western powers effectively halted trade with Japan.
From then on, as the desperate Japanese schemed to seize the oil and mineral-rich East Indies and Southeast Asia, a Pacific war was virtually inevitable.
By late November 1941, with peace negotiations clearly approaching an end, informed U.S. officials (and they were well-informed, they believed, through an ability to read Japan's diplomatic codes) fully expected a Japanese attack into the Indies, Malaya and probably the Philippines.
Completely unanticipated was the prospect that Japan would attack east, as well.
The U.S. Fleet's Pearl Harbor base was reachable by an aircraft carrier force, and the Japanese Navy secretly sent one across the Pacific with greater aerial striking power than had ever been seen on the World's oceans.
Its planes hit just before 8AM on 7 December.
Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest damaged.
Several other ships and most Hawaii-based combat planes were also knocked out and over 2400 Americans were dead.
Soon after, Japanese planes eliminated much of the American air force in the Philippines, and a Japanese Army was ashore in Malaya.
These great Japanese successes, achieved without prior diplomatic formalities, shocked and enraged the previously divided American people into a level of purposeful unity hardly seen before or since.
For the next five months, until the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May, Japan's far-reaching offensives proceeded untroubled by fruitful opposition.
American and Allied morale suffered accordingly. Under normal political circumstances, an accomodation might have been considered.
However, the memory of the "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor fueled a determination to fight on.
Once the Battle of Midway in early June 1942 had eliminated much of Japan's striking power, that same memory stoked a relentless war to reverse her conquests and remove her, and her German and Italian allies, as future threats to World peace.
More at Solar Navigator...
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Please take a moment today to remember those thousands who died during this heinous attack.
And study HISTORY...that you may learn from your mistakes as so many of us have!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
The Repeater: How to make grocery shopping unappetizing
I took this shot at my local Dominick's on Monday.
Needless to say, I am somewhat appalled.
Why is it called "Repeater"?
Needless to say, I am somewhat appalled.
Why is it called "Repeater"?Why is a mouse trap out in the open?
This particular Dominick's is not very well-managed.
Way back, a thousand years ago (I was sixteen), my oldest brother was Personnel Manager for National Tea....a grocery store very big in Milwaukee at that time. Mouse traps were hidden from the consumer, because, as he said, "We want them to shop here."
If this Dominick's had any competition anywhere near the Ald. Joe Moore (Chicago-49th Ward) sanctioned Gateway Centre (a strip mall with at least 50% NON-occupancy after almost ten years), maybe they would perk up.
But NO...they are a complacent entity, as is Ald. Joe Moore.
This particular Dominick's is not very well-managed.
Way back, a thousand years ago (I was sixteen), my oldest brother was Personnel Manager for National Tea....a grocery store very big in Milwaukee at that time. Mouse traps were hidden from the consumer, because, as he said, "We want them to shop here."
If this Dominick's had any competition anywhere near the Ald. Joe Moore (Chicago-49th Ward) sanctioned Gateway Centre (a strip mall with at least 50% NON-occupancy after almost ten years), maybe they would perk up.
But NO...they are a complacent entity, as is Ald. Joe Moore.
From my window: Waking to Whiteness
This is the first significant snowfall here in Rogers Park. Out my window I see George's Christmas Tree Lot, replete with George's decorated trailer...a common sight after living here these past four winters.
Winter White...certainly one of the most beautiful colors of all!
Winter White...certainly one of the most beautiful colors of all!
Friday, December 3, 2010
I am not crying "uncle" here...
...butt, just a note to Janet Incompetano: Enough is ENOUGH now, stupid B***h!
And all 'frequent flyers': take note!
Radiation scientists agree TSA naked body scanners could cause breast cancer and sperm mutations
And all 'frequent flyers': take note!
Radiation scientists agree TSA naked body scanners could cause breast cancer and sperm mutations
(NaturalNews) The news about the potential health dangers of the TSA's naked body scanners just keeps getting worse. An increasing number of doctors and scientists are going public with their warnings about the health implications of subjecting yourself to naked body scanners.
These include Dr Russell Blaylock (see below) as well as several professors from the University of California who are experts in X-ray imaging.
Read the rest. Please.
These include Dr Russell Blaylock (see below) as well as several professors from the University of California who are experts in X-ray imaging.
Read the rest. Please.
From...
...the Blaze:
CAMP OBAMA
(or should we now call it REGIME OBAMA?):
Dean Lays Out the Creepy Saul Alinsky Ties That Got Obama Elected
Read it here.
From the Comments:
FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:21am
What this shows is just the way the leftest liberal progressive socialist seek to get their message out and ideas implemented into the everyday Joe. What they do is a very good job of working together the (sic) “persuade” people who do not really understand what they are selling to buy their crap/message.
Why in heaven’s name is it that a minority of people (the actual progressive movement) can carry this much weight that they got Obama elected?
Most of the everyday Joe’s were either looking for a handout from Obama (emphasis mine) or they were looking for heaven on earth so to speak.
It is like the Hollywood crowd. They are a small minority of persons who dictate what we all see on TV and movies.
The vast majority of Americans actually are honest God fearing Christian conservative people.
The problem is we set on our butts and do not vote, resist the lefts attempt to steal our way of life and we bitch about the state of things but seem to want someone else to make it all better.
Well all American people who feel the leftest progressive liberals are wrong must stand together.
Time to get organized and get the word out, we just aren’t going to take it anymore.
*********
I agree..it is TIME now, to organize.
Get up off your butts, United States citizens!
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO here: you may not agree with the speaker but you will agree with the message. If we can all get motivated as the message suggest then we can take our country back from those who would place us in obeiance.
“VICTORY OR DEATH”.
Please watch again. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=qtjfMjjce2Y
CAMP OBAMA
(or should we now call it REGIME OBAMA?):
Dean Lays Out the Creepy Saul Alinsky Ties That Got Obama Elected
Read it here.
From the Comments:
FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:21am
What this shows is just the way the leftest liberal progressive socialist seek to get their message out and ideas implemented into the everyday Joe. What they do is a very good job of working together the (sic) “persuade” people who do not really understand what they are selling to buy their crap/message.
Why in heaven’s name is it that a minority of people (the actual progressive movement) can carry this much weight that they got Obama elected?
Most of the everyday Joe’s were either looking for a handout from Obama (emphasis mine) or they were looking for heaven on earth so to speak.
It is like the Hollywood crowd. They are a small minority of persons who dictate what we all see on TV and movies.
The vast majority of Americans actually are honest God fearing Christian conservative people.
The problem is we set on our butts and do not vote, resist the lefts attempt to steal our way of life and we bitch about the state of things but seem to want someone else to make it all better.
Well all American people who feel the leftest progressive liberals are wrong must stand together.
Time to get organized and get the word out, we just aren’t going to take it anymore.
*********
I agree..it is TIME now, to organize.
Get up off your butts, United States citizens!
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO here: you may not agree with the speaker but you will agree with the message. If we can all get motivated as the message suggest then we can take our country back from those who would place us in obeiance.
“VICTORY OR DEATH”.
Please watch again. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=qtjfMjjce2Y
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