January 23, 2006
Criminal Aliens and Free Cash
Ugh.
The left continues their complaints about criminals not getting enough free cash. The title of the article? "Day Laborers Have it Tough." Yeah, so what?
Of course, in the left's Utopian view of the world, no one should have to actually DO much of anything -- and certainly no one should be forced to do ANYTHING they don't want to. So, this topic goes on and on with complaints about the idea that criminals only get $10 an hour, etc., etc.
Here's the complaints currently listed, reserved for criminal aliens (that used to be illegal immigrants, but the PC police didn't like 'illegal immigrants,' so I'll use criminal aliens from now on -- thanks to Kender):
"We were disturbed by the incredibly high incidence of wage violations"
Ok, so in the liberal's world, it's perfectly okay to break immigration law, but you're a scum if you don't pay huge amounts of money for work that doesn't deserve a lot of pay.
"We also found a very high level of injuries."
So the liberals complain about the injuries of people who break the law and then have to work out of public view because they're breaking the law, but then managed to get injured. Of course, there's no complains about any American who gets injured while legally employed as a policeman, construction worker, or firefighter.
"They're in a situation where they're extremely vulnerable, and employers know that and take advantage of them."
Once again, the complaint that these people, who are breaking immigration law, are not treated as saints. Yes, when you commit a crime and are in the process of hiding from the authorities, you are vulnerable. Try not breaking immigration law and maybe you won't be vulnerable, morons.
"Nine percent of day laborers reported having been arrested while waiting for work, while 11 percent reported receiving police citations and 37 percent reported being chased away. Nineteen percent said merchants had insulted them, and 15 percent said merchants had not let them use their restrooms or make purchases."
Gee, you think maybe people don't like criminals? You think maybe business owners don't like people loitering on their property when they're not paying customers?
The left, in it's utterly insane quest for utopia, seems to have missed the entire workings of the real world around them. How is it that one can become so blinded by an idea that hard evidence of rejection of that idea cannot penetrate the delusional fog of a person?
Folks, criminal aliens, or illegal immigrants, are breaking the damn law. They do not deserve preferential treatment, special options, more pay, better working conditions, more benefits, more workers' compensation money, or anything like that. All they deserve is to be deported until they decide to follow the law.
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I have pretty strong oppinions on immigration laws. First off, if they are not a citizen of the US, then the rights granted by the constitution to US citizens does NOT apply to them. Neither do any other benefits of our government.
I'd also like to see these employeers that hire/pay for illegal aliens be fined/legally punished. Maybe if it was harder for the illegal aliens to find work, they would stop coming.
Posted by: Contagion at January 24, 2006 01:49 PM (Q5WxB)
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There are some who are working to crack down on the employers. For example, here in NC, it's a $10,000 fine for hiring "known" illegals. But the Democrat-run government has yet to actually ever enforce that law.
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Bush and Abramoff
The absolutely monumental news in the world of politics is that Time Magazine
has photos of Bush and Abramoff. However, Time seems to be a little gun-shy after the cBS scandal reporting the fake memos about Bush, so they will not let anyone actually SEE these photos.
Well, we here at Ogre's Politics and Views couldn't just let this stand untouched. Since we are a member of The Alliance, we decided we had to send our crack investigative team out to investigate. We must have sent out the good team of investigators this time, because they came back quickly with a picture.
Keep in mind, this picture is an exact copy, completely undoctored. This IS the photograph that various media outlets/Democrats are all screaming about that will connect President Bush with Jack Abramoff. This is the smoking gun that will bring down the President for sure.
Here is the photograph of Bush and Abramoff (once again, completely without ANY photoshop work), just stolen from the offices of Time Magazine, that will prove beyond a doubt, the connection between President Bush and Jack Abramoff.
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Hey! That's not Abramoff! That's Rod Serling!
Posted by: Harvey at January 24, 2006 10:10 PM (ubhj8)
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Oh yeah? How much did Rod Serling donate to Bush's campaign?
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Charlotte Votes to Oppose Freedom
In a continuing trend in Charlotte, NC and across the nation, another vote was held this week by the city council that sends a very clear message. That message is:
Shut the h*** up and do what we tell you because we don't give a damn about that old, outdated concept called "Freedom."
At issue was the classic new socialist control method: zoning. A man bought some land and wanted to build his own business on that land. The Charlotte city council told him that he couldn't build it.
No, it wasn't an eyesore. No, it wasn't about public safety. They didn't deny it because it would create a nuisance. They didn't even deny it because so-called "neighborhood activists" opposed it. This time it wasn't because the new business didn't donate enough cash to politicians.
Quite often, the appearance is considered -- not in this case. And amazingly it's not because of the most oft-used reason in Charlotte -- because the business wouldn't conform with the city "plan" (including light rail).
So, why was this person denied a business?
Because the Imperial City Council said that there were already "enough" of that business on that road. The message from the city council is VERY clear. If you like freedom, you are NOT welcome in the "World-Class" city of Charlotte.
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January 22, 2006
Sunday Funnies
This week the Tarheel Tavern carnival (a weekly blog carnival of bloggers from North Carolina) is hosted at
Iddybud -- and the topic of the week is humor! So head on over and see if there's something that makes you smile.
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Nope, Iran's not dangerous. Not at all.
Tehran plans nuclear weapon test by March.
Nope, nothing to fear here at all. They're just testing their own nuclear weapons and absolutely assure everyone that they won't sell those nuclear weapons to any terrorist groups, and pledge they will not use them on Israel or America -- just like they swore they weren't making nuclear weapons about a year ago.
Keep in mind, Iran declared war on the United States in 1979 and hasn't given up yet.
The only question that remains is whether Israel will strike them with or without assistance from America.
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There's not enough political will left in all of Washington to do anything about Iran. Or at least, anything meaningful. If they do do anything, it will be to send in our armed forces and then complain that it costs too much to buy them bullets.
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I'm hoping there's some will to get things done behind the scenes...
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Posted by: Mindflame at January 22, 2006 09:04 PM (SlODe)
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Dammit.
Oops. I swore!
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January 21, 2006
Slow News Day?
Now I've heard of slow news days, before but is it really THIS slow today?
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Well, as they say, "No News is Good News!"
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Actually, I think there was a news story there. It had to do with all of the positive achievements of Ted Kennedy over the past twenty years. They're just giving him his due.
Posted by: Stevin at January 22, 2006 02:28 AM (LfL8N)
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You have 'Fox' and 'news' in the same sentence! this may explain it
Posted by: Evan at January 22, 2006 04:42 AM (SkKoL)
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You could both be right, there... :0
Posted by: Ogre at January 22, 2006 05:37 AM (+Gl1m)
Posted by: David at January 22, 2006 04:58 PM (Jdbsc)
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It would be pretty interesting to buy a paper off a news stand, look at the front page and find it blank except for the words "Nothing to report".
Posted by: Seth at January 22, 2006 05:16 PM (vfDxP)
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Notice no one is reporting on the drought in the Horn of Africa. They would rather have a blank page than talk about Africans.
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Lottery Fighting Continues
North Carolina still does not have a lottery. There are millions being spent on it already, but there's court challenges that seriously question the legality of the lottery, but that hasn't stopped all the things associated with gambling from appearing in North Carolina.
In the latest news, the state's charter schools are now screaming and yelling because they're not getting a portion of the lottery proceeds (remember the proceeds? the ones the Democrats claim "may or may not" generate revenue for the state?)
Currently, the "profits" from the lottery are designed to do nothing -- well nothing associated with education, anyway. The lottery is supposed to be used to make class sizes smaller in government schools -- of course there is ZERO actual evidence that reducing class size has any beneficial effect on the students. In fact, just this year the results of a 4-year study in North Carolina were released -- in poor schools where the class sizes were reduced, test scores went DOWN.
But by screaming "it's for the children," and "more money for education," the state gets to have more money. Keep in mind -- the only part of the education lottery that goes to "schools" are the "proceeds." Therefore, ANYTHING that can be remotely considered an expense will go to a bureaucrat's pocket -- and that's a LOT of money.
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In California the lottery passed and gave a lot of money to the schools.
The California state legislature than removed a greater amount of money designated for schools from the general budget.
A net loss for schools.
More pork money for politicians to eat - or to pass along to friends and family.
Posted by: allan at January 22, 2006 10:52 PM (baIAA)
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And that's how it works every single time a state starts a lottery -- every time.
Posted by: Ogre at January 22, 2006 10:56 PM (+Gl1m)
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Even if some of the money does manage to go to 'education', it will still end up in the bureaucrats' pockets. They will simply be education beaurocrats -- educrats.
Posted by: Gem at January 23, 2006 04:39 AM (9SqVs)
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And they will continue to expand, taking as much money as they possibly can for their own uses so that there will be no more money going to actually educating students.
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January 20, 2006
The Fours Plops.
That 1 Guy can really be annoying...but I bet you already knew that. It seems he's attempted to
tag me with the "fours" meme that's going around.
Actually, this is a pretty weak tag, since the darn thing comes with NO instructions at all. In a way, that makes things much more difficult, because it's hard to follow the rules when there are none. Even consulting the official rules doesn't seem to help...so, I guess I'll have to make up my own rules for the "fours" meme:
Rules for the "Fours" meme:
Rule 1: No Poofters!
Rule 2: No member of the faculty is to maltreat the Abbos in any way at all -- if there's anybody watching.
Oh wait, that's a different set of rules. Let me try that again...
Rules for the "Fours" meme:
Rule 1: No Poofters! (Sometimes a rule just works).
Rule 2: List 4 things about 4 things about stuff. Use the ones you were tagged with, or just make some crap up or something.
Rule 3: There is no rule 3.
Rule 4: There are to be no more than 4 of anything, including rules, in the fours meme.
There. Now that the rules are settled, we can get on with the actual meme answering part (and there was much rejoicing).
Ok, the actual answering part of the meme is coming up now. It's going to be right after this next section here. Here it comes...any minute now... the meme answers are just about here...
Välkomna till ogre'sens svar till foursmemen.
Här skar han svar som all ifrågasätter poserat av den 1 grabb med hans meme märker.
Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?
See the løveli lakes
The wonderful telephøne system
And mani interesting furry animals
Including the majestic møøse
A Møøse once bit my sister ...
We apologise for the fault in the meme answer. Those responsible have been sacked. We shall now continue with the meme answer, resuming where it was interrupted.
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".
We apologise again for the fault in the meme answer. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked. We once again resume the meme answering process, still in progress.
Møøse trained by: TUTTE HERMSGERVORDENBROTBORDA
Special Møøse Effects: OLAF PROT
Møøse Costumes: SIGGI CHURCHILL
Møøse Choreographed by: HORST PROT III
Miss Taylor's Møøses by: HENGST DOUGLAS-HOME
Møøse trained to mix concrete and sign complicated insurance forms by : JURGEN WIGG
Møøses' noses wiped by: BJORN IRKESTOM-SLATER WALKER
The directors of the firm hired to continue the meme after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.
The meme will now continue in an entirely different style, created at great expense and at the last minute, picking up where the meme left off.
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What?
Oh.
We're sorry, the meme answers apparently ended just before the sacking of the last previous directors. So I guess that's all. We hope you enjoyed this meme.
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LMAO! Nicely done!
Love the Holy Grail bit...
Posted by: that 1 guy at January 20, 2006 08:41 PM (4I2py)
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Ummm...what Holy Grail bit?
Posted by: Ogre at January 20, 2006 08:43 PM (/k+l4)
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Uh... oh. Yeah. Sorry.
Nicely done all original bit, there.
Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 20, 2006 08:58 PM (4I2py)
Posted by: Dax Montana at January 20, 2006 09:53 PM (L6TJC)
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I HAVE A HEADACHE! I must remember NOT to read what happens when you are tagged!
Posted by: Smoke Eater at January 21, 2006 12:28 AM (K7uqT)
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Brilliant. You, Sir, are the Master!!!
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*insert Guiness commercial here*
YOU ARE BRILLIANT!
Posted by: ktreva at January 21, 2006 02:18 AM (e8b4J)
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I didn't think anyone else read the by-lines in the Holy Grail. I must say I think I enjoyed your meme the most.
Posted by: VW Bug at January 21, 2006 02:48 AM (4oOot)
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I had to fetch paper towels to clean my monitor, (there should be a warning attached)
This Is Frickin Hilarious,Do Not Drink or Eat
while reading..
TY for the laugh!
Pet Campbell
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Posted by: Patty-Jo at January 21, 2006 06:05 PM (0h1D1)
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Wait... I thought it was supposed to be "answer me these questions three"?
Posted by: Harvey at January 21, 2006 09:17 PM (ubhj8)
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No, that's the OTHER meme...
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Three Sheets to the Wind
No, I'm not -- at least not right now. But I'm sure a large number of you have heard this saying and weren't really sure where it came from. Well, since you don't have enough useless knowledge stored in your head, I provide you with some more.
Among nautical folks, a "sheet" refers to the rope used to secure a ship's sail. On the square-rigged ships of yore, three sheets were needed to tie up the sails. So, if all three of the ship's sheets were loose in the wind, the sail would flop about and the ship would go off course -- rather like a drunken sailor staggering around on shore.
And sailors in the early 1800s actually had an entire rating system for drunks -- from 1 sheet to 4 sheets. At 4, you were unconscious.
Just thought you needed to know.
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Now, that is some useless knowledge I'll be able to use back in a bar to get a few drinks... wait... that's not useless knowledge!
Posted by: Mr. Matt at January 20, 2006 06:06 PM (ru0sP)
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You can go with the, "Let me show you how this scale works..."
Posted by: Ogre at January 20, 2006 08:06 PM (/k+l4)
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I love learning about stuff like this. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Patty-Jo at January 21, 2006 06:07 PM (0h1D1)
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Been there, done that, reminds me of a night in New Orleans long ago. And a night in El Paso,...
Posted by: joe-6-pack at January 25, 2006 05:42 AM (3OJmo)
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If you fell overboard, would that be a 5?
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I think they'd just stop counting...in fact, if you fell overboard, they might not even notice because everyone else was already at a 4...
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Too Much Money for government?
Remember the North Carolina budget that was "cut to the bone?" When asked for more money for roads that are beyond repair and silly little things like prosecutors and courts to maintain law and order, the state just didn't have any money? Apparently, that's all changed.
You see, State Rep. Michael Wray has a pile of cash from the government that he couldn't find anything to spend it on:
Last summer, when Wray was looking for a recipient for the $5,000, he called President Bill Edwards at the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce and asked about a nonprofit organization that might be able to use the funds.
Hey, morons in the General ASSembly -- your job is not to spend as much money as you can! How about NOT stealing gas taxes to give away to "nonprofit organizations?" If you've got $5,000.00 and can't find anything to do with it, how about spending it on GOVERNMENT things? Like courts? How about some damn roads?
Oh, and the "Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission" is NOT a charitable cause, non-profit or not. Forced taking at gunpoint of money to give to someone else is NOT charity. If it were, I could start robbing everyone on the street to obtain money for myself. That's what government does.
Crap like this can really make you want to be an anarchist.
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Governor Robin Hood Easley
Governor Robin Hood Easley
save the day! Of course, he saves the day at the expense of working, productive people, but that's the way the Democrats in North Carolina work.
In this case, Governor Easley raised the utility, gas, natural gas, and heating oil taxes on everyone in the state in the middle of the winter. Many legislators complained, but he absolutely refused to give back any of the tax increase, because he wanted the money -- because in his mind, we're too stupid to know how to spend our own money.
He's now revealed the correct way for our money to be spent. Ready for this? On heating oil!
Easley's just taken $4 million from working people, by increasing taxes on their heating oil and natural gas, and is giving it to the preferred class of people -- whoever doesn't work! What a deal!
Can anyone explain to me how, in any sane view of the world, that this is acceptable behavior? Oh, right -- the socialist viewpoint. Sorry, forgot. Thank you, North Carolina Democrats.
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It's just a matter of time before I quit my job and start sponging off of the state. I'd obviously have more money doing so. Especially if they keep making me pay for others that are doing the same.
Posted by: Contagion at January 20, 2006 01:47 PM (Q5WxB)
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And if you want even more money, divorce your wife and let her claim welfare benefits for the family.
Posted by: Ogre at January 20, 2006 02:13 PM (/k+l4)
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What gauls me is that people who work full-time jobs can't get heating oil at all because they can't afford it while some welfare rat gets it free. I too am about to just say screw it and milk the system.
Posted by: oddybobo at January 20, 2006 03:37 PM (6Gm0j)
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I've told you before -- the dark side can be VERY tempting!
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January 19, 2006
Suit against the ACLU?
The ACLU's primary purpose to exist is to take money from government. It's secondary purpose is to spread communism. So it sure would be nice to see THEM as subject of a lawsuit for once:
Straight from Malkin
Debbie Schlussel, blogger/investigative writer/lawyer, is extending an invitation to citizens interested in intervening in the ACLU's NSA lawsuit. She practices in Eastern Michigan, where the suit was filed.
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"The ACLU's primary purpose to exist is to take money from government. It's secondary purpose is to spread communism."
Who are you, Michael Moore? That's the sort of bombastic slander that just makes you look foolish.
Posted by: Adam at January 20, 2006 12:10 AM (kdFEm)
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They exist to spread communism? Wow. Interesting. Or are you referring to the fact that one of the founders was a member of the communist party decades ago? If so, does that mean southern conservatives exist to promote segregation, since they did in the past?
Or is the communism comment just the usual "all lefties are communists" rhetoric?
And is the ACLU acting as "communist" while its currently defending Rush Limbaugh from having to disclose his private medical records to the govt?
Or are they just part-time communists?
Posted by: Stacy at January 20, 2006 12:48 AM (8GAsc)
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It's Michael Moore when he spreads lies, not the truth.
The ACLU does exist to spread communism, whether you want to believe it or not. They hate freedom and Christianity with a great passion. Every now and then they throw a case out there so they can claim they don't hate them, but that's about it -- sort of like the mass-murderer who kills 20 people but works at a soup kitchen once a year.
Thanks for stopping along!
Posted by: Ogre at January 20, 2006 02:58 AM (+Gl1m)
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Why is it that conservatives or Republicans are always ranting about the ACLU? It's not like they are that important. Anybody in America knows they are stupid, hold little weight, and just get in the way of business in America. So, why do you give them "airtime" and discuss them so much?
Posted by: Kevin at January 20, 2006 03:43 AM (kJQfu)
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To spread the word -- there's still an awful lot of people who think that the ACLU actually supports civil rights.
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80s Soundtracks
If you're old enough to remember the 80s, you need to go see
this site. Then feel free to come back here and comment on which was your favorite. GO!
(H/T to Kender).
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My favorite show was Night Court, and my favorite character was Bull, the Baliff. There's nothing crazier than a tall moron slapping himself loudly on the bald skull when he's realized his folly. I relate, unfortunately.
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Oh yeah, that's a classic!
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Muppet Show.
Although I think that was actually a 70's show.
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Mission:Impossible III
Once again, the M:i:III web site has more stuff. This time, it's a new ad for the global scavenger hunt. The hunt begins Feb 2, 2006 and looks to be some neat fun. And heck, there's probably a 1 in a million chance you could win something, too. Well, it looks to be fun, anyway. Check it out!
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Newspaper Editor Liars
The
Daily Tar Heel, a paper from the heavily socialist state university system, weighs in and lies about the minimum wage. The editors celebrate the State Treasurer's opinion that the state minimum wage is too low. Then they proceed to lie about it.
more than 100,000 North Carolinians to try to pay the bills on about $893 per month before taxes.
Implied lie. First, if you're only making $893 a month, you're not only not paying taxes, but you're getting tax credits -- or cash -- from the government. And the only bills you have when you're earning that much is how much to spend at the mall -- the vast majority of people earning that are kids living at home.
Moore's increase would bump that number up to almost $1,070, meaning fewer residents would have to rely on public programs to make ends meet.
Wait a minute! Just one sentence ago, they implied that people working for minimum wage get ONLY $893 a month. If they're on public programs, then they're ALREADY getting more than $893 a month now, aren't they? Damn those facts!
Workers would keep the same constant buying power - and businesses aren't forced to deal with sudden minimum wage jumps of almost 20 percent for inflationary adjustment every time legislators remember that it's an issue. Everybody wins.
No, workers do not get the same constant buying power -- those who are working for minimum wage DO NOT REMAIN THERE! People get raises, they get educations, they change jobs -- minimum wage jobs are ENTRY LEVEL YOU SOCIALISTS.
If all minimum wage laws were removed today -- as they should be -- how many jobs do you think will pay less than the current minimum wage? I'd be willing to be almost none -- no one will work for $2 an hour, you idiots!
Damn socialist crap.
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ogre, you're just heartless. think about the starving children, darn you.
wait, ogres eat children. Never mind.
(*)>
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Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 08:45 PM (/k+l4)
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I totally agree with you. If you are supporting a family, on a minimum wage job, #1) you're a moron... #2)you shouldn't have children.
I'm all for a repeal of minimum wage.
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I thought Ogres were like onions, now it's "ogres eat children"? What about the puppies? Is EEEEVILLLL GLENNNNN left to eat every puppy on earth ALONE!?
BTW - I'm with you here, I have only earned min wage at ONE JOB in my life, and it was my job during high school, meaning (like you said), the only "bills" I had were lunches on school days, and my "liesure" bills (TOYS AND GADGETS!)
Posted by: Smoke Eater at January 19, 2006 09:03 PM (K7uqT)
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James, I think #2 is a direct cause of #1...
Smokey, don't onions eat children, too?
Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 09:41 PM (+Gl1m)
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Crap, I wish I was a kid today. Can you imagine being 16 and making that kind of money per hour?
I used to make $3.35 per hour and try to make it though college, on my own. That means no goberment hand outs.
Posted by: Machelle at January 20, 2006 01:47 PM (ZAyoW)
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No kidding. My first job was even lower because I got paid by the newspaper I delivered -- no hourly rate at all.
And every single job I've had since then has paid more. Funny how that works.
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Liberal Professors Targeted
No, not through an infrared 10x scope -- by
their own alumni at UCLA!
An alumni group is offering students up to $100 per class to supply tapes and notes exposing professors who allegedly express extreme left-wing political views at the University of California, Los Angeles.
How's that for turnabout? And I absolutely LOVE the liberal's reactions to it:
Some of those targeted say it's a witch-hunt reminiscent of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communism crusade in the 1950s.
Folks, why are these people so scared of having their views heard? These ultra-left wing professors slam Bush and force-feed them socialist propaganda -- but they're afraid of a group that wants to hear what they have to say?
Perhaps it's because they know their views are way out of line with America, and that they can only succeed in spreading them when they have a captive audience that cannot respond to them without being retaliated against (via failing grades).
I hope this spreads -- and the Alumni group doesn't even need to DO anything -- just collect the information that the liberals spew, and post it on the internet for all to see. Then even more people can see the crap that's going on in your government-funded education system.
(H/T to Raven).
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From Vox today:
Unlike the fascist feminist movement, I force my views on no one. Only an ideology that is logically and intellectually bankrupt needs to call for the forcible re-education of its critics.
Posted by: Echo Zoe at January 19, 2006 04:34 PM (K+h36)
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Bingo. Those ideas don't work when there's choice.
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Shooting in Lillington, NC
It seems there was
a shooting in Lillington, NC:
Sheriff deputies say at around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, someone tried to steal a vehicle from a Lillington home on Highway 421 North when the person was confronted by the vehicle's owner and the owner's father-in-law.
Authorities say an altercation ensued with gun shots being fired. The person who allegedly tried to steal the vehicle was shot and killed at the scene.
So what's the problem? Seems just fine to me.
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Good riddance. My car feels safer already.
More guns for law abiders = less criminals?
JP
Posted by: John Pizzo at January 19, 2006 04:43 PM (ovA1+)
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It works every single time, John!
Thanks for stopping by!
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January 18, 2006
New Advertiser
Have you seen
So Very Posh? If you haven't, you've missed that link over on the sidebar, right at the top where you are supposed to see it...
It's a blog where
A 20 something television junkie writes about the shows she obsesses over, not to mention the movies and books she consumes.
There's tons and tons of reviews of stuff. Lots of media. Very neat.
And the layout is rather impressive too -- if for no other reason, you really should click on over and look at how that media blog site was set up -- it's very neat. Really. Go now.
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Thanks!
Posted by: Lynda at January 19, 2006 09:20 PM (hqIPe)
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Oh absolutely! Thanks for advertising!
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Oregon Assisted Suicide Law
I feel a need to comment on the
assisted suicide decision, despite having not read all the details or all 62 pages of
the decision. But hey, isn't that what blogs are all about?
I think a very key distinction needs to be made here, and this is one case where, to me, it appears to be rather clear. Personal opinions and values are different than government-imposed values. For example, I believe very strongly in giving to charity -- and at the same time I think it's horribly, horribly wrong for government to "give" to charity.
There are no contradictions in that position -- people giving to charity is good. It helps the giver and the receiver. It is voluntary. Government "giving" to charity is bad -- the money is taken at gunpoint from one person and a small portion is given to another. Neither the giver or the receiver benefits.
With this case, I think the judges made the right decision. The Controlled Substance Act was about controlling the flow of illegal drugs. For the US Government to attempt to use this act that was designed to arrest cocaine dealers to overturn a law passed by the people of a state is just silly.
States should be able to do what they want in nearly all cases. The only exception is when those laws conflict with the U.S. Constitution -- NOT U.S. Code, but the U.S. Constitution. There's nothing in the Constitution that says you cannot kill yourself.
At the same time, I think this is a horrible law.
Now I wonder if the court would take the same view of another federal law that is almost identical -- Roe v. Wade (which has absolutely nothing to do with abortion, by the way, so don't go there).
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Ogie:
"There's nothing in the Constitution that says you cannot kill yourself."
That is not the standard. The purpose of the U.S. Constitution is not to set limits on what people can do. The purpose is to limit government. Of course, that has been turned upside down over the past 100 years.
But there are a lot of things that the Constitution does not say. The Constitution doesn't say you can not eat broccoli. Is that the basis of my right to eat broccoli. No.
The theme of the Constitution is the individual rights of citizens. The Founders enumerated some of the rights in order to make some explicit. But just because a right to either do or not do something is not in the Constitution is not the standard. The overall standard is individual rights.
All the best..
Andy
Posted by: The Charlotte Capitalist at January 18, 2006 07:35 PM (jqUF+)
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I agree with you. I also think it is stupid of conservatives to be upset that SCOTUS will not ban Oregon's physician assisted suicide law when murder is a crime left to the states. In other words, the state decides what murder is and how to punish it. Oregon has decided that assisting suicide is not murder and they aren't going to punish it. Do I disagree? Absolutely, but I am not an Oregonian, so it is none of my business.
Posted by: Echo Zoe at January 18, 2006 08:30 PM (K+h36)
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That's what I was trying to say, Andy -- that since the Constitution does not prevent you from killing yourself, then it's not a Constitutional violation to do so.
Echo, I haven't seen any conservatives really commenting on this decision at all...
Posted by: Ogre at January 18, 2006 10:39 PM (+Gl1m)
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I am more then willing to extend the law to all Democrats. Oops, that was very insensitive of me.
Realistically, like you said, there is nothing in the Constitution that says you cannot kill yourself. Nor is there anything that states that a State cannot pass a law alowing physician assisted suicide. And the USSC made the right decesion.
Posted by: William Teach at January 19, 2006 12:46 AM (IRsCk)
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Nice one, Teach.
Yes, it's a really, really bad law, if you ask me, but the state absolutely has the ability to make that law without the interference of the federal government.
Now how is this any different than Roe v. Wade? Oh, right, in Roe v. Wade, the federal government had the same situation, but ruled the other way...
Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 12:49 AM (+Gl1m)
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Well, remember, to the Surrender Monkeys, it is not a living being till it is born. SO it is OK to "make a choice." But it is not OK to execute a a convicted criminal.
Posted by: William Teach at January 19, 2006 01:04 AM (IRsCk)
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It's also inconsistent with any philosophy on feds vs. states...
Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 01:26 AM (+Gl1m)
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A lot of people have said that there is nothing in the Constitution saying you can't kill yourself.
To play devil's advocate .... There is nothing in the Constitution saying that you can kill yourself either.
Posted by: Machelle at January 19, 2006 01:43 PM (ZAyoW)
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Ah, but that is NOT the purpose of the Constitution! The Constitution outlined specific rights that cannot be violated -- and that's all. It does not grant rights -- and SO many people today don't get that, including just about everyone on the left...
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Green Ham and Eggs
I'm sure everyone remembers that wonderful classic "Green Eggs and Ham" by the children's book author Dr. Suess, right? Who could forget such classic lines as these:
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Well times, they are a-changin'. Now you can have green HAM and eggs. Everyone together now, say "Thank you" to the nice
Taiwanese scientists and their green pigs. I'm still wondering on the whole glow-in-the-dark aspect. How many of you eat your ham and bacon in the dark?
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I am going this weekend to see "Suessical the Muscial"
Thanks for the preview.
Posted by: Machelle at January 18, 2006 05:48 PM (ZAyoW)
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I'm sure there's a real reason to do this, not "because we could"
I'm pressed to figure out what it could be
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Posted by: birdwoman at January 18, 2006 06:21 PM (vR7Sl)
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Doesn't everyone's food glow in the dark?!?
Wait... not everyone lives near a nuke plant...
Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 18, 2006 10:28 PM (lfQya)
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Bring your green ham, Machelle!
And birdwoman -- it was related to tracking parts of the pig's body, similar to other things they inject you with to look for injuries and such. This one was related to DNA.
And T1G, I just today bought some more mint jelly -- nothing like bringing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to work -- that's bright green!
Posted by: Ogre at January 18, 2006 10:36 PM (+Gl1m)
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you do realize that this is actually a CIA operation, where we will drop these pigs throughout Muslim areas. Since they glow in the dark, Muslims will never have a moment of peace, even at night. Will drive them all bonkers.
Posted by: William Teach at January 19, 2006 12:48 AM (IRsCk)
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Teach? Do you need to go to sensitivity class?
Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 12:49 AM (+Gl1m)
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No, I am already insensitive enough, thank ye
Told a guy over at Julie B's to F off.
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I'm going to make Contagion take you to his next sensitivity class.
Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 02:16 AM (+Gl1m)
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Hey, one of those pigs would be great for a St. Patrick's Day pit barbecue! The pork would go down well with a Guinness or six.
Posted by: Seth at January 19, 2006 02:35 AM (1RIcI)
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After 6, the pigs aren't the only thing that start to look green...but you will be very hard-pressed to find a good Irish celebration here in Charlotte, unfortunately.
Each year I debate running one -- a GOOD one with actual IRISH music.
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Well times, they are a-changin'. Now you can have green HAM and eggs. Everyone together now, say "Thank you" to the nice Taiwanese scientists and their green pigs. I'm still wondering on the whole glow-in-the-dark aspect. How many of you eat your ham and bacon in the dark?
