Opening the eyes and seeing the Truth of what's going on around us, is the first and most basic of instincts. WHY is it that most Americans are denying what their eyes are showing them ? Can it just be "wishful thinking" ? Hoping that this is all a bad dream ?

This page is here for all of us to publish comments, observations, facts and helpful suggestion(s) for us all to be better aware and prepared for what's coming next...... IF you are a realist, a survivor, one of the last boyscouts, then please participate. IF you are a Utopian, pie-in-the-sky dreamer, then move on to the Liberal blogs, Democrat rant pages, etc. Otherwise, WELCOME.

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Humor is sometimes the best medicine !

1.  Don't pick a fight  with an old man.  If he is too old to fight, he'll  just kill you.

2.   If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics  suck.

3.   I carry a gun cause a cop is too  heavy.

4.   When seconds count, the cops are just minutes  away.

5.  A reporter did a  human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers.  The  reporter recognized the Colt   Model 1911 the Ranger was  carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?'   The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'  

6.  The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a  lady commented on his wearing his  sidearm.
'Sheriff, I see you have your  pistol. Are you expecting  trouble?'
'No Ma'am.  If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my  rifle.'

7.   Beware the man who only has one gun.  HE  PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!

According to The Book of Revelation:

The Anti-Christ will be a man, in his 40s , of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, he will destroy everything.

Of all times the People o f America want to elect, to the most Powerful position on the face of the Planet -- The Presidency of the United states of America A Muslim Male Extremist Between the ages of 17 and 40. Have the American People completely lost their Minds, or just their Power of Reason ???

A new book by Lee Iacocca:

entitled "Where have all the Leaders Gone"?

************

Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from it's
death throes... He's now 82 years old and has a new book, and here are
some excerpts. Lee Iacocca Says:

Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening?
Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder.
We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right
over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we
can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But
instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when
the politicians say, 'Stay the course'

Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the
damned 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums
out!?

You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and
maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this
country anymore.

The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys
in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning
and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-
poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the
'America' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've
had enough. How about you?

I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not
outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest
'C' is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, crisis being
the first.) Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of
crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and
talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never
seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world
comes tumbling down.

On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other
time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the
ashes.. A Hell of a Mess. So here's where we stand We're immersed in
a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.. We're
running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing
the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are
getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing,
and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in
trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed
every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership.

But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the
leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where
are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and
common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration [the commencement
of two or more stressed syllables of a work group either with the same
consonant sound or sound group], but I think you get the point.

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than
making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?
We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all
we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.

Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina.
Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the
hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were
made in the crucial hours after the storm.

Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen
again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan.
Figure out what you're going to do the next time.

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can
restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed
that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to
Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what
are we going to do about it?

Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down
the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care
problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crisis that are
eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.

I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on
your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is
being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What
is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox News will call them
a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a
change?

Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom
here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope.
I believe in America. In my lifetime I've had the privilege of living
through some of America's greatest moments. I've also experienced
some of our worst crisis: the 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the
'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's
oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If
I've learned one thing, it's this: You don't get anywhere by standing on
the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's
all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this
book.

It's a call to 'Action' for people who, like me, believe in America.
It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off
the crap and go to work Let's tell 'em all we've had 'enough.'

Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone you know and
care about. It's our country, folks; and it's our future. Our future is
at stake!

 

A "Must Read" received via e-mail:

When WW III Started****1979

This is not very long, but very informative . You have to read the catalogue of events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother us again. In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979... That alarm has been ringing for years .

US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola , Florida . Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.

AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!

That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more than 3,000 Americans were killed) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been 'Get Out of Bed!' In fact, I think the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.

It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked and seized the American Embassy in Tehran . This seizure was an outright attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency.. The attack on this sovereign U. S. Embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 25 years.

America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America 's inability to deal with terrorism.

America 's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start.

Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and killed throughout the Middle East . America could do little to protect her citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued.

In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven into the US Embassy compound in Beirut When it explodes, it kills 63 people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.

Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden down with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.

Two months later in December 1983 , another truck loaded with explosives is driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait , and America continues her slumber.

The following year, in September 1984 , another van was driven into the gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.

Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe . In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid

Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually attacked.

Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list and executed.

The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie , Scotland in 1988 , killing 259.

The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.

The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America . In January 1993 , two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley , Virginia

The following month, February 1993 , a group of terrorists are arrested after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City . Six people are killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again.

Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in Riyadh Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.

A few months later in June of 1996 , another truck bomb explodes only 35 yards from the US military compound in Dhahran , Saudi Arabia . It destroys the Khobar Towers , a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that America does not respond decisively.

They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania .. These attacks were planned with precision. They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back to sleep.

The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12 October 2000 , when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.

And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001 . Most Americans think this was the first attack against US soil or in America . How wrong they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.

In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high officials in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since 1979 .

I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will continue until we as a people decide enough is enough. America needs to 'Get out of Bed' and act decisively now. America has been changed forever.. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor , Admiral Yamamoto said '... it seems all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant.' This is the message we need to disseminate to terrorists around the world.

This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election year, this is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years to come.

Hey.... Are you satisfied with the Senators and Congressmen that have done NOTHING for our country and it's people.?? Of Course NOT !! Then why in HELL would you vote them back in for another term of doing nothing ??

DO NOT VOTE THE LYING BASTARDS BACK IN !!!!

Get out and VOTE, Vote for anyone..., BUT the INCUMBENT(S)

 

Just in...E-mail received:

The article below was written by syndicated
columnist, Thomas Sowell, a black man.  He wrote it in a
humorous way this past week in a column titled 'Random Thoughts' and
published it in newspapers nationally, so maybe you've already seen
it. If not, be my guest:



Senator
John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary
Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.

After
long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain for President.

I
have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone
because some political party was telling me who I should vote
for.

We
all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the
process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words
'money' and 'special interests' come to mind, among many
others.

Here's
the way I see it:

Barack
Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely
liberal Senator from the State of Illinois , which has a long and
rich history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are
indeed a child of that system.

You
have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to
tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin
color. As a matter of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an
African-American for President. What a great statement that would be
to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on
earth!

But,
unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT
the man for this job!

Barack
baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons
of your own pastor, the Right Reverend 'God Damn America' Jeremiah
Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for
over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there
by this very pastor, and that your children were baptized
there.
The
good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give
a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people.

We
have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by
now. And you have publicly stated that this man IS your 'spiritual
mentor . '

BUT,
your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words
were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation,
seen jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background
that disturb me the most. And please don't tell me you attended
church there and never once heard a 'discouraging word' in the 20
years you attended there. Don't tell me, that in addition to the
good reverend, that you are now not having anything to do with all
those other people seen hooting and howling out in the audience in
the background of his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got
disgusted and walked out on your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but
still she did the right thing.

Now
you look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never
heard such language in all the years you attended there! This
is like me telling you that I attended dozens of Klan
rallies and
never once heard the 'N' word. Yep. And Bill Clinton 'did not
inhale'.

Yes,
Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that
embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that
is so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just
stupid enough to believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will
never vote for
you.
I am
deeply sorry, that in a country teeming with enormously talented
African Americans who would make a good President, that the
political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic
excuse for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the
Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid
you ever get near the Oval
Office.

Which leaves us with Senator
John McCain.

John, you are a
flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit looney, and you have a
notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble
opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling
hand on the nuclear button.

Think
about it.

We
have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like
lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world
into nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering
and rattling their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval
Office and I want him to be really ticked off at all these other nut
jobs around the planet.

John,
once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and
throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something
through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the
mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that
Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of these 'world leaders' to lay
awake at night and to break out in a
cold sweat every time they think of messing with the United States
of America .

I
want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on
your night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran ,
Russia , China , Venezuela , Cuba , Libya , Syria , Pakistan , and
those other dopes in the sheets, the
Saudis.

On the
domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the
opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the
Congress to do something. You may not agree
with his efforts, but at least he TRIED . For all his efforts,
all he got handed to him was his head in a basket. The liberals
are ticked at him and the conservatives are ticked at him. Just
my kinda guy.

I
predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running
mate. Good choice. I want a Jew whose memory of the Holocaust is
still fresh in his mind and who is royally ticked off at all of
these towel-headed morons in the Middle East to be the next in line
if something should happen to John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One
heartbeat from the Oval Office.

Finally.
John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer
horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of
you, for their love of America When you ask him about it, he will
tell you that what he did was 'nothing special . '
Even more incredibly, he states that ANY American who truly loves
his country would do exactly the same as he did in that situation.
You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real point
is that John McCain believes that about the 'average
American , '
and that ,
dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my
one poor
ballot for on election day for John McCain --
warts and
all.'

 

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