Heave Ho

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Some 50 years ago, my parents took me camping for the first time.  We loaded out '60 Chevy Bisquane station wagon with borrowed miltary ice chests, blankets, lanterns, a gas stove, and then strapped a tent to the roof before climbing into what space was left.  With Pop driving, Mom riding shotgun, a baby brother and a little sister, we headed off to the Appalachian mountains from our modest miltary housing in Conneticut.

Even at 10ish, it seemed things were a fiasco.  The tent Pop borrowed from the motor pool was made of very heavy canvass and had huge wood poles that would raise the roof with a heave-ho from all of us.  The kids were stationed outside to hold the walls to the ground while Mome hammered the stakes into the ground with a rock because Pop forgot a hammer.  Actually, I think it was his first time camping too, because it seemed he didn't know much what to do.  Seems my Mom was the mastermind that held things together.

But, I loved every moment of it from catching my first fish on a hand line, to being in charge of pumping up the gas stove and lantern.  And Pop brought his plastic raft with a sail that he had won at his Platoon's anual picnic a few weeks before.  Never did get that sail to work, I guess because we had no idea of how to set a sail.

Anyway, that was how it began.  Since then we tent camped, until my wife discovered the RV's with real toilets and showers that other people had.  Soon it was good bye to the porta-potie and sleeping bags as we progressed (if you call it that)  from tent trailers, to hard side trailers, and all the way up to our Motorized Diesel Pusher.  How 'bout that?

Gone are the blankets, gas lanterns, and sponge baths.  Two bathrooms provide piping hot showers, a kitchen with filtered drinking water, a double sink, microwave, and a stove.  All rounded off with 2 HD televisions and forced air heating and air coditioning.  It's not even called camping anymore, but rather RV Resorting. 

My, Mom and Pop could never have imagined!
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Getting the Boot

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Judging by the onslaught of inquiries, many of you now know that I got BOOTED!  OK, I admit, I cop out that I got kicked off Blogspot, which provides the opportunity for me to have a blog.  So, I know you just dying to know, "Why?"

Well, I'll tell you.  I really don't know.  Well, the Blogspot Police really didn't tell me.  They could only say that I didn't follow their Rules of Use.  So I read up on the subject and could only find a few No No's.

Like calling President Obama a liar.  Seems that was the thing that put me over the top to get booted.  It's not like I was telling an untruth, but I guess the truth was just too offensive for the Liberals to handle.

Anyway, I'm back now.  And I'm here to stay.  I got spanked, and I've learned my lesson.  I repent.

But, I think I'll get the subject matter of my blogs back to what they were in Those Days where it all began.  Mostly happy times, but some that could cause a tear if you are the mushy, touchy feely type.  But stories that can help build a better life.  Ethics, Religion, Patriotism, and most everything in between.  Back to the days when the readership flourished.  But then again, politics might even sneak in too as I can't be expected to be totally silent on such an important subject.

So anyway, I'm sorry for leaving so many of my Followers in the day this past week.  I know you had no where else to turn and might have found yourself wandering aimlessly without the direction of the Though Dock portal.

Oh Happy Days!
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When the Takers outweigh the Makers

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Congrats Mr. President.  You have kept one campaign promise of 2008 and have successfully transformed America!

America has now gained 17% more Takers than when you took office.  Takers now account for 49% of Americans.  They have learned that entering the welfare system is easier and pays more (when you consider the free medical) than the job they once worked!

As I've blogged before, America is on it's way to Greece.  It can not recover now.  With 49% Takers, combined with a few liberal independents, the Makers can no longer prevail.

In Oregon, every issue on the ballot asking for more social projects, passed.  The majority voted knowingly that these programs would increase taxes.  But the majority (Takers) don't pay taxes.  Oregon has no sales tax, and is funded only by property and income taxes, and Takers have neither a job, or own a home.  I'm sure issues such as these were passed in every state across our nation.

Our Nation?  If you are a successful business person, or are proud enough to work for a living, or once did, if you don't smoke pot, or live in a Gay relationship, you must understand that you are a Maker and are no longer the majority in this Country of Takers.

Greece fell when the Takers rose to 62% of the population, so America is not long to wait.
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Send in the Windmills

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Obama made his last ditch campaign appearance to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.  Wile visiting the Jersey Shores, he gave warm hugs and comforting words to some that have lost not only their homes, but loved ones as well.  What a guy!

Obama announced that the people of the Shore are in dire need of help and in response he has directed FEMA to remove the "Red Tape" and get assistance to the area.  He ordered that all calls to FEMA be responded to within 15 minutes.  So I ask why does it take an incident of this magnitude to cause FEMA to magically become efficient?  They should have always had returned their calls immediately, even in calm times!  but they never have, and as you see now, they still can't get things done.  FEMA is dysfunctional to say the least.

What a guy, Mr. President!  It would have been nice if your offices would have returned the cries for help coming from our embassy in Lybia in 15 minutes.  It is a disgrace that those people died because of your dysfunctional policies.

"These folks need gasoline immediately," is what you said to the news, and "I'm going to see that they get it."  Well where is it Mr. President?  And why can't the rest of us in the country get some too?

Mr. President, you are a fake, a joke, and a liar.  I would have believed you more if you had just sent them some windmills and solar panels.
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Looking South

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I have heard that when you are standing at the North Pole, no matter which direction you turn, you can only look south.

I never really thought much about those words until recently when I watched a documentary about the Cuban Missle crisis.  It seems the Russian Communist Party leader, Nikita Kheushchev, told that to President John Kennedy accusing the President of not being able to see any other view but his.  And so the world stood waiting for the End of Days to come.  And so close we were.  And so close we are now.  And now I know what that slogan means.

So true it was that our President's views today are much the same as JFK's some 50 years ago.  Obama has that that same inability to compromise with anyone, even those of his own Party.  His way or no way.  "Tax the rich or I won't agree to any fiscal budget," is what he blusters.  And that has gotten our Country nowhere.

But you know, it's not just Obama.  It is with most of our elected officials that have built a career into thier appointments.  Once they feel comfortable at the top of thier world, they can only look down on use as they refuse to compromise on anything that doesn't serve their personal needs.

And I'm tired of that.  That is not a democracy.  And that is the down turn of American politics.

So. I've said it before, I will not vote to re-elect any senior representive, Republican or other, who has demonstrated that "Looking South" attitude.  Any I encourage you to do the same.  You should already know who these idiots are.  So look up, but not to, them and vote them out.
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America's Fault?

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What is it that our leadership can't understand? Nearly all of Obama's cabinet is in denial that Islam is an enemy of America.

Hillary Clinton was quick to assert that it was an opinion of a lone American citizen that Muslims around the world to attack our embassies and murder innocent people. Hillary, referring to Islam as, "A great religion," apologized for the disgraceful making of an anti-Muslim film, while distancing our government from the incident.

Obama made several appearances where he blames our American freedoms that allowed the making of the film. In an address before the United Nations, Obama seemed ashamed of those very freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution as he appeared to be ashamed that he was powerless to stop the exercising of individual free speech

And Ms. Rice denied time an time again that the murders of our Ambassadors overseas were not perpetrated by terrorists.

The time has well passed that America stops hugging Muslims. All of Islam is governed by the Quran, which is incompatible with democracy and all other religious faiths. Since the Quran demands the murder of all infidels, it is certainly in itself, a terrorist organization.

It is what it is. And it should be treated accordingly. Where has our moral fiber gone?

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Yet

Obama and his clan, can't seem to even use the word terrorism, yet can only apologize for America's Freedom of Speech.

Immediately following the Fort Hood massacre Obama encouraged us not judge the incident as terrorism, yet he labled the arrest of his Black friend by a White cop as racist.

Obama calls to end the death penalty for even the most outrageous of crimes, yet he approves of the murders of innocent unborn children as a means of birth control.

Obama declares he will cause bankruptcy to the entire coal industry, yet he funds billions of dollars to several wind and solar failures.

Obama labels George Zimmerman as a racist bigot, yet he dismisses the charges against Black Panther leaders for voter intimidation.

Obama gets caught on tape making a secret promise to a Soviet official, yet he refuses to meet with our strongest middle east ally, Israel.

Obama pledged transparency in his administration, yet he uses his executive privileges to cover Eric Holder's lies about Fast & Furious.

Obama claims he saved jobs by using our dollars to save GM, yet he refuses to disclose what the auto unions spent to elect him.

Obama claims he is an American, yet he refuses to provide a birth certificate.

We knew all of this four years ago, yet we may re-elect him in spite..

Nobody Noticed

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A few days ago we tripped over the Coastal Range into the bigger city to get supplies.  It's our monthly ritual to break-a-way from our tourist/retirement community to shop and enjoy the more enjoyable (if you can call it that) advantages of an inland city such as movie theaters, mega stores. and chain restaurants.

So as we entered the Lowes store to shop for deck lighting, I saw a group of three college aged boys.  These lads were dressed in the standard "Occupy Eugene" dress of soiled and baggy clothes, long hair and pimply faces.

Now it seemed that Nobody Noticed that these pukes were out of place in a place like this.  Having never done a chore at home, or earned a wage of any kind, they knew not the difference between a shovel and a bag of manure.  Perhaps that is why they were lurking near the candy bars stocked near an exit.

As time passed, so they passed by us while we were looking at the decks lights.  Now it seemed that Nobody noticed that they were each carrying several candy bars.  Now who shops for candy bars in a home improvement store anyway?

As we were in line to pay for our purchase, they happened upon us again.  But this time, only one was holding a single candy bar.  Now it seemed that Nobody Noticed.  And as they realized that I was studying them intensely, one told the accomplice holding the lone candy bar that he put his bars back because he didn't have money to pay for them.  Now, how odd was that?

And so I was angered that I was paying for the items they stole.  You see, most stores don't even stop shoplifters any more, but simply build in their losses into the goods we all purchase.

And it seemed that Nobody Noticed that they drove slowly (probably looking for a purse to snatch) through the parking lot in their dirty pile of crap card with bald tires, broken windows and a dragging muffler.  And I was angered that I was also about to pay increased insurance premiums to cover their next hit and run accident.

An hour later and 30 miles toward the coast, we came across a plume of smoke.  And Nobody Noticed that the smoke and fire was caused by that blue buggy those boys were driving that was now fully ablaze along side the road.

And I realized that I would late for dinner and the Presidential debate.  And I realized that 3 US Forrest Service Fire rigs, 2 State Police cars, 1 County ambulance, and two County Fire rigs arrived to safely remove the hazard.  And I realized that later a road crew would come to repair the recently re-paved road and new guard rail.  And I realized that I was again to pay for these individuals that have never worked or contributed a single thing to society.

And I was angered.  But Nobody Noticed.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, then . . .

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The Central Oregon Coast weather has been at it's best for the past 6 weeks.  Temps in the high sixties, and mostly clear skies.  Don't get much better than that.

So yesterday, I took advantage of the blue skies and did some yard work.  I really don't like it but it has to get done and I prefer to do it when it is not raining.   And so it began with pulling the Dastardly Dandelion weeds.  Aside from pruning Blackberry bushes they are the pits.  I'm sure most every one has had at least some at some time or another, so you might know what I mean.  Or, perhaps you don't...  So, I'll tell you...

When Dandelions are small, they are quite easily removed with a slight tug if the soil is moist.  But as they get bigger, their roots get deeper and deeper to they point you can't even pry them out, or the roots break off and hide only to return even larger in a few short weeks.

Now, as I was Struggling though this chore, I had a flashback.  It was the shaky, shivering voice of Grandma, just as if she were hovering over today.  I could hear her clear as a bell.  Obviously she was quite certain how mad I was getting with that pesty weed.  It was then I heard her once again, "Now, if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all!"

I must have been about five at the time when I first heard those words, and there have been countless times I've heard them over and over ever since.  My mother said it.  I said it.  And now my kids and their kids are saying it.  I'm quite sure you have even said it yourself!

But, you know now that I'm older and wiser, I don't ever want to hear them again.  Why?  Because it's hogwash.

That's when it seems it all started.  50+ years ago.  You know.  That Touchy-Feely attitude that has grown in America ever since. Political Correctness is what they call it now.  Love your neighbor.  Be kinder and gentler. Have you hugged your kids today?  Make Love not War.  Peace to you Brother.  Accept other's views.  Save the Whales, Hug Trees and respect everyone's views.

Hogwash.... That's the very reason why we are in this position today.  Gay marriages, immoral sex, single parenting, rampant abortion, and a profound loss of ethics for most everyone around.  And it is all because of Granny; the one that me to do nothing to confront or offend anyone.

And so it began.  Sex education placed in schools has led first to condoms in schools and now the Morning After being distributed without parental notification. Drug education has led to more addicts than ever, and now legal marijuana everywhere today.

Equal rights has transformed into Gay marriages, artificial insemination to allow Gays and single parents to raise children, liberal juries have allowed many thugs to walk our streets to prey upon us again.  Hugging our enemies while excepting everything.  No smoking laws, seat belts and calories counting cops has eroded our personal choices in our everyday lives.  And it is all because the words my Grandma passed on to all of us.  Never say anything about anything.

We have ignored those Dandelions for too long.  They should have been suppressed long ago.  Now they are rooted deeply into America and will fight dearly for their grasp in the soil.  Like a weed gone unattended, it is next to impossible to turn things around at this stage.  Who knows what's in store for us now?  Is it too late?  I think so, but I'll never stop confronting the evil I see.

If you are not prepared to stand and fight, then you had better run for your life.
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11 Years to Greece

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Not too long ago, Greece was a thriving, majestic, beautiful, romantic, peaceful and vibrant country.  It was a leader in Europe following the end of the war.  And it was the newest socialist government to come to power.  A country the world looked to for prosperity.

Not so any more.  Now it is a place where 20 percent of it's population is unemployed.  A place where 70 percent of it's working class is employed by the government, and the rest of it's people are hungry and receive some sort of government assistance.  Every day there seems to be riots in the streets by people demanding government entitlements.  Free food, college education, housing and income.  Greece has changed.

President Obama announced he will "Fundamentally transform America" in his 2008 campaign.  And that has been his only kept promise during his first term in office. But he is not finished yet!

Today America has nearly 9% unemployment, nearly double what it was in 2008.  47 percent of us don't pay any taxes, up significantly from the Bush era.  55% of our workforce in employed by the government in some way, and growing daily  Welfare and Disability are out of control.  People are rioting in our cities. Squatters occupying vacant buildings and parks while crying for more benefits of a socialistic government.  Illegals consuming our resources, Gays rushing from their closets to marry,  Killing unborn children while some parents also murder their young.  More meth heads, more pot smokers (some even carrying G-cards), no driver licence enforcement, run-a-way health care, and amnesty programs while we embrace the Muslim world.  Just as Greece was the moment it crumble into chaos.

America is in a Democratic era.  Democrats support everything that led Greece to it's grave and so we will follow.  With a re-election of Obama, it will more even more toward what Greece is.  With a Democratic leadership elected to continues Obama's transformation efforts, we will be there in 11 years from today.

O God help us.
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A foreign perspective of President Obama

reprinted in part from the Jerusalem Post:

As he suffocated to death at the US consulate in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the US, did ambassador Christopher Stevens understand why he and his fellow Americans were being murdered?

Chris Stevens arrived in Benghazi at just as Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.  It was apparent then as the rebels with whom he worked included jihadist fighters associated with al-Qa'ida. Their significance became obvious when the rebel forces hoisted the flag of al-Qa'ida over the courthouse in Benghazi to celebrate their victory.

Did Stevens understand what this meant? Perhaps. But his boss, Hillary Clinton, certainly didn't. Following Tuesday's attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Clinton said, "Today, many Americans are asking - indeed, I asked myself - how could this happen? How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how complicated and, at times, how confounding the world can be."

Clinton then proclaimed with utter certainty there was nothing to be concerned about. "We must be clear-eyed, even in our grief. This was an attack by a small and savage group, not the people or government of Libya," she said.  Of course, what she failed to mention was that after the rebels felled Gaddafi's regime - with US support - they began imposing Islamic law over the country.

  

And Clinton was not the only senior US official who didn't understand.  The day after the murders, General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called pastor Terry Jones in Florida and asked him to withdraw his support for the film he believed Mohammed negatively. Dempsey's belief that a third-rate riff on Mohammed supported by a marginal figure in Florida is the cause of the terrorist attacks on US embassies is not simply shocking. It is devastating.

It means that this senior military officwr is of the opinion that the party to blame for the embassy assaults was an American pastor. That film apparently was released about a year ago and received little notice until last month when a Egyptian television station broadcast it.  If the film had never been created, they would have found another - equally ridiculous - pretext.

And here we come to the nature of the attacks against America that occurred on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 Jihadist attacks.  It is obvious that the rioting that is still taking place makes clear these were not acts of spontaneous rage about an amateur internet movie. They were premeditated.  

And in Egypt, the mob was led by Muhammad al-Zawahiri, the brother of al-Qa'ida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.  The day before the attacks, al-Qa'ida released a video of Ayman al-Zawahiri in which he called for his followers to attack the US in retribution for the killing in June of his second-in-command Abu Al Yahya al-Libi by a US drone in Pakistan. Zawahiri asked for the strongest act of retribution to be carried out in Libya.

The US's first official response to the assault on its embassy in Cairo came in the form of an embassy Twitter feed apologizing to Muslims for the film.

As for the attack in Libya, it apparently came as no surprise to some US officials on the ground. In an online posting the night before he was killed, US Foreign Service information officer Sean Smith warned of the impending strike. Smith wrote, "Assuming we don't die tonight. We saw one of our 'police' that guard the compound taking pictures."

The co-ordinated, premeditated nature of the attack was self-evident. The assailants were armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. They knew the location of the secret safe house to which the US consular officials fled. They laid ambush to a marine force sent to rescue the 37 Americans hiding at the safe house. 

Yet Clinton and Dempsey could not fathom why the attack occurred.  Like Dempsey, the US media was swift to focus the blame for the attacks on the film.

By Wednesday afternoon the media shifted the focus of discussion on the still ongoing attacks from the film to an all-out assault on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for his temerity in attacking as "disgraceful" the administration's initial apologetic response to the attacks on the embassies.

With President Barack Obama's inauguration, American foreign policy shifted.  Obama and his advisers agree that jihadist Islam is the predominant force in the Muslim world. But in their imaginary world, jihadist Islam is a good thing for America.

Hence Obama believes that Israel - the first target of jihadist Islam's bid for global supremacy - is a strategic burden rather than an ally to the US.  Obama abandoned its most stalwart ally in the Arab world, then supported the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in the most strategically vital state in the Arab world.

And Obama supported a Libyan rebel force penetrated by al-Qa'ida which is setting the stage for the re-institution of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

It is impossible to know the thoughts that crossed Stevens's mind as he lay dying in Benghazi. But what is clear enough is that as long as imagination reigns supreme, freedom will be imperiled.

Then you must be a Democrat. . .

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If you believe some one else built it for you;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . . 

If you believe that abortion is simply birth control;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist . . .

If you believe in protesting without offering a solution
or occupying some one else's property;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist . . .

If you refuse to work and don't pay taxes;
or if you believe that paying higher taxes is patriotic;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist . . .

If you think water-boarding is wrong or
mandating voter identification is cruel;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you equate securing our borders to the Berlin Wall;
or favor de-militarizing America;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you believe in spending without a budget;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you think to encourage conservation, gasoline prices in America should rise to the European level;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist.

If you believe that oral sex is not really sex;
or if you support a mosque being built atop Ground Zero;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you look like Hillary Clinton;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you promise something but do another;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you think adding corn ethanol to gasoline is a solution;
or if you believe global warming is real and man-made;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you lie before a Congressional hearing;
or deny that the Fort Hood massacre was a terrorist incident;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you believe in amnesty for Illegal Aliens;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you drive a Toyota Prius or a Volkswagen Bus ;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you believe that hugging Muslims the a way to world peace;
or if you believe in prosecuting CIA agents for torturing terrorists;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you support the union Fat Cats;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you support Gay marriage;
then you are probably a Democrat extremist. . .

If you believe B-O deserves another term;
then you are a Democrat extremist. . .

If you know me;
you know where I stand.
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What Foreign Policy?

Bow wow wow, yippie yo B-O.

America, while in a deep debt crisis herself, continues to dump trillions of dollars into countries that despise us.  Countries of the middle east, with the exception of Israel, that have no regard for Democracy, and the tributes it provides.  And, due to their Islamic fundamentals, have no desire to elect their government or encourage the freedoms we know in the Western cultures.

President B-O's foreign policy, as the initials he places on his informal notes imply, quite frankly stink.  The moment he took office he began bowing before the Muslim kings of the Middle East and apologized for American intrusions into their world as he vowed to make amends.

B-O was caught on a "live mike" making a secret deal to a Russian official that would have had no Congressional approval.  And few (Democrats) seemed to think anything of it.

In his own books, B-O stated he would support the Muslim world over any other in a time of crisis.  That was never more evident by his refusal to have an emergency meeting with the President of Israel recently, all the while seemingly knowing about the planned imminent threats to our citizens and embassies abroad commemorating the 911 attack, and doing absolutely nothing to prevent it.

B-O stated publicly yesterday that Egypt was not considered a U.S. ally, which was promptly reversed by the State Department.  Neither B-O or Hillary Clinton denounced the killings of our Ambassador and several guards abroad, but condemned the film that they believed incited the rioting.  And the beauty Nancy Pelosi expressed a "Wait 'n' See" attitude as to what America should do about it.

America needs to stop foreign aid to countries that hate us now!  Countries like Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq, and Afghanistan to name a few.  Pull out and focus on securing our own borders before this country implodes from within as the Islamic culture grows in our own cities.

B-O and all of his chromies must go in November.  And include any other long-term politician, Democrat or not, that refuses to act.

There is no bigger threat to our way of life in America than Islam!

Hoe Ignorant They Are!

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Who am I calling ignorant?  They Ignorants are those that voted for Obama (B.O), the first time, and those stupid enough to vote for him again.

The Ignorants are mostly females, most of the 18-25 year olds, most of those on Welfare, most of Gays, most of Hispanics, most of union workers, most of those that have medical marijuana prescriptions, most of those that to use abortion as a means of birth control, most of those that either live on the Left coasts, most of unwed mothers and the unidentified fathers of their children, most Hippies and others who don't bathe regularly, most of the ones that prevent off shore oil drilling and cutting trees for lumber, most of those that drive Toyota Priuses or ride bicycles to work every day, most artists and actors (except Clint Eastwood), Green Peace members, most Volkswagon drivers, and communists.

You know all these people were aware that President B.O. (now, I don't mean Bad Odor) had a youth mentor named Frank Marshall Davis who was an outspoken, card carrying Communists, and they knew that President B.O. was good friends with William (Bill) Ayers, who was convicted and imprisoned for bombing various American government buildings, and they knew that Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who condemmed America and blamed us for the 911 terrorist attack.  And they knew that President B.O.'s citizenship was in question.

But most importantly, these Ignorants knew that President B.O. was a Half-Black.  And that was the most underlining reason they voted him into office.  Just to prove to their own minds that they were not prejudiced.

And these same Ignorants will do it again!
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An Obama Reality

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While travelling this summer I stopped at a casino about 30 miles outside Chicago, in Jolliet, Illinois.  President B.O. spent some time as a Community Organizer not far from there.

Anyway, I'm not much of a gambler, but I do like the thought of winning 25 Hundred Dollars on a 25 cent Keno bet.  Now I've never seen anyone get the 8 of 8 needed for the 2500 big ones, but I have got 7/8 in the past which paid $1670.  Very cool!

Anyway, I sat down at a Keno machine, and within playing my first handful of quarters, I hit the big one.  2500 Dollars!  Wow, how fun was that?

So after waiting about 15 minutes for the Pit Boss to verify the win, he paid me, in cash, a total of $1025.00.  The Pit Boss, a tall light skinned Black with big ears, explained that the casino retains 25% of all winning which is put into a pool to repay those that lose their bets.  So, in theory, he said nobody loses in his place.  When asked whether the 25% taken from the winners is always enough to reimburse all losers, he said, "No, but we put the rest on credit so they can be paid."

Well now that explained about $625 of my winnings, so he then added that I was in the 34% Federal Tax bracket, so he deducted that amount ($850) as well.  He also said that 34% was to be distributed by the government for programs that support those that do not pay taxes.

I was really breathing hard and perspiring profusely when I awoke from that dream.

Reality is that I actually did go to that casino, but I didn't win anything.  And there was no fund to repay me for my losses.  But I really do have to pay 34% of everything I earn to the government, which is then redistributed to the 47% that don't.

Anyway, it was just a nightmare.  A bad dream with President Obama as a Pit Boss.  But reality is, if President B.O. and his harem, are re-elected that nightmare is ever closer becoming a reality.  You can see evidence of it in Chicago where few work, and the city is holding with the highest murder rate in America.

Fire Obama and his clan this November!

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93 Days Down - 82 Left

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We are home.  You know, back home on the Central Oregon Coast after 93 days of sightseeing, visiting family and friends, and spending some of that time just being together.  What a trip it was!

Now it's back to catching up on the maintenance around the house.  Laundry, mowing, bush trimming, weeding, watering, and preparing the Wheeled Manor for our next grandstand in just a few months from now.  Soon we will be catching up with the loved ones we left here as our lives return to what once was, our normal.

I love being surrounded by green, moderate temperatures, and our abundance of wildlife.  Something we have not seen much of since we left.  Seems wherever we traveled, the heat followed.  Only a mid-western thunder shower, or while passing through a higher elevation, could drop the temperature below 100 degrees.  Now we're back into to 70's.

But, now that we are beck to reality, I have realized it is less than 3 months down the road to the election.  Thanks to all of you for following the Thought Dock while we were away.  I know it was hard because the blogs were so infrequent and off point.  But now, I'm back and I'll be getting the word out on the things that matter most to us....Defeating that clown, that Cheat, that liar, and that Fake, Corrupt President, BO.  Taking down Obama and his Court will be our Number One goal.

So get ready.  Be back soon!!      

Looking East then West

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During our Friends and Family tour, I've seen many sunrises, and just as many sunsets.  We all know the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.  I can surely attest to that as I squint looking east every morning waiting for that first cup of coffee to work it's way into my body.  And just as difficult it is to drive west into that setting sun looking for that next RV Park adventure.  Oh how beautiful and warm our sun is.

But did you know that no matter where you stand on earth, you can never see both a sunrise and sunset at the same time?  Try it.  Get up early and look east until you have the rising sun in your face, then quickly turn snap your neck to the west.   Too late, the sunset is already passed!   No matter how quick you are, you'll never see them both.   It's impossible.

How silly it seems to some of you to even try.  For what?  We all know it to be impossible even before we try.  So why try?

Well, our Lord made it that way.  For me it is a reminder that although I sin every day, I am forgiven with each sunset and begin anew every sunrise.  What I've done the day before is over and can not be done over, but I can only wait until the next day for another chance to make things better.

See it my way.  But with a political spin, we made a mistake electing President B.O. and we need to begin anew when the sunrises on Election Day.  May God Bless America!
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First Holder - Then President B.O.

Well, today is the start of the Fall.  Not the start of the fall season, but the beginning of the fall of the atmosphere of corruption in our government.  Today is the first step is to spank Attorney General, Eric Holder, for lying about the administration's direction of Mexican drug cartel enforcement.  And, with that it will expose President B.O's. need to use his Executive Privilege to cover it all up.  Take 'Em down deep.  Then follow with the ousting of Nancy Pelosi in her nest re-election bid.

On a side note, we are concluding our trip and heading west.  Still 1562 miles to go and maybe a week or two left.  More to see.  More friends to visit.  And more time together.

I know some of you are starving for the Wisdom of the Thought Dock and may have even turned elsewhere for some sort of substitute.  But there is none.  So be patient and I promise to come back even stronger.  And keep coming with the information you find, but can not understand.  I'll digest it for you and break it down with a Thought Dock spin and feed it right back to you in a way that will make sense.

Pray for America!

America's Biggest Mistake

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Last week we finished our our of the Plains States.  Those are the ones that produce America's vast supply of corn and wheat.  Places like Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas.  And we went even deeper during our journey to explore Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

There it was right before us, the stomping grounds of Obama, Chicago.  The place where he held his first job as a Community Organizer, and the place where he continued his climb to the Presidency from his very own Illinois State Senate seat.

Obama left his mark everywhere.  It was obvious.  Chicago leads our Nation with the murder rate.  Bordered up and abandoned homes, apartments and business were everywhere.  Closed factories, and unfinished construction projects blanketed the area.  Dope dealers and prostitutes roamed most every street outside of the center city.  One news report described a beating wherein a limousine pulled to the curb at the gate of Wrigley Field and six males exited and beat a man to death that was standing on the corner.  Organized crime?  Mafia.  You decide if you can.

Obama's influence was everywhere with one of the nations highest tax rate, unemployment, and failed social programs.  In one well known mega store, I saw a lady cash 4 different welfare checks right in front of me while I waited for the cashier to accept my cash.  The oddest thing was the cashier didn't bat an eye when she presented four different ID's to cash the checks.  Pathetic.

Chicago heavily taxes those that do work.  Sales tax, gasoline tax, and toll roads are all over the place.  In one day of touring the Chicago area we spent over $36 dollars in parking and another $28 in toll charges.  It's no wonder why the cost of living there even outweighs that of New Your City.  And Obama believes even more social programs are the answer.

America made it's mistake 4 years ago by hoping that the Bozo would bring change.  Well, he did.  He appointed his friends like the Evil Holder, continued our never seen before deficit, raised our taxes, and funneled money through bailouts to his Union and other big supporters, some of which filed bankruptcy right after receiving our gifts.  Is this what America is to be?

We don't need another Mistake.  Get rid of Obama, his corrupt policies, his lies, and his blatant arrogance to our Constitution, and his racist views during our next election.  And don't forget to oust all of his other crooked friends.  Let them all go to countries that allow corruption.
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Me - You - Us - Them - Him

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It's not as important about what people say about you while you are in their presence, but what they say about you after you leave.

Yesterday, we took time out by ourselves and watched the Eddie Murphy movie "1000 Words."  Now, I'm not much of a fan of any Funny Guy, preferring a more serious or factual subject, but I watched the guy anyway.  The movie, as I interpreted it, was not so much a comedy as I expected, but more of a touchy-feely matter which hit home with me.

And, along those lines is what I'm all about.  You know, Ethics, Honesty, Trust, Love, Truth, Patriotism, and all the other things I so often write about.

During our vacation, we have visited with so friends, family, and neighbors while meeting new people along the way.  And many conversations began by someone stating, "The last time I saw you . . . "  Well, I guess those shared memories really were about "Those Days."   And sometimes we even plan what we will do during our next visit, not ever thinking if the next visit will really materialize.

I guess I'm growing older and perhaps that is why I'm thinking in this manner.  This past year so many of our friends have passed for one reason or another, and I'm sure that more will follow.  Until now, I never really thought the last time I saw someone, that it really would be the "Last Time."  

It's not so much that I want to have made a good impression on them, or that I want anyone to admire me.  But more that those I've seen for the real "Last Time" understand that I love and care for them just as He does for me.  And even if I get to see them again before either I, or they pass, they should know that I care about them and expect nothing in return.

For me, you, us, them, and Him are forever.