My assesment of 2009 in a nutshell...

Here's the worst...



...the worst presidential leadership in American history!

And here's the best...

The fraud of global warming and the truth behind the new world communist movement has finally been exposed to the entire world!
EPIC WIN


And the only chance I see for 2010 being worth a damned, is if Congress gets its clock cleaned in November!

Regardless, folks, best wishes to you and your families in the New Year.

My freinds, THE LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED!!!

I pray to God this is not happening! If what I just read is true, our glorious leader, the Obamanition has signed away our sovereignty to the Global Gestapo. I and others like me have know this to be coming for some time now and here is what will inevitably become the death kneel for the US Constitution and the United States of America.

U.S. placed under international police-state
December 26, 3:49 PM
Columbia Conservative Examiner
Anthony G. Martin

In the dead of night on December 17, 2009, President Barack Hussein Obama placed the United States of America under the authority of the international police organization known as INTERPOL, granting the organization full immunity to operate within the United States.

Last Thursday, December 17, 2009, The White House released an Executive Order "Amending Executive Order 12425." It grants INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) a new level of full diplomatic immunity afforded to foreign embassies and select other "International Organizations" as set forth in the United States International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945.

By removing language from President Reagan's 1983 Executive Order 12425, this international law enforcement body now operates - now operates - on American soil beyond the reach of our own top law enforcement arm, the FBI, and is immune from Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

What, exactly does this mean? It means that INTERPOL now has the full authority to conduct investigations and other law enforcement activities on U.S. soil, with full immunity from U.S. laws such as the Freedom of Information Act and with complete independence from oversight from the FBI.

In short, a global law enforcement entity now has full law-enforcement authority in the U.S. without any check on its power afforded by U.S. law and U.S. law enforcement agencies.

*snip*

HERE IT IS, FOLKS
STRAIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE...

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 17, 2009
Executive Order -- Amending Executive Order 12425

EXECUTIVE ORDER
- - - - - - -
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425 DESIGNATING INTERPOL
AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO
ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the first sentence the words "except those provided by Section 2(c), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act" and the semicolon that immediately precedes them.

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 16, 2009.

As we prepare to close out the first decade of the second millennium since Christ walked the earth, I pray that all of you who are reading this are prepared for what is now all but inevitable. Peace and strength be with you all... and God help us.

Happy Birthday, Jesus!!!

To all of you and yours...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you this Christmas and throughout the New Year!

Dominus Vobiscum,
Mo

O, Holy Night

And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear. And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the people: For, this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God and saying:

Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.

-The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to St. Luke: 8-14 (Douay-Rheims)

Thank you Obama, 12.4 trillion times...

H/T to Tom Murphy via email

Here it comes, folks...

I know I said I would be doing light posting this week, leading up to Christmas, but as I also said, unless it would be "brief and/or rather important..." Well, in my book, this ranks pretty high on my list of things that are "rather important."

This is almost exactly what I was talking about in this older post titled "The Perfect Storm Approacheth…"

There'll be nowhere to run from the new world government
By Janet Daley
The UK Telegraph
Published: 7:24PM GMT 19 Dec 2009

There is scope for debate – and innumerable newspaper quizzes – about who was the most influential public figure of the year, or which the most significant event. But there can be little doubt which word won the prize for most important adjective. 2009 was the year in which "global" swept the rest of the political lexicon into obscurity. There were "global crises" and "global challenges", the only possible resolution to which lay in "global solutions" necessitating "global agreements". Gordon Brown actually suggested something called a "global alliance" in response to climate change. (Would this be an alliance against the Axis of Extra-Terrestrials?)

Some of this was sheer hokum: when uttered by Gordon Brown, the word "global", as in "global economic crisis", meant: "It's not my fault". To the extent that the word had intelligible meaning, it also had political ramifications that were scarcely examined by those who bandied it about with such ponderous self-importance. The mere utterance of it was assumed to sweep away any consideration of what was once assumed to be the most basic principle of modern democracy: that elected national governments are responsible to their own people – that the right to govern derives from the consent of the electorate.

The dangerous idea that the democratic accountability of national governments should simply be dispensed with in favour of "global agreements" reached after closed negotiations between world leaders never, so far as I recall, entered into the arena of public discussion. Except in the United States, where it became a very contentious talking point, the US still holding firmly to the 18th-century idea that power should lie with the will of the people.

*snip*

The Apocalypse of Saint John
the Apostle [Ch 13, Vrs 1-10]

1 And he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a
beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten
horns: and upon his horns, ten diadems: and upon his heads,
names of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard: and his
feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of
a lion. And the dragon gave him his own strength and great
power.

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to death:
and his death’s wound was healed. And all the earth was in
admiration after the beast.

4 And they adored the dragon which gave power to the
beast. And they adored the beast, saying: Who is like to the
beast? And who shall be able to fight with him?

5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do,
two and forty months.

6 And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against
God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them
that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints
and to overcome them. And power was given him over every
tribe and people and tongue and nation.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose
names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb which
was slain from the beginning of the world.

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10 He that shall lead into captivity shall go into captivity:
he that shall kill by the sword must be killed by the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints...

-The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims 1899)

Whatever your religion,
PLEASE PRAY it does not come to pass!

FB WTF?!?!

I thought you'd like to know what just happened to me.
Just 3 minutes ago, I fanned Michele Bachmann's FB page and got an interesting capcha phrase that raised the hair up on the back of my neck. Here's the screen capture [not Photoshoped]...


For real?
You betcha!
Political bias on behalf of FB???
You be the judge.

Christmas Public Service Announcement

Today is Sunday, December 20, 2009. There are only 4 days left to prepare for Christmas and I have soooooooo much to do in soooooooo little time. Therefor, in the name of mental and physical self preservation, I have to make a concerted effort to lay off the posting here and get busy preparing for Christmas. If by chance I do happen to slip one or two posts in between now and December 25, it will likely be brief and/or rather important. You can check in on me from time to time, but expect the posting here to be VERY light until after Christmas. My message to all of you at this time is to be safe, get off the gawdamned computer and go spend this precious time with your loved ones during this special time of year.

TNX,
The Management

Don't F*@% with the Obamessiah!

H/T to Rodger, The Real King of France.

This year's Christmas miracle...

With every negative thing that's going on in this messed up world these days, it sure is nice to hear about things like this. We all see miracles in our lives every day, even it it is as simple as waking up alive in the morning to see the dawn of a brand new day. It means we've been given an extra day to accomplish more than we did the day before - one more chance to get it right.

H/T to apotheosis at SondraK.com

It appears that human life does have a price after all...

Sen. Ben Nelson announces support for health-care bill
By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 19, 2009; 10:55 AM

Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the final Democratic holdout on health care, announced to his caucus Saturday morning that he would support the Senate reform bill, clearing the way for final passage by Christmas.

"We're there," said Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), as he headed into a special meeting to outline the deal.

Democratic leaders spent days trying to hammer out a deal with Nelson, and worked late Friday night with him on abortion coverage language that had proved the major stumbling block. Nelson also secured other favors for his home state.

Under the new abortion provisions, states can opt out of allowing plans to cover abortion in insurance exchanges the bill would set up to serve individuals who don't have employer coverage. Plus, enrollees in plans that do cover abortion procedures would pay for the coverage with separate checks - one for abortion, one for rest of health-care services.

Nelson secured full federal funding for his state to expand Medicaid coverage to all individuals below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Other states must pay a small portion of the additional cost. He won concessions for qualifying nonprofit insurers and for Medigap providers from a new insurance tax. He also was able to roll back cuts to health savings accounts.

"I know this is hard for some of my colleagues to accept and I appreciate their right to disagree," Nelson told reporters at the Capitol, of the many changes made at his behest. "But I would not have voted for this bill without these provisions."

With Nelson on board, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid unveiled the final version of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health insurance system that would expand coverage to an additional 31 million Americans, coming closer to attaining the Democrats' long sought goal of universal medical coverage.

*snip*

You're a mean one, Mr. Reed!

***rollover fun***


You're a monster, Mr. Reed!
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders.
You've got garlic in your soul,
You're a foul one, Mr. Reed!
You're a nasty, wasty skunk!
Your heart is full of unwashed socks.
Your soul is full of gunk,
Mr. Reed!
The three words that best describe you
Are as follows, and I quote,

"YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!!!

Holdout Sen. Nelson rejects abortion compromise
By ERICA WERNER
AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) - A moderate Democrat whose vote could be crucial said Thursday an attempted Senate compromise on abortion is unsatisfactory, raising doubts about whether the chamber can pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul by Christmas.

"As it is, without modifications, the language concerning abortion is not sufficient," Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, a key holdout on the health care bill, said in a statement after first making his concerns known to Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Nelson said there were positive improvements dealing with teen pregnancy and adoption, and that he was open to further negotiations. But in a radio interview earlier in the day with KLIN in Lincoln, Nebraska, Nelson also said that abortion wasn't his only concern and he didn't see how the Christmas deadline was achievable.

The development came with Senate leaders working round the clock trying to finalize their 10-year, nearly $1 trillion bill in time for a final vote on Christmas Eve. Nelson is emerging as a major obstacle - perhaps the only remaining one - since Democrats need his vote to have the 60 necessary to overcome Republican stalling tactics. [emphasis mine]

"Senator Reid will continue to work with Senator Nelson and other senators as we work to get 60 votes," said Reid spokesman Jim Manley.

At the same time, liberals were criticizing the Senate bill for lacking a government-run insurance option, with former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean calling the measure a boon for insurance companies. Andrew Stern, head of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union, said he was deeply disappointed in the bill but stopped short of urging rejection...

*snip*

The attempted abortion compromise offered to Nelson was written by another anti-abortion Democrat, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, among others, and was an attempt to secure Nelson's support for the health care bill while also keeping liberals on board. It's the Democrats' latest attempt to strictly separate public and private money that could pay for abortion coverage under a remade health care system in which many lower-income people would be using new federal subsidies to buy health insurance.

Several previous attempts have been dismissed by Roman Catholic bishops and anti-abortion groups as accounting gimmicks, and this one looks like it may fare no better. The language has not been made public but is already drawing criticism from outside groups.

Speaking to reporters, Casey declined to directly address Nelson's objections but said he would keep trying for a compromise.

"We're trying to get this right," Casey said. "I've had ideas on the table for a while now, I'm still working through them and we'll keep talking to anyone who wants to discuss it..."

*snip*

PLEASE CONTACT SEN. BEN NELSON AND ASK HIM TO PLEASE REMAIN STRONG AGAINST ABORTION IN THE HEALTH CARE BILL!!!

Phone: (202) 224-6551

email: http://bennelson.senate.gov/email-issues.cfm

These Christmas lights rock!

I am not a big fan of Guitar Hero, but after watching this clip, I must say, this guy did one awesome and clever job of decorating his home for Christmas. Enjoy...

Oh, for the love of St. Pete...Part 2!!!

Back in September of 2007, I was alarmed at the language coming from the Vatican on the issue of global warming. Well, today there is news of the Pontiff weighing in on the issue once again, just in time for the gathering at Copenhagen.

Rich nations must assume environmental duties: pope [sic]
Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:53am GMT
By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Industrialized nations must recognize their responsibility for the environmental crisis, shed their consumerism and embrace more sober lifestyles, Pope Benedict said on Tuesday.

The pope's call for more environmental commitments came in his message for the Roman Catholic Church's annual World Day of Peace, to be marked on Jan 1 and whose theme is "If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation."

*snip*

"Our present crises -- be they economic, food-related, environmental or social -- are ultimately also moral crises, and all of them are interrelated."

He called on all people to "move beyond a purely consumerist mentality" so that they could "rethink the path which we are traveling together" and adapt "a lifestyle marked by sobriety and solidarity" between the haves and the have nots.

Environmental issues deserved the attention of the world community because the were [sic] human rights issues that could influence the right to life, food, health and development.

"Sad to say, it is all too evident that large numbers of people in different countries and areas of our planet are experiencing increased hardship because of the negligence or refusal of many others to exercise responsible stewardship over the environment," he said.

Once again, I am beside myself. As a conservationist, I can understand where he is coming from on the issue of squandering natural resources in the name of want and greed, but the socialism aspect of his message is causing me to pull out what little hair I have left on my head. However, due to other obligations this evening, I haven't the time or the desire to reiterate my thoughts regarding this matter, so allow me to repost what I wrote back then. For the most part, my song remains the same. For those of you who didn't get a chance to read it the first time, please read it - especially if you are a brother or sister Catholic...
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As a traditionalist Catholic living in America, I consider myself someone who stands apart from many others in this country who are appearing more and more as Catholics in name only or CINOs. I find it appalling, that many of them think most priests are pedophiles, priests should be allowed to marry, women should be priests, all war and capital punishment is evil, God is excepting of homosexuality, and human life doesn't really begin until childbirth. I also find it equally disturbing when I hear them rag about how Pope Benedict XVI is some right wing Nazi who is unsympathetic to progressive Catholic views. Frankly speaking, Catholicism should have never evolved into its present day format, but what liberal Catholics are failing to realize is that 40 years ago, Fr. Joseph Ratzinger was instrumental in orchestrating the progressive transformation of the Church known as the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II.

Even though Pope Benedict has said that Vatican II did not accomplish what he originally intended, he is determined to hold fast to the new dogmatic principals.

Well, it appears that "God's Rottweiler" has for some time now been espousing philosophies which leave me a bit unnerved and without proper clarification might cause an even larger rift between conservative capitalists and the socialists within the Church.

Pope to make climate action a moral obligation
The Independent
By James Macintyre
Published: 22 September 2007

The Pope is expected to use his first address to the United Nations to deliver a powerful warning over climate change in a move to adopt protection of the environment as a "moral" cause for the Catholic Church and its billion-strong following.

The New York speech is likely to contain an appeal for sustainable development, and it will follow an unprecedented Encyclical (a message to the wider church) on the subject, senior diplomatic sources have told The Independent.

It will act as the centrepiece of a US visit scheduled for next April - the first by Benedict XVI, and the first Papal visit since 1999 - and round off an environmental blitz at the Vatican, in which the Pope has personally led moves to emphasise green issues based on the belief that climate change is affecting the poorest people on the planet, and the principle that believers have a duty to "protect creation".

*snip*

What can I say? I love my Church and I am committed to following its teachings, but this latest directive from the Pope is leaving a horrible taste of sulfur in my mouth. Enviro-mental-illness is typically a leftist agenda and to hear this guy come out in defense of "green" issues in this fashion is literally scaring the bejezus out of me. I mean, WTF? Is my beloved Pope being demoniacally possessed by Algore???

Doesn't the Pope realize that capitalism is the economic powerhouse which fuels charitable contributions in the first place? Doesn't the Pope know how his directives will be used by the environmental propagandists to push their godless and socialist agendas? Doesn't the Pope realize that by working to change the hearts of men consumed by greed, he can promote compassionate capitalism which in turn can help others to help themselves instead of living the rest of their lives as slaves to welfare and entitlement systems of socialism?

Pope Benedict XVI should instead be making it clear that socialism without God at the center is nothing more than atheistic communism which seeks to enslave the human race!

I can understand if he's concerned that humans should be more charitable and I can understand if he's concerned that humans should be more conscious of conserving natural resources. As I have said in the past; I am a conservationist, not an environmentalist. The conservationist is mindful of not trashing his surroundings or squandering its resources. I believe in sound and practical environmental management. I am dead set against littering. I also believe in giving back to the earth what I take. But to suggest that I or even the largest corporation on earth can have any impact on altering global climate trends is pure folly! When you think of the levels of carbon dioxide man contributes to our atmosphere compared to that which comes from volcanoes and all the oceans around the world, how can anyone possibly think that by our efforts, we can make any significant change?

Here, allow me to share with you the show that has pissed off the enviro-mental-patients, blown away the theory that man-made CO2 has anything to do with global warming and that all this enviro-mental-madness is absolute bunk...


The Great Global Warming Swindle


Navitor69 | MySpace Video


Not surprisingly, all the nut cases who worship at the church of Algore have issued a fatwah pledging holy jihad against the scientists and the makers of this television series. The internet is full of condemnation over it and the lies being thrown out there to discredit the documentary speak volumes on the character of the people against it.

To purchase the entire DVD, go to http://www.greatglobalwarmingswindle.co.uk/dvd.html

Ultimately, what I see going on here is another misguided attempt by the Church to increase the numbers of faithful by appealing to the trend of the day. This is not unlike the attempt that was made back 40 years ago when Vatican II was instituted. By loosening the orthodox principles on which our Catechism was founded, you inevitably risk sacrificing the strength of the Church as a whole.

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***IMPORTANT NOTE***

As a perfect compliment to this this posting, please take a few minutes and proceed through the following link in order for me to tell you what I see happening in the near future and how it links the the content of the material you just finished reading.

http://www.mofizixgr4fix.com/?p=376

In addendum to my Christmas wish list...

Only inconvenience would be that the bedroom would have to remained locked during the day.

Dragging a dead horse hearse

As teh "messiah" and the liberal asshats in Congress continue to twist in the wind and reformulate their proposals in an effort to ram socialized medical reform down the throats of Americans, support for our undocumented leader is falling through the floor. As of December 13th, the approval index for the Obamanation administration has hit an all time low for any president, nearly one year into his 1st term in office.



Does this revelation help to sway our glorious leader and congressional socialists from their failed and lofty goals? Of course not! We are witnessing the arrogance that is the Communist takeover and transformation of our nation by the same ideology that we have been fighting against since the early days of the Bolshevik revolution. They have their agenda and are determined to carry out as much destruction of our beloved country as they can in the short amount of time they have to do it in. They knew that once the general public caught on to their dastardly plans, it wouldn't be long before a backlash of epic proportions strips them from power once again.

Unfortunately for them, the truth is spreading like wildfire. The barn doors have been opened and the proverbial horse has fled the stables only to be shot down by an increasingly frustrated public. However, despite the overwhelming rejection of their socialist agendas, Obama and his minions in Congress are determined to drag this dead horse over the finish line.

UN employs SEIU thuggery!

It appears that the UN is employing the same tactics used by the SIEU to silence "right-wing" dissenters at this past summer's town hall meetings. I hope this phucking video goes viral! These people are serious authoritarian scumbags to the point of being downright evil! If this video does not send a shiver down your spine, I don't know what will short of an atomic device leveling a large metropolitan area.

To all my Jewish friends, Ah Freilichen Chanukah!

Our glorious leader takes job creation to a whole new level!

H/T to Tom Murphy via email.

Calling all moonbats...

A mysterious and as of yet unexplained blue spiral of light has been seen in the skies above Norway.

Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway
By Mail Foreign Service and Will Stewart
Last updated at 5:00 PM on 09th December 2009

A mysterious light display appearing over Norway last night has left thousands of residents in the north of the country baffled.

Witnesses from Trøndelag to Finnmark compared the amazing sight to anything from a Russian rocket to a meteor or a shock wave - although no one appears to have mentioned UFOs yet.

The phenomenon began when what appeared to be a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain. It stopped mid-air, then began to circulate.

Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky. Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to twelve minutes before disappearing completely.

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with telephone calls after the light storm - which astronomers have said did not appear to have been connected to the aurora, or Northern Lights, so common in that area of the world.

The mystery deepened tonight as Russia denied it had been conducting missile tests in the area...

*snip*

Coincidentally, it is the eve before teh "messiah" gives his acceptance speech before the Nobel committee upon receiving the Nobel peace prize... that's right folks... in Noway.

Coincidentally, it happens to be the occasion where teh "messiah" is supposed to disclose to the world the United States' knowledge of the existence of extra-terrestrial life.

Coincidentally, it happens to be the week before teh "messiah" jumps over to Denmark to meet with fellow moonbats on how to rape the world's economy using global warming scare tactics. Chicken Little would be proud.

Wait a minute... where have I seen that spiral in the sky before?

AH YES... How could I forget!



ITS THE MOON-BAT SIGNAL!!!
Somehow, I don't think Gotham is prepared for what this capped crusader has in store.

I needed a good laugh...

The news of the day is begining to really depress me. There is so much evil going on in the world today and so much impending doom lurking over the horizon that I feel the need to dampen my frustrations with a little humor. That's why I like to break up the rantings here with content that makes me LMAO.

As I was enjoying some holiday cheer by watching old Christmas song videos, I came across something that made me laugh so hard to the point of tears and knew I needed to share it with you all. It's an old clip of The Johnny Carson Show from 1969 with Bob Hope, Dean Martin, George Gobel and others. Those were the good old days of entertainment. Guests smoked and drank right on the set and the comedy was damned good - almost innocent, but mischievous in nature. Today, comedy has devolved into bathroom humor replete with expletives and sexuality. It sure would be nice if we could return to simpler times.

Just a note: Be sure and watch the second clip. It's even funnier than the first.

Remembering 90 minutes of horror

68 years ago, our nation suffered the most devastating military attack ever executed on American soil. Before 9-11, this was the most defining moment in our history that signaled an age where the United States was no longer safe from attack by its enemies over seas. Prior to that, we lived in the comfort of knowing that our superior military defenses would prevent attack or invasion from foreign lands. 90 minutes, one beautiful morning in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii changed it all. As our forces conducted normal peacetime routines of the day, a squadron of Japanese Zeros swooped in at 7:55am and opened the gates of hell. Over the period of an hour and a half, the once beautiful and serene naval base was transformed into a fiery abyss of death and decimation.

All tolled, our losses were massive...

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U.S. Personnel Casualties

Service Killed Wounded Total

Navy 2008 710 2718

Army 218 364 582

Marines 109 69 178

Civilians 68 35 103

Summary of U.S. Ship Damage

Battleships

Arizona sunk, total loss

California sunk, raised, repaired May 1944

Maryland damaged, repaired Feb. 1942

Nevada heavily damaged, repaired Dec. 1942

Oklahoma capsized, total loss

Tennessee damaged, repaired Mar. 1942

West Virginia sunk, raised, repaired July 1944

Pennsylvania slightly damaged, repaired Aug. 1942

Destroyers

Cassin heavily damaged, rebuilt Feb. 1944

Downes heavily damaged, rebuilt Nov. 1943

Helm damaged, repaired Jan. 1942

Cruisers

Helena heavily damaged, repaired June 1942

Honolulu damaged, repaired Jan. 1942

Raleigh heavily damaged, repaired July 1942

Minecraft

Oglala sunk, raised, repaired Feb. 1944

Auxiliaries

Curtis damaged, repaired Jan. 1942

Sotoyomo sunk, raised, repaired Aug.1942

Utah capsized, sunk

Vestal heavily damaged, repaired Feb. 1942

YFD-2 sunk, raised, repaired May 1942

U.S. Aircraft Damage Summary: Lost and Damaged Aircraft

Navy 92 31

Army Air Corps 77 128

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Those who lived through that frightening day remember the chaos and terror of being under attack and watching their brothers be slaughtered before their eyes. But, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, they strengthened their resolve, rallied their countrymen to arms and sent a devastating blow back to their attackers. These were men of honor. These were who defined the greatest generation of the 20th century. These are the heroes who fought to ensure we remained a free nation and as time passes by, their numbers are rapidly dwindling. It will not be long before there will be no one left who can recall living through that horrible day and the only stories we will hear will be those recalled from the pages of history.

As we pause to remember their sacrifice, we must also remember to never let their memory or their bravery be forgotten.

He knows if you've been naughty or nice... or just damned ignorant.

Oh oh, Santa must be keeping up on his reading of newspaper editorials these days...

To the Editor: Save the Earth, get rid of trappings of Christmas
By The Post-Standard
December 02, 2009, 6:50AM

In today's Post-Standard, one reader says Christmas traditions do harm to our planet:

To the Editor:

I believe we should think about doing away with Christmas. Our planet is in big trouble, and giving up Christmas would help to save it in many ways.

Not having to do extra driving, looking for gifts, would save on gas and therefore on carbon dioxide emissions.

Millions of trees would not be cut down, allowing them to grow large and to eat up the carbon dioxide which contributes to global warming.

The land normally used for Christmas tree farms could be planted with fast-growing hardwood forests to suck up even more CO2.

No Christmas lights or decorations would mean fewer utilities would be used, therefore saving on our natural resources.

There wouldn’t be so much stuff to swell our already fast-expanding landfills.

I think people would be calmer, happier and less stressed if they didn’t have to deal with the holiday. Many who live alone or have no family ties get depressed around Christmastime. There are even increased numbers of suicides. Not celebrating Christmas would mean folks could save money and not go further into debt buying presents that the recipients didn’t even want or need.

Those wishing to celebrate Christ could have their religious and/or family get-togethers and remember Him for whom Christmas was named. It seems like we’ve gotten rather far away from that.

Mary Armstrong
Cazenovia

...better get a clue for goodness sake!

Damned Pesky Polar Bears!

International Thugs

H/T to Rodger, The Real King of France

Today's Good Samaritan LMAO...

Horror Movie Scene Prompts Police Response
WCCO/CBS News
Dec 3, 2009 2:19 pm US/Central

COLOMA, Calif. (CBS) - Bloodcurdling screams and a violent attack caused a Coloma resident to call authorities, but when police arrived on the scene, they discovered the disturbance was just the filming of a horror movie, CBS station KOVR-TV reported.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office sent at least eight units to the Coloma Club off Highway 49 early Wednesday morning after receiving a 911 call reporting that a woman was being dragged through the parking lot.

"They were alarmed, certainly, when they showed up," said Josh Cumby.

The situation was defused quickly when authorities found out that it was just actress Ann Hensen and a movie crew filming a scene where she was being dragged away by the living dead...

*snip*

With acting that real, you can bet I'll be looking for
that one when the DVD comes out ;)

No more trophy for you, dumbass!

Hollywood Conservatives Say Gore Should Lose Oscar Over Climate-Gate
Updated December 04, 2009
FOX News

Two conservative screenwriters say Al Gore should be stripped of his Oscar in light of the global warming questions raised by leaked e-mails out of a British research center.

Just days ahead of an international climate change conference, global warming guru and former Vice President Al Gore has been hit by an inconvenient scandal -- one that's reverberated all the way back to Hollywood.

Two conservative screenwriters say Gore should be stripped of his Oscar in light of the global warming questions raised by leaked e-mails out of a British research center.

The former vice president earned the Oscar in 2007 for his climate change manifesto "An Inconvenient Truth." He later went on to earn a Nobel Peace Prize and become one of the world's leading authorities on global warming.

But Roger Simon and Lionel Chetwynd, both members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, put out a statement Thursday calling for the Academy to take it all back in light of the controversy skeptics have dubbed Climate-Gate.

"I personally call for the Academy to rescind this Oscar," Simon said. "In the history of the Academy ... not to my knowledge has an Oscar ever been rescinded. ... I think they should rescind this one."

Though their demand will almost certainly not be met, it marks the latest effort by conservatives to draw attention to the controversy in the run-up to an international climate change conference next week in Copenhagen -- where Gore just canceled a lecture he was supposed to deliver...

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You folks know damned well he will never give up his Oscar anymore willingly than he would be prepared to give up his crusade against free market capitalism by means of junk science.

Here's the secret to how they make Swiss cheese...

9-11 Truther SMACKDOWN!

Jim Norton of the Opie and Anthony Show 'Body'slams Jesse Ventura!!!




I was waiting for the old "metal folding chair slam to the head," but Norton was effective even without resorting to such pathetic theatrics.

!!!DENIERS!!!

Obama science officials defend warming research
Associated Press
Dec 2 03:18 PM US/Eastern

WASHINGTON (AP) - Top White House science officials defended the validity of global warming research against repeated Republican attacks Wednesday that cited leaked e-mails from some climate researchers.

The e-mails from a British university's climate center were obtained by computer hackers and released last month. Climate change skeptics contend the messages reveal that researchers manipulated and suppressed data and stifled dissent...

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What a bunch of arrogant and defiant SOBs!

Meet Obama's climate 'experts'
Socialists, conspiracy theorists, supporters of spreading wealth
Posted: December 02, 2009
9:37 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Amid an international climate-change scandal involving hacked e-mails just days before a major U.N. climate summit of world leaders, it is instructive to profile top White House officials who are drafting President Obama's climate policy.

Some of the officials include known supporters of socialism who have advocated using environmental activism to spread America's wealth.

'Climate czar' Carol Browner

Carol Browner's official title is assistant to the president for energy and climate change. She formerly served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency administrator during the Clinton administration and was Florida secretary of the environment.

Browner was a member of the Commission for a Sustainable World Society at Socialist International, a group that Discover the Networks reports is the "umbrella for 170 'social democratic, socialist and labor parties' in 55 countries."

The Washington Times explained Browner's group called for "global governance" and asserts rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change.

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'Regulatory czar' Cass Sunstein

According to Cass Sunstein, administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, global climate change is primarily the fault of U.S. environmental behavior and can, therefore, be used as a mechanism to redistribute the country's wealth.

The Obama czar penned a 2007 University of Chicago Law School paper – obtained and reviewed by WND – in which he debated whether America should pay "justice" to the world by entering into a compensation agreement that would be a net financial loss for the U.S.

Sunstein leans on the side of such an agreement, particularly a worldwide carbon tax that would heavily tariff the U.S.

A prominent theme throughout Sunstein's 39-page paper, "Climate Change Justice," maintains U.S. wealth should be redistributed to poorer nations. He uses terms such as "distributive justice" several times. The paper was written with fellow attorney Eric A. Posner

"It is even possible that desirable redistribution is more likely to occur through climate change policy than otherwise, or to be accomplished more effectively through climate policy than through direct foreign aid," wrote Sunstein.

He posited: "We agree that if the United States does spend a great deal on emissions reductions as part of an international agreement, and if the agreement does give particular help to disadvantaged people, considerations of distributive justice support its action, even if better redistributive mechanisms are imaginable.

"If the United States agrees to participate in a climate change agreement on terms that are not in the nation's interest, but that help the world as a whole, there would be no reason for complaint, certainly if such participation is more helpful to poor nations than conventional foreign-aid alternatives," he wrote.

Sunstein maintains: "If we care about social welfare, we should approve of a situation in which a wealthy nation is willing to engage in a degree of self-sacrifice when the world benefits more than that nation loses."

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'Science czar' John Holdren

Holdren is assistant to the president for science and technology, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and co-chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

He has been a longtime climate-change alarmist who has advocated ideas such as enforcing limits to world population growth.

Holdren's name was in the e-mails hacked from the Climatic Research Unit at East Anglia University in the U.K., which show that some climate researchers declined to share their data with fellow scientists, conspired to rig data and sought to keep researchers with dissenting views from publishing in leading scientific journals.

FrontPageMag.com noted Holdren has endorsed "surrender of sovereignty" to "a comprehensive Planetary Regime" that would control all the world's resources, direct global redistribution of wealth, oversee the "de-development" of the West, control a World Army and taxation regime, and enforce world population limits.

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...and just what make us think that more than 3000 emails and documents exposing global warming as the biggest scam ever perpetrated in the history of the civilized world will stop these criminals from carrying out their sinister agenda???

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