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I have no idea why I started this thing. I never seem to have time to blog.

And even when something interresting does happen, I usually forget to make an entry anyway.

*sigh*

I haven't had much time to blog, so I figured my latest entry should be about, what else, the presidential election.

I am ver much relieved that John Kerry was so soundly defeated. I must say, I was thinking for the last week or so that Bush would have lost the election. The polls were bouncing all over the place.

It's promising to see that so many democrats were able to get past party politics and realize that George W. Bush was the best choice. He's a better leader, he has better moral values, and has a determination to win this global war on terror without asking permission from the French.

I was also relieved and impressed that John Kerry didn't take the advice from the far, far, far, far left of his party or the even farther left John Edwards, and fight the vote counts. Everyone besides Mary Beth Cahil and John Edwards knew that there were not enough provisional ballots outstanding in my great state of Ohio to move the vote count in Kerry's direction. It just wasn't ... Read More »

A large group of Al Qaeda terrorists are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a sand dune

"One United States Marine is better than ten Al Qaeda!"

The Al Qaeda commander quickly sends 10 of his best fighters over the dune, whereupon a gun battle breaks and continues for a few minutes, then silence.

The voice then calls out "One United States Marine is better than one hundred Al Qaeda!"

Furious, the Al Qaeda commander sends his next best 100 fighters over the dune and instantly a huge fire fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again silence.

The American voice calls out again "One United States Marine is better than one thousand Al Qaeda!"

The enraged Al Qaeda Commander musters one thousand fighters and sends them across the dune. Cannons, rockets and machine guns ring out as a huge battle is fought.

Then silence. eventually one wounded Al Qaeda fighter crawls back over the dune and with his ... Read More »

The notion of instant gratification is becoming more prevasive in our society every day.

My son doesn't want to wait a few more weeks to earn enough of an allowance to buy a new toy. The younger kids don't want to get a job at McDonalds because entry level jobs don't pay enough. They all want the top spot with no experience and no qualifications.

I think that is why dealing drugs is so attractive to inner city youths. When you're young, you're indestructible. Nothing can hurt you. Even though most of the your older friends and siblings have been gunned down in gang violence. Waiting weeks to get paid is a lot less attractive than having $5,000 in cash in your pocket.

This irrational behavior doesn't exist in just our kids. Adults are the same way.

Our forefathers declared thier independence in 1776. Our nation didn't ratify our Constitution until 1789. It took 13 years. The Afgan people just help thier first elections after only a couple of years of fighting ... Read More »

By Zell Miller

What if today's reporters had covered the Marines landing on Iwo Jima, a small island in the far away Pacific Ocean, in the same way they're covering the war in Iraq? Here's how it might have looked:

DAY 1

With the aid of satellite technology, Cutie Cudley interviews Marine Pfc. John Doe, who earlier came ashore with 30,000 other Marines.

Cutie: "John, we have been told by the administration that this island has great strategic importance because if you're successful, it could become a fueling stop for our bombers on the way to Japan. But, as you know, we can't be sure this is the truth. What do you think?"

Pfc. Doe: "Well, I've been pinned down by enemy fire almost ever since I got here and have had a couple of buddies killed right beside me. I'm a Marine and I go where they send me. One thing's for sure, they are putting up a fight not to give up this island."

Cutie: "Ou ... Read More »

I'm rather disgusted by this coordinated tactic by the Kerry/Edwards campaign to bring up the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney when being asked about gay marriage.

What in the hell gives these two idiots the right to use Mary Cheney as a poster child for their liberal causes?

They're trying to get the far-right of the Republican party to turn agains Bush/Cheney and it won't work.

John Kerry - you owe Mary Cheney an appology.

I find it wonderful that the "assault weapon" ban has recently expired. Come on. Let's face it. It had nothing to do with assault weapons and it wasn't really a ban.

Simply put, an assault weapon is a military rifle that has a selector switch that enables it to fire in a full automatic mode. In other words, when you hold the trigger down, it will keep firing until you let it go.

EVERY SINGLE GUN described in this no expired law was a semi-automatic rifle. The gun would only fire ONCE when the trigger is pulled.

So it didn't really have anything to do with assault weapons. So what did it have to do with? Ugly guns. Period. Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, however.

Was it a ban? Hardly. It only prohibited FUTURE manufacture of these ugly guns. Any gun made prior to the law was still perfectly legal to own, but, sell, etc. You didn't have to register it (aside from any state laws) and you didn't have to go through any special background check to keep ... Read More »

For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an issue. On the one hand, right thinking Americans will abhor the stupidity of the actions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day My Lai massacre.

I heard some Arabs are asking for an apology. I humbly offer mine here:

I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and sacrificed the blood of our youth, it was in the defense of Muslims (Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait, etc.).

I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.

I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Arabs.

I am sorry that Arabs have to live in squalor under savage dictatorships. I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.

I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools.

I am sorry that Yassir Arafat was kicked out of every Ar ... Read More »

My son's hockey team had thier first game today AND thier first win! Go Bulldogs! They beat the Mentor team by a score of 4 to 3. Unfortunately I could only watch the first period of the game. But the first period was very exciting. Our goalie made a tremendous save. I thought for sure that the puck was going to go in, and somehow he managed to get his skate on it and push it out of the way. Way to go! Our next game is against Strongsville tomorrow evening.

I had to teach the range portion of a CCW class today, so I had to leave right after the first period. 11 of my 12 students I expected to see today showed up for 2 hours each in 2 different groups. One student was 45 minutes late and I had to send him home. Oh well. I'll have to arrange a different time for him to finish.

All of the students did very well. Each group had one women in it. Women, are by far the most natural shots of the two sexes. But they are the most nervous. After the initial intimidation factor wears off, they'l ... Read More »