By Greg Kopp on
3/17/2008 2:20 PM
An oldie, but a goodie. Worth looking at again.
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By Greg Kopp on
9/23/2006 1:14 PM
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, September 22, 2006
Religious fanatics, regardless of what name they give their jealous god, invariably have one thing in common: no sense of humor. Particularly about themselves. It's hard to imagine Torquemada taking a joke well.
Today's Islamists seem to have not even a sense of irony. They fail to see the richness of the following sequence. The pope makes a reference to a 14th-century Byzantine emperor's remark about Islam imposing itself by the sword, and to protest this linking of Islam and violence:
· In the West Bank and Gaza, Muslims attack seven churches.
· In London, the ever-dependable radical Anjem Choudary tells demonstrators at Westminster Cathedral that the pope is now condemned to death.
· In Mogadishu, Somali religious leader Abubukar Hassan Malin calls on Muslims to "hunt down" the pope. The pope not being quite at hand, they do the next best thing: shoot dead, exec ...
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By Greg Kopp on
7/28/2006 12:00 PM
Here is a great statistic to bite into: Cooking four normal sized hamburgers in a fast food joint emits the same amount of VOC's (volatile organic compounds) as driving a current model car for 1,000 miles. (Engelhard) in Hong Kong, "The 9,000 restaurants in HK also contribute to fine particulates and volatile organic substances. Other components of fumes are oils, fats, aliphatic hydrocarbons, poly-aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, aldehydes and elemental carbon." (read study here) In New Jersey, 16,000 restaurants release 2,226 tons of particulates, more than all of the heavy diesel vehicles in the state (1,329 tons, Read More »
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By Greg Kopp on
2/9/2006 9:45 AM
I read this commentary from Ann Coulter very entertaining -- and accurate.
AnnCoulter.com - Archived Article: CALVIN AND HOBBES â AND MUHAMMAD
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By Greg Kopp on
12/6/2005 7:24 PM
Yes, I am a conservative. Yes, I mostly vote for Republicans. But I have voted for many a Democrat, and I'm sure I will again. If my choices for Governor of Ohio in 2006 are Republican Betty Montgomery and Democrat Ted Strickland, the Democrat gets my vote. Betty just doesn't get it.
But I digress. The point of this ramble isn't about Ohio politics, but national politics. I am so sick and tired of turn-coat Democratic LIARS who are now claiming that President Bush lied about why we invaded Iraq. When the President asked for the authority to go to war, he presented the Congress with the intelligence he was given. They all saw the same stuff. Now, these spineless worms are saying they didn't. Well, in the case of John Kerry, king of the flip-flops, he says he did, then he says he didn't. All in the same sentence!
Ass-wipes like Howard Dean (chairman of the Democratic National Committee) who are now saying the war is not winnable and we should pull out immediately make ...
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By Greg Kopp on
11/5/2004 2:19 PM
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 ...
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By Greg Kopp on
10/15/2004 8:54 AM
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 ...
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By Greg Kopp on
10/14/2004 2:43 PM
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 ...
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By Greg Kopp on
10/14/2004 2:26 PM
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 ...
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By Greg Kopp on
10/13/2004 11:28 PM
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 ...
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