Friday Funnies

Appropriate for Halloween week!

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Symmetry

Sometimes things just line up!

Dogs Are Cool

Totally concur!

It's The Dash That Counts!

Great sentiment on a tombstone!

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Don't Roll Over!

This is a scary campsite!

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Cat's Are Not Cool!

Big Job!

But she can do it!

Dogs Are Cool!

Motivation Monday

Conundrum

Saw this over on FB.  I know that things aren't as simple as this little essay.  Still...

Conundrums

The definition of the word Conundrum is: something that is puzzling or confusing.

Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. (Think this one over and over…makes sense!) 

"A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again." 

HERE ARE SIX CONUNDRUMS OF SOCIALISM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

1. America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized. 

2. Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims. 

3. They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government. 

4. Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer. 

5. The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about. 

6. They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries. 

Think about it! And that, my friends, pretty much sums up the USA in the 21st Century. Makes you wonder who is doing the math. 

THESE THREE, SHORT SENTENCES TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT: 

1. We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. 

Funny how that works. And here's another one worth considering… 

2. Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. But we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money ! What's interesting is the first group "worked for" their money, but the second didn't. 

Think about it.....and Last but not least : 

3. Why are we cutting benefits for our veterans, no pay raises for our military and cutting our army to a level lower than before WWII, but we are not stopping the payments or benefits to illegal aliens. 

An Ah-Ha Moment

If you've read this blog at all you know I really like Peggy Noonan's writing.  Her column in the WSJ every week is usually very good.  This week's column is no exception.  You can read it here.

As I said, the column is good.  But what really stood out for me is one particular quote.  It's about Joe Biden's decision not to run.  I've thought exactly the same thing so many times but of course haven't been able to articulate it as clearly and eloquently as Ms. Noonan.  It's a bit of an Ah-Ha moment for me.  Sort of like...Yes, that's what I've been trying to say!

"Joe Biden's decision not to run for president left me sad. He would have enlivened things. He has always reminded me of what Democrats were like when I was a kid—kind of normal and earthy and fun. They did not spend their time endlessly accusing people of being sexist-racist-homophobic-gender-biased persons of unchecked privilege. They would have thought that impolite."

That's the thing about today's Dems.  They are so strident.  So superior.  So sure they are right.  So ready to accuse anyone who doesn't agree with their particularly brand of prejudice.  It's tiresome.  And whenever I get in a discussion with one, I have a tendency to first become insulted and then to roll my eyes and and walk away.  

Friday Funnies

Hillary

Well, I wondered what it was going to be.  And it will be a non-event.  A blip.  It may be dredged up in the general election during debates or in ads, but not much will come of it.  Many are voicing admiration for her performance.  That she withstood hours and hours of grilling that was nothing but partisan.  That she didn't lose her temper.  That she appeared sad and sorry about the events in Benghazi.  The Dems are generally jubilant.  As I said in my previous post, the path to the coronation seems secure.  

I did a little turn around the Internet to the usual sites, both conservative and liberal.  As predicted, the conservatives are holding to their story of lies and incompetent management.   What many are pissed about is the whole smarmy "inside baseball" dimension to it.  This Blumenthal slime.  The small circle of protectors.  That the people on the inside are oh so smart and can't be bothered to tell the truth.  The inconvenient truth!  But that is the Clintons.  The libs are saying it was a witch hunt...much ado about nothing.  Opinions abound.  But like I said, this event is over and we'll move on.  The media won't report on it after this weekend except to note it as an event.  They will continue to promote her coronation.  

The people who are indignant over her actions, were probably never going to vote for her anyway.  These are the Clinton haters who would never come around.  So the outrage will still be there in some quarters, but it will fall on deaf ears.  

But here's the deal.  There are two things that cannot be denied.  They can be ignored...but they can't be denied.  First is that there were Americans in very bad circumstances in a very bad place who repeatedly asked for help and were denied or ignored.   And this is at the Ambassadorial level.  This happened in her State Department.  The result was the death of 4 brave Americans.  Second is that she knew almost immediately that it was a deliberate attack by terrorists on an American facility.  In fact we know she told that to people, including her daughter, in emails.  And then she came out and went along with the bald-faced lies about some video sparking the assault.  She pressed that narrative.  She was silent during the days when Susan Rice and others lied to the American people on every network.  

So like I said...we're moving on.  But whatever your ideology, whatever party you support, wherever your prejudices lie...if you step back and look at this as an American, ask yourself if you want someone who clearly did not care about the plight of Americans in a very bad place and when it went down sideways, decided to support the lies to cover Obama's butt rather than tell the truth, as our next President.  

Hillary

Great day for the presumptive nominee.  The path to the coronation seems clear.  Now that Biden is out, she should cruise to the nomination.  Everyone else in that crowd is irrelevant.

You might ask, "what about Bernie?".  Please.  He may be drawing a crowd but I refuse to believe that this country would elect an avowed Socialist.  Because here's the deal.  He's right about inequality.  We are not equal.  Being equal is incompatible with freedom.  As long as we have the freedoms offered by this country, we won't have equality.  Some are more ambitious, have more initiative, and have more breaks than others.  And at the end of the day, most people won't want to give up their freedom, no matter how great things are in Denmark!

Given the season, this seems appropriate...

But now let's see what happens in the hearing tomorrow.  Could be a non-event.  Or could be pretty interesting.  But whatever happens, the Dems will just say it's political and try and move on.  Of course, there are still 4 dead Americans because the bureaucrats in her State Department ignored the Ambassador's requests for help.  Simple as that.

Go on...Try it!

Pesky Wind

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