It’s Friday night, the wife won in court today, and it’s time to celebrate!  Martinis tonight, along with all the garbage we can eat.

There are those times when you are out at an open-air bar and can watch the sun set, that make you happy you are alive.

We’re about ready to throw the dock lines off for the last time. We have stocked up on food and goods and are almost ready to leave when things get bad.

Although it does geta bit cool in the winter evenings here, around 40, it is still and the humidity is low. I sometimes like to sit outside with the dog and watch the world go by.

I have included a pic of our dog.

I just came outside with the dog and it was really pretty out here!

According to Napolitano U.S. terror threat at highest since 9/11.

This is a paste of the post I left on Laporte’s forum:

“As it seems, in the life of all celebrities there comes a time when one’s ego seems to get in the way of their better judgment. You see this over and over in Hollywood. Actors and actresses that become so enamored with themselves, that they think it is okay for them to expound their belief systems. This seems to be the beginning of the end for those types. The Hollywood types are good at one thing – acting. They know how to act like someone else. They should stick to that and not go off on political tangents that end up biting them. Laporte should stick to what he is good at.

I also heard Laporte insult a fellow talk show host’s guest on one of his weekend shows on KFI. Not that I agree with Alex Jones or give any validity to his views, but to insult his show by calling it “crackpot” while talking to a caller on-air? That reeks of arrogance. George Noory has had Jones on several times. Noory has also called into Jones show on occasion and has shown himself to believe in the same ideals. For Laporte to call a regular on another talk show host’s show a crackpot is very bad form. I wonder how Laporte would feel if John and Ken (two other hosts) made a rude remark about Laporte’s show. I doubt that they would be on the air long, and if KFI kept them they would probably have to publicly apologize.

I don’t like name calling and the Liberals seem to turn to that all too often. I weathered through listening to Laporte cuss at one of his guests, listening to him talk about Socialism as what we should have here, even after remarking about how the French are lazy and it may be because of their Socialist system, and his Liberal attitude, but to hear him call another talk show host names while on the air at KFI is too much to stomach. After listening/watching him for over 10 years, I have now deleted the link to his site and deleted the subscription to his podcasts from my Android phone. I won’t be listening to him on the weekends on KFI. I find the way Laporte has handled himself to be disrespectful and distasteful.

By insulting others you can only lose market share. I don’t get what he was trying to gain by these antics.”

Here is the California law on stopping and checking papers for illegals:

(a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully
cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization
Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is
suspected of being present in the United States in violation of
federal immigration laws.
   (b) With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected
of being present in the United States in violation of federal
immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the
following:
   (1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen
of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent
resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time
or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of
immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not
be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and
place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding
documentation to indicate his or her legal status.
   (2) Notify the person of his or her apparent status as an alien
who is present in the United States in violation of federal
immigration laws and inform him or her that, apart from any criminal
justice proceedings, he or she must either obtain legal status or
leave the United States.
   (3) Notify the Attorney General of California and the United
States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal
status and provide any additional information that may be requested
by any other public entity.
   (c) Any legislative, administrative, or other action by a city,
county, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with
jurisdictional boundaries, or by a law enforcement agency, to prevent
or limit the cooperation required by subdivision (a) is expressly
prohibited.

I wanted to blog about this almost perfect document, because I have had a lot of thoughts and feelings lately regarding social and political issues that seem to belie what this country’s laws were intended to guard against.  As it seems, when Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he strode to keep it as simple as possible so that most everyone could derive what they needed from it to be able to live a free and content life in our country.  Much like the Ten Commandments where God only required 10 rules, The Declaration of Independence initially only names three conditions for our country to be free:

The right to:

• Life
• Liberty
• The Pursuit of Happiness

To fully understand how powerful these three things are, you must define them so as to have an objective and universal understanding, and then stack them up against the political system that we are now under to see if our country is being run as intended.

Life, as defined, is the existence of an entity that is self-defining and self-determining.  One where there is self-awareness.

Liberty has a much more complex.  Liberty is a condition of being free from restriction and control.  Free from confinement and servitude.  Digging a bit deeper; servitude a lack of personal freedom to act as one chooses.  Being dominated by a person, persons or a thing.

The Pursuit of Happiness is having the ability to utilize the above to your individual advantage.

Although we still have Life, depending on just how deeply you wish to define this, it seems that Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness have taken a major hit over the years.

Liberty

Out ability to experience and enjoy Liberty has been slowly whittled away at by a constantly growing government.  We have been encumbered from several fronts in order to slowly move us into a direction of servitude.  Where we were once free to buy, sell and trade openly, we are now encumbered by taxes and fees. 

Looking at the loaf of bread example, where 151 taxes are levied against that one product when you consider the tax on the grain, the machinery at the farm, the fuel to harvest and bring to market, the truck, license and road taxes that were paid, the list goes on and on.  By the time the load of bread gets to the grocer’s shelves, the cost goes from an unadjusted 10 cents to several dollars.

Other taxes include automobiles, which suffer the same fate as bread, during their manufacture.  On top of that we are forced to pay licensing fees, and then when we resell the car that has already had a tax paid on it, we are expected to again pay a tax.

This scenario can be overlaid onto every aspect of the retail sector.  Such a cash cow for our overgrown and illegal government…

Our government has showing over and over in recent years, their blatant disregard for representing what the People want.  Most recently, where polls showed that more Americans were against it than were for it, the politicians were instructed by the president that they should pass the bill and not take into account the possibility that the might not be reelected.  For a president to tell congress to ignore the wishes of their constituents and to vote with him is a complete departure of what their title, “representative”, is suppose to mean.  They are to represent our wishes when they go to Washington because we haven’t the ability to work and maintain a living and handle the politics.  This has lead to taxation without representation, which is another subject and one of the reasons for the Declaration of Independence.

With all the taxes on our goods, and taxes on our wages, which is an unratified and illegal tax (see 16th Amendment which was never “ratified” or made into law), We the People have become subjects of the government, where we cannot exist, have liberty or pursue happiness unless we work within a system as defined by all the layers of law that the politicians have imposed upon us.  They have taken away Liberty, which is a fundamental and unalienable right that was given to us at this country’s inception.  Taxes aren’t the only means of control.  Fines and fees to the government in the name of “protecting the public” are also imposed to take more from us and funnel it into the government entities.

More to come…

Well…  I was looking for a more gentle way of making that statement, but I don’t think there is one.  Simply put ISLAM SUCKS!

Muslims suck.  Their belief system sucks – i.e. the Qur’an, or however you wish to spell it.  The Bible only has one spelling, and it is universally known as are its contents.  The Qur’an has been mostly hidden, with only the elders being the ones that interpret and hand down the knowledge.  That way the elders can keep the hate and evil filth of the Qur’an moving forward.

They want to kill others that do not believe as they do.  They wish to propagate their beliefs all over the world, even if it means killing all others that will not accept their way of worship.  The Muslim faith is an evil mark on the Earth, and I hope that people will come to realize that.