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Wednesday - March 11, 2009

Greetings from the West Texas Jingoistic Association For Gun Clinging Smear Merchants.

GENTLEMAN:

This week I received some sad news out of Hobbs, New Mexico. The father of one of my good friends passed away. The man's name was James Burton Veteto. The obituary did not give his age but I am sure he was in his mid - late eighties. I hear the term "Gentleman or Gentlemen" use quite a bit and I am sure that it fits with some and not with others. But I lived in Hobbs, New Mexico for 30 years and knew quite a few who deserved the title of "Gentleman". Mr. Veteto was certainly one of them. I was close with his son Mark who I try to see every time I return to Hobbs for a visit. Mr. Veteto always treated me with kindness and I know he was well respected in the community. He was a very successful businessman and I valued his opinion on most matters. I saw him often when I visited with another very good friend who was his neighbor. Every time I hear the term "Gentleman" used I try to think of all of the people with whom I was fortunate to come into contact, who happen to fit that description. Mr. James Burton Veteto is always one who comes to my mind. He will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family on this day.

EQUAL:

There was an article this week in our local newspaper, "The (Sub) Standard Times" [for those of you residing in the 'People's Republic of San Francisco, the (Sub) was my own addition]. This particular story dealt with an Iranian woman who now lives in Spain. This woman, in 2004, had acid thrown in her eyes causing her blindness in both eyes. Well the wonderful Islamic court system in Iran has ruled that the victim was entitled to blind the defendant, BUT she was only entitled to blind the man who had blinded her in only one eye. This is according to the Islamic law system of "quisas", or an eye-for-an-eye retribution. Because in Iran each man is worth two women she is only entitled to pour acid in one of his eyes. What a great system. Religion of Peace my backside. Every time I hear some politician sounding off about the Nation of Islam being a "Religion of Peace" I want to send them to one of those countries to live for a year or so and see if they come back with the same attitude.

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WEDNESDAY - February 18, 2009
 
Hello once again from the West Texas Headquarters Of The Culture Of Corrupt Jingoist Smear Machines.
 
STIMULUS:
 
Let me get this out of the way first;  NO  I  HAVE  NOT  READ  THE  STIMULUS  BILL.  So that makes me at least even with the majority of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate.  None of them have read this idiotic piece of legislation either.  Oh, some of them probably read small parts but I'll wager that the only parts they read were those which dealt with their own particular district or state.
 
According to some of the information which I read, California was first with funding for 1971 projects;  Florida was second with funding for 1752 projects;  and Texas was third with funding for 1240 projects.  Now since I live in Texas I believe I have a right to sound off on the $10.7 BILLION Taxpayer Dollars earmarked for my state.
 
Leading the State of Texas in hog meat is the City of Dallas with nearly $1.3 BILLION;  Followed by San Antonio with $1.07 BILLION;  Followed by Austin with $1.03 BILLION and Houston with a paltry $588 MILLION in swine handouts.  Now I am not going to bore you with everything on which these funds are being spent but San Antonio has $10 MILLION earmarked for upgrading the Alamo Dome.  Now I am sure that the Alamo Dome probably could use some sprucing up but this is a stadium owned, I believe, by either The City of San Antonio or Bexar, County.  So why should taxpayer money from other parts of the state and nation be used to improve something which is owned by the government in that area?  Actually that doesn't gripe me as much as the  $18 MILLION earmarked in Austin for a boardwalk around "Lady Bird" Lake.  But I imagine that quite a bit of this so called "Stimulus Package" in every state is going to be blown on similar projects.
 

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Hello again from the West Texas Anti-Global Gun Clinging Supporters Of Jingoism.
 
This past week my old friend and ex-partner Peary Perry, who presently resides in the "People's Republic of Austin", wrote an article which pointed out just how sick our society has become.  He was specifically referring to the young man, 19 years old, who committed suicide over the Internet while many sat idly by and watched this occurrence. The police in that jurisdiction reported that only ONE person called them to report the incident.  People who watched this incident had various responses ranging from "I thought it was a joke" to "All you are doing is looking".
 
Apparently this attitude prevails in many parts of our great country.   I am proud to say that it is not a practice which is nationwide BUT it will get that way if we sit around and do nothing to change this attitude.  Of course if this had cost many of those onlookers money out of their own pocket, perhaps they would have viewed it a bit different.  A sad commentary of our times.
 
NEWS  COVERAGE:
 
I don't know about the rest of you but I am growing a bit weary of the constant reporting of Plaxico Burress and his problems with the law.  Every thirty minutes or so, it seems like we are subjected to the same film clip of Plaxico exiting the Police Station.  Then one of the news channels felt it necessary to begin to ask this probing question:  "Should professional athletes be allowed to carry handguns?"  Now this might not seem like much to some of you but I can almost guarantee that this is another attempt to erode our Second Amendment rights.  The anti-gun group will use any occurrence to further their cause.  We have all received messages and read about legislation in the works to regulate all firearms ammunition.  Not necessarily to block the sale BUT to make it so restrictive that the cost of already expensive ammunition would skyrocket to an unrealistic figure.
 

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Wednesday - October 28,  2008
 
Greetings from the West Texas Regional Chapter of Vast Right Wing Conspiratorial Gun Clinging Sons of Jingoism.
 
Let me begin by voicing my opinion of the media coverage of the election up to this point.  ENOUGH!  If I hear the terms "Battleground State" or "Swing State" another time, I fear for anyone within my reach (family and friends excluded).  These are a couple of terms which have been completely over used by the media mutts.  Doesn't it make sense that ALL  STATES are in fact "Battleground States"?  If so, then doesn't it also make sense that if all the votes have been cast; and most of the results from the majority of the states are known;  and neither candidate has a clear victory at hand;  and  neither has enough electoral votes to claim victory; wouldn't it be possible for several or perhaps all of the remaining states to be "Swing States"?  Now for those of you residing in the "People's Republic of San Francisco" the remaining states would be able to "Swing" the election toward one particular candidate.  Ah, but not so.  Our idiot mainstream media, no, let me rephrase that, ALL  OF  OUR  MEDIA have already decided which states are "Swing States" just as they have decided which states are "Battleground States."  Just as they have decided who should be our next President.
 
So if the thought of the news media, and particularly the far left socialist leaning mainstream media, choosing our next President doesn't bother you then read no further.  The brutal truth is that NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine and several more, are all in the tank for Barack Hussein Obama and have all attempted to do a real hatchet job on Sarah Palin.  Have they succeeded?  We will find out next Tuesday.
 
I believe it was yesterday when I had my TV on FOX News and it was in the time slot in the afternoon when Shepard Smith was hosting the program.  He had a telephone interview with Joe Wurzelbacher (to clarify this for the Freedom Loving Residents of the Socialist Workers State of Massachusetts, this would be Joe the Plumber").  Let me say at this point that I know several good people who live in the State of Massachusetts, however the majority of the voters in that state have chosen "Fat Teddy", John Kerry, and Barney Frank as elected officials so the sanity of the majority of the Massachusetts voters is definitely in question.
 

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Hello once again from the West Texas Association For Gun Clinging Conspiratorial Jingoistic Right Wing Fed Up People.
 
Let me begin this week with a few quick words about Congressman Jack Murtha.  FIRST  CLASS  MUTT.  What made it really great was the fact that after he called the people in his Pennsylvania district racists, he returned to the camera and in a manner which only a liberal idiot could do, took back the racist comment and replaced it with "redneck".   Way to go Jack.  If stupidity were a country, you would be like Russia.
 
This past week we have all been subjected to various news stories about "Joe The Plumber".   Aren't we fortunate that we have media outlets like NBC and several others to point out some really interesting facts about "Joe The Plumber".  First we were made aware that his first name really isn't Joe.   Then after some really outstanding investigative journalism techniques, we were made aware of the shocking fact that "Joe The Plumber" did NOT have a plumbing license.  Boy those two facts were really Biblical in nature, weren't they?  Now not only did the usual suspect liberal news sources harp on this until I was about ready to burst into flames, but FOX News crack reporter Shepard Smith saw fit to also make us aware of these two shocking facts.  As a matter of fact, I found Shepard Smith's reporting of this to be really more obnoxious than the regular mainstream.  Smith was snotty and condescending and even made the statement that since "Joe The Plumber" did not possess a plumbing license that perhaps he should be referred to as: "Joe, the guy who works on the pipes."  I am sure that Shep thought he had hit a home run in the humor area but I thought he had shown his true colors, which were those of an arrogant turd.
 

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Wednesday - October 8, 2008
 
A pretty hot welcome from the West Texas Branch of Vast Right Wing Conspiratorial Gun Clingers.
 
Last night I tried to watch the John McCain -  Barack Hussein Obama debate.  I found it to be incredibly dull and really without a whole bunch of substance.  As you might have guessed, I am NOT an UNDECIDED voter.  At this late stage of the game, if an individual is UNDECIDED then he or she, as the case may be, is in dire need of an intelligence transfusion.  While attempting to get excited about this debate, all the time knowing full well that The Missouri Breaks was showing  on the Western Channel, all I heard was pretty much the same old stuff.
 
There is no doubt in my mind that John McCain is light years ahead of the ultra liberal Senator from Chicago.  While John McCain did point a few well deserved fingers at Obama, I personally thought he spent way too much time telling us about his ability to "Reach across the aisle" and work with Democrat/Socialist Senators naming "Fat Teddy"(this would be Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy);   Russ Feingold; and a couple of other far left loons.  Every time I hear the term "Reach Across The Aisle" I can't help but think of the reasons given to "Reach Across The Aisle".  The only valid reason I can come up with to "Reach Across The Aisle", particularly to reach Fat Teddy or Russ Feingold, would be to choke the crap out of them both.
 
But we all know that what today's politicians mean by "Reaching Across The Aisle" is to work in a "BI-PARTISAN" manner with a bunch of socialists who have absolutely no intention of giving in to any conservative thought or suggestion.  I have had about enough of bi-partisan behavior.  I am about ready for so called conservative politicians to just stand up for what is right.  Stop giving in to these far left leaning bozos.  Remember, giving in is EASY.  Standing up for what is right is HARD.  These people are not elected to take the easy way out.
 

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