Last Snow for a While

Its snowing out right now, and it has occured to me that this will most likely be the last snow I see for a year. Snow is not exactly a common phenomenon in the part of Iraq I will be in, so now of course I am feeling nostalgic about snow. Go figure-I usually hate the stuff.

Anyhoo, I will be blogging from Iraq (nothing too sensitive-OPSEC and all). I think I'll actually start a new blog and just keep an online journal. I'll have to be careful about what I say and such, but it should be fine. More on that later.

I've got plenty of movies and video games to take with me, but more importantly, I've got some good books.

These are the books I got for Christmas:

The Things They Carried-by Tim O'Brien

Flyboys-by James Bradley

The World's Most dangerous Places-by Robert Young Pelton (5th edition)

Dr Seuss Goes to War- The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodore Suess Geisel-by Richard H. Minear

I'm looking forward to reading them all, and if I remain shut off from the world of news media like I have been for the past 3 months, don't be surprised if you read a book review or two.

Anyway, I'm kind of out of the loop right now on so much that I think I need some help.

You tell me what topic I should address, and I'll do a little research and post my opinion here.

Pick something interesting for crying out loud...

Holiday23A

I'm kind of an asshole. I'm cranky with most folks that I know. I say rude things to make people go away. Sometimes I even humiliate people so they will think before they speak in my presence. Sometimes I come across like an angry little man with a mental disorder.

I'm comfortable being me, though, so it all evens out.

Anyway, around the end of November every year, the local battered women shelter asks me to be Santa Claus for their Christmas party. They ask me because I am the greatest Santa ever. (they gave me a certificate that says so)

I don't know all the stories behind these women and kids that end up at the shelter, but I know that they have all had rough lives. One kid in particular this year got my attention. He had that hollow-eyed ghost gaze that people get when they probably don't need anymore stress. He was doing his best to have a good time with his mom, and she was doing her best to be a good parent, but you could tell that they were both in new territory.

So anyway, I'm sitting on my Santa chair, doing Santa stuff, when this kid I'm talking about gets a turn to sit in my lap. I did the usual "Ho Ho Ho" thing and asked his name, and asked if he was good, and then I asked what he wanted for Christmas. He looked me dead in the eye, and with all hope and honesty he said, "I just want to have a good Christmas."

I had to struggle for almost a minute not to lose my composure.

Sometimes I lose my way, just like anyone. This blog started as something very real to me, and then for awhile it became an extension of my ego. I had become an entertainer, and my serious ideas weren't as fun as the asshole stuff.

Then this sweet little kid comes along and ruins it for me.

I'm kind of funny, and I will probably continue to be, but that stuff really isn't what this blog is about. The point here is that we need to work toward a better life-for ourselves and our children and our communities and our country and our neighbors, etc., etc.

If you're into resolutions, try this one: I am going to do my best to improve the world in some small way over the next year.

While you are going through your daily life and pissing and moaning about your daily stresses, maybe you could take the time to write a letter to Congress suggesting that they secure the border, or open more US oil wells, or put strict conditions on monetary aid to Mexico (or anywhere else).

Lots of families will spend the next year missing Daddy while he goes off to Iraq to fight the fight and represent our country. The very least that we can do in return is give a shit about the state of our nation.

New Army Divisions

So here's the plan: When I'm King, we are invading Mexico!

After 12 years in the service, I have decided that we shouldn't have any more wars outside of driving distance. We will have to modify Army policy a bit, because right now the Army says that 50 miles is normal commuting distance. We'll have to expand that. Think about it! We can invade Mexico and eventually Honduras (we'll think of a reason later), and husbands and fathers can still be home on the weekends! It will be great for morale!

Once we set up a good, working occupation, we will move the Presidential vacation house from Camp David to Cozumel. All Mexican citizens will become US Citizens, and the world will be a wonderful place.

As for the War in Iraq, our troops there now will be replaced by Mexican draftees. Our new Special Forces Group, consisting of imprisoned pedophiles and other sex offenders will immediately begin to infiltrate Iran via Air Drop! All "White Collar" criminals will hold positions as officers in the Mexican and SO (Sex Offender) Divisions. All dealings in the Middle East will be done through these two special units.

After 5 years on the front lines, these Mexican and Honduran troops will be sent to Venezuela to look for work. All SOs will be forgiven and granted an honerable discharge as soon as they are killed in action.

What do you think America?

Goodbye GDX, Felize Navidad

I've been busy. Moving on...

GDX Automotive Sealing Division, formerly of Batesville, Arkansas, has moved on. It turns out that the foreign investors who bought the place in 1999 weren't turning much of a profit anymore (only $13million first quarter), so they didn't bid on any new contracts and defaulted on a few old jobs. They almost stiffed the local school district, but after a month of intense negotiations, they setled their local tax debt for $455 thousand.

Now 745 local factory workers are going back to school. For two years. If they can't find a job with comperable benefits.

Batesville has a population of about 10,000. The surrounding area houses roughly 24,000 more. This means that a little over 2% of our local workforce just went looking for a job.

No big deal, right?

Of course, 16% of the local pop was already unemployed, but we'll get to that.

There are two more factories in town of any size: ConAgra Foods (Banquet), and Townsend's.

Interestingly enough, both have had their average wage decrease by about $3 per hour over the past 3 years. ConAgra pays about $10/hr, and Townsend's pays around $8/hr. ConAgra employs roughly 600 personnel. Townsends has about 400 employees. Both have recently initiated a policy that requires all supervisors to speak Spanish.

WalMart is the next largest employer in town, providing around 125 to 130 jobs.

Home Depot employs roughly 80 people.

Bad Boy Mowers is the next best thing, but I think they only have about 40 employees.

Everything else is Burger King, Blockbuster, or Construction.

Interestingly enough, about three years ago we began to see a growth in the non-English speaking population around here. Crime is up, Employment is down. The drugs are cheap and easy to get. STDs are up (a lot). Real Estate sales are down, reposessions and foreclosures are up.

Is this picture too bleak for the holidays?

I'm sorry.

This Holiday Season, I want you to thank an American factory worker (if you can find one). They stand for long hours and endure extreme temps, and put up with a lot of crap. They live with the constant threat of losing their jobs to Mexico, and now they don't even have to pack up the plant to do so.

Foreign involvement in our economy has taken a serious toll on our way of life. Illegal Immigration has added to the damage.

A lack of action on the part of every American is the root of the problem.

So next time you think that Hometown America is still doing fine, you come on up and see us.

...and Have a Merry Christmas

The King Cometh...

I have returned from fair Fortress Chaffee, and with me I bring rants, both great and small.

Or in Army terms, I gotta case o' ass and I'm gettin' ready to tell you all about it.

Saturday. I'm completely exhausted right now, and tomorrow is the Christmas party.

Dumb is a Lifestyle Choice

I'm tired and cranky. My blood pressure is probably up, and I can't seem to lose any weight. My job, while complex, is only difficult when the powers that be try to "improve" things. I have also discovered in recent months that I secrete a pheremone that attracts conversation with unintelligent people. This biochemical is apparently able to transmit over the phone or even the internet. Weird, isn't it?

Does this sound familiar? Probably.

While Jeff has been giving us insight into a less commercial but certainly more accurate version of our nation's history, I have been stressing about remodeling my house and getting ready to go back to Iraq. I have seen and heard several things lately that probably warrented a post or two, but I have very little energy left to spend once my workday is done and the kids are asleep. I usually spend this particular piece of my day hanging out with my wife, and bitching about my day or listening to her do the same. We both deal with other people's problems (more or less), and we have both come to the conclusion that most people are completely incapable of dealing with life without serious coaching. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that people are stupid, but I do think that people are definately lacking when it comes to certain life skills.

For instance, I had a woman call me the other day to complain about one of my Soldiers. He rents a house from her. She told me that she had called the police, and that they had referred her to me. It turns out that my young friend does not mow his yard as often as she would like. During the entire (long) conversation, I kept getting a mental picture of several cops chuckling together in a squad room.

This is only funny the first few times that it happens. At some point, I actually become willing to mow lawns for Soldiers in order to avoid extended conversations with people who can't cope with everyday issues.

I have an aquaintance who firmly believes that his girlfriend has murdered her last three boyfriends. Apparently, her boyfriends in Oregon, Maryland, and Arizona respectively all had heart-attacks under the age of thirty. He is worried that he will be next. I tried to explain to him that his heart-attack would probably be more about meth and less about her, at which time he decided that we couldn't be friends anymore (breaks my freaking heart). Before the conversation ended, he told me that while he feared for his life, he couldn't leave her because they had bought an RV together.

huh?

So, Faithful Reader, when you run across an idiot or two while going about your business tomorrow, remember that I am busy mowing lawns for extra cash to make RV payments, not because I care, but because I just really need the peace and quiet.

Useless employees, large and small Part 9

So then, the war was over, the Treaty of Paris was a done deal, and George Washington was back in Mount Vernon. But there was still a lot to be done.
Why, you ask? Well, silly, it was because nobody was at work finding a way to tax every result of every synaptic operation occurring in the heads of every person in the several states, of course. What are you, some kind of tax rebel?
And it is that one thing, my friends, which you will ever and always find as the unquestioned assumption on the part of those who rule, from legitimate representatives with genuinely high ideals to murdering despots that get a kick out of feeding their enemies to brush chippers: people must be taxed in order to pay for the necessary means to rule them. And implicit in the means to rule are the means to control, manipulate, punish, socially engineer, harass, and threaten with unanswerable deadly force the general population - and maybe fix the potholes.

Mr. Benjamin Franklin told us “ Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” I don’t know if Mr. Franklin realized that the latter could only be escaped by the former or that the former is often the result of the latter.
Why in the world he and a group of otherwise intelligent men chose to put the boot of taxation on the throat of their fellow countrymen the way they did way back in 1787 is something I will never understand…

1777 was winding down and the Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union had been adopted. Article 2 of said document reads as follows:

Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.

Personally, I think is the best part of the whole document, and it reflects the real attitudes of the people of the several states at the time. While they had all been subject to the authority of the Crown throughout their existence, the colonies were separate entities, and until now, the idea of creating a union had never occurred to any of them. Folks in Virginia might have thought that the people of, say, Massachusetts were okay (George Washington not being among them), but as the old saying goes, “Good fences make good neighbors.” A union was not something to be entered into lightly, because it meant giving up some degree of autonomy, and that is something free people do with great reluctance. Ask any guy who's 4 drinks into his stag party…

It was this natural guardedness that proved to be one of the thornier issues to face the Founders. It is a common trait in humanity: once we get done fighting a common enemy, we usually start fighting each other. Oddly, though, there doesn’t seem to be any indication that the idea of remaining independent nations ever crossed the minds of the movers and shakers of the day. The closest thing I’ve found is the desire on the part of the Anti-Federalists to copy the type of government that Switzerland had had in place for about 700 years by the time all this was going on, and is still in place there today with a few modifications. (Not bad; I suppose if I ever start my own country, I might have to take a closer look at that outfit…) Certainly, the Prohibitory Act that created these 13 nations had no magic spell that created a union out of thin air. It was the thinking of the leaders of the day that put forth the idea of a joining together for the common benefit.
The other part I like about the Articles was its virtual impotence in forcing the states to pay taxes. And from 1783 to 1788, the states paid very little. The result was a wealthy population, stable politics, and poor politicians. That last part was no big deal to these guys; they actually worked for a living back then. Besides, Article V of document said they couldn’t get paid for being a delegate anyway. What a concept!
But before it sneaks away, let me grab that little fact by the neck that I just mentioned a bit ago and hold it up so you can get a good look at it. Article VIII says:
All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint.

The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.

If you like, read it again and see if you get the idea. If not, here it is: the Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union did not give the United States government the power to tax individuals. It could only require – actually, in reality, beg for – taxes from the States. The boys in Congress couldn’t tax a farmer in Virginia; they directed the Virginia legislature to tax him, with the caveat that the Feds could determine the actual value of the land and property in the states. (So what’s a little fascism among friends, hunh?)
At this juncture, I want to bring a couple of thoughts together so that we can get back to the point of this whole exercise and wrap it up in the next installment.
1. When anything happened of political import back then, it was carried out by delegates representing their entire state as a single entity.
2. The sates ceded an absolute minimum of sovereignty to the United States government, giving up only as much as necessary to accomplish the goals of common defense and general welfare.
3. As might be expected, given the previous two points, nothing in the initial formation of the United States of America indicated that the Founders ever envisioned or even thought of the idea of the citizens of the several states having any direct relationship with the government of the United States. That came much later, and has been perpetrated and perpetuated by an increasingly treasonous federal legislature.

I promise to do my best to wrap this up next time with some comments, and actually talk about what those guys did in Philly.

Useless employees, large and small Part 8

What a nice vacation! Too bad I had to work the whole time…

As I recall (after having reviewed my last post), I left off with a promise to talk about taxation and its application, so let’s start there.
Imagine living in a society that has 6 adult members, of which you are one.
Fortunately for everyone concerned, you and your fellow adults are both intelligent and realistic. You’d realize that in such a small group, having an occasional dinner together would provide the opportunity to work out issues like security, food and shelter concerns, relations with other societies, economics, emergency services, and so forth. You could get it all done yourselves without any need to farm it out. Over coffee and desert, you’d determine how much each would have to contribute in the forms of time and money for the sake of the commonweal. You would all go home with a clear understanding of what you were getting for what you were giving. You would be giving up some specific items of value in exchange for services that would benefit you both individually and collectively, and you would realize that the sacrifices you made would result in larger returns due to the benefits that come with combining forces. Does any of this sound familiar?
Although it should go without saying, I will say it anyway: Your involvement in any and all of these activities would be entirely voluntary. Being reasonable adults – admittedly something of a rarity in our day – no one in the group would hold a gun to the head of any other member and force them to be a part of the plans. And being reasonable adults, no one who decided not to participate would expect to reap any benefits that came from the arrangement. They’d be on their own as far as receiving any services that came from the operations to which all the rest contributed. House on fire? Well, I hope you’ve got a lot of water handy. Need a driver’s license? Sorry, you didn’t contribute to the fund that built the roads, so you can’t use ‘em.
Need protection from incursions by an enemy society? Hope you have lots of guns and people to pull the triggers, because you didn’t contribute to the arming of the militia, or volunteer for duty.
A reasonable person would easily see the benefit of participation; but a reasonable person would also see the folly of being forced to pay for benefits that he didn’t receive, or being forced to pay more for the same benefits than others, or being forced to pay for another member's benefits. If any of these conditions cropped up, a reasonable person would say “No” when told he must pay for their perpetuation, up to and including the use of deadly force to prevent the plunder of his property.
As the years pass, our little society would grow to the point where sitting around the dinner table to discuss matters of state would grow impractical. Instead of patrolling their land on their own, the citizens would establish a police force, and hire officers to perform this duty for them. And so it would go for emergency services, and public utilities, and so forth – and eventually, they would establish a governing body in which to vest these interests, which would – horrors! – include a legislature.

I have a question: at what point would this society be justified in violating the principles laid out when it consisted of only 6 adults? When would it become acceptable for the legislature to pass laws requiring the citizenry to do exactly those things they were previously willing to die to prevent from occurring?

I will close with a few pertinent quotations. The last one represents the only proper understanding of the issue of taxation…

A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government. – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. – Robert Heinlein

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken


No man's life, liberty, or property (is) safe while the legislature is in session. – Mark Twain (1866)

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve. – Henry George

All taxation that is not voluntary is theft. – Jeff Hoyt

Next: what they did in Philly…

Fish Don't Fry in the Kitchen...

Well, the website should be up in a day or two (I hired a really smart guy to work all the bells and whistles), so I may be preoccupied with that for awhile. I'm gonna try to class it up a bit, mostly so little old ladies won't get hurt feelings and such. Don't worry, this blog is still my baby. It turns out that I'm "Insensitive to Muslim Culture" and "unfriendly to Hispanic immigrants".

Let me clear that up a bit. I am disconcerted by the level of illegal immigration that his been allowed by our government and even encouraged by Mexico. I am no less insensitive to Muslim Culture than I should be, as I am an Infidel, an American, and a Christian, thus thrice sentenced to death by any true and faithful Muslim.

I am a Citizen-Soldier, a middle-class American, and a patriot. I believe that our country is sinking quickly into a cesspool, and that partisan party politics and a general apathy are the two leading causes of the current trouble in these United States.

The blog, and now the website, are all about touching off that spark, getting people talking not about the problems, but the solutions. Sometimes I rant and rave, sometimes I'm just bitching, but always I am thinking that there IS a better way.

Here is that better way: Get involved, raise hell, and take action. We don't have rant and scream in the streets (that's for hippies and young rubber people who don't shave yet). All we have to do is remind our elected government that we still vote, we still produce, we still own this country.

The website will be less opinion and more fact. There will be times when I get aggravated, I'm sure, but I'm going to try (and try, and try) to be intelligent and adult about it all...come to think of it, that might get boring.

I guess we'll just see what happens...

Double Standards in Religious Freedom

Warren Jeffs is an asshole.

I just wanted to be clear on that right up front. I'm watching Anderson Cooper 360, and they are going on and on about how evil the FLDS is. Don't get me wrong, I agree whole heartedly. For those of you who don't know, let me describe the FLDS to you:

1. They are polygamists.

2. They bear no allegiance to the United States, only their prophet.

3. They treat women like cattle, forcing servitude and even under-age marriages.

4. They recognize only the Law of the Prophet, and do not suffer the law of the land (unless they get caught, I guess).

5. They are rife with corruption and justification of heinous behavior.

Does this sound familiar?

If we can persecute these people (and I believe that we should), then why is it wrong to treat Muslims like ass?

Just a little food for thought...

Useless employees, large and small, Part 7

Yeah, I know; I'm early. Sue me.
Okay, then. Having begun to lay some marvelous plans to attend the Blackmore’s Night concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, I’m feeling inspired. Let’s see if it helps any…
(Yeah, I know; I wish I could tell you more about the plans, too. Sorry.
Tell you what, though, if you make it to the show, look for us 3rd row, center stage. You’ve all looked at my profile; do you think you could miss that face? I don’t think so, either…)

So we ended up last time by mentioning something most of you have never heard before – perhaps inciting a fresh desire to write demeaning emails to your history teachers. But there it is. Those marvelous men that met in Pennsylvania back in 1787 didn’t do what the people - those who gave them their positions, their pay, and their marching orders - told them to do. And you thought it was a contemporary phenomenon.
But a little history within the history lesson is in order here.
Remember the illustration of the BB rolling down the highway? The allegory finds its justification in the fact that the total tax burden imposed on the colonies by the British Empire was approximately 1% in the North and 2 ½ % in the South. Zoundz! Against this “tax tyranny”, the fledgling nations fought a war that lasted about 6 years and, for whatever reason you want to credit it to, won.
When the French fleet gained the attention of the British warships in a surprise attack on September 5th, 1781, and proceeded to spend the next 4 days ventilating their gunwales, Cornwallis knew the jig was up. No more crumpets – or bullets, powder, and stuff like that - would be forthcoming from ol’ Mother England. Maybe because of a lack of proper tea times due to the fog of war, General Cornwallis didn’t attend the surrender ceremony; said he wasn’t feeling well. That much was probably true. He sent his guy Friday, General O’Hara, with the sword. O’Hara, evidently in a fit of pique, tried to give it to Comte de Rochambeau, who in turn gave him the tenir a l’ecart and pointed him to General Washington. In the background, not missing the chance to add their own Bronx cheer to the proceedings, the British band played “The World Turned Upside Down”. The nerve! 2 years later, FedEx and Boeing being a few years off yet, the Treaty of Paris was signed. Those 13 newly-born countries had rid themselves of their oppressors. You know, the ones who had burdened them with that staggering 1% tax rate.
I think they did the right thing. I think it was right because the propriety of a thing is not determined by the impact it has on your pocketbook. If a thief breaks into my place and only steals one CD, it is still stealing – especially if he makes off with my new copy of Beyond the Sunset. He doesn’t have to take 34 of them to qualify for a free trip to the pokey.
Likewise, a 1% tax burden is just as wrong as 60% burden - which is what the average, middle-class American is now paying when the total effect of federal, state, and local taxation is added up - if that taxation is improperly applied…
…the definition of which I’ll offer next time, as well as a different look at what happened at Independence Hall in 1787.

Oh, and just ‘cause I’m such a swell guy, I’ll save you the trouble; it means “cold shoulder”.

Useless employees, large and small Part 6

Well, the French had cut off the Redcoat’s re-supply line and that was pretty much the end of it. Truth is, the Colonials didn’t so much win the war as the British were prevented from winning it. So who cares?
The shame of it all is the fact that the conflict was completely unnecessary. It resulted in absolutely no fundamental political change whatsoever, for, as we have already noted, the colonies had already become independent, sovereign nations by royal fiat.
So we can make the whole point of this exercise clear, let’s dwell on that point for a moment…
Some people believe that God was directly involved in the founding of this country; others scoff at the idea. I don’t know exactly where I stand on the issue. I’m satisfied to know that when my tour in this life is up, I’ll get the straight story on the matter, just like I will on such things as where the dinosaurs went, UFO’s, and what would have happened if Steve Bartman had been sitting in front of his TV instead of aisle 4, row 8, seat 113.
But no matter where you stand on the issue, there is no denying that the founding of The United States of America is absolutely unique in the world’s history. Never before, or since, has the world seen the sudden, simultaneous appearance of 13 sovereign nations, complete with functioning infrastructures and sharing a common language.
At the risk of making you want to put a different finger in the path of the hammer I keep swinging, you must hang on to that sovereignty bit. That’s the point we’re dwelling on: we didn’t go from being British colonies to being the good ol’ US of A; we went from being different British colonies to being different countries, just like, say, France, Spain, and the Switzerland. And that’s where the fun really began.
Even though the populations of these countries produced some excellent thinkers and people of remarkable character, no one had ever had such an opportunity laid at their feet as the Founders. The stakes were beyond comprehension. The colonies had a standard of living that was unheard of in most of the world – funny what real freedom does in that regard – and the new nations that replaced them weren’t about to give it up. All they had to do now was rid themselves of an occupying army under the command of the kind of people we used to call Indian-givers when I was a kid. (I sure wish I knew what that expression meant…)
To that end, during the fight, The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was adopted by The Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. It created, among other things, a mutual defense confederation.
As is commonly known, it was this political union that was replaced by the Constitution for the United States of America – in spite of the express orders by the several states to their delegates not to replace it.
Break time; see you next week sometime…

Useless employee's, large and small Part 5

A long time ago, in a country that now seems far, far away, I used to go to schools that largely taught the same things when it came to colonial American history. King George was a loon, Parliament was a gaggle of boobs that sat around dreaming up new taxes for the colonies, and everybody in America got fed up with it. Dressing up like fans of Cleveland’s baseball team, they turned Boston Harbor into a very large but poorly-brewed cup of tea, rowed across the Delaware and ruined the Hessian’s post-Christmas hangover, and finally wound up at Yorktown where the Redcoats said “Uncle”. Not too far off, but as any decent chef will tell you, small changes in ingredients make big changes in taste. And so with history, small changes in the story make big changes in perception.
Let’s dispose one of the more common misperceptions about this period, the one that makes us think that most all of the colonists supported a break with Mother England. Not so. Had you lived in those days, you would have seen a population divided on the issue in about the same ratio as we see in our day with Democrats and Republicans. After the British fleet recovered from the humiliation that occurred in Boston Harbor after John Knox finished his ski-trip back from Fort Ticonderoga, they sailed into New York to a very warm welcome at the hands of a large segment of the population, and proceeded to route the colonial army, eventually chasing them into New Jersey. The Tories that had been evacuated the previous winter from the tiny island that constituted Boston thought this was just swell.
Let us also dispel the myth that Parliament consisted exclusively of an oppressive batch of tyrants, hell-bent on taxing the colonies into the proverbial poor-house. Not so. A number of them argued against the coming war, and some even called for granting the colonies independence. In a way, this last group got their wish, but not in the way they would have liked. Certainly, many of them thought the colonies had a lot of cheek, but to put it simply, the amount of oppression visited on the colonies by Parliament would look like a BB rolling down a four-lane highway as opposed to the convoy of double-wides D.C. is sending against us today.
But unlike the majority of the population that has inherited the political entity they created, these men knew that freedom wasn’t measured by what you had left by the time you got your check. They knew that freedom was a clearly defined set of principles, and that infringement upon any one of them was an assault on all of them, and any such assault was properly repulsed by the threat, or the reluctant use, of deadly force until the assault was called off, or the would-be oppressors were all dead.
I don’t know about you, but I like these guys.

Useless employees, large and small Part 4

I remember this guy that I used to hang out with several hundred years ago named David Hughes, although nobody knew his name was David. Everybody called him Buddy. Buddy was one of those guys that you wanted to hang around with because you knew that cool would rub off him and stick to you.
He was the first person I heard use the expression “Opinions are like ^#(&%@’s; everybody’s got one.” I’ve heard other people use it, and I’ve even tried to clean it up using “noses” instead of “^#(&%@’s”, but somehow it doesn’t have the same wallop.
Well, I have an opinion on the subject of early American history: If you can read the events of those years without a sense of awe and excitement, you need to see a doctor, or at least turn the television off for a few months.
And if you can read the events of those years without wishing you’d see the face of virtually every American politician on a milk carton, you need a one-way ticket to Botswana.
So, why do I have these opinions? Because not a single federal politician, with the apparent exception of Ron Paul, knows what their job is. I do, so over the next few days, I’ll illustrate not only what their job is, but why it is what it is, and why Bulldog Two Three Alpha’s objectives are essential components of good citizenship…
Years ago, I used to work for an appliance outfit. Unlike the corporate whores that run places like Circus City and Beast Buy, the owner of this business was actually a businessman. He understood that goods going out the door were being purchased by human beings that populated the same planet he lived on. He actually cared about both them and their experience. This concern motivated him to join a buying group.
A buying group consists of different businesses owners who provide similar services and who join together to combine their purchasing power. When the storeowners decide they need to buy a supply of, say, washing machines, they are able to approach a manufacturer with larger unit purchases, which results in a lower per-unit price. This results in lower prices for inventory and higher profits for the business. When they consist of honorable businessmen, buying groups result in better services for the consumer, as lowered costs are passed on in the form of reduced selling prices, no-cost extras, free delivery, or other benefits. In all, it’s a win-win situation.
And it’s also a simple concept, so hang onto it as we go along – you’ll need it later: Combining forces provides benefits for all involved, but it must be done with integrity and an understanding that a small sacrifice of self-interest results in greater gain for everyone. Most reasonable folks would call this a no-brainer.
Next time, we’ll get back to the immediate aftermath of the British government’s decision to create thirteen sovereign nations out of what were previously thirteen colonies, and the results of their silly attempt to put the genie back in the bottle. Then we’ll talk about what happens when the buying group goes off the deep end, and why useless employees need to be fired.

A Challenge

Sorry to interrupt, Jeff, but I have a challenge for all of you.

OK, People, the time has come to spread the word. If you like what we say here, then tell at least one friend about us every day for two weeks. We have posted a lot of articles about a few issues here, but the message is almost always the same: Get involved!

My website is about to launch. The website is going to be similar to the blog, hopefully with more features. The problem is that I have to pay to have this website. Don't worry, I'm not asking for money, I'm just getting to my point. I have to be able to justify the expenditure. You see, when I first proposed the website, I was getting close to a hundred hits a day. Now, not so much. Either I have lost my mojo, or you guys aren't telling folks about us any more.

The main focus of the website will be the Anti-Incumbent campaign and the day off on October 22nd. I want to spread the message of voter empowerment to as many people as I can.

You see, I don't mind if people don't like what I have to say. I don't really even mind that some people hate me. It drives me crazy to think that there are people out there who would listen, but they don't know we are here...

Useless employees, large and small Part 3

So we were talking about the Prohibitory Act, and how neat a thing it was.
Much more notable in the Act than the economic brainlessness we mentioned before was a passage that is probably the single-most important piece of writing in the history of America’s founding. In it, the King declares the colonies out of his protection. Six months later, Thomas Jefferson would acknowledge this decision in a little piece called the Declaration of Independence: “He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection, and waging War against us…”


Read, then re-read, the reaction of John Adams to the passage:

“It throws thirteen colonies out of the royal protection, levels all distinctions, and makes us independent in spite of our supplications and entreaties...It may be fortunate that the act of independency should come from the British Parliament rather than the American Congress.”

If you’re paying attention, you should be shocked, as well as disgusted with your history teachers. Contrary to everything you’ve ever been taught, American independence was not achieved by The Revolutionary War, but by an Act of Parliament.

Fact: Seven months before the American Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776, Parliament had affected the independence of the Colonies.

Fact: Many of the “revolutionary leaders” of the Colonies were, right up to the point of independence, trying to avoid it.

Fact: The British Army was emplaced on American soil at the time the Prohibitory Act was passed and had already prosecuted military action earlier that year at Concord and Lexington.

Conclusion: There is no such thing as “The Revolutionary War”. It was a war against an occupying army, fought to maintain a state of political independence that had been created by the very powers commanding the occupiers.

What we know as The Revolutionary War would be better known as The War of Separation.
At least in my opinion.

So, what does that have to do with all of us today? Everything, my hard-working friends, everything…
See you again in a week or three.

Useless employees, large and small - Part 2

July 5th, 1775 saw the Second Continental Congress making what was to be the final attempt at reconciling with the mother country. Penned by John Dickenson, who thought Thomas Jefferson’s original draft was too aggressive, the Olive Branch Petition was the second attempt on the part of the Congress to head off all-out war. King George III, being the thoughtful fellow he was, wouldn’t even read it, although a private letter from John Adams to a friend that had been confiscated and delivered to the King didn’t help any. In it, Mr. Adams said that war was inevitable, and that the colonies should have already raised a Navy and begun capturing British officers. This put something of a negative spin on the Petition…
As history shows, and the cliché declares, things got worse before they got better.
History also shows something else, although you would spend a long time waiting to hear about it in a government-school history class. In December of the same year, Parliament, King George agreeing, passed what was known as the Prohibitory Act. Foolishly intending to bring the Colonies to their knees by imposing economic sanctions, the Act was meant to hit the troublemakers where Parliament thought it would hurt the most: the pocketbook. Didn’t work, though. You’d think those jokers would have figured that out after the tea party, but then politicians usually do their best work as pictures beside the word “obtuse” in the dictionary. There’s something about true freedom and prosperity that make people thumb their noses at folks who want to oppress them, a simple truth that proves we are no longer truly free or prosperous; we let D.C. oppress us quite regularly.
When next we meet, we’ll talk about something else the Act accomplished, and boy, is it a doozy.

Useless employees, large and small Part 1

I found out earlier today that the business where I do most of my free-lancing fired a guy that had only worked there for about two months. It was a sound business decision. The fellow had no value as a worker in the low-voltage industry. This says nothing about his personal character, which was good, or his personality, which was incommodious. He was simply useless as a worker. It being a common objective of a business owner to make a profit by reselling an employee’s labor, it made no sense to continue employing someone whose labor produced nothing to resell. I point this fellow out because he serves as an object lesson. He lost his job because he repeatedly spent absurd lengths of time doing things he was not told to do in an attempt to do what he was told to do. And even those things he did, he did badly. I know of only one way he could have made himself more of a liability: if he had a company credit card and was actually spending the company’s money instead of just not producing any. Which brings me to the United States government…

If I were asked to find a common thread that runs through all the news articles I read, it would be a simple task…especially since I’ve already found it: There is a nearly universal ignorance of the governmental and political foundations of the United States among their citizens. See? If you had written that last sentence, you would have used the word “its” (or “it’s”, if you make the common error) instead of “their”. By the time we’re done, you’ll see why it should be written as I did.

But do me a favor, and don’t get anxious. I’m very busy traveling about, creating the impression I don’t have to work for a living. It’s back to Illinois soon, and the kids there will keep me happily occupied between packing my stuff to haul it all back to the East coast. In other words, don’t rush me… We’ll get there, eventually.

Tell Your Friends!

I'm feeling under-appreciated again. I refuse to post another thing until I get seven (7) comments from seven (7) different readers.

Have a nice day!

The Doom and Gloom Party

OK, now to bash the Republicans...

1. The government of the United States is not supposed to be a monarchy.

2. The scary people (read: Chaney, Rove, etc.) are supposed to stay behind the scenes. We all know they exist, but it shouldn't be so obvious.

3. Don't have just one gimmick. For instance, if you plan to be known for waging war, be good at it, otherwise you will need to deversify.

4. Never, never pick a fall guy unless you are willing to let him actually do the time.

OK, enough wise-assing, here's the real deal:

The Republicans became the Conservatives at some point, which is fine. The problem is that many well-known Republicans don't have the slightest idea what that means. Flag waving does not make one a patriot. "Trickle Down Economics" does not actually need to involve pissing on the middle class. To quote Stan Lee, "With great power comes great responsibility".

And for all of you who still haven't got Iraq figured out, here you go- Most big money oil from the Middle-East comes from Saudi. If the market gets flooded, the power base is removed from Saudi and the region gets truly destabilized. What nation has the oil fields capable of flooding the market? Iraq. If we plan to be that transparent, why don't we just go ahead and be the bad guys and take the oil fields from the Iraqis?

I am pretty conservative. I like to believe in conservative politicians. Unfortunately, recent history shows that I cannot trust those in power to leave me to my conservative lifestyle. When those in power don't care that I pay $3.75 for a gallon of milk, and $2.94 for a gallon of gas, I have to believe that they must be taught a lesson.

Here's the plan: We vote out every incumbent next election. The Republicans get the wrong idea and think that they have been rewarded for their recent behavior. Things get a little worse. Then, next election, we vote out every incumbent. The Democrats get the wrong idea and think that they are being rewarded for recaent behavior. Things get a little worse. Then, next election, we vote out every incumbent, and politicians start to get nervous. All of a sudden, there are no near-retirement Senators or Representatives. Congress starts to work really hard to impress the people. Better candidate choices are made available. Then, next election, we vote out every incumbent. Suddenly, the ear of every congressman is turned to his/her constituants. This particular Congress will go down in history as the hardest-working government that the United States has ever seen. From here, we vote carefully (and so do they), and things start getting better.

You see, I don't care what political party you belong to, as long as the best interests of the United States of America are of utmost concern to you. No honest citizen can say that either party has been an example of this so far. We actually have the power to make a difference. Instead of listening to what the politicians say, we need to make them listen to us.

I am in the process of getting a genuine website going, mostly so people will stop flagging my posts for offensive material. But also so I can try to get this message to a wider audience. You don't have to agree with me (sometimes its fun when you don't), but I still want to hear what you think.

Happy Shiny People

Why do liberals seem so happy and hopeful (unless they are speaking of Pres. Bush)?

Because being stupid is a lot like being high...

Don't worry, I'm doing a piece on the Republicans/conservatives next. Right now I want to talk about the mindless drivel I've been reading on the Capitol Hill Pundits' Blog (Commentary in D.C. link to your right). This blog has conservative and liberal bloggers, and they get pretty wound up at times. Its worth a read if you have the time.

Anyway, several liberals are proclaiming a new and glorious world when the Democrats win the next elections. I believe that they are either stupid, or just so hopeful that they refuse to see the truth. I am not currently afflicted with either of these conditions, so here I go...

Here are a few simple things to keep in mind...
1. We will not solve the problems of AIDS, poverty, war, famine, or crime by voting for a man or woman who claims to be able to solve these problems. Politicians make promises in order to get elected. I make a lot of claims here, but in reality I lay the solutions back on to you, Faithful Reader. Any jackass who claims that he/she or their political party can solve these problems for you is full of bovine droppings.

2. Democrats have no platform, and are running on the sole idea that they are not the Republicans. (Don't worry, I plan to give the republicans a fine analysis later.)

3. They all made the same promises last time. (and the time before that, and the time before that)

You see, any group that proclaims that they can bring about a great new world is blowing smoke straight up your...
Well, you get the idea. Here's part of the problem-The government wants us to be dependent on them. This feeds the current cycle. You know, they get to keep a fairly easy job (maybe not easy, but a nice job with perks), they get to line their pockets in roundabout ways, and they get power, a thing as addictive as crystal meth or heroin.

As I've often said, the glorious new world is up to us. We have to take action to stop the things that are going wrong with America. The first step is to take back our power-the power of the vote. The only solution that I can think of ( and I certainly didn't think of it first) is to vote out the incumbents at every election until they get the idea. Once we have made ourselves clear, once they get the message that we won't tolerate anymore of this corruption, partisanship, or just plain idiocy, then and only then will they start to do what we want them to. I truly believe that it would only take about six years for the United States to turn around if we simply voted out every incumbent at every election.

One thing is for sure- Neither the republicans or the Democrats are going to change their behavior without intervention.

Social Security, Corruption, and My Lack of Readers

Two freakin' comments? Really, America?

OK.

1. Social Security. Not an easy fix. On the one hand, yes, give us our money back and let us have it to do with as we please...On the other hand, what happens when my generation gets old? They freaking starve, man. Social Security isn't really working, but it will be enough to keep me and the wife in cat food (so we don't starve) in case our kids are too poor, busy, or mean to take care of us when we're old.

I am still researching this issue, so I'm going to wait until I have an intelligent piece to present before I take it too far.

2. Corruption. Simple solution-Hanging...

Corruption in Congress is equal to treason, and so justifies the Death Penalty.

If we pay Congress the median income for a family of four for each district, outlaw lobbyists, and publicly execute those found guilty of treason, to include the taking of bribes, etc., lots of American problems would fix themselves.

This country is rife with corruption. Cops, Judges, Soldiers, reporters, Congressmen, Teachers-You name it. The problem is that there are no set values anymore. Everything is to be tolerated and accepted. Any intolerance is considered "judgmental" or "prejudice". America is turning a blind eye to the worst kind of behavior, all in the name of tolerance. People no longer take the law into their own hands because we believe it to be wrong. In the meantime, in communities like the one I live in, the local political and corporate corruption becomes a sad joke, due largely to the fact that no one feels like they can do anything about it.

So, Anonymous, here's your answer-If you want to stop corruption, you have to stand up to it. Vote out corrupt persons, call the proper authorities, do what has to be done. Looking to politicians ( or self-inflated bloggers) to stop corruption is counter-productive.

The only way to stop something from happening is to take action. Anything else is just a complaint after the fact.

And, see, once again the solution to one of Americas problems is for citizens to get involved and to take action.

...probably too much to ask...

Shooby Dooby Doo...

Tonight I resume my candidacy for King of North America.

I shall prove my worth to you, my potential subjects, by allowing you to ask of me anything that you wish. Present to me a problem that this great nation faces, and I will give you a practical and economically sound solution.

I dare you...

From Deep Inside the Mind of Bulldog23A...

OK, this may disturb you...

Today we are going to talk about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

PTSD isn't so much about combat as one might think. PTSD is more about what happens after combat. Put a guy in a high-stress, life-threatening situation, and something like 99.1% of all men will respond with the appropriate action. After the battle, when the guys have time to think about things, they often go one of two ways. Some guys will shut down and stop functioning in a normal manner. They won't eat, they won't sleep, and they won't be able to go back into battle. It happens to good guys all the time. The other group will get off on it so much that they will begin to thrive on violence. This is not bad behavior until they get home and continue to act in this manner.

You see, the hardest part of combat is coming home.

I'll use me as an example: I was a fire-team leader in Iraq. I had to supervise three guys in a combat environment. I had to be an example to them, and had to be sure that they would follow me into any situation. At times, I had to maintain my composure even when that was the last thing that I wanted to do...

Anyway, my days went like this:
1. Get out of bed (hopefully not in a hurry).

2. Tell my team to get up.

3. Eat.

4. Go on patrol. Maybe get shot at. Shoot back. Kick in doors. Search houses. Ask questions. Get answers.

5. Go back to base.

6. Clean weapons and equipment.

7. Get ready for next patrol.

8. Play Football on PS2 to unwind.

9. Go to sleep.

You see, my life was very simple over there, and I had the tough job. (Yes, Fire Team Leader is the toughest job, in my opinion). When I was on the street in Iraq, violence of some kind was the answer to every problem that arose. We were the all-powerful presence of the United States. I never had to sweat the light bill, the length of the grass, or the house payment. I never once took out the trash. I just had to keep from getting shot or blown up. It was easy.

Then I came home. Violence was no longer an acceptable answer to every problem. I became the paranoid guy that would snap for no reason. I still felt like I was ten feet tall and bulletproof ('cause I am), but I wasn't allowed to act like it.I had to be tolerant of people. I had to be patient with my wife and kids. I couldn't carry my weapon in the car. No one was trying to kill me. It was just strange. I also had to keep up with a whole lot of stuff, like the house payment, the yard (which I still let go at times), I even had to take out the trash. I wanted to be back in Iraq.

It took me about four months to stop wishing I was in Iraq. It took me about a year to stop jumping at loud noises. I still get paranoid in a crowd. I still have nightmares (the life-long curse of the Infantry Soldier). But I function at a relatively normal level.

Here's the thing; I don't have PTSD. I may have had a lot of the symptoms for awhile, but I don't feel like a victim of the war or anything. I'm not quite right, but then, I never really was.

A guy I know volunteered to go back with another unit. He was buried today. I wish I had the words to convey how strange that I feel about this. I'm sad for his family, but I think he died doing what he wanted to do. We weren't close, but he was a Soldier, so there was a bond. I wish that he had been more comfortable at home. I wish that he had had more time with his children.

On to my point. I've said it before, and I'll say again, I'm sure- Let's kick the crap out of these miscreants or get out. There can be no justifiable compromise at this point. Either we made mistakes and people died, or we plan to win something.

Don't get me wrong, when it comes down to it, Soldiers are in it for their buddies, and the politics don't really matter. But those of you who are "too smart for the Infantry" can surely see why we should end this one way or another.

Its A Freak Country

I am looking at the Sunday paper, and I gotta say, "What the hell?...

One story tells how Nuri Al-Maliki, the president of Iraq, says that we can go home or to hell, or whatever. Another tells of a recent surge in Air Force bombing missions over Iraq.

If they don't want us there, and we don't want to be there, and we have to keep dropping expensive bombs and shooting expensive bullets (and we Soldiers ain't cheap, either, no matter what you may have heard), why don't we just leave Iraq?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not taking a political side here, because I don't really believe that Congress or the President give a rat's ass what I think, anyway. What I am saying is that, at this point, how can we possibly benefit from continuing in Iraq? What are our long-term goals? We aren't exactly making the world a better place (aside from killing a few wannabe martyrs). We aren't stealing oil (which, I must add, is an exeptionally poor policy). We are just there...

So screw 'em. Let's pull out, let the civil war run hot and heavy, and get on with the business of giving our country to Mexico (is that the plan?) and Ecuador. These nutjob ragheads will get done killing each other (eventually), and then we can bomb the shit out of their terrorist training camps and go back to life as it should be.

In the meantime, I'm watching Congress make a big show of voting for an exit plan, knowing all the while that the Commander-in-Chief gets to make that call. People are on the edge of their seats while yet again our illustrious fat-ass three-piece leaders pontificate and posture their way toward the fantastic day of choice that always ends up about as satisfying as a tiny fart on the toilet after a mad dash to the john due to an anticipated intestinal nuclear event.

I love America. Stupid sells, and, by God, we got plenty. Fags and freaks, wetbacks and dope fiends, we have it all! Yes, sir. Step right up, we'll entertain you with our every move, motive, and attitude! We'll overstate the obvious, understate the extreme, over do and under sell every domestic product, and we'll even dumb down the next generation so you get more long-term stupidity for your hard-earned nine-dollars-an-hour minimum fucking wage!

We have turned America into a sad, stupid clown, and while it may be inconvenient for the likes of you, faithful reader, the whole world is laughing at us, so we can at least go to our grave knowing that we have been, as always, a beacon to the world.

Things That Don't Exist

I keep hearing about tolerance and peace and blah, blah, blah.

In the words of Fire Marshall Bill, "Let me tell ya sumthin!"

There is no denying that the world is on the fast track to worse than it already is. This great nation, while still the best, is being chauffeured straight to hades by a handful of mental midgets and a cargo-hold full of "tolerant" people.

Tolerance means I should be accepting that not everyone votes the same way I do (I protest!) or goes to the same church.

Tolerance has been redefined of late as something less benign.

Let's take a look at Islam:

Islamic Fundamentalists are all about killing people. Hard line "moderate" Muslims still treat women like cattle. The religion is spreading like a case of the clap in an Alabama frat house. Anywhere that Muhammed goes, problems are sure to follow. Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway, and Brittain are all dealing with civil unrest in their Muslim communities, they are all having to revamp their legal systems, and all have suffered some sort of terrorist attacks from within. But we should be "tolerant" of Islam.

Screw That.

The moderate Muslims aren't burying their heads in the sand...

They don't exist.

Every Soldier A Rifleman

I'm watching CNN...

A bunch of Soldiers are whining...

Let me say two things here:

1. I lost friends in Iraq, so understand that this is no easy topic for me. I feel for every Soldier that falls. I feel for every family that loses a loved one. But remember, there are no draftees in Iraq.

2. I just listened to a guy talk about how all these commo and artillery pukes are being "dumbed down" to be Infantry troops. Let me give you a brief job description:

An Infantry Soldier must know all of the "Skill Level 1 and 2" Warrior tasks. These are common tasks that every Soldier in the Army is required to know. An Infantry Soldier also has to know how to maintain and operate all communication equipment, vehicles, weapons systems, and just about anything else that could be considered "Mission Essential". Every Soldier, be they admin clerks, medics, or mechanics, should be proficient at basic combat skills. The job of the Army is, after all, to fight wars.

There is no "Dumbing Down" to Infantry level. Be aware, if you are considering enlistment, that all Soldiers have the potential to be assigned to an "Infantry" type mission. That's just how it is.

That being said, I do want to say "Thank You" to all of the non-infantry troops who are out there fighting the fight without whining to the press every chance they get. Thanks to the Airmen and the Squids who are out there, too.

CNN paints a picture of an incapable Army. That's just not true. What makes us incapable is the presence of TV cameras and reporters with an urge to make Soldiers look like assholes. I say again, War is an ugly thing, and as long as civilized people are watching from civilized places with civilized comforts and civilized ideas in their heads, and as long as those same people have influence on the laws and regulations that guide Soldiers in their fight, Soldiers will seem a little less capable, because we are not nation builders. We are destroyers of armies and killers of men.

By the way, I have a couple of friends who seem to think that they are somehow less worthy of citizenship because they never served in the Armed Forces of these United States. Stop that. Being politically involved makes you more than worthy. We all serve our society in our own way. Some of us are just dumb enough to be in the Infantry.

Things You Can't Pick in Public

Have you noticed lately that people are as guarded with their politics as they are with their religion when it comes to public conversation? We have all been given the impression that the whole world is full of Sodomites and flakes, so we don't want anyone to know that we are just normal, hard-working citizens.

There are rules, it seems, to the American Political Theatre. I feel that the rules are kind of stupid, so I am going to now list the rules and suggest some revisions. As candidate for King of the United States, I feel that this is not at all presumptuous.

Rule # 1. The stupid people get to talk the loudest.

Revision- The stupid people get to sweep gutters and dig ditches. (all apologies to my strong ditch-digger fan base)

Rule # 2. The media is always liberal and controls information in order to spin the truth into political ammunition against conservatives.

Revision- The media broadcasts facts, and politicians do the necessary spinning. (Get yer own Ammo, Bub)

Rule # 3. It isn't socially acceptable to point out obvious flaws in logic, whether that logic comes from a politician or a real person.

Revision-It is socially unacceptable to not point out stupid shit, especially when said stupid shit is being spoken/broadcast via a public forum.

Rule # 4. We are required to flee from any conversation concerning race, unless all parties involved are discussing how bad white people are.

Revision-We are required to discuss race, and how race plays a part in our collective manipulation by the media and politicians.

Rule # 5. We are required to accept that things are just getting worse, because there is nothing we can do about it.

Revision-We will make the world a better place or die trying.

If you have a rule and a revision, or you just want to comment on these, please feel free to do so. If you are an idiot, please expect that I will point out your idiocy if you post a comment.

I Could Be King of Iraq

I'm back.

Anyway, I keep hearing politicians and newspeople whining about there being no plan for Iraq.

???

HELLOOO, people! I've got a plan right here!

That's right, folks, your friend, good-ol Bulldog two-three alpha (that is the proper way to say it, by the way) has a plan to win in Iraq!

First, we disarm the Iraqi people. Novel concept, I know. We take away their weapons so we can control them without getting shot. Then we ship a butt-load of hippies over there to start talking about how cool it is to love everybody and smoke dope and such. While they are busy mauling the hippies, we pounce!

I know, I know, I'm a genius. Enough with the praise, read on!

I say we just bomb the shit out of Iran and Syria. Everytime something blows up in Iraq, we should drop about twenty tons of TNT on Tehran or Damascus, and maybe the capitol of Venezuela, too, whatever it may be named.

Has anybody else noticed that the people who don't want us to disarm the Iraqi people are the same hippie fags that want to disarm Americans?

Does anyone else think that arming insurgents against AlQaida is kind of stupid?

Does anybody feel like we are being led into Armaggeddon by two monkeys, a peacock, and a donkey...? Sorry, I had waaaaaay too much fun in the eighties. Anyway, I really do think that the people of these United States should make me King of Iraq. I will turn Iraq into a Kurdish paradise, where it will be illegal to be anything other than Kurdish (unless, of course, one is King). For some reason, I just like those people.

Here's the real deal: We are just grasping at straws in Iraq. We should either bow out and call it a loss (which sucks, but saves a few lives and a lot of resources), or we should bring the ever-lovin' mountain to Muhammed. I'm game, either way. If the rich folks want to have a war for entertainment, we have the opportunity to provide one of the bloodiest and most one-sided of all games ever played. If they want to keep evening the odds so Haji has a fair shake, I would rather stay stateside and watch my kids play in the yard. Call me crazy, but I don't get the feeling that anyone in any position of power right at this very moment knows a damn thing about waging war.

Put me in charge. I'll run out the media, kill the bad guys, restore order in Iraq, grant Kurdistan their much-deserved independence, and sell oil to the United States for three dollars a barrel.

Let's try This Again...

here's the thing-Nobody really listens to you or me anymore. When's the last time a cop or a judge wanted your opinion? When's the last time a poll showed a public opinion that you thought was a realistic view of American Public Opinion?

I just want to do a little experiment. This is as much to prove something to me as to you.

I want you to imagine that we all took an unannounced day off. Every cop, every fireman, every truck driver, factory worker, CNA, CPA, social worker, grocery store clerk, construction worker, etc. If every working-class American just sat down one day and refused to participate, what kind of effect would that have on the economy? On international trade? On the media and our government?

Who runs this country? Who takes out the trash, cooks our meals, guards us in our sleep? (sorry, had to throw a little fight club in there)

We do.

Who votes, pays taxes, keeps the country running?

We do.

In order to remind the powers-that-be that we are, indeed, still running the show, we should stop doing what we do for one day. All of us.

Impossible, you say? Not at all. Unlikely? That all depends on how many people get convinced that it is a good idea.

So now we get down to details.

We want to take the day off on Friday, October 22nd, 2010. We want no legislators or government officials involved in this campaign. This is a holiday in protest of crooked government policy and corruption in the United States Congress. This is neither a conservative or liberal act. This is not a Republican or Democrat plan. This is an attempt at a united protest of our failing government.

Pass it on...

My Smart-Ass Attempt at Activism

OK, let's see how far we can push the envelope...

I, the Great and Wise King Bulldog23A, being bored with the status quo, and having nothing else worthwhile to do at this very moment, do officially declare that on October 22nd, 2011 no person who is a citizen of the United States, and who has been dissatisfied with the government of the United States, will show up to nor call in to work.

This I decree in the name of all smart-ass Americans, and also my wife, the aforementioned newly declared holiday being our 17th wedding anniversary.

Somebody write this up in nice talk and e-mail it around. If we get three hundred thousand people to commit to it, I'll actually run for Governor of Arkansas on my own dime.

Pursuit

I just watched The Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith. The film is based on a true story, and I highly recommend that all of you watch it. The story embodies all that was once great(and still can be) about this country. The idea is that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. If you have ever felt the pressure of trying to keep a family afloat, you will be touched by this movie.

I grew up poor, and as an adult I have very rarely felt like I was on top of things financially. I have often wondered if I would ever get it together, whatever "it" is. I am happy to say that I am finally doing fine, and thanks to God and a good woman for that.

So my interests have turned outward, to see what other evils I might rail against for the sake of God and Country and, of course, my children. I am afraid that my worries have only grown...

The word is insidious. The foolish pride on which most of us base our sense of America is shadowed only by our idiotic and repetitious political failure. We are allowing the most amoral and incompetent group of people on the planet to run our government right into the ground. We allow ourselves to be seduced by the idea of security, while we are really just being inconvenienced by the appearance of said security.

For instance: Have you heard about the guy with the drug resistant tuberculosis whose picture has been posted at every point of entry into the United States? This guy has flown into, out of, and back into the United States before being caught. Turns out your Homeland Security force was too busy catching a case of ass over your hair gel to identify this disease-ridden asshole. In the meantime, the most drug resistant strain of tuberculosis so far has taken a joy ride on three (count 'em-3) international flights. Good job Homeland Security, I bet his fucking hair gel was in a two-quart ziplock.

Let's talk about securing our borders for a minute (again, Randy). Does this really seem like such a difficult issue? We have somewhere between 9 and 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. Do we act on this info? No. We start calling them "Undocumented Workers" so it doesn't sound like an invasion. Then we let four pinkos and a bunch of fags start talking about tolerance. In the meantime, Blue Collar Joe gets the shaft. While all of the American working class is trying to figure out the health-care situation, the wetbacks get pretty much any care they need for free.

Let's talk about our presidential hopefuls for a moment. Are any of them worth voting for, or do they just look good standing next to Bush? Have you heard the stupid shit that rolls out of their mouths? Obama wants to increase the quality and affordability of health care in this country by increasing the availability of aparticular type (or should I say brand?) of insurance. He also wants to increase the stats kept by hospitals. Two issues-1. The insurance company in question has a very strong lobby. 2. Asking hospitals to report their "quality stats" is only going to lead to deception for the sake of a dollar.
Edwards wants to remove all of the "combat troops" from Iraq, leaving only the "support troops". Do I really have to go into that?
McCain is flip-flopping on almost every issue, and Huckabee wants to run your spiritual life much more than any government official should.
Hillary is leading the pack, not because of her great qualifications, but because she hasn't looked like a complete asshole so far.

Public opinion is spun and slanted by a (very small) group of liberal media fags, until it seems like everyone in America is a raving fruit-loop. The reality is that most of us are holed up in our respective castles thinking the rest of the country has gone nuts.

The problem with America is that We, the People, have been fooled into believing that we don't run this country. CNN, Fox News, Congress, the President, and even the Judicial branch need us much more than we need them.

There is no greater truth to America right now than this: We still hold the power to make changes here. Stop believing everything these idiots keep trying to sell you. Stand on your convictions, and I whole-heartedly believe that you will be surprised by those who will agree with you.

If I'm wrong, things will continue as they have. If I'm right, maybe things get better.

In other words, we got nothing left to lose, America...

Still Here

Had a great weekend. Nursing wife and children with terrible sunburns. Will post new stuff around 9pm.

Later.

American Logic

I've said it before and I'll say it again-

A choice between a Republican candidate and a Democratic candidate is as encouraging as the choice between Airline food and Hospital food.

I was wondering why we were so mired down in the immigration issue (sorry, Randy) when I read an article by a moron on the Capitol Hill Pundit's blog. He was suggesting that the Republicans should get behind amnesty so they could get the big Hispanic "swing vote" after they all get legalized.

Its about votes. Its about keeping a cushy ass job so they can keep on trucking with their failing fiscal policies and their out-of-touch approach to domestic issues. Our country is being handed over to a group of criminals in order to insure the job security of those whose job it is to secure the peace and insure domestic tranquility...(or is that ensure?)

I say we just embrace the change. Hell, my kids will all get pinatas for birthdays from here on out. In 2011, when I have to sneak into, say, China to make a living, I'll just promise to support whoever doesn't want to have me drawn and quartered, and I'm sure we can find someone who is perfectly willing to sell their country up the river.

I was going to say that perhaps Congress wanted some more idiots to vote for them, but we obviously already had enough suckers to get the job done.

Problem #1 Part II

The irreconsilable differences divorce can be traced as the ultimate cause of the problems we face today in these United States.

First, let me define the irreconsilable differences divorce.

Basically, you have two people who won't stop fighting, who happen to be married. They decide that compromise and mutual respect is less important than having their own way, so they get divorced. If there are children in the picture, the fight continues, resulting in a court-enforced family schedule. Sometimes one person decides that it would be easier to just give up the children rather than deal with the other person's BS any longer.

This gives children the impression that convenience is more important than, well, just about anything. This leads to justification of heinous behavior, like abortion, all in the name of convenience.

You see, the real problem in America is the lack of conflict resolution. We learned from our parents (not all, but quite a few) that there really doesn't have to be any sort of conflict resolution, because if things get too difficult, we can just run away from the problem.

Now, I know, this is starting to sound all touchy-feely, but it isn't so.

We are OK with letting problems get out of control, because we have learned that we can simply turn away from a problem when it becomes uncomfortable or inconvenient. Divorce has also taught us to be uncompromising, because compromise is inconvenient, and we can't have that.

Let's apply this theory to, say, illegal immigration.

OK, on the one hand, you have people who are absolutely OK with letting illegal immigrants have amnesty, citizenship, free health care, whatever. On the other hand, you have people who are absolutely against illegals, because they are a burden on our economy, they bring in drugs, they segregate themselves culturally, whatever.

This is where we are on the problem, and it has been this way for decades, because people do not know how to resolve a conflict in this country.

Now, a quick lesson in conflict resolution.

Group A (the amnesty people) wants to give these people citizenship, or at least the right to be here. Why?
Because of cultural sensitivity, sympathy for the impoverished, and the need for cheap labor.

Group B (the anti-illegal immigration no matter what group) wants to send them all home and secure the border. Why?
Because of the burden on the taxpayer, concerns about security, and a sense of nationalism.

We could sit here for decades and argue over which side has more merit (and we have).

So we obviously need to try a different appraoch to the problem.

We ask ourselves a few questions...
What is the root cause of the problem?

What can be changed at the source in order to keep the problem from getting worse?

Can a solution at the source (ie remove the problem) be accomplished?

How much of a compromise on either side would be required to remove the problem altogether, and would that much compromise be practical to suggest to people on either side of the issue?

Now its test time...simply answer the questions honestly, without blaming the "other side" of the issue, and lets see what you can come up with.

Problem #1

My brother-in-law is a pretty smart guy (for a youngster), and he once mentioned a theory to me, which I have developed into something worth stealing and at least partially taking credit for.

The end of America as we know it began with the widespread acceptance (by judges, etc.) of the irreconcilable differences divorce.

Just take a moment to think that over...

I can trace every one of the United States' current problems to the irreconcilable divorce.

Go ahead, test me...

Why Can't Johnny Read?

Because Johnny's parents don't give a shit.

Because Johnny's teacher has been teaching for thirty years and she's jaded,

or

Because Johnny's teacher just graduated from college (657th in his/her class) and wants a job with summers off.

Because Johnny has an XBox, a GameBoy Advance, and 36 million dollars worth of electronic distraction in his home so he can't focus on homework.

If we aren't careful, we will raise a generation of morons who, while technologically advanced, will believe any damn thing their government tells them (like WMDs, Global Warming, immigration laws should be more liberal, etc.).

For the love of Mike (hi mike), teach your kids to think, and please take an interest in their education.

Fair Trade

I was in Wal Mart the other day, when I saw a guy, obviously illegal, with his wife and kids. He was standing by a buggy full of groceries with this dumb look on his face. As I watched him, I realized that he was dumbfounded by the amount of food he was purchasing. He smiled this weird smile and put his hand on his kids' heads with tears in his eyes.

I felt guilty about my illegal immigration stance for about three minutes until some tweaked out wetback nearly ran me over in the parking lot.

You see, we miss a lot because the good and decent hard-working illegals are usually busy working when we run into their asshole counterparts. Imagine what it would take for you to sneak across our Northern border so you could provide for your family. Life here is way better for a working-class family man than it ever could be in Mexico.

No, I'm not getting soft, I'm getting pissed.

Why is it that we can condemn some Haji dictator for being a monster ten thousand miles away and at the same time support a political and economic totalitarianist regime right out our back door?

Because there's money in it.

There are lots of good and decent people in Mexico who deserve better than they are getting. Just like there are anywhere else. What I don't understand is why they don't do something about it.

While I am no pacifist, I am hesitant to promote violence as a means of political change. It doesn't usually work out like people hope that it will. But damn, how much are these people going to take?

Oh, wait, they don't have to, do they? They can just stroll across our border and get a decent job.

Let's make a deal...

Here's fair trade for you-I'll trade every POS drug dealer, dope feind, and pedophile to Mexico in exchange for all of their hard-working blue collar types. Better yet, I'll throw in Congress and almost all of the press, too. They can get together down in Mexico and throw a little chaos party, while we can hire a whole new breed of Spanish speaking Border Agents who have definately taken all of the crap they care to.

Just a Few Thoughts...

First, that car is the new Shelby. It will run you about 60k, but it sho looks sweet.

Now to the wonderful lunatic fanaticism that you came for...


I was in Iraq for around nine months last time. I saw a lot of things that I had never seen before. I got to wade in sewage (good times!), some people tried to blow me up (repeatedly), I got shot at (once or twice), and I got to know the guys in my company better than we ever wanted to know each other.

I came home a little wigged out, and I still have nightmares on occasion. To the day I die, the sound of a car horn will piss me off (ask any OIF vet). I'm a little twitchy when it comes to unexpected loud noises, but I'm getting better every day.

I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

I feel like I came home with a new attitude towards the truth, and a very low tolerance for BS. Don't get me wrong, I'm still full of it. I just don't think that my president or congressman should be full of it.

You see, the word politician has become synonymous with liar, or disappointment. In the meantime the word citizen has become synonymous with fool, or sheep. I put up with it, you put up with it, it is just the way it is...

In Iraq, most of the civilians were kind of resigned to the fact that they had no control over what was happening around them. They had no pride in their national heritage. They had no faith in their government (past or present). They were caught up in silly tribal conflicts, wrapped up in differences of faith, and bogged down in the details of everyday life.

In other words, they are just like us.

The difference is that we still have the ability to make things change-without the use of RPGs and IEDs. We can raise hell, get involved, blah, blah, blah...

Here's the thing, though: most of us have limited our involvement to occasionally posting a comment on a blog like this, or just agreeing with some jerk who isn't being brilliant so much as he is pointing out what should be obvious. The time has come to stop acting like sheep. It is one thing to actually recognize the appropriate time to act, another entirely to take the necessary action.

At this point, the necessary action is mostly about sending the right message to our illustrious leaders.

I would love to hear what all (three) of you think about it.

Abortion Lunacy

Damn, I wish I could write like Bulldog.

In lieu of that and to those of you who are “pro-choice” (whatever that means), let me offer this bit…

Wanting to actually see the information everybody on the “right-to-life” side of the issue was quoting, I started trolling around the individual state’s reports on abortion statistics. I stopped after 3 states; I figured that since all three were reporting essentially the same percentages as each other, and the same as the claims I’ve read, I was on pretty safe ground repeating them.
From this, I will offer the following as factual information: Approximately 3% of all abortions are performed for the sake of the mother’s health. Those performed as a result of rape or incest are vanishingly small. By all means, if you have information to the contrary that has nothing to do with your feelings on the matter - just the facts, ma’am – educate the rest of us.
The conclusion is inescapable: About 97% of all abortions carried out in this country are nothing more than birth control. So, what is it that is being terminated in these elective procedures? Rather than give you my answer, let me take you through a series of hypothetical scenarios.

1. You are 47 years old. Someone shoots you, while you are not a threat. Have you been murdered?
2. You are 10 years old. Someone shoots you. Have you been murdered?
3. You are 1 year old. Someone shoots you. Have you been murdered?
4. You have been out of the birth canal for 10 seconds. Someone shoots you. Have you been murdered?
5. You are 10 seconds away from birth. Someone shoots you through your mother’s body. She wanted you. Have you been murdered?
6. You are 3 months away from birth. Someone shoots you through your mother’s body. She wanted you. Have you been murdered?
7. You were conceived 14 days ago. Someone shoots you through your mother’s body. She wanted you. Have you been murdered?
8. You were conceived 1 minute ago. Someone shoots you through your mother’s body. She wanted you. Have you been murdered?

Presumably, you answered “yes” to at least the first 4 scenarios, because the life of a human being was taken. If you changed your answer at any point, you have made the decision that your status as a human being – and deserving the protection that we afford them - is determined by some event that can be predicated by the length of time that has passed since you were conceived. What is that event, and what empirical evidence do you have to support its occurrence? In other words, when did you change from being non-human to human, what occurred when you did, and how do you know it occurred? Fact is, you have no answer based on knowledge, only faith.
Remember this the next time you try to justify your position as “pro-choice”: you have exactly zero empirical evidence that a human being is anything other than a human being from the moment of conception. You may say I have no empirical evidence that we are humans from conception. Agreed. My position is also one of faith, but it has the advantage of logic, the support of Psalm 139 and the first chapter of Jeremiah, and the fact that the consequences of my being wrong don’t result in the murder of millions, as yours does if you are wrong.
Then, let’s change the last four scenarios by saying your mother didn’t want you. Do you agree that your worth at this moment is determined by whether anyone else, your mother included, wants you? If your mother changed her mind about it when you were 10, would it have been alright for her to have killed you? Would it be alright 12 weeks after conception? Oops, we’re back to that non-human/human thing you can’t answer.
I find it curious that any normal woman would be outraged at the idea that her worth is determined by whether or not a man wants her, and rightly so, but yet so many of these same women will say that an unborn baby’s worth is justifiably determined by whether the mother wants him, or her. Kind of reminds me of those loony broads who want to strike a blow at a patriarchal society by getting married and keeping their Daddy’s name…
Remember, 97%...
I’ll be back to debunk more abortion “facts”, and to talk about the remaining three percent.

Forcing the Issue

Someone just pissed me off.

Everybody go to my Abortion post (find the link to your right, under the Terror Counter, in the Archives section) and post a comment. I'll not post again until I get a dialog going on the Abortion issue.

The North American Haji...

I'm gonna do a combo post tonight, and I ain't even gonna charge extra...

First, I want to talk about the difference between compassion and stupidity.

Somalia is a war-torn nation. It has been since...well, I don't really even know. I never heard of it before the whole "Blackhawk Down" thing. People who get here from Somalia must think that America is paradise on Earth, and rightly so. I do have compassion for those people. A child should never have to deal with war. On the other hand, those who come here from Somalia, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Chechnia, Afghanistan, Iran, etc. need to perhaps humble themselves a bit. I know that when my life gets suddenly better, I try to be grateful.

What I'm trying to say is that even though it is rude to throw ham at Somalians, they of all people should know that it could be waaay worse.

This superintendent, while probably a well-meaning guy, is just a giant horse's ass. His over-apologetic, politically-correct reaction to an ultimately harmless gesture has led to an endless stream of diatribe from assholes like me.

Next, I want to talk about my favorite topic, which I like to call The Great Migration of the North American Haji. Once again, I have been offended by a third-world attitude about my first-rate country. A man who barely speaks English and goes by the name of Smith approached me and asked me where to get "work papers" (maybe because I'm a little brown guy, I don't know). I told him that they have a new Mexican Consulate in Little Rock, and that would be the most appropriate place to start. He asked me if I wanted him to kick my ass (I think). I became so amused by this that I really offended him. Now, I ask you, was there really any reason for him to be upset? He asked a question, I gave the right answer, and he threatened me. He didn't mean it, and there was no violence, but he walked away believing that I was the ill-mannered party involved. It reminded me of every Haji I ever met.

I have come to the realization that we have overcompensated for over two generations for some European attitude that we Americans are an arrogant bunch.

You know, back when we had just saved their asses from Hitler.

Eaters of Pig

I eat pork. Not a lot, mind you, but I'm for pig-eating. Apparently, pigs are "unclean" to the culture that wipes its collective ass with its collective left hand. Go figure.

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I am about to presume to know the mind of God here a little, so get ready to be educated/offended.

Here goes:

When Moses received the Law from God, the Hebrews were wandering around in the desert. God knew that the people were making a golden calf to pray to, and thus knew that the Hebrew people would be wondering in the desert for a while yet.

I have had the privilage(?) of living on the Sinai peninsula, and I know for a fact that there is no good firewood available there. Dry scrub brush will only burn so hot, and then it burns out. In order to cook a pig, one must get the pig very hot and cook thoroughly. If you cannot cook the pig at a high enough temperature, the pig will make you sick when you eat it. They got parasites and stuff, as my retarded friend Geoffrey K. would say.

Anyone who has ever raised pigs will tell you that pigs are naturally clean animals. They don't get nasty unless they are penned up together in a confined space. Their crap only smells so bad if they eat a lot of garbage and waste. God did not say that pigs were necessarily unclean, so much as they were, at the time, an unsafe option for consumption. This is why there is no mention of pork in the New Testament.

All of the Law of Islam is either stolen from the Hebrews (the favored sons) or just made up by that foul liar, Muhammed.

A young man was recently charged with a hate crime (whatever that means) for placing a pork steak wrapped in plastic on a table near some Somalian students. He did it just to mess with them, and sure, he meant to be offensive, but come on. There was no crime committed here.

I saw a guy in the park the other day with a shirt that said "Jesus is a Pussy". Several ways to react to this rolled through my head (some of which were definately not what Jesus would do), but it never occurred to me to have him arrested for a hate crime.

You see, there are two things going for T-shirt guy- First, he lives in America, where you can be unreligious if you choose. Second, and most importantly, he has God-given free will. He can make whatever idiotic choices he wants.

Muslims keep trying to take away both of these basic principles wherever they go.

But they still got poop on their hands...

Islamic Expansion in Europe, Australia, and Asia

Pay attention, Grasshopper, I'm gonna learn you somethin.

In Asia, the Muslims are attacking the basic family unit. Daughters are being torn from their parents' homes and "converted" to Islam. Wives are being taken from non-Muslim husbands because they grew up in Muslim households. Judges and police are too afraid to enforce the local laws because violence against their families is always in the back of their minds. Muslim clerics have gone so far as to issue Fatwas against government officials in Pakistan, India, Thailand, and Tibet.

In Europe, they have taken a different approach. There they are attacking sovereignty. The trend in Europe has been to insist that Muslims be guided by and ruled with Sharia Law (Traditional Islamic Law), and therefore not be made to answer to local laws and courts. Women have been denied divorces because their husbands requested that the hearings be held under Sharia Law. Judges fear offending the Muslim populations, and so they allow the law to be taken from their hands. This has been going on in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Spain.

In Australia, several Muslim groups have openly declared their intent to "take over" the government. Certain clerics have denounced western culture and proclaimed Australia a new Muslim stronghold.

In America, we continue to play nice. It is rediculous to think that anyone is trying to take over the world in this day and age, right?

Nobody Rides for Free

In December of '06, I posted an article entitled How to Destroy America. You will notice in the Headlines section near the top of the page that there is a link titled Islam's Twenty Year Plan for America. Read both and notice the similarities.

Then please, for the love of God, get freaked out.

I try to encourage involvement here. That's really the only solution to any of America's problems. But no matter how much I rant and rave, the People are ultimately going to pay the price.

You see, we pay no matter what. We can pay now by sacrificing a little free time and getting involved, or we can pay later when everything goes down the tubes. The unfortunate side of the credit approach is that our grandchildren are usually the people that get the "Past Due" notice on our crap. If you don't get it, here's an example: Social Security. ('nuff said)

The twenty year plan referenced above is a bit over-ambitious, but I am willing to bet my life that fifty years is a likely time-frame. Over the next few days, I will outline a simple plan to defeat the enemies within and without. The simplicity will amaze, astonish, or bore you. In any case, the Bulldog has a plan.

If you are at all interested in what I say here, please read the previously mentioned articles. The next few posts will be more or less a response to said articles.

Abortion

Ok, here we go...

Abortion isn't right. It is legal. What does that say about our culture (or lack thereof)?

Abortion isn't a matter of a woman's right to do with her body as she pleases. Abortion is a matter of convenience.

If we claim that an unborn baby is as disposable as a plastic soda bottle , how can we expect anyone to accept that we are just, or moral, or even human?

I certainly don't know.

If you disagree, here is your opportunity to convince me.