It Stands on its own.

233 years ago, 56 of our founding fathers signed one of the most important documents in human history. Happy 4th Everybody.

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security...

Also, my earlier post on the Declaration.

Lastly, Remember our troops and thank them if you can.

Summer Fun

As I've said before, not everything is not doom and gloom, so I bring a new Shower Every Hour Feature... The Summer Music Playlist. I'll list a couple songs every so often that for me make up the Sounds of Summer. Some will require explanations, others are quite obvious. Feel Free to play along and add your own in the comments section. (Morales pick and choose as you please)

Lets begin.



Summer isn't complete without the Beach Boys.


Tom Petty will always be my favorite



This album was listened to approximately 274 times summer of 2006 among me and my friends.

Ok, this is fun, until next time.

Vote 'em out...

My new suggestion for how to fix what is wrong with our government (pretty much everything). Vote them All out in 2010. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! This means every member of the house. 435 new members in the house. 36 New senators (that is how many seats are up for re-election in 2010. The remaining 64 need to be removed in 2012 or 2014). It is the only way I can see the culture of corruption ending in the congressmen. Unfortunately, some good will have to be swept out with the bad.

There are a number of congressmen I like, even a couple on the other side who I at least respect. This will end the careers of some who have served our country well.But they are tainted, just like every player of baseball's steroid era is tainted. And a number who have served well have served well for way too long. They have lost touch with reality. The only way to remove this stain is to get rid of every last one of them. Most of them are scumbags. Its time to start over.

Now, don't read this as me being in favor term limits, I don't think term limits make sense in the United States Congress. But it is such an utter disaster, it needs to be reset. Start over fresh. It will also serve as an example that the people are the ones who have the power, not the people in office. We are their bosses, the time has come for us to fire all of them for failure to uphold their oath to protect the constitution. Many truly believe in the constitution, but, well thats too bad. Its time to start over. Vote 'em out, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!

Quick Hits

Haven't wrote anything for a while, so lets hit a few big stories quickly.

Iran
What a clusterfuck. The Mullah's obviously rigged the elections, which is amazing that they'd have to do that since they put whoever they want on the ballot. Ahmadinejad is nuts, Khamenei really rules the country, but Mousavi is the one the people want. There are rumors that the mullahs are gonna unleash their "Republican Guard", we could see Iran's Tiananmen sqare. Revolution is brewing.

Obamacare
Courtesy of Hot Air, it sounds like moderate Blue Dogs and so called New Democrats are balking at this situation. Thats what happens win conservative budget estimates put the cost at $4 Trillion. As PJ O'Rourke has said, "If you think health care is expensive now, wait until its free."

North Korea
Kim Jong-Il has really lost it. Apparently threatening to fire a missile at Hawaii, I'd really be shocked if they do it. And in all likelihood, this missile would go up about 75 yards, then blow up all over their launch pad. If this does happen, don't we have to go to war? This regime probably needs to be eliminated already, with an act of war like this there is no doubt that we would have to go in there. How long do you think N. Korea could hold on against our military? 2 hours? 1 hour? 6 minutes?

Tasered Grandma
Well she did ask for it. I can't believe the Today host thought the police officer went too far. Typical liberal loon, thinking that our military our police officers are evil when they are just doing their job.

Into the Storm

I changed the quote of the week to a Winston Churchill quote this week, as I just watched HBO's new historical Biopic on Churchill about his leadership through the second world war. A Fantastic film about a brilliant man. Winston Churchill was a man that refused to back down to the growing evil in Europe. He understood that Britain needed to fight Hitler's Germany to the bitter end, for the good of man, Europe, democracy and the world. To paraphrase one of my favorite quotes in the film, those who surrender and are defeated are doomed to servitude, those who fight and are defeated are destined for freedom. Churchill lived as a man fighting for freedom. He also understood he needed America's help. Again as quoted in the film, speaking of Britain he says, "we have managed not to lose the war, we need (the United States) to win it." Churchill is a man who stood by his principles, believed in democracy, and understood how important it was to preserve it. He was willing to fight to the bitter end. As he said in an all time great speech,

"We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France
and on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing confidence and
growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island whatever the cost
may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets
and on the hills. We shall never surrender..."

What does this have to do with our current affairs? President Obama has been on his world apology tour from the beginning of his presidency. He was in Egypt this week continuing to apologize to the Muslim world, calling the United States one of the largest Muslim Nations with our "7 million Muslims". This is all laughable, there are dozens of nations with more Muslims, and a more accurate number would be 1.5 million. Less than one percent. We are not a Muslim nation. We are open to Muslims enjoying our freedoms as much as any other man, but we are not a Muslim nation.

That's not the point I'm trying to make though. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Churchill constantly fought the growing extremism in Europe, he understood that evil is to be fought. President Obama is going around the world apoligizing for... well, I don't know what he is apologizing for. Is he apologizing for the fact that Muslim extremists (note extremists, not just average Muslims) hate us and want us to die. We should not be trying to make friends with these evil people, we should be fighting them to the bitter end. Those who want democracy and freedom to die are not going to moderate themselves. Why should we try to appease them. Churchill understood this, and because of that defeated Nazi Germany. The United States is not evil, those who commits acts of terror and want tyranny are. Do not forget history Mr. President.

So...

I was gonna write something, but I decided to watch Conan's debut. So, it will have to wait.

Elections Have Consequences...

Sonia Sotomayor.

As everyone has heard 80000000000 times, she has a very compelling story. Its actually a very American story, coming from a poor family, to the highest court in the land. But, compelling stories do not a justice make.

There are a number of issues I have with the selection. This video is one of my biggest problems. She thinks that policy is made in the appellate courts. The reality of our American system is that this couldn't be further from the truth. Our founders set up our court system for only one reason, to rule on the legality of issues. If she wants to make policy, she can run for Congress. That is where policy is made. Thats the beauty of our system. Congress makes the policy, the court decides its constitutionality. This is very frightening that Sotomayor has explicity said she thinks she should legislate from the bench.

Issue number 2: Her actual judicial record. She's had numerous cases reversed at the supreme court level. The number I've heard is that 60% of cases that she has ruled on that have been appealed up to the highest court have been overturned. SIXTY PERCENT. That is a frightening amount of cases overturned by an entity that doesn't usually like to overturn lower court decisions.

Issue number 3: Why Obama selected her. He said he was looking for a judge who would be "empathetic". What does empathy have to do with ruling on issues of law. The only qualification for being a supreme court justice should be ability to decide constitutional issues. He also picked her for political expediency. The Republicans have a problem fighting this because they are scared to upset Spanish and female voters. Her ethnicity and and sex should have nothing to do with her appointment. But in our bullshit PC world, it is one of the main reasons for her appointment.

A very frustrating situation, but, Elections have consequences.
Look for a post on the situation California is in because Morales asked. I'd also like to write about N. Korea, but I'll wait and see if the situation heats up any more.