!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> Maddie's Musings: November 2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Perhaps 2 Pens are One Too Many

(photo by Evan Vucci, ap photo)

Cindy Sheehan was a tad upset by Evan Vucci's picture of her sitting at her book signing table quite alone.

"Photographer Evan Vucci, queried about the incident today said that he was present at the book signing from about 10 a.m. to about 11 a.m. During that time, he said, people were coming in to have their books signed in small groups of a few at a time."At the time the photos were taken 'maybe 5 people had come in,' Vucci says, and Sheehan was waiting for more to stop by, which they did individually as well as in very small groups. Therefore the wording of the caption is accurate in that Sheehan was waiting for people to show up at her signing." (Editor &Publisher Staff)

I guess there won't be too many of these books under Christmas trees this year.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Blogging can make one Fat

Wow, I made it through Thanksgiving, my best friends wedding, and have 3 Christmas parties to attend in the next few weeks. I've missed some blogging because I got way too involved sitting at this computer and consequently put on 7 pounds. Needless to say, I've been spending my mornings and evenings at the gym on the elliptical machine trying to take this weight off. Blog weight, nasty thing. I must learn to manage my computer time. My new rule will be, no sitting at the computer for more than one hour a day. 50 push ups before log on and 100 sit ups after log out.

So here is to a new blog life style!


Great Link to Debunking 8 Anti-War Myths .

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Happy Thanksgiving



"Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth."
-- Sarah Ban Breathnach


"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
-- Melody Beattie


"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."
-- Frank A. Clark


"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
-- Charles Dickens


"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
-- Epicurus

The pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts . nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. -H. W. Westermayer

Friday, November 18, 2005

SEN. ROCKEFELLER: No. The – I mean, this question is asked a thousand times and I’ll be happy to answer it a thousand times. I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq – that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.

FP: Ok, so where did the WMDs go? Tierney: While working counter-infiltration in Baghdad, I noticed a pattern among infiltrators that their cover stories would start around Summer or Fall of 2002. From this and other observations, I believe Saddam planned for a U.S. invasion after President Bush’s speech at West Point in 2002. President Bush's West Point speech was given on June 1, 2002, and Tierney's timeline for WMD movement from Iraq seems tied with Rockefeller's visit as much as Bush's speech. Did Bush's speech confirm in Saddam's mind the information Assad had relayed to him from a member of the Senate Intelligence committee? "Mesh" away, if you know what I mean. (Powerline to Go)

Treason? In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation.

remember back in November of 2003 when Fox news reported:

WASHINGTON — Fox News has obtained a document believed to have been written by the Democratic staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee (search) that outlines a strategy for exposing what it calls "the administration's dubious motives" in the lead-up to the war in Iraq --- the memo that according to Rockefeller was not meant for public distribution?

In a statement, Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said that the memo "appears to be a road map for how the Democrats intend to politicize what should be a bipartisan, objective review of prewar intelligence."

It is obvious that the liberal plan which began over 2 years ago, is in full swing - today.

Great opinion piece, "But that doesn't diminish what was once reasonable to believe. He calls attention to the remarks of Chief Inspector Hans Blix in a briefing to the Security Council in 2002, that it was imperative that Iraq furnish strong proof of the claim that there were no biological, chemical or nuclear weapons left in Iraq. "[I]t would need to provide convincing documentary or other evidence," Mr. Blix said of Iraq at the time. "Production of mustard gas is not exactly the same as production of marmalade." Only months before we went to war against Iraq, Mr. Blix found 122-mm chemical rocket warheads in a bunker 105 miles southwest of Baghdad, and wrote that "they could also be the tip of a submerged iceberg." (Icebergs in the desert? But we got his point.) If, as Mr. Blix now claims, he was only being cautious and that the president "misled himself," Mr. Blix gave the president considerable assistance"(A tangled web of lies
By Suzanne FieldsNovember

Monday, November 14, 2005

Creative Problem Solver of the Week

Friday, November 11, 2005

The Grinch is Attempting to Steal Christmas Once Again


Wal-Mart faces boycott for 'banning' Christmas; The retailer is accused of discrimination while promoting Kwanzaa and Hanukkah.

I will only be purchasing Christmas presents from businesses that are not afraid to advertise using the word Christmas, whose employees can say, "Have a Merry Christmas!" There will be no Happy Holiday purchases made by me this year.

Melanie Moves America in the Right Direction


From the website of MoveAmericaForward, Melanie has asked for our help to email or call the city council members.

Shame the Sacramento City Council for Anti-Troop ResolutionThe Sacramento City Council has passed on an 8-1 vote a resolution that undermines the mission our troops are serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The resolution criticizes the war against terrorism in Iraq and demands an immediate withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq. You can read the resolution - CLICK HERE.Please join us in contacting the 8 members of the Sacramento City Council who voted in favor of this resolution. Let them know how shameful this action is and demand they RESCIND the resolution immediately:
Mayor Heather Fargo: hfargo@cityofsacramento.org; Phone: (916) 808-5300 District 1,
Ray Tretheway:
rtretheway@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7001 District 2,
Sandy Sheedy:
ssheedy@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7002 District 3,
Steve Cohn:
scohn@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7003 District 4,
Robert Fong:
rkfong@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7004 District 5,
Lauren Hammond:
lhammond@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7005 District 6,
Kevin McCartys:
KMcCarty@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7006 District 8,
Bonnie J. Pannell:
bpannell@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7008

There is one Council Member who voted FOR OUR TROOPS, Robbie Waters. Please let Councilman Waters know you appreciate his efforts:District 7, Robbie Waters:
rwaters@cityofsacramento.org ; Phone: (916) 808-7007

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Pat Buchanan: A man who Ran Before His Time


France has far-right leader Jean-Marie LeLe Penn of the National Front and once we had the chance at electing Republican Pat Buchanan. Both of these men were labeled extremists; but as border problems continue, their views have become palatable. Le Pen said he is convinced that what he described as a surge in support for his "zero immigration" platform would translate into votes at the ballot box for his National Front party.
French voters "are saying to themselves 'Le Pen was right. We were told that Le Pen is an extremist because he said that immigration problems would lead to disorder. The facts have shown that he was right,'" he said.

"Le Pen said people with immigrant backgrounds who commit crimes should be stripped of their French nationality and sent "back to their country of origin." (JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press Writer)

Pat Buchanan had several forward thinking beliefs and plans for the illegal immigrant problem
America is becoming Mexamerica. (Sep 2004)
Immigration tsunami will make whites a minority in US. (Oct 2002)
Terrorists are among us as undocumented immigrants. (Sep 2001)
Treat illegal immigration as an invasion & repel it. (Aug 1995)
Stop the invasion from the south; limit immigration. (Oct 2000)
Make English our official language. (Oct 2000)
Use troops on borders to limit immigration. (Oct 2000)
Teach new immigrants to be American & limit their numbers. (Aug 2000)
Vast majority wants border controls like Buchanan fence. (May 2000)
A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”. (May 2000)
Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration. (Sep 1999)
Secure our porous borders; teach immigrants English. (Jun 1999)
Immigration “time out”; reduce to 250,000 per year. (May 1999)

In 1999 Buchanan was labeled an extremist, today even the French are considering the Buchanan type of immigration policy as workable.

FYI: I was and continue to remain a supporter of Pat Buchanan. He always received my primary vote.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

The Red Crystal


The new proposed "Red Cross" emblem to be used in Israel is called the Red Crystal. It would be added to the currently used identifying emblems the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Yifrach said support for Israel within the international Red Cross has grown dramatically in recent years, and he expected almost all of the Red Cross organizations to approve the new symbol. Dr. Noam Yifrach, chairman of Magen David Adom, said Israeli aid workers would be able to insert a Star of David symbol into the crystal when working overseas. American backing, by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice' and Sen. Hillary Clinton' D-N.Y., have helped to pave the way for this this new symbol and Israel's inclusion. A conference will be held in Switzerland this December to discuss and perhaps approve this new symbol.
HMMM... Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Crystal.................Why don't they just call it Red? That way they could avoid stepping on anyone else's religion. LOL! People sure worry the wrong problems! I'm waiting for the ACLU to take the Red Cross to task in America to remove the cross; if the ACLU had it's way there would be no emblem; just a white ambulance. No if the ACLU had it's way it couldn't be a white ambulance; that might offend people of colors.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Well I thought I was finished with the "Pirate of Somalia" story, then while checking the news this a.m. I found this headline, Ship Blasted Pirates With Sonic Weapon
The crew of a luxury cruise ship used a sonic weapon that blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam while being attacked by a gang of pirates off Africa this weekend, the cruise line said Monday. Let us remember these pirates are sailing the seas in inflatable boats. The Spirit was about 100 miles off Somalia when pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns as they tried to get onboard. That must have been some exchange of fire -
I love that the media still refers to these Muslim terrorists as pirates. They just can't say that word terrorist or the two words Muslim terrorist; why? Because they don't want to use any word that would legitimize the President's war on terror.

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Pirates of Somalia

Passengers awoke to the sound of gunfire as two 25-foot inflatable boats approached the liner, the British news agency Press Association reported.

Inflatable boats? I would think a couple of gunshots into the boats would solve the pirate problem pretty quick.

The 440-foot-long, 10,000-ton cruise ship, which is registered in the Bahamas, sustained minor damage, Good said. The liner, which had its maiden voyage in 1989, can accommodate 208 guests.
Mark Rogers, one of the passengers aboard the Seabourn Spirit, described the experience as frightening but said the crew responded very well. "It was absolutely amazing how little panic there was," he told AP Radio. If I was on a 10,ooo ton cruise ship, I don't think I would be panicked either over pirates in 2 inflatable boats........

Sustained minor damage?


Hint: We are talking inflatable boats...........The pirates who attacked a luxury cruise liner off Somalia's coast were likely to have been from the same group that hijacked a U.N.-chartered vessel in June and held its crew and food aid hostage for 100 days, a maritime official said Sunday. Did they do this in inflatables too?

ARRRRGGHHHHh I bet those pirates (politically correct word for Muslim terrorists) got away in those inflatable boats. Sad statement.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

My Magestic Returns

The rose of all the world is not for me. I want for my part,
Only the little white rose of Scotland
That smells sharp and sweet - and breaks the heart.
-R.Burns

Stand United, Stand Firm, Stand Strong


Why Republicans need to stand together and fight for the right to Party!

The Consequences are too great
if we lose in '08.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

The Three Stooges Shut Down the Senate


When asked to comment on Thomas as a possible replacement for Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Reid told NBC's "Meet the Press": "I think that he has been an embarrassment to the Supreme Court.
"I think that his opinions are poorly written. I just don't think that he's done a good job as a Supreme Court justice."
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"The paranoid spokesman," Hofstadter wrote, "sees the fate of conspiracy in apocalyptic terms -- he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization." Because his opponents are so evil, the conspiracy monger is never content with anything but their total destruction."
Brooks summarizes: "So some Democrats were not content with Libby's indictment, but had to stretch, distort and exaggerate. The tragic thing is that at the exact moment when the Republican Party is staggering under the weight of its own mistakes, the Democratic Party's loudest voices are in the grip of passions that render them untrustworthy." clip from
New York Times' editorial by David Brooks:


I'm predicting widespread support for Alito! I guess the map takes out the concept of "extreme" and replaces it with mainstream.

"But their main charge will be, as usual, that he is "out of the mainstream." In liberal media-speak, this means he is exactly the kind of judge who represents what the majority of Americans who elected the president want and will likely get. Once again, bad news for the left is good news for America. And, once again, Bush makes lemonade out of liberal sour grapes." - Lisa Fabrizio