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Thursday
18Mar2010

Thoughts on Offensiveness

I’m an offensive mother fucker. That much is true. I just pissed off my future sister-in-law like an hour ago. Wasn’t intentional. I’m probably gonna offend a bunch of people with this post too. Fuck it.

I’m not sorry. 

This is a blog so I’m limited in keystrokes. Here’s what I’m saying, what I’ve always said; anything offensive to anyone is a) your problem and, b) more importantly, the systematic, intentional devaluation of society in general. I’ll leave it to your imagination what started that trend.

‘Offensive’, by definition, is subjective; that in and of itself should be enough for any thinking person to reject efforts to define it objectively. Trash, lyric…I don’t give a fuck. How’s that. More than that, I don’t care.

That said, permit me to tell you that one of the great things about this Country used to be that you could leave any situation you deemed offensive and walk, talk or meander out of the way.

Or, you could punch that bastard in the face. Either way, both offer us the only way to cultural evolution: Choice. Some moron standing on the sidelines saying ‘hey, no, I have a better way’…has gotten us to where we are today.

When the Communists at the ACLU get involved it’s inevitably and by design an affront to cultural evolution. A piece of shit built on a piece of shit is only a bigger piece of shit.

What’s offensive? I haven’t the foggiest idea. What shouldn’t be offensive? Pretty much everything that is today: Race, national origin, sex, disability, color, off-color, being a mom, not being a mom, being called a mom, bla-dee-bla-bla-motha-fuckin-bla…

Everything. Seriously. Everything under the sun. Somebody, somewhere is gonna get pissed at something. You watch. It’ll happen.

This is how we evolve? Are you kidding me?

Look, all I’m saying is that a predictable by-product of Oppresivism (read: “progressivism”) is human conformity. There’s nothing organic about it.

I don’t know where we could be today because government got in the way. Way out of its bounds and way out of line.

What I do know is that we’d be whole hell of a lot better off if they’d get the fuck out.

Russ

Wednesday
17Mar2010

One Free Man's Declaration

And as it were it comes from one of our favorite folk, those rascals from the Pacific Northwest.

Virgil at the Washington Rebel, here, reprinted in its entirety, without permission until told to take it down, because it’s that good.

My personal favorite line:

“I will feel no moral obligation to remain beholden to our system of law and will utilize any and all means available to me to subvert the usurpers who have declared war upon us having overthrown our rightful, republican form of government.”

Remeber kids, it’s their Country now:

The carnival masquerading as our political system is an embarrassment. Our republic is being torn asunder by unruly, spoiled, and indolent children bent on subjugating the citizenry to their lunatic whim.

It is insulting to bear witness to the political farce unfolding before us in regards to health care, the plundering of our republics wealth and sundry other progressive pabulum being birthed in the name of the so called greater good. The arrogance of our public servants continues to grow while you, the citizen, are further marginalized for your own good.

We have finally arrived at the time and place where the age old question has come before us; who has primacy?  The individual or the state? You are being compelled to partake in your own destruction at the point of government gun. You are compelled to comply with unconstitutional mandates brought forth by a progressive enemy whose sole desire is to render the individual meaningless in order to destroy the republic and all that it stands for.

Your choices are limited. The table has been set before you and you can either partake of this madness or you can resist. Those are the only two choices. There is no middle ground. There is no appeasing the slothful creature slouching toward you and all that you hold dear. It is time to fight or you can resign yourself to live as a slave to the state and the self appointed who believe they and they alone know what is in your and your family’s best interest.

The question is not about healthcare, national ID cards, fascist economic policies it is about control. Control of you the individual and the outright destruction of individual liberty.

As you make your choice I will remind you of the following; you have an obligation to defend liberty at all costs. This obligation was formed and passed on to you at places such as Lexington and Concord. Liberty must be earned and it is time for you to pay your portion of the bill. It is your responsibility to defend liberty and ensure that it is passed on to your progeny.

Gentle reader there will be no place to hide. What will you do when the state comes calling? And they will come calling. Where are your papers? Why haven’t you taken your children for their scheduled shots? Why are you out at this late hour? What will you do when they have you on the ground in shackles and your family is being subjugated to all forms of statist intervention? In time the thin veneer of civility will transmogrify and the evil, little, vile cheka will reveal themselves true to type. They are willfully ignorant though make no mistake; they are wholly dangerous and wield the power of the state and all that entails. Hitler and Stalin would weep with envy to be in possession of such an apparatus.

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.

If the health care bill passes it will be a sure sign that our constitution is meaningless in the eyes of our would be rulers. As such the contract between We the People and our servant government will be null and void.  I will feel no moral obligation to remain beholden to our system of law and will utilize any and all means available to me to subvert the usurpers who have declared war upon us having overthrown our rightful, republican form of government.

I have taken an oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. I fully intend to uphold that oath and will do so with every means at my disposal. I pledge my life, liberty and sacred honor in defense of the republic and my liberty no matter the cost.

I cannot and will not advocate what course may suit you. A wise man once said that “these are the times that try men’s souls”.  You must search deep within yourself and determine for yourself what course of action lies before you in light of the transgressions being made against you and all you hold dear.

Let it be known across the land that on this day one man has declared I AM A FREE MAN AND WOE BE UNTO THOSE THAT WOULD SEEK MY END! I SHALL REMAIN FREE OR DIE TRYING.

Leviathan I will be waiting for you. It is your move. And to those that serve the vile beast; you have taken an oath to defend the constitution as have I. I expect you to uphold that oath. Should you choose otherwise you will have made your decision. I expect no quarter and none shall be given.

Ditto.

Russ

Wednesday
17Mar2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Before I get really, really drunk, may the road rise to meet you my friends.

Here’s a fat guy sitting on the floor doing a pretty good version of a very good song:

G’head, sing along:

Whiskey, you’re the devil, you’re leadin’ me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americae
You’re sweeter, stronger, decenter, you’re spunkier than tae
O whiskey, you’re my darlin’ drunk or sober

Oh, now, brave boys, we’re on the march and off to Portugal and Spain
The drums are beating, banners flying, the devil ahome will come tonight
Love, fare thee well, with me tithery eye the doodelum the da
Me tithery eye the doodelum the da, Me rikes fall tour a laddie oh
There’s whiskey in the jar. Hey!

Whiskey, you’re the devil, you’re leadin’ me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americae
You’re sweeter, stronger, decenter, you’re spunkier than tae
O whiskey, you’re my darlin’ drunk or sober

Said the mother: “Do not wrong me, don’t take my daughter from me
For if you do I will torment you, and after death a ghost will haunt you
Love, fare thee well, with me tithery eye the doodelum the da
Me tithery eye the doodelum the da, Me rikes fall tour a laddie oh
There’s whiskey in the jar. Hey!

Whiskey, you’re the devil, you’re leadin’ me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americae
You’re sweeter, stronger, decenter, you’re spunkier than tae
O whiskey, you’re my darlin’ drunk or sober

The French are fighting boldly, men dying hot and coldly
Gives ev’ry man his flask of powder, his farlock on his shoulder
Love, fare thee well, with me tithery eye the doodelum the da
Me tithery eye the doodelum the da, Me rikes fall tour a laddie oh
There’s whiskey in the jar. Hey!

Whiskey, you’re the devil, you’re leadin’ me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americae
You’re sweeter, stronger, decenter, you’re spunkier than tae
O whiskey, you’re my darlin’ drunk or sober

Russ

 

Wednesday
17Mar2010

CNSNews Covers the Surge Rally (and quotes yours truly in the process)

Ok NOW I’ve made an ass out of myself. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em!And I didn’t make a total ass of myself.

Well, I’ll let you be the judge of that:

Russ Cote of New Jersey said this is the third event he has attended to protest a proposed health care system that he said is unsustainable and unconstitutional.
    
“It’s simple economics,” Cote told CNSNews.com. “We’re going to go broke. We’re going to go broke fast.”
    
Cote said if the bill passed with a mandate requiring every American to buy health insurance, he would not comply.
    
“If there’s a mandate, I can tell you this — my own form of political protest – I won’t do it and I’ll be a test case if I have to,” Cote said. “I wouldn’t pay the fine either. I’d make them throw me in jail.”

Of course I would always prefer a greater chance to supply some context and detail to my quotes, but I will tell you that’s pretty much exactly what I said. Kudos to Penny Starr at CNS.

It’s true too; a gigantic, $2.5 trillion new entitlement program on top of the ones that are already going broke is unsustainable.

Anyone who tells you that it’s Constitutional to force someone to buy a product they don’t want on the threat of a huge fine and/or jail time is a buffoon. Anyone who tells you that “health care” is a legitimate area of concern for the federal government is a buffoon and anyone who tells you that “deeming” a bill passed in contravention to the centuries-old Constitutional method is, well, a buffoon. Thank God Mark Levin is on top of things.

(Incidentally Mark, if you’re reading this, I’ve sent you my resume’ and will work for free.)

The picture gallery from yesterday’s rally should be live shortly and I’ll update this post with the URL.

Russ

Michelle’s way easier on the eyes and is even more beautiful in person.

Wednesday
17Mar2010

A Justice McNamara Dispatch: There is only one Jim Fassel

“I am raising the stakes right now, … If this is a poker game, I am shoving my chips right in the middle of the table. I am raising the ante. Anybody who wants out, can get out.”

It was Nov 22, 2000. The New York Giants has just lost their second straight game to the lowly Detroit Lions at the Meadowlands, the fans and media were as angry as Tony Soprano when he found out Janice took out a loan on Livia’s house.

Obama has tried to give a version of this speech, but his problem is that he does not connect with people emotionally. He just doesn’t. It’s just part of his personality. Sometimes I wonder if he is a robot as he appears to often lack any emotion at all. Look left, look right, read teleprompter, speak in clipped measure, thank everybody, leave, repeat.

The most amazing aspect of this entire episode is this…they tell me Obama is the greatest communicator ever, that nobody can give a speech like him, but he can’t sell this. Obama…can’t…sell this. He can give a prepared speech sure, but anything other than that incurs a lot of ‘umms’. Since he can’t sell it, he now has two weeks to save everything. Two weeks. That’s it. If Jesus rises and this bill hasn’t passed…its dead.

AP-via WSJ (click image for source)If it passes it will pass 216-215. I would wager any amount on this. If it fails, there is a very good chance the vote is 215-216, though anywhere between 210-215 is possible. The fact that the WH is now going after people like Kucinich shows that they really don’t have the votes as they have given up trying to convince people like Stupak. The Kucinich moves smells of desperation. The possibility exists that Pelosi will believe she has 216 votes, and then on the floor someone has a moment of consciousness and changes their vote to no. It’s possible.

That said, if I had a gun to my head right now, I would say it passes 216-215.

Justice McNamara

**Update (Russ)**

I received this from JM yesterday but, being at the Surge, I couldn’t get it posted until now. News today is that, of course, Kucinich is a yes.

Tuesday
16Mar2010

Wait...isn't there supposed to be a "No" in there somewhere?

Am I missing something?
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Monday
15Mar2010

Gone Surgin'...

Don’t wait up.

This one is way more on-the-fly than I’m used to. I pretty much decided to go about 15 minutes ago. Gonna get back in the whip in a couple of hours and join a whole bunch of my friends to tell D.C., one more goddamn time, that we just ain’t buyin’ what they’re sellin’.

Like always, I’ll be sending back as many pictures as possible and live-blogging here and through the Resistance for as long as the battery on my phone lasts. Stay tuned…there’s shenanigans a-brewin’.

Quick though, doesn’t it seem kinda odd that thousands of American citizens have to organize an emergency rally in the nation’s capital because the powers that be will stop at nothing-no matter how unconstitutional, unethical or downright tyrannical it may be-to force socialized health care on us? Is this really what the Founders had in mind?

Well, maybe not the unconstitutionally imposed health care, but the massive citizen mobilization I think they may have. As red hot as I get watching the overlords throw down the gauntlet on our liberty, my heart pumps equally as fast watching my fellow Americans gear up to throw down our own.

Like it or not, only one group is gonna win this fight in the long run.

My money’s still on us.

Russ

 

Monday
15Mar2010

The Right-Wing Blog Debate Dustup: Episode 3-Round 1 Third Parties

Ugh…even more so than a Palin debate this question is one that I probably wouldn’t be brave enough to touch. The seriousness and importance of the topic though is one that cannot be understated.

Thankfully, (with more competent moderators than yours truly this time), I don’t have to because our friends Scratch from MMBI and Don from Present Discontent are going to do it for us. Hosted by the inimitable Steve from Motor City Times, here is the Ep.3-Rd.1 question:

Some people think, long term, that a true Conservative 3rd party is necessary, because the Republicans have proven only slightly better than Democrats when they were in power. The thinking goes, we are never going to change Washington, so why bother voting in the Republicans.

Other say that we need to refocus the Republicans because if we actually form a 3rd party, we are guaranteeing that the left will win election after election.

The question is what should the focus of Conservatives be going forward, a revitalized Republican party or a true Conservative party?

Great, great question.

A snippet from Scratch:

We need to send a message. We need to demand candidates, of whatever party other than the established two, that will vow to adhere to the Constitution and shrink the ever expanding federal government. No new “contracts” or “Mt. Vernon” nonsense. Each politician must read - and adhere to - the Constitution.

And one from Don:

But the Republican Party is slow to move and I know that infuriates a lot of folks on our side of the aisle. However, we need to remember that just because we might be able to launch third party. And let’s just say for the sake of argument that we actually take the White House in ’12, without changing the rules in D.C. we won’t have accomplished much. If the GOP can get sloppy and bloated and addicted to Big Government and back room deals and…well you get the picture, then so can a new third party.

Read ‘em both in their entirety because, like it or not, this is something we’re all gonna have to deal with at some point, most likely sooner than later.

Me? For right now I’m just trying to find a Jersey bus leaving for D.C. Anyone out there know of one let me know. If I do catch a ride, I’ll have tons of pictures and will live-blog the day’s events here and at the Resistance.

Check Scratch, Don and Steve often for further debate and reactions from the peanut gallery on this extremely important question.

Russ

Monday
15Mar2010

Just a Quick Reminder...

You know how bad things are in Canada right? Well, just remember that we have ten times the population to insure. Oh, but that means there's ten times the number of doctors you say? So what, I say. When doctors here realize that they are no longer practicing a profession but rather unwittingly serving a master like they did there, how long do you think it'll be before the exact same thing that happened there, happens here? The answer is "way sooner than later". And what happens then? Your guess is as good as mine.

Consider in your mind the most horrible fate for health care imaginable...then multiply it by a factor of ten. You don't have to be a math wizard to recognize that every single problem experienced in nations with socialized health care will be exponentially worse in the United States. 

There is no other way for this to end but badly ladies and gentlemen. No...other...way.

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Monday
15Mar2010

Is it Time to Annex Mexico?

You want a war of conquest? I’ll give you a war of conquest:

Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered wounds.

The slayings came amid a surge in bloodshed along Mexico’s border with Texas and drew condemnation from the White House. Mexico’s president expressed outrage and promised a fast investigation to find those responsible.

Authorities put suspicion on members of a gang of hit men allied with the Juarez drug cartel. That theory is based on “information exchanged with U.S. federal agencies” helping in the investigation, according to a statement Sunday from the joint mission of soldiers and federal police overseeing security in Ciudad Juarez.

While putting the blame on the drug gang, police offered no information on a possible motive in the slayings. U.S. State Department spokesman Fred Lash said only that the three dead people were at the same party before the attacks that occurred minutes apart Saturday afternoon.

Several U.S. citizens have been killed in Mexico’s drug war, most of them people with family ties to Mexico. It is very rare for American government employees to be targeted, although attackers hurled grenades at the U.S. consulate in the northern city of Monterrey in 2008.

For me, there are really only two ways to stop the escalating drug gang-related violence south of the border: Start a war and take over the country or legalize the problem. I’d prefer the second but I for one am open to ideas concerning the first. I’m only half kidding.

The bottom line is that Mexico’s police/military force is wholly unequipped to handle this problem and, quite frankly, I’m not so sure the top brass in the country have any real plans to take care of it.

Of course, it’s our fault Americans are getting waxed in the drug war:

Local media coverage of drug violence was rare even before the kidnappings. Milenio, the Mexican national paper, said publicly last week that it had decided to suspend coverage of the conflict out of security concerns.

“It’s an incredible level of fear,” said Carlos Lauria, the senior Americas coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists. “It’s not only drug coverage that gets stifled, but any coverage of organized crime.”

Mexico has been engulfed by drug-related violence over the past few years, caused partly by a breakdown in old alliances between groups that erupted into open competition for lucrative smuggling routes to serve the world’s largest drug-consuming nation, the U.S.

In related news, cocaine use, like everything else under the sun, causes global warming.

Russ

Here’s Slowhand:

Sunday
14Mar2010

Time to Pick a Side Fencesitters

Nate Beeler sums up the present ideological battlefield. Behold the vast “middle”:

Nate Beeler-Washington Examiner

The mystical “center” of American politics has been a myth as long as I’ve been alive, like unicorns and the dodo bird. It may have existed at point prior to 1977, that I can’t say for sure. But there is no center now and there most likely never will be again. We need to make ideological oppressivism (a/k/a liberal progressivism) a permanent remant of an era gone by. A dirty little mistake in American History that you tell your grandkids to scare them when they’re bad. “Don’t ever grow up to be a liberal little Johnny…or you’ll wind up serving drinks to the lawyers in Hell.”

Well done Mr. President. Let nobody ever tell me again that this man hasn’t accomplished something great. He’s managed to draw the long overdue political and ideological battle lines more starkly than anyone of his predecessors could, in only a little over a year in office.

That is no small feat.

Russ

Saturday
13Mar2010

If God Didn't Want Me to Drunkblog...

He wouldn’t have made it so freakin’ easy.

Seriously though, it’s amazing how a place like lower Manhattan, that you know relatively well while sober, turns into the friggin’ forests of Narnia with low fog and no visibility after sampling a couple “Highland” and “Lowland” Scottish whiskeys on Stone St. I had no idea where I was…for hours. It may as well have been Neptune.

My apologies.

Here’s something funny to make up for it:

(language/content warning)

Also, if you haven’t already, check out the Resistance. It’s basically six great bloggers and me. I’m the comic relief and no, I have no illusions that you’re laughing with me. I can live with that.

Russ

Friday
12Mar2010

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor...

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Friday
12Mar2010

Corporatismfags...

...hmmm.

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Friday
12Mar2010

Fuckin asshole...

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