Stimulus Money Used To Fund Obama We-Love-Green Commercials

The Labor Department paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funds to a public relations firm to run more than 100 commercials touting the Obama administration’s “green training” job efforts on two MSNBC cable shows, records show.

The commercials ran on MSNBC on shows hosted by Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann in 2009, but the contract didn’t report any jobs created, according to records reviewed recently by The Washington Times.

Spending reports under the federal Recovery Act show $495,000 paid to McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC, which the Labor Department hired to raise awareness “among employers and influencers about the [Job Corps] program’s existing and new training initiatives in high growth and environmentally friendly career areas” as well as spreading the word to prospective Job Corps enrollees.

The firm ultimately negotiated ad buys for “two approved spots” airing 14 times per week for two months on “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” and “The Rachel Maddow Show,” according to a project report, which listed the number zero under a section of the report asking how many jobs had been created through the stimulus contract.

 Labor Department spends stimulus funds for ads during Olbermann, Maddow shows - Washington Times

NO ONE in their right mind would find this puzzling because that is precisely how Chicago gangsta-politics works.

Steal, keep on stealing until you get caught, then look for someone with enough juice to get you out of hot water.

Marines Switching Back To 1911

Not that my Marine Corps ever really adopted the popgun Beretta, but at least now they don't have to cobble together reliable .45 ACP's.

In recent years, the Marine Corps has been building its own .45-caliber pistols at a facility in Quantico, Va., using parts from existing inventory of Model 1911 pistols and other commercial parts, said Barbara Hamby, spokeswoman for Marine Corps System Command, which orders guns for the Marines. The government, however, hadn't bought new handguns from Colt for decades. That changed this month with the first order of up to 12,000 Colt pistols, starting with 4,036 right away

Letters...We Get Letters...We Get Lots And Lot Of Letters

 Anyone know anything about Answers.com?

Received an email from them and am wondering if this is nothing more than yet another spam/and or viral attack. Since my email gets hacked once a month or thereabouts, suppose I'm becoming gun shy. Then again, there's a  person I think I know who recommended a comment I made there a while back. If it's you, you know who you are. If it's not you, then who am I. One thing I do know for a fact is I'm not the gardener I once was.

Simple yes or no will suffice.

If Guns Cause Murders...By William Warren

71 Year-Old Marine Chases Would-Be Gangstas While Popping Some Caps In They Ass

"A 71-year-old Florida man is being hailed as a hero after he pulled out a gun and shot two men as they tried to rob an Internet cafe in Ocala. The foiled robbery attempt was captured on surveillance video.
The Florida State Attorney’s Office told The Gainesville Sun that it is unlikely Samuel Williams will be charged.
“Based on what I have seen and what I know at this time, I don’t anticipate filing any charges,” said Bill Gladson of the State Attorney’s Office for 5th Judicial Circuit."

Follow the link to a video showing one of the funniest Amos & Andy impersonations I've seen in a while. The gangsta wannabes entered all hell bent, then ran like scared little girls when Mr. Williams began filling them full of JHP's.

Florida is a stand your ground state. And I do believe that this senior Marine stood taller than most men would have if faced with the same situation. At the very least he chased them away before the police arrived, and, after establishing a safe perimeter from which to cower behind, risked the lives of all inside by spraying and praying then warming up a Leer Jet to whisk the miscreants away to the tropical island of their choice.

What puzzles me is what, so otherwise a stout and well met fellow, was doing in an "internet cafe".

Barry Once Again Shows His True Anti-Fiream Stripes

“A lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals,”

Barry Soetoro in speaking to the "Urban League" on July 25th.

And who exactly are these gun owners who agree with such preposterous nonsense? Civilian-legal AK clones are not the same weapons that are used "on the battlefield" and anyone with a lick of common sense would know that. It is akin to saying that a Hummer is a military vehicle and a lot of car owners would agree that it belongs on the battlefield, not in the hands of "criminals", and doesn't it just make you all warm and fuzzy to know that your president believes you to be a criminal for owning an semi-auto AK lookalike.

The hits just keep on coming from this anti-gun, anti-Constitution, anti-Liberty, anti Freedom fraud.

A lot of Patriots would agree that the White House belongs in the hands of the American people and not a gang of hooligans like the Soetoro clan.

Borgnine Dies At 95

Borgnine, who endeared himself to a generation of Baby Boomers with the 1960s TV comedy "McHale's Navy," first attracted notice in the early 1950s in villain roles, notably as the vicious Fatso Judson, who beat Frank Sinatra to death in "From Here to Eternity."

The man never, in any of his many roles, said a line badly. The true actors actor.

Independence

Even though times are tough as we labor thru yet another king who would shackle the god-given rights all men of good will are born with, America has always defeated those who would be king and Barry won't be the exception.

Happy 4th my friends....and please read what Adams had to say. Might also be something to keep on hand whenever your liberal adversaries try to make believe that the 4th of July is no big thing, nor ever supposed to be.

And isn't it a shame that Adams proposed the holiday be remember with gunfire, when in most states even firecrackers have been outlawed.

Thank you, soccer moms.

Hollywood Marine Wannabe Dies After Fitness Test

SAN DIEGO -- A former Army Reserves specialist who died after taking a strength test at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego was identified Monday as a Sacramento resident.

 Marine Recruit Darnell McCowan III, 22, became unresponsive Friday morning after completing a test that consists of three pull-ups, 44 crunches and a 1.5-mile run, according to Maj. Michael Armistead.

" The Marine Corps Recruit Depot extends its deepest condolences to the McCowan family," according to a statement issued by Marine officials. "We are saddened by this sudden loss and our thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult hour."

Here we go again with the tired old sobriquet "hearts and minds". My Marine Corps has no heart and is basically mindless of but one thing; the enemy must die. And an ounce of prevention would have saved this obvious fatty, because any 22 year old incapable of performing so easy a test did not belong in a Marine uniform, so that should have been apparent from the get-go.

One reason why we referred to the left coast recruits as "Hollywood marines". Yes, all of this is cruel but so what? They didn't pay us to be Mary Poppins.

Emperor Barry Defies The Constitution Yet Again

Effective immediately, the President said, the United States would no longer try to deport any young people who are in this country illegally. If they were brought to this country as children and are not yet 30 years old, they’ll get a free pass for the next two years. The only stipulations are that they have no criminal record and have completed high school, earned a GED diploma or served in the military.

No one knows for sure how many illegals will benefit from the new rule, but estimates are that the number could be as high as 800,000. And no one knows how many votes this ploy will garner the President in November, but it could be several million.

So, once again, we have the disturbing specter of the President of the United States — the Numero Uno government official who, per the Constitution, is responsible for seeing that Federal laws are fully and fairly enforced — blithely announcing that he is going to ignore the law of the land and do whatever he wants.

Of course, this isn’t the first time such a thing has happened. It isn’t even the fourth or fifth time it’s happened. It’s been a hallmark of Obama’s Administration almost from his first year in office, when he said that the Federal government would not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act.

Right now, the Justice Department is waging war on officials in Florida because the Governor there wanted the election rolls purged of any people who are not legal residents of this country. That sounded pretty reasonable to me. But I guess someone in Washington realized that a lot of those illegal aliens were voting for Democrats, so maybe the Florida officials should be stopped.

Florida is basically Conservative and many of us were shocked when the state...barely mind you...went for King Barry The First in the 2008 elections.

Now we know how this was possible. Today, even to renew one's driver license in Florida requires proof of citizenship. That means TWO forms of identification, one with a picture, and a birth certificate alone isn't enough, they want proof of address as well. That means bringing along mail addressed to the licensee, and not even a voter registration card will suffice. No fly by night itinerant with forged paper can get a new license and that's how it should be, so but of course Barry hates the fact that the far southern and northern parts of the state can't truck in bus loads of illegals to vote for him.

In other words, Barry himself would not be allowed to vote here because his birth certificate wouldn't pass muster, and his prior Chicago address changed from day to day depending upon which way the wind was blowing.

Brady's Mum On Drop In Violent Crime

"...the FBI has preliminarily reported a four percent drop in the number of violent crimes from 2010 to 2011, the 18^th drop in the last 20 years. Violent crime is now at about a 41-year low.

Washington Times reporter Emily Miller asked the NRA and the Brady Campaign for their opinions about the trend. The NRA responded that crime has decreased as the number of Right-to-Carry states has risen to an all-time high.

However, Miller noted, "The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence did not respond to requests for comment." Miller added, "Gun‑control advocates are noticeably silent when crime rates decline. Their multimillion‑dollar lobbying efforts are designed to manufacture mass anxiety that every gun owner is a potential killer. The statistics show otherwise."

To everyone but the Brady's...and other illiterate lunatic fringers who believe that the mere possession of a firearm turns every law abiding town into the Hollywood version of Dodge City...common sense would dictate that villains, thieves and scoundrels make a living preying upon the defenseless, so of course an armed citizenry frightens them back to Chicago, NYC, LA and other dirty places from which to ply their trade.

Oh and by the way; Dodge City at its worst had less crime than any of the above listed dens of iniquity but that'd make for a dull western. Trouble is that today's dunderheads can't tell truth from fiction and have delegated important decision making to the likes of Clooney the Loony and other mental midgets, or the Brady Bunchers wouldn't have the wherewithal's to rent working space in their mommy and daddy's garage.

Henry Hill Gone At 69

Met Henry a few times back in the mid to late 70's. Funniest guy I ever listened to. Can't say more* until I'm on my deathbed as well. He died last night at 69.

Great movie, and except for the actual physical descriptions of the real made men it was pretty accurate.

(* I lied) "Hey, you're a Marine, aintcha? They teach you about blowing up houses or what? Just askin'."

Memorial Day 2012

Raining today, so while I'm cooking outside we're eating inside. The better part of four and a half decades really went by fast, didn't it. Just don't believe I've forgotten your names or your faces, and don't think you've missed anything. You haven't. And while we used to say "don't mean nothin'", in a way it did. At least we taught the country how to welcome back their shot up children. These kids don't have to worry about getting wet paper bags full of dog shit tossed at them, and guess what? Even the newspapers and TV stations are saying the word "hero". What goes around comes around, eh? We just happened to be the tweeners, caught twixt WWII and the modern age so no one knew how to act. Still and all, we fought as hard and won as much as anyone ever did no matter what Cronkite said.

Semper Fi good buddies now stay out of my dreams dammit.

Boldly Going

"And here's the kicker, Jim. Remember that Rigillian hula dancer I warned you all about? Well the lab work is back and she definitely has Antares Herpes so aren't you glad you didn't...Jim? Jim?"

The Empire Strikes Out: Brits Move Israeli Capital From Jerusalem To Tel Aviv

"The caption on a photograph featuring passengers on a tram in Jerusalem observing a two-minute silence for Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance for the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust, wrongly referred to the city as the Israeli capital. The Guardian style guide states: “Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel; Tel Aviv is” (Eyewitness, 20 April, page 24)."

How nice of the spineless Brits to decide the capital of a sovereign nation.

I'll make this easy; without the Jews, the Arabs move in feeling all puffed up and mighty...like they once were, oh, let's say a thousand years or so ago..and not only raise the price of oil but commit MORE terrorist acts than before because the UK has proven to them that barbarism still works.

Gutless bastards.

Jerusalem is the Israeli capital.

Frost Cutlery Continues To Steal Copyrights And Trademarks

As was the case with the theft of designs and trademarks owned by Kershaw, Spyderco, Case, and others, Frost Cutlery will continue to steal from Hanna Barbera, Marvel Comics and DuPont, as we reported upon in the above link. 

My inquiry to them fell upon deaf ears, but it usually takes the threat of legal action by the companies in question, as Frost simply will not do anything honorable until he's caught with his hands in the till and the law is hot upon his conniving ass.

I'll continue to alert Barbera et al but it is doubtful they'll bother with so low a scum as Frost; preferring instead to ignore him and not provide the old crook with any publicity.

Another Year Older And Deeper In Fret

62 and counting.

Were I to have known that passing six decades was possible, I'd have taken far less care of myself.

HBO's: A Game Of Groans...

As a fan of George R.R. Martin I was as close to positively giddy as an old Marine can be to see how the theatrical presentation of his magnum opus fared on the little screen. A Song of Fire and Ice was simply the best action/adventure/fantasy series of books I'd ever laid eyes on, and while HBO's Game of Groans Thrones couldn't possibly measure up, old George was executive producer so it had to at least be halfway decent, right?

So-so at best. And that's a stretch because I really like George's work. In re-reading just the first 20 pages of the first book I was far more spellbound than the series has far to date woven, and that's just a crying shame.

ALL cable series rely upon two, no, three things to keep the viewer occupied; breasts and "adult" language. Minus the T&A, The Sopranos would have been nothing more than a fat guy weeping to his shrink, and while The Tudors..Showtimes venture into merry old England's most bloodthirsty of royals...was entertaining, it was held firmly in place by the same two, no, three things to keep us occupied. And wow, but the costumes and scenery were superb.

But to have this series yawn on and on with little action/adventure fantasy to sink ones teeth into, we'd have needed superb actors to make the transition work, and all they've given us is a damned fine midget. Films simply cannot present as many characters as a novel can, because we read at a leisurely pace but expect movement from teleVISION, something neither the cast nor the producers or directors seem to understand. The production staff seem bound and determined to feature bad actors doing their level worst to flesh out good characters pouring wine when there are far more heads in need of rolling.

Were it War and Peace, well, okay. Maybe. Awaiting the landing craft to finally hit Omaha Beach was worth it, so the rest of The Longest Day could ramble by without too much yawning, but Fire and Ice is about FANTASY and should have been no holds barred from the get go. Sure, introduce the tediously bad  thespians as you went along, but a taste please, a taste of the real deal should not have taken a season and a half before showing sparks.

If it already hasn't garnered rave reviews, it will, because if its one, no, three things professional reviewers need in order to stamp their seal of approval upon because that means its cutting edge, modern, realistic, and a sight to behold, then Game of Groans Thrones will be a smashing success because it has that in spades.

There was a very good reason Martin entitled every chapter with the name of the character featured therein. The reader could skim the ones he found boring without losing anything of value with regards to the plot.

Take a cue from old George and tape the series, then fast forward to the good stuff. Yes, there's the odd tidbit of genius hidden behind the bad costuming and cheap sets, but keep your finger on the pause button least you miss them.

Time To Once Again Corner The Cutlery Thieves

My latest theft of the month regarding Frost Cutlery is as follows:

A new knife of theirs has been named " The Grape Ape", which of course is the property of Hanna-Barbera.

Another piece of worthless crap is "The Punisher", and that name belongs to Marvel Comics.

And I'll never stop excoriating them for their constant use of  the word "Teflon", as the Chinese have never purchased said material from DuPont nor any of their distributors, relying instead upon their knock off Polytetrafluoroethylene , or PTFE, then calling it "Teflon" which is in violation of more laws than can be listed in a short posting.

Roaches usually scuttle away when a light is shone upon them, and I sent a copy of the above information directly to Mr. James A. Frost hisseff so lets see what goes down.