Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Quotes from my favorite Amercian President and greatest patriot
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Thomas Jefferson: When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
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Thomas Jefferson: The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
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Thomas Jefferson: It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
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Thomas Jefferson: I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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Thomas Jefferson: My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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Thomas Jefferson: No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
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Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
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Thomas Jefferson: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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Thomas Jefferson: To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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Thomas Jefferson: I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
Thomas Jefferson: When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
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Thomas Jefferson: The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
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Thomas Jefferson: It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
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Thomas Jefferson: I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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Thomas Jefferson: My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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Thomas Jefferson: No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
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Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
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Thomas Jefferson: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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Thomas Jefferson: To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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Thomas Jefferson: I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Submarine Christmas
Blunoz had an entry the other day that reminded me of "Christmas" on the boat.
One of the memorable underway Holidays on "Ustafish" was when the Chief stew burner brought the required artifical christmas tree for the underway but somewhere, somehow forgot ALL other holiday decorations.
So, the tree was un-boxed and placed on a table in the mess decks with it's lone naked glory.
The enterprising Submariners that we were; proceeded to "Decorate" it with a wide variety of material at hand. The red baloney rings from Mid-Rats, the Green cover, cotter pin and lanyard from OBA canisters expended from Drills, Various broken pieces of sound powered phones, and Misc drill props from both forward and aft. It was the sadder than that tree in Charlie brown's Christmas. And unlike the Charlie Brown Cartoon, there was no redemption at the holiday. It just got sadder and sadder with each addition by the smart asses on board until it was deemed a health Hazard by the DOC and stripped of it's "Ornaments" (The straw that snapped the camels back was the tightie whitie's fished out of the Chunky pump (cam sewage pump) and put in a plastic bag and attached to the tree).
This was the same Christmas that I was a member of the FSA (Crank)Div, and had moved, kicked, abused and other wise folded, spindled, stapled and mutilated the thirty odd fruit cakes that had been in the reefer since our underway prior to Halloween. Needless to say, didn't sample any of the survivors due to first hand knowledge of their care.
And this Christmas was one where our Division had a "gift exchange". Each member bought a gift for another via a name drawn from a hat prior to underway. The two most memorable gifts, 1. the ring that an ET2 filed out of a NICU bolt. He was either a cheap bastard or just lazy and procrastinated like the rest of us prior to underway and didn't buy the gift for his exchange. To his credit, I actually thought it was a cool ring once he was done. It was several days of filing on watch and off watch and then polishing with emery cloth. 2. the Phallic "Wife Pleaser"; again, designed and filed and polished by another ET2 from a broken shorting Probe. It wasn't actually part of the gift exchange, he kept it for personal reasons. But still the OOOHH and AHH's from the division when he lit off the red lights he rigged in the end of the handle that caused the clear plastic shaft and end he filed to glow in red glory..
Share your underway Christmas Stories,
One of the memorable underway Holidays on "Ustafish" was when the Chief stew burner brought the required artifical christmas tree for the underway but somewhere, somehow forgot ALL other holiday decorations.
So, the tree was un-boxed and placed on a table in the mess decks with it's lone naked glory.
The enterprising Submariners that we were; proceeded to "Decorate" it with a wide variety of material at hand. The red baloney rings from Mid-Rats, the Green cover, cotter pin and lanyard from OBA canisters expended from Drills, Various broken pieces of sound powered phones, and Misc drill props from both forward and aft. It was the sadder than that tree in Charlie brown's Christmas. And unlike the Charlie Brown Cartoon, there was no redemption at the holiday. It just got sadder and sadder with each addition by the smart asses on board until it was deemed a health Hazard by the DOC and stripped of it's "Ornaments" (The straw that snapped the camels back was the tightie whitie's fished out of the Chunky pump (cam sewage pump) and put in a plastic bag and attached to the tree).
This was the same Christmas that I was a member of the FSA (Crank)Div, and had moved, kicked, abused and other wise folded, spindled, stapled and mutilated the thirty odd fruit cakes that had been in the reefer since our underway prior to Halloween. Needless to say, didn't sample any of the survivors due to first hand knowledge of their care.
And this Christmas was one where our Division had a "gift exchange". Each member bought a gift for another via a name drawn from a hat prior to underway. The two most memorable gifts, 1. the ring that an ET2 filed out of a NICU bolt. He was either a cheap bastard or just lazy and procrastinated like the rest of us prior to underway and didn't buy the gift for his exchange. To his credit, I actually thought it was a cool ring once he was done. It was several days of filing on watch and off watch and then polishing with emery cloth. 2. the Phallic "Wife Pleaser"; again, designed and filed and polished by another ET2 from a broken shorting Probe. It wasn't actually part of the gift exchange, he kept it for personal reasons. But still the OOOHH and AHH's from the division when he lit off the red lights he rigged in the end of the handle that caused the clear plastic shaft and end he filed to glow in red glory..
Share your underway Christmas Stories,
Monday, December 01, 2008
I was wondering why the sun rose in the west today...
Wow, After years of trashing her, He is happy with the appointment. I was wondering why the slant of light looked wrong when I was drinking my coffee..
Rush Limbaugh endorses Clinton for Obama's cabinet
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. But the conservative radio pundit has given his blessing to her selection as the next secretary of state.
He calls it "a brilliant stroke" by President-elect Barack Obama, who opposed Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
Limbaugh weighs in on the new administration as one of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2008," which airs Thursday on ABC.
Says Limbaugh: "You know the old phrase, 'You keep your friends close and your enemies closer?' How can she run for president in 2012? She'd have to run against the incumbent and be critical of him - the one who made her secretary of state."
On Monday, Obama announced Clinton as his nominee for secretary of state
Rush Limbaugh endorses Clinton for Obama's cabinet
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. But the conservative radio pundit has given his blessing to her selection as the next secretary of state.
He calls it "a brilliant stroke" by President-elect Barack Obama, who opposed Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
Limbaugh weighs in on the new administration as one of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2008," which airs Thursday on ABC.
Says Limbaugh: "You know the old phrase, 'You keep your friends close and your enemies closer?' How can she run for president in 2012? She'd have to run against the incumbent and be critical of him - the one who made her secretary of state."
On Monday, Obama announced Clinton as his nominee for secretary of state
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