Wednesday, July 30, 2008

John Voight Bucks Hollywood

I have always thought John Voight didn't get the proper credit for his amazing range and acting chops. What I didn't know was that he isn't afraid of the idealism promoted in his business. I stole this from Mike's blog. The original article is here.

We, as parents, are well aware of the importance of our teachers who teach and program our children. We also know how important it is for our children to play with good-thinking children growing up.

Sen. Barack Obama has grown up with the teaching of very angry, militant white and black people: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, William Ayers and Rev. Michael Pfleger. We cannot say we are not affected by teachers who are militant and angry. We know too well that we become like them, and Mr. Obama will run this country in their mindset.

The Democratic Party, in its quest for power, has managed a propaganda campaign with subliminal messages, creating a God-like figure in a man who falls short in every way. It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.

The Democrats have targeted young people, knowing how easy it is to bring forth whatever is needed to program their minds. I know this process well. I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement. The radicals of that era were successful in giving the communists power to bring forth the killing fields and slaughter 2.5 million people in Cambodia and South Vietnam. Did they stop the war, or did they bring the war to those innocent people? In the end, they turned their backs on all the horror and suffering they helped create and walked away.

Those same leaders who were in the streets in the '60s are very powerful today in their work to bring down the Iraq war and to attack our president, and they have found their way into our schools. William Ayers is a good example of that.

Thank God, today, we have a strong generation of young soldiers who know exactly who they are and what they must do to protect our freedom and our democracy. And we have the leadership of Gen. David Petraeus, who has brought hope and stability to Iraq and prevented the terrorists from establishing a base in that country. Our soldiers are lifting us to an example of patriotism at a time when we've almost forgotten who we are and what is at stake.

If Mr. Obama had his way, he would have pulled our troops from Iraq years ago and initiated an unprecedented bloodbath, turning over that country to the barbarianism of our enemies. With what he has openly stated about his plans for our military, and his lack of understanding about the true nature of our enemies, there's not a cell in my body that can accept the idea that Mr. Obama can keep us safe from the terrorists around the world, and from Iran, which is making great strides toward getting the atomic bomb. And while a misleading portrait of Mr. Obama is being perpetrated by a media controlled by the Democrats, the Obama camp has sent out people to attack the greatness of Sen. John McCain, whose suffering and courage in a Hanoi prison camp is an American legend.

Gen. Wesley Clark, who himself has shame upon him, having been relieved of his command, has done their bidding and become a lying fool in his need to demean a fellow soldier and a true hero.

This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.



Thursday, July 24, 2008

Good Memories



I miss playing that with my friends.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

New Business in West Knoxville



My friend has opened a new location on the west side of Knoxville. Please stop by and see him, he is located at:
The Computer Depot
264b North Peters Road
Knoxville Tennessee 37923


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Friday, July 11, 2008

Does opposing something mean you hate it?


Just becuase I disagree with something doesn't mean I "hate" it. Some people like to use the Biblical "hate", this word in the Bible always meant "not as much" or "less than." It wasn't the same word the we use for the complete disdain or supreme dislike of something or someone. A good example is the story of Jacob and Esau from Romans Chapter 9:
13Just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated,"

In light of that, here's another great quote:
In response to the boycott, McDonald's spokesman Bill Whitman suggested to the Washington Post that those who oppose SSM are motivated by hate, saying "...hatred has no place in our culture." McDonald's has decided to adopt the "hate" theme used by gay activist groups for years.
Mr. Whitman is trying to say opposing something means you are filled with hate, real open-minded dude isn't he. When researching this stuff I ran across a lot of gay bloggers acting weird about Big Macs now and this:
http://americansfortruth.com/

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Farm Subsidies


Ok, admittedly I didn't care about this until I couldn't get a bag of potato chips I wanted at the store, MY BAD. The President tried to get rid of our ridiculous subsidy program and was overruled. now we have farmers trying to grow corn for gas only and we don't have enough potatoes, how stupid is this?

Monday, July 07, 2008

Movie Review (28 Weeks Later)


Ok, I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but I like zombie movies. I don't know why, I just do. That said, I don't like just any horror-ish type of movie and was't a huge fan of 28 Days Later like most folks. It was a well-done flick with some decent storytelling. I guess it just had that European feel to it that I don't care for, so I wasn't expecting much from the sequel.

The sequel sucked. Now I see how the original was so good. For sure there were some scenes that were absolutely fantastic. For example, when the "Don" has to abandon his wife in the house of rage zombies and she is looking out the window as he runs away. Very well-crafted scene full of both emotion, anxiety and action. I guees to point out why the film sucked I will use that same scene. We later learn that "Alice" survived that horror but we don't learn how. Don also seems to be much smarter than the other rage zombies too since he is able to be available a the very end of the film for the weird "climax." Additionally, the director of this film tried be do those stupid artisitic camera angles and light-flashing gimmicks at one point when the rage first re-infects the "green zone." Hey dude, this is a horror flick, not art. They manage to kill off most of the main players in pretty boring fashion, gratuitously show Don kill Alice in perhaps the most odd scene ever in a movie and in general the story seems jagged and clunky throughout the film.

Hopefully the third one will be better.

Has McDonalds Gone Gay?



So one group says they just want McDonalds to remain neutral on the issue and another thinks it's great that Mcds is complete supporting gays. So here's a link to the boycott site and a link to a supporting site. Are there really that many gay people or are we starting to blow their population out of proportion a little?

Thursday, July 03, 2008

I love East Tennessee

Every morning I read the following sections of Knoxville's Craigslist:
Bikes
Free
General
Sporting
Music Instr

Sometimes I come across these little gems that make my patrols worthwhile:

Reply to: sale-741125243@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-07-03, 1:08AM EDT


I LIKE TO GO SPORTING AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS OR IN THE WOODS BUT YOU CANT GET A BOAT BACK THERE 4 WHEELERS CAN ONLY GO SO FAR I NEED A SPORTING TOOL IF YOU HAVE A CHEAP 16 OR 20 OR 12 LET ME KNOW PRICE,KIND, I GIVE YOU MY NO AND WE CAN TALK ON PNONE DONT GO SPORTING AT THE PAWN SHOP THEY WILL ONLY TAKE THE SPORT OUT OF IT AND YOU WONT HAVE NO FUN
Since I know you don't believe me, see for yourself.


Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Bathroom Stall Weirdness

This has been going on for months now and driving a few of us crazy. Our company shares a building with two other companies, and the toilets are in a "common area." There are four crapper stalls in the bathroom and no one outside of our company seems to understand crapper etiquette. This morning I went in and was standing at the urinal alone but noticed that the "handi-crapper" was occupied. It's easy to tell when a crapper is occupied as there are feet visible in the stall. Someone from one of the other companies walks in and bypasses three empty stalls to continuously rattle the door on the handi-crapper. after five or six good shakes the humiliated dumper states that the stall is occupied. The etiquette-challenged individual then saddles up in the stall right next to the handi-crapper. FYI, you should always be at least one stall away from the nearest dumper. This unspoken policy exists for the benefit of everyone involved and should always be followed. Unfortunately this is not the weirdest thing I have seen in there.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

The Monster Outside My House


A few weeks ago I walked out my front door and saw this thing. A brick is 8 inches long.