Shoulder to Shoulder

My most enduring memory of the immiediate post 9/11 chain of events was not the clean up crew, or the “whole world hears you” speech or even the sudden shock as the economic and travel impacts were felt. The memory that to this day still fills me with anger and love is when Tony Blair attended the State of the Union address.

We were in the post 9/11 terror. Airlines were grounded. Government officials were fleeing their offices. The whole world was watching for the next attack and the biggest target on planet earth was the SOTU. Here was the president, the house, the senate and the supreme court under one roof. And there was Tony Blair.

I have never had a great love for England. I had been educated in their treatment of the colonies. I had seen the affect on my family as the grandparents spoke of the losses we had freeing Europe. I did not like their food, their comedy, their cars, or their fashions. I was born after the wars so my generation never met an englishmen as so many of our grandfathers did while fighting side by side with them.

I had served with a few in Korea and on deployments with NATO units but that was work.

And then we were attacked. We were bloodied. We were down. Our economy was in ruins and thousands of our citizens had been killed by religious fanatics. And there was Tony Blair. This man came to us speaking on behalf of an ancient ally. His words were principled and clean and precise. His anger was apparent and his resolve was apparent to all.

When the rest of the world (minus Australia, Poland and England) had turned their backs we deperately needed one country to stand and loudly take our side. That is Tony Blair. In the aftermath of those bloody days I swore that I would never forget them and I believed that there was no way anyone in this nation would fail to support them if they were ever down. I was mistaken. The U.S. House of Representatives will not even pass a resolution condemning the cowardly piracy commited by Iran. I can only pray that the President has offered every device in his arsenal to the man who stood with us when we could not be taken any lower.

As a damn proud American and someone who has bled for my nation I will not hesitate to say it. God Bless Tony Blair and Long live the Queen!

One of the best articles I have ever read

Mike Nichols nails the Milwaukee situation.

Thje article is stupid…but the comments are perfect!!!

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Top 100 fastest growing Blogs includes……me???

WordPress needs to hire a new programmer I think.

How the hell did I become one of the top 100 fastest growing blogs in the WordPress universe of blogs???

Tasty recipe for Korean Bulgogi

Everyone who served in Korea knows Bulgogi. It is a great meal with lots of beef so it always attracted American buyers. Here is my poor recipe for it (I apoligize to any Native Koreans who may see this but I had to further Americanize it for my kids).

1.5 Lb steak sliced extremely thin (Hint thaw then put in freezer one hour to harden the outside, slice with razor sharop knife. You can use a very cheap cut of beef this way).

1 Lb carrots sliced thin

5 Tbs sugar, 1 Tbs Garlic powder, 1 Tbs Garlic salt, 2 Tbs Sesame Seeds, 1/2 Cup Soy sauce, 2 Tbs sesame oil, 5 Tbs Mirin.

(Mirin is sweetened rice wine it is in a yellow labeled bottle in the asian area of Pic and Save or several varieties in every fine grocer) 

Mix everything but the carrots and let sit an hour in the fridge.

Cook in a skillet until meat is done (about 6 to 8 minutes) then add carrots for a couple of minutes. Serve immiediately over white rice.

The key to most asian cooking is to serve any meal that has thin slices of meat immiediately. As in get everyone seated with rice on their plates when you toss in the carrots then dish it straight to their plates. Within 5 minutes the steak strips will start to turn to leather.

I love all foods. My family will not eat anything new. But this one is enjoyed by everyone I have ever made it for.

For you Korean vets out there, there is a Korean grocer next to the Domes that sells Bulgogi (real bulgogi) ready to cook.

UPDATE: I am told it is the Asian Market on Layton and they also sell very thinly sliced beef for Bulgogi as well. Damn the internet is cool.

Well, where’s the letter at you CPAC babies??

Hat tip to Ol’ Broad.

John McCain used a racial slur. Wheres the letter demanding he be silenced? Where are all the demands about how he might use the “N” word next? Are’nt you going to post about how this cheapens the debate and puts us “conservatives” in a bad light?

Hypocrits

A sneaky way to socialism

That is precisely what this is. I can gaurantee you if this Majority Vote crap passes in enough states then every middle America state better get ready for the income redistribution. If a president can take New York, California, and Florida plus one or two other states then the other 45 will be forgotten.

For a while. After a while it will become worse. After a while they will start the process of deconstruction.

You will see it start with Military bases, which are major economic inputs for states start to “reallign” out of small states. You will start to see Highway and National spending projects push into a select 5 or 6 states and no one will complain because they will get the money from the other 45.

Eventually the Federal Title II and Title XI money will only go to the 5 or population centers and they will hook them on the Government teat. Your Senate will be useless to stop it because a President has the sole power to stop everything. The Fillibuster will be alive and well because it is easy to buy the extra Senators they will need to stop overrides.

Think the courts will stop it? They are appointed by the president and they will not stand against that kind of pressure.

Our founding fathers knew, KNEW, that states had to be protected from other States becoming fuedal powers and that is why they invented the electoral college system. Yet again, elected asshats have decided they know better. The problem is this one is irreversable.

Imagine if John Smith takes every single vote in the State of Wisconsin but the State sends our electors to DC to vote for James Butler. That is what his law does. ANd what makes it scary is it does not even have to pass in every state. Just enough to get to 270

Incoming links prompt a confession

I was mystified at an incoming link to my site. From a guy named Folkbum.

He figured it out. What I thought was a well kept secret which I had hoped to hide until my death has been publicly revealed. I really did not want to address it at all, especially with my hand forced but I believe denying it would only make it worse. SO here goes…… Karl Rove made me make that post about the Faggot group!!! OK. Are you happy now. Lord only knows if the black helicopters are heading my way even as we speak.

For the love of humanity, why       oh why did he spill the secret????????

I know what my 2 loyal readers are thinking right now. “Dave, you must be kidding right???” or “Dave, do you think you will be alive tomorrow?”.

Sorry my friends but it is true. Karl Rove actually forces me, and some other bloggers, to make posts mocking “so called” conservatives. I know you can hardly believe he has that kind of power but he does. I mean think about it. I can’t stand him. I beleive many of his ideas are completely idiotic and I think that his influence has hurt the President. So if someone who does not even like the man can be influenced…..no one is safe.

Luckily for us we have conspiracy wing nuts like folkbutt who can not be swayed by fact or knowledge. Luckily for you poor sheep he KNOWS how powerful KKKarl Rove and BusHitler really are!!!!

I just wish I could do more for him. in fact I will, I have awarded him a prestigious DA award. Thats right, Folkbut is a DumbAss. Luckily for him Widgerson is right on the blog backing him up like the good little lap dog he is. 

While our Military fights terrorists….

….our State Department issues a Visa for a known terrorist who helped hold Americans hostage for 444 days.

Howard Dean may have vialoted the Logan Act

You decide.

Does THIS violate this…

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.