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A Senator dies and appears at Heaven's gate. He was told by St Peters that before he can enter he must experience Hell for one day and Heaven for one day. Then he must choose where he wants to go. St Peters accompany the Senator to an elevator which descends down to Hell. The elevator door opens and Hell appears. The Senator was surprised by what he saw. Hell was a country club golf course and welcoming him were former politicians that he knew. He spent a day playing golf, eating shrimp, caviar and drinking champagne in the club house....

Several mornings ago, I flipped my television to see WABC morning news discussing the sunset of the Assault Rifle Ban. They had a woman police chief and an NRA spokewoman to discuss the pros and cons. As a background video WABC shows the LA bank robbery shootout where two bank robbers were hosing the police with AK-47 automatic weapons, giving the impression that once the AWB is sunset, machineguns would be sold to the public. The police chief stated their standard challenge of why people should own assault rifles that are designed for the military, capable of hosing people and...

Talked to my liberal CA sister

I have a proposal. When we go to war and find all the weapons of mass destruction that the UN commission claims Saddam does not have, we should reduce or eliminate our membership dues to recover for the cost of the war. If the UN did their job, we would not be at war. Since the UN did not provide the services for the dues the US paid, we have the right to recover our war costs from them. If the UN squawks about it, the US should tell them to go to France and Germany. After all they were...

If President Bush can pull off the war and win in Iraq, it would be one of the great achievements since President Lincoln oversaw the American Civil War. In the last couple of weeks the EU and the American left with its willing accomplices in the media had hit him with every thing they got to undermine his war plans. We are going into this war with less support from our critical allies such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey and a more vocal anti-War movement nipping at our domestic front. President Bush is also operating with a smaller Clinton military...

Three weeks of bombing, and some Americans are starting to sqawk that Afghanistan is starting feel like Vietnam (i.e lets quit). It is similar to Vietnam because our enemies are well motivated, experienced from years of combat, and hide in very tough terrain. Unlike Vietnam, the Taliban does not have a world power providing heavy weapons to shoot down US aircraft, nor endless amounts of ammo to fight a protracted war. Unlike Vietnam there is no nuclear factor that limits where the US can attack without provoking a nuclear exchange between world powers. In other words there is no DMZ ...

Last night during a concert to honor the heroes of New York City, Senator Hillary Clinton was boo and jeered by an audience made up mainly of NYPD and NYFD. This morning and thru most of the day, many pundits are criticizing the audience and stress that they should refrain from expressing their political feelings on such an event. The pundits still don't get it. When these police officers and fireman dig the remains of their comrades from the WTC, the reality of war has struck them. The refine BS of politics and political correctness died at that moment because ...

All across the US there is also a small but vocal anti-war group that probably will refuse to serve their country if a draft is necessary. Many come from rich and connected families. They will use anything to protect their kids and screw the patriots in this country. I think any city or university that gives them sanctuary should have their federal funds cut. Any person who refuses to serve should not go to jail but face the following penalties, conviction of a felony (this deprives them the right to own firearms and even the right to vote), lose their ...

War in Afghanistan can be fought from the air. The US has the ability to command the night, which is when guerilla type armies usually move and operate. If the war is fought in the winter, any IR signatures (i.e camp fires and etc) would provide our gunships targets. General concentrations of Taliban infantry can be pinned by cluster mines, and detected IR clusters will be attacked. There will be no sweeping battles like Desert Storm, but rather the US will attack like the Mongol horse archers of the 14th century. The objective is to wear down the enemy by ...