In an article here, Marine veteran Mario Alejandro claims that a security guard at Six Flags Great Adventure, in New Jersey, refused to allow him entry to the park because his shirt was "offensive." The suspect shirt is pictured above...I'll give you a minute to face-palm this one.
When contacted for comment, the dolts that run the park reaffirmed their idiotic stance by claiming that they don't allow shirts that portray "vulgar, offensive, or violent" images or wording. That's a pretty broad brush stroke, and it sounds like their interpretation of that is completely absurd. I guess the outline of an M-16 is scary, or something, to somebody, somewhere, maybe.
I, for one, will never set foot in another Six Flags park.
Our federal government, by its very design, is inefficient. Our government was never intended to run a business, of any kind, and it has demonstrated repeatedly that it cannot. Who on this earth, other than someone who is certifiably insane, would choose to put our federal government in charge of their health care when the feds have clearly demonstrated that they can't even run a cash for clunkers program?
Let's look at one of the biggest, most bloated examples of our government's inability to successfully do much of anything other than tax us: Amtrak. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as Amtrak, has been a loser for as long as anyone can remember. Their 2012 financial statement (Click here)reveals that their annual net loss for that year was only 1.23 BILLION dollars. Fans of big government would probably cheer, since that's a smaller loss than the previous year (1.34 billion).
Compare that dreadful performance to a railroad that isn't run by Fedzilla, Union Pacific. For 2nd quarter, 2014, UP has earned a 1.2 billion dollar net profit; that's just for one quarter (Click here to see the report) See the difference?
Now, let's take a peek at our beloved U.S. Postal Service. There's a mess, if ever there was one. As of March 31st of this year, the USPS posted a quarterly loss of 1.8 billion dollars (Click here to see for yourself) There's no secrets to this; the Postal Service has been bleeding cash for decades.
Again, compare that to a company that the feds haven't run into the ground. United Postal Service (UPS) earned a net profit of 4.37 billion dollars in 2013 (See the report here). This is starting to look like a trend, isn't it?
Democrats would have you believe that our federal government can do a better job of managing your health care than you, or a private sector company can. How could you possibly drink that Koolaid when you look at their track record? The feds are incapable of running a business without it costing you and I many billions of dollars in losses. A real company would not last if they posted the kind of losses that Fedzilla does. Tell me again why you want them to be in charge of any part of your life?
I've seen this post (Click Here) in a couple of different places, and it points out some key flaws in the stance of our friends on the left. I would add another question to this list: Why do liberals seem so enamored with terrorists? These questions are quite simple, but please don't hold your breath waiting for intelligent answers from the left/media; I wouldn't want you to expire.
Yashiko Sagamori asks: If you are so sure that ” Palestine , the country, goes back through
most of recorded history,” I expect you to be able to answer a few basic
questions about that country of Palestine :
When was it founded and by whom?
What were its borders?
What was its capital?
What were its major cities?
What constituted the basis of its economy?
What was its form of government?
Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?
Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?
What was the language of the country of Palestine ?
What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine ?
What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and
tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary
unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or
Chinese yuan on that date.
And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused its demise and when did it occur?
Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I pulled this blog out of my footlocker, knocked the dust off of it, and decided to give it a whirl (again). My partner, Hans, has moved on to other projects but, perhaps, I might try to persuade him to author an occasional post for this little corner of blogdom.
On a side note, the third party comment system that we had in place (Haloscan) went the way of the dodo, so all previous comments have been lost. Sorry. Comments are now functional through Blogger. Here's to more eye poking, liberal infuriating, inconvenient facts, with a sprinkling of opinion. Okay, maybe more than a sprinkling. Cheers!
New Orleans, a long time haven for corrupt liberals, has some very strict gun "control" laws in place. In fact, New Orleans was the first city to file suit against gun manufacturers because of the actions of criminals (something about the manufacturers being responsible for what thugs do). I'm sure that the residents of the below sea-level city by the sea will sleep better at night knowing how safe they are from violence. Gun control curbs violence, right?
Enter a little known element known as the truth: New Orleans is the single most violent city in the nation. This is not my opinion; this is a fact. This is based on the crime data reported to the FBI in 2007.
It has been long known to those that do not base their decisions purely on emotions that gun control does nothing to prevent violence and crime. One only need look at the fine example of Washington, D.C. to see that.
The starstruck reaction of the average Obama voter was, at the very least, entertaining. Seeing first hand how utterly ignorant they are would be entertaining if I could forget that these individuals have placed their messiah in the Oval Office.
Media bias has been quite clear for years now, but this is yet another vivid demonstration of that bias. It's hardly surprising, but it speaks volumes about American voters, and our beloved "mainstream" media.
The death penalty is alive and well in the great state of Texas. Thank God. Various whiners had put a brief damper on the most efficient state in the death penalty "standings," but Texas has bounced back.
Texas is averaging two per week, with a goal of making up lost ground after the Supreme Court halted all executions that utilized lethal injections. The halt was brief, but just long enough to create a log-jam in Texas. That's getting fixed. One critic of the increase in the pace of executions, Alvin Kelly, said that, "It's just the way of Texas," and, "They're just killing people." Oh, yeah, Kelly sort of killed a family of three, including a 22 month old baby.
I, for one, applaud Texas for stepping up the pace. Let's clear out ALL of the stagnant death rows across the nation. The inhabitants of them have been found guilty, sentenced to die, and just linger there, wasting our money and time. Get the job done already!
I'm sure that opponents of the death penalty will label this post as offensive. It can't be nearly as offensive as having your family wiped out by one of the monsters that are scheduled to be executed.
