I Know How Betsy Ross Felt

Well, okay, maybe not with the sewing thing, but with the renewed patriotic fervor that is sweeping the country. I was in Houston, inside the Jones Plaza and it was historic in it's significance. Never before have I ventured out of my comfort zone to protest. Everyone around me said the same thing. Sure, all around me were white faces, but there were some black faces too....mostly ON the podium.

It's been said by those more eloquent and knowledgeable than me, that it's not about party. It's not about a total disgust with the White House (although there is THAT). It's about a need to gather and show the world that we are truly 'mad as hell and not going to take it anymore'. The mood of the crowd was definitely 'throw the bastards out of DC'....not just YOUR elected officials, but, by God, MINE too. They had their chance and they blew it.

The way the media is handling all this and the anti-tea-party comments that are being bantered about are a good sign. THAT means we are getting to them. They are worried. They want to point at the Bush administrations as the cause and effect and they are right, but they downplay the fact that the Congress is controlled by the Democrats.

If I learned nothing else April 15, 2009 is was that there is no difference between the parties. They will say whatever it takes to gain office and then make their backroom deals to stay that way. They don't have to worry about health care or retirement benefits and to hell with the people that put them there. They want immigration reform...which is "come-on-in, olly olly oxen free", because they KNOW those folks would support them and their Hugo Chavez-esk goals.

They are quick to reassure themselves and each other that this is just a one time thing that will curl up and die, but they are wrong. Anyone with a brain in their head will step back and look at the big picture and be horrified at what's going on. What's BEEN going on.

My favorite sign from the protest: take a stand or bend over.

Dump the Kool-aid and drink tea instead!

God bless the USA.

We'll Never Forget Nine Eleven 2001

A list by name of those killed by the cowards.

Why Do They Jack With Tradition?

This is not a world shaking issue. It's probably more a personal observation, but if this blog isn't for me to vent then what good is it? (Don't answer that! It was rhetorical, honest!)

Anyway this one is about the folks that are empowered to sing the National Anthem at such events as the Astro's ballgames at Minute Maid Park. I've been privileged to see a LOT of games over the years (thanks, Paula and Larry!) and it's gotten worse. I don't like the Anthem f*cked with! Sing it like it's supposed to be sung, don't go throw in all that jazzy, saloon style ebbs and flows. It's not hip-hop, it's not rap, it's not rock! I don't know squat about music or singing, but like art, I sure as hell know what I like and some of "them" make me cringe with their vocal embroidery!

I'd rather Papa Drayton played a CD or something rather than to turn some of these folks loose on the unsuspecting patriotic traditionalist like me. There was one a few weeks back that made me beg for Roseanne Barr's rendition over her own and that's just wrong! I got it when Roseanne did her thing....it WAS funny and she got slammed because that's not the time nor the place to be funny. I got that too.

I also get it that these folks take the opportunity to heart..this is their moment, this is their chance to show off their artistic ability.....fine and good......do it at home! Do it in the shower like the rest of us! Do it on a CD and see if anyone buys it! Don't do it where we are forced to stand at attention, hands over hearts, hats in hands, trapped and at the mercy of any yoyo that decides to "improve" the National Anthem of the greatest country on Earth.

'Nuff said.


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Oh Say, Can't You Sing: Celebs Who Tortured the National Anthem

President Bush: Read My Lips

Just say.....

VETO!

Info On The 'Stop Rosie' Petitions

The advertisers that sponsor The View and must evidentally agree with Rosie's anti-everything *I* stand for views are:

Sponsors of ABC's "The View"

* All Detergent
* BAM Power Cleaner
* Best Foods Mayonnaise
* Bush's Baked Beans
* Claritin-D
* Clorox
* Cottonelle Toilet Tissue
* Crest Whitening Rinse
* Disney's "Meet the Robinsons"
* Dove Ice Cream
* Excedrin
* Head & Shoulders Shampoo
* Honey Bunches of Oats
* Humira
* I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
* Janome Sewing Machines
* Loestrin 24
* M&M's
* Marshall's
* Miracle-Gro
* Pepto Bismol
* Pier 1 Imports
* Pillsbury Toaster Strudel
* Reach One Ultimate Clean Toothbrush
* Scrubbing Bubbles
* Sears
* Singulair
* Stainmaster Carpet
* Stanley Steemer
* T.J. Maxx
* Tide Laundry Detergent
* Vaseline Intensive Rescue Body Lotion
* Woolite
* Zyrtec

I'm a regular user of 4 or 5 of that products listed, but I won't be buying them until Rosie gets the boot. Rosie and Michael Moore need to row off together and live on an island so they can rule.

Two petitions to STOP ROSIE are located at:

Fire Rosie O'Donnell From the View

and

STOP ROSIE Petition

Read 'em, sign 'em, live 'em, learn 'em, love 'em!

Sign The Petition - Take The Pledge

If you ever vote Republican, and you feel as I do, take The Pledge:

If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.

Go here to sign your name


We'll likely see today how many Senators earn me keeping my checkbook firmly closed.

Here are 17 Republicans in the House of Representatives who shouldn't see dime one:

Michael Castle (DE),
Howard Coble (NC), a USCG and USCGR vet,
Tom Davis(VA), a US Army and US Army Reserve vet,
John 'Jimmy' Duncan (TN), National Guard and US Army Reserve vet
Philip English (PA),
Wayne Gilchrest (MD),
Bob Inglis (SC),
Tim Johnson (IL),
Walter Jones (NC),
Ric Keller (FL),
Mark Kirk (IL), USNR
Steven LaTourette (OH),
Ron Paul (TX),
Thomas Petri (WI),
Jim Ramstad (MN), US Army and US Army Reserve vet
Fred Upton (MI),
James Walsh (NY)

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Go to Iraq War Today and read the comments entitled My Two Cents: The Speech No Politician Would Ever Give!