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My Dog Has Free Healthcare

ROK — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:32:26 +0000

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So does my horse and even my car has free healthcare in the form of tune-ups, oil changes and tire rotation. As the OWNER I get to choose how that healthcare will be rationed. I can buy my little poodle a fancy doggie toothbrush and call it healthcare while neglecting the oil changes in my car to pay for it. I might do this because of the mutual affinity I have with my dog despite the fact that the dog will NEVER contribute to the economic system that pays for the care. MASTER’s have that privilege.

No one doubts ObamaCare will lead to medical decisions based on political considerations. Consider the billions spent on AIDS, a disease primarily spread by bad behavior, and the money [...]

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1040 for Liberty

ROK — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:34:40 +0000

Folks it is as simple as this. We’ve been bluffed by the likes of Blarney Frank, because it wasn’t all bluff. Barney would cheerfully murder anybody the political climate would allow him to murder to get money to feed his socialist agenda. Obama or Pelosi would as well. Tyranny has reared her ugly head in America and instead of poking her in the eye with a bayonet we joined the herd and hoped we would not be singled out. [...]

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The Next Bubble

ROK — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:30:53 +0000

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Did you ever wonder what a bubble looks like before it is filled?

This is the perfect opportunity to see one. The FED is in talks to sell assets to your mutual fund manager for later repurchase by the FED. If you have money in a mutual fund you are getting ready to buy FED assets in a huge way. Since the number of people and countries willing to buy US debt is falling they have to find some way to continue selling FED securities. In this case in the name of removing an excess of liquidity caused by an excess of ink and paper being FED into a printing press.

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday charted ways the Fed might withdraw record monetary stimulus pumped [...]

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I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry

ROK — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:32 +0000

Engineers are continually adding to the body of knowledge and principles that comprise their particular art. Bridges get longer, buildings get higher, cars go faster and yet arrive with a higher degree of safety at their destinations. The medical profession uses techniques and knowledge acquired thousands of years ago. And yesterday. We live longer and healthier lives because of it. Mathematicians need not discover Pythagorean’s Theorem today any more than a carpenter need invent a hammer to build with. They are tools that have been given to us by our forefathers which when used properly allow us to do things the original inventors could never do. Pythagoras could never have built the moon lander. Without Pythagoras, neither could we.

It is on their shoulders we stand.

Anybody who [...]

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Total War Means TOTAL WAR

ROK — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:50:38 +0000

“with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor”
There were some poor, many “middle” class and a few that were filthy rich. John Hancock was likely the richest man in America at the start of the revolution. Samuel Adams was generally broke. Everyone risked all.
Total War is not only defined by what you are willing to destroy in your quest for victory but what you are willing to lose.
“The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All [...]

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Silence of the Lambs

ROK — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:47 +0000

The truth is we ARE a bunch of Rubes. We continually allow these people to undermine or outright betray the country time after time in the clutch moments. Guess what, sleepers are SUPPOSED to look like us as much as possible while doing the enemies work. Yet half of those on the right defend these guys and block every attempt to purge this disease. Oh no, we can’t have standards. Or accountability. We’re a big tent. [...]

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Will America always be free?

ROK — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:51:06 +0000

Seems like every time I turn around I hear or read somebody saying America will get through this current crisis. Or Obama’s socialist debauchery or Romney’s Progressive activities. That the American Spirit is indomitable. It will always shine through, waters will part, the sun will shine, liberty will prevail, Gawd will never let America fall no matter how far she um, er, falls?!!!

These are the people who in the 90’s said it was a new economy and the markets would now always go up.

I disagree with the premise that somehow as Americans we are immune to the march of history. I hear “We will never long surrender our freedoms!!!” Really?

If we compare America of 1809 with America of 2009, do we have freedom? What do [...]

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I Wanna Go Postal

ROK — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:50:13 +0000

I know some think this is the best run organization in the federal government but one does have to wonder. Between people actually going Postal (generally caused by being forced to work too many hours and not having enough time to watch your stolen NetFlix DVD’s) and then having to go beg the likes of Charlie Rangel for a $4 BILLION bailout it is a wonder the mail gets delivered at all. Of course if Rangel’s (Barney) Franking privileges are increased he may see his way to granting the bailout.

I wonder if this means another rate increase? Gee, the USPS has been so good about keeping rates low.

If going Postal means getting $4 BILLION for letting Rangel send a few letters for free I wanna go Postal. I’ll [...]

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They are taking care of us, are we taking care of them?

ROK — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:58:47 +0000

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell John Mayo had mayhem etched in his skin. I noticed it when I first saw him in the lobby of the Daily News. Sleeve tattoos. Black skulls, explosions and flames. Demon drill sergeants. A rifle made to look like a deadly cartoon. He introduced himself and his wife, Ellie. He carried their baby, Cason, in a car seat. I showed them into a room where we could talk. Mayo limped when he walked and held his shoulders tight, his T-shirt flagging over muscle and bone. [...]

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But he is a liar

ROK — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:16:02 +0000

To quote Denis Leary, “Capital L, Capital I, Capital A, Capital R, LIAR!!!”

Civility? Republicans want to starve your children. Republicans want to starve Grandma. Republicans are warmongers. Republicans want to enslave women. Republicans want to eat your flesh and chew up your bones. But notice the “Death Panels” are a Democrat invention.

By now everybody knows all about Democrat actions at Bush’s State of the Union. Booing, calling him a liar when he was overseas. There was no civility.

The right says, “Osama declared war on us in 1993 (or whatever year) but Bill Clinton didn’t even act like we were at war with terrorism.” THE LEFT DECLARED WAR ON AMERICA IN 1913!!!

The left is fighting a war. The right’s had 10 Pearl Harbors committed against us and [...]

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