Time to Leave Washington

An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week:

"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U..S., than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington.

Difference Between a Leader and an Egoist

George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam:

The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq . The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a brave fighting force. Our servicemen and women and our coalition allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their effort to bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi people. Their work continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of the nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate 'em.

Barack Obama speech after killing of bin Laden:

And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan . And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan .

Another End Time Prophecy.

There are many sects among different religions that predict an end to the world. The predicted date will come and pass but the die hard true believers will just go along and warn that the next date is true no matter how often they were wrong in the past. The biggest cult to have failed with their predictions and still have a substantial following is those of the Man Made Global Warming Cult (MMGWC).

1988 - "Congressional Expert" In 20-25 years we should expect temperatures to be 20 degrees warmer

2006 - "In five years there will be no more snow in North America" Congressman

Tim Flannery “The water problem is so severe for Adelaide that it may run out of water by early 2009.”

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg - In 2006 “between 30 and 40 per cent of coral on Queensland’s great Barrier Reef could die within a month”.

Dr David Barber he predicted that 2009 "the Arctic’s first ice-free year”

The MET has so far predicted 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007 would be the world’s hottest or second-hottest year on record, but nine of the past 10 years it predicted temperatures too high.

Guru Al Gore is famous for making many false predictions but he is the Pope of the new cult so if you attack the man by simply pointing out what he has said wrong over and over then you should prepare to have the faithful come knocking.

There are literally thousands of false predictions but the fact is that Man Made Global Warming has turned into nothing but another cult. It does not matter how many times their Gurus are wrong because these people have greater faith then most people who listen to Family Radio.

The Family Radio people did not want to destroy your lives, nor did they want to legislate your every move so I find them not near as crazy or dangerous as the MMGW cult.

Poor? Then Your Kids Are Probably Fat !!!

The simple fact about the "poor" in America is that they are not poor in comparison to other countries of the world. "The food you eat, how much exercise you get and which zip code you call home. These are all things that can make you fat, according to a public health study. Dr. Lauren Smith, medical director for the state Department of Public Health, traced a direct correlation between child obesity rates and a community’s median household income."

This is probably the first time in the history of the world that the poorer you are the more obese you will probably become. The argument that poor people can only afford high caloric and highly processed food is actually a mute one because even if they could not afford "healthy" food they could still buy a can of corn. 

I am not against the idea that the poor should not be helped but I am against the idea that the poor do not have ANY responsibility to take care of their children. I believe that much of the problems stems from the fact that we have taught generations of people that they have no responsibility for their actions..... what do you think?

http://www.enterprisenews.com/lifestyle/health_and_beauty/x1291971400/Study-finds-community-income-related-to-child-obesity