<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372</id><updated>2011-12-19T17:41:38.077-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Real Message</title><subtitle type='html'>This is my blog where I express my opinions and views.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>32</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-6716805052868725346</id><published>2011-12-10T17:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:41:38.098-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lets Blame Bush</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In a recent interview when asked what he would say to those American's who supported his election in 2008 but are now disappointed in him, President Obama stated: &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;“&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The reason they still support me is because they understand what an incredible mess had been made as I was coming into office and we've been spending the last three years cleaning it up.” &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In other worlds, the current economic and geopolitical atmosphere in both the US and the world is the fault of George Bush.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Let us not forget that Obama also inherited lower unemployment numbers, a stronger American business environment, lower gas prices, a significantly lower national debt, far fewer job killing regulations, respect from both our allies and enemies alike, a strong military, fewer people on food stamps, lower health care cost, lower food prices, and a higher dollar value.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In just three short years Obama has turned all of those positives into major negatives and he blames it all on Bush. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;At the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Honolulu this year, the President said, for the third time in as many months, that the U.S has been “lazy” about attracting new investments to its shores. In October Obama told donors in San Francisco that Americans “have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge, the Hoover Damn, and unleashed all the potential of this country.” In September Obama noted that the U.S. had “gotten a little soft” in competing in international markets abroad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Perhaps the reason why Americans are so “lazy” in attracting new investments to our shores and have “gotten a little soft” and perhaps “have lost our ambition, imagination, and willingness to do things” is because of President Obama and his policies and the costly decisions that he and the Democratic Super Majority made in the first two years of his presidency? &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Obama has also stated recently that; “The unemployment rate has ticked down.” I'd like to point out a few key facts regarding this. The reason the unemployment numbers have “ticked down” is because of; 1) Benefits have been exhausted for many on unemployment who are still unemployed but because they no longer receive benefits, they are no longer counted as unemployed. 2) Temporary seasonal jobs. 3) People have given up looking for work and therefore are no longer eligible to collect unemployment benefits and as such are no longer counted as unemployed. 4) The way that unemployment is now calculated by this current administration. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I'd like to point out that Democrats were in control of the both the House and the Senate for the last two years of President Bush's term. That in those two years America endured sky rocketing oil prices, the onset of the failure of the housing market. The plummeting of both property values and stocks, and the beginnings of the banking crisis. Now I am not saying that the democrats in control of the Congress were to blame for this, I am just pointing out the simple inescapable fact that the problems really didn't escalate until after they gained control of the House and Senate. If George Bush is truly to blame, and not Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, then his timing was seriously advantageous to the democrats as everything seemingly fell apart after the Democrats took power just prior to the 2008 Presidential election. The timing of these fortuitous events would indicate that Bush, a lame duck president at the time, managed to over come the handicap of his lame duck presidency just in the nick of time to tank the economy thus helping the democrats win and win big in 08. If Obama wants to blame Bush for anything, he should blame him for helping him and the Democrats to win a super majority.  A Majority that was in power and failed to stop, and in fact one could argue; caused the worsening of this current economic and geopolitical crisis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;It would seem, if you subscribe to President Obama's theory that Bush is to blame for everything, that Bush has spent the last three years imposing job choking regulations down the throats of  American businesses thus creating an atmosphere of uncertainty within American business.  He has overseen the loss of billions of U.S. Tax dollars to failed green energy companies. Taken control of the banking industry, and a car company. Gleefully seen the passed into law of Obama Care, Stimulus, and an omnibus spending bill while not having a budge, opposing spending limits, actively supporting the raising of the national debt limit, and spending trillions of dollars that we don't have. Let us not forget Quantitative Easing (QE) One, Two, and soon Three, which has driven down the value of our dollar making everything from food to fuel far more expensive. Oh wait, George Bush hasn't been our President for the last three years, so perhaps President Obama should reconsider who is really to blame.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I'd argue that President Obama is not cleaning up George Bush's mess, but rather that he is merely dealing with his own convoluted liberal polices and the problems that he, his administration, and the previous Congress, a Democratic Super Majority, created. George Bush is not to blame and Obama as President should be a leader and take  responsibility for the his own messes and admit as much.  However, as he has already shown, he won't.  He'd rather just keep on blaming Bush. I therefore postulate that Obama's 2012 campaign slogan won't be Hope and Change, but rather “Blame It On Bush.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-6716805052868725346?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/6716805052868725346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=6716805052868725346' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/6716805052868725346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/6716805052868725346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/12/lets-blame-bush.html' title='Lets Blame Bush'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-7883722651226023977</id><published>2011-11-09T02:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T11:22:01.971-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cain  Vs The MSM</title><content type='html'>If Obama's past won't be used then neither should Cain's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all Cain grew up as a socialist, wrote about his socialist mentor  Frank Marshall Davis,  is a professed Marxist, "I believe that when you  spread the wealth around;" started his political career in the home of a  terrorist (Bill Ayers), attended a church lead by a racist Reverend,  (Rev. Wright) for over twenty years, voted "present" more times than not  while in the Senate,  and boasts that one of his strongest  qualifications to become president was his work as a community  organizer.... Oh wait, that wasn't Cain's past, it was Obama's; so it doesn't matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If  the  main stream media won't regard, investigate, or report upon Obama's  history, then why do they care so  much about Herman Cains? The hypocrisy of the media on their coverage  of Herman Cain is nothing less than unacceptable.  Herman Cain was only  accused of misconduct over a decade ago, and for  which has now been dramatically over reported upon by the press.  While  Obama's nefarious  history, one which is well documented, has all but  been  ignored and criminally under reported upon by that same press that is  now obsessed with Cain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I guess in the great grand scheme that  is liberal logic, an alleged history of misconduct is far worse  than the known and proven history of a self described socialists with a &lt;span&gt;narcissistic psychopathic complex&lt;/span&gt;  who spends more time as President golfing, vacationing, throwing  parties, while having meetings with dubious individuals like George  Soros, Andy Stern,  and others than he  actually does executing the  constitutional duties of his office in a legal and presidential manor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The   President, with his actions, appears less presidential and more like a  drunken golfer on a  college bender devoted to blaming all of his mistakes on his predecessor  while enjoying the protective shield of a duplicitous main stream media  which has failed, or refused, time and time again to report the truth,  the news, and the historical facts about him. The media has  intentionally failed the American people by affording President Obama a  free pass on virtually every aspect of his personal history. while  they'll focus an entire week  on unproven allegations against Herman Cain.  The media is driving the  president's Golf Cart off the green into the water trap while he himself  is driving the car out of the ditch and off the cliff. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this  unbalanced, super bias, hypocritical promoting of decade old unproven  accusations against Herman Cain  by the main stream media doesn't prove  the absolute corruption  of the media while exposing that hypocrisy is  the religion of liberalism, than nothing will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know what  is worse, the fact that we as Americans are so willing to accept the  hypocrisy and corruption that is the main  stream media or that we simply just lack the strength to say no more by  failing to demand better from them, the system, and those who operate  it.  If that is the  case, and this is the new standard for which we now hold ourselves too,  then God help us all. We might as well burn the constitution, dissolve  our government, hand over the nations deeds to China,  and all learn to  speak Mandarin for the game would be officially over for the US of A.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-7883722651226023977?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/7883722651226023977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=7883722651226023977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/7883722651226023977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/7883722651226023977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-like-cain-and-ive-donated-to-his.html' title='Cain  Vs The MSM'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-1399975986222141764</id><published>2011-11-02T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T10:21:05.427-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Time to stock up!</title><content type='html'>Over the last year I have been slowly stocking up on essential items  from food to bullets.  Now, with the price pf peanut butter going up  over 200%, seriously, from $1.59 to just under $7.00 for the same jar in a  little under four days, I'd say the end of the world is near. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That  being said, have you prepared for four more years of Obama and the out of  control, soon to skyrocket, inflation that is laying in wait for our  nation?  Right now the excess money, that witch has been over printed is  sitting in banks, not yet in the flow so to speak, but once it is,  inflation will jump and jump big in a relatively short period of time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do  you have your six months worth of food and water storage?  What about gas,  A  good generator, ammo, batteries, medications, vitamins, pet food, etc?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All kidding aside, if you haven't yet started  to stock up, I'd get on it right now.  Get at least 30 days worth of  food, water, and cash to be on hand in case Shit hits the fan.  Most likely it'll be a  weather related power outages but if Obama can get his crisis,..... nuff  said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to hide  everything you can, from food to bullets.  Ya never know when "da man"  might show up to take what you have from you.  (ala Stalin style)  The  last thing you'd want is for your kids to be shot dead by the minion of  liberalism while trying to eat grass because they are starving.  (look  up what the 20th centuries number one Marxist, Stalin, did to over 7  million of his own people.  Then keep in mind that Obama and most of the  liberals in power now subscribe to the same political philosophy as  Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, Kim, and so many other fine socialist  douche bags of the 20th century.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-1399975986222141764?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/1399975986222141764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=1399975986222141764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/1399975986222141764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/1399975986222141764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/11/time-to-stock-up.html' title='Time to stock up!'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-5135999951016160743</id><published>2011-07-16T22:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-16T22:59:54.089-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Grieving Voice</title><content type='html'>Depression is one of the most insidious, disabling, conditions that I know of.  It cripples you in a way that no other illness can.  It takes from you your very will to live.  It fills your core with emptiness and it snuffs out your soul.  It leaves you with nothing but fear, dread, despair, and hopelessness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It empties your hope vault and robs you of any prosperity.  It takes your will to live, love, and carry on from you like a thief in the night.  In its wake you are left sliding down a slop of misery with no hope of arresting your fall.  Its a constant chess game of move, counter move, and move again to just keep it from completely overwhelming you.  It takes all of your energy just to fight it on a minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day basis.  There is no reprieve from it, just subtle moments of less pain. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The suffering that depression inflicts on a person is so insidious that it out stretches the most heinous tortures of man.  With hope a person can survive the worst that humanity can through at them.  From death camps to floating alone on an ocean, as long as you have hope you can suffer through and live.  Without hope, nothing is bearable.  Your only reprieve is death and with that you know will come pain for others and therefore, for most, that option is off the table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;That being said, as a person who has been fighting depression for most, if not all, of my life, I feel as though things are out of control around me.  From the people I care about to the state of our political system.  I believe that my depression is being adversely affected by a prevailing sense that things are have gone horribly wrong.    This underlining feeling has materialized as an overwhelming, yet subtle sense of fear that is causing me to experience a pronounced sense of dread, despair, hopelessness, and isolation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;I am tired all the time; just warn down tired.  I am experiencing a constant state of anxiety over  things going wrong..  I cannot shake this feeling that things are going to get worse, not better, for everyone and that in and of itself is generating this prevailing sense of  out of controlness  that I am feeling.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;It is as though I am per-grieving the loss of loved ones because I know that time takes everyone and everything that we care about from us and we are powerless to stop it.  That sense of being powerless is also contributing to the feeling that things are out of control.  I don't know how else to summarize it.  I hate how I feel and wouldn't wish this on any one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;I hate always being worried about the what ifs,  the daunting never ending thoughts of harm will befall the people I love, or tragedy will occur at any second, feeling overwhelmed by other peoples problems, being sucked into the stress that other folks feel, and knowing that things will not be getting any better for the foreseeable future. It is as though I know how the story ends and I am being forced to watch the movie version bored to death, in pain, fill with fear, and apprehensive about its ending.  I want to stand up and shout to the audience, “we all die in the end.  The whole point of life is pointless.  We are going to have to watch our loved ones go one at a time, lose the things we love, see the things we cherish taken from us, and endure the ever grinding boot of oppression and failure.  We will never get the things we want out of life, only misery and pain will come our way.  Why are you all sitting here watching it?  There is no point to it!”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;But that’s just how I feel inside and I know its the depression talking.  The fight against depression sucks away all of my energy leaving me beaten down and exhausted. :I don't want to see any one harmed, or have their hope lifted from their lives like a wallet by a pick pocket at a county fair.  But I honestly don't see any point of ignoring the simple inexcusable fact that no matter what we do, it all ends the same way for each of us.  In the end time will catch up to us and make its kill.  Whether we are enjoying a sunny afternoon with the family, or just sleeping the night away, when its our time, its game over.  And knowing that, and knowing its unavoidable, is the same thing as knowing how the story ends.    I just don't see any hope and no point to any of this.  Why stick around to see what I know is coming to pass?  Simple answer, to see it come.  I know that’s silly, but I think that is why most people with depression chose to continue living; curiosity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;So in place of hope I have curiosity.  That is a sad exchange but its the best a person can negotiate with depression.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-5135999951016160743?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/5135999951016160743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=5135999951016160743' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5135999951016160743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5135999951016160743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/07/grieving-voice.html' title='Grieving Voice'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-7070193664781123540</id><published>2011-07-05T01:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T02:42:42.907-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm Not A Mind Reader</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Well I managed, quite innocently I might add,  to piss off the nephews mother.  Talk about a women who can go from being your best friend to hating your guts in zero to sixty, she holds the world record for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my defense, I can honest say that I have done nothing but help her  at every turn. I have been their for her and the boys without fail, provided support, a home, money for a car, food, clothing, emotional support during hard times, etc and that is all flushed away all because I answered a simple question from one of my nephews  about why their mothers brother has a different name than that of their mothers, (He is her half  brother)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was atomic.  She went absolutely stratospheric!  I mean blew her top worse than Mt St. Helens. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Hell they could have seen her  blow from space! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  You'd think I'd have just tore up the  winning 40 million dollar lotto ticket or blew the kids college fund on cheep beer and strippers.   It caught me so completely off guard that at first I honestly thought she was just having some fun, but no.  Oh no, much to my surprise, it was for real. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was like thinking to myself,  "WOW"  WTF!  Excuse me?  How the hell was I suppose to know that her own  sons had no idea after 14 years  that their mothers brother was her half brother when they don't  have the same dad or share the same last name, or even  the same skin color? God forgive me I thought  it was fucking obvious.  I mean for crying out loud duh.   He's her half brother. And for saying that my name is now MUD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still WTF!  Now she  hates my guts (again) and now my nephews, whom love me very much, are  stuck feeling as though they are at fault since their mother, without any warning, goes off the deep end over something as mundane as this, and decrees without reprieve, that I can no longer see them now.   Never mind the fact that they both think of me more as a father than an uncle since I have been there for them since birth whereas no one else other than their mother has been.  But now, all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;because I answered an innocent and quite obvious question, I am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; persona non grata.  What a wonderful ending to an otherwise perfect day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seems like the 5th of July is just not our families day.  (Back in 93 on the fifth we lost my only sister, her unborn son, and my brothers best friend all to one single traffic accident.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I know  its wrong, but sometimes I wish my brother would have been man enough to fight her in court  for full custody of the boys instead of just letting her have her way.  Then again that was the easiest way of dealing with her or so he thought. .  She is one crazy lady.  &lt;img src="http://www.molonlabealliance.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" emoid=":(" alt="sad.gif" border="0" /&gt;  I  hate to say that but honestly, that is a mental diagnoses as normal women, even the ones that aren't so normal, don't normally blow up to the extreme when you answer a simple family related question. Or at least not in my 42 years of experience that hasn't been the case.  But I could be wrong.  Look it just happened to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I might add  that she also lacks empathy and has a real Dr. Jekyll, Mr Hide  personality.  She's your friend as long as she needs you.  This I know  and expect from her after 15 years, but losing her cool as she did over  something as obvious and normal as answering an innocent and simple question was truly unexpected.  I know, I know, when it comes to  unstable people I should have anticipated it, but honestly, I am not a  mind reader so no, I didn't see this one coming.  Muh bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, I took responsibility for the affront and sent her a sincere apology via facebook that I really doubt she'll read before deleting.  Chances are she'll stay mad at me for about two years then cool off.  You see she must have someone in her life to be angry at and well I guess its my turn once again.  Lucky me.  In her defense, in the last week she has suffered some horrible emotional trauma. She lost her cat of 23 years, and her grandmother all on the same day.  Couple that with her normal unstable mental condition, and you have a powder keg ready to go off.  She needed to lash out over her loss and like last time she faced such hardship, I end up being the target for her anger and frustrations.  It really hurts but what can one expect from a person who genuinely lacks empathy toward those she sees as only tools. (We tools are people too.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I take some solace in the thought that there is  but only four more years of this emotion roller coaster crap to go before the boys  can truly act independently of their mother and make the choice to come see me or not solely on their own.  I don't know what time holds and four years is a very long time for things to change in but I can only hope that the time goes buy quickly and only good things come in those years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite everything, I pray for her and know that even though she is the way she is, if she called and needed help, even if it wouldn't change a thing, I'd still be there to help her because despite it all, she is still like a sister to me and she is the mother of my nephews.  All things being considered, she is what most folks can call, a good mom.  She loves the boys, sometimes too protectively, but non the less, with all of her heart.  I just hope that when the time comes for them to stand on their own, she'll be able to let go and let them become the men that need to become for themselves.  .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She might be a strange bird to be sure, but even though she can switch between friend and foe mode in a nanosecond and without any warning, she is family.  I hope this will work itself out but when dealing with such personalities as hers, God only knows what will happen.  It could be over in a day or take years for her to come to terms with the emotions that drive her.  I pray for a short recovery but fear, and expect, a long haul this time out.  That makes me sad because it will have such an adverse affect upon my two nephews who will blame themselves for this mess.  They are good boys and it just kills me to see them burdened with such thoughts.  I will make every effort to insure that they know that no one is to blame. That these sort of things happen and that its painful but in the long run, with any luck, things always seem to work out for the best .  God willing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-7070193664781123540?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/7070193664781123540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=7070193664781123540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/7070193664781123540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/7070193664781123540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/07/im-not-mind-reader.html' title='I&apos;m Not A Mind Reader'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-1938058107617962249</id><published>2011-05-17T23:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-21T21:18:52.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lets Compare Liberalism to Fascism</title><content type='html'>I know I know its pure mono brow stuff to compare someone, or some movement to fascism, but lets face it, you hold up modern day progressive liberalism as a comparison to historical fascism, they are nearly mirror doubles.  Both hated God and Israel,  Both employ gather list tactics, thuggery, nationalism, socialism, and exude hatred for those to whom they disagree with.  No wonder they want to rewrite history; they don't want us to recognize their brand of evil as the same brand of evil that gave us a second world war.  Liberal progressives fear the truth of history so much so because it reminds us of what evil looks like.  And the last thing social, fascist, progressive, liberals want is for us to recognize that they are trying to recycle that evil of old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love how these "free speech:" liberals who have NEVER watched or listened to Beck are so filled with hatred toward the man. This is why liberalism is so damn dangerous.  They fear everything that they cannot control and they try to control everything they fear through intimidation, regulation, legislation, and marginalization.  If they disagree with you, then you are a moron and your views are a joke thus you must be ridiculed and attacked.:They support free speech like Hitler did the Jews&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-1938058107617962249?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/1938058107617962249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=1938058107617962249' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/1938058107617962249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/1938058107617962249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/05/lets-compare-liberalism-to-fascism.html' title='Lets Compare Liberalism to Fascism'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-4632980974163637280</id><published>2011-04-18T20:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T20:06:11.532-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liberal Fear - Summarized</title><content type='html'>Liberals fear everything and everyone that does not fit into their geopolitical ideology or view of reality.  If you do not think like they do then you are a moron. And morons with guns and freedom is a direct threat to them and their agenda.  That agenda, to control all the morons who don't think like them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is why they fear our gun rights, attack people who do not share their views, and go after any one, who's voice is louder than the static that they through up through the compromised MSM.  In other words, those who don't buy into the message of liberalism, are a danger to liberalism and therefore must be silenced by any and all means necessary.  Just look to recent history for proof of this argument.  From the TEA party rallies, Beck 8/28 rally, town hall meetings regarding health care, etc....  Compare what the left does to those on the right, and there is no comparison; the left holds the low ground when it comes to stirring shit up and making general asses out of themselves at these and other events.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-4632980974163637280?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/4632980974163637280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=4632980974163637280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4632980974163637280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4632980974163637280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/04/liberal-fear-summarized.html' title='Liberal Fear - Summarized'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-5566270131609196691</id><published>2011-04-08T09:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T14:26:54.849-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liberal Fear</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Liberals live in a constant state of fear because they do no posses the attribute of common sense. They have no understanding of that fundamental human trait that gives one the ability to make decisions and choices for ones self. Since liberals lack this quality they believe that everyone is out for themselves, as indeed most liberals are. Therefore they live in such a state of fear that they must do everything they can to control everything and everyone in order to feel safe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They fear, with absolute conviction, any one who does not agree with them, their views, their political ideology, and their one world order agenda. This is why they attack Sarah Palin with such venom, and why social fascist Nazi collaborator George Soros has spent close to a hundred million dollars to get Glenn Beck off the air and marginalize FOX news. They fear any voice, especially a single voice, that exposes them, their social progressive agenda, and their "Shut Up" tactics. They don't want us to think for ourselves because if we do, we might see through their lies, their hypocrisy, and the dubious nature of their ideology by exercising our God given right of freedom of choice to say no to them and their agenda. Individual freedom and truth represent a direct threat to the success of their social, fascist, progress, liberal agenda and is unconditionally detrimental to their political philosophy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They believe that people are too stupid to think for themselves and if they do, they would pose a direct threat to the future of modern day liberalism in that we will reject it and all that it represents.  Liberals fear us and what choices in life that we are capable of making without their direct and intrusive governmental oversight. We might choose to buy a large car, or eat fast food, keep the lights on at night, watch FOX news, or God forbid, vote for someone other than the person they told us to vote for. They fear our capacity for common sense and above all else, our capability to use it in order to make our own decisions. Since liberals lack common sense they are unable to understand it and therefore they do not understand us, thusly because of this, they fear us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of all the liberal tenants, power is the one that they value above all others. They understand that through power they can impose control upon others.  This is why liberals seek political office and why they pass freedom restrictive laws and implement intrusive governmental oversight through regulations and litigation.  If they cannot persuade or intimidate us to fall into line, then they must, and are, compelling us to do so through ever increasingly restrictive laws and regulation.  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Liberals resort to name calling and threat making in the face of opposition, and demand our obedience while they oppose our freedom of speech, ridicule our value, our morals, and call our faith in God and the constitution out dated and moronic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liberals fear freedom with such veracity that they rally around our enemies, call terrorists freedom fighters, fight to free terrorists from prison, bow to dictators, and spit on our allies. They call our troops, many of whom have died for this nation, baby killers yet they support abortion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liberals call conservatives racist when it was their party of choice who, because of fear,  opposed the freeing of the slaves while conservatives fought and died to ensure freedom for all. Liberals call their disincentive views patriotism, while they label our patriotism as sedition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conservatives believe in the constitution, value our morals, oppose socialism, fought fascism, and defeated communism. Because of this, liberals fear us.  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liberals should just go drink that Jim Jones koolaid and leave the running of the free world to people who actually have the ability and will to employ common sense&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-5566270131609196691?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/5566270131609196691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=5566270131609196691' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5566270131609196691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5566270131609196691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/04/liberals-live-in-constant-state-of-fear.html' title='Liberal Fear'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-8578949769044780242</id><published>2011-03-16T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T13:25:08.066-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Let The Buyer Beware</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;Caveat emptor, Latin for “let the buyer beware,” is an apt expression for how I am now left feeling about Kaiser Permanente and the services they provide.  While I am generally satisfied with Kaiser, there are the occasional, if not rare and glaring exception.  I would like to express to people, especially when it comes to dental work, the absolute necessity for obtaining in print, the actual cost estimates of a procedure prior to having it performed.  I went to Kaiser Dental to have a single procedure performed.  I had sufficient benefits to cover the cost of this one procedure.  However, I was led to believe that not only would the procedure that I wanted to have performed be covered by the egis of my befits, but so would other elective dentist recommended procedures.  Ergo, I allowed these elective procedures to be scheduled and performed all the while being led to believe that the cost for them as well as for the one major procedure I needed to have done would be covered..  But when it came time to have the singular procedure for which I had initially sought dentistry for, performed, low and behold my benefits had been consumed by these other  elective procedures, thereby leaving me with the out of pocket expense for the one procedure that was of absolute paramount importance to me.  The old bait and switch.  I firmly believe that I was intentionally misled into using up my benefits on elective procedures that had the actual cost for such been disclosed, would have prompted me to forgo in favor of having the major, more costly and much more needed procedure performed. I did not anticipate, nor was I led to believe that I would need to suspect that the fees for these procedures would expend my available benefits prior to the one procedure that was the reason for my initial seeking of dentistry in the first place.  Had Kaiser been forthright and up front about their fees and costs, I would have insisted upon having my priorities met first and foremost. However since I was led to believe that all procedures would be covered under the auspices of my benefits, I had no expectation to doubt otherwise.  Hence Caveat emptor.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-8578949769044780242?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/8578949769044780242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=8578949769044780242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8578949769044780242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8578949769044780242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/03/let-buyer-beware.html' title='Let The Buyer Beware'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-5348856107510045870</id><published>2011-01-04T21:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T21:47:47.010-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Real Reason For Net Neutrality</title><content type='html'>By now you all have heard about Net Neutrality and what its all about.   But what is it really all about?  Pundits will have us all arguing over  two issues, those who want to keep the net free from government  intervention, and those who want government intervention on the net.   But is that really the whole truth? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I speculate that there  is more to this Net Neutrality drive than just government  interventionism.  I have made the case that its really all about the  government trying to establish a new tax base but I think it goes far  deeper than that and way out side of the government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe  that people, cooperations, and individuals in government today who want  to build the foundation for turning the broad band services of today  into the cash cow of tomorrow similar to what they did with electricity  back in the 70's.  Back then if we needed more power we simply built  more power facilities.  Power was considered an unlimited resource  because we could simply make more.  But then someone got the bright idea  to limit the amount of power we can produce and thus convert an  otherwise unlimited resource into a limited commodity.  Now only so much  power is generated thanks to environmental regulations, limitations on  the construction of nuclear power, and ever tightening restriction on  coal and natural gas power planets.  Now instead of generating the power  a region uses within that region, all power generation is dumped into  the national power grid, shared with Canada and Mexico, and power  companies, once non profit publicly owned, must now bid for power power  thus driving up the price significantly.  This had the effect of turning  power into a costly limited commodity and our public non profit power  utilities into money grubbing greedy cooperations of self interest.  We  also got a couple of new industries from this. Conservationism,  environmentalism, energy star, and of course the power commodity traders  themselves. All of this has lead to higher costs and less access.  (If  you cannot pay the higher costs, then you get no power.  You could run  your entire home on about $40.00 worth of power per month back in the  70's.  Now that same $40.00 won't cover the cost of a 100 watt light  bulb, assuming you can even get one now, for that same time.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now  the Internet has come along and the greed that has come with it knows  no equal.  The problem is, how do you turn the Internet into an even  larger cash cow than it has already has proven to be?  Simple, you  create new regulation, laws, and a system of government that converts  open unlimited bandwidth into a commodity that can then be artificially  limited to drive up its price. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allow me to explain.  A few  large companies have invested billions in building the foundation of a  national, if not international, broad band system.  Now greedy cooperate  types come along who have nothing to do with the development of this  infrastructure and they want in.  They look upon it like this, why  should we invest in building our own broad band infrastructure when we  can just get the government to force those who have already done this to  "share" theirs. I give you government interventionism and net  neutrality.  Now thanks to these new  FCC regulations, companies that  had nothing to do with the development of the broad band infrastructure  network of this nation, paid not a dime to its development, can now  force companies that have to give up X amount of their available band  width to them.  Couple this "spreading the wealth around" tactic with  the fact that new regulations have been imposed prohibiting the  expansion of new broad band infrastructure development and suddenly what  was once a potential unlimited resource, band width, is now a very  limited commodity.  And here come the higher prices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The real  objective, the greedy end game, is now in full motion.  Now the logic is  with any limited resource, the more you use, the more you must pay for  it   Well you might say fine, there is an unlimited amount of broad band  capability already and I don't mind paying more for what I use.   Really, well its no so limited any more because while the government  wants you to pay more for what you use, they also want to give it away  at no cost or rather lower cost to low income families.  You pays the  difference in cost between what you are paying and what the leeches will  have to pay?  You do that is who.  So now not only are you paying for  what you use, but also what that freeloading welfare mother is using,  and she is using it a lot more than you are.  And why would government  want to do this?  Well for taxes thats why.  The logic there is, the  more people who have access to the Internet, the more people will use  the Internet to buy stuff, email, and conduct business over the net thus  generating more tax revenue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well we can just expand the  network more!  Well yes and no.  You see without the freedom to develop  new broad band infrastructure as mentioned above, companies won't be  able to provide more band width.  Oh they can apply to the government  for permits, access rights, and other costly application fees, tariffs,  and taxes to expand their networks, but really in the end, the cost of  it will simply be to great to make it worth the investment. These  considerable new regulations, permits, jurisdictional approval,  environmental studies, government fees, and charges imposed by  government regulators and legislators, will dramatically curtail the  development of any new broad band infrastructure for the foreseeable  future.  Now there will of course be "special" dispositions granted to  "favorite" companies who will not be held to these new costs and will be  paid by the government, at considerable cost to the tax payers, to  build new broad band infrastructure.  Companies that are owned in part  by government types through shell companies and off shore businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now  these new companies that have imposed themselves into the ISP market,  have already started to sell their new vision of the Internet to the  American public by dropping comments like "oh the influx of streaming  video is burdening the broad band system" in order to justifying their  end game of charging people more for the same exact service they now  enjoy.  They will invent all sorts of new factors and causes that will  then be billed out to the public as excuses for ever increasing costs  for ISP.  Eventually, broad band will become an expensive pay for use  commodity that few can afford and even fewer will want.  Thats when new  laws will be passes that will force you to have it.  (Think auto  insurance and health care.)  Gone will be the flat fee rates replaced by  broad band meters and an entire new industry for billing, access, etc.   ISP providers will have to put their own bandwidth onto the open broad  band market and then bid for access to it.  Now Qwest or Comcast no  longer have access to their full pipe line but rather only 20% of it.   That means higher costs to all of us.  And since the market will all be  tied together, via the broad band commodities bidding process, the  prices will become regional and competition will fade as one or two  large companies become dominate through government intervention and  favorable regulations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whole point to Net Neutrality is to  force the companies that built the high speed Internet foundation of  this nation to give up what they have created and share it with  companies that haven't invested a dime into it.  These new companies  will of course be run by the very people who have promoted Net  Neutrality in the first place.  Once they are in, and the public has  boughten into the notion that broad band is a limited resource, much  like oil, water, power, and food, then they can begin to charge more and  more for the service.  Eventually we'll be back to the early day when  AOL used to charge by the minute for ISP access.  Any one remember those  days?  On top of it all, we'll have all those new government taxes to  boot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cash cow that was the Internet is about to be  slaughtered by the government slaughter house and given to people who  had nothing to do with its raising.    It is safe to say that there are  people and companies out there working right now to take control over  what other companies have built so they can reap unbelievable profits at  our expense.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-5348856107510045870?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/5348856107510045870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=5348856107510045870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5348856107510045870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5348856107510045870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2011/01/real-reason-for-net-neutrality.html' title='The Real Reason For Net Neutrality'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-4099290442268535002</id><published>2010-11-01T06:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-14T15:26:32.916-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Duty Of Morality</title><content type='html'>If morality were defined as a duty dedicated to the virtues of charity, civility, faith, family, freedom, honor, justice, loyalty, patriotism, personal responsibility, selflessness, and truth than immorality would be the opposite of these virtues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sense of morality is a fundamental human ability that most practicing liberals seem to be lacking. They'd rather put themselves before all others and then dictate to those around, rather below, them as to what charity they, rather the rest of us, will provide. In other words, they mandate to others to give while they exempt themselves from such charity. The rules, their rules, apply to everyone except them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liberals believe that everyone should share the wealth especially if they haven't earned it. They believe this to be the "moral" thing to do. To a liberal, everyone is equal and therefore should be equally punished, or rewarded. Albeit they themselves believe that they are more equal than others. In theory this sounds good but in practice it’s an empty, valueless, and failed system of government known as social progressive communism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liberalism can be summed up by many definitions, but non apply more so than the desire to make the immoral moral by “any means necessary.” The book "Rules For Radicals,” written by Saul Alinsky and dedicated to Lucifer, has become a pillar of modern day liberalism. The book mandates the progression of the liberal agenda by any means necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In making the immoral moral the liberals transform their own immoral beliefs and desires into a socially acceptable, politically correct, publicly adopted doctrine of social behavior. Thereby abating their duty of morality. Liberals hate the idea of morality because they do no want to be confined by its virtues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The duties of morality are fundamental to sustaining the pillars of our values, our way of life, and our continued prosperity. Without them morality holds no meaning and we will, as surely as the sun sets, fail to preserve and protect not only our republic but also our posterity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-4099290442268535002?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/4099290442268535002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=4099290442268535002' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4099290442268535002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4099290442268535002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2010/11/duty-of-morality.html' title='The Duty Of Morality'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-6637421742779049739</id><published>2010-10-26T20:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T20:42:06.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Morality Of Liberalism</title><content type='html'>Liberals embrace immorality in an effort to marginalize morality.  They  are driven to promote the un-promotable in order to normalization the  main streaming of counter cultural behavior. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The desire for  liberals to act upon their baser animal instincts is often hindered by  the moral fiber of a civilized community.  Where rule of law would apply  to prevent immorality, indecent behavior, or an immoral act, liberals  actively legislate against it.  They denouncing such laws and cultural  beliefs as immoral because they hinder the freedom of their own  immorality. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liberals wish to mainstream their immorality in  order to foster an environment devoid of personal responsibility.  Under  such, they would be free to embark upon activities that would  ultimately lead too the break down of the fundamental principles of  personal accountability.  Unrestrained by such notions as being  responsible for your own actions a liberal would be free to act without  restraint or regard for common decency.  Such an environment would be  rapidly populated by an apathetic society of petty selfish people who  would share an over inflated collective sense of self entitlement.  An  atmosphere of elitism would develop leading to a society devoid of  personal responsibility and self control.  A "me me me" generation so to  speak. A reality where being polite to others is viewed as a weakness.   Devotion to faith would be condemned as insanity, and taking  responsibility for your own actions would be replaced by a blame it on  someone else mentality.  A place like, California.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to  undermine that which unites a community under the auspice of humanity,  liberals must attack the fundamental tenants that bind the moral  fortitude of a society together. They would attack religion, denouncing  it as a a method of mind control fit for only those who are too weak to  think for themselves.  They would lay siege against the family unit by  indoctrinating our children to their way of thinking through gaining  control over our schools and educational systems.  They would embark  upon a crusade to marginalize any who do not agree with them through a  campaign of ridicule, harassment, and intimation. Eventually their goals  will be achieved through "any means necessary" leading to a fundamental  shift away from traditional values. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often liberals obtain  their object through legislative means coupled with the implementation  of political correctness, and the subduing of dissenting voices through  control of media outlets.  Any who disagree with the new standard are  given unkind labels such as bigot, religious zealot, crack pot, kook,  TEA Bagger, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ultimately the liberal end game is to make that which was immoral morally acceptable.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-6637421742779049739?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/6637421742779049739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=6637421742779049739' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/6637421742779049739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/6637421742779049739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2010/10/morality-of-liberalism.html' title='The Morality Of Liberalism'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-172355969750569057</id><published>2010-10-24T13:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-24T13:41:18.309-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Things To Know About Liberalism</title><content type='html'>When it comes to the mandatory requirement for health care insurance:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)&lt;br /&gt;If health care insurance were wine, the Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi (A vineyard owner), would say this to the American people; "its ok if you want to buy another  bottle of wine each month, but regardless, you are going to buy this  $200.00 bottle of wine from Nancy's vineyard" every month, because we have mandated it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)&lt;br /&gt;In a nut shell, Barrack Obama and the DNC's,  philosophy on fixing the economy is to push the car out of the ditch by driving it off a cliff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3)&lt;br /&gt;Barrack  Obama likes to point his finger at the GOP and say that they are  standing on the side of the road slurping on a slurpee and not helping, but  he fails to mention that the reason they are standing on the side of the  road and not help him is because whenever they have tried to help, he  ridicules them, talks down to them, ignored their suggestions, and basically told them to go stand on  the side of the road.  I find it ironic that after refusing their help,  he then points to them and says they're not helping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4)&lt;br /&gt;The  only things that are truly transparent about the liberals and their  philosophies are their hypocrisy, deliberate misrepresentation of the  truth, elitism, back door methods of doing business, viciousness, and  intolerance of those who do not share their views.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-172355969750569057?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/172355969750569057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=172355969750569057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/172355969750569057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/172355969750569057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2010/10/things-to-know-about-liberalism.html' title='Things To Know About Liberalism'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-8316727173318049050</id><published>2010-07-07T18:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T19:11:17.461-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama Care</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;It is imperative that  several key facts  regarding the real cost of the Obama Health Care plan be addressed and  not hidden under a mountain of misinformation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;In regards to the  Congressional Budge Office (CBO) they are required to take legislation  at face value.  Therefore whatever numbers are put before them are the  only numbers they can work with.  Ergo, if the numbers presented to them   are error ridden, then the final report they produce will be filled with  errors as well. In other words, garbage in, garbage out. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;If we strip away  all the smoke and mirrors used to mask all of the budgetary tricks and  rework the math accordingly, the actual cost of the Obama Health Care  law will in  fact increase, not decrease,  the federal deficit by over $560 billion  dollars.  Where is that money going to come from?  Answer, higher taxes.   Tax increases on everything from suntan salons to soda pop.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;The law front loads  revenues while back loading spending.  What this means is that the taxes  are in effect right now, while the benefits of the new  law are deferred.  So the first ten years of revenue would be used to  pay for only six years of spending.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Additionally, many  costs were left out of the bill  entirely creating a $110 to $120 billion dollar per year deficit that  future congresses will have to address with additional spending bills  each and every year.  But this “discretionary spending” was excluded  from the final CBO’s report because it wasn’t included in the first  place.  In other words, it wasn’t factored into the bill, that is now  law, because the democrats knew that it would raise the federal deficit  in a time when they were scrambling to prove that the Obama Health Care  bill (Law) would lower the deficit.  Basically put, they lied to cover  up and hide  the real cost of this new law from the American public.  A clear  violation of their oath of office.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Today, June 07th,  President Obama appointed  “we must redistribute wealth” Donald Berwick via a recess appointment,  to be his health care czar. Thusly, with the stroke of a pen, Obama  managed to  avoid the congressional approval process that would have  elevated the debate over this health care law once again into the main  stream making it even more difficult for Democrats come November.   Obviously this move by the Obama administration is another prime  example of business as usual.  No transparency here folks.  Move along.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;“Any health care  funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must  redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less  fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.” -  Donald Berwick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Ronald  Reagan once said that the American people would never vote for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;socialism but "under the name of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;liberalism the American people would  adopt every fragment of the socialist program." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;"One of the  traditional methods of imposing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statism"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;statism or socialism on a people has  been by way of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;medicine." - Ronald  Reagan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;The real cost of Obama  Health care law will come in the form of more government control, less  freedom of choice for citizens, rationing of health care treatment,  higher costs, long waits for care, reduced care, more taxes, and fewer  doctors.  People whom we will never  meet or ever speak too will be the ones deciding what health care we can  have access too, what care is cost effective for us, and how much we  will have to pay in taxes for the privilege that they are bestowing upon  us.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Now that the Obama  Health Care Bill is law, it won't be the top 5% of Americans  paying for it but rather the bottom 95% through the new taxes  implemented by the law.  Obviously this new health care law is so good  for America that those who wrote and then passed it into law have chosen  to exempt themselves from it.   The Democrats, knowing that in every  nation that has ever had a nationalized social health care program, it  has proven to be nothing more than an expensive failure, ignored the  fact that the majority of Americans opposed the bill, nevertheless  joyously pass this bill into law.  Chances are, under this new law, that  when we are 50 years  old and in need of expensive medial care &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;we will have been deemed to have out  lived our value as a citizen and therefore the only  care that will be rationed to us will be a bottle of expensive, highly  taxed, aspirin with  directions on how to best prepay our death tax.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;The real cost of  the Obama health care law is going to top in the trillions and its  lasting  negative effects are going to be felt for decades to come.  Remember,  garbage in,  garbage out.  The real costs is something that the Obama Administration  and the democrats do not  want us to know.  They fear that if the truth  is widely known, they’ll lose power and above all else, liberals love  power.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:transparent;"   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-8316727173318049050?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/8316727173318049050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=8316727173318049050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8316727173318049050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8316727173318049050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2010/07/obama-care.html' title='Obama Care'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-4715953935794156654</id><published>2010-03-29T01:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T22:22:03.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>This is just a theory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The liberals in congress knew that  the majority of Americans did not want them to pass Obama's health care  plan.  A plan that was as anti American as the old USSR was.   Nevertheless congress, led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid forced it into  law.  Many people, including myself, wondered what the hell was wrong  with these idiots?  Why would they do such a thing?  What is their  motivation, money, special interests, greed, power, etc?  While most  certainly all of those, there was something else too that I hadn't  zeroed in upon until just this evening.  "No crisis should go to waste."   I theorize that Congress, knowing full well that the bill was not  popular, written to be anti-American, burdened with high taxes and  economic crippling costs, was passed in order to cause a crisis.  They  passed it knowing it was a crap bill and that it would anger America.   They did this so that they could then claim that their lives are being  threatened, that America is out of control and a crisis has emerged  bordering on an insurrection.  A crisis caused by an uprising of angry  Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under this "crisis" the government could pass a whole  new slew of laws.  Since the MSM is already in their pocket they could  sell the lie and once again force additional anti-freedom legislation  down America's throat up to and including a suspension of elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  mean how can we hold elections if the nation is under a crisis of open  insurrection?  See where this is going?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No one thought that  they'd ever pass a law that mandates that Americans buy something or  else they'd go to jail, but they did.  And now because of this law, the  government must appoint "overseers" to many business associated with  health care to conduct oversight to ensure that the new trillion dollars  in new taxes get charged and paid to the government. Additionally the  government now has the right to come into your home and tell you how to  raise your children because of this new law.  And not only will the  government now have full access to your medical records, they can use  them now to prevent you from exercising your fundamental God given  rights such gun ownership, freedom of speech, and ultimately what  choices you make for yourself and your family all under the aegis of  health care oversight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take to heart these words by &lt;a style="" href="http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/5368-congressman-john-dingell-we-need-time-to-control-the-people" target="_blank"&gt;Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)&lt;/a&gt; as he defended the ObamaCare   bill on WJR’s Paul W. Smith show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Let me remind you this has been going on for years. We  are bringing it to a halt. The harsh fact of the matter is when you’re  going to pass legislation that will cover 300 American people in  different ways it takes a long time to do the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;necessary administrative  steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to control  the people.&lt;/span&gt;" - Rep. John Dingell (D-ML)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-4715953935794156654?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/4715953935794156654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=4715953935794156654' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4715953935794156654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4715953935794156654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-is-just-theory.html' title=''/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-8409820239679045225</id><published>2009-12-22T03:02:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T16:51:22.961-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Power of the left</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="" class="postcolor" id="post-51555"&gt; The left will remain in power because they have the tools to keep power. They control the media, well the MSM and most of the cable, news print, and new magazines. They have the funds from TARP, stimulus 1 and 2, and ominous bills to bribe their constituency into voting for them. "Vote for me and I'll spend all this money in our area. If you don't vote for me the republicans will take our money and spend it on weapons programs and big business." Obama has my states former Governor in charge of the census so that he can do Federally what he did to our state, rewrite the electoral boundaries so that Democrats are all but assured victories. And best of all, they control the FCC which has already taken steps toward passing new rules limiting conservative talk radio, and enforcement of net neutrality. (A way to tell conservatives on the Internet to shut up.) They have billionaires like George Soros, Bloomburg, Gates, and so many others backing them with endless amounts of capital. They have Hollywood promoting their message across the nation and the globe through television, radio, and the movies. They have Unions, ACORN, and other community organizational groups helping them across the country to subvert and manipulate the poor. They control our schools, colleges, and universities. They have Google, Microsoft, and the rest of the Internet in their pockets. With all this power it is safe to say that they will not go quietly into the night. Oh no, they will seize the day and hold fast to their power like petty tyrant dictators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They have the power now, they control not only the both houses of Congress, but the White House, the media, news print, erodes into industry, banking, finance, diplomacy, telecommunications, the Internet, and soon health care and soon after that with the passage of cap and trade the energy industry, water, and land rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I need not point out that Health Care isn't about actual health care, its about those in power gaining even greater power over those of us who put them into power so that they can keep the power. And as history has taught us time and again, once evil has power, it never lets it go willingly of its power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bribes, extortion, threats, and mockery of those who are too weak to stand before them will continue until nothing is left of our way of life. Obama said it, "we are going to fundamentally change America" and he and his sickofanatic, left wing, zealot, liberal, progressive, social, fascist, ilk are doing just that. And America stands by content to watch it happen and rejoice in our passage from a free republic democracy into a social-fascist totalitarianism with thunders applause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every time a liberal opens their lying mouths to speak, a small fraction of our way of life dies. Their voices are the sound of freedom dying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sheeple have swallowed the "hope and change" lies in mass and now America lays on the ground before the dung heap of history, choking to death on social, fascist, progressive, liberalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As freedom lays dying before us, will we all turn our backs on it, or take up the mantle that it once held so high, and yell into the creeping darkness, "This far, no further! We are mad as hell and we are not going to take this shit any more!" Or are we simply going to lay down next to freedom and die with it?&lt;!--IBF.ATTACHMENT_51555--&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-8409820239679045225?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/8409820239679045225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=8409820239679045225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8409820239679045225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8409820239679045225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2009/12/power-of-left.html' title='The Power of the left'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-8146259608917038775</id><published>2009-10-07T18:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T18:13:52.462-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Cult Of Congress</title><content type='html'>I was reading up about cults and while doing so something occurred to me, an epiphany if you will.  Congress has become a cult onto themselves. Look to the evidence and you too will begin to see the pattern emerge. Over the last few years Congress has grown disproportionately distant from the constituents that they were elected to represent. They ignore our voice as if we are beneath their greatness.  Congress is blindly following Obama and his agenda for change so devoutly that they ignore all tenants of common sense and logical reasoning.  This behavior is indicative of a cult.  Think about what a cult is and then compare that to Congress.  Congress is isolated, much like a cult would be. Senators and Representatives are feeding off of each others beliefs while ignoring those from out side of their group, much like a cult would do. They follow a leader, in this case Obama, so completely that it borders upon worship. Congress has become a group of individuals who's ideology centers around the symbol of change so vehemently that they will attack any who question it with such viciousness and open contempt as to be equated to the actions of zealots. When you look at the definition of the word cult, how many of the definitions seemingly fit Congress these days? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From - (dictionary.com)&lt;br /&gt;Cult &lt;br /&gt;[kuhlt] - noun&lt;br /&gt;1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with the reference to its rites and ceremonies.&lt;br /&gt;2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers&lt;br /&gt;3. the object of such devotion&lt;br /&gt;4. a group of sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc&lt;br /&gt;5. Sociology, a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.&lt;br /&gt;6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.&lt;br /&gt;7. the members of such a religion or sect&lt;br /&gt;8. any system of treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that the employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answer, a great many.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-8146259608917038775?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/8146259608917038775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=8146259608917038775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8146259608917038775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8146259608917038775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2009/10/cult-of-congress.html' title='The Cult Of Congress'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-2049773177803137519</id><published>2009-08-30T02:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-30T02:36:06.834-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liberal Democrats Are Promoting Racism!</title><content type='html'>As of late it would seem that more and more liberal democrats have jumped upon the "lets call everyone who oppose Obama a racist to shut them up" bandwagon. I am left wondering why so many liberal democrats are now doing their best to promote what can only be described as an agenda toward instigating a racial war?  They keep telling people that any one who disagrees with Obama is a racist.  Well what does that do but promote black against white hatred?  Eventually those people who are being called racists for opposing Obama's social, fascist, progressive, liberal agenda are going to become frustrated and fed up and begin to respond by fighting back.  Which in turn will just worsen things.  Is this what these liberal democrats really want?  Well it would seem so because it is exactly what they are getting.  Can promoting hate in order to generate support for their political agenda really be their end game objective?  Do these liberal democrats, who keep branding everyone that does not supporting them and Obama as racist be their attempt to drive a wedge between black and white American’s in order to spark what can only be deemed as a racial war?  I am worried sick that this is exactly what these liberal democrats are trying to do; cause a race war for political gain. Could this be the "event" that Joe Biden was talking about? God I pray not because this would ruin America.  I hope that this s just more of the same old liberal shut up argument because we know that tactic and have good defenses for defeating it. However, if this is a new tactic, this "lets foment hate by calling those who don't support Obama racist" is a new tactic, than it is an insidious new method that needs to be exposed to the light of day and stopped before it is fully realized.  If these liberal Democrats succeed in their objective to promote a racial divide between Americans for political gain, then no one wins.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-2049773177803137519?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/2049773177803137519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=2049773177803137519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2049773177803137519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2049773177803137519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2009/08/liberal-democrats-are-promoting-racism.html' title='Liberal Democrats Are Promoting Racism!'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-2358565722777352396</id><published>2009-08-07T20:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T20:54:03.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shut Up</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;U.S. Rep. Brian Baird needs to resign.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;When a politician such as he begins to call the very people who voted him  into office, who happen to disagree with President Obama’s health care agenda,  brown shirts, code for Nazi’s, and Timothy McVeigh types, code for far right  loons, then its time for him to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Brian Baird has lost his perspective.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;His moral compass has been broken.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Instead of listening to his constituency he has chosen to ridicule them  in an attempt to marginalize our opposition to Obama’s health care agenda by  literally phoning it in.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Brain Baird no  longer deserves our support or our votes.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;By having a phone call meeting instead of holding a town hall meeting,  Baird has just told us all to shut up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The liberal shut up argument has taken on a whole new dimension of  aggressiveness since Obama’s election. ‘Shut up’ has become the primary rational  behind the liberal agenda when dealing with anyone who disagrees with their plan  for America. In recent months we have heard the liberal shut up argument used  against ordinary citizens, talk radio hosts, tea party participants, and many  others who do not support Obama’s far left policies.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Barrack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reed  would like to explain to those freethinking, common sense employing, individuals  here in America who don’t agree with them, to shut up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Shut Up has become a nasty reality of our society because  the liberals have worked so very hard to make it into a custom through  politically correctness and marginalization of what was once considered the  norm; common sense.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We stood by and  watched as politically correctness became code for ‘shut up’ in our schools, our  universities, our entertainment, the political arena, and even now in our news  media.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We have all seen how the  mainstream media has become so corrupted by this shut up philosophy through  their attacks upon all things conservative.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;How they vilify, insult, ridicule, distort, and exclude anyone who dares  to speak out against the liberal agenda. It’s all part of their methodology of  intimidation, get the message and shut up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The left wing liberals have been using this shut up tactic for decades  now.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you tried to talk about how  being lenient on crime would result in our cities becoming heavens for  criminals, you were labeled a hater. Shut up.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;If you pointed out that government was growing to fast and politicians  were gaining too much power, you were called a fear monger. Shut up. If you  disagreed with the leftist leaning policies and embraced conservatism you were a  fascist. Shut up.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When you would bring  up how welfare reform, gang violence, and urban crime have decimated our cities,  you were called a racist. Shut up.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If  you stated that you were for the traditional meaning of marriage, you were  labeled a homophobe and called vile names all part of being told to shut  up.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;All these labels, and many more, are  the lefts way of saying to you, shut up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of our elected officials in  Congress are now going out of their way to call people who dare stand up and ask  the tough questions about health care and other Obama policies angry mobs of far  right wing zealots who have been bought and paid for by the GOP.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;In other words, shut up.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;I can remember, not so long ago, when  voicing your opinion was considered to be patriotic.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But now, since it is conservatives who are  voicing their opinions, it is no longer patriotic, its dissent and  criminal.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Shut Up!&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;In fact the White House wants to know all  about these “fishy” people who are not supporting Obama’s policies so they too  can tell them to shut up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The liberals and their shut up argument are on the march in their all out  war against common sense, conservatism, morality, and the American way of life.  Take for instance Brain Baird’s comments recently where he called his  constituency “extremists” and compared them to brown shits and Timothy  McVeigh.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A constituency that elected him  into office to represent our interests, not stand by and phone it in when it  comes to a town hall meeting because he is afraid to be “ambushed” by people,  his people, us, who don’t support Obama’s health care plans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Keep in mind that the liberals who are ridiculing, insulting, and  inventing lies about the town hall participants who voice their concerns about  what it is Congress is doing are doing so not because these people are speaking  falsely, but because; shut up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Brain Baird has clearly demonstrated where his loyalties  lay, and that isn’t with the people who voted him into office.&lt;span style=""&gt;  Its time we the people speak with our votes and vote  this man out of office.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-2358565722777352396?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/2358565722777352396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=2358565722777352396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2358565722777352396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2358565722777352396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2009/08/shut-up.html' title='Shut Up'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-3918012090771209609</id><published>2009-02-27T01:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T01:02:04.529-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Future</title><content type='html'>At some point we do have to place into the hands of those we elect a certain, but limited amount, of trust, I.E. faith, that they will do what is best for our nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know this is risky, but I do believe that there are good people who are trying to make things better but they are swamped by the old school politicians who have forgotten who it is that they really work for; us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Up until September o8, I honestly thought that I was a real dumb shit because I feared, and had been for a long while, that the ever increasing bubble of higher and higher home values coupled with higher than thou oil prices was going to burst. But it didn't. Then all at once it seemed, that bubble did burst and the very people who I thought were the smart ones, proved that they were dumber than a pumpkin seed. How could these people, these incredibly skilled, well versed, and wealthy people make such a horrific blunder? After September 08, I figured that I am at least as smart as some of them. Then Obama was elected by a landslide by a nation of children who reduced the election down to an American Idol contest. At which point, my hope for a better America, one filled with smarter people than I, was douched, yes douched, and I realized that I was smarter than most of them. And that scared the hell out of me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its not Obama's fault, the man is a fucking genius compared to a lot of the people who work in WA DC. He is just that guy, you know the one, that guy Reagan warned us about when he was talking about the soviet union and socialism. If you listen to the Reagan video's you may get the impression that he was not only talking about the soviets of yesteryear, but also the liberals of today. It was as if he was forecasting future events that have seemingly now come to pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't see a way back to the principles and ideals of Reagan's era. We have crossed that line, the boat has sailed, and our bed is made. Now we must accept what we have, as horrid as it may seem, and try to make the best out of a poor situation. A situation that was created by a genuine lack of control coupled with blind foresight and unbridled stupidity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A future that those we entrusted to lead us, lead us into.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, the prevailing belief at hand is that it is the light of socialism that we are now being moved toward and not the blissful enlightening kind either, but rather the dark ominous light of oppression and tyranny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So faith plays an even larger role in our future now. Faith that we can weather this shit storm long enough to elect a new generation of people into office come 2010 and 2012. Faith that we will move away from this storm on hell's horizon that the winds of despair have forced us toward, toward a renewed America and a strong vibrant economy. An economy that isn't controlled by nationalization or socialistic principles, but one that is free, open, and good for all. And if the greedy fuckers who got us into this mess in the first place try to play ball again, we'll toss their asses into a fire filled pit of ever damning hell as a lesson to all future generations that such greed and graft will never again be tolerated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is hard to put into words what it is I am trying to say without coming off like a complete tinfoil hat wearing douche bag, red neck, far right wing, liberal hating, crack pot. For that I do apologize. The frustration in our system that I feel is, I believe, shared by many. So now we must put it all on faith that those who have let us down so horrifically can somehow with the help of a new administration, pick up the peaces and move us forward toward the light rather than from it. And that it is we, we the people, who choose what light to strive for.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-3918012090771209609?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/3918012090771209609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=3918012090771209609' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/3918012090771209609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/3918012090771209609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2009/02/at-some-point-we-do-have-to-place-into.html' title='The Future'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-2846337761019356534</id><published>2009-01-04T03:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T04:10:46.366-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Enough is Enough</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Enough is Enough&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;What have we become that we will stand by and continually allow far left  liberalism to dominate and destroy our way of life? I say this now as the far  left atheist liberals of this 'new America" are suing to stop prayer at the  presidential inauguration. My God, pun intended, who do these people think they  are? It is high time that we as a society say enough is enough and start putting  these blatant tantrum throwers, along with their arguments, right where they  belong; in the 'Enough is enough' bin. Between the atheists and the other loony  far left movements in America, America is rapidly decaying into a self defeating  nation of secular progressivism that feeds upon the corps of our moral fiber  like a vulture picking at a carcass along side some deserted desert  road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It can be said with some impact, that our problems all started  when we began to listen to the far left liberal loons and gave into their  politically correct methodology of over indulgence and universal acceptance of  bad manors, habits, and decaying moral standards. The mentality of the minority  speaking for the majority, the adoption of shrieking personal  responsibility, along with the me me me first shout down any apposing point of  view philosophy has gone on long enough. No more blame the victim, its time to  put the blame where the blame belongs, in the laps of those far left liberals  who want to rewrite our history to support their belief that America is an evil  empire filled with evil people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ask you to think about what America has  come to? Why have we as a society aloud these far left liberal loons to take  over our nation. From our schools to our media to our government, these far  left liberals are in control.  Back in the 50's these kind of people would have  been tossed out on their bums for the tripe they are now inflicting upon  America. But instead of giving them the boot along with a swift kick in the bum,  we accept their views as the only alternative and any who don't agree with them  are Palinized.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palinized - Made to look foolish in order to marginalize,  mitigate, decay, or weaken their inspirational impact against the secular  progressive agenda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The far left liberals of America are hypocrites of  unfathomable depths. They find Sarah Palin to be a bimbo and attack not only  her, but also her family, and repeatedly work to humiliate her before the world  all because of her nomination to become the republican Vice Presidential  candidate in 08. Yet these same people push to have a real bimbo, literally  speaking,  like Caroline Kennedy appointed to the Senate. A women who has hardly  ever voted in her life and has absolutely no political experience at  all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need to say enough is enough to these far left liberal loons who  have lowered the bar so low that to go any lower they would have to go lower  than whale dung. This catering to the lowest common denominator is no  longer acceptable. It is vital to the survival of our nation that we end this  throat hold that these far left liberals have on our society before it is truly  too late. They have dumbed down our children, made them accept apathy as a way  of life by removing the healthy elements of a proper education from the studies  curriculum at schools. The philosophy that everyone is a winner promotes apathy,  discourages healthy competition, and generally destroys any driving force for  success that a child might have. If you're not as good as the others you strive  to improve yourself. Take away the element of survival of the fittest from  the equation of life and you breed in an entire generation of obese lazy  apathetic children who do as they are told because they are too lazy to think or  do for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the time is right for the atheists to come out of  the wood work and proclaim that faith of any kind is brain washing and evil. To  prove their point, they have begun to attack one of the key fundamental  principles of our culture, the right to pray and believe in God. These people  don't just not believe in God, they want to legislate away your right to believe  in God. In other words, because they don't believe they believe that you should  be made to not believe so that they are not offended by the fact that you have  faith and may believe in God. The arrogance of these people knows no  bounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a time when the words duty, honor, faith, and loyalty  had meaning in this country, but I fear that those principles of strong moral  fiber have been so decayed by the daily diatribe of the far left liberal machine  that they no longer hold any value whatsoever in our society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a nation  we are now crossing the point of no return. If we see our third birthday in the  year 2076 as a nation that in any way resembles the one we had in say 1776, or  even in 1976, I will be impressed. However, I find it hard to accept that we as  a nation will exist come 2076 given the road that we have been forced to travel  upon do to the acceptance of far left liberalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enough is enough.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-2846337761019356534?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/2846337761019356534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=2846337761019356534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2846337761019356534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2846337761019356534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2009/01/enough-is-enough.html' title='Enough is Enough'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-8222137655537573209</id><published>2008-10-04T00:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T01:09:43.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Blame Game</title><content type='html'>I am regrettably resigned to the facts of life in that Senator Obama will win the Presidential election come this November and usher in a dynasty that will sound the death bell for gun rights, freedom of speech, and our 200 years of American family values and moral traditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that many people dislike the republicans for a great many legitimate reasons, and frankly I am just as miffed about many of those same issues as you.  However, I will not accept that the  blame belongs to just the republicans for all that has gone wrong in our world as of recently events because I know the facts and the facts say that both parties were involved up to their beedy little eyeballs in the problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The finger pointing and such for political gain is absolutely asinine and any who do it, Nancy Pelosi I'm speaking to you, should be frowned upon.  You all, democrats and republicans, were on the train when it derailed into the American tax payers neighborhood decimating our back yards with your mess.  You people, you sorry ass elected officials, are the ones to blame and we should fire every last one of you who were not pro-active in attempting to prevent the derailing of this housing market train.  You people took our trust, what little we gave you, and pissed all over us with it.  Your betrayal and mismanagement of our nation is utterly unacceptable and you should all be ashamed of yourselves for having taken part in it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Democrats have been in power over the last two years and nothing good has come from it.  Bush will be judged by history, and history alone as to whether or not he was a good president.  The claims against him are many, the facts are in question, and the spin is on going on both sides.  But lets face it, this problem started back in the 90's on so many levels to now assign sole blame to one side or the other is as I said above,  utterly unacceptable.  Both parties are to blame.  They had our nation in their hands for 16 years and look at the mess they have made of it. Its time to fire em all and bring in a new set of leaders.  Leaders like Sarah Palin.  Sure many of you dislike her solely based upon the fact that she is a conservative republican, but I say to you now, as an American, that people like her be they republican, democrat, or independent who are not a part of the last 16 years of corruption and greed in Washington DC are exactly who we need to lead our nation now and into the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need new blood, people who will work with each other putting the nation first, refusing special interest bribes, saying no to big cooperations who take our jobs over seas, higher than though spending, irresponsible risk taking, deceitful and dishonest behavior, and weak in the knee's and short on brains foreign policies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are in not only a struggle to safe guard our very way of life in the here and now, but a struggle to keep our way of life alive for the next 200 years.  There are people out their who hate us and want us all dead.  We cannot cuddle or cradle these monsters nor should we.  However we cannot go around picking fights and offending our allies around the world with a wild west posse mentality.  We are bigger than this, our country is bigger than this. We are, as Ronald Reagan spoke so fondly, a shining beacon to others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since 1992, and perhaps before, we have become less than what we were.  Our nation should never have stood by and let the horrors of mass genocide go unanswered for so long in Europe and Africa.  When we were attacked we should have taken decisive and permanent action against Al Qaeda.  When the first signs of economic troubles started to surface in October of 97, 2000, 2001, and 2005, we should have forced our leaders to take action then, but we did not.  And in doing nothing, we empowered our elected officials to continue to conduct business as usual.  So in 2006 we made a change, and that change has bore out the fruits for which we now find horribly unpalatable.  It is not their fault, it is ours for being conned so effectively by both parties into believing that they were smarter than we.  These last 16 years have been one monstrous nightmare of epic proportions and I for one am sickened by the obvious truth that more of the same, regardless of who wins come November, will continue to go on and even worsen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to pay off this national debt we will have to raise taxes.  That is the simple ugly truth of the matter.  We will have to end our policing efforts in Iraq sooner rather than later, rap up our endeavors in Afghanistan, and cut back on our world wide aid programs.  We will have to cut domestic spending, reduce our military, and sell off our assets.  On top of that we will have to continue to fight the good fight against world wide terrorism, keep and even improve our national security efforts, reach an accord on global issues such as immigration, pollution, and global warming.  All of this while protecting our constitutional rights and freedoms, working across party lines for the betterment of America and by extension the world, and simply trying our best to not muck things up any worse than we have already done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is going to be a tall order for whomever wins office come November.  As I stated before, I do not agree with Senator Obama's political ideology, but if he is elected, apart from his gun grabbing efforts, I will give him my full support and be damn proud of any positive accomplishment that he and our other elected officials perform while being understanding and supportive of any failures.  All I ask is that we all work together over the next many years to fix what is broken without breaking anything else. To keep us all safe while not making others unsafe.  To protect our freedoms and liberties without ending others.  We are Americans, we are all in this fight together and by damn it, we will all either sink or swim together or its game over for us and for our very way of life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-8222137655537573209?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/8222137655537573209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=8222137655537573209' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8222137655537573209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/8222137655537573209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/10/blame-game.html' title='The Blame Game'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-7683598751626851456</id><published>2008-09-18T14:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T23:42:58.237-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Change</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Obama has been attacking Senator McCain over the issue of change by saying that McCain is more of the same old same old, while he himself hasn't, as the self-proclaimed candidate for change, really brought about much of any change at all.  Obama talks about how we need change in his elegant speeches as if the term change is his personal and exclusively owned trademark. Yet when it came time to actually demonstrating his commitment to change what did he do; he chose Joseph Biden for his vice presidential running mate. Biden is a long time Washington DC liberal Senator who has done little to promote change in the twenty plus years that he has been in office.  Yet Obama mocks Senator McCain for his twenty plus years of service and then choose a running mate that has nearly as many years in the Senate as McCain. Now I don't know about you, but I certainly wouldn't call Senator Obama's first opportunity to prove that he is the candidate for change to be much of a change at all. Come to think of it, Senator Obama, in the time that he has been a Senator, hasn't promoted anything, aside from himself, let alone change while in service to his nation.  Obama blames the current Wall Street melt down on Senator McCain and the Republicans, yet he fails to acknowledge the involvement of his own party, let alone his personal involvement with Fanny May and Freddie Mac.  This is yet another prime example of Obama failing to demonstrate change. Instead of talking about how he will change the system that allowed he and his party to profit from these companies then lay the bill at the door step of the American tax payer, Senator Obama would rather dance the old Potomac two step and lay blame in order to avoid responsibility.  Senator Obama uses the word change but he does not speak nor has he demonstrated that he understands what change really means. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Now Senator McCain on the other hand has brought change, real change in that he chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska to be his vice presidential running mate.  Talk about change, Sarah Palin isn't part of the Washington DC belt way mainstream, and has put rubber to the road when it comes to demonstrating real change by bringing positive changes to her state through good leadership and common sense core conservative values and policies.  While Obama plays party politics, McCain worked with democrats to bring about campaign reform and worked across party lines fighting for the Surge, which Obama opposed, that definitely brought about a positive change in Iraq.  Obama doggedly refused to acknowledge that the surge is working which illustrates even more that when it comes to making real change Obama is blind, while McCain, a man with experience, isn't.  So when it comes down to seeing a change, I know that McCain and Palin represent the right choices for real and positive change in American.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-7683598751626851456?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/7683598751626851456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=7683598751626851456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/7683598751626851456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/7683598751626851456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/09/change.html' title='Change'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-518203366261413005</id><published>2008-07-17T16:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T16:32:10.055-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where have all the hero's gone?</title><content type='html'>In the words of a sad country song, "My hero's have always been cowboys."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We could really use a few John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart type hero's right about now to lead us back to the path of our past. A path that has seemingly been forgotten where morals and traditional American values taught us the meaning of honor, respect, responsibility, righteousness, and dignity. A path that has been hi-jacked by anti-American, politically correct, guns and hero's are bad, anti-Christan, anti-freedom of choice, free the criminal, huge your enemy, enslave the truth, adopt socialism, toss out the constitution, far left liberals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think back to when I was a kid and I weep like a school girl. I genuinely find myself filled with utter regret over what we have all lost. No, not lost, but rather given up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was a boy playing cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, army, and such was good. Now its evil. You could ride in the back of dads pickup, now thats child abuse. You could buy firecrackers and bottle rockets and play all day long without ever having to worry about some pedophile watching you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time when your parents could punish you for doing wrong and it made you stronger, a time when TV and video games were less important than getting out side and riding the horse or dirt bike around the property. Property that today is either a walmart or track housing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time when everything seemed fun and free, when we loved our parents and didn't need therapy. When being a man who spoke his mind didn't get him labeled as a redneck racist or sued for not being politically correct. A time when disputes were settled with fists and not lawsuits. A time when we had open spaces and could go camping without having to make reservations six months in advance. A time when you could go swimming in a public lake which is now closed to the public because its now a private lake. A time when a child could whistle at a cute girl and not be expelled from school and charged with a sex crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time when being a kid meant that you didn't have to worry about what you ate, watched, or played with. When you could drive for miles in any direction and not have to worry about traffic, red lights, or speed traps. A time when family disputes were settled in the family and not on Jerry Springer. A time when we knew that homework was to be done, school was important, and we respected our elders. A time when hunting was a sport and not a privilege. A time when you could ride your horse down the road and not have to have it diapered. When the dog could run free and be a dog. A time when it was ok to play with bb guns, be a gun owner, and not be labeled as a danger to society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time when Christmas meant more than commercialism and your birthday meant getting a real home baked cake instead of some store boughten thing. A time when the family sat down together every night for a home cooked dinner instead of hitting the local McDonald's. When spending time with your family was a good thing filled with love and fun. A time when you could hear the crickets out side and not the freeway 10 miles away. A time when the city lights didn't fill the night sky and you could look up and actually see the stars. A time before rap music and gang bangers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time when a man could defend his family without being prosecuted and criminals set free and aloud to sue their victims. A time when you could post a sign in your yard, 'this home protected by Smith &amp;amp; Wesson,' and criminals knew exactly what that meant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time when there wasn't a fucking McDonald's or Walmart on every corner. A time when mom and pop joints were all over the place and they all knew your name. A time when greed was good but practiced with restraint and Gas was only $0.99 cents a gallon and it was ok to drive the lawn mower down the road while drinking a cold beer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A time when being an American was a good thing, and not a dirty word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*My Heroes have always been cowboys - Willy Nelson - &lt;span&gt;Waylon Jennings&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-518203366261413005?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/518203366261413005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=518203366261413005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/518203366261413005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/518203366261413005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/07/where-have-all-heros-gone.html' title='Where have all the hero&apos;s gone?'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-3969501951680243349</id><published>2008-06-26T20:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T21:02:53.577-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Closet Racist Barrack Obama</title><content type='html'>Obama has turned this race for the white house into a racial one. "They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?" - Barrack H. Obama.  His meaning was very clear in that any one, I mean ANY ONE, who doesn't support or vote for him is a racist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funny, I don't feel like a racist because I dislike the mans politics. You know what I don't get, and I get a lot, is that there are people, namely liberal lefties, who are white and they are so enthralled with Obama, not because of his left wing politics, but because he's black.   While generally speaking most commonsense thinking people, non left wing liberals, will vote for a politician on the merits of his ability, not his race. It seems to me that this is not the case in Obama's instance.  We all know that the black vote is going to Obama but in all honesty, we, those of us who are not black, out number the black voting population.  So for us it isn't a race factor, its a political one.  But for the blacks and the liberal left its all about race. I personally don't like Obama because of his politics, and I don't like him because he is touted as being the second coming of Christ.  He is a very dangerous man in my opinion who enjoys an almost fanatical zealot based cult following who promote him as if he is a God (Alla).  These left wing liberals, call everyone who doesn't support Obama racist. These brain washed left wing zealots have abused the truth and ignored commonsense far beyond the point of lunacy into the realm of absolute insanity as they continue trash any who don't support Obama.  These left wing liberal hypocrites promote Obama, his agenda, and the belief that only racists won't vote for him as they bulldoze their way forward into the white house, oops, I mean the Presidents House.  (We have to be politically correct here.)  Most blacks look onto Obama as a religious experience, a black Messiah so to speak while non-blacks view him as a symbol to their ego's and proof to the out side world that they, and they alone, have put their racial prejudice aside. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is hypocrisy at its best.  I am willing to bet that many of those folks who are not black, who preach so devoutly about how we need Obama's kind of change, will, when the voting booth current is closed, won't vote for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Obama Obama Obama" Schuss the current closes "McCain."  Schuss the current opens.  "Obama Obama Obama."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-3969501951680243349?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/3969501951680243349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=3969501951680243349' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/3969501951680243349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/3969501951680243349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/06/closet-racist-barrack-obama.html' title='The Closet Racist Barrack Obama'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-5108823457136221788</id><published>2008-06-05T01:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T01:47:47.724-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NRA Membership List To Be Exploited By The Far Left.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Freedom is earned and it is not for sale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a long-term member of the NRA and I fully support them.  However I have found that many of my friends are afraid to join the NRA, or even subscribe to gun magazines, out of fear that when the Liberals take power, they will use the NRA's own membership list, and the subscriber lists of gun magazines, to find gun owners.  They will, as is the nature of the far left, work diligently to humiliate these people by publicly posting the lists for other liberal POS to start harassing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I don't believe that our government would ever stoop to such lows, I am however reminded about the good old Patriot Act that allows our government to gain access to your library records and credit card purchase records without a warrant.  And given that anyone can be listed as a member of a "terrorist organization," without any truth, I am beginning to sweat a bit.  It is a fact that those vile far left liberals will work over time to have the NRA and all other pro-gun organizations, listed as domestic terrorists.  So by just being a member of the NRA, or having a subscriptions to a gun magazine  you will by default become a domestic terrorist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the Patriot Act, which will be widely abused by the far left liberals in the very manor for which they say the Republicans are, but in truth are not, exploiting it. They will pass judgment upon millions of Americans as the Nazi's did by using the membership/subscriber lists for pro-gun organizations and magazine subscription to find you out.  You will become a second class citizen within your own country over night.  And once they have us, and they will have us, they will take away our guns, our freedom, and our ability to stand up against them and say "NO!"  We will be humiliated, criminalized, and persecuted for our beliefs.  The motto, live free or die, will become evil words as these Nazi social fascists pry our guns from your cold dead hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past we have made to many compromises, to many retreats, these far left liberal anti-freedom zealots  advance and we fall back, they devalue entire pro-gun laws and legislation and we stand by and do nothing.  They attack the constitution and lay waste to our freedoms and we ignore them. Well I say enough is enough, this far, no further.  Let this election be the line in the sand that we hold fast to.  If they want to take our freedoms from us, let them step out into the light of day and try. If we can stop them now, we can stop them forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don't forget, once Obama is in office, the call for over turning all pro-gun legislation that has been passed over the last 14 years will go into over drive.  The Fairness in Commerce Act will be the first victim of this new administration.  Followed by a full out ban on concealed weapons nation wide.  A moratorium on firearm and ammunition manufacturing and sales. And a full on ban and confiscation of all "military style firearms" will occur via Executive Order which will then be upheld by the Democratic controlled congress.  You think I am joking; well I am not.  The fight for our freedom, long ago started, is in its final days.  If we fail to stand up and fight hard for our values, our rights, and our way of life, we will be beaten, subjugated, and criminalized.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;America will cease to be the land of the free, home of the brave, replaced by the land of the followers, home of the subjugated.  I kid you not, we are in the fight for our very way of life and any fool that willingly votes for Obama or Hillary Clinton is a traitor to the American way of life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-5108823457136221788?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/5108823457136221788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=5108823457136221788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5108823457136221788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/5108823457136221788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/06/nra-membership-list-to-be-exploited-by.html' title='NRA Membership List To Be Exploited By The Far Left.'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-629510141728544089</id><published>2008-05-31T14:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T11:39:06.061-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Crime of the Zero Tolerence Policy</title><content type='html'>After reading this latest shameful act by a school I had to say something and I hope you will agree.  A fourth-grader, Bradley Geslak, was suspended from Toy Town Elementary School for bringing a Memorial Day souvenir to school. A soldier had given young Bradley an empty brass shell casing that was used in the Memorial Day celebration as souvenir and the young boy was suspended for five days after taking it too school.  The school is refusing to return his private property, and are considering assigning the boy a probation officer.  He is only 10 years old for crying out loud!  We will stand up and protect the rights of fanatics who want to kill us, but we won't stand up for our own children and their rights?  Where is the equality in that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3975" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.nraila.org/Legislati&lt;wbr&gt;on/Read.aspx?ID=3975&lt;/a&gt;  - Link to the article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of this asinine Zero Tolerance Policy our children are being expelled from schools around the nation for simple innocent things such as pointing fingers, drawing pictures, reading magazines, playing with harmless toys, and so on. Why is there no out cry of support for our children when they are being catastrophically punished because of a one size fits all arcane school policy that does little more than punish kids for being kids.  Yet when some fanatic gets mad because some unbeliever touched his holly book, the out crying of support for him is deafening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't understand why it is that we will stand up for everyone else's rights but when it comes to our own and those of our children, we are a no show.  Instead we criminalize our children for being children.  This is just utterly demoralizing to say the least.  This zero tolerance policy that has been universally adopted by schools around this nation has been hijacked and horribly misused by totalitarianistic  school officials to enforce an ever harmfully increasing far left liberal anti-American doctrine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our children are being punished for ridiculous and utterly outrageous reasons all in the name of Zero Tolerance. Tell me how can it be called protecting the young when you humiliate, expel, and then assign a probation officer to a 10 year old boy who's only crime was playing with a harmless peace of brass?  Or worse, playing with a GI Joe figure, or drawing a gun on a peace of paper?  Since when is it a criminal offense to read the American Rifleman during library time?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People are upset because a teacher in Florida had the class vote a disrupted child from the room, yet when an innocent 10 year old is kicked out of school for doing NOTHING wrong, no one gets angry.  Why, why is that?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-629510141728544089?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/629510141728544089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=629510141728544089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/629510141728544089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/629510141728544089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/05/crime-of-zero-tolerence-policy.html' title='The Crime of the Zero Tolerence Policy'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-1687671756609760612</id><published>2008-05-28T18:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T18:38:46.985-07:00</updated><title type='text'>If Not Bush, Then Who</title><content type='html'>If Not Bush, Then Who?&lt;br /&gt;Written 5/5/07&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After September 11th 2001, what choices did we really have as a nation?  Had Al Gore been elected to the highest office in the land our response to the terrorist attacks would have more likely than not, been to do nothing except retaliate with a few cruise missile attacks.  History has shown us that Clinton's edict of appeasing terrorism and the very terrorist who have attacked us had only served to emboldened them into picking newer more high profile targets. Thankfully for our nations sake Al Gore did not win the 2000 presidential election and our response to 9/11 was proportionate to the crime. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After Afghanistan had been liberated, the Taliban routed in a most humiliating defeat, and a new government established by the Afghan people for the Afghan people our leaders turned our great nations eye toward that little infected pimple nation on the ass of the world known as Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If not for Bush then who I ask you?  Sooner or later someone would have to deal with Saddam and his openly anti-cooperative stance against good and decent behavior.  We all know that Clinton just passed the buck, something that he was very well known for, onto the next president, that being George Bush.  Clinton was not a stupid man, in fact he could be classified as brilliant in that he skillfully navigated the politically land mine infested international stage of the Middle East and dispassionately dumped this Iraq turd squarely onto the plate of his successor.  And what was his successor to do? Was he to just leave the turd sitting there for the next person to hold the office to deal with, or was he to do something about it?  Well after September 11th that turd's stench became more than any one man could bare, so it was decided that it would once and for all be flushed away.  So for right or wrong, the buck passing would have to stop in the hands of George W. Bush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the wake of history we all know now that what we thought we new then was not the truth.  Many feel that we were led astray and in fact openly lied to by the President and the whole Iraq war was nothing more than a vendetta against a man who had tried to kill the Presidents father, the first President Bush.  Some even felt that it was all about oil and power, that this whole war was nothing more than a manufactured excuse to steal the riches of Iraq and enslave its population.  None of these have baked hippy wet dreams are true, the war wasn't about revenge or oil; it was about making the war on terror a real war.  You see after the Taliban had been defeated there was really no front line for the war on Terror.  So the administration decided to deal with two problems at the same time.  One, the Iraq issue and the belief that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and was trying to acquire more, and two, give the bloodthirsty anti-American jihad terrorists a place to come and fight the evil vile Americans.  A central point were these cave dwelling religious fanatics could come and be killed.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the greater scheme of things, there really was no choice.  The evidence had mounted that Iraq had indeed gathered WMD's and Saddam had grown even more belligerent with time.  Under the terms of the first Gulf War ceasefire we had the right to resume military action if Saddam failed to comply with any of the terms of the ceasefire.  The fact that he attempted to have former President Bush assassinated was all the justification the US needed to go to war, however then President Clinton, in his tried and true way, only sent in a limited cruise missile strike.  This lack of a response only served to make Saddam more aggressive in his maneuverings with the UN.  When the US decided to finally end this stand off with Saddam our leaders went to the UN seeking help.  What we did not know, could not have known, was that many of the nations who ultimately denounced the Iraq war had in fact been dealing with Saddam and growing fat off the hidden and illegal deals they had with him.  The food for oil scam proves this point without question.  Even the highest-ranking UN official had his hands in this cookie jar of shame.  These nations did not want to end the gravy train that was Iraq because they wanted to keep the blood money flowing and to prevent their deals from ever seeing the light of day.  Their decisions about the war were not guided by moral values; they were guided by greed pure and simple.  And when they were discovered, did they apologize, no, they launched an anti-American propaganda war that even to this day clouds the truth of their actions in that they willfully violated international law, endangered American lives, and flat out lied to the member nations of the UN about their illegal back door dealings with Iraq.  It was not moral fortitude as they claim that led them, our supposed allies, to leave America virtually standing by herself in the face of terrorism, it was selfishness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end the war happened and the mistakes that led to it became known.  However, again, I must ask you, if not Bush then who?  At some point Saddam would have had to been dealt with one way or another.  Clinton had passed the buck onward and for the most part I believe Bush would have ultimately done the same had it not been for 9/11. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They say that Bush lied, well we know that that is simply not true because the same Intel used by Bush and company, as justification for the war was the same Intel that Bill Clinton had been given.  Clinton believed it, in fact so did most nations who were privy to the information.  It wasn't until after the war that we all discovered, much to the embarrassment of our nations leaders, that the information was wrong.  Even though we still had justification for taking action:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.    Saddam violated the terms of the ceasefire.&lt;br /&gt;a.    He would not allow weapons inspectors to do their jobs.&lt;br /&gt;b.    He masterminded the assassination attempt on Former President Bush.&lt;br /&gt;c.    He failed to comply with UN resolutions.&lt;br /&gt;d.    It was believed that he had stocked piled WMD's&lt;br /&gt;e.    It was believed that he was seeking more WMD's&lt;br /&gt;f.    He was a destabilizing figure in the middle east&lt;br /&gt;g.    It was believed that he was supporting terrorism and paying terrorist bombers to kill themselves in Israel.&lt;br /&gt;h.    He was openly defiant in the face of good will and used the money from oil for food deals to beef up his military and to build new palaces all the while his people were starving in the streets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.    Virtually every intelligence agency in the world believed that Saddam had WMD's and the will to use them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following the victory over Saddam and his government several mistakes were made by Bush's administration.  Many believe that this is the point when things began to spin out of control in Iraq. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.    The people who were charged with establishing a new government in Iraq were replaced by Administration lackeys who followed a self destructive anti-baath debaathification plan and set in motion events that would lead to years of blood shed by insurgents and terrorists.&lt;br /&gt;2.    The Vice Presidents former company, Halliburton was given a no bid contract deal worth billions to assist in US government operations and help rebuild Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;3.    Greed became the word of the day as the feeding frenzy began and the noble goals that were outlined as the secondary excuse for going to war were thrown aside. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The violence that followed these early mistakes still haunts us today.  Each day that passes only serves to increase the body count of US service personnel.  Who is to blame for this?  Many far left liberals choose to lay the blame for US dead squarely in the lap of President Bush.  However he really is not at fault for this, the Democrats are.&lt;br /&gt;First and foremost, no one could have predicted, nor did they predict, the events that would follow the defeat of Saddam and his minions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Democrats saw an opportunity to gain some political traction at the expense of our troops.  They began to test the waters of anti-war sentiment as early as 2003 and heavily during the 2004 Presidential election.  They called for withdrawals, redeployments, and pullouts.  To the insurgents, the terrorist, and the religious leaders in Iraq, and indeed within the entire Muslim world, these terms and the anti war sentiment of the far left liberal Democrats only served to give them hope.  Hope that if they killed enough of our soldiers we would loose our will to fight and run home crying to momma.  So they stepped up their campaign of terror and drove the US soldier body count up.  They made no qualms about this, and in fact bragged openly about it.  They captured and beheaded American personnel, blew up troops with IED's, manufactured worldwide outrage with propaganda, false accusations of war crimes, and staged acts of atrocities that they then blamed US troops for.  They did this all the while pointing at US mistakes and citing them as excuses to behead and kill even more.  During this time the anti-Bush far left liberal anti-war Democrats cheered and pushed harder and more frequently for withdrawal.  The more the US troops the terrorists killed the more the Democrats called for pullout, the more the terrorists killed.  It became a self-feeding circle jerk between the far left liberal Democrats and the fanatical fascist Islamic terrorists. They were feeding off of each other like cannibals at an all you can eat human buffet.  In one instance Osama Bin Laden himself even offered his support to John Kerry during his bid for the Presidency, stating that he wanted Kerry to win.  Ask yourselves why would a terrorist bent upon killing as many Americans as he could, one of the master minds of 9/11 want to support a Democratic candidate for President?  Simple, Kerry was firmly entrenched in the "pull out" of Iraq camp by this time and Bin Laden saw him, and the Democratic Party as his savior.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The more the Democrats called for withdrawal the more troops in Iraq died.   The media had long since jumped onto the anti-Bush, anti-War, anti-Truth band wagon and were doing their best to promote a negative view of the war despite the fact that the war was going well.  Many politicians, including Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Jimmy Cater all went to other nations and denounced both President Bush and the war on terror.  Treasonous actions to say the least perpetrated by men seeking nothing more than political attention and 250k on the lecture circuit.  These men, through their actions, gave the terrorists exactly what they needed, a means to turn the world against their enemy, and play themselves off as the victims.  Here in the US people began calling these terrorist, the very people who were killing our troops in Iraq, freedom fighters.  They started to call Bush a war criminal and elements of our own government began to leak vital top-secret information to the ever-growing anti-Bush media.  Osama Bin Laden said it best when he said that we would loose because we are afraid to die and they, meaning him and his followers, are not.  He knew that the Democrats would ultimately start to use the war as a political propaganda machine to help them regain power in Washington.  So he played to their wishes and they lapped it up like starving dogs at dinnertime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Democrats used our troops as pawns in their political scheming to regain power.  How many of our men and women in uniform died because they failed to support our nations in time of war?  They knew that if they took a public anti-war position that it would embolden the fanatics in the middle east to kill even more of our servicemen and women.  They knowingly and willfully sacrificed our troops so that they could return to power in Washington.  And once they got that power what did they do but hold up funding for our troops in an arm-twisting maneuver to force a full on retreat out of Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Democrats believe that they know what is best for everyone and that no one should have the right to freedom of choice.  They believe that we all need to be told how to think, and what to think via politically correctness coupled with anti-freedom legislation.  They prove day in and day out with their petty anti-Bush, anti-Military, anti-Constitutional acts of legislation that they are shameless opportunistic hypocrites. They have deliberately used our troops, cost the lives of thousands of them, just to get back into power.  And once there they continue to put the lives of our troops secondary to their own political agenda's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iraq was a mistake in hindsight, but as stated, if not Bush then who?  How long would the Democrats have passed on that buck before finally realizing that we all stand together in this fight against terrorism or we all stand apart as we watch the mushroom clouds rise up over our cities?  There is absolutely no doubt that eventually millions of Americans are going to pay the ultimate price for the actions of the current Democratic party as their lives are snuffed out in the flash of nuclear bombs set off by the very terrorist they helped to escape justice.  When that day comes, who will they blame?  Surely they won't accept responsibility for their own actions, actions that paved the way for the terrorist to acquire then use such weapons of mass destruction.  No they will pass the buck yet once again onto the very people who tried to prevent these kinds of acts by saying that they failed to put an end to terrorism therefore they are to blame. They will blame Bush for not doing enough to end terrorism, forgetting that they themselves tied his hands through their actions.  Oh the Democrats will stand up and play the victims as they pass the blame of their own legacy, a legacy of anti-military, anti-war on terrorism, and anti-American sentiment onto the very people who tried, and were prevented, from protecting this nation.  These far left liberal Democrats will call for senate hearings, criminal charges, and investigations but in the end, when the truth is know, that it was they who opened the door that allowed the terrorists to eviscerate our cities, will pass the buck once again and put the blame for this great American tragedy on someone else.  And when the time once again comes to stand up and fight for freedom, they will loose their will, become weak at the knees and fall back on their tried and true gravy train; they will take an anti-war stance and cost even more American deaths as they maneuver for even more political power.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If not Bush, then who?  Our children that is who.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-1687671756609760612?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/1687671756609760612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=1687671756609760612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/1687671756609760612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/1687671756609760612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/05/if-not-bush-then-who.html' title='If Not Bush, Then Who'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-4973505930819106428</id><published>2008-05-28T18:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T18:37:10.715-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bias In The Media</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="blogSubject"&gt;               Bias In The Media&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="blogSubject"&gt;written 1/10/07&lt;br /&gt;                                            &lt;/p&gt;                               &lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Media biased has become so visually apparent that to deny it exists is a kin to saying that there is no moon.  Here are some examples of new biased.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trent Lott was basically fired from his position within the Senate because he made the statement, &lt;i&gt;"You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today,"&lt;/i&gt; at Strom Thurman's 100th birthday party celebration. (Unknowing to Trent, Strom was a member of a party in the late 40's whose centerpiece was opposition to integration, and that Strom himself made the statement that he was proud to be a member of that party when he made a bid for the white house in the 70's.) Trent was basically ruined for this comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senator John Kerry openly makes what he later refers to as a bad joke, &lt;i&gt;"You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."&lt;/i&gt; Many people, especially those men and women in uniform to whom many believe the comment was, by association, directed, did not openly view this "joke" comment as humorous. Kerry's comments, while embarrassing for a week or so, had no seemingly lasting affect on the man or his career.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, told a crowd gathered at City Hall last year for a march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that New Orleans will be "chocolate" again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many believe that his comments were innocent and bared no racist views at all. Thus this story simply went away with no lasting affects on the Mayor; say for his overwhelming re-election victory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No I ask you if a Republican had made the Kerry comments, or if a Republican Mayor had stood on the steps to City Hall of some city and said that this city would be a "Vanilla city" again, what would the fall out have been?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simple answer, they would have both lost their jobs in the ensuing media frenzy. That being said, the view that there is a media bias, a double standard if you will, that unfairly targets certain individuals over their comments, yet openly ignores equally derogatory comments made by others, does exist. This bias is far from being equally applied to all who make inappropriate comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It appears that your political affiliation might in some way insolate or target you for retribution over your comments. I ask you is this fair? Shouldn't they all be held to the same standard of bad comment equals bad press on an even and equal basis?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While innocent comment at a 100th birthday party results in the termination of one mans career, the comments by a mayor that are openly racist serve to get him re-elected. Only in America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span times="" new="" roman=""&gt;Additionally when the news media reports on ethics in both the Senate an Congress, they crucify the republicans for any ethics violation no matter how small, yet they say virtually nothing about Democrats who have violated ethics and are still in office and in at least one case, put in charge of the oversight committee to the very agency that is investigating them.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ask that they stop making mountains out of molehills, but if they must continue, that they do it equally across the spectrum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-4973505930819106428?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/4973505930819106428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=4973505930819106428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4973505930819106428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/4973505930819106428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/05/bias-in-media.html' title='Bias In The Media'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-3585325475284668517</id><published>2008-05-28T18:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T18:35:46.938-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Googles Hypocrisy</title><content type='html'>Any one who uses Google, and well that is pretty much everyone at this point in time, knows, or at least has suspected that Google has gone out of their way to support left wing liberal points of view at the expense of being equal and balanced to all points of view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very good friend was fired from Google a year or so ago from her Google job because she had put up a picture of Elder George Bush in her cubicle as a joke response to a few employees who had started putting up dozens of pictures of Bill Clinton throughout the office. She was fired, and they were not fired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"CEO Eric Schmidt gave the maximum legal limit of donations to Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry and to primary candidate Howard Dean." - http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44717&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google claims that it is their way not to do evil yet they won't knowingly hire people who subscribe to the views of or who are Republicans. In fact once an employee is or has been identified as or is suspected of being a republican, they are pretty much on the way out if not out right terminated. Tell me that this is doing no evil. Since all employees must sign non disclosure agreements when they are hired, when they are fired they keep their mouths shut out of fear of loosing what little benefits they have left or out of fear of being sued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any one who chooses to look at the facts can easily unearth the truth about how hypocritical Google really is. Do no evil doesn't apply when the evil is being done to people who are or support Republican ideals. Those are morality, self responsibility, live and let live philosophy, and freedom of choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morality is the right of person to make moral and ethical decisions for themselves and their loved ones. A parent is a good example of a moral person. They are the builders of their child's point of view on the world. If you teach your child good, then in most cases your child will do good. But if you accept the anti-family liberal way of raising your young, chances are your children will grow up with no moral fiber what so ever. A good way to zero in on what kind of parent you are is how you would respond to your child's school having sponsored an all student assembly when the guest speakers promote gay sex, open drug use, and anti-family values. If your response to this is one of out rage, then chances are your a person with high moral standard, if you response to this is that you support the school and want more assemblies like this, well then your more likely than not a liberal left wing democrat. (Bolder High School in Colorado held just such an assembly only a month ago.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Self responsibility is taking responsibility for your own actions regardless of the consequences. Lets be honest, most of use will do our damnedest not to get caught at making a bad mistake. We will plead not guilty even if they catch us red handed. Have you ever wondered why that is? Well its because the belief that we are all responsible for our own actions has been driven into the ground by our corrupted legal system that frees the rich while overly punishing the poor. There is an old saying, how much justice can you afford. Honesty doesn't pay in our legal system because our legal system is a system of manipulation. So stepping up and taking responsibility for ones own actions has become an act of suicide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However many people who do subscribe to moral and ethical behavior more often than not, do take responsibly for what they have done. While this is a dying trait among the masses, it still survives in a few.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live and let live philosophy and the belief in freedom of choice are very closely related when it comes to the Republican point of view. Most left wing Democrats don't want you to have any freedoms, in fact they themselves what to protect you from your freedoms and in doing so tell you how to live your life. Need an example of this, well where do you think the term and now daily philosophy of "politically correct" came from? Left wing democrats believe that people don't need freedom, they need to be told what to do, how to think, and how to live. This is why they support big government, more laws, and genuinely work against the constitution unless it favors their point of view. They denounce the second amendment, you all know that one, its the one that guarantees the people the right to keep and bare arms. Without that right we have no rights. With out that right the will of the few, those in charge, crush the will of the many, us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most Republicans, and many Democrats believe that freedom of choice is fundamental to a live and let live philosophy. When you start telling people how to live and what to do you take away their freedom. When you eradicate a constitutional right because of the point of view of the few because it is the politically correct thing to do, you turn a nation based upon freedom into a nation of slaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben Franklin once said "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep discussing whats for dinner."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our nation is a Republic for a reason. It gives every American the "RIGHT" to the articles of freedom contained within our constitution. The Constitution gives guaranteed freedoms for all that cannot be voted away by a democracy vote of 2 to 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freedom of choice promotes a live and let live philosophy. If you believe that we have enough laws on the books already, that it is the responsibility of the people to lead the government and not the governments role to lead the people, then you can understand the true value of what it means to be an American.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Companies like Google are in the business of control. They don't want you to have any freedom, oh they say they do but in all reality when they control the flow of information, they can bend it in whatever way they want. And that is precisely what Google does. They tell you what the left wing liberals want you to hear while dramatically pushing aside the counter balance of any other points of view. Tell me that is promoting freedom and I will be silent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google isn't about being open and fair to all points of view. Google Video, and their youtube network, are inundated by anti-Bush pro left wing liberal propaganda. Look for pro Republican information all you generally are going to get are anti-Republican pro left wing liberal materials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first step to controlling a population is to control and manipulate all information. The liberal left wing view is being prominently pushed upon our children in school at the expense of traditional values of moral and ethical behavior. They control virtually all sources of information and denounce any alternative source of differing points of view. (Look at how the left wing liberals attack Fox News and any conservative news paper.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at how the mass media has degenerated into tabloid tv. Look at how the media has responded to political events over the last few years. How they have been caught time and again forsaken the truth in order to actively promoting the lies of the uber left wing liberal point of view. It's not ok that Valerie Plane was identified as a CIA employee, but it is ok when someone at the CIA leaks top secret information about the ongoing anti-terror operation being undertaken at the CIA. They manufacture false outrage at AG Alberto Gonzales over the firing of a few attorneys who serve at the pleasure of the President, yet they say NOTHING about the fact that Bill Clinton had fired every last one of them when he was elected to office. Why do they hide the truth to promote the lie? Because the lie is what the left wing liberals want you to believe. Lets face it folks, if you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the new truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the time most TV fed Americans wise up and realize that they have been led away from their moral and ethically driven life styles of a live and let live philosophy in the belief of freedom of choice strait into the chains of totalitarianism, it will be too late for them to effect any change short of an out right revolution. But these sheep won't fight, they will just accept their fate like all good animals bound for the slaughter house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On on the slaughter house you will see a big huge Google sign. Do no evil my ass.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-3585325475284668517?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/3585325475284668517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=3585325475284668517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/3585325475284668517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/3585325475284668517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/05/googles-hypocrisy.html' title='Googles Hypocrisy'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-2419008960592926369</id><published>2008-05-28T18:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T18:34:18.472-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Fight For The Right</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;     Amendment II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bare arms, shall not be infringed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we all know that this amendment, a constitutional freedom for all Americans, has been under heavy attack for decades. Recently with the court case of the District of Columbia vs. Heller, the issue of an individuals right to self-defense has been brought before the Supreme Court.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The anti-freedom gun grabbers argue that the second amendment does not give any rights to individuals, that the terms "militia" and "peoples" disqualifies the individuals right to bear arms. That the soul purpose of the second amendment is to give government, in this case the state, the right to form militias and does not extend the right to individuals to keep and bare arms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would offer up a dispute to this contention in that the framers knew that unified defense of state begins with an individuals right to self-defense. The core issue is the concept of the meaning "individual." Is it an individuals right or a "peoples" right? If you believe the argument of the anti-freedom gun grabbers, then the term "peoples" means a collective group, a militia. If you are of the mind of freedom first, you then most likely interpret the word "peoples" to mean an individuals rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I take this to mean that individuals, as in we the people, have the right to keep and bear arms in that we as individuals have a right to self defense. Our families have the right to defend our homes against aggression. The people of our hometowns have the right to stand in common defense in order to defend our towns. Our states, a collection of towns, families, and individuals, have the right to defend its boarders and unite with other states to defend our nation. The core of our national defense starts with the individual. To deny the individual, we the people, our collective individual right to keep and bear arms for any reason is to deny our fundamental freedoms. Our Republic is after all, a nation of the people for the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"United we stand or divided we shall fall." Those are not just words they have meaning. If we were to subscribe the ideology of the far left liberals, then we as a nation shall fall. What happens if a nation’s military is devastated? We all know that the far left liberals despise our military and have openly called for its disbandment. So it isn't too far of a reach to consider that if they gain absolute power, they will down size the military, suspend military technology research, and open up dialog with our former enemies as if we all lived in a great worldwide utopia of United Nations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consider if you will, that without a military how will we defend our nation. Shall we be relying upon the charity of the United Nations for our protections? Looking back at the United Nations track record in Bosnia, the Sudan, and else where and we can see that they are not a very effective force when it comes to defending people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So without a military to defend out nation who then shall we find to defend us? Certainly we the people of the United States are not unable to defend ourselves. Not yet any ways. If our military should happened to be overwhelmed, and our nation sieged, it will be we the people, a collection of individuals, who will stand up and take the fight to the enemy. Take away our right to self-defense by taking the freedom we have to choose whether or not to own a firearm, and we stand before our enemies naked, like sheep before a pack of hungry wolves. History has proven time and time again that the weak and defenseless shall and have always fallen prey to those aggressors who have happened along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being made defenseless does not make we the people safer. That is the crux of the District of Columbia vs. Heller. While the Mayor of DC walks away with his taxpayer paid for armed police escort, he is protected, what about us?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A police force is not a militia, and we all know from humble experience that in a situation where only the police are the ones who are armed, it is no longer a free state, it is a police state.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-2419008960592926369?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/2419008960592926369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=2419008960592926369' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2419008960592926369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/2419008960592926369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/05/fight-for-right.html' title='The Fight For The Right'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393060991364144372.post-706965767037791647</id><published>2008-05-28T18:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T18:32:38.295-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Hollywood Message</title><content type='html'>I ask you at what point in our collective history did we American gun owners become a second class citizens? I watch television these days and all I seem to see are strong and deliberate anti-gun messages. It is as if the anti-gun agenda has some how become the marketing ploy of Hollywood and the elite social left wing liberals of America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean who are these people that we should listen to what they are saying as if they ordered God himself to carve it into stone for all to worship? These people are just actors and actresses playing parts on television shows or working behind news desks. All because someone might play the President on TV doesn't make him the moral icon of the universe. These people are no more or less special than the rest of us except that they think, and willingly promote the misconception that legal and law abiding American gun owners are some how second class citizen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They push their views down our throats like a poison without concern for the truth or establish fact. They perpetuate the anti-gun agenda that its ok to discriminate against gun owners because we are, in their view, nothing more than frustrated, God worshiping, murder crazed, illiterate, red neck lunatics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask yourself why are they doing this? Why would Sen. (D) Charles Schumer be so alarmed that forty, 40, out of fifty thousand American citizens were able to legally buy a firearm while being on the governments terrorist watch list. A list that they don't even know they are on since most of them have never committed a crime. Charles Schumer refused to accept the established fact that anti-gun laws and gun bans do not make us safer, they make us victims? He of all people should know about secret Government watch list and what usually happens to the people, who through no fault of their own, find themselves on one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask yourself, why is it that the anti-gun folks want to eliminate our gun rights? What possible reason could they have? Is it that they want America to be gun free and safe like Great Britain and Australia? Both of those great nations passed sweeping gun ban laws and their crime rates sored and have yet to come down. Do they want all America cities to be like those with the nations highest crime rates? Washington DC, New York, LA, and Chicago have the strictest anti-gun laws in the nation and also have the highest crime rates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why are the anti-freedom gun grabbers so willing to lie to the American people in the face of overwhelming evidence? The only answer that fits is that they want to perpetuate the lie that gun bans make us safer in order to further their agenda. So what is their real agenda if a safer Utopian America is not really what they are after? Well lets take a good look at what has happened and how Hollywood, the newly self appointed moral center of America, has used the media and television to turn what was once considered a noble American act of patriotism, gun ownership, into a dirty, nasty, evil, and corrupt thing. How shows like the West Wing routinely portray gun owners as nothing more than frustrated, crack pot, red neck, psychopaths bent on forming militias and wrecking the American way of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply put the anti-gun advocates of America are using the power of visual communication, television, in an attempt to brain wash American views into believing that we should just give up our rights because to own a gun makes you a dirty, nasty, and evil person. They are trying, and succeeding in convincing everyday Americans that supporting gun ownership and gun rights is no longer "socially acceptable" and therefore they should look down upon the second amendment and those who support it as second class citizens. That the right to keep and bare arms is an obsolete amendment and should be expunged from the Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey if it worked for Hitler why not try it here? The anti-gun folks are not stupid, they know how Hitler used his popularity along with a slick propaganda program to get the German people to hand over their guns, and we all know what happened after that. Six million plus people on a government watch lists paid the ultimate price as a result of a gun free police state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I should point out that the anti-gun folks love lists and would love nothing more than to see every American gun owner on one call as gun owner registration. This way, when their political party rises to power, most likely in 2008, they can launch their campaign of anti-gun terror to humiliation, chastise, embarrass, and destroy gun owners, their credibility, and their constitutional right to keep and bare arms. Oh wait, they are already doing this, right now, through television, print, and ten second sound bites. They have already eroded public opinion, not by telling us the truth, but by lying to us about what it is they want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They have in a very short time managed to turn what was once a noble and honorable thing into something that most people are now ashamed to admit, that they are gun owners. Now I don't care if you are a democrat or a republican, you have a choice, you can either support your right to keep and bare arms, or you can give it up and with it the very thing that makes America so great, our freedom; and with it, our very ability to defend it. If they can take away our right to keep and bare arms, what will they want to take from us next? And when the day comes that they want to take something that we don't want to give up, how can we say no? Simple, say NO to the anti-gun advocates and the politicians they support now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393060991364144372-706965767037791647?l=standingtallinhell.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/feeds/706965767037791647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3393060991364144372&amp;postID=706965767037791647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/706965767037791647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393060991364144372/posts/default/706965767037791647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://standingtallinhell.blogspot.com/2008/05/hollywood-message.html' title='The Hollywood Message'/><author><name>William Christopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08651949105548209755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_0tKMi28FYvM/SEswcrHAtCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cyNMB1e7hYw/S220/ontheprawlsmall.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
