Religion of Peace?

I ran across this today and was immediately compelled to post this on my blog. I couldn't agree more, nor could I have said it any better! Read on...

Other than submission, what legitimate forms of protest are allowed non-Muslims? In the name of tolerance and cultural sensitivity, We are told by Islamic "bridge builders" that we must allow a victory mosque on 9/11 hallowed ground or, there will be violence; we are told that if a kook minister burns a Koran, there will be violence; we're told that South Park can't portray big Mo as a teddy bear or there will be violence. When a Danish cartoonist depicts big Mo there is not only violence but actual riots; we are repeatedly told that all of these things become recruiting tools for Al Qaeda, etc... The truth is much more simplistic. The only recruiting tool radical Islam needs is the Koran.

Our very existence is a recruiting tool for radical Islam. Radical Islamist, burn churches, bibles, flags and living human beings (Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, etc...), blow-up innocents in mosques, churches, busses, embassy's, ships, planes and commercial buildings. The Muslim street dances with joy at the destruction of the WTC’s and the murder of innocents within. Their “bridge builders” and moderates refuse to condemn Hamas or Hezbollah.

At what point do non-Muslims become provoked? And at such time when we non-Muslims do become provoked, are we allowed any reasonable way to express our morals, values, culture and religious beliefs without submitting to Islam, paying jizya (Muslim poll tax on non-Muslims), or motivating Muslims to perpetrate more violence upon us? When will these daily Muslim atrocities become a recruiting tool for the rest of us?

Poo Poo Head

As if things are bad enough, they may just be getting worse in a few months thanks to none other than our most inept ruler the Bamster and his regime. What is it you ask that he and his minions are scheming to “improve” our lives? Well my friends he and his environmentalist chums have decided the 'Dunes Sagebrush Lizard' is an endangered species. But Dave, how does this affect us? It happens to live in the Permian Basin, an area located in west Texas and happens to be the largest oil and gas producing region in the United States.

If he and his very bright and caring staff who would Never do anything to harm our teetering economy are successful in this new joint venture, only 100,000 people will instantly lose their jobs. This includes the ranchers in the region who provide a significant amount of beef to all the US. So, I suppose this is where the Bamster’s comment, “energy prices will necessarily sky rocket” comes into play. So now we’ll be paying $5 dollars a gallon for fuel to get to, insert your favorite burger joint’s name, to have a $10 dollar hamburger.

http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=119078&article=8842044

As if this weren’t enough to steam your already sweaty ass, for those of us in Texas, a mom in east Texas has petitioned and managed to successfully have any books containing the phrase poo poo head removed from the libraries in their son’s school district. To be fair, she began this crusade because her son was suspended for using the phrase, stupid move number one. I guess calling someone fart head might get you a week suspension, but that theory has yet to be confirmed.

Stupid move number two. The parents feel if the phrase is bad enough for his suspension then it should not be allowed in any books. Believe it or not, there’s a book titled, “The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby” and it has that phrase in it. So the school district officials have acquiesced and the book is now banned. Guess what has happened, the book is more popular and kids are do their best to sign it out more often.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015797/Mother-wins-appeal-book-phrase-poo-poo-head-removed-school-library.html

Well my friends, that’s the world we live in today. I reckon it just goes to show you, no matter where we are, there are poo poo heads all around us.

Damn, I can't believe it's been so long since I posted. I could say I've been too busy but the truth of the matter is I got lay and forgot about it. Shane on me.

Lets see, since I've been gone, Obama has managed to increase our national debt to an all time high, put us in a war he claims isn't another war (Lybia), gas is still too damn high. too many people are still our of work and his regime still blames Bush for everything. How's that hope and change workin' for ya for thos e who voted the most inept Presodent in our histroy, now surpasing Carter.

Oh, and Casey Anthony has gotten away with murder. I believe she's either the first or second most hated person in the US depending on who you ask.

Other than that, life goes on and here we are. The good news is we're still alive and kicking and here to do whatever it is we do.

See you again soon...no really....I mean it dam nit...ok, we'll see what happens

Wow...

It sure is dusty in here! I guess I've neglected this thing long enough. I've been pondering posting something but I'm at a loss of what I want to say right now. I know, really?

Well lets just start with my son has earned his Eagle Scout rank and we're going to have his ceremony next month. I couldn't be more proud of his accomplishment. Now for the next one to get his knocked out.

Don't give up on me folks, I haven't forgotten about my blog. Back again soon.

The last merit badge....for now

Well after a lot of coaxing and finally a cattle prod we have Josh up and back on top of hi last Eagle required merit badge; physical fitness. I tell ya, the X-box willbe the demise of our childrens' fitness if we don't MAKE them get out and do someting. In order to keep him motivated I get to take him and David, my next Eagle project, and another scout to the track and "motivate" them to finish.

Now I've had my happy butt in the gym for a couple months now on the treadmill humping away but it doesn't compare to actually being outside and "making" your tired arse move! Since my knees are not in the best of condition, thanks to 31 years of kneeling under airplanes, I get to walk ad fast as I can around the track. Right now I'm knocking out a 14 minute mile, which is pretty quickactually so I'm happy with My performance.

Regardless, the boys are out and we're moving forward on this last badge. AT least I'm getting both Josh and david knocked out together, Thomas will be a while before he's at this point. If all goes well we'llhave our first Cranek Eagle Scout this summer!

Eagle Scout Project

Well we finally managed to make it happen, the project is finished and I might add, looks great. We are very proud of our son! Now it's down to the paperwork and one more merit badge and he will be awarded the rank and all that goes with it. The first of three good Lord willin'.

Flash Certified

Well I finally got my initial Adob Flash training finished and I reckon I'm Flash certified now. This is the sotware Iuse to build my projects for our instruction to both the basic trasinees and the MTIs (Drill Instructors). Now that I'm getting more comfy with the software I've created a little animation of a stick figure of a dude rockin' out, I call it appropriately, "Rockin'". So as I move on to the next one, I also need to get more proficient at photography and eventually videograpghy. What a serious culture change I have made with this career change. No? If you click on the title of this post you'll see my certificate.

Freezerie

As I sit here listening to some J. Geils Band and some Joe Walsh reminising I figured I'd write a little about our scouting camp out last weekend at Bear Creek. But before I do ya have to look up "Musta got lost" by J. Geils, the live version, what a great tune!

Anyway, we drove out Friday evening, got there after dark, checked in, and after some skillful trailer manuevering on my part (because we got wrong directions, from an adult scout leader, irony there) we finally got to our camp site. The district always has a Bear Creek camp out in January for its anual "freezerie". Yes, it was cold at night, and Freaking Windy as hell!!! The second night I slept in my truck because I was tired of having my tent blown up around me, HA.

The camp out was a major success for our boys though! I couldn't have been more proud of their combined efforts and performance while out there. They competed very earnestly against about a dozen other troops in various scouting skill events in the morning. Then in the afternoon we had the Iron Chef and Dutch Oven cooking events. The boys came together like a perfect team and their efforts won first prize in the Duch Oven with their Black Forest Cake, and they placed in the Iron Chef for the Cleanliness Award.

The best, and I feel most important, award we discovered they won was the best camp site! The boys lashed some cedar poles together and hung a troop sign on a pole that spanned the two tripods they assembled. Then we placed the U.S. and our troop flag on either side of that for our site entrance. They also lashed another tripod together which held a 5 gallon water jug. The Armadillo District staff was very impressed with their efforsts which as I mentioned, won them first place.

We drove back Sunday in high spirits and celebrated with a stop at McDonald in Kerville. Yeah I know, but they like the place so what the heck. This was an award our troop has never won before but now they know they can and I suspect it won't be the last. 

Scouting

It'ss that time again, camping with the scout troop. This time we're off to the Bear Creek Scout Ranch for the annual "freezerie" in the Texas hill country. Doesn't look like it's going to be as cold as when we went backpacking in 16 degree weather, but it'll be fun anyway. The boys will be competing in various events against otther troops so this should be a great weekend! I'll let you know how everything went when we return.

God bless and be safe everyone!

2010

Well the Christmas season has come and gone. All the ornaments and lights are down and put away and we all settle in for another year. A saying comes to my mind, we plan ahead for things to come but it all happens on Gods time, or something close to that anyway.

This is my centenial year, yep, I hit the big five O this summer. I've begun the P90X workout program at work and plan on losing weight. I figure if I can quit smoking I can damn sure lose some weight. Besides, I don't want to tempt fate and keel over because of something I could have prevented.

So my friends, I look forward to another year of surprises and adventure on this crazy spaceship called Earth. I hope 2010 brings you all happiness, and most of all good health, because without good health nothing else matters!

Now, where is that bottle of Crown. I would love a drink!