<?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-27499519</id><updated>2011-09-22T11:26:12.102-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just My Opinion But-</title><subtitle type='html'>Myy opinions and opinions I agree with. Comments welcome - if you dare!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-115706395096900505</id><published>2006-08-31T17:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T17:39:10.980-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HMMMMMM.......&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iraq or DC If one considers that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S.capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington immediately.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-115706395096900505?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/115706395096900505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=115706395096900505' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115706395096900505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115706395096900505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/08/hmmmmmm.html' title=''/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-115567872837873354</id><published>2006-08-15T16:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T16:52:08.393-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes 309 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC, 2051&lt;br /&gt;Dear Senator Sarbanes,&lt;br /&gt;As a native Marylander and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service,&lt;br /&gt;I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Immigration and Naturalization Service in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.&lt;br /&gt;My reasons for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stem from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill's provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years,&lt;br /&gt;what I  need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years.&lt;br /&gt;I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started  before everyone figures it out. Simply put, those of us who have been here  legally have had to pay taxes every year so I'm excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of the last five years taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine.&lt;br /&gt;Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent return for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in  2004 and 2005 and I estimated a gross savings approximating $72,000.&lt;br /&gt;After  the fine this would yield me a net savings of $70,000.&lt;br /&gt;In addition, I would reap the other benefits of being an illegal alien such as  free healthcare, avoidance of paying Social Security taxes, buying automobile  insurance, serving on jury panels, etc.&lt;br /&gt;If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms,&lt;br /&gt;I would be most appreciative.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your assistance.&lt;br /&gt;Your Loyal Constituent,&lt;br /&gt;Pete McGlaughlin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-115567872837873354?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/115567872837873354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=115567872837873354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115567872837873354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115567872837873354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/08/honorable-paul-s.html' title=''/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-115101577592856154</id><published>2006-06-22T17:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-22T17:36:15.946-05:00</updated><title type='text'>When WWIII Started****1979</title><content type='html'>When WWIII Started****1979&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not very long, but very informative You have to read the catalogue of events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother us again. In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979... that alarm has been ringing for years&lt;br /&gt;US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!&lt;br /&gt;That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more than 3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been "Get Out of Bed!" In fact, I think the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.&lt;br /&gt;It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this sovereign U. S. embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 25 years.America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America's inability to deal with terrorism.America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start.Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued!In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven into the US Embassy compound in Beirut When it explodes, it kills 63 people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden down with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives is driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her slumber.The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually attacked.Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list and executed.The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in1988, killing 259.&lt;br /&gt;Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still trying to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.&lt;br /&gt;The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January 1993, two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are arrested after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again.Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35 yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that America does not respond decisively.They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. These attacks were planned with precision. They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back to sleep.The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12 October 2000, when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans think this was the first attack against US soil or in America. How wrong they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep!!!In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high official in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since 1979.I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will continue until we as a people decide enough is enough! America needs to "Get out of Bed" and act decisively now. America has been changed forever. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said "... it seems all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant." This is the message we need to disseminate to terrorists around the world.This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election year this is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years to come.If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can-- especially to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and who seem so quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't believe it, just delete it and go back to sleep! OR to keep it simple just click on NEXT!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-115101577592856154?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/115101577592856154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=115101577592856154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115101577592856154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115101577592856154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/06/when-wwiii-started1979.html' title='When WWIII Started****1979'/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-115100856371983234</id><published>2006-06-22T15:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-22T15:36:03.730-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It’s time for a new Government!</title><content type='html'>Five million of our older Americans have not signed up yet for their Medicare, Part D, drug plan--they are old and confused. We are not going to grant them an extension.However, 12 million illegal aliens are in our country and weare going to allow them to stay, protest, procreate, receive support monies, attend schools, avoid paying income taxes, have our teachers take 300 hours of ESOL (English as a second language) training at our expense, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;WE MUST REALLY DISLIKE OUR OLD PEOPLE!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;OR,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;WE MUST REALLY LOVETACOS!&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/27499519-115100856371983234?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/115100856371983234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=115100856371983234' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115100856371983234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/115100856371983234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-time-for-new-government.html' title='It’s time for a new Government!'/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-114791481712704362</id><published>2006-05-17T19:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-22T15:55:44.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>A friend sent me this commentary and I believe I should include his comments here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am tired of hearing about police departments crying about having a deficit of bilingual police officers. This is stupidity and a waste of funds. What are they going to do? Hire more officers that speak Spanish? Ok yeah, and they will get more pay for that extra ability, costing the taxpayers extra for an officer that is not needed for that ability. If the person don't speak English they don't need to be here anyway. Wait! They just pulled over a German tourist with limited English. How about the Russian Yesterday? Then there was the Italian last week! How about the person from Croatia? China? Siri Lanka?&lt;br /&gt;With the thinking of the officials hiring Spanish Speaking officers these other races should be afforded the same rights or courtesy. Actually they have more rights because for the most part THEY WOULD BE HERE LEGALLY!&lt;br /&gt;I have nothing against Latino's being in this country AS LONG as it has been done legally, All others should be immediately evicted.&lt;br /&gt;There is a saying that is still being used today: &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YANKEE GO HOME&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is my version &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GO AWAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JJ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-114791481712704362?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/114791481712704362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=114791481712704362' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114791481712704362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114791481712704362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/05/friend-sent-me-this-commentary-and-i.html' title=''/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-114721425388344403</id><published>2006-05-09T17:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-09T17:37:33.896-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A COMMENT FROM A FORMER GOVERNOR</title><content type='html'>In light of the past weekend's events, take the time to read this; It ought to scare the pants off you!We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that contexthis thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was animmigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled tocapacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliantcollege professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about hislatest book, Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal andillegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said itwould march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of TheAmerican Dream.Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up andgave a stunning speech on how to destroy America The audience satspellbound as he described eight me thods for the destruction of theUnited States. He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, tooself-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not thathard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall andthat 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commitsuicide.'"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:"First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country." History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: "The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy." Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice = anddiscrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.Third, "We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: "The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together." Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their ow n language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.""Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a secon d underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high. school.""My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.""My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" -- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus'. Instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America as surely as Kosovo.""Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws I would develop a = mantra:That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them"In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said,. "Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Thir d World in. America - take note of California and other states - to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength."Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a Cali fornia wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.Thought provoking? Send it on !!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-114721425388344403?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/114721425388344403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=114721425388344403' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114721425388344403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114721425388344403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/05/comment-from-former-governor.html' title='A COMMENT FROM A FORMER GOVERNOR'/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-114721348079468735</id><published>2006-05-09T17:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-09T17:25:00.286-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>U. S. A. the land of the fools.&lt;br /&gt;From the L. A. Times (A very liberal paper)&lt;br /&gt;1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County (L. A. County has 10 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. This was because they are predominantly illegal immigrants, working without a green card.&lt;br /&gt;2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;4. Over 2/3's of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers.&lt;br /&gt;5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.&lt;br /&gt;6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.&lt;br /&gt;7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border.&lt;br /&gt;8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.&lt;br /&gt;9. 21 radio stations in L. A. are Spanish speaking.&lt;br /&gt;10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak Spanish (10.2 million people in L. A. County). (All 10 from the Los Angeles Times)&lt;br /&gt;Fewer than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare. Over 70% of the United States annual population growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration.&lt;br /&gt;The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 was a NET(after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 BILLION a year, [Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University].&lt;br /&gt;The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican immigrant is a NEGATIVE&lt;br /&gt;29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;If they can come to this country to raise Hell and march by the thousands, Why can't they take charge over the corruption in their own country? We are fools for letting this continue. I we don't control this situation, this country will be Balkanized in 25 years.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-114721348079468735?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/114721348079468735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=114721348079468735' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114721348079468735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114721348079468735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/05/u.html' title=''/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-114721280358105268</id><published>2006-05-09T17:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-09T17:13:23.596-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I DON'T CARE</title><content type='html'>True or made up this has great points  Email it to those who are supposed to represent us!  add you r name at the bottom!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I DON'T CARE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lady who wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home planning. She recently wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq....... Please Read It!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS? "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not  started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11,   2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally  murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our  nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't.    I don't care at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed  through his gurgling slashed throat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and ---- you guessed  it - - - I don't care ! ! ! ! !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not deleting this, I am sending it on, but only after I add:  ME, TOO!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-114721280358105268?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/114721280358105268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=114721280358105268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114721280358105268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114721280358105268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-dont-care.html' title='I DON&apos;T CARE'/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-114677209266254799</id><published>2006-05-04T14:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T14:48:12.676-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Do we want this kind of incidents in America?&lt;br /&gt;I don't think so!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE AMERICAN FLAG COMES SECOND&lt;br /&gt;By &lt;a title="http://michellemalkin.com/" href="http://michellemalkin.com/"&gt;Michelle Malkin &lt;/a&gt;· &lt;a title="http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004869.htm" href="http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004869.htm"&gt;March 29, 2006 01:15 AM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will not see this heart-stopping photo on the front page of the NY Times or on the lead story of the major news networks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3645827" href="http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3645827"&gt;You should&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;03/28 : Student protest in Whittier area students from Pioneer, California and Whittier high schools &lt;a title="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12056872/" href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12056872/"&gt;walked out&lt;/a&gt; of classes to protest the proposed federal immigration bill March 27, 2006. The protestors put up the Mexican flag over the American flag flying upside down at Montebello High.&lt;br /&gt;(Leo Jarzomb/Staff photo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4524/2898/200/upsidedown.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More:&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile: &lt;a title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/28/international/i014326S82.DTL"&gt;Mexico Cheers Passage of Immigration Bill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like I said: &lt;a title="http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004848.htm" href="http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004848.htm"&gt;Welcome to reconquista.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I predict this stunt will be the nail in the coffin of any guest-worker/amnesty plan on the table in Washington. The image of the American flag subsumed to another and turned upside down on American soil is already spreading on Internet forums and via e-mail. Pass this along to every American citizen in your address books and to every representative in the state and federal government. If you choose to remain uninvolved do not be amazed when you no longer have a nation to call your own nor anything you have worked for left since it will be "redistributed" to the activists while you are so peacefully staying out of the "fray". Check history, it is full of nations/empires that disappeared when its citizens no longer held their core beliefs and values. One person CAN make a difference. One plus one plus one plus one plus one plus one.........&lt;br /&gt;The battle for our secure borders and immigration laws that actually mean something, however, hasn't even begun.&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS,PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This email message may contain information that may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure. It is intended for use only by the person to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message in error, please do not forward or use this information in any way, and contact the sender immediately. Thank you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-114677209266254799?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/114677209266254799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=114677209266254799' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114677209266254799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114677209266254799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/05/do-we-want-this-kind-of-incidents-in.html' title=''/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-114670378545653189</id><published>2006-05-03T19:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T19:49:45.470-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Here is another email that peopl;e should consider!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mexican StandoffBy Charlie DanielsI don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanicpeople in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relationsmistake with their recent demonstrations.I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United Statesof America, as it is a truly wonderful place. But when the first thing youdo when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and Idon't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and starttrying to give me sensitivity lessons.I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have anything againstMexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comesinto this country illegally is a criminal and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get.What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tantamount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it meansbreaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.Where are you, you bunch of lilly livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorryexcuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the waterout of the Potomac again?And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork ladenand watered down that it won't mean anything anyway. Besides, what good is&lt;br /&gt; another law going to do when you won't enforce the ones on the&lt;br /&gt;books now?And what ever happened to the polls guys? I thought you folks were thequintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want something done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a&lt;br /&gt;tragedy!Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can'thappen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this andrefuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grandchildren will inherit.But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected. Shame on you!One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve&lt;br /&gt;to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians)&lt;br /&gt;you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot&lt;br /&gt;and anything else they can think of to call you.Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not. And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the face reality.And, reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to&lt;br /&gt;have 12 million illegals in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's&lt;br /&gt;ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."And I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what'swrong with that?"I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to.Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan? I think not.All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who havecrossed the border just to try to better their life. They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegals some fat cat hired to pick his crop.I want to make two predictions. No. 1: This situation is going to grow andfester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps inWashington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons ofpolitical hay they can make to the acre.No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon ofmass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which therewill be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and theCapitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen andSenators rush to the other side of the issue.I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politicianstand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out!"I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America, but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others.And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes.&lt;br /&gt;Please get that other one out of my face.What do you think?Charlie DanielsApril 10, 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-114670378545653189?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/114670378545653189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=114670378545653189' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114670378545653189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114670378545653189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/05/here-is-another-email-that-people.html' title=''/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27499519.post-114670284149390257</id><published>2006-05-03T19:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T20:47:18.083-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sherrif Joe</title><content type='html'>Recently I received a e-mail from a friend, and I got to thinking, Hey- This guy is making it work, so lets put him in a place there has been nothing but controversy and let him make it right. Pass this on to your congressmen, the senate or any one else of importance you can think of. If you need to know email addresses of those who represent you in the government try these links:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/"&gt;Congressional E-Mail&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/"&gt;http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep/"&gt;Representative&lt;/a&gt; ( &lt;a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep/"&gt;http://www.house.gov/writerep/&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="Governers and even tv and radio email addresses to send to" href="http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm"&gt;Mega list&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm"&gt;http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alternatively you may wish to just send the below portion of this message. If you are sending it to the government or whatever you would want to copy and paste, not forward it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MESSAGE:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Sir or Madam:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enclosed find a copy of a mail I recently received. It is a comment on Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona. It is my opinion and suggestion that he be considered as a replacement for whoever is in charge of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay Cuba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follows is a copy of the message. This shows that he is capable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(name, city and state here)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona) who created the "tent city jail":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;weights . Cut off all but "G" movies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails. So he hooked up the cable TV again only let in the Disney channel and th! e weather channel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When asked why the weather channel he replied, so they will know how hot it s gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't the Ritz/Carlton.. If you don't like it, don't come back."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He bought Newt Gingrich' lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More on the Arizona Sheriff:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded t! ent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 deg rees inside the week before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It feels like It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the tents for 1 year. "It's inhumane."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: "It s 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your damned mouths!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Way to go, Sheriff! Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you agree, pass this on. If not, just delete it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheriff Joe was just reelected Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please pass this on.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27499519-114670284149390257?l=rantin-raving.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/feeds/114670284149390257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27499519&amp;postID=114670284149390257' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114670284149390257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27499519/posts/default/114670284149390257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rantin-raving.blogspot.com/2006/05/sherrif-joe.html' title='Sherrif Joe'/><author><name>The Bull</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06752955957085191672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
