Once Again... The Country Calls.....

THE FLAG CODE Title 36,

U.S.C., Chapter 10 As amended by P.L. 344,

94th Congress Approved July 7, 1976§ 176.



Respect for flag:



No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.



(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

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Americans have a long and storied history of rising to the occasion when the nation is in jeopardy. I was born before the Second World War and I must tell you that, in my opinion, the nation is in more jeopardy, this very moment, than it has been since even BEFORE WW-II.



Our government is dragging at least half the nation's population, kicking and screaming, into SOCIALISM, which is, as we know, only one small step away from COMMUNISM. The nation is in serious trouble and I don't mean from businesses going belly-up.



Until January 20th of 2009, this nation was a capitalist nation. In a capitalist nation business is the bedrock of the society. Consumers decide which businesses live and which businesses die. Not the government! The Socialist way is for the government to decide, for the consumer, which businesses live and which don't.



The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines Socialism as follows:



Main Entry: so·cial·ism

Pronunciation:\ˈsō-shə-ˌli-zəm\

Function: noun

Date: 1837



1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods



2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property

b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state



3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.



If you find you cannot take my word for it, can you take the word of this renowned dictionary?



So... what to do? First we have to accept that the America we knew, the America that dates back to even before the year 1776, is GONE! We also have to accept the fact that the US Constitution is being ignored. Soon with a turnover of Justices on the Supreme Court the Judiciary branch of the government will join the Executive and Legislative branches as a socialist entity and the transformation will be complete.



If we continue to tell ourselves that we only have to wait until 2010, and the next round of elections for Congress, we can change the government back to a democratic representative republic as The Founders intended, then we are setting ourselves up for total defeat.



By 2010 the country can, and probably will, be in such dire straights, financially, that the government can declare a national emergency and "postpone" the election. I would not put it past the bunch in control of our government, currently, to do just that. Once your right to vote is rescinded, what do you do then? Time is not on the side of those who wish to reinstate a representative republic in America.



The Republican Party cannot be counted on to do whatever is necessary to retard the socialist stranglehold on America. As a registered republican it gives me great pain to acknowledge this fact. But, there it is!



Soon, the socialist government of the US will be coming after the Internet, especially we conservative bloggers. You can be sure they are burning the midnight oil searching for ways to shut us up even as I write these words. Paranoia, you say? Well, "when an entire government is after you, paranoia is just damned good thinking!"



We must begin NOW. We cannot wait. As I said above... time is not on our side.



May God Save America!



J. D. Longstreet

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America Must Keep The Death Penalty ... by: J. D. Longstreet

America Must Keep The Death Penalty
By: J. D. Longstreet
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It will probably come as no surprise to you, if you are a regular reader, that I support the death penalty.

North Carolina is a death penalty state. Although there are forces here making a strong push to have the death penalty overturned in this state. I hope they do not succeed. Currently there is the Death Penalty Moratorium group, and there is the on again, off again, debate over physicians attending at an actual execution. Both, in my opinion, are simply steps in the escalation of the anti-death penalty crowd to ultimately do away with the death penalty in North Carolina.

I don’t get it. Seems to me that if you take the life of another you forfeit your life. I don’t tie myself in knots worrying about becoming as bad as the murderer when my state takes the life of that murderer for what he has done. It simply doesn’t make sense to me.

I don’t worry about the death penalty’s effect upon recidivism. I, frankly, don’t know if the death penalty has any effect, at all, on recidivism. But, I do know that the executed convict certainly will not repeat his/her offense again… ever!

Is the death penalty a deterrence to crime? Well, here is what John Adams of Marquette University/Department of Political Science had to say about it: "If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call."

In fact, the Supreme Court of the US has said:
"Indeed, the decision that capital punishment may be the appropriate sanction in extreme cases is an expression of the community's belief that certain crimes are themselves so grievous an affront to humanity that the only adequate response may be the penalty of death."

Death penalty advocates do not see the death penalty as a solution to violent crime, as we are often accused. No. The simple fact is we believe, as the Supreme Court has rightly said, that there are some crimes so grievous that only the death penalty is an acceptable response.

Then… there is evil. Whether we choose to believe it, or not, pure raw evil stalks the earth. It really doesn’t matter whether you believe there is such a thing as evil, it still exists, and it wreaks havoc in a civilized society. As long as evil stalks the earth heinous crimes will be committed. A civilized society cannot remain civilized if we allow the perpetrators of evil to continue to live among us.

Why do I broach this subject now? Considering the liberal/socialists now in charge of our government, I believe there will be a strong push in the next few months, or years, to have the death penalty repealed in the US. We can’t allow that to happen.

Look, already we are having a running debate over punishing the enemies of our country…those who would kill us by the hundreds, even thousands. That movement springs from a form of guilt the liberal movement feels. Yes, it is based on emotion, as is the anti-death penalty movement. You see, an adult must be able to overcome his, or her emotions and do what must be done at any given moment. Unfortunately, we are plagued with a host of leaders in this country who, apparently, have not yet reached adulthood. And… they have a multitude of followers... and, I might mention, that quite often, the “leaders,” are led by those with stronger constitutions than they. Unfortunately, it is a curse this country must bear.

The bottom line is, if we wish to remain a civilized society then we must be ready to execute those who break our laws, and nature’s law, by murdering another human being or bringing massive amounts of pain upon our society by some action short of murder. If we cannot screw up enough courage to do what is necessary we will become like that part of the world, which today, feels they are above such things and rely upon the people of the United States to do their dirty work for them. I ask you, if we become like them, then WHOM will WE depend upon?

J. D. Longstreet

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Most Unbecoming For A President Of The United States

Most Unbecoming For A President Of The United States
US President Bows To Saudi King!

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This is a “Must Read.”

Find it HERE.

This is the most humiliating thing a President of the US has done to the people of the United States since, well, the last Democratic Administration!

Why did Obama show such disrespect for the American people? Well, Jamie Glazov, author of "United in Hate", said this: "This is simply the continuation of fellow traveling. It's to be totally expected. Leftists have prostrated themselves before despots throughout history – during the whole Cold War and now vis-Ã -vis jihadists in the terror war." Glazov went on to say: "The Saudi king, meanwhile, is a tyrannical entity to which Obama can subjugate his individuality – and through which he can vicariously experience a feeling of power and purpose. This is the process of negative identification that every leftist must practice and that 'United in Hate' documents is at the heart of every leftist's main driving force," he said.

Clarice Feldman in an American Thinker commentary said this: "I am quite certain that this is not the protocol, and is most unbecoming a president of the United States".

President Obama greeted the king of Saudi Arabia with a full bow from the waist. It was a sickening sight to behold. No American President bows to a monarch, ever!

J. D. Longstreet

Netanyahu ~vs~ Obama, Iran, et al ... by: J. D. Longstreet

Netanyahu ~vs~ Obama, Iran, et al

By: J. D. Longstreet
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Finally there is a man in power in a nation on this planet with the intestinal fortitude (the guts!) to make darn sure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon. I speak, of course, of Benjamin Netanyahu the new Prime Minister of Israel.

The question being asked, even whispered, around DC, the European capitals, and in Israel itself is: “Will Netanyahu attack Iran?” Well, Netanyahu, himself, has said the following: "I promise that if I am elected, Iran will not acquire nuclear arms, and this implies everything necessary to carry this out,” Sounds like he will attack Iran to me. Good for Bibi!

Politicos the world over are “pretty much” satisfied that Netanyahu, as Israel’s Prime Minister, certainly brings Israel closer to war with Iran. With Ehud Barak by his side in the venture, and with the conclusion by both men, that sanctions against Iran will not work and diplomacy with Iran is worth absolutely nothing, the only option left, it seems to this scribe, is force of arms. A military attack. With the socialist, Obama, at the helm of America, that leaves Israel as the only nation on the planet with the cajones to do what should have already been done and that is a military attack to either take out, or set back, Iran’s nuclear aspirations.

Reports, coming out of the Middle East, say that European governments are already making plans and, in some cases, even practicing getting their citizens out of Iran in the event Israel does attack. There are some in the media and in the various diplomatic communities of European nations who feel that unless the US OK’s Israel’s attack on Iran, the attack will not go forward. I have news for them. Unless Mr. Netanyahu has had a complete change of personality in the past few years, he will not allow Obama’s cajoling, or threats, to deter him from a mission he sees as absolutely necessary for Israel’s survival.

Everyone knows, or should know, that Israel cannot survive a nuclear attack by Iran. Not for very long, afterwards, in any event. Considering the high degree of Antisemitism against the Jews in Europe (even after Hitler’s death camps and 6 million dead Jews) Europe cannot be depended upon to save the Jews or even lend a hand in saving the Jews, and, considering also the Obama administration’s quite obvious favoring of the Islamic nations that have sworn the extermination of Israel, Israel has little choice but to hit Iran with everything she has… including her own nuclear arsenal, if necessary, just to insure Israel’s survival.

Everyone who has studied the coming operation are fairly certain it will be a suicide mission for the Israeli forces taking part in the raid. The Israeli Air Force can get TO Iran, but those aircraft crews surviving the raid have a slim, if any chance, of getting back to Israel. Israel’s fighter/bomber aircraft can’t carry enough fuel, and the ordinance necessary to do the job, and get back without refueling. They are short on tanker aircraft for in-air refueling and reports say the US will not loan them enough tankers for the raid. Unless Israel has managed, in their inimitable way, to, somehow, get hold to some extra tanker aircraft, those planes and pilots will go down before ever regaining the borders of Israel.

If the Israeli attack planes choose to take the shortest route to Iran it will take them through Iraqi airspace. The question now is whether American aircraft will be ordered to shoot down the Israeli planes en route to and/or from Iran. The bomber aircraft will be shepherded by Israeli fighter aircraft flying cover for them. They may find that they have no choice but to take on the US planes in air combat over Iraq in order for, at least SOME of the Israeli bombers to get through to Iran. God forbid such a scenario should occur, If it does… I feel certain contingency plans for that eventuality have been drawn up and rehearsed by the Israeli Air Force.

Israel is fighting for her life and, in my less than humble opinion; she is also fighting for the lives of many a European family, not to mention American interests all over that region. It is my deeply held conviction that Israel has every right to exist as a nation and she has every right to remove a threat to her continued existence. If Obama orders US forces to fire on Israeli aircraft he will answer to God for his actions, first and foremost, and to the American people many of whom see Israel as, quite possibly, the only real friend we have in that part of the world.

As an American, I am deeply embarrassed that my own government would dare leave it’s client state, Israel, alone to carry out what will likely become a suicide mission for those brave Israeli pilots and aircrews without America’s assistance. It is unconscionable. Yet, it appears that is exactly what will happen. A few US tanker aircraft aloft, and loitering at some strategic coordinates along Israel’s route to and from Iran would save at least SOME of the Israeli pilots and aircrews and allow for a longer time over the target for the bomber aircraft. In short, it would make the mission far more successful and just might negate the necessity of a second, or even third, strike against the Iranian nuclear facilities.

In any event, this is a mission that must be undertaken. If Israel does, in fact, make the raid, the world will be in Israel’s debt for a very, very, long time.

J. D. Longstreet

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Telling CO2 Lies to Destroy America ... by: Alan Caruba

Telling CO2 Lies to Destroy America

By Alan Caruba

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My friend, the internationally famed climatologist, Dr. S. Fred Singer, calls them “the CO2 wars.” It is the last ditch attempt by the Greens, under the aegis of the Obama administration, to declare carbon dioxide a pollutant and thus open the door to its regulation.

Singer says such regulation “would be the equivalent of an atomic bomb directed at the U.S. economy—all without any scientific justification.”

I am increasingly of the opinion that the main goal of the Obama administration through CO2 regulation, exploding deficits, punishing taxation, and any other means at their disposal is the destruction of the economy and the complete control of impoverished Americans.

This is an administration that exists to impose an Orwellian socialist utopia after the smokescreen clears.

When it comes to CO2, Obama, his so-called science advisors, and the Environmental Protection Agency are all lying. It is governmental gangsterism.

As reported in The Wall Street Journal, “The Environmental Protection Agency has sent the White House a proposed finding that carbon dioxide is a danger to public health, a step that could trigger a clampdown on emissions of so-called greenhouse gases across a wide swath of the economy.”

Here are a few things you need to keep in mind about carbon dioxide:

CO2 is not a “pollutant.” It is a trace gas necessary for all life of Earth because it is essential to the growth of all vegetation.

Without CO2 all vegetation—grasses, forests, jungles, crops such as wheat, corn and rice—dies. Then herbivores die. Then you die.

The CO2 produced by human industry or activity is a miniscule fraction of a percentage of greenhouse gases. It constitutes a mere 0.038% of the atmosphere.

The oceans emit 96.5% of all greenhouse gases, holding and releasing CO2 as it has down through the millennia of Earth’s existence.

In past millennia, CO2 levels were often much higher than the present.

CO2 levels rise hundreds of years after temperature rise on planet Earth.

The Sun is the primary source of warmth on Earth. Rising CO2 is an effect of global warming, not a cause.

Both global warming and cooling are natural phenomenon over which humans have no control.

The Earth is not currently warming. It has been cooling for a decade and likely to continue for at least another twenty years or longer. If a new Ice Age is triggered, it will last at least 10,000 years.

Polar ice is now at record levels and still growing.

If you had a choice, would you prefer a warmer or colder Earth?

And consider this, if only the United States was to significantly cut its CO2 emissions, how much effect, if any, would that have in a world where most other nations, including China and India, have no intention of doing so? Both are exempt from the UN Kyoto Protocol. The answer is zero!

The EPA proposal is not about science. It is about power and it is about money. As the Wall Street Journal noted, “The administration has proposed a cap-and-trade system that could raise $646 billion by 2019 through government auctions of emission allowances.”

The federal government, though the aegis of the EPA, would have control over the destinies of an estimated 13,000 facilities if this regulatory obscenity were to become law.

“Coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and domestic industries, such as energy-intensive paper, cement, fertilizer, steel and glass manufacturers, worry that increased cost burdens imposed by climate-change laws will put them at a severe competitive disadvantage to their international peers that aren’t bound by similar environmental rules.”

Such industries would flee the United States as the most toxic place on Earth in which to do business.

This would be the fulfillment of the Obama administration’s goal and explains in part why this new assault on science, industry, and common sense has been put forth by the EPA.

One of the best sites for information about carbon dioxide is http://www.ilovemyco2.com/
I recommend you visit and browse through its extensive data.

A tip of the hat as well to http://ilovecarbondioxide.com/2009/01/about.html.

Alan Caruba writes a daily blog at http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/. Every week, he posts a column on the website of The National Anxiety Center, http://www.anxietycenter.com/.

© Alan Caruba, March 2009

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