Quote of the day:
Seen on Star Trek - The Next Generation:
Commander Riker: “Data, having trust always has a chance of betrayal.”
Lt. Commander Data: “Then one should not trust to avoid possible betrayal.”
Commander Riker: “No Data, it is worth the risk every time.”
Lt. Commander Data: “Perhaps I am fortunate to not have human feelings to be damaged by a betrayal”.
Commander Riker: “Perhaps...but dealing with betrayal is one of many things that makes humans what we are.”
Here are some thoughts about something that happened a while back.
We all read that ISIS has captured Ramadi, Iraq. A member of Obama's own staff stated that the Iraqis seem to not have the will to fight and about 35,000 Ramadi residents fled prior to the arrival of ISIS. I did a little research and found that Ramadi is about the same size as Omaha. Ask yourself this question. If a foreign army was closing in on Omaha seeking its destruction would the Nebraskans flee and would the they not have the will to fight? I think you know the answer to that one. I did a little more research. There is an estimated 320 million firearms of various gauges and calibers in the United States. It is also an estimate that there is at least 100 rounds per firearm. That is conservatively over 3.2 billion rounds. I would readily take what I have and head to Omaha and I believe the roads would be choked with others headed that way, military not withstanding. But wait, maybe personal firearms are illegal in Iraq.
According to evolution we arose from a primate that had body hair to keep them warm. We arose standing erect and lost our body hair. Then we figured out how to make knives from obsidian and flint and used them to kill hairy animals, take their skins and wear them to keep us warm...go figure.
This also is from a while back:
A TV station in Atlanta, using the Freedom of Information Act, got their hot little hands on a summary of who is crossing our southern borders in addition to the Mexicans. It turns out that in addition to the Guatemalans, Panamanians, Salvadorans, etc. there are Afghanis, Pakistanis, Jordanians, Syrians, Iraqis, etc. all of which have flown into a Central American country, learned to speak Spanish and blend in with the river of illegal aliens crossing into America via Texas, Arizona and California. What are these Muslims up to? I think all of you know what is going on. So the next time you think about those Mexicans that are crossing into America just to see if they can make a better life for their families and we should cut them a little slack, think about who is coming with them. In addition to the genuine workers, we have Muslim Jihadists and “mules” for the Mexican drug cartels coming along for the ride. Our government has refused time and time again to seal our borders and allowed this avalanche of garbage that have dedicated their lives to the demise of America to set up camp on our soil. Don’t feel sorry for the Mexican and Central Americans, nearly none of them have ever been vaccinated against anything and have developed a natural immunity against diseases that we have never heard of. Lean on your legislators to stand on their hind legs and protect America.
This Date in History May 26
1660 On this date the people of the English Commonwealth invited the exiled King Charles II to return to England and assume the throne. Earlier the father of Charles II, Charles I had engaged his army of Royalist against the army of Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarians and was defeated. Cromwell became the ruler of England. He could not be King because he was not royalty. He was a very militaristic leader and demanded puritanical behavior from everyone. After the defeat of his father, Charles II handed Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, a blank sheet of paper meaning that he would concede nearly everything Parliament wanted. But that wasn’t good enough for Cromwell, he wanted the head of Charles I and sure enough, Charles I was beheaded. After the death of Charles I, royalist in England and Ireland proclaimed Charles II as King but Cromwell still prevailed and Charles II fled to Germany and the Netherlands living in exile. Cromwell ruled until his death and then his son Richard assume command. Richard proved to be an ineffectual ruler and the people were fed up with the Puritanical military leadership. General George Monck met with Charles II and assured him that he and his army would assure his return to the English throne if Charles would grant amnesty and religious toleration for his former enemies. Charles agreed and sailed across the English channel to Dover (been there) and four days later he made a triumphant entrance to London and was restored as King of England. This event is known as the English Restoration. Eleven years later Charles II decided that Oliver Cromwell had been a traitor and dug his body up and hung his skeleton in Tiburon, a suburb of London designated for the execution of traitors. What a sight that must have been. I am here to tell y'all that the medieval English were a mean and spiteful bunch and they were very inventive in the machinery of torture.
1787 On this date, four years after the United States had won its independence from Great Britain, the first Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia. It was attended by George Washington, James Monroe and Ben Franklin among other luminaries. This meeting was the defining moments of these United States and what makes it great. The country had been operating under what was called the Articles of Federation. This document did nothing but assure each state of its sovereignty. The people of America were so fearful that another monarchy might raise its ugly head here that they nailed down that as being impossible. But the Articles were unwieldy and did not work for the benefit of the entire nation and they all knew it. After three weeks of deliberation these heroes delivered brilliant document that is the spine of our present day Republic. However, several states felt that there were not enough guarantees of personal rights and refused to sign unless something was done about this. Then they delivered another document of pure brilliance called the Bill of Rights that contained 10 articles. After this enough states signed it and it became the law of the land. There was a story that while all of the discussions were going on, Ben Franklin walked out for a break and a woman asked him what form of government was being sculpted and he said “Madam, it appears that it will be a Republic...if we can hold it.” Our government is a finely balanced, well oiled machine that does not allow any one branch to over power another. It is a miracle that all of this was conceived out of mid-air because nothing like it had ever existed in the past...it was a miracle, y'all, a miracle and it was no accident.
Born today:
1803 US philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. He said “The more he talked about his honor, the faster we counted our silver.” Sounds like Ralph knew Nancy Pelosi.
1897 Canadian statesman Lord Beaverbrook. He said “Buy old master paintings. They are cheaper in the long run than a young mistress.”
1898 American columnist Bennett Cerf. He said “The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost”
Thanks for listening I can hardy wait until tomorrow.
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