Kerry Mocks Troops

Senator John Kerry (remember him?) said the following in a campaign speech for a fellow Democrat to a group of college students:

"You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

Please note:

49.2 percent of officers have advanced or professional degrees; 39.4 percent have master's degrees, 8.5 percent have professional degrees and 1.3 percent have doctorate degrees.

22.8 percent of company grade officers have advanced degrees; 16.5 percent have master's degrees, 5.9 percent have professional degrees and 0.3 percent have doctorate degrees.

85.4 percent of field grade officers have advanced degrees; 70.7 percent have master's degrees, 12.1 percent have professional degrees and 2.5 percent have doctorate degrees.

99.9 percent of the enlisted force have at least a high school education; 73.3 percent have some semester hours toward a college degree; 16.2 percent have an associate's degree or equivalent semester hours; 4.7 percent have a bachelor's degree; 0.7 percent have a master's degree and .01 percent have a professional or doctorate degree.

Kerry slammed the troops during the Vietnam War, calling them rapists & murderers. He continues that tradition of slamming our soldiers. When the effluvia hit the fan over his remarks, he tried to play words games, claiming he was directing his remarks at Bush. Yeah, right. He even says he supports our troops. Yeah, right.

Thank God that Kerry lost his bid for the Presidency. He is looking to run again. With the elitist disdain he has for the U.S. military, he will be lucky to win as dog-catcher.

You Speaka The Spanish?

Cops Sued For Not Knowing Spanish


An attorney for a Hispanic man who was allegedly knocked to the ground and kicked by a police officer is seeking over $1 million dollars for his client, arguing that the city's failure to teach law enforcement officers "fundamental Spanish" is the reason excessive force was used. A Dallas attorney argued in his filing that the city was negligent for not monitoring and training the unnamed officer – specifically, for not training him to speak Spanish "in order to properly communicate with Spanish-speaking persons."

It's a joke, right? No, but it's a frivolous lawsuit that is going nowhere. However, there is a point behind it.

America is becoming more & more a multi-cultural,multi-linguistic society, thanks to rampant immigration both legal & illegal. Unlike the immigration waves of 1850 & the early 1900's,today's immigrants are not assimilating into American society. There is no impetus to learn English when government & private agencies cater to these immigrants in their own language.

We see it from a personal perspectivee. Someone walks into our office & is barely understandable when they say, "You speaka the Spanish"? When we say no, it is like their world is crushed. They don't understand why we don't speak Spanish - after all Spanish spoken in Mexico City, so why not here? It is the same with the Brazilians & Portuguese who walk into our office. And the Chinese - "Lu spleek China"? No we lon't.

We cannot imagine living in China & walking into a Chinese government office not knowing a word of Chinese. We would take someone with us who does speak Chinese. Not in the good ol' USA however. The USA is quickly becoming the new Tower of Babel. The thing is that the foreign speaking more or less expect that we speak their language. And why shouldn't they? We give driver tests on 50 languages although we have yet to see a Polish stop sign or Arabic Yield sign. We press 20 buttons on the phone for the correct language. Bi-lingual education in some schools is 70% of the student body. We are becoming enclaves of tongues. What helps unite a country is a common language. We are not as united as we once were.

There is no demand that the foreign-speaking learn English. Instead, we cater to them in their language. And for the foreign-speaking criminals among us, that means you will be taken down like a dog because the police rightfully no speaka the Spanish.

The greater issue is the massive invasion of immigrants to the USA. We cannot slowly absorb them or hope for any chance at assimilation, whether they want it or not. The numbers are too great. With an estimated 12-20 million illegals in the country the problem is only exacerbated.

Which brings up another issue - loyalty & a sense of belonging to American society. But that is for another post.

Turning A Page In Rep. Foley's Life

Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fl) has resigned after it was disclosed that he had inappropiate e-mail & IM contact with House of Representative Pages. We understand that some of the e-mails or IM's were sexually explicit. The irony, or perhaps the cover for Foley, was that he served on the Missing & Exploited Children Committee.

Foley's conduct was wholly inexcusable & intolerable. If he wanted to communicate with a House Page he could do so in an honorable & respectful manner. But Foley wasn't looking to have a friendship - he is a predator of children. A pedophile. We can only assume that because of his position as a Congressman, he was prevented from carrying out his pedophile dreams & only lived them out vicariously through e-mails & IM's.

At least he did the right thing & resigned, unlike a couple of Democrats who in the same position went on to serve & get re-elected. But naturally the Dems forget about that while they use Foley's misadventure to bash the Republican Party just before the elections. And thanks to Foley, the Republicans may just suffer in those elections.

Foley is now playing the victim, claiming he is an alcohol abuser & that he himself was abused by a clergy member as a child. It is bullshit. He has not yet owned up to his predelictions & blames it all on a supposed alcohol & abuse problem as a child.

We don't yet know what Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert knew & when he knew it about Foley. But we have to be beyond the days of coverups & the good old boy network to hide egregious problems like Foley's. Let the chips fall where they may. There must be zero tolerance for the type of actions that Foley committed. The Foleys of the world are playing with children's lives just so they can activate their gonads. They need to be indentied & disgraced as soon as they can be. And parents need to pay more attention to what their children do on the internet.