Wes Clark, the General Who Can’t Be Quiet

Wesley Clark is at it again. I have posted about him before. Every time he talks on a TV show it becomes more apparent why he was fired as the NATO commander.

Now he attacks John McCain’s military service as irrelevant for the position of our commander in chief. This guy is sickening.

With Obama planning to visit the Middle East and Europe in an apparent effort to burnish his foreign policy credentials, the credentials of his likely presidential rival, Senator John McCain, were attacked Sunday from a man considered a possible Democratic vice presidential candidate (even Obama is not that stupid).

The retired and fired general Wesley Clark said McCain had not "held executive responsibility" and had not commanded troops in wartime. Clark, a fellow military man who was once the NATO supreme commander (and fired from that job too, for issues around his integrity and character) launched a sleazy attack on McCain because "he hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall" as a wartime commander, the general said on CBS.

When the interviewer, Bob Schieffer, noted to Clark that McCain had been shot down over Hanoi, Clark replied, "I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president."

When Schieffer then asked what executive responsibility Obama had held - the Democrat's résumé includes work as a community organizer in Chicago and eight years in the Illinois legislature - Clark said that Obama was running on the strength of his character and good judgment.

Clark has neither of those two qualities – strength of character or good judgment. So I am not sure why he thinks he can assess those traits in another. Of course, I don’t think Obama has them either.

Wasn’t it back in 2004 at the Democrat Convention where Clark praised John Kerry’s naval service as the right kind of service? Clark is amazing in his ability to be wrong about everything.

The sad thing is that he cannot see that the Left is using him. He is pathetic.

A-6Dude

Alien Secretion
1 part Midori® melon liqueur
1 part Malibu® coconut rum
1 part pineapple juice

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake until VERY cold. Serve in a chilled martini glass.

Unintended Consequences? Or Deliberate Stupidity?

The Left loves Europe. They want to be like them in every way they can. It doesn’t matter how bad the idea is, they will embrace it with passion.

When the left is in charge of the economy it flounders. I don’t make this up; statistics show it to be true. So here is an economic train wreck that is being seen in Europe because of the global warming hoax. And this is what the Left wants in this country too.

In the Netherlands, Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest airports is expecting to see about 55,000 fewer travelers this summer because of the global warming tax they have levied on air travelers.

"We're expecting zero growth in 2008, and in fact a decrease (in passenger numbers) in July and August," an airport spokesman was quoted as saying by the domestic ANP news agency.

The Netherlands is the only country that levies an global warming tax on flights departing the country -- 11.25 euros per passenger (17.75 dollars) for European destinations and 45 euros for intercontinental points.

With higher fuel prices pushing up air fares worldwide, travel industry experts say the tax will hurt business at Schiphol and see many Dutch travelers go to nearby German airports instead. It won’t only be at the airport where business is affected, it will touch a whole lot more.

I hope you people see what we’re in store for if we go down the road on this global warming hoax. The Left’s answer will be more taxes and less freedoms and the economy will truly suffer. History has shown that when taxes are increased, the economy declines. It also shows that when taxes are cut, the economy grows. It doesn’t matter what the tax is for, the effect is the same. And in this case it would also be the global economy that suffers too.

These geniuses that think that mankind is so powerful that we, in less than 200 years of industrialization, can destroy a planet that has been around for 4.5 billion years. Aside from the arrogance of their premise, it’s just preposterous.

But the environmentalist wackos have them (and some Republicans too) so afraid that they will march in step with them.

So, my liberal friends, watch what happens in Europe with this belief that we can tax our way into a cooler climate. If you watch what happens in Europe with an objective mind (and, for the world's sake, please try!) I think you will see the economic impact that will occur if we continue down this path of arrogance and stupidity. But I guess we're supposed to judge them on their intentions, not their results.

A-6Dude

Raspberry Truffle Martini
1 1/2 parts Raspberry Vodka
1 part White Creme de Cacao
3/4 part Cream
1/2 part Chambord Liqueur

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice until VERY cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with raspberries or maraschino cherry. Perfect for those global warming days of summer.

Wordless Wednesday

A-6Dude

Please! Leave!

It pains me to report this. I have always liked Susan Sarandon. Plainly put, she is a babe. And, she is a good actress. She has always been one of my favorite actresses.

That is, until the last few years. I know that the majority of the entertainment industry is composed of liberals. But the smart ones keep it to themselves to prevent potentially alienating half of their fan base. Some come out and openly support a candidate or a cause, and that’s their right.

Some of them, however, think that because they are stars that they are smarter than the rest of us. Those are the ones that Laura Ingraham wrote about in her best-selling book, Shut Up and Sing.

Unfortunately for me, Susan Sarandon is one of those Hollywood narcissists that think we really value what they say. They are not part of the process but they seem to have all of the answers. And that answer is usually, Hate Bush, Hate Republicans, Hate Conservatives and Hate America.

They embrace socialism, communism and any tin pot dictator that stands for opposite of the values that America espouses. I really don’t think most of them have an original thought. They are too used to having a script from which to read and I don’t think that their political and social rants are anything more than the memorization of a script that was written for them.

Now let’s go back to the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections…remember all of the ‘stars’ that said if George Bush won the election that they would leave the country? Remember how many of them actually did? ZERO!

Fast forward to 2008, enter Susan Sarandon. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people." She is for Obama.

What? You thought Susan of all people would be for Hillary Clinton? Not so fast. She mused: "I thought the whole point of feminism is that you're not supposed to be defined by gender. I don't understand the reasoning behind that, because I wouldn't vote for Condoleezza Rice, and I hated Margaret Thatcher." Why, because they are, perhaps, accomplished? Or maybe she is not a feminist. Most likely, it's because they don't agree with her view of the world. And what does supporting Hillary have to do with gender? don't you support your candidate because they share your views on issues?

OK, American people. Let’s see if she will actually move. Let’s go put McCain in office and force her hand.

But Susan, why Canada or Italy? Why not one of the third world countries run by the leftist/communist/socialist leaders you embrace? Granted, Canada is a socialist country and so is Italy (I believe). But why not move to Cuba? Venezuela? El Salvador? Or one of the other countries ruled by thugs? You Hollywood liberals seem to embrace them openly, put your money where you mouth is.

And, Susan, please do us a favor…follow through with the promise this time. And take your friends with you.

A-6Dude

The Ultra Alexander
2 parts brandy
2 parts creme de cacao
1 tablespoon whipping cream
1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
Chocolate shavings


Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add brandy, creme de cacao, whipping cream, and chocolate syrup. Shake, strain, and serve in a glass. Sprinkle with chocolate shavings.

11 Rules of Life

I have been way busy lately with work and kids. I am missing so much fodder out there to comment on too. Just my luck!

The below was erroneously credited to Bill Gates. It's really an excerpt from the book "Dumbing Down our Kids" by educator Charles Sykes. It’s a list of eleven things you did not learn in school and directed at high school and college grads.

He hits the nail on the head with these 11 Rules:

RULE 1
Life is not fair - get used to it.

RULE 2
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with car phone, until you earn both.

RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping they called it Opportunity.

RULE 6
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault so don't whine about your mistakes. Learn from them.

RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Are any of these incorrect?

A-6Dude

A Dutch Perspective On Our Political Process

From an email I received…

“We in Denmark can not figure out why you are even bothering to hold an election.

On one side, you have a bi*ch who is a lawyer, married to a lawyer . . . and a lawyer who is married to a bi*ch who is a lawyer.

On the other side, you have a war hero married to a good looking woman with big biznoobies who owns a beer distributorship.

Is there a contest here?”

They have a point!

A-6Dude

Abra Cadabra Martini
2 part Van Gogh Vodka
1/2 part peach schnapps
1/2 part apricot brandy
1 part pineapple juice

Pour ingredients into shaker and with ice and shake. Strain into a COLD martini glass.

What If on Global Warming

This is a short post. My question to all of the believers of the man-made global warming hoax is simple:

Let’s just for a minute accept the premise that you are right. Let’s also say that tomorrow we adopted all of the measures you think we should take. Let’s say that it works and we achieve the 0.7 degree reduction in temperature in the next 50 years that Kyoto promises.

What do we do when the next ice age occurs?

So we reduced emissions to get us cooler, what do we do to get us warmer?

A-6Dude

Russian Martini Recipe
4 parts vodka

4 parts gin

1 part white chocolate liqueur

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake till very cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.