ADIOS AMIGOS
Do you remember when Puerto Rico was raising heck about the US Navy using that nothing little island just off the coast of Puerto Rico for bombing practices, which they had used for the past 75 years?
Demonstrations were held, Hollywood left wingers, Al Sharpton, and his fellow demagogues went down there to demonstrate to get the Navy out?
I am sure it infuriated you just as it did me at the time. Well, here is our revenge.
Always be careful what you ask for, you just may get it!
One of the many headaches that the U. S. has had was the Puerto Rican Island of Vieques. In the waning years of the Clinton Administration protesters demanded that the US Navy abandon bombing and naval gunfire exercises that had taken place on the largely uninhabited island for nearly seventy years.
Liberal icons bumped into one another to fly to Puerto Rico, boat over to the island, trespass (but never on a day that there was an exercise scheduled) and get arrested for the benefit of the New York Times or Newsweek. They included the Reverend Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Joan Baez, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Edward Olmos, Michael Moore and Ramsey Clark, just to name a few.
In 2002, the bombing exercises were transferred to an Air Force bombing range in central Florida, not far from the Jacksonville and Pensacola Naval Air Stations. In January, many of the protesters were back in Puerto Rico, celebrating the final bombing exercise on Vieques and waved Puerto Rican flags and placards that read "U. S. Navy, get out of Puerto Rico."
The following February, Rumsfeld announced that the U. S. Navy will close the Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in Puerto Rico in 2004, eliminating 1200 civilian jobs as well as 700 military positions. This naval facility is estimated to have put nearly $300 million annually into the local economy.
The next day a stunned Governor Sila Calderon held a news conference in San Juan, protesting the base closure as a serious blow to the Commonwealth's fragile economy. The governor stated that "The people of Puerto Rico don't now or never did have an interest in closing the Vieques bombing range or the Roosevelt Roads naval base. We are interested in both staying in Puerto Rico"
When asked, the Commander-in Chief, Western Atlantic Command, said, "Without Vieques, I see no further need for the facility at Roosevelt Roads. None."
So, Yankee go home? Fine. But we'll take our dollars with us. Hasta la vista, baby!
On February 21, the Secretary of Defense also announced that starting this year, the U. S. European Command would begin moving most, if not all, of its active combat and support units from bases in Germany to others being established in Poland, The Czech Republic, Hungary and Turkey to "better position them for rapid deployment to likely hot spots in those parts of the world."
Immediately the business and government leaders in the German states of Hesse, Rhineland and Wurttemburg, protested the loss of nearly $6 billion US revenue each year from the bases and manpower to be displaced. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry speculated that the move may be "what the Americans call 'payback' for the actions of this government in opposing Military action in Iraq ".
"Does anyone know the German translation for: "Hasta la vista, baby?" I think "Aufwiedersehen, l! inesmen" is a good translation.
Oh, isn't it nice to see a government with guts and a good memory.
Also, here are some statistics and conclusions about a different subject. If you consider 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, (when this was written) 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. Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq .
Conclusion:
The U. S. should pull out of Washington!!!!
PASS THIS ON and ON 'cuz CNN won't!
FW: Fw: Be careful what you wish for.
FW: Sunset at the North Pole
---Begin Forwarded Message--
| SUNSET AT THE NORTH POLE |
FW: Bud commercial aired once
IN GOD WE TRUST
Budweiser commercial aired ONCE!
Here is a commercial Budweiser produced after 9/11.
They only aired it once so as not to benefit financially from it..
they just wanted to acknowledge the tragic event.
This is so consistent with a company that
always does things with a ton of class!!FW: This is my country!
Let me make this perfectly clear!
THIS IS MY COUNTRY!
And, because I make this statement
DOES NOT mean I'm against immigration!!!
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE IN MY COUNTRY.
Welcome to come through like everyone else has.
Get a sponsor!
Get a place to lay your head!
Get a job!
Live by OUR rules!
Pay YOUR taxes!
And
LEARN THE LANGUAGE LIKE ALL OTHER
IMMIGRANTS HAVE IN THE PAST!!!
AND PLEASE DON'T DEMAND THAT WE HAND OVER OUR
LIFETIME SAVINGS OF SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS TO YOU
TO MAKE UP FOR ''YOUR'' LOSSES.
If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone,
then YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
When will AMERICAN'S STOP giving away THEIR RIGHTS???
We've gone so far the other way ... bent over backwards not to
offend anyone. But it seems no one cares about the AMERICAN
that's being offended!
WAKE UP America !!!
If you agree ... pass this on.
if you don't agree ... delete it!!!
FW: sending on....
If the immigrant is over 65 they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than my mom gets for Social Security, and she worked from 1944 till 2004, only getting $791 per month
because she was born in 1924 and there is a "catch 22".
It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1, 890.00 and each can
also obtain an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a
total of $2,470.00/month.
This compares very well to a single pensioner who after contributing to the growth and development of America
for 40 to 50 years can only receive a monthly maximum of
$1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income
Supplement.
Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!
Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can
all be ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to
$1,012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470.00 and enjoy
some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government
over the last 40 or 50 or 60 years.
Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians have been doing over the past 11 years - to the over-taxed American.
SEND THIS TO EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER YOU KNOW
A press inquiry! Your help requested...
Right-Wing Emails Examined by The Nation Magazine!
I received this email from a contributing writer for The Nation magazine. I agreed to the interview and we spoke yesterday over the phone. It turns out he is also trying to figure out where these right-wing emails originate and his search needs our help. If you are receiving right-wing emails and would like to talk about it with Christopher, email him at: christopherlhayes [at] gmail.com .
"Hey there. My name's Christopher Hayes and I'm a contributing writer at the Nation magazine. It just so happens I'm working on an article about right-wing email forwards and happened upon your blog. I'm wondering if perhaps you have time to talk. I'd be interested in discussing the blog and seeing if I can perhaps email some of the people who forwarded you stuff.
FW: Fw: cool Sept 11 truck
Have you heard about the trucker who has painted his cab and trailer with the names of all those who lost their lives in 9/11 ? The trucker's name is John Holmgren from Shafer, Minn. He has been "pulled over" numerous times just so the troopers can get their picture taken with the truck.
(scroll down to see the pictures) 
KEEP THIS GOING SO ALL CAN SEE
Serenity (a link)
Oh, Jay, thanks for the link. Why do our dads hate Hillary so much?
"My friend Megan is the lucky recipient of right wing forwards from her father who lives out in the country now. She thought you might need this one for the site which her dad sent over the weekend...
FW: Fw: Did you know ?
Andy Rooney is at it again! This arrived from my dear cousin off the bucolic coast of Oregon. I'm afraid to ask if it is a joke or not. My favorite line is the "Sit down and shut up!" closer.
-----Original Message-----
This is really good, even the kids should see this!!!!!!!!
| Andy Rooney |
FW: Short History Lesson
This one was forwarded from my dad. It is one of my favorites! I hope this is just hint of what's to come this election season. Manly men, you have no choice but to vote rightly with your grillin' tongs; ladies, save us all. I beg you.
---Begin forwarded message---
Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals; and
2. Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement. Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girliemen.
Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.
Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.
Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, fighter pilots, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberal women usually have higher testosterone levels than their men folk. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, IRS auditors, Hollywood Actors/singers, and group therapists are liberals. By the way, it was liberals that invented the designated hitter rule because they felt it was unfair to make a pitcher also have to bat.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.
Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be noted that a Liberal may have a strong urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it. A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to tic them off.
FW: Fw: GI Humor
I'll say it: American GIs have NO sense of humor.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Who says the American GI has no sense of humor!!!! 
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