Friday, 31 October 2008

A conservative organization, the National Republican Trust PAC is at this late hour in the campaign finally and belatedly taking the gloves off and hitting Obama on the issue of his hate-spewing minister, Mr. Jeremiah Wright. I will not dignify that racist hatemonger with the title of reverend.

Go here to http://nationalrepublicantrust.com/ and make a donation to help this group get their hard-hitting ads out there where those Americans who don’t pay attention until the waning days of elections may see them and see for the first time what the mainstream media won’t show them: their Messiah has a very messy past.

There are many things about Obama I find repugnant but the most despicable thing is the fact that he exposed his two lovely, young daughters to this kind of racial hatred under the mantle of religion and with his parental endorsement. Mommy and Daddy sat there Sunday after Sunday nodding their approval so the preacher must be right about those gutter Jews and those KKK whites. What a great set of parents, huh?

And then this slime ball father lied when FOX exposed it, claiming piously he never heard all this now well-documented racial hatred. Yeah Wright!

We need to have this ad running as often and as widely as possible so please support the effort. I just made my donation and unfortunately, it may not be enough to win but at least I’ll know I tried. Same goes for you; send what you can afford and please forward this plea to your email groups.

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Thursday, 30 October 2008

I guess The Obama was on TV last night. I didn't watch since there's nothing he could say that would fool me into voting for him. I'll round up some reactions and lists of things he lied about as they start popping up on the web.

Today's must-reads:

• Diana West: Media's O-Colored Glasses Blank Out Leftist Truth
• Orson Scott Card: What Really Matters As We Vote
• Barack Obama: Red Diaper Baby 
• Dreams from Frank Marshall Davis

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Wednesday, 29 October 2008

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Tuesday, 28 October 2008

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Monday, 27 October 2008

Today's must reads:

• Bill Whittle: Shame, Cubed
• The Constitution: Obama's Obstacle
• Media's Presidential Bias and Decline

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Sunday, 26 October 2008

Today's must-reads:

• Bill Whittle: Biden’s Hint
• J. D. Pendry: A clear choice…

In case you missed yesterday's big laugh:

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Saturday, 25 October 2008

J. D. Pendry

Did you vote early? My bride and I did. Early voting is a convenience, but I am afraid it makes shenanigans easier. It gives dead people and Disney characters multiple opportunities to vote before Election Day. The media and pollsters are assuring us that our effort to vote was fruitless as McCain has already lost. I reckon we will know for sure in a few days.

I asked one of the poll workers how business was this year compared to 2004, when we also voted early. He said there are many more early voters this time around, averaging more than 700 per day. That might not seem like many to you, but it is for here. I asked him why he thought that was and he said this election is much different from the last one. I did not ask how he thought it differed. I just tried to read his expression. His response and my visual survey of those voting at the early polling place caused me to wonder about the pundit’s assessments and those polls. The early voters I observed did not meet the profile the media and pundits told me to expect. In 2004, yards around here were full of Kerry/Edwards signs. Some of them were as big as billboards. Kerry still took a whoupin here. Obama/Biden signs are scarce as hen’s teeth. I am not a political prognosticator, but something is not adding up with what we are hearing in the media and seeing in the polls.

We hear practically every election how this one is the most important one in the history of our country. This time, that might be an accurate statement. Regardless of who moves into the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we will have learned some important things about people and our country. The contrast between choices this time around is stark and there certainly are historic implications.

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Friday, 24 October 2008

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Thursday, 23 October 2008

If I have this correct, I am labeled a racist if I don't vote for Barack Obama because I don't agree with his view on government and politics, even though I would never in a million years vote for a white man who shares his views.

Furthermore, if I don't vote for Barack Obama, and millions of other people in America don't vote for him either, then we are all racists, who mindlessly vote based on skin color rather than our view of government and politics.

And, to top it all off, if John McCain gets elected, all black people in America are going to rise up, start shooting white people and burning down the country.

Once again, don't take my word for it. James Carville the Democrat spokesman and operative said earlier this month that if Obama loses it will be either "dramatic" or "traumatic" depending on which news outlet provides your information. Most people who reported on his comments said he was threatening riots if Obama loses the election.

Then, last week, Joe Biden tells two groups of Democrat supporters that if Obama is elected the US is going to be "tested" - meaning attacked - within six months of Inauguration Day.

Most commentators took Biden's follow-up comments, that an attack could come from Russia or the Middle East, at face value. I had to laugh when Obama gave Biden a one-day timeout for his comments, and then tried to explain to the media, which adoringly lapped it up, that Biden really meant something else when he spoke so plainly and said the same thing on two occasions.

OK, I'll take Barack's point of view. Maybe an attack also could come from within, especially if Obama moves quickly to establish his National Police Force that he advocated in a speech in Colorado last July.

Remember when he said he wants national police force of the same size and strength as the military? Meaning he would have a force that could offset any intervention if there are activities on US soil that meet the definition of "all enemies foreign and domestic?"

Biden seems to know something and obviously has a very hard time keeping it to himself. But there is a warning in Biden's words and Carville's words and Obama's associations.

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J. D. Pendry

Have you ever held a job that required a simple background investigation or a security clearance? For much of my time in the Army, my duties required that I have a top secret security clearance. The special background investigation conducted to get and then maintain a top secret security clearance is quite extensive. One must provide 15 years of personal history consisting of references, credit records, relatives, neighbors, affiliations with organizations, workplaces, schools and you name it - and they are all checked. Each 5 years thereafter, all of the information must be updated and checked again. Your life is an open book and if you try to hide any of that your security clearance is lost and you could face serious criminal charges for hiding it. Some of my military jobs required that I be trusted with critically sensitive national security information. The security clearances, which gave me access to information that certainly would damage our national security if it ended up in the wrong hands, was not as high as a Whitehouse level security clearance.

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(Written 2008.10.13, postdated. Details below the jump. -- Updated 2008.10.22, 2008.10.23)

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Fixed, I think."

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It ain't over till the fat lady sings, folks, and she ain't even took a deep breath yet. The drive-by media would love to convince you Barack The Magic Hopenchange Negro has the election in the bag. Why do they want you to believe that? So you'll give up and just stay home on election day. Don't be fooled. Vote.

Personal to a good friend I hope will see it here: "I am an American fighting man. ... I will never surrender while I still have the means to resist." Get mad at them damned eggs!

Lie of the day:

• 'Throughout This Campaign I’ve Argued That We Need More Troops and More Resources to Win the War in Iraq'

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Wednesday, 22 October 2008

Post of the day:

• Video Library: The Case Against Obama, In His Own Words

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Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Gonna be sort of a short one today; I've been busy with a home project.

Must reads of the day:

• Why I'm voting Democrat
• The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama

Also worth knowing about today:

• William Kristol: What Biden Implied
  • Kristol translates Joe Biden
• Jennifer Rubin: National Security Returns 
• Why has Biden taken a day off the trail?
• Biden Shuffled off to the sidelines after gaffe
• While Much of Media Ignores, MSNBC Misleads on Biden Audio

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Monday, 20 October 2008

Also worth knowing about today:

• The day Slow Joe found a clue:
  • Joe Biden explains...
  • Biden makes fantastic commercial - for McCain
  • Biden: Obama’s inexperience will prompt nations to test us
  • Don’t Worry–We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis, Re: Don’t Worry
  • Joe Biden’s Kinsleyian Gaffe
  • (Audio) Joe Biden: Obama’s Inexperience Will Prompt Nations to Test Us
  • Good News! Biden Promises an International Incident to Test Obama if He's Elected, and Also Promises Obama Will Screw It Up

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Sunday, 19 October 2008

J. D. Pendry

Or, is it spreadin’ the fertilizer? Joe the plumber reinforced some things for me this week. Some things that are important to me personally and to our country.

One of them is the death of objective honest journalism in America. Maybe I was just fooled into believing most of my life that such a thing ever existed here. The hammer and sickle or crescent moon media is not nearly as focused as ours is on achieving their political objectives. When a closed group of people have the power to sway public opinion to support their ideology while leaving them blind to important facts, it is very dangerous. I hereby declare media integrity as the national oxymoron of the United States. In that assessment, I have to include Fox also, especially Brit Hume’s “all-stars’” assessment of the last presidential debate. I did not watch the debate, but listened to most of it and the all-star spin that followed it. Clearly, they did not hear the same debate as me. That is quite telling. It is telling, because obviously those who reside inside the beltway hear things much differently from me. I cannot choose which all-star swoon was the most nauseating. Substance mattered not as they described Senator Obama as presidential, elegant, articulate…. They failed to point out, however, that he articulately and elegantly told some real whoppers. Like Colin Powell, they all reminded me of Democrat super delegates – hedging their bets for future favor.

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Updated 2008.10.21

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Note 2008.10.21: Due to some behind-the-scenes changes at TypePad, which I won't even attempt to react to till after the election, clicking the Russ Vaughn "category" link on the sidebar or at the bottom of an individual post only displays Russ's 50 most recent contributions to the site. This post is the only way currently available to access all of Russ's posts since the Old War Dogs site was created.

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Before the Old War Dogs site existed I used to post everything Russ wrote at Small Town Veteran and maintain an alphabetical index of my collection. I let things slide a little while I was busy setting up OWD and it took me till now recently to get around to bringing my index up to date. Enjoy:

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Saturday, 18 October 2008

Your Sunday newsflash:

• Affirmative action Secretary of State endorses affirmative action Presidential candidate

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Friday, 17 October 2008

Joe the Plumber, the working man from Middle America who had what may turn out to be an unfortunate encounter with Barack Obama, has been outed by the Associated Press which has revealed Joe doesn't have a plumbing license!

After a minutes long investigation during which at least one person was interviewed, probably over the telephone, the AP is now crowing in its latest pro-Obama expose that Joe had the temerity to respond that he doesn't need a license.

"Oh Yeah?" Retorted the AP? "Why Not?"

"Because I work for someone else and am not required to have a license," Joe averred.

But after another 30 seconds of incisive investigative reporting the AP was able to locate a county bureaucrat who says Joe may be mistaken and at least his company has to have a license, but also doesn't.

The future of the two man firm, which gained national fame when Joe told Barack Obama earlier this week that he'd like to purchase it and be his own boss some day, now is in jeopardy.

Joe made the mistake of eliciting an admission from Obama that the Pretender to the Presidency actually would be charging him a much higher tax rate for realizing the American Dream and making a good living for himself.

Barack told Joe, that if Joe becomes successful, he should "share the wealth."

Hey, Barack has a lot of money and really big mansion. How about sending a few hundred grand my way? I have a couple projects on the back burner due to the economy, and if Barack shared his wealth with me, I could spread it around to a bunch of small contractors in my area.

Unconfirmed reports from the front indicate that Obama's Personal National Police force, which at the moment is still operating under the guise of Secret Service, are now looking into confiscating Joe's house, vehicles, kid, neighbors, and goldfish since his view of the world doesn't put Barack in a good light.

"We'll prosecute his ass to the fullest extent of the law," said an unnamed local reporter for an entirely forgettable news outlet. The reporter was reportedly a distant cousin of another alleged journalist who earlier this month created a national stir when he lied by saying he had heard someone yell "Kill Him!" at a McCain-Palin rally.

The alleged threat was supposed to be aimed at Barack, but even though the Secret Service and police were swarming all over the rally and have interviewed huge numbers of people since, the only person who heard the alleged remark is the alleged reporter. HMMMMM. Things that prove again and again that the media is in the tank for Barack Obama.

Anyway, Joe the Plumber says he is studying to take the test for his license, and I'm sure this will all work out once Barack and the media forget about him. Unless the bureaucrats in Joe's area are looking for their own 15 minutes of fame and get it by busting him and forcing him out of business and onto the unemployment line.

Is there a moral to this story. Well, yes kind of.

It goes like this: If you are at home minding your own business, and you see Barack Obama, a bunch of Democratic campaign workers, and the media heading down your driveway, run inside as fast as you can go.

Shut the door and lock it. Pull the drapes and shades. Don't answer the phone, don't answer the door, and by all means don't talk to them. You never know, you could end up jobless, broke and subjected to a fine for trying to make an honest living.

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Sure, Barry, let's spread the wealth. That's the new American way, right? Why should going back to school after Nam and busting my ass to get a Master's in engineering entitle me to have nicer things than some dumb ass who was too busy partying to finish high school? Why should someone who went to school even longer than I did and became a doctor or lawyer have more than I do? It's just plain un-American, right? Or un-European. Or un-Socialistic. Or some such shit.

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Thursday, 16 October 2008

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Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Between an ISP outage an out of town medical appointment my blogging day got off to a very late start. Throw in watching a debate instead of blogging and it's probably going to be tomorrow before I post anything else.

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Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Posting may be sporadic for a few days due to medical appointments, computer upgrades, barns that need built, etc.

In case you missed it yesterday:

• Why Obama's socialism matters

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Monday, 13 October 2008

Must-read post of the day:

• Why Obama's socialism matters

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Sunday, 12 October 2008

J. D. Pendry

Mob mentality? Racist? This I hear from the people who have never had a decent or kind word to say about any African-American who holds conservative views. From this foul-mouthed morally deficient garbage who viciously slanders a pregnant seventeen-year-old girl and her mother, I am now called racist for questioning the character of their chosen one. These people wonder aloud why a mother would not abort a Down syndrome baby. I love these selfless and thoughtful attitudes. This collection of reprobates believes that race and gender counts only if the woman is like Madonna or the man some foul-mouthed Ludacris like thug rapper.

I do not like to share much of my private life, but just for the record, I have been one-half of an interracial marriage for going on 36 years. The two men I count as most influential in my 28 years in the Army were a Puerto Rican First Sergeant named Pedro Olivari and a Black Sergeant Major named Jim White. One thing I have learned about the left leaners is they like to project their personalities onto others. The most bigoted are the first to call others bigots. You possess no morals, no ethics and to use your favorite expression, no tolerance for someone whose beliefs differ from yours. So spare me.

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Barack Obama has been claiming on the campaign trail that it is OK to hang around with, and work for an unrepentant domestic terrorist - William Ayers - because he (Obama) was only 8-years-old when Ayers was bombing the US.

In a statement released this week on Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground terrorist organization that bombed police stations, the US Capitol and the Pentagon, committed crimes including murder and robbery, Obama said he "assumed Ayers had been rehabilitated."

Really? Well a picture is worth 1,000 words, so apply 1,000 to this photo of Ayers wiping his feet on the US flag.

It was taken in 2001 for a magazine profile, just about the same time that the unrepentant Ayers said he hadn't done enough to bring down the United States.

Now we must ask ourselves, just how aware is Obama if this photo could slip by him in his hometown, in the same time frame that he and Ayers were working together?

Based on Obama's "Assumed" claim, I bet the entire Chinese army could infiltrate over our southern border and he would "assume" it was just workers coming in for their day shifts.

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Saturday, 11 October 2008

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Friday, 10 October 2008

J. D. Pendry

I know who I am voting for. Do you?

I hope not to offend anyone. Well, maybe I do. Sometimes you need to hit someone in the forehead with a piece of dimension lumber before you get their attention. I never did appreciate it when people appeared in front of the cameras a few days after they called America’s Warriors Nazis and said, gee, if anyone was offended by what I said I apologize. If you said it during a hissy fit of anger, you meant it. You believed it. You should have spine enough to stand up for it. Words matter. What comes out of a politician’s mouth is not always the best reflection of who he is except for those angry tongue slips or the times when they believed no one was listening. It is those times and those words that opens the window to their character and bares their souls.

As we near America’s day of reckoning (A.K.A. Election Day), which is only a few days away, I am asked to believe that there are great numbers you out there who do not know who you will vote for. The great undecided mass, I am told and asked to accept, will choose the leader of the free world based on debate performances or whatever is offered up to them in the political ads during the latter days of the current edition of our perpetual political campaigns. If this is true, and I have never accepted that it is, then I have to tell you that the great undecided mass is too stupid to vote.

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