Monthly Archives: December 2010

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‘No Refusal’ Checkpoints

At some point, our elected officials — local, state and federal — are going to need to take a remedial course in the basics of the U.S. Constitution.

This time, it’s the Fourth Amendment. You know, the one the Left wants extended to foreign jihadists but is silent when TSA gropes and sexually assaults the elderly and strip-searches children.

And this. Something called “no refusal” checkpoints.

Florida is among several states now holding what are called “no refusal” checkpoints.

It means if you refuse a breath test during a traffic stop, a judge is on site, and issues a warrant that allows police to perform a mandatory blood test.

It’s like all of the other checkpoints. Every vehicle driving through the checkpoint must be checked out. That means every driver must submit to a voluntary breathalyzer or have blood drawn by police under a judge’s warrant.

Say you are driving down a highway that has a checkpoint. You’ve been nowhere near any alcohol let along consumed any. Too bad, so sad. You must get out of your car and submit to a breathalyzer and no doubt other field sobriety tests, even though you have done nothing wrong.

Naturally, the Nazi Nannies at MADD are OK with this blatant violation of Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure.

“I think it’s a great deterrent for people,” said Linda Unfried, from Mother’s Against Drunk Driving in Hillsborough County.

It’s already being done in several counties, and now Unfried is working to bring it to the Tampa Bay area.

“I think you’ll see the difference because people will not drink and drive. I truly believe that,” she said.

I’ve never had much use for MADD and other alleged anti-drunk driving agit-prop groups. Why? Because they don’t tackle the real issues involved. Namely drivers with multiple arrests for DUI and blowing two, three or more times over the legal limit. Or worse, criminal illegal alien drunk drivers.

They are deafeningly silent on those issues.

Instead, the MADD nannies work to lower legal limits, which do little if anything to reduce drunk driving. This allows them and various politicians to pat themselves on the back and pose foe holy pictures thinking they’ve done something. It makes them feel good.

And after all, isn’t that all that matters?

I’ve never been a fan of highway checkpoints because they are a flat-out violation of Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights. You know, the amendment that reads:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Yet here we have Americans presumed to be guilty being forced out of their vehicles to prove their innocence. That goes for checkpoints for anything. It has a martial law feeling to it.

But then maybe that’s what they are feeling us out — to see what we will tolerate. Same with the airport gropings and full nude body scans.

This may be coming to the rest of American soon. Why? Because Transportation Secretary Ray The Hood approves of it:

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has recently said he wants to see more states hold similar programs.

Say “Sieg Heil” to the nice people.

From the comments section:

There is no reason to refuse unless you have been drinking and as far as I am concerned you have no rights if you drink and drive.

Where is all the concern over civil liberties? Where are Those Lost Without ACLUe? Oh yeah, that’s right. There aren’t foreign jihadists involved. Their panties were in a wad when the Bush administration was listening into phone calls of foreign jihadists coming into the U.S. originating in foreign countries.

There is every reason to refuse. The logic of the commenter shows how much of a sheeple we’ve become. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you won’t mind if The Gestapo has a look, right?

 

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More WisDems FAIL

Update: Here is the original artwork as put out by WisDems:

The Hate Left has clearly earned its moniker.

The Urinal Times weighs in. Check out the comments page. They supply this graphic of the two DUMBper stickers:

Update: I have received word that the graphic that appears here is NOT the original one intended by WisDems, that this is a result of major outrage by Republicans. The original, I am told, has the train smashing into Gov. Walker’s head with a blood spurt emerging. I am trying to obtain the original and if I am able to get it, I will post it here.

It’s not enough that the Democrats in Wisconsin were kicked to the curb in November.

It’s clear that they still don’t have a clue as to what hit them and why.

Look at this:

Some background:

One of Scott Walker’s main issues in winning the governor’s race was his intent to cancel the half-fast, car-speed train projected to run between Milwaukee and Madison. The federal government was to provide the initial $810 million to construct the choo-choo, but the operating cost would have to be picked up by state taxpayers, already facing a $200 million budget deficit, thanks to a lousy economy and fiscal mismanagement by outgoing Gov. Jim Doyle and the recently defeated legislative Democrats.

Walker correctly realized that  the state couldn’t afford this “gift” from the Obama Regime and announced plans to kill the train, whose average speed would have been about 55 mph, lower than the speed of the average car going between Milwaukee and Madison, plus the car actually takes you where you want to go. He also recognized there was neither the need nor the demand for the choo-choo, which, like all rail mass transit projects, low-balls cost and overestimates ridership.

Naturally, the choo-choo zealots went apoplectic. There was mass protests (attended by 20 or so people), grassroots astroturf campaigns to pressure Walker into changing his mind. All for naught, as the choo-choo went bye-bye.

Now, the Democrats under the leadership (and I use that word loosely) of Mike Tate have retaliated with the bumper DUMBper sticker shown above.

Look at the graphic. The train has been described by its backers as a bullet train. What does the graphic display but a train depicted as a bullet going through Scott Walker’s head, complete with red (blood).

Imagine the outrage from the Left if our side had come up with this and had Our Lord and Savior Barack Hussein Obama’s head where Walker’s is. Anyone connected with it would receive a visit from the Secret Service because of the implication of violence.

These are the same Democrats who managed sufficient outrage during the campaign to get Walker’s communications director named the Worst Person in the World by The Olbertard simply for re-tweeting a video of a bunch of people singing about a train to make fun of the choo-choo supporters, claiming it was somehow — 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 — Raaaaacist!

Shame on Mike Tate and the Wisconsin Democrats for their temper tantrum and apparent death wish for Scott Walker.

The next four years with a bunch of grown-ups with the mentality of a child in the “Terrible Twos” is going to be a hell of a ride.

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A Nation Of Pansies

Outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, agree with him or not, is plain spoken and tells you what is on his mind.

In this case, I agree with him. The idiotic decision of the NFL to shift the game between the Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings from Sunday night to Tuesday night in anticipation of a snowstorm is indicative of how weak we are becoming as a society.

Rendell gave the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell both barrels in wake of the game change.

“It goes against everything that football is all about,” Rendell said Monday on radio station 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia.

Rendell was rankled by the league’s decision to move the Philadelphia Eagles’ home game against the Minnesota Vikings from Sunday night to Tuesday evening.

The NFL cited the winter storm that wound up slamming most of the East Coast as the reason for the change, but elected to postpone the game before any snow had even accumulated. About a foot of snow fell on Philadelphia, though less than 5 inches was on the ground before the scheduled kickoff at 8:20 p.m. EST Sunday night.

Rendell viewed the NFL’s decision as a referendum on the toughness, or lack thereof, of the United States.

“My biggest beef is that this is part of what’s happened in this country,” Rendell said. “I think we’ve become wussies.”

“We’ve become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything,” Rendell added. “If this was in China do you think the Chinese would have called off the game? People would have been marching down to the stadium, they would have walked and they would have been doing calculus on the way down.”

This game would have been played in the Midwest. Can you imagine the NFL cancelling a game on the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field – or, if you are Sen. John F-ing Kerry, Lambert Field?

Somewhere, Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry, the coaches in the Ice Bowl, are turning over in their graves. Every player who participated in the Ice Bowl and every fan who attended the Ice Bowl no doubt are embarrassed by what now should be known as the Nancy Football League.

How many times have we seen this locally, where panicky school administrators cancel school and others cancel events when bad weather is predicted? Cancellations based on a forecast.  Happens routinely around here.

I’m not that old. Seriously, I don’t remember anything ever being cancelled because something might happen. As a child and adolescent, it took a major snowstorm for school to be called off. Now, if the meteorologist calls for 4 to 6 inches of snow, the odds of there being school closings are 50-50.

A nation of wimps. Weenies. In Rendell’s words, wussies. Ah-nold would call us a nation of girlie men. Of course in the black-is-white-and-white-is-black world in which the women are behaving more masculine and the men more feminine (after decades of cross-gender indoctrination by our gummint-run skoolz), should we really be surprised? When adults shelter and shield children from adversity and anything remotely requiring courage and toughness, this is the end result.

Football is a game meant to be played outside in the elements. The only thing I can support suspending play for is lightning, since the players’ metal cleats provide perfect grounding.

This was an abject surrender on the part of the NFL. The league was correctly being laughed at across the Internet yesterday.

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400,000 Year Old Remains Found

Evidence indicates he was waiting in line for government-run health care.

JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans.

A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said teeth found in the cave are about 400,000 years old and resemble those of other remains of modern man, known scientifically as Homo sapiens, found in Israel. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half as old.

I think we found the new poster child for ObamaCare.

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‘A Date That Will Live In Infamy’

Sixty-nine years ago today, our parents’ and grandparents’ generations had their own 9/11: December 7, 1941. The day the Japanese launched an unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor.

Fewer and fewer members of the World War II generation exist. About 100 survivors of the attack will gather at the USS Arizona Memorial today to commemorate the event.

Some 100 survivors, the youngest of whom are in their late 80s, have traveled from around the country to attend Tuesday’s ceremony.

The event is being held across the harbor from the USS Arizona, which sank in the attack and where the remains of nearly 1,000 sailors and Marines are still entombed.

The survivors will be welcomed by a new $56 million center for visitors and take a boat out to the memorial that sits on top of the battleship.

Here is a radio announcement of the actual Pearl Harbor attack:

The Japanese air attack began at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian time. The attack came in two waves and took just 90 minutes. After it was over, 2,386 Americans had been killed and 1,139 wounded. The attack destroyed 18 ships, including five battleships.

This is one of the most famous images of World War II, the USS Arizona, after a Japanese bomb struck its magazine:

This, of course, marked the U.S. entrance into World War II, which had been underway in Europe since September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland.

The following day, President Roosevelt gave his famous address to Congress:

Here is the text of the President’s speech:

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.

Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And, while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.

It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.

Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island.And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.

Japan has therefore undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.
As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense, that always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.

I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.

I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire

The Greatest Generation’s 9/11 has been depicted on film at least twice, first in Tora! Tora! Tora! in 1970 and again in Jerry Bruckheimer’s Pearl Harbor in 2001.

I saw Pearl Harbor in the theater. While I didn’t care for the first half of the film involving the Titanic-style story of fictional characters, Bruckheimer’s depiction of the actual attack was excellent. Here it is in three parts from the Director’s Cut:

The special effects are outstanding and, much like Steven Spielberg in Saving Private Ryan, Bruckheimer captured the horror of war. It also features excellent supporting performances by Jon Voight as President Roosevelt and notorious Hollywood anti-war lefty Alec Baldwin as Gen. Doolittle, the man who launched the initial counterattack against Japan.

The USS Arizona suffered too much damaged to be salvaged and instead was left as a tomb for those who perished on it. Instead, a memorial was built over the sunken ship, which still to this day leaks oil.

Here is an aerial view of the USS Arizona Memorial: