Month: February 2006

Nothing like a really informative post title, is there?

Latest scoop on the bleg for traffic to twc to make 50,000 unique visitors (excluding myself and spiders) by the end of March (which about the time I began tracking with Statcounter).

OK, I know my “Shortstats” plugin is reporting some phenomenal number of visitors, but it’s including cspider crawls, so that’s out. Just sticking with the Statcounter stats, which report that I have less than 5,000 unique visitors to go before busting that modest count, so small compared to other bogs the silly Technorati and TTLB games rank lower than twc (silly games, indeed: one counts EVERYTHING and the other weighs data any darned way it wants. *Pfui* :-))

Leading—so far—blog referrers? In alphabetical order,

Diane’s Stuff
The Real Ugly American
TMH’s Bacon Bits

Now, Diane’s already got her keys to post here; all I need to do is beegdle (a combo of beg and wheedle) a while and prostrate myself and maybe she’ll feel free to at least crosspost teasers to some of her stuff here. TMH and Rick… well, TMH is really under the gun with work and DL (also an active referrer from TMH’s Bacon Bits) is getting ready to go hunting (but NOT talking TMH along, so no possibility of a lapse into Cheneyism there), but Rick… Hey, Rick! Why don’t you post about your trip to the gunshow here?

heh.

“Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for the West as it commits suicide.”
— James Burnham

But,

“American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward to perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. This pretended salt hath utterly lost its savor: wherewith shall it be salted? Its impotency is not hard to explain. It is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It tends to risk nothing serious for the sake of truth.”
— R. L. Dabney

We need serious reform in our political system. The quality of people running for office in recent years—from both major and darned near all minor political parties—is… appalling for the most part. Oh, sure there may be some examples of decent people running for office, but as soon as they’re in office, they spend way too much time associating with scum (see our current crop of congresscritters).

Remember the next time you’re in a voting booth: voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. If possible, write in a vote for “None of the above” in cases like that, cos that’s who we need in office—of those running—in most cases:

“None of the above.”

Submitted for consideration at Diane’s Stuff and Don Surber’s Best of Wednesday.

*sigh*

Those poor, backward, dumbasses. Oh, was that a lil too blunt? Let me give but one example of Muslim backwardness and stupidity: The Danish Cartoon Kerfuffle.

Backward? Stupid?

Well, you judge:

The cartoons first appeared back in September in a Danish paper. Plenty of Muslims in Denmark who could have and probably did see ’em. No reaction.

They were republished in THE major Egyptian newspaper in October. No Reaction.

It took five or six months for the “insult” to penetrate thick Muslim skulls?

Dumbasses. Either they are so amazingly stupid that it really did take that long for the “insult” to penetrate, OR they are too stupid to realize that fake outrage raised at a later date is an easily-recognized transparent ploy to manipulate Western opinion.

Dumbasses. We ought to treat them just like any other mentally handicapped: with pity and condescension. (Yeh, that’s what special treatment for idiots of all kinds really is: pity and condescension, no matter how nobly someone wants to color it.)

Let’ em all ride the short bus. But pack ’em in real tightly… Need to conserve oxygen for the folks whose brains actually need the stuff.

Tel-Chai Nation tracked back to my Open Post (below) with an interesting article:

“Two-faced British imam gets caught in the act”

Read the whole thing. My response to but part of T-CN’s post is “Duh.”

Well, of course that ole imam is two-faced. Following the principle of dealing with “dar-ul-harb” laid down by Mohammed (may he rot in hell forever), who made an easy job of conquering the city of Medina by lying to its inhabitants and promising them that no harm would come to them, Muslims readily practice “holy deception” of the “house of the enemy” (“dar-ul-harb”—which is… everyone not Muslim.)

If only one percent (or less) of Muslims are actively involved in violence against “dar-ul-harb” that leaves the rest as

1. Apologists and/or enablers who lie about the nature of Islam to those outside the tent
2. “Country club” Muslims who do not actually share the cultic faith of the followers of the Butcher of Medina but who are simply “cultural Muslims” who adopt whatever suits them and throw out the reality of the Koran and the example of the life of the founder of Islam.

Of this last class, it is obvious that, while decrying (tepidly, weakly, disingenuously) the excesses of true Muslims, they are nevertheless passive accomplices enabling the terrorists by not denouncing the root of the terrorists’ justification: The Butcher of Medina, hiimself. until these “cultural Muslims” soundly repudiate Mohammed (may he rot in hell forever), they share in their bloody brothers’ evil.

And they’ll lie themselves blue in the face about that, too.

(Bucking for some Muslim death threats here. I sure hope they come soon, cos I’m feeling left out… :-))

Slapped up on the bulletin board at The Real Ugly American (where Rick has some worthwhile reading posted–go check it out!) and at TMH’s Bacon Bits, where a good blogbuddy is lending me a hand (Yeh, TMH, I just might have to give you keys to this place after all… )

Today is Wednesday, in case you’d not yet noticed (lil reminder for the caffeine-deprived among us), so, it’s Open Trackback Alliance Day here at America’s third World Countyâ„¢. Link to this post and trackback. A reference to your linked post will appear below this post, both on the post page and this front page.

But before all the linky stuff, take a break and check out

American news media: little courage and little honesty, by Dennis Prager. The nut of the piece?

“When it comes to taking on conservatives, Catholics, Evangelicals and the like, liberal news media are Supermen. When it comes to confronting real evil, however, the news media are Mickey Mouse.”

Just read the whole thing, then come back here and do the linky stuff with this post and trackback…

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Hit me with your best shot, wouldya?

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This week’s Guard the Borders Blogburst post is a crosspost, offered by Heidi of Eupjoric Reality to anyone who is a part of the GTB Blogburst for use on their blog. This week’s post by Darnell McGavock is an excellent place to start reading GTB posts, if you have not already done so. In Heidi’s words, “It debunks the common misperception that illegals come here because there is no work available for them in their own countries. Quite the opposite, in fact.” Here’s Darnell:

By Darnell McGavock at Independent Conservative Contrary to popular belief, most illegals coming to the USA already had jobs in the country that they left. Also, they are seeking much higher paying jobs than some might believe. Their days of trying to just pick fruit are over! Here are some details, although it is best to read this entire article:

Study: Most illegal immigrants had jobs The research, believed to represent the largest-ever study of undocumented migrants, contends that the vast majority of illegal immigrants from Mexico were gainfully employed before they migrated to the United States, and failure to find work in their native Mexico did not seem to be the primary reason for their departure, said Rakesh Kochhar, associate director for research at the center and author of the report. … In fact, the majority of new migrants will look for work with higher wages in industries such as construction, hotels or sales, said Roberto Suro, director of the Pew Hispanic Center. … Only 5 percent of the 4,836 migrants surveyed were unemployed in Mexico before moving to the United States – a significantly lower number than in past studies and theories about migrants, Suro said. … Ironically, Kochhar added, immigration status (in the United States) has little to do with finding employment. Migrants without identification had the same chance of landing a job as those with valid U.S. IDs. …

So much for all that talk about illegals needing to find work.
They already had work where they came from. They just come to the USA for a higher wage. And so much for all that talk about illegals only filling jobs “that Americans will not do”. As I’ve previously explained, Americans did those jobs and can do them again. And never mind “those jobs”, now the illegals are going for YOUR JOB. They want to move up the pay scale. The illegals coming in now are better educated than prior generations and so they are seeking higher paying jobs that require a higher skill set. The actual report is available here. The complete report mentions:

Once they arrive and pass through a relatively brief period of transition and adjustment, migrants have little trouble finding work. Family and social networks play a significant role in this; large shares of migrants report talking to people they know in the U.S. about job opportunities and living with relatives after arrival. They easily make transitions into new jobs, even though most find themselves working in industries that are new to them. … There is a steady and strong demand for migrant workers from Mexico in agriculture, construction, manufacturing and hospitality. These four industries employ about two-thirds of the survey respondents, irrespective of their background in Mexico or their year of arrival. … Migrants from Mexico are responsive to regional variations in demand for their services. Construction is the dominant industry for employing migrants in Atlanta, Dallas and Raleigh; hospitality is the major employer in New York City; manufacturing in Chicago; and agriculture in Fresno. … The percentage of survey respondents employed in agriculture in the U.S. has dropped from 17% of those in country more than 15 years to 9% of recent arrivals. At the same time, the percentage employed in construction and hospitality has increased from 23% to 42%. …

The time is now to close our borders to illegal immigration.

This has been a production of the Guard the Borders Blogburst. It was started by Euphoric Reality, and serves to keep immigration issues in the forefront of our minds as we’re going about our daily lives and continuing to fight the war on terror. If you are concerned with the trend of illegal immigration facing our country, join our blogburst! Just send an email with your blog name and url to euphoricrealitynet at gmail dot com.

Blogs already on board: