FOR THE LOVE OF.....!

FOR THE LOVE OF.....! (Frazer Chronicle)

Okay today were gonna talk about "Daddy and Mommy" parts, so young children should at this time should leave their "trays and cup holders in an upright position," as they leave the room. Everybody under 16 years of age is included, "I'm waiting.....I'm waiting," okay, I hope the room is clear; this subject will be graphic, with finger pointing and name dropping.

ADULTERY.....ugh, there I said it, the "A" word, a word which I might add I know a little about. There are disgusting words to graphically explain the activity behind the word, ADULTERY, "@#&^%. Here are a few of the "dirty words" that are used to describe the act of love making, the use is not intend to offend any of my readers, rather for the full value of the act itself.

"Bam bam, screw bee do doo, wham bam thank you Ma'am, drop your draws and grab your ankles, let’s do it, lets huck, lets holly huck, you know you want it, great, your tops off, now let’s get to the real goodies, trust me, lets screw, let’s get r done, of course I'll respect you in the morning.....I gotta go, and finally, lets f---.

Playing around on your wife, your man, your girl friend, your significant other or in any way casting an atmosphere of distrust in a relationship is usually a killer for the relationship. Lies, cheating or getting a little booty on the side does not make you a better man, or women, it simply submarines whatever relationship that you might have with your designated mate.

Without exception, adulterous liaisons lead nowhere, sure they make you feel good, give you a better prospective of yourself, can be fun, and the newness never seems to wear off. The sex is great, and your liaison-mate might seem to never tire of trying new erotic positions.....even the Pretzel hold, but in the end, even though the sex is past great, there will come a time when you will miss your "soul mate" unless she /he is a real dog. If that is the case, pack your bags and hit the road with your "new" soul mate, you will be making a way better decision.

Did you know that 23 states have laws on the books that make adultery a crime, punishable by up to life in prison; some states have a fine system which starts at $10 a violation, man that would make some people with a balance of thousands of dollars. The thing that gets me is that men, men in powerful positions, men in the public eye simply don't get it. First they showed incredible stupidity for venturing "outside their neighborhood" for this type of activity. Didn't you ever hear of "cell-cams" even I know about them.

If any of these jokers are running for high profile, elected positions, their personal life is differently going to be put under the microscope for everybody to see. Personally I could care less about Herman Cain or old Newtered Gingrich's bedroom exploits, whatever they can get "on the side" is fine with me, but don't expect to get a pass when you run for public office, it's not going to happen.

And guess what, there is a segment of the United States electorate that does care about moral behavior. Then the simply stupid takes over, they deny, deny, deny, the "I never heard of that person," "have never seen that person," and technically, "some sexual acts are not really sexual acts at all," so technically I didn't have sex with that person.

It never ceases to amaze me that decent men/women, sound and true can be swayed by the carnal knowledge, the wispy scent of a women, or the musk of a man. God truly did create us all the same, at least in one aspect. This fascination with illicit sex, "at least to the moral code that we all must live by," usually takes those involved down a slippery slope with no "return ticket" to the summit.

For me, I could care less what an elected official does behind closed doors, but there is still an involuntary thought in the back of my mind that whispers "liar, liar, pants on fire." It's a thought that I simply can't suppress, and more often than not, affects my voting practices. Down through the annals of history, powerful men have indulged themselves on sex. To a lesser extent, women are as guilty as men, women just haven't had as many opportunities as men, "hang in there girls," your time is fast approaching.

People in many states, "23 to be exact" can be prosecuted for their indiscretions.....regarding sex. Many of these laws are antiquated, enacted decades ago and even hundreds of years in the past. They are challenged as unconstitutional, but many of these states, their legislature and the residence resist removing such laws mostly because of somewhat outdated morality crime feelings. It's kind of like the "last port in the storm" a "safe place," away from the sinful ways that at times seem to dominate America.

Some people are actually addicted to sex, can't stay away from it, and seek out willing partners to have their way with. I thought I was addicted to sex, but my wife put an end to any misgivings that I had with regards to our sex life. Until I met my future wife, fell in love with her, got married had 3 healthy kids; I never knew that a kiss constituted a sexual act. I however do know that kissing cannot create kids; they come "somehow" from a stork.

As the country approaches another election year, I am wondering exactly how far we have come as a race of people, how do we track our progression, how do we measure our successes. Are we a moral people, are we worthy of carrying the mantle of human decency. Most of us have skeletons in our closet, most of us have indiscretions that we try and forget.

I guess, at least for me, I need to remember that when I view, watch, or read about a political candidate, and possibly "temper" how I feel about that person. We are a nation that for whatever reason, figures that an elected official needs to be on a different plain, better than the average guy, above reproach. I guess that is the real fly in the ointment, we forget who these people really are.....human, like us.

DECLARATION OF WAR, IT'S A HEAVY BURDEN!

DECLARATION OF WAR, IT'S A HEAVY BURDEN! (Frazer Chronicle)

Okay my little "red necks" out there; "put on your thinking caps," there will be a test on this subject at the end. The question is, "how many wars have been declared or just plain fought during the past 200 years, and their length?"

I'll give you several hints, "a declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between one nation and another. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution says, "Congress shall have the power to declare war." The United States has declared war against foreign nations six different times.

America has "formally" declared war on foreign countries on 6 separate occasions, 1812, the U.K. Mexico in 1846, Spain 1908, and Japan on December 8th. 1941 and Germany twice, 1917 and 1941. Included in the 1941 declaration of war on Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania were also included.

Military engagements or conflicts have been authorized and funded by the United States Congress on numerous occasions and by the Presidents alone 14 different times. The longest war fought by the United States is neither Afghanistan nor Iraq, but the war from 1840 to 1886 right here in the good old U.S. of A. That's right, the United States V. the Native Americans, the Indians, for 46 years, and many to this day say that the war is "not over."

Wars have been waged through the years by the United States for various reasons, right.....come on, we all know the answer to that question, the one constant in every war is MONEY, not freedom, not religion, and certainly not human rights. There aren't really any good guys in a war, just participants and victims.

The United States has been around since 1776, coming up on 236 years. Do you know how many years the country has been without a war to fight, or people to save, human rights to uphold, or territory to return to rightful owners.....zero, zip nada. Seems not possible right, well my little red necks, it not only is possible.....but it's true.

There has not been a decade without war being waged by the United States.....ever. There have been 80 major wars, "not declared" but fought, there have been literally thousands of conflicts and confrontations were blood was drawn and people died. Millions have died, millions wounded, millions permanently incapacitated and millions left without a meaningful life.

In the illustrious words of Jack Nicholson in the movie, A Few Good Men, he said, "you want us up there, and you need us up there." It's been the American way since the beginning of our countries history; it's the blood, the guts and our great good honor.....to fight. It has now come to the point that most of us don't even know what the fights about, we just know we "need to fight," we "need a cause," it completes us.

The cost in country resources has been tremendous, unless you count $11 trillion dollars as chump change. And now we are edging up to the $3 trillion dollar price tag on the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gee, pretty quick the money that has been spent on war by the U.S. will amount to our national debt....."Shut the front door."

I must admit that war does create some jobs, during the past several years, about 8.3 jobs per million dollars spent, but sadly there are “hidden” costs to these job creations. Dam, can't we ever catch a break? What does happen is that in today's work atmosphere, automation is used whenever possible to keep labor costs at a minimum.

Defense and democracy in America is a pricy business and the recent failure of the "Super Committee" whose job it was to slash the countries budget now opens the gate for automatic cuts to the budget to take place. However, don't get all upset and feverish over any defense cuts.....they won't happen, they hardly ever do.

Wars of choice, which the United States now wages has a "cushion" through the power of that little guy that is called "corporation," or "corp." for short. Corp. is actually the one who dictates the budget and the slice of the pie that corps’ brothers and sisters get. It's not complicated, it's not involved, and it's right there in front of everybody. It's called "Defense Spending," it's how we save our way of life, protect our own, and make sure that "Corp" and all the little "Corp's" continue to live and grow.

Ah screw the test, class is dismissed.

 

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO AN OLD MAN!

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO AN OLD MAN! (Frazer Chronicle)

I have hesitated to write anything about the Penn State rape case, deciding to allow the story to unfold naturally, choosing to read and listen to the usual "talking heads" that come out of the "word-work" when a story such as the Jerry Sandusky scandal breaks. It's been two weeks and at least 9 years since things were first "brought to light," then buried by the football Gods of Happy Valley, and then resurrected by some dirty old state prosecutor years after the fact.

The act, "let's be perfectly clear here," was to bend young boys over and introduce Sandusky's male member into their anus. There further were all kinds of touching, kissing and licking the man's male parts by these young boys until ejaculation was achieved and the personal gratification for the man was at an end.

This is not a family friendly blog, never has been and never will be. What this blog attempts to do is speak the truth as best it can. There is no easy way to talk or write about the Jerry Sandusky "alleged" activity with the young boys that took place for as long as 40 years. I have no "ax to grind" with assistant coach, "retired" Jerry Sandusky, or head coach Joe Paterno, "a living legend."

However as more people come forward and as more monetary law suits are filed, it gets harder and harder to believe the accused and to turn a blind eye towards Penn State, its athletic department or the administration that governs the school. It is growing into a case where fate, fame, lust and greed have taken over, and decent common sense left the building years ago.

Students and alumni alike seem to have joined arms in a kind of "lock step" march that overlooks facts, and endeavors to protect the good name of the university, the football program, and those people responsible for governance of same.

I was a General Manager of a baseball club one time, taking over a troubled, struggling organization that was rampant with all sorts of financial abuse. Everybody knew of the problems, of the abuse, and either was implicit in the activity, or knew about it. What I needed to do was "clear the decks," fire every member of the former regime. The only one that didn't know anything about the problem was the field maintenance guy.

My point is simple, as with the southern Wisconsin baseball team, everybody at Penn State's football program knew about Jerry Sandusky and his despicable acts of sexual depravity. The "buck" stops with Joe Paterno, his image is forever tarnished, and the atmosphere of his football program more important than however many little boys or young men that were bent over and penetrated by the monster that Jerry Sandusky became, is completely wrong.

All major sports programs, "always football," look the other way when it protects the "program." The money involved, the prestige in place, and the protection of the players comes way before any innocent by-stander. I have seen it, participated in it, and lived it, all for the good of the program, or those individuals involved. At the time I didn't even give the activity a second thought, it was what was done, it's how the program operated and survived from year to year and decade to decade.

Joe Paterno won lots of football games at Penn State, helped many kids to make a living in the National Football League as players or coaches. Now most are tainted by the acts of those that were in charge, by those men that were left to govern, to lay out a path for success.

Each and every man failed, each and every man deserves to be fired, and their names taken from the rules of honor. Not one person should escape the grim story that is emerging of physical and sociological harm to the young boys. Joe Paterno, you're caught, there is a special place for you in hell, now that's the real hot seat.

SUPERCOMMITTEE CREATED TO FAIL!

SUPERCOMMITTEE CREATED TO FAIL! (Washington Post-Frazer Chronicle)

I watched the Green Bay Packers beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers yesterday on "football Sunday," and I cheered the Detroit Lions to a comeback 49-35 victory in the motor city over the Carolina Panthers. Both winning teams were crafted for victory, it was their ultimate goal, both winning organizations got the best talent available to make the ultimate goal attainable.

Although some would disagree, the Packers and Lions victories were not paramount to city, state, country, or world activity, everything would still exist. It was after all just a football game, which will soon be forgotten. In fact only newspaper reports will keep the "battle of the bays," and the "fight of the cats" in the sports headlines.

Now we are learning about a debt super committee that is "bracing for failure," and in fact had little or no chance of completing their assigned task. The "mandated" task was to shave at least $1.2 trillion from the federal debt. Rather than making a concerted effort to compromise, members of the special deficit-reduction committee spent their final hours casting blame and pointing fingers and worrying about reaction from the financial markets already jittery over the European debt crisis.

The committee, 11 men and 1 woman ought to tell you something about any possible "meeting of the minds." As C.N.N. MONEY writer, Charles Riley wrote in an August 11th. article, "it will be tough work and will likely require political sacrifice on issues like taxes and entitlements," he was right, but as with every other issue today, decisions were made along party lines.

The committee members include Republican Representative Co-chair Jeb Hensarling from Texas, who served on President Obama's debt committee, but voted against it, Democratic Senator Patty Murray, Washington state, co-chair of the committee. She also chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and it's her job to recruit candidates who can beat her Republican colleagues.

The other ten members of the committee are Republicans Senator Jon Kyl, Arizona, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, Rob Portman, Ohio, Representative Dave Camp and Fred Upton both of Michigan. All of these people have strong ties with Grover Norquist and his anti-tax movement, and with the possible exception of Rob Portman remain staunch in their Republican no new tax, and cut entitlements to the poor, education and health programs.

Democrats include Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts, Representative Chris Van Holland, Maryland, Senator Max Baucus, Montana, Representative Xavier Becerra, California, and James Clyburn, South Carolina. All of these people also have one thing in common; they follow Democratic ideology, and usually will not bend in their thinking.

Without a doubt these 12 people were distended to fail, and in fact have left Washington for the long Thanksgiving week, so the reaction won't even hit the presses until the first part of December. This holiday week is being observed by these people despite a national debt that now exceeds $15 trillion dollars.

The two sides could not bridge the taxes-vs.-entitlement gap, as the passion for keeping tax rates as low as possible by Republicans meant that the Democratic guarding entitlement programs would come to a head that could not be settled with any sort of capitulation by either side.

Possibly either the Green Bay Packers or the Detroit Lions business organizations should take up the countries debt problems and settle the matter on the grid-iron on a Sunday afternoon. It would be entertaining, tickets could be sold, concessions offered and maybe Senator Patty Murray would lead the proceedings in her tu-tu and a cheering section.

UPDATE ON AN UPTICK!

UPDATE ON AN UPTICK! (Mother Jones-Frazer Chronicle)



America is another step closer to open gun battles on American streets, thanks to the National Rifle Association and a duped United States public. Concealed carry is the law of the land, well almost, only Illinois is refusing this "wild west" mentality law. Talk about capitulating to one of the biggest lobbying groups in "lobbyism," it's what happened right here, in the United States and right under our collective noses.

It's kinda like each state in the union has opened a "Guns Are Us" store where a guy can walk in , fill out a piece of paper, signifying a desire for a concealed permit, and after a short background check, the guy walks out "packing" a hand gun capable of ending another person's life. Somewhere in this equation, "the message gets lost" in translation.

I mean how important can a dollar bill really be, how cherished can a family keepsake be, worth shooting somebody, worth killing a person to death. Death is so permanent so abruptly final, one minute your walking, talking and maybe sharing inter-most thoughts, the next, your laying on the ground, blood streaming from a finger sized hole somewhere on your body.

I have written about concealed weapons in the past, in fact, just before Wisconsin caved into the N.R.A. crowd. Now it's legal to carry a fire-arm into some taverns, grocery stores, on college campuses, within less than 50 feet of a high school and into certain areas of the state capital buildings, why?

How many out there have shot a person, "not just winged um," rather put a bullet hole in their head, watched the sight and listened to the sounds and watched the amassing amount of blood that comes from a head-shot wound, I'll be not many. Shooting somebody is not pretty, a little wacko and certainly a traumatic action.

Shooting somebody, when the shooter has little or no training can not only be a devastating to all of those people involved, but can put into action a retaliatory reaction from family members or friends of the decedent.

In just the past 3 years, 22 states have weakened or eliminated gun laws restricting the possession of concealed weapons. At the present time, it is illegal to carry concealed weapons across state line. However the United States Congress is considering states to recognize each other's carry permits to be recognized, like a person's drivers license that might be issued in Wisconsin being honored in say.....California.

Look, the weapons makers, the N.R.A. lobbyist and the "ammo" producers have won the battles, however they still have not won the war. To allow a person into a tavern with a colt hanging from his hip is ludicrous and like many "crazy" "feel-good laws," this one also will come to be rescinded. Until then, keep your beak down and your powder dry.

AND AWAY WE GO.....AGAIN!

AND AWAY WE GO.....AGAIN! (Washington Post-Frazer Chronicle)

Okay we are getting out of Iraq by year’s end, that is just great, next we have to find a way to get the hell out of Afghanistan, bring all those young ones home, stop the break-neck military spending, start to focus on our own, right here in the good old U.S. of A. Could it be true, can we finally start to re-build our own roads, bridges and sagging school buildings.

Now comes news from Washington that we will begin a "closer" relationship with Australia, establishing a permanent military presence, part of a high-profile foreign policy shift towards Asia that is intended as a counterbalance to address China's growing power.

Hold the horses', stop the presses, "am I getting this right," because a nation has succeeded in the economic world, and is possibly putting yen, or yang or whatever it is that China calls it's money, into government coffers, it has to be a source of worry for the United States. Wow I guess the world had better stay poor, not prosper and feeds its peoples once a day and keep them completely in the dark.

I guess President Obama hasn't seen the bleeding that is going on right here in America, the poor, the hungry, the scores of Americans without health insurance and the millions of foreclosures. What in the hell is going on here, exactly how can we keep spending our national "treasure" on these fool-hardy wars.

It is past the time that the president’s job description is completely re-written and much of the power that has been taken from the people is returned. These "jerk-offs" work for us, it's not the other way around. If I want government protection, I'll write a letter, or text a message to the war department, until then, "keep your ding dong hands off the money."

Does China represent a threat to the United States, of course they do, like George W. Bush would say, "they hate us," everybody hates the United States, "so the hell what." We simply can't afford to keep fighting everybody, there comes a time when the U.S. needs to recognize other countries, and that they too have abilities, wants, desires and needs, just like us. We need to GIVE a little ground to keep the peace.

I for one do not want to see another "hot spot" handled with guns, bullets, vast amounts of cash and dead bodies. We must get over ourselves and live in peace. Make love.....not war, it feels sooooo much better.

ASSAULT ON AMERICA'S POOR!

ASSAULT ON AMERICA'S POOR! (Frazer Chronicle)

You can line um up, might be 3 deep, it's for sure that there shoulder to shoulder in their attempts to keep the man down. That "man" is the chronically unemployed, or the guy who lost his job during the "melt-down" that overtook the countries financial stability and job market.There is a multitude of causes why the economy went bad, and more then enough people and institutions to blame.

It is fascinating to me, that conservatives now point a finger at George W. Bush and his constant push for all Americans to own their own home. I have a friend in real-estate and a pal who owns a mortgage company, the 2000's were very good to these people. I ask them once if they figured the housing market would ever "level off," and in fact decline, there answer was an emphatic NO. "Oops," guess they were wrong.

Most every economist talk about the "complex issues" that are tied to the recession that the United States is now experiencing, and to varying degrees, much of the rest of the world feels the same tight American issues. To this thinking I say, "balderdash and a big fat huba huba," there isn't a complex set of issues with the depression-like situation that America is in.

It's simple and straight forward, wages have been stagnate, or in regression for close to 30 years, bankers were out of control and manufacturing jobs not only went south, they went to the west, east and north. Our federal government allowed the "Captains of Industry" to take their jobs off shore, so that they could make un-Godly income from lower wages, and make a profit from the sales of their now imported product back to the United States.


Through the loss of jobs in America, millions of jobs, the economy of the country begin to suffer and finally fail. Many of the lost jobs were well paying, great benefit type work, and people lived according to their income. When your making upwards of $70,000 a year as a floor worker in a G.M. plant in Detroit and your wife makes another $40 grand, all sorts of spending goes on, jet skies, fishing boats, vacations, new cars every other year, addition on the house, a cottage up state, with little or no thought to the future. The good times are rolling and will last at least through my work life.

But, the bubble burst, and the country went back to the "boom or bust" mentality that has dominated the country for well over a hundred years. This time, though, there was something different, U.S. business was using tax laws, corporation loop-holes and the realization that good cheap labor was just a jet ride away in under-developed countries, labor that was so cheap, the "Captains" couldn't believe it.

Another problem in the United States was the fact that banks were on a run-away path to glory, profits and not only independent wealth, but wealth on such a grand scale, that the common man, "like me," can't even dream of the numbers.

A law was passed almost 80 years ago, establishing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, "F.D.I.C." in the United States and introduced banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation. It is commonly known as the Glass-Steagall Act, and there were 2 attempts to control money matters in the country.

The first, Glass-Steagall Act in 1932 was an effort to stop "deflation," expand the Federal Reserves ability to offer discounts on more types of assets, government bonds as well as commercial paper and the like.

The second Glass-Steagall Act in 1933 was tougher then the '32 act, and was a response to the collapse of a large portion of Americans' commercial banking system in early 1933. The act introduced the separation of the bank types according to their business, (commercial and investment banking).

Without doubt, the biggest single reason that banks got their butts in a sling during the middle and latter part of the 1st. decade of 21st. century was because they were allowed to return to the practices of the last part of the 19th. century and the first 29 years of the 20th. century. Banks intermingled their business, investment and commercial, creating conflicts of interest at almost every turn, and then tere were the Hedge Funders and their wild speculations.

While all of this was going on, the working man and the hibutually poor took hit after hit on the chin, until finally, today, we have the Occupy outfit and their movement, which I must say is as miss-guided a cause as possibly has ever taken place in the United States.

A war has been going on against the working poor for a long time, but there aren't any casualty lists, newspapers don't list certain battles waged with catch phrase names, or heroic pictures depicting flag raisings. The Occupy Wall Street movement has concentrated on wealth at the top of our society, branding itself as a movement of the 99%, redirecting public attention to the issue of extreme inequality.

However by and large these protesters are young people, or people with minimual amounts of means, "they are touched by the problem, but can walk away at any time," back to their safe place. People that don't have jobs, that are being paid minimum wages and have a family to raise know what I'm talking about. These people don't have enough money to smoke cigarettes, or drink a beer.

These people try as hard as is humanly possible and still can't get ahead.....it's just the same crap day after day, week and week and month after month. Most of these people are poorly educated, can have emotional or mental issues and never, never get better. Their lives are one continual grind, they are never rewarded for their efforts or their attendance, or how well they learn their jobs.

The upper middle class expects raises for their efforts and often get the renuneration tht they are looking for. But for the past couple of decades, raises have been eaten up by raising food, fuel-heating and medical-insurance costs.

Employers have become calous with regards to their employee's needs, wants and desires. Several years ago, I worked for a paper distributing company, and it was widely know that the guy never gave raises, always said "he didn't have the money." I have never asked for a raise in my life and now that I am retired, "I guess that record will remain intact." Any ways with all his hardship and tight funds, the jerk goes out a buys a $200,000 motor home.

The S.O.B. is more then 60 foot in length and has every gadget that can be put into one of those things. The jerk actually takes me on a tour and wants to know my opinion, without a moments hesitation I remarked that "I now knew why nobody got raises."

Look, I've said it before and I guess I'll say it again, "business' job is to eliminate labor, not create it." As Michelle Bachman said, "if you don't work, you don't eat," wow, with an attitude like that, the man with the big motor home might be able to buy a matching one for his wife.

Until the really working poor and the just plain poor get together, nothing is going to change, sadly. I'm just dam glad I've retired.....the situation gets my dander up, and I'm far removed from it.

PIP SQUEAK COUNTRIES!

PIP SQUEAK COUNTRIES! (Frazer Chronicle)

Small sometimes, in the history of the world hasn't seemed to matter much.....when it comes to break-through technology, or war making. Throughout world history, small bands of people or countries have challenged superior numbers, or technology and walked away with riches, the scalps of the vanquished, or have completely obliterated entire civilizations.

In the 1930's and 40's, Germany took on the entire world with little help from their allies,  using instead a knack for cutting edge technology, which could be argued, brought the "free world" to the brink of defeat. Without the help of Adolf Hitler, it is not inconceivable to think that a teeny tiny country with a population of between 77,000,000 and 89,000,000 could have pulled off the biggest upset in the history of the world. Who knows, today, with a German victory in 1945, we all could be speaking German.

But through some of the most bizarre military tactics in history, the Hitler lead Nazi regime was doomed and defeated in the spring of 1945. The United States and her "coalition of the willing" has been at war in Afghanistan for 10 years, "since October 2001," and 8 years in Iraq, "March 2003." Both countries are small, with a combined population of less then 60,000,000, but unlike Germany, neither has the kind of technical capabilities that Hitler had at his disposal.

So one might ask, exactly why is the so called "war on terror" taking so long, "10 years and 8 years" with more then 6000 deaths and billions of dollars spent and no real sign of victory at hand.....well let me answer that thorny question, "the powers that be, probably in the world, do not want either wars to end." "What" you ask.....money, money, money is the answer, $803,086,326,940 in Iraq and $474,647,080,752 in Afghanistan.

Yep, two backward countries seem to be holding parts of the "free" world hostage by their waring actions. The United States in turn use waterboarding, sleep, diet, body positioning, phyical beatings and water depervation as ways to collect intelligence. No "hi-tech" research needed, just people with little or no morals or scruples, pages right out of the Nazi interrogation book.

As President George W. Bush coined the phrase when explaining wars during his administration, "the long wars" will be necessary to defeat terrorisum. Of course he left out the part about prisoner treatment, how much the wars would cost, or what the run-away war spending would actually cost the American people.

Waterboarding is a brutal way to extract information and the information mostly is useless, given the fact that the waterboardee tells the waterboarder exactly what he wants to hear. And now we have these idiot Republican candidates calling for a military strike on Iran. Exactly what part of polls that show well over 60% of the American public that wants hostalities to end and not to start another war don't these people understand?

These pip squeak countries are bleeding the United States dry, they, with there sticks and stones are kicking the crap out of our military. Want proof, check on the length of the wars, and one of those web-pages with the cost clock moving at almost superconic speed and then read which companies are profiting from the "war effort."

'YER OUTTA THERE."

"YER OUTTA THERE." (Washington Post-Frazer Chronicle)

From the Forward Operating Base, Sharana, Afghanistan comes news that Major General Peter Fuller has been relived of his duties as the top U.S. trainer in charge of Afghanistan security forces. Fuller was fired today, Saturday, November 5 for criticizing President Harmid Karzai. General John R. Allen, commander of overall operations in the country,  relieved Fuller for remarks he made in an interview with the fact finding agency, Politico.

I guess the old military motto "Ours is not to question why, ours is just to do and die," is alive and well in the modern military of 2011, it kinda gives me a warm furry feeling all over my body. You know what they say about opinions, "there like ---holes, every body's got one." Guess Fuller was less inclined to "suffer the pain of a gastric upset," and let the  air out.

His pontification was not an epic eruption, rather a kind of burp, a quite interview with a state-side news organization which looks for truth wherever it can. General Fuller simply took issue with some of Karzai's statements, calling them "erratic and isolated from reality." Fuller further stated that "he, "Karzai" should poke me in the eye with a needle, you've got to be kidding me.....I'm sorry, we just gave you $11.6 billion and now your telling me 'I really don't care?"

Fuller further explained that "Afghan officials are divorced from reality and unappreciative of the American sacrifice in Afghanistan." "You guys are isolated from reality, the reality is, the world economy is having some significant hiccups."

Was General Fuller talking out of school, absolutely not, he simply was repeating what anybody who knows anything about the Afghan situation knows, that Karzai and his family and friends are profiteering from the war, that the conditions of the country are "mucked up." The statements that Fuller made were the truth, and the removal from his duties shows a silly "wall of silence" that exists in the military services.

Truth from American war zones should be a mandatory rule, short of divulging either military secrets, or where soldiers might be put in harms way. When it comes to the regular tension that has been present over the past several months between the United States and the Afghan government over supplies, equipment and money, I don't know about you, but I want to know all that the law allows.

I personally could care less about the future of General Fuller, his family, or his friends, I only want correct information, especially when it comes to the billions of dollars that are being spent. To my way of thinking, "these cowboys aren't protecting my freedom today, in Afghanistan." The United States is in an untenable situation in the middle east, and it seems as if everybody in the world knows except United States citizens, that the U.S. goal is not peace, but to protect natural resources for our use.

Thank God I don't have a position to lose, I've been called a general ----up, but never simply a general. Speaking the truth in today's "complicated" world can come back to bite you in the butt, so the rest of you generals out there better cover up, or drop and roll, it's a jungle out there.

IS DOUBLE DIPPING A NEW DANCE STEP OR JUST A GREEK ODYSSEY?

IS DOUBLE DIPPING A NEW DANCE STEP OR A GREEK ODYSSEY?

(Frazer Chronicle)

I'm confused, when I was in high school, after a football game, my high school would sponsor a "victory" dance, complete with teacher and parental chaperone's. It was like "chicks on parade." especially if you played an intricate part in a win, you were greeted like .....well.....a "Greek God," it was just great. I can't tell you the number of times that I got.....well, use your own imagination you can probably guess what "I got."

Dancing at school dances was, granted, a little strange by today's standards, the Twist, the Watusi or the Bristol Stomp are out, looking back, the younger generation today has very little over us, my generation could "cut a rug" with any of them, we "rocked." I do remember, I believe it was my junior year, dipping was Verboten, absolutely no dipping allowed, no close dancing either, "what a drag."

Now I hear that dance fans have even went further, doing a double dip, wow, I want to try that step(s), it sounds "keen." However I'm not sure that librarian Pearl Phistz, or gym teacher Mary Jane Draper, chaperone's at almost every dance would have allowed the double dip. I think both women were professional chaperon's during my time in high school and set a pretty strict set of rules to govern behaviour at our dances.

Well you can imagine my shock when I learned that double dipping had nothing what-so-ever to do with a new dance step, rather was a veiled attack on tax-payer funds. A retire-rehire scam to collect payment for first, retiring, establishing a payment rate of retirement pay, and then being rehired to their "old" position at the same rate of pay as when they left, and the best part.....it's legal, "ain't that neat."

I know it's true because it happened right here in good old Packerland, "Green Bay, Wisconsin," where two college professors retired from their positions, one being paid $115,000 a year and the other $104,000 .  Several weeks later, both were rehired at their same salaries, but with brand new pension payments respectively at $65,000 and $40,000 a year. "Great work if you can get it."

These two jokers, teachers at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay deny any wrong-doing, "huh," the morals of the activity stink. I don't have the time, energy, or am I going to take my limited vocabulary to try and express my feelings about these two dinks. This practice happens all over the state of Wisconsin and in many venues.

GREECE ODYSSEY

Greece is in a terrible financial mess, their economy is in the proverbial toilet, thanks in large part to generous government benefits that could never be sustained. Some stunning facts related to the Grecian governmental practices, and it's pretty easy to see why the entire countries economy is flatter then a floozy, or lower then Whale crap on the bottom of the ocean.

Nearly 50% of the Greek population works for the government, the average age of retirement is the early 50's, "with 100% of their regular pay, lavish bonuses to upper tier workers, "sometimes as lavish as an entire years pay." Well over 50% of the Greek population pays -0- taxes as their tax laws are in the same place that the countries economy is, "the crapper."

The good times are clearly over for these people, it's time to "pony up the dough ray me," to begin to pay more then a fair share, "because you haven't for so long." Time to "pay the fiddler," as Antony Quin said in Zorba the Greek, to "cough it up," to "make things right."

The United States is on the edge of the Greeks, what with the wild payment plans, and the unsustainable practice that have been the norm, like I mentioned at the beginning of today's edition. It's time to pay the fiddler, it's time to prioritize where taxpayer money goes, how our government works and what we "allow" to go on, after all, there's more of us then them.

The double dip, sadly is not a new dance step to get a bit closer to your partner, rather a way to get into the pockets of the American taxpayer, and to "get yours before it's all gone."

"YAHOO!"

"YAHOO!" (Frazer Chronicle)

"Buckle up buttercup it's time to meet your maker." "Picture it," it's Friday night, your work week is over and it's time to "partay." You ease into your favorite stool at your friendly neighborhood tavern, ready to knock back a few Budweiser's. You survey the landscape, "scoping for chicks" and decide that pickens might  be just right, ah, a double threat guy, good lookin and personality, how can you go wrong, "how can the women go wrong."

It's now 9:00 P.M. you've been sitting with friends, but keeping an eye on one particular blond, contemplating the things the two of you might do to one another. You see a guy walk over to her table and start the usual small talk that "might" lead to a more interment conversation. You watch for several minutes and decide to make your play.

You slowly sidle up to her table and ask for a dance, you are confident, young and feel that you are doing her a "favor." The guy who had just struck up a conversation with the blond backs up, assuming a defensive posture and tells you to "piss off."

Well, "you say to yourself," "not only is that unfriendly, it's downright rude," and deserves a reaction. One word leads to another, and before long there is a pushing match and a possible reaction to the pushing, hand guns are drawn and the next thing you know, shots ring out and the young blond girl is laying on the floor in a pool of blood with a finger sized hole in her fore-head and a fist sized hole in the back of her head.

Far fetched you say, sadly it's not, it happens every single night of the week somewhere in the United States with the exception of Illinois. With the passage of the "concealed carry" law being enacted in Wisconsin, Illinois is the only state holding out from the madness that seems to be taking over our country.

I was listening to an N.P.R. "National Public Radio"  program yesterday and I couldn't believe some of the reasons that were being cited as reasons to carry concealed hand guns. "Stopping a possible bank robbery because the robbers would see that some bank patrons were packing," defusing the possible reaction from an accident  by flashing your "piece," personal protection in the streets, to protect your loved ones when you are on vacation.....in a strange town.

Did you ever shoot somebody, were you ever responsible for somebodies death, have you ever seen what a bullet can do to the human body. I've seen what a bullet can do to the body, and let me tell you, "it ain't pretty." The right sized caliber bullet not only penetrates the body, it mushes up the bone, muscle and cartilage and can render the use of that area of the body useless.

Shooting somebody is definitely "not a walk in the park," it's serious stuff that most of us are not ready for. Okay so gun laws are basically the rule of the land, and we are dependent to rely on the guys with the guns to act responsibly.  But if you pull a gun on me, you'd better not miss and you'd better finish the job, cause if you don't, I'll be coming after you and I won't miss, and I will finish the job. This is the attitude that guns can mean, "you shoot me, I'll kill you," madness.

Two of the most powerful lobbyist groups in the United States, the N.R.A. and the gun manufacturers have gotten us the right to keep and bear arms, and nether will be held responsible for any reverberations that might come from their efforts. Never once has a gun manufacturer been held responsible for weapon defect, or incident, never.

Who is the biggest exporter of weapons in the world.....the United States, it's an important business to these people. Weapons education is required in every state that has passed gun laws, I just hope that they do a good job, and gun owners practice good judgement. If not, it'll be "buckle up," yahoo, "I'm packen."