Wednesday, October 31, 2012

A Halloween Tale: The Legend of the Sluice Box Gho...

THE AMERICAN COWBOY CHRONICLES: A Halloween Tale: The Legend of the Sluice Box Gho...: It was an extremely cold night in late October of 1875. The wind whipped through the small valley with a chill that went right to the bone....

Story by Tom Correa

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Does the New York Times work for Obama & Democrat Party?

Here's an article that says in essence it does!

New York Times' Sunday Review goes wall-to-wall for Obama's reelection

By Clay Waters

October 30, 2012

The New York Times has endorsed President Obama’s re-election and the paper is doing its best to help out any way it can. The latest move just reinforced the fact that the Times is so institutionally Democratic that it hasn’t endorsed a GOP presidential candidate during Obama’s lifetime.

That support plays out in the paper itself. New York Times Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal's Sunday Review was wall-to-wall for Obama this past week, with two left-wing op-eds on Obama on the front page, a full-page endorsement of Obama for re-election, and three liberal columnists simultaneously obsessed with abortion, including the paper's foreign policy columnist Thomas Friedman. (Right-of-center Ross Douthat also covered women's issues, but questioned Obama's "weirdly paternalistic form of social liberalism.")

Over the fold on page 1 was "The Price of a Black President" by Frederick Harris, director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, who praised blacks for voting for Obama before going on to criticize Obama from the left.

“When African-Americans go to the polls next week, they are likely to support Barack Obama at a level approaching the 95 percent share of the black vote he received in 2008. As well they should, given the symbolic exceptionalism of his presidency and the modern Republican Party’s utter disregard for economic justice, civil rights and the social safety net,” he wrote.

Also on the front was Soros buddy Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winning economist and moral scold, writing on inequality. He was just as subtle, Stiglitz busting “economic myths,” including: “America is a land of opportunity. ... Trickle-down economics works.”

“Mitt Romney has been explicit: inequality should be talked about only in quiet voices behind closed doors. But with the normally conservative magazine The Economist publishing a special series showing the extremes to which American inequality has grown -- joining a growing chorus (of which my book ‘The Price of Inequality’ is an example) arguing that the extremes of American inequality, its nature and origins, are adversely affecting our economy -- it is an issue that not even the Republicans can ignore. It is no longer just a moral issue, a question of social justice,” he wrote.

With about a week left in the election, who knows what else the Times could cook up to ensure President Obama’s victory on Election Day.

Columnist Maureen Dowd offered her usual measured take on women's issues and abortion in "Of Mad Men, Mad Women and Meat Loaf." “Our mom, a strict Catholic, taught us that it was immoral for a woman to be expected to carry a rapist’s baby for nine months. (Don’t even mention that rapists can assert parental rights in 31 states.)”

She then continued the liberal attack linking the GOP to rape. “But compassion is scant among the Puritan tribe of Republicans running now. As The Huffington Post reports, at least a dozen G.O.P. Senate candidates oppose abortion for rape victims. The party platform calls for a constitutional amendment with no exceptions for rape, incest or the mother’s life,” she continued.

Dowd predictably bashed two Republican election seekers, Rep. Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, for controversial comments related to abortion and rape, then went into full condescension mode to explain why women may vote for the Republican ticket anyway: “Republicans are geniuses at getting people to vote against their own self-interest. Hispanics, however, do not seem inclined to vote against their self-interest on immigration laws, and Obama is counting on that to buoy him,” Dowd added.

Columnist Nicholas Kristof also raised the arcane rape statistic in his column on the same page, “Want a Real Reason to Be Outraged?”

Even foreign policy columnist Thomas Friedman got into the act, under the sarcastic headline "Why I Am Pro-Life." Of course he's not actually against abortion, he's just making the tired government argument that "pro-life" also means things like more money for the EPA and Head Start. He also details the Akin and Mourdock controversies. (Are Obama supporters highlighting anything else at this point?)

Sunday also offered the official full-page endorsement of President Obama for reelection. (No surprise: The last Republican the paper endorsed was Dwight Eisenhower in 1956.) Principled liberals might like to know that the long editorial offered not one word on drone attacks or the other war on terror issues Obama has embraced.

The paper warned: "An ideological assault from the right has started to undermine the vital health reform law passed in 2010. Those forces are eroding women’s access to health care, and their right to control their lives. Nearly 50 years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, all Americans’ rights are cheapened by the right wing’s determination to deny marriage benefits to a selected group of us. Astonishingly, even the very right to vote is being challenged.”

That was all in a day’s work at the Times. With about a week left in the election, who knows what else the paper could cook up to ensure Obama’s victory.



Editor's Note:

Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, a Media Research Center project that tracks The New York Times.

As the Editor of The American Cowboy Chronicles, I am very happy to post Clay Waters' article here. He makes a real good point, at the minimum we simply can't trust the New York Times.

As for me, my opinion is that I can't understand why anyone would want to read the New York Times.

I believe it's a rag not fit to line a birdcage or cat box; It's a liberal newspaper that reeks with unbridled bias against Republicans; It's filled with hate speech for anyone who is in the least bit conservative; It's part of the propaganda wing of the Democrat Party - no less than the ultra-left folks at MSNBC and CNN.

In the case of what took place in Libya, for example, the New York Times will do everything in its power to divert the attention of the public to lesser issues - evading the subject all together until after the election.

I believe they will do this as a concerted effort to hide anything that my bring any sort of negative light on President Obama.

In essence, this means the New York Times is working for the Obama White House in the exact same way that Pravda, which was the official news agency of the Soviet Union's Communist Party, spread the "truth" as the old Soviet Communist Party saw it.

Pravda, which ironically meand "truth" in Russian, is a Russian political newspaper associated with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. The newspaper was started by the Russian Revolutionaries during pre-World War I days and emerged as a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution.

The newspaper also served as a central organ of the Central Committee of the RSDLP and the CPSU between 1912 and 1991.


After the dissolution of the USSR, Pravda was closed down by the then Russian President Boris Yeltsin. As

After restructuring, the Communist Party of Russian Federation acquired the newspaper in 1997 and established it as its principal mouthpiece.

Pravda is still functioning from the same headquarters on Pravda Street in Moscow where it was published in the Soviet days, but has only a small circulation.

During the Cold War, Pravda was well known in the West for its pronouncements as the official voice of Soviet Communism.

Stories behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War all had to be approved by the Soviet Union's Communist Party bosses before they could be published.   I can't help but wonder if there's someone at the Obama White House tasked with keeping the famed New York Times in tow. I can't help but wonder if the New York Times is Obama's Pravda!
My friends, today there is a great deal of work being done on the side of the liberal ilk in America to make sure that we Americans remember that our Founding Fathers were concerned about the government setting up a State Religion like there was in England.

The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

We all understand that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Yes, America, though the vast majority is Christian, doesn't want a State Religion. We treasure our freedom to worship according to our own desires.

But at the same time, the government or any branch of government should not be allowed to establish a State Run Propaganda Agency.

I truly wish that those same liberals, whose rally cry is always "Separation of Church and State" when it comes to Christianity in America, would show half the concern about a "Separation between News Agencies and the State."

It is essential to protect Americans from State Run Propaganda agencies - who like The New York Times are apparently working for the Obama administration and the Democrat Party.

We here at The American Cowboy Chronicles want everyone to vote to save America!

While we know that we cannot regulate the bias of the New York Times, their working directly with the Obama Campaign is just one more reason why we need to vote to stop this out of control White House.

Tom Correa
Editor




Monday, October 29, 2012

RANDOM SHOTS - Republicans Must Vote, Madonna and Kelly Clarkson Should Shut Up, and Much More!


FIRST SHOT!

Number One Reason To Vote: Liberals Are Voting In Huge Numbers

Democrats Have Early Voting Lead in More States Than Republicans.

If you need a reason to get out the vote for Mitt Romney, this is the best that I've heard in a while now. Liberal Obama supporters already have a lead in the race through early voting.

Don't let them steal the election for four more years of Obama, please tell your Conservative friends to vote!

Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus said on CNN yesterday that Obama is ahead in early voting.

“What they’re not telling you is that they are a fraction of where they were in 2008,” he said. “We’re far ahead of where we were in 2008.”

Democrats say they have an early vote lead in many of the swing states and that shows the president’s supporters are motivated.

“Mitt Romney says he has momentum, but it’s simply not showing up where it counts, at the polls,” said Adam Fetcher, an Obama re-election spokesman. “We’re outperforming our early vote margins in key states compared to 2008.”
In two of the most competitive states in the U.S. presidential race - Iowa and Nevada - Democrats are building a significant advantage in early voting.

Who has the edge is more muddled in the bigger swing states of Ohio and Florida, while Republicans have a narrow lead in Colorado.

Early, in-person voting started in Florida over the weekend and dozens of Democrats in Tallahassee yesterday marched five blocks from a church to an early-voting site chanting, “Vote early.”

Almost 14 million people have already cast ballots nationwide, according to the United States Elections Project at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Both

If current trends for ballots requested and ballots returned remain unchanged through this week, then Obama’s advantage could become almost insurmountable for Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

In Colorado, Florida, Iowa and North Carolina, Obama banked so many early votes in 2008 that he won those states even though he lost the Election Day votes there, according to voting data compiled by the Associated Press.

As for Nevada balloting? So far in Nevada, where an even larger proportion of the vote has been cast than in Iowa when compared to the 2008 vote, Democrats have accounted for 45.4 percent, according to the Nevada secretary of state’s office.

Republicans have only accounted for 37.2 percent and independent voters for 17.4 percent.

Heavily Democratic Clark County, Nevada’s most populous and where Las Vegas is located, has seen people registered with the president’s party cast 121,298 early and absentee ballots, compared to 81,512 for Republicans, through Oct. 27.

As for the East Coast?

Well, although Hurricane Sandy’s path toward the East Coast already has altered the final days of candidate travel in the presidential race, it should have minimal impact on early voting.

Predictions are that other than Florida and North Carolina, which aren’t directly in the storm’s path, the swing states with the greatest tradition and activity for early voting aren’t along the East Coast.

Among swing states with early voting and party-affiliation voter registration, Democrats have their biggest advantage in North Carolina, where the party held its national convention and people can register and vote in one stop at various locations.

The popularity of early voting is growing nationally, so Republicans and Democrats alike are seeing increased activity from four years ago. Both parties are working to bank as many votes as possible so they can focus on late-deciders and others in the final week.

Republicans hope that low-propensity voters less likely to show up on Election Day, do show up and vote for Mitt Romney.
I hope so as well! We have to defeat Obama at the ballot box.
If not, we will only have more of the last four years of a rotten economy, increased racial tension, soaring food and gas prices, increase in home foreclosures, an increased terrorist threat, more out of control spending, more unqualified liberal judges put on the Supreme Court, lies and hate and division. 
  
Yes, we need to get Obama out of office. We need to get out the vote!

SECOND SHOT!

North Carolina residents for Romney say machine gave their vote to Obama

THIRD SHOT!

Chicago Homicides Twice The Number Of Those Killed In Afghanistan and Iraq This Year

So when someone says they live in a war-zone, don't think Afghanistan or Iraq - think Chicago!

At least four people were shot and killed, and three others wounded over the last 24 hours. Among the victims, a 68-year-old man shot to death in his home on South LaSalle Street.

This is Chicago’s 435th homicide of the year. That equals the city’s entire death toll from 2011.

It happened in the 9400 block of South LaSalle. Chicago police haven’t publicly identified the victim yet.

Chicago ties homicide total from last year with fatal home invasion STORY: Chicago ties homicide total from last year with fatal home invasion

The Chicago Tribune reports the man put up a fence around the home, to keep local drug dealers from using his property.

No word whether the fence had anything to do with the shooting, but either way Chicago is still more dangerous than Iraq and Afghanistan combined!

No kidding folks, Chicago has had almost twice the number of deaths versus the number of troops that have been killed in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq combined in 2012.


FOURTH SHOT!

Madonna booed after touting Obama in New Orleans concert


During Saturday night's performance, the old singer thought she was pretty hip with she asked, "Who's registered to vote?"

Then she added, "I don't care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama."

That drew boos and fans walking out of her concert! No kidding!

Her touting Obama over Republican Mitt Romney drew such a surprised reaction to Madonna that she quickly followed her endorsement with, "Seriously, I don't care who you vote for ... Do not take this privilege for granted. Go vote."

Madonna is often outspoken. Some Colorado fans, mindful of a mass shooting there, complained she used a fake gun to shoot a masked gunman in a recent concert act in Denver. Madonna's concert in Paris in July drew ire when a video showed a swastika on a politician's forehead.

Don't you just love it when Hollywood types tell folks how to act and think, especially politically, and it kicks them in the ass in return. I do.

FIFTH SHOT!

Is Singer Kelly Clarkson another Dixie Chick?

Famed Singer Kelly Clarkson Switches Vote to Obama… Because He’s a ‘Great Guy’

Famed Singer Kelly Clarkson Switches Vote From Libertarian Ron Paul to Obama Because Hes a Great Guy
Singer Kelly Clarkson says she plans to vote for President Barack Obama in November partly because he is a “great guy,” making a seemingly drastic swing after originally supporting the very Libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) for president.

For some strange reason she calls herself a "Republican at heart," but the singer and native Texan told the Daily Star that she has been "reading online about the debates" and what she has discovered has apparently made her an Obama supporter.

"I’m probably going to vote for Obama again…I can’t support Romney’s policies as I have a lot of gay friends and I don’t think it’s fair they can’t get married," Clarkson said.

In addition to her support for gay marriage, Clarkson also bought into the Obama campaign's narrative that Romney is waging a "war on women," saying  "I’m not a hardcore feminist but we can’t be going back to the ’50s."

As if anyone wants to!

She later added, "Obama is a great guy. I’ve met him and I’m a fan of Michelle, too."

In December 2011, Clarkson somehow ignited controversy by simply voicing her support for Paul.
“I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he’s got my vote. Too bad he probably won’t,” Clarkson said on Twitter.

Some of the pop singer’s followers accused Paul of being racist and homophobic, referencing newsletters that were sent out using his name in 1980s.

She later felt obligated to address the backlash and tweeted the following message:

“I am really sorry if I have offended anyone. Obviously that was not my intent. I do not support racism. I support gay rights, straight rights, women’s rights, men’s rights, white/black/purple/orange rights. I like Ron Paul because he believes in less government and letting the people (all of us) make the decisions and mold our country. That is all. Out of all of the Republican nominees, he’s my favorite.”

Yup, that's right, we have another wannabe celebrity out there supporting Obama because she's swallowed all the hype that the Obama campaign has been putting out about wanting to get rid of women's rights, bringing back segregation, enslaving the poor and poisoning your water.

If someone really believe any of that, then they should certainly vote for Obama. It'll only natural that the ignorant would vote for the Obama! It goes right to the heart of who supports Obama! 

LAST SHOT!

Memorial Honoring Confederate General, a member of Ku Klux Klan, prompts Lawsuit

A Virginia company has filed suit after its construction of a monument in Alabama honoring a noted Confederate general, who also was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, was halted.

According to the Selma Times-Journal, the federal suit, filed by KTK Mining of Richmond, says the company got the necessary permits to do the work on the monument in Old Live Oak Cemetery honoring Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

But now the City of Selma, Alabama, has suspended the permits when the project drew protests.

The KTK Mining company's suit says the suspension was done without prior notice to KTK Mining.

The city has filed a response saying its actions were reasonable and it has legal immunity.

So since when is there "legal immunity" after you issued the proper permits to do the job? If the City of Selma pulled them afterwards because of political pressure then that's their problem!

KTK Mining has also filed claims with the city of Selma, seeking a total of $600,000.

And yes, the City of Selma ought to pay up!

They are not immune to a lawsuit just because they say they are. They have a legal responsibility to reimburse the KTK Mining company for their loses - especially since their work was halted because of politics.

Story by Tom Correa

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Gunfight At The OK Corral - Coroner's Inquest - Ike Clanton & Others

Daily Nugget, CORONER'S INQUEST, Oct. 30, 1881

Further Testimony Regarding The Late Tragedy.

The coroner's jury. Summoned for the purpose of inquiring into the causes of the death of William Clanton and Thomas and Frank McLowry (sic), met at 10 o'clock yesterday and continued the examination by taking the testimony of the following witnesses;

Testimony from B.H. Fellehy:

I heard some stranger ask Ike Clanton what is the trouble; he said there would be no trouble; then Ike Clanton went over to Dolan's saloon; I then looked over and saw the Marshal standing at Hafford's doorway; Then saw the Sheriff going over to where the Marshal and Sheriff were talking; the Sheriff says, "What's the trouble," the Marshal says, "Those men have made their threats; I will not arrest them but will kill them on sight;" Virgil Earp said this; the Sheriff asked the Marshal in to take a drink; did not see them afterward as I crossed over the street to the other side; when I got over there I saw one of the Earp brothers, the youngest one, talking to Doc Holliday; looked across the street; saw the Marshal again; some one came up to him and called him aside; when this gentleman got through talking wit the Earps; saw three of the Earps and Holliday go down the street together; they kept on the left of the street on Fourth; I was on the right side; when I got to the corner of Fremont and Fourth I started to go across to the southwest corner of Fremont; when I got midway between in the street I saw the firing had commenced; I kept my eye on the Earps and Holliday until the shooting commenced; I saw Doc Holliday in the middle of the street; the youngest of the Earps brothers was about three feet from the sidewalk; he was firing at a man behind a horse; Doc Holliday also fired at the man behind the horse, and firing at a man who ran by him on the opposite side of the street; then I saw the man who had the horse let go, and was staggering all the time until he fell; he had his pistol still when he fell; I never saw the two elder Earps; I did not know where they were situated; I then went to the yound man (Editor's note---Frank McLaury) lying on the sidewalk and offered to pick him up; he never spoke except the movement of the lips; I picked up a revolver lying five feet from him; then I saw Doc Holliday running towards where the young man was lying, still having a revolver in his hand, making the remark, 'the s--- of a b--- has shot me and I mean to kill him;' could not say who fired the first shots; I didn't see a shotgun go off; I didn't see a shotgun after I walked down the street; I didn't see any one with their hands up, I was too far away to see that."

Testimony from Ike Clanton:

"Am a cattle dealer; was present on the 26th of the month, and am a brother of William Clanton who was killed on that day, saw the whole transaction, the killing; well, the night before the killing went into the Occidental lunch saloon for a lunch; while in there Doc Holliday came in and raised a row with me; was abusing me; he had his hand on his pistol; called me a s--- of a b---; he told me to get my gun out; I told him I had no gun; I looked around and saw Morgan Earp behind him, they began to abuse me, when I turned and got out doors; Virgil Earp, Wyatt and Morgan were all up there, Morg Earp told me if I wanted to fight to turn myself loose; they all had their hands; I told them again that I was not armed; Doc Holliday said, 'You s--- of a b---, go and arm yourself; I did then go and arm myself; I went back, saw V. Earp and T. McLowry; Virg Earp was playing poker with his pistol in his lap; we were playing poker, we quit at daylight; I followed him and said, 'I was abused the night before, and was still in town,' he said he was going to bed; the reason I followed him up was I saw him take his pistol out of his lap and stick it in his pants; I came back and passed in my chips; staid around until about 8 or 9 o'clock;

I STAID TO MEET DOC HOLLIDAY;

The next thing they, Virg and Morg Earp, slipped up and disarmed me; shortly after I met my brother; he asked me to go out of town; just then I met the man that had our team; I told him to harness up; then I went to get something left by my brother. We then went to where our team was; met the sheriff there; he told us that he would have to arrest us and take our arms off. I told him that we were just going to leave town; that I had no arms on me; he then told Billy, my brother, to take his arms up to his office, Billy told him he was just leaving the town; the sheriff then told Frank and Tom McLowry to take their arms off. Tom McLowry then opened his coat and said, 'Johnny, I have nothing.' Frank said that he was leaving town, and that he would disarm if the Earps would; that he had business that he would like to do before he left town. Just at that time Doc Holliday and the Earps appeared on the sidewalk; the sheriff stepped out to meet them; he told them that he had this party in charge; they walked right by him. I stepped out nd met Wyatt Earp; he stuck his - six shooter at me and said, 'Throw up your hands!' The marshal also told the other boys to throw up their hands; Frank McLowry and Billy Clanton threw up; Tom McLowry threw open his coat and said he had nothing; they said you's s--- of b---s came here to make a fight; at the same instant Doc Holliday and Morgan Earp shot; Morgan shot Billy Clanton, and I don't know which of the boys he shot; I saw Virg shooting at the same time; I grabbed Wyatt Earp and pushed him around the corner and then ran throught the photograph gallery; at the same time I saw Billy Clanton fall; when I got away.

ALL OF US THREW UP OUR HANDS.

Except Tom McLowry, who threw open his coat saying that he had nothing. There was some trouble between myself and the Earps prior to this; there was nothing between the other boys and the Earps; Doc Holliday said I had used his name; I said I hadn't; I never had trouble with the Earps; they don't like me; we once had a transaction, myself and the Earps; I know of no threats made by the Clantons and McLowrys that day; I made no threats, only as I formerly said; they, the Earps, met Billy Clanton 15 minutes before they killed him and shook hands with him and said they were glad to meet him; Billy Clanton and McLowry were only a half an hour in town; I might have made threats as said, as I felt that way; I made no worse threats at them than they did with me; I didn't expect Wyatt, I expected

MORGAN AND DOC HOLLIDAY TO ATTACK ME.

Our crowd did not expect an attack until some one told us; at the time they made the attack I had no arms; the Earp brothers had my arms [Editor's note: The arms had been left earlier that day at the Fountain Saloon, in the Grand Hotel, by Virgil Earp.]; Virg Earp had them; it was a six shooter; It was two days prior since I saw Billy or Frank McLowry until that morning; had never had a word of conversation with either of them in my life; I don't know whether the party had a shotgun; Virgil Earp was about six feet from me; they were three or four feet distant when, they fired; I did not see my brother or either of the McLowrys fire a shot. There were four or five shots fired before I left the ground; at the time the Sheriff was talking to us; Billy Clanton and Billy Claiborne were standing together; the McLowrys and myself were standing five or six feet to the left; the Clantons came up from Antelope Springs for a load of freight, that is, the McLowrys; I don't know how near Claiborne was to me at the time of the shooting; I don't know whether Morgan Earp or Doc Holliday fired first; It was a nickel-plated pistol by one of them; their weapons were down when they came up; the Sheriff, after he had orderred us to give up our srms I did not think we were under arrest; he said it was all right if we left town; Behan had a conversation with Frank McLowry; I know where the Sheriff's office is, we could not have gone up to the Sheriff's office after he left us before the Earps came up; the Sheriff told us to stay where we were until he came back; I would not have staid there had I not orders from the Sheriff; after I saw the Earps armed; the Sheriff was with us about four, five or six minutes.

Testimony from Mrs. M.J. King:

Reside at Tombstone; occupation house keeping; I was coming from my home to the meat market, Mr. Beuer's to get some meat for dinner; I saw quite a group of men standing on the sidewalk with two horses, near the market; I passed into the shop; the parties inside seemed quite excited; did not seem to wait on me; I inquired what was the matter, and they said there was going to be a fuss between the Earp boys and cowboys; then I stepped to the door; I heard some talking then; but did not understand at first what was said, then three parties seemed to separate, and the man with the horse seemed to be leading, as the man that was talking with them turned from them; one of them said, "If you wish to find us, you will find us down here;" then the man went up town toward the post office; he was, I think, a tall man; then I stepped into the market; the butcher was in the act of cutting the meat, when some one said, "There they come;" then I stepped to the door and looked up the sidewalk, when I saw four men coming down the street; I saw and know one of the party; it was Doc Holliday; there were three others of the party which were pointed out to me as the Earp brothers; Mr. Holliday was next to the building on the inside; he had a gun under his coat; I stood in the door till these men passed; till they got to the second door; what frightened me and made me run back? I heard the man on the outside kind of stop or looked at Holliday. And said, "Let them have it." Holliday said "all right." Then I thought there would be shooting; from what these parties said, and ran for the back of the shop, but before I reached the middle of the shop I heard shots, and don't know what happened afterwards.

Testimony from R.J. Coleman:

"I saw the arrest of Ike Clanton the morning before the shooting took place; Marshal Earp went up behind him and grabbed his gun, then there was a scuffle and Clanton fell; didn't see Earp hit him, but saw Earp have a six shooter, but don't know whether he had taken it from Clanton or not; Clanton was taken to the police station. And after the trial was over Marshal Earp offered him his rifle, but Clanton would not take it, they had some words, during which I heard Clanton say, "All I want if four feet of ground;" soon after I was standing in front of the O.K. Corral and saw the two Clantons and McLowrys standing and talking in a stall in Dunbar's corral; in a few minutes they came out and crossed the street into the O.K. Corral; Billy Clanton was riding his horse and Frank McLowry was leading his; as they passed, Billy Clanton said to me, 'Where is the West End corral.' I told him where it was and they passed on into the corral and I went on up Allen street; when opposite the Headquarters saloon I met Sheriff Behan; told him he should go and disarm the men, that I thought they meant mischief; I soon after met Marshal Earp and told him the same thing, I then walked down Allen street again and passed through the O.K. Corral; where I saw the Clantons and the McLowrys talking with Cheriff Behan, and heard one of them say, 'You need not be afraid of us Johnny, we will not make any trouble.' Billy Clanton had his horse with him; I then turned and went up Fremont street; when I got as far as Bauer's butcher shop, I net Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday walking down the center of the street; Sheriff Behan walked up to them and said, 'I don't want you to go any further.; I don't think they made any reply, but passed on down the street until they came opposite the Clanton party. The Earp party addressed them; I heard s--- of b---'s but don't know which party spoke. Some one in the Earp party then said;

'THROW UP YOUR HANDS'

or 'Give up your arms,' I thought I was too close, and as I turned around I heard two shots, then the firing became general. After a few shots, Ike Clanton ran up the street and through Fly's gallery; think there were two shots fired; fired at him; after the first two Tom McLowry ran down Fremont street and fell; Billy Clanton stood in the same position as when I first saw him; saw him fire two or three shots in a crouched position; one of them hit Morgan Earp, who stumbled or fell, he jumped up again and commenced shooting; about that time, Frank McLowry came out in the street toward Holliday, some words passed between them; Frank said, "I've got you now," firing a shot at the same time, which struck Holliday on the hip or his scabbard; I hollered to Holliday, saying, "You've got it now;" he answered, "Yes, I'm shot right through." Frank then passed across the street and fell; I think Billy Clanton must have been struck, but was down in a crouching position, and using the pistol across his knee and fired two shots, one of which hit Marshal Earp; Wyatt and Morgan were still firing at him, when he raised himself up and then fell, still holding his pistol in his hand; after the shooting saw Sheriff Behan and Wyatt Earp talking; Behan said, "I ought to arrest you." Wyatt said, "I won't be arrested; you deceived me Johnny when you said they were not armed," and repeated again, "I won't be arrested, but am here to answer for what I have done; I am not going to leave town." Couldn't tell where I was whether they threw up their hands or not, except Billy Clanton, he had his hand on his pistol, which was in the scabbard, his right hand on his left hip; this was after the first two shots; can't swear how many of the Clantons were armed; Don't think Ike was; can't say that I saw a shotgun; don't think Billy Clanton was shot until after the first two shots; don't think he was hit until after he shot; did not see Tom McLowry have a pistol; my impression is that he started to run to get away from the shooting; I didn't see Behan or hear him say anything.

At the conclusion of the evidence given by the witness, the jury decided that no further testimony was necessary, and a few minutes after retiring, returned with the following verdict:

Tombstone, Territory of Arizona, }

County of Cochise October 29, 1881. }

We the undersigned, a jury of inquest, summoned by the coroner of the court of Cochise to determine whose the body is submitted to our inspection; when, where, and under what circumstances the person came to his death.

After viewing the body and hearing such testimony as had been submitted to us, find that the person was Frank McLowry, 29 years of age (Editor's note: Records show his birth date as March 3m 1848, which made him 33 not 29.) and a native of Mississippi (Editor's note: Records show his place of birth as Kortright, New York.), and that he came to his death in the town of Tombstone in said county, and on the 26th day of October, 1881, from the effects of pistol and gunshot wounds inflicted by Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp, Wyatt Earp and one Holliday, commonly called Doc Holliday.

Thomas Moses; R.F. Hafford, D. Calisher, T.F. Hudson, M. Garrett, S.B. Comstock (Editor's note: Not listed in Document 48, Coromer's Inquest, J.W. Cowell (Editor's note: Not listed in Document 48, Coroner's Inquest.), J.C. Davis, Harry Walker, C.D. Reppy, G.H. Haskell (Editor's note: Spelled Haskill in Document 48.) And W.S. Goodrich (Editor's note: Listed as B.S. Goodrich in Document 48.)

The verdict in the case of Wm. Clanton and Thomas McLowry was the same as the above, excepting as to their names and ages, which werre inserted in the body of the document. After the jury adjourned sine die.


Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton
After the Gunfight at the OK Corral

Gunfight At The OK Corral - Coroner's Inquest - John H. Behan

Tombstone Epitaph, CORONER'S INQUEST, Oct. 29, 1881

Investigation into the Cause of the Recent Killing

Following is a verbatim copy of the testimony given before the Coroner's Jury in relation to the killing of the McLowry brothers and Clanton, up to the time of adjournment, last evening. At the rate of progress made yesterday, the investigation is liable to last for a week.

The Coroner's Jury was composed of the following: T.P. Hudson, D. Calisher, M. Garrett, S.B. Comstock, J.C. Davis, Thomas Moses, C.D. Reppy, F. Hafford, George H. Haskell, M. S. Goodrich.

Testimony from John H. Behan

"John H. Behan, being sworn says; I am Sheriff, and reside in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; I know the defendants Wyatt Earp, and John H. Holliday; I know Virg and Morg Earp; I knew Thomas McLaury, Frank McLaury, and William Clanton; I was in Tombstone October 26, when a difficulty, or shooting affray took place between the parties named.

The first I knew that there was likely to be any trouble, I was sitting in a chair getting shaved in a barber shop; it was about half past one or two, it may have been later, but not much; saw a crowd gathering on the corner of Fourth and Allen Streets; someone in the shop said there was liable to be trouble between Clantons and the Earps; there was considerable said about it in the shop and I asked the barber to hurry up and get through, as I intended to go out and disarm and arrest the parties; after I had finished in the barber shop I crossed over to Hafford's corner; saw Marshal Earp standing there and asked what was the excitement; Marshal Earp is Virgil Earp; he said there (were) a lot of s---s of b---s in town looking for a fight; he did not mention any names; I said to Earp you had better disarm the crowd; he said he would not, he would give them a chance to make the fight; I said to him: It is your duty as a Peace Officer to disarm them rather than encourage the fight; don't remember what reply he gave me, but I said I was going down

TO DISARM THE BOYS.

"I meant any parties connected with the cowboys who had arms; Marshal Earp at that time was standing in Hafford's door; several people were around him; I don't know who; Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday were then standing out near the middle of the street, at or near the intersection of Allen and Fourth Streets; I saw none other of the defendants there; Virgil Earp had a shotgun; with the muzzle touching the door-sill, down at his side; I did not see arms on the others at the time; I then went down Fourth Street to the corner of Fremont, and I met there Frank McLaury holding a horse and talking to somebody; I greeted him; I said to him: (defendants here objected to any conversation between witness and Frank McLaury, court overruled the objection at this time) I told McLaury that I would have to disarm him, as there was likely to be trouble in town and I propose to disarm everybody in town that had arms.

He said he would not give up his arms as he did not intend to have trouble; I told him that he would have to give up his pistol, all the same; I may have said gun, as gun and pistol are synonymous terms; about that time I saw Ike Clanton and Tom McLaury down the street below Fly's Photography Gallery; I said to Frank, 'Come with me;' we went down to where Ike Clanton and Tom were standing; I said to the boys, 'You must give up your arms!' Billy Clanton and Will Claiborne; I said to them, 'Boys you have got to give up your arms.' Frank McLaury demurred; I don't know exact language; he did not seem inclined, at first, to give up his arms. Ike told me he

DID NOT HAVE ANY ARMS.

"I put my arm around his waist to see if he was armed, and found he was not; Tom McLaury showed me by pulling his coat open, that he was not armed, I saw five standing there and asked them how many there were of them; they said four of us; this young man, Claiborne said he was not one of the party; he wanted them to leave town; I said boys you must go up to the Sheriff's office and take off your arms and stay there until I get back; I told them I was going to disarm the other party; at that time I saw Earps and Holliday coming down the sidewalk, on the south side of Fremont Street; they were a little below the post office; Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were the ones; I said to the Clantons wait there for awhile, I see them coming down, I will go and stop them; I walked up the street twenty-two or twenty-three steps and met them at Bauer's Butcher Shop, under the awning, in front, and told them not to go any farther, that I was down there for the purpose of arresting and disarming the McLaury's and Clantons; they did not heed me and I threw up my hands and said go back, I'm the Sheriff of this county and am not going to allow any trouble if I can help it; they brushed past me and I turned and went with them, or followed them two steps or so in the rear as they went down the street, expostulating with them all the time; when they arrived within a very few feet of the Clantons and McLaurys I heard one of them say

I THINK IT WAS WYATT EARP

"You s---s of b---s you have been looking for a fight and now you can have it,' about that time I heard a voice say 'Throw up your hands;' during this time I saw a nickel-plated pistol pointed at one of the Clanton party - I think Billy - My impression at the time was that Doc Holliday had nickel-plated pistol; I will not say for certain that Holliday had it; these pistols I speak of were in the hands of the Earp party; when the order was given, 'Throw up your hands,' I heard Billy Clanton say, 'Don't shoot me, I don't want to fight,' Tom McLaury at the same time threw open his coat and said, 'I have nothing,' or 'I am not armed;' he made the same remark and the same gesture that he made to me when he first told me he was not armed; I can't tell the position of Billy Clanton's hands at the time he said, ' I don't want to fight,' my attention was directed just at that moment to the nickel-plated pistol; the nickel-plated pistol was the first to fire, and another followed instantly; these two shots were not from the same pistol, they were too nearly instantaneous to be fired from the same pistol; the nickel-plated pistol was fired by the second man from the right; the second shot came from the third man from the right. The fight became general.

"Two of the three fired shots were very rapid after the first shop; by whom I Do not Know; the first two shots fired by the Earp party; I could not say by whom; the next three shots I thought at the time came from the Earp party; this was my impression at the time from being on the ground and seeing them; after the party said, 'Throw up your hands;' the nickel-plated pistol went off immediately; I think V.W. Earp said, 'Throw up your hands;' there was a good deal of fighting and shouting going on. I saw Frank McLaury staggering on the street with one hand on his belly and his pistol in his right; I saw him shoot at Morgan Earp, and from the direction of his pistol should judge that the shot went in the ground; he shot twice there in towards Fly's Building at Morgan Earp, and he started across the street; heard a couple of shots from that direction; did not see him after he got about half way across the street; then heard a couple of shots from his direction; looked and saw McLaury running and a shot was fired and he fell on his head; heard Morg say, 'I got him;' there might have been a couple of shots afterwards; but that was about the end of the fight; I can't say I knew the effect of the first two shots; the only parties I saw fall were Morg Earp and Frank McLaury.

My impression was that the nickel-plated pistol was pointed at Billy Clanton; the first man that I was certain that was hit was Frank McLauryk, as I saw him staggering and bewildered and knew he was hit; this shortly after the first five shots; I never saw any arms in the hands of any of the McLaury party except Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton; saw Frank McLaury on the sidewalk, within a very few feet of the inside line of the street; did not see a pistol in the hands of any of the McLaury party until 8 or 10 shots had been fired; Frank was the first of the party in whose hands I saw a pistol; Ike Clanton broke and ran after the first few shots were fired; Ike, I think, went through Fly's Building; the last I saw of him he was running through the back of Fly's Building towards Allen Street."

At the conclusion of the above testimony the court adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning.


John H. Behan


Gunfight At The OK Corral - Coroner's Inquest - C.H. Light

Inquest on the body of William Clanton, Frank McLaury and Thomas McLaury, deceased.

Testimony from C.H. Light

After saying he was in town the day of the affray and that he witnessed a part of it, and knew or knows in one degree or another, the Earps, Ike Clanton, and Holliday; of being in a barber shop saying there was likely to be trouble between the Earps and the cowboys and that the Earps had just passed down the street with arms; that he passed from there to his house (Aztec Rooming House) at the corner of Fremont and Third Streets and was in there when the shooting commenced.

STATEMENT

I heard two shots as quick as I could count, "One, Two," I jumped to the window on Third Street, looked up Fremont Street, I saw several men in the act of shooting. At the instant I saw a man reel and fall on the corner of Fremont and Third Streets on the South side, right directly on the corner of the house (Tom McLaury). I do not know who that man was.

I looked up the street again (and) I saw three men standing at an angle about 10 or 15 feet apart (Wyatt and Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday), about the center of the street, facing Fly's gallery and the house below (Harwood house). I saw another man standing, leaning, against a building joining the vacant lot (Billy Clanton).

There appeared to be two men firing at the man standing beside the house (Wyatt and Virgil Earp). That man appeared to be struck from the motions he made. Then he fired one shot at the lower man, at the northwesterly man, which I afterwards understood was Holliday. The shot appeared to take effect, which was fired by the man with the horse, for the other man turned partly around. I then looked at the man against the house expecting every moment to see some on of them fall, and he was in the act of sliding down on the ground, apparently wounded.

At that instant the horse vanished. I do not know where he went to. This lower man was firing apparently up the street. He fired one or two shots. I then saw the man who slid down the side of the house lying with his head and shoulders against the house, place a pistol on his leg and fired two shots. He tried to fire a third shot but he apparently was too weak.

The shot went into the air. At the same time there was a tall man with gray clothes (Doc Holliday) and a broad hat standing about the middle of the street, (who) fired two (shots) apparently in the direction of the man who had been leaning against the house. Then there appeared to be one party in the middle of the street firing down the street.

This man who laid on the ground near the corner of the house never fired but three shots. He appeared to be disabled. Then there was a few more shots fired by parties on the north side of the street (who) had passed from my view and I was not able to see them.

The next thing I observed was two men standing beside the man that slid down on the south side of the street near the corner of the building. A tall man dressed in black appeared on the scene with a rifle in his hand and said, "Take that pistol away from that man (meaning the man who was wounded) or he will kill him!" At this time the shooting was all over, and I do not think the whole of it occupied over 10 or 15 seconds. The tall man dressed in black was not a participant in the affray.

There seemed to be six parties firing, four in the middle of the street and one on the south side of the street, and the one with the horse. Afterwards, I recognized the man with the gray clothes to be Doc Holliday. I think there were about 25 or 30 shots fired altogether.

I did not see any of the parties have a shotgun. The fight occurred about 130 or 140 feet away from where I was. I think, from the report, that the first two were pistol shots. I think that there was one report from a shotgun.

I saw the man who fell at the corner of the street lying there all the time of the fight, I did not see him shoot. He seemed to me to be the first man shot. There was not time enough for a man to draw a pistol to fire a shot, between the first two shots.

They must have been from two pistols. The man who fired the second shot must have been prepared to fire when the first shot was fired. These two shots I heard were fired before I went to the window, but it did not take me a second to get there.

End of statement.



Friday, October 26, 2012

RANDOM SHOTS - Texas To Arrest U.N. Election Observers, Palin accuses Obama of "Shuck & Jive", and Much More!


FIRST SHOT!

Texas Threatens To Arrest UN Election Observers

Texas authorities have threatened to arrest international election observers, prompting a furious response from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

“The threat of criminal sanctions against [international] observers is unacceptable,” Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said in a statement. “The United States, like all countries in the OSCE, has an obligation to invite ODIHR observers to observe its elections.”

Texas is doing what most Americans wish their states would do and "Like Hell we can't arrest you! We don't need the U.N. inspecting American elections!"

Lawmakers from the group of 56 European and Central Asian nations have been observing U.S. elections since 2002, without incident. But, their presence has become a flash point this year.

Now Republicans are accusing Democrats of voter fraud while Democrats counter that GOP-inspired voter ID laws aim to disenfranchise minority voters. Both accusations sound like an American problem to me, it certainly doesn't sound like anything the United Nations should be sticking their corrupt nose into.

Besides, you would think the United Nations organization has enough to do without it assuming that it has some sort of authority here in the United States.

This is just one more reason to close them down and move the United Nations to some place else out of our country!

SECOND SHOT!

Sarah Palin accuses President Obama of "Shuck and Jive Shtick!"

OK, I am a big fan of Sarah Palin! I admire her strength and tenacity.

I think she got a raw deal from the mainstream liberal press and the Democrats hypocrisy in general. The way she was treated wasn't right. And yes, like many Americans, I won't forget their classless attitude toward her.

Now my favorite former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has released a statement on her Facebook page accusing President Obama of engaging in "shuck and jive shtick" regarding last month's attack in Benghazi, Libya.

"Why the lies? Why the cover up? Why the dissembling about the cause of the murder of our ambassador on the anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil? We deserve answers to this. President Obama's shuck and jive shtick with these Benghazi lies must end," Palin wrote.

For those who aren't familiar with the phrase, "shuck and jive" - the liberal mainstream media is again trying to make this into another Race Card issue by saying that the old phrase used in many movies to describe shady behavior is a "racially-tinged" expression.

Don't you ever feel like telling the Bozos that come up with that sort of crap to get off their high horse. Are they so dense that they really don't know that the Race Card has been used so much since Obama has been in office that it is worn out and not even effective any longer.

People are tired of having to care about being called racist whenever we disagree with Obama's behavior, actions during a given situation, or his socialist policies. It's gotten old and worn out and no one gives a damn any more.

Yes, the bias liberal media has used the Race Card so much that no one cares anymore. We have gotten used to their bullshit and it just ain't making it any more.

According to the user-submitted Urban Dictionary, the term "originally referred to the intentionally misleading words and actions that African-Americans would employ in order to deceive racist Euro-Americans in power, both during the period of slavery and afterwards."

As Politico points out, this isn't the first time the phrase has come up and inspired controversy.

Several years ago, Andrew Cuomo, then New York's Attorney General, used the expression while campaigning for Hillary Rodham Clinton. "You can't shuck and jive at a press conference," Cuomo said. "All those moves you can make with the press don't work when you're in someone's living room."

At the time, Cuomo was promptly blasted by CNN's Roland Martin, who wrote: "'Shucking and jiving' have long been words used as a negative assessment of African Americans, along the lines of a 'foot shufflin' Negro.' In fact, I don't recall ever hearing the phrase used in reference to anyone white."

Pretty soon, it seems anything can be taken as racist if they want to. But really, so what? I don't think anyone cares about it as much as they once did. Besides, most folks recognize the Race Card for what it is - a diversion away from the real subject.

You see, whether or not "shuck and jive" was introduced into the American lexicon by black Americans is not the point.

The point is that Sarah Palin's statement regarding "shuck and jive" describes Obama's actions perfectly! And the mainstream liberal media, they don't want to address that point at all.

THIRD SHOT!

Texas judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner verse suit

This was reported a few days ago on October 18th, but I figure it's worth talking about.

Since I have come to the conclusion that Democrats think it's OK to attack Christians these days, I was very happy to see that a a Texas judge stopped an East Texas school district from barring cheerleaders from quoting Bible verses on banners at high school football games.

The judge did so saying the policy appears to violate their free speech rights.

District Judge Steve Thomas granted an injunction requested by the Kountze High School cheerleaders allowing them to continue displaying religious-themed banners pending the outcome of a lawsuit set to go to trial next June 24, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said.

Thomas previously granted a temporary restraining order allowing the practice to continue.

School officials barred the cheerleaders from displaying banners with religious messages such as, "If God is for us, who can be against us," after the Freedom From Religion Foundation complained.

The advocacy group says the messages violate the First Amendment clause barring the government - or a publicly funded school district, in this case - from establishing or endorsing a national religion. It was never designed as a tool to be used to attack Christians.

And yes, I said Christians. Specifically Christians, because every other religion in America is not being treated to the government assault that Christians are experiencing.

Republican Gov. Rick Perry and Abbott spoke out in support of the cheerleaders. Perry appointed Thomas to fill a vacancy on the 356th District Court, and he is running for election to continue in the post as a Republican.

Abbott also filed court papers to intervene in the lawsuit and sent state attorneys to support the cheerleaders' position that the district's ban violated their free speech rights.

The Texas Education Code also states that schools must respect the rights of students to express their religious beliefs.

"It is the individual speech of the cheerleaders and not in fact the government speaking," David Starnes, the cheerleaders' attorney said, according to KDFM television. "It is not just one girl or one person in the group that comes up with the quote, but it's on a rotating basis that each girl gets to pick the quote. That is their individual voices that are being portrayed on the banner."

Thomas Brandt, the attorney representing the school district, said the superintendent had acted to comply within existing legal rulings.

The poorly named "Anti-Defamation League" issued a statement in which it called the judge's decision misguided. No surprise there!

The atheist group called the "Freedom From Religion Foundation," which is dedicated to abolishing religious activities in America, has against this ruling. Again, no surprise there!
Gov Perry said Texans should encourage the cheerleaders.

"Anyone who is expressing their faith should be celebrated, from my perspective, in this day and age of instant gratification, this me-first culture that we see all too often," Perry said Wednesday.

"We're a nation built on the concept of free expression of ideas. We're also a culture built on the concept that the original law is God's law, outlined in the Ten Commandments."

I agree. Our Constitution was designed to keep the government in check from being too overbearing. No where in the Constitution is the government tasked with hindering an American's ability to practice their religious beliefs.

And though certainly there is nothing in our Constitution about a government role in trying to abolish our religious freedom, you can still bet the farm that there are those atheist out there in the Democrat Party who want Christianity done away with in accordance with their socialist ideology.

Do I really believe that? Sorry to say, yes I do!

FOURTH SHOT!

Court refuses Planned Parenthood appeal of Texas funding cut

A federal appeals court declined on Thursday to reconsider a ruling that would allow Texas to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood's clinics because the organization also performs abortions.

Texas Governor Rick Perry said after the order by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans that the state would immediately stop paying program participants that are affiliates of abortion providers.

"Today's ruling affirms yet again that in Texas the Women's Health Program has no obligation to fund Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform or promote abortion," the Republican governor said in a statement. "In Texas we choose life, and we will immediately begin defunding all abortion affiliates to honor and uphold that choice."

A three-judge panel of the Appeals Court ruled in August that Texas may exclude groups affiliated with abortion providers from the Women's Health Program - a state of Texas program that provides cancer screenings, birth control and other health services to more than 100,000 low-income Texas women.

In a filing with the court in September, Planned Parenthood asked the full court to rehear the matter, saying the rule violates its First Amendment rights to speech and association.

Planned Parenthood said on Thursday that further consideration by the full court was needed to protect women's access to preventive health care like breast and cervical cancer screenings and birth control.

Planned Parenthood is again lying about what their services are and their income. The state of Texas, like other state funded Medical Programs for women, provides preventive health care like breast and cervical cancer screenings and birth control to women in their state.

Planned Parenthood rakes in One Billion Dollars annually from private donors, the reason they will fight this and any other state is that they still want money from states like Texas no matter how it hurts the state's budget.

The case could proceed to trial in U.S. district court in Austin, where a trial had been postponed in part because the appeals court was considering the matter.

The federal government, which pays for 90% of the almost $40 Billion-a-year program, has said it will not renew the funding because Texas decided to enforce a law that had been on the books for several years barring funding for abortion providers and affiliates.

Texas has created its own program for women using state funds. It is set to begin November 1st.

The state's health and human services chief said last week that the program would shut down if Planned Parenthood were allowed to continue participating.

"We've increased the number of doctors and clinics in the program, and we'll be ready to help any woman who needs to find a new provider," Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Dr. Kyle Janek said Thursday in a statement.

Good for Texas! It is apparent that they have found the cojones to fight waste within their budget!

FIFTH SHOT!

Woman’s nearly-naked picture of plus-size body goes viral

A photo of a young plus-size woman wearing a bikini has gone viral, People Magazine reported.

Stella Boonshoft posted the photo on The Body Love Blog, which she authors. Boonshoft posted the picture to help other people dealing with body image problems.

"Healthy. Fat. Fabulous."
- Stella Boonshoft, author of The Body Love Blog

“My body must be a revolution,” she wrote on the blog. The photo’s caption reads: “Picture might be considered obscene because subject is not thin. And we all know that only skinny people can show their stomachs and celebrate themselves. I am not going to stand for that. This is my body, not yours. MINE.”

More than 80,000 people shared the photo from Tumblr, and 2.4 million viewed it on Facebook.

Brandon Stanton, creator of the Humans of New York project, which is a gallery of street photos, first took Boonshoft’s picture fully clothed. Later, he took the photo of her wearing nothing but the bikini.

Boonshoft, a student at New York University, admitted to People.com that she was initially mortified, but decided showing the picture was the right thing to do as she advocates for sizeism.

“I knew that thousands of people were looking at my body,” she wrote on the blog. “I knew thousands were judging me.”

Boonshoft also suffers from polycystic ovarian syndrome, a hormonal disorder characterized by excessive androgens like testosterone, which makes ovulating difficult. It affects one in 10 American women and can make getting pregnant difficult.

Weight gain is one side effect of the disorder.

On her blog, Boonshoft wrote that her doctor said “she is eating too little and not often enough,” and her blood pressure and cholesterol levels are within normal ranges.

“Healthy. Fat. Fabulous,” Boonshoft wrote.

And yes, I say, good for her!

SIXTH SHOT!

Judge rejects ex-Bell police chief's request to increase annual pension to $510G
Talk about a greedy cop!

A California judge has rejected an effort by the former police chief of the scandal-plagued city of Bell to essentially double his annual pension to $510,000.

The judge ruled that the Bell City Council never approved former Chief Randy Adam’s extravagant contract and that city officials tried to keep secret his salary, according to The Los Angeles Times.

Adams was fired amid a corruption scandal exposed in 2010 that has resulted in eight city officials being charged with public corruption and now awaiting trial, though the former chief is not among them.

Adams would have received one of the state’s biggest public pensions had his request been approved. Still, his existing $240,000-a-year pension is the eighth largest in California's public-employee retirement system.

The City of Bell paid Adams $457,000 a year, more than either the Los Angeles police chief or the New York City police commissioner.

Adams and other Bell officials were fired after The Times exposed their salaries. Adams can appeal the ruling or file a lawsuit.

Greed seems to have grown wild in Bell, California.

For me, well I think that the former Police Chief should have gone to jail just like the others who abused their position for personal financial gain. To serve and protect in his case means to serve himself and protect what he has gotten while the city suffer.

AN EXTRA SHOT!

Ted Turner says Military suicides are a "Good" Thing!

CNN founder Ted Turner has said some very silly things. But his latest statement makes me wonder if he's not just mentally ill - but extremely mentally ill.

While arguing for a greater role for the United Nations as the world's policeman, and condemning U.S. military spending, this jerkweed had the gaul to say that rise in military suicides in relation to combat deaths is a "good" development.

Imagine that! I've known that die hard liberals hate the military and do not support our troops, but to actually be so sick minded as to say that suicides among our troops is a "good" thing goes over the top.

Turner made the comments in an appearance on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." The interview aired October 19th, but the comment about military suicides was highlighted Thursday by Brietbart.com.

From the transcript of the interview:

Ted Turner said, "I think the global policeman should be the United Nations. And I don't think we should need one. I think we should use courts the way we do in civilian life. It's time to put war and conflict behind us and move on, and start acting like civilized, educated human beings."

Morgan said, "You made the point to me in the break there, more American servicemen have ..."

Turner interrupted saying, " ... are dying now from suicide over there than are dying in combat!"

Morgan asked, "That's shocking, isn't it?"

Turner answered, "Well, what no, I think it's -- I think it's good, because it's so clear that we're programmed and we're born to love and help each other, not to kill each other, to destroy each other. That's an aberration. That's left over from hundreds of years ago. It's time for to us start acting enlightened."

This year, the Army has reported 146 potential active-duty and 101 for those not on active duty through September, according to the latest figures released.

The latest figures for Army personnel killed in action in Afghanistan put the number this year at 159, and 214 for all branches of the military.

Turner must have mental problems far exceeding his liberal stupidity. Anyone who thinks that any suicide is "good" has problems far more sickening than just having their head up their ass! 
Its no wonder CNN is so liberal or that Turner once married Jane Fonda. They are of the same ilk.

He's not just un-American, he's sick beyond help!


Story by Tom Correa

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

It's Not About Hate Or Race - It's About Obama

If you didn't think Obama won the debates, or should be re-elected, then you're obviously a racist!

Yes, we only have a few days left until Election Day when we can fire Barack Hussein Obama! That's the good News!

The bad news is that the folks at MSNBC are continuing to push their whole warped idea that anyone against Obama is a racist. That's right, if you and I don't like Obama's policies - then we are racists.

That's right! The liberal mainstream media has this notion that since some of us don't agree with Obama's policies and want him gone - that that means that we must certainly be bigots.

I know its dumb! Trust me when I say that I know that it is dumb for anyone to think that sort of thing, but they have convinced themselves that all conservatives are bigots and there's no changing their minds.

Is it a surprise? Frankly no, this is not a big surprise since it's something that the mainstream liberal media has pushed for the last four years. Sorry to say, yes, it really is something we conservatives have heard for a long time now.

After the final Presidential Debate on Monday, MSNBC employee Chris Matthews was at it again saying that we on the Right are voting against Obama because we "hate" him because Obama is black.

MSNBC host Chris Matthews decided the whole Presidential Race came down to, well, race. In one of his more crazed rants, Chris Matthews said the Right hates Obama more than they want to destroy Al Qaeda, according to The Hill.

And yes, Chris Matthews' rant is too priceless to edit:

“I think they hate Obama. They want him out of the White House more than they want to destroy Al Qaeda. Their No. 1 enemy in the world right now, on the right, is their hatred, hatred for Obama. And we can go into that about the white working class in the South and looking at these numbers we're getting the last couple days about racial hatred in many cases … this isn't about being a better president, they want to get rid of this president,’ he said.”

Can you imagine how much of a brainless statement that is? That is like saying that more than 70% of the entire nation are all racists?

Yes, 70% is the amount of Americans that disagree with the Obama White House and their policies. That's the figure of just how many people there are who are tired of his lies, the corruption, and the over-spending.

That's about how many Americans have seen President Obama say one thing and do another time and time again. And yes, that's how many of us are tired of letting it happen any longer.

That figure is on the low side of how many people think that Obama has intentionally attacked American Coal, Oil, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Small Businesses.

That's low when you see how many people are angry at Obama's lies about allowing oil drilling permits on Federal land when in fact he has cut the number of permits, or about cutting our military, or about slashing $716 Billion dollars from Medicare.

Yes, over 70% of us, hate the government's rise to power and their attempt to dominant We The People - American citizens.

This election has nothing to about race. It is not about problems with the President's race, Americans are having problems with his screwed up ideology, his horrible policies, his lack of truthfulness, and his total incompetence.

This election is about Americans being sick and tired of government agencies like Obama's EPA being used like a Gestapo against agriculture producers and manufacturers and the energy industry. And yes, they have acted with Gestapo like intimidation.

This year the USDA has sought to stop family members from working on family farms. And yes, the EPA has required petroleum producers to use a cellulosic ethanol that isn't commercially available. Even though the technology for mass-producing cellulosic ethanol hasn’t been perfected, that has not stopped the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing hefty yearly fines on oil refiners. Imagine the absurdity in that! Fining someone for something that doesn't exist yet!

Even the ultra-liberal New York Times reported that in 2011 that automotive fuel producers were assessed $6.8 million in penalties. That amount is expected to climb dramatically this year.

And yes, this is what Obama has done to help bring down gas prices. After all, who ends up footing the bill for these uncalled for fines? We do!

The Obama administration has tried to push their political agenda through intimidation and fines all to ensure that everybody does as they are told - or they pay the price. And remember, it wasn't too long ago that the Obama administration asked Americans to turn in other Americans for any anti-ObamaCare rhetoric.

Obama has requested his supporters report on any civilians who dissent from his policies. There was even a White House website setup speciafically for this.

Linda Douglass, communications director for Obama's Office of Health Reform, said her job includes collecting "disinformation" about health care, and the White House asked Americans, "If you get an e-mail or see something on the Web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."

Yes, an American president advocated turning in your neighbors for holding a different policy view.

Obama has used his Justice Department and Homeland Security to enforce radical environmental and social concerns. And yes, he is gearing up to use the IRS to penalize Americans $1,200 for not having health care coverage.

That's right!

It was reported a month ago that nearly 6 million Americans – significantly more than the Obama administration led us to believe -  will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama's health overhaul for not getting insurance.

And yes, most would be in the Middle Class.

The new estimate amounted to an inconvenient fact for the administration, a reminder of what we critics of ObamaCare and the Obama administration see as broken promises.

The numbers from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office are almost 60% higher than a previous projection by the same office in 2010, shortly after the law was passed. The earlier estimate found 4 million Middle Class Americans would be affected in 2016, when the penalty is fully in effect.

I love the jerkweeds who say "Oh well, that's still only a sliver of the population, given that more than 150 million people currently are covered by employer plans."

Sure! Unless of course you're part of those 6 million Middle Class Americans that will have to pay $1200 a year in penalties! Than what? How do you pay it if you ain't got the money and the IRS says pay it or we confiscate your property or send you to prison for a year?

The Liar! Yes, in my opinion, Obama is a liar!

Why? Well, in his first campaign for the White House, Obama pledged not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 a year and couples making less than $250,000.

But friends, the budget office analysis found that nearly 80% of those who'll face the ObamaCare penalty would be making up to or less than five times the federal poverty level.

That means that Obama is going to fine anyone making $55,850 or less, and families making $115,250 or less for a family of four.

The Supreme Court upheld Obama's law finding that the insurance mandate and the tax penalty enforcing it fall within the power of Congress to impose taxes.

And yes, the Democrats controlled Congress when they went along with Obama in creating the most costliest social program in the history of the world.

So don't fool yourself into thinking that Obama your pal won't collect it. The penalty will be collected by the IRS, just like any other taxes.

Please don't write me to say, "Oh, no, President Obama couldn't have done such a thing - he's too nice. It must me a mistake! It must be those evil Republicans in Congress!"

Horseshit! The budget office said the penalty will raise $6.9 billion in 2016. And friends, that's how Obama plans on paying for the program for others who will be exempt from paying anything at all.

Yes, if you have a job and don't have health care, you will pay a fine! Whether he told you about it or not, don't kid yourself - Obama is depending on those fines to help pay for his legacy program!

In September, Rep. Dave Camp, a Republican from Michigan, who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and is someone who wants to repeal the law, said, "The bad news and broken promises from ObamaCare just keep piling up,"

Starting in 2014, virtually every legal resident of the U.S. will be required to carry health insurance or face fines as tax penalties even if you are unemployed.

But hey, the Obama rich kids in the White House say, most people will not have to worry about the requirement since they already have coverage through employers, government programs like Medicare or by buying their own policies.

A jerkweed Obama spokeswoman lied when he said 98% of Americans will not be affected by the tax penalty – and suggested that those who will be should face up to their civic responsibilities.

Of course, the Obama asshole who said that didn't bother to mention the 23 MILLION AMERICANS out of work who don't have health insurance through jobs - because Obama's silly socialist economic policies have not produced enough jobs for the ones that have been lost.

Obama and Biden, you may know them as liar and laughing boy, said they created 5 million jobs since being in office. They don't say that they actually only created 4.4 million jobs while the economy has lost 4.3 million jobs -  but I guess they forgot!

So now, with all of those facts, MSNBC host Chris Matthews decided that the whole 2012 presidential race came down to Obama's race.

And no, no one in my home yelled racial slurs at the TV when Obama tried to score bonus points during the debate on Monday with a sarcastic remark about horses and bayonets - especially since the President didn't know that yes we actually did use horses in Iraq and Afghanistan and that my beloved Marine Corps still uses bayonets. And yes, thank God it still does!

I don't care what color a man is when someone acts like President Obama did during the last debate when he mocked and personally attacked cut and slashed and sneered at Mitt Romney with snide comments that the President obviously thought cute.

To me, Obama came off like some wise ass punk. Just some condescending jerkweed.

A great deal of his comments were derogatory, mocking, filled with disdain. He acted devious and almost underhanded at times evading questions that he did not want to answer.

Yes, in my opinion, Obama acted more like a punk than he did the President of the United States.

In those moments I'm sure Chris Matthews found a kindred spirit. Matthews seems to know real well how punks come in all sorts of colors. Some of the comments out of Matthews own mouth have shown him to be nothing but a wise ass punk at times - at least that's my opinion on guys like him and Bill Maher who think that can talk trash anytime they please.

Of course, one key point that might haunt Obama came about on the issue of “sequestration,” where a compromise budget was OK’d that would gut defense spending.

Even though sequestration was an Obama administration idea, he tried to blame it on the Republicans in the House of Representatives. And it didn't matter if Harry Reid in the Senate helped Obama come up with it, Obama wanted no part of his own idea that night during the debate.

Finally frustrated over answering questions about it, Obama responded, "First of all, the sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed. It will not happen!"

Wow, was that News to White House senior adviser and 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe who backed away from that almost immediately after the debate saying, "No one thinks it should happen."

MSNBC's Ultra-leftist analyst Jonathan Alter seem to dislike Romney for supporting peace. Imagine that.

The guy actually had the nerve to say, "By reversing his views on war and peace, Romney has raised a character issue about his ability to be trusted as a steadfast defender of U.S.!"

Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, took the exactly opposite view. “Romney wants peace, trade, a growing economy, American strength. Obama wants to keep spending and running up debt,” he wrote.

Ultra-liberal Bob Schieffer moderated the debate and he has a long record of liberal positions, but they didn’t play a major role in the debate. It was strange though that Schieffer never did call Obama on the closure of Guantanamo, something that Schieffer has called a "cancer" in the past.

I was brought up to respect all people and accept a person for their character and not be concerned about their color. Yes, character is what really matters.

MSNBC host Chris Matthews might think that many of us on the Right dislike Obama because of the color of his skin, but he's wrong. And really, he doesn't have any idea how off the mark he truly is.

Then again, maybe its a facade? Maybe it's not all about being in denial and not understanding how the American people feel about conservatism versus liberalism? Maybe Matthews is having a hard time admit that Americans just don't like what liberalism has brought to the table? Maybe he's just using race as his excuse to blur the bigger picture?

Maybe he doesn't want to admit that most Americans don't want a government to have such a huge say in how we conduct our lives?  Maybe he really doesn't have the backbone to admit that liberalism has only brought us heavy handed government intrusion and abuses of power?  

Then again, maybe Chris Matthews doesn't have the mental capacity it takes to understand that this election is not about race or hate, and that it is really about what we want for ourselves and our nation in the future.

Maybe like others in the liberal mainstream media, he doesn't have the brain cells to understand that it's about my brother's kids and their having to pay for the selfishness of a few who want free health care? And yes, they probably don't understand that it really is about my nephew not being able to find a job.

Maybe Matthews is too dense and just doesn't understand that this election is about restoring pride in America, and yes it's about our restoring our independence and freedoms - our liberty.

We have to vote to restore our freedoms taken away by federal and state governments. Today it seems that government is run by individuals who dismiss our freedoms and want to own us as if we were a herd of cattle.

This Presidential Race does not have anything to do with Obama's race. It is a shame that the left can't get over that.

This election has everything to do with what Obama has demonstrated to the American people over the last four years. And yes. it all comes down to Obama's ideology.

It  is not over color, nationality, or religion. It is about Obama's leftist liberal ideology which forms his decision making process and subsequently builds his policies. Policies that are hurting us all both economically and culturally.

It has to do with the ideas and principles that built us as a nation. Whether Obama likes it or not, we are a nation of free people.

We are a nation that does not accept the Left's theory that God does not exist, that humans are evolving animals, and that we do not need a moral code, or the belief in laws grounded in any authority other than human authority.

This election is about decisions that should not be made on our behalf, and policies that go against the very fabric of Americanism and our liberties.

It has to do with giving the United Nation organization too much authority. And yes, too much involvement in how we conduct our lives or how we spend our money and resources.

This election goes to the heart of our allegiance to the traditions, interests, or ideals of the United States. It is about maintaining our customs and traits that are specifically American. It has everything to do with the political principles and practices essential to our uniquely American culture.

It goes to what has made America great, the very things the Obama administration is at war against.

Story by Tom Correa