Where y'at? Been sleeping by ya momma'n dems house? Mais, I'm here to tell you dat you missed a hell of a Saturday for Louisiana sports, me. What I'm talkin' bout?
How 'bout dem Tigers, yeah? OK, me, I know it's not football and dat Deaf Valley wat dey got for de football games but dem Baseball Tigers (under my Univ. of N'awlins homeboy, Paul Manieri) whipped Rice in 2 straight to make it to de College World Series. Me, I liked it betta' when dey wuz called Sam Houston Institute of Technology(S.H.I.of T.)! Rice is good though 'cuz dem Tigers wuz all over dem like gravy on rice. Rice is just a gone pecan!
Now, dat's enough for a true Louisiana sports fan but, cher, I got a little lagniappe to go wit dat. It's true like wat Deputy Sheriff "Poo-Poo" Arceneaux from Bayou Teche near Baldwin always used to say. "Us Cajuns may be small but .." and den he start snoring cuz he has de narcolepsy. But he's right as deux Cajuns battled for de Belmont Stakes. Kent Desmoreaux won and Calvin Borel posted a t'ird place finish, making LA jockeys winners of all t'ree triple crown races. Mais, Calvin is no Larry C. (my momma'n daddy's neighbor) but he always remembers his own momma 'n daddy.
Me, I'm so proud of all dees' LA sportsmen. Mais, dat's why dey call it Sportsman's Paradise. Well, Momma is makin' groceries and we gotta make mass but I'll leave you wit' a sometin' to raise your spirits.
Hot Boudin,
Cold cous-cous,
C,mon Tigers
Let's poosh, poosh, poosh!
Geaux Tigers! L'aissez le bon temps rouler!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
"CONUS" Contingency Operations ?
Pres. Obama's Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano created a "newspeak" (see Orwell's 1984) changing the vocabulary of the department. The term global war on terror is now called overseas contingency operations. Acts of terrorism are "man-made disasters".
This has been a busy week dealing with "man-made disasters" within the continental U.S. The unsung heroes of the FBI, through a sting operation, arrested 4 Muslims in New York after they bought what they thought was plastic explosives and a Stinger missile from undercover agents. The would-be terrorists planted explosives at several Jewish synagogues and then moved on to shoot down an Air National Guard aircraft. By the way, 3 of the 4 converted to Islam while in an American Prison.
In Little Rock, Arkansas. a Muslim convert who trained in Yemen killed Pvt. William Andrew Long, US Army, outside the Army recruiting office. Pvt. Long had just returned from Basic Training and was assisting the local recruiter before moving on to his advanced training, much as my 2 sons had done. The terrorist was promptly arrested and had plans to attack other recruiting stations, a child-care center, synagouges, and churches. The country's prayers go to Pvt. Long's family for their horrific loss.
Also last Sunday, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, KS, was gunned down in his Lutheran church by a nut-case. Tiller was the controversial abortionist who routinely performed late term abortions and partial birth abortions making him the focus of many pro-life protests. The maniac who killed him is no better than Tiller, violating the 5th commandment and the sanctity of life. Tiller's murderer denied him the opportunity of repentance, in the way Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade has and is now staunchly pro-life.
Three acts of terrorism and murder/attempted murder in our country. The interesting observation is Pres. Obama's reaction to them. After Tiller's murder, Obama offered his condolences to the Tiller family and ordered US Marshall's Service agents to provide protection and security to abortion clinics nationwide. As of this writing, Obama has not issued a statement to Pvt. Long's family nor ordered US Marshalls to protect recruiting facilities. And he's the Commander-in-Chief? More like the Abortionist-in-Chief!
This week while the Long family grieved their loss to radical Islamic terrorism, Barak Hussein Obama explained to the Muslims of the world that America is the nation with the largest Muslim population of 7 million. He explained that they need to understand America's Muslim heritage and our recognition of Islam's contributions to civilization. Aaron Klein reported on WorldNetDaily.com, "The number of Muslims in the U.S. would make America "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world," claimed President Obama in an interview released last night.
His assertion, which is factually inaccurate, comes one day before he is set to deliver a much-anticipated address to the Muslim world from Cairo, Egypt.
Teasing the speech with the French television network Canal Plus, Obama commented.
"Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there's got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples."
He continued that his Muslim outreach aims to establish "better dialogue" so the Muslim world understands more effectively "how the U.S. but also how the West thinks about many of these difficult issues like terrorism, like democracy, to discuss the framework for what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan and our outreach to Iran, and also how we view the prospects for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians."
As the Weekly Standard points out, Obama's claim American Muslims could make the U.S. one of the largest Islamic countries is not demographically true. The most generous estimates put America's Muslim population at about 8 million, which would barely place the U.S. in the top 42 Muslim countries."
Barak Hussein Obama showed himself this week for what he truly is, a Muslim-schooled, secular humanist Marxist. Note that he has not attended church since entering the White House, yet takes Michelle on a date to NYC thereby negating the argument of security issues for attending church. He did not attend the National Prayer Breakfast. On his apology tour of the Mideast this week, he issued one ultimatum. Not to an Islamic country sponsoring terrorism or trying to obtain nuclear weapons, but warning Israel not to build more settlements.
The defintion of fascism is state-control of privately owned industry through regulation, policy, fiat, and coercion. Obama's government controls the financial industry, the automotive industry, and has its sights set on energy and healthcare. We are far along the path to fascism and most Americans don't realize it. As long as Americans keep their heads stuck in their computer screens, iPods, Wii's, and don't seek to educate themselves, we are doomed to the loss of personal freedoms our forefathers enjoyed. You see, the fascist relies on human weakness and using human nature to blame others for our failures which the fascist will "fix" for us. In return, we give up a piece of ourselves as the government assumes responsibilities for us that God intended for each person.
Fascism is a type of socialism. In socialism, there is no pretense of private business because the government controls the industries, that is, the means of production. It doesn't work. Check the ashbin of history and you'll find the USSR, Fascist Spain, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Castro's Cuba. Winston Churchill said, "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
This is not the American experience that Pvt. Long volunteered to defend. It is the antithesis of what the founding fathers had in mind, for what Pvt. Long paid the ultimate sacrifice. Instead let us return to what William J. H. Boethner wrote in 1916,
"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."
This has been a busy week dealing with "man-made disasters" within the continental U.S. The unsung heroes of the FBI, through a sting operation, arrested 4 Muslims in New York after they bought what they thought was plastic explosives and a Stinger missile from undercover agents. The would-be terrorists planted explosives at several Jewish synagogues and then moved on to shoot down an Air National Guard aircraft. By the way, 3 of the 4 converted to Islam while in an American Prison.
In Little Rock, Arkansas. a Muslim convert who trained in Yemen killed Pvt. William Andrew Long, US Army, outside the Army recruiting office. Pvt. Long had just returned from Basic Training and was assisting the local recruiter before moving on to his advanced training, much as my 2 sons had done. The terrorist was promptly arrested and had plans to attack other recruiting stations, a child-care center, synagouges, and churches. The country's prayers go to Pvt. Long's family for their horrific loss.
Also last Sunday, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, KS, was gunned down in his Lutheran church by a nut-case. Tiller was the controversial abortionist who routinely performed late term abortions and partial birth abortions making him the focus of many pro-life protests. The maniac who killed him is no better than Tiller, violating the 5th commandment and the sanctity of life. Tiller's murderer denied him the opportunity of repentance, in the way Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade has and is now staunchly pro-life.
Three acts of terrorism and murder/attempted murder in our country. The interesting observation is Pres. Obama's reaction to them. After Tiller's murder, Obama offered his condolences to the Tiller family and ordered US Marshall's Service agents to provide protection and security to abortion clinics nationwide. As of this writing, Obama has not issued a statement to Pvt. Long's family nor ordered US Marshalls to protect recruiting facilities. And he's the Commander-in-Chief? More like the Abortionist-in-Chief!
This week while the Long family grieved their loss to radical Islamic terrorism, Barak Hussein Obama explained to the Muslims of the world that America is the nation with the largest Muslim population of 7 million. He explained that they need to understand America's Muslim heritage and our recognition of Islam's contributions to civilization. Aaron Klein reported on WorldNetDaily.com, "The number of Muslims in the U.S. would make America "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world," claimed President Obama in an interview released last night.
His assertion, which is factually inaccurate, comes one day before he is set to deliver a much-anticipated address to the Muslim world from Cairo, Egypt.
Teasing the speech with the French television network Canal Plus, Obama commented.
"Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there's got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples."
He continued that his Muslim outreach aims to establish "better dialogue" so the Muslim world understands more effectively "how the U.S. but also how the West thinks about many of these difficult issues like terrorism, like democracy, to discuss the framework for what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan and our outreach to Iran, and also how we view the prospects for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians."
As the Weekly Standard points out, Obama's claim American Muslims could make the U.S. one of the largest Islamic countries is not demographically true. The most generous estimates put America's Muslim population at about 8 million, which would barely place the U.S. in the top 42 Muslim countries."
Barak Hussein Obama showed himself this week for what he truly is, a Muslim-schooled, secular humanist Marxist. Note that he has not attended church since entering the White House, yet takes Michelle on a date to NYC thereby negating the argument of security issues for attending church. He did not attend the National Prayer Breakfast. On his apology tour of the Mideast this week, he issued one ultimatum. Not to an Islamic country sponsoring terrorism or trying to obtain nuclear weapons, but warning Israel not to build more settlements.
The defintion of fascism is state-control of privately owned industry through regulation, policy, fiat, and coercion. Obama's government controls the financial industry, the automotive industry, and has its sights set on energy and healthcare. We are far along the path to fascism and most Americans don't realize it. As long as Americans keep their heads stuck in their computer screens, iPods, Wii's, and don't seek to educate themselves, we are doomed to the loss of personal freedoms our forefathers enjoyed. You see, the fascist relies on human weakness and using human nature to blame others for our failures which the fascist will "fix" for us. In return, we give up a piece of ourselves as the government assumes responsibilities for us that God intended for each person.
Fascism is a type of socialism. In socialism, there is no pretense of private business because the government controls the industries, that is, the means of production. It doesn't work. Check the ashbin of history and you'll find the USSR, Fascist Spain, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Castro's Cuba. Winston Churchill said, "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
This is not the American experience that Pvt. Long volunteered to defend. It is the antithesis of what the founding fathers had in mind, for what Pvt. Long paid the ultimate sacrifice. Instead let us return to what William J. H. Boethner wrote in 1916,
"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."
Monday, May 18, 2009
There's a new Captain in the H-o-u-s-e-e-e!! (or in the Heezy as our President says). Who would have thought that the officer I voted most likely to be the recipient of an EEO filing would survive to make O6?
CAPT (P) R. Douglas Shepherd will put on his 4th bar 1 July 2009. Unbelievable! There is some justice in the world, some spark of sanity. The PHS's most decorated junior officer is now its newest senior officer. Mary, let the planning begin - for his big pay raise.
The hardest working dental officer in the Corps who still manages to have fun has reached a huge milestone. Doug is the kind of person who, while still in dental school and doing a summer internship at FCI Ashland, hit the Chief Dental Officer in the face with a birthday cake.
Yet despite the antics, he has always been the highest producing dentist at his facility.
Congratulations on a well-deserved promotion!
PS to Doug: Hope this was good enough. Make the check out to Teresa - I make the money, she spends it.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
A Woman of Principle
Remember this name: Mary Ann Glendon. To learn why, watch:
Ambassador Glendon is a model of faith in action. Her adherence to her moral values and beliefs led to her declination of this year's prestigious honor from Notre Dame University, arguably the world's best known Catholic University. No doubt her name is now on the Homeland Security watchlist of "right-wing extremists" who oppose abortion on demand.
Ronald Reagan said, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Abolitionists knew enslavement of another person was wrong. Their struggle continued through the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and integration of society. Is there irony when we finally elect an African-American President that his first act in office was to eliminate the ban on federal funding of abortion? Abolition is so alphabetically close to abortion and yet the abolitionist is as far away from the abortionist as A is to Z.
A world leader who brought his country out of financial catastrophe and restored the people's sense of pride and self-worth once said, "What luck for rulers that men do not think." The ruler was Adolph Hitler. The citizens of America must remove the iPod ear buds, turn off the Playstation and Wii, and skip the tanning beds to spend some time learning and thinking about the future of America and their lives.
To my thinking, the awarding of Barak Obama an honorary degree in light of his purposeful, deliberate leadership in what Pope John Paul II called the culture of death by a Catholic university like Notre Dame is anathema to church teaching, the moral obligation of Catholic educators, and the natural law etched within all of God's creation. It requires only a modicum of "common sense" to see the fallacy of the abortionist's arguement. Each one of us was a fetus and consider ourselves human. President Reagan said it best, "Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born."
Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, wrote a series of essays collected under the appellation, The Crisis. As White House Chief of Staff Rohm Emanuel said, "Never let a crisis go to waste.", meaning to turn any crisis to further their agenda, I agree. The pre-eminient Catholic University in the US honoring a man who facilitates and promotes the deaths of thousands, no, millions of babies worldwide is a crisis of faith, morality and ethics. Paine wrote on December 23, 1776:
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
As junior Senator from Illinois, President Obama often references Abraham Lincoln. The author of the Emancipation Proclamation would be appalled at Mr. Obama's promotion of what amounts to genocide in its scope. Notre Dame University is wrong. Their decision is reflective of the endemic of moral relativism advocated by some in our society.
Ambassador Glendon is a warrior in the struggle for our soul. Rise up, learn, read, arm yourself. Then join the struggle that you may pass liberty to posterity. The struggle of the moral minority is encapsulated in the civil rights movement. Writing from the Birmingham jail in 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr shames Notre Dame's decision with these words.
The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.
Notre Dame University is a major visible presence of the Church. It fails itself, its Church, and people by honoring the abortion proponent Barak Obama. President Lincoln wrote a dire warning to lovers of liberty, "Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it." If the most vulnerable, most innocent of society are allowed to be killed, how long can we retain our freedom for common sense tells me that God is just?
*original poem by JVidrine (c)2009
Ambassador Glendon is a model of faith in action. Her adherence to her moral values and beliefs led to her declination of this year's prestigious honor from Notre Dame University, arguably the world's best known Catholic University. No doubt her name is now on the Homeland Security watchlist of "right-wing extremists" who oppose abortion on demand.
Ronald Reagan said, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Abolitionists knew enslavement of another person was wrong. Their struggle continued through the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and integration of society. Is there irony when we finally elect an African-American President that his first act in office was to eliminate the ban on federal funding of abortion? Abolition is so alphabetically close to abortion and yet the abolitionist is as far away from the abortionist as A is to Z.
A world leader who brought his country out of financial catastrophe and restored the people's sense of pride and self-worth once said, "What luck for rulers that men do not think." The ruler was Adolph Hitler. The citizens of America must remove the iPod ear buds, turn off the Playstation and Wii, and skip the tanning beds to spend some time learning and thinking about the future of America and their lives.
To my thinking, the awarding of Barak Obama an honorary degree in light of his purposeful, deliberate leadership in what Pope John Paul II called the culture of death by a Catholic university like Notre Dame is anathema to church teaching, the moral obligation of Catholic educators, and the natural law etched within all of God's creation. It requires only a modicum of "common sense" to see the fallacy of the abortionist's arguement. Each one of us was a fetus and consider ourselves human. President Reagan said it best, "Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born."
Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, wrote a series of essays collected under the appellation, The Crisis. As White House Chief of Staff Rohm Emanuel said, "Never let a crisis go to waste.", meaning to turn any crisis to further their agenda, I agree. The pre-eminient Catholic University in the US honoring a man who facilitates and promotes the deaths of thousands, no, millions of babies worldwide is a crisis of faith, morality and ethics. Paine wrote on December 23, 1776:
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
My Sons
I must be strong for my sons.
"For blessed are you who suffer
for my sake." and "Who do you
say I am?" In storms that buffet and batter,
take up your cross and follow me too.
"My yoke is not heavy, my burden light."
"Woe to the one who leads astray the least of mine."
and "Let the children come to me." So despite
the might and power arrayed as an army in battle line.
Freedom is only a generation away from extinction,
as Reagan said, fought for, protected and handed down.
The culture of death: euthansia, eugenics, abortion
is the threat to our freedom in every town.
For who of us is to say who may live or die,
that is reserved for the Creator, "In God We Trust."
The opposite of love is not hate, that is a lie!
Indifference is its antithesis, not doing what we must.
The trumpets call, the battle met.
Good must stand against evil again.
Put on your armor, there is time yet.
Speak out and stand to pass on freedom to our children.
I must be strong for my sons.
We must be strong for our children.*
I must be strong for my sons.
"For blessed are you who suffer
for my sake." and "Who do you
say I am?" In storms that buffet and batter,
take up your cross and follow me too.
"My yoke is not heavy, my burden light."
"Woe to the one who leads astray the least of mine."
and "Let the children come to me." So despite
the might and power arrayed as an army in battle line.
Freedom is only a generation away from extinction,
as Reagan said, fought for, protected and handed down.
The culture of death: euthansia, eugenics, abortion
is the threat to our freedom in every town.
For who of us is to say who may live or die,
that is reserved for the Creator, "In God We Trust."
The opposite of love is not hate, that is a lie!
Indifference is its antithesis, not doing what we must.
The trumpets call, the battle met.
Good must stand against evil again.
Put on your armor, there is time yet.
Speak out and stand to pass on freedom to our children.
I must be strong for my sons.
We must be strong for our children.*
As junior Senator from Illinois, President Obama often references Abraham Lincoln. The author of the Emancipation Proclamation would be appalled at Mr. Obama's promotion of what amounts to genocide in its scope. Notre Dame University is wrong. Their decision is reflective of the endemic of moral relativism advocated by some in our society.
Ambassador Glendon is a warrior in the struggle for our soul. Rise up, learn, read, arm yourself. Then join the struggle that you may pass liberty to posterity. The struggle of the moral minority is encapsulated in the civil rights movement. Writing from the Birmingham jail in 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr shames Notre Dame's decision with these words.
The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.
Notre Dame University is a major visible presence of the Church. It fails itself, its Church, and people by honoring the abortion proponent Barak Obama. President Lincoln wrote a dire warning to lovers of liberty, "Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it." If the most vulnerable, most innocent of society are allowed to be killed, how long can we retain our freedom for common sense tells me that God is just?
*original poem by JVidrine (c)2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
You Can Drag A Horse To Water....
Who hasn't heard that old saw, "You can drag a horse to water but you can't make it drink."?
That is what I faced with our new company, Vidrine Creative Arts, and a prospective vendor. I think it makes for an interesting story highlighting those companies who will succeed in the current environment.
The only retail segment still showing life and GROWTH even is online sales. A strong web presence is critical to competing in today's market. That is why we have a web presence division at our corporation.
We did market and keyword research on a company based in the UK that on its website claims to want to increase market share in the US. We found over a dozen keyword phrases that we could easily gain page1 rank. We presented to this historic company (in biz since 1833) the concept of dropshipping their product. Win-Win.
We were turned down because company policy calls for a brick and mortar store and an out-dated business model requiring us to acquire inventory, store, ship, etc. This from a company whose website that lists on a Google search is for a UK audience and lists prices in pounds. What a lost opportunity for this company and for us! That's what you call Lose-Lose.
That is what I faced with our new company, Vidrine Creative Arts, and a prospective vendor. I think it makes for an interesting story highlighting those companies who will succeed in the current environment.
The only retail segment still showing life and GROWTH even is online sales. A strong web presence is critical to competing in today's market. That is why we have a web presence division at our corporation.
We did market and keyword research on a company based in the UK that on its website claims to want to increase market share in the US. We found over a dozen keyword phrases that we could easily gain page1 rank. We presented to this historic company (in biz since 1833) the concept of dropshipping their product. Win-Win.
We were turned down because company policy calls for a brick and mortar store and an out-dated business model requiring us to acquire inventory, store, ship, etc. This from a company whose website that lists on a Google search is for a UK audience and lists prices in pounds. What a lost opportunity for this company and for us! That's what you call Lose-Lose.
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