Just how twisted is our world?

A Lady Named Irena - a true story

There recently was a death of a 98 year old lady named Irena.

During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto.

She had an ulterior motive…

She KNEW what the Nazi’s plans were for the Jews, (being German).

Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of her tool box she carried, and she carried in the back of her truck a Burlap sack, (for larger kids).

She also had a dog in the back, that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in, and out of the ghetto.

The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.

During her time and course of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2,500 kids/infants.

She was caught, and the Nazi’s broke both her legs, and arms, and beat her severely.

Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out, and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it, and reunited the family.

Most of course had been gassed.

Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes, or adopted.

Last year Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize….

She LOST.

Al Gore won, for doing a slide show on Global Warming.

You can find out more about her at Irena  Sendler

A MODERN PARABLE

Tupelo, MS
A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford) decided to
have a canoe
race on the Missouri River .  Both teams practiced long and hard to reach
their peak performance before the race.

On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the
reason for the crushing defeat.  A management team made up of senior
management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.

Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person
steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person
rowing.

Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a
consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second
opinion.

They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat,
while not enough people were rowing.

Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent
another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team’s management structure was
totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering
superintendents, and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.

They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1
person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder.  It was called
the ‘Rowing Team Quality First Program,’ with meetings, dinners, and
free pens for the rower.

There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes, and other equipment,
extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The next year the Japanese
won by two miles. Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower
for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, ! sold the
paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment.

The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and
the next year’s racing team was outsourced to India .

Sadly, The End.

Here’s something else to think about:
Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the
US , claiming they can’t make money paying American wages.

TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants
inside the US . The last quarter’s results:

TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in
losses. Ford folks are still scratching their heads.

IF THIS WASN’T TRUE, IT MIGHT BE FUNNY.

Why do you enjoy politics and political discussions?

Tupelo, MS

Evidently you do since you’re here visiting.  It’s good to be involved whether you’re a conservative or a liberal.

Now first let me explain.  I’m no GOP hack.  There’s plenty about the party that I’m not happy with.  The lack of a vision comes to mind very quickly.  Right now, the party has no vision or leadership.  First and foremost, I’m a conservative.  You’ll notice I named my site “The Conservative View” and not “The Republican View”.   Conservatives believe in personal responsibility. The individual, not the government, is responsible for individual actions. All government should be limited and be representative of the people. We believe in free market economy, individual liberty, traditional values and morals, and a strong national military for defense. The role of the government is to protect the freedom of the people so that individuals can pursue their own goals and desires. The emphasis is on the state to solve its own problems and for the individual to solve his/her own problems. Read more

The dog days of summer will be giving way to Ole Miss football shortly.

Yes, I’m one of those Ole Miss fans. Even though it’s hotter than a pepper patch right now in northeast Mississippi, it won’t be long until we see the start of a new coaching era at Ole Miss.

Now, I wasn’t a big fan of Houston Nutt when it was first announced he was coming as our head coach but I’m slowly and surely coming over. Even though he has a lot of experience as an SEC coach, I was never impressed with his efforts at Arkansas. He had a roller coaster career there and barely a winning record against the SEC. His teams had a lot of controversy along with some ill fated athletes. His record as disciplinarian of his players was always a question. Read more

Well, we’re back. Tired but it was great.

Tupelo, MS

My youngest son Josh was selected for the All Stars from one of our local park and recs.  We’ve been in Grenada, MS since last Thursday in a Dizzy Dean tournament and it has been a very learning experience.  There were teams from over the state of Mississippi and was a great time.

We fell short of winning the tourney but the boys had fun so that’s what mattered the most.

I’ll get some news posted after today so please bear with me.

Thanks to all that read and comment.

David

Dear Jesse Jackson,

I honestly don’t think Mr. Obama has any nuts.

Yours truly,

David

Wonder what the OPEC countries think of our stupidity?

The OPEC oil minister might as well look us in the eye and say,

“We are at war with you infidels and have been since
the embargo in the 1970s. You are so arrogant you
haven’t even recognized it. You have more missiles,
bombs, and technology; so we are fighting with the
best weapon we have and extracting on a net basis
about $700 billion/year out of your economy. We will
destroy you! Death to the infidels! Read more

I received this via email and wanted to pass it on to you.

Tupelo, MS

Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?

Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn’t solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are, not to mention the pre-paid monthly debit cards? Read more

Al Sharpton. Minister, activists, or just a shake down artist?

I found this interesting article in the NY Post.

Click here for the full story

By ISABEL VINCENT and SUSAN EDELMAN
Anheuser-Busch gave him six figures, Colgate-Palmolive shelled out $50,000 and Macy’s and Pfizer have contributed thousands to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s charity.

Almost 50 companies - including PepsiCo, General Motors, Wal-Mart, FedEx, Continental Airlines, Johnson & Johnson and Chase - and some labor unions sponsored Sharpton’s National Action Network annual conference in April.

Terrified of negative publicity, fearful of a consumer boycott or eager to make nice with the civil-rights activist, CEOs write checks, critics say, to NAN and Sharpton - who brandishes the buying power of African-American consumers. In some cases, they hire him as a consultant.

The cash flows even as the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn has been conducting a grand-jury investigation of NAN’s finances.

A General Motors spokesman told The Post that NAN had repeatedly - and unsuccessfully - asked for contributions for six years, beginning in August 2000. Read more

Happy Father’s Day to everyone.

I’ll be spending the day with my family later on to celebrate the great Dad I have.  God bless and keep all our Dad’s today.  May you all be safe in your travels.

Ask not what you can do for your country but what your country can do for you.

Tupelo, MS

It’s a shame but it seems like this is the ideology that’s facing our world and country today. No more is there a call to arms to support our country but a larger and larger group wanting to know what social benefits they can acquire. There are even web sites showing benefits you can get from the government if you want to spend the time. No longer is it cool to make an honest living but to see how you can screw the taxpayer out of another free ride.

With the onset of the socialistic nature of the democrat party today, they are wooing more and more voters to the free ride department. It all began with LBJ’s Great Society and has gone steadily downhill ever since.

Obama promises free health care, free college tuition, and free savings accounts. Just how do we plan on paying for all these freebies Obama?

The list keeps growing smaller and smaller of folks wanting to actually do something for their country. They’re all wanting hand outs now days and wanting to give nothing back. The famous quote from JFK has seen it’s better days because now, it’s turned around to see what the country can do for you.

Just some food for thought.

American Milestone. Barack Hussein Obama is the first serious black presidential candidate.

Well, it’s over with. Hillary has resigned her role in life for now to being a former presidential candidate and U.S. Senator. But, she’s lived to fight another day. If I were Obama, I still wouldn’t turn my back on her.

After the years of slavery, after the years of segregation, after the years of having to ride the back seats of buses, America has now reached a milestone in the fact there is finally a black serious contender for our presidency. Whether you’re republican, democrat, libertarian, or an independent, this is truly a great day in our country when there are no color barriers in our aspirations. Read more

Don Colby Bahlinger graduates from Navy basic training.

Great Lakes, Illinois

Today, my oldest son graduated from Navy Basic Training. We hadn’t seen him for a little over 8 weeks so his mom, his little brother, and I were so thrilled to see him. It’s been a great week end. He is actually my step son so his biological father is here with us as well and it’s been a real great week end. We’ve all had a great time visiting with our "boy".

Anyway, he’ll be here for a few more days and be heading out to San Diego, Ca for more training. He had originally passed all his tests to be accepted into SEAL school but he changed that and is not going to SWCC (pronounced swick). SWCC is the support unit for the SEALS that transports them into a mission and is also classified as special ops.

Our boy really looked great in his uniform.

Tonight we took him out for a birthday dinner since we’ll be missing it in two weeks and the wait staff sang Happy Birthday to him. It kind of embarassed him but he’s a good sport.

Did I mention how great he looked in his uniform?

Anyway, congrats to Don Colby Bahlinger. You’ve made us all proud.

Charlie Daniels continues to crank out great articles.

Charlie Daniels speaks on socialism on his soapbox of 5/19

I have noticed some people who are developing a somewhat permissive attitude toward socialism and I personally think it’s dangerous.

Socialism is like a snake; it can creep silently in and stay around until the opportunity to bite comes along. Socialism is one of those things that sounds good on paper but never has and never will work out in practicality.

Socialism sounds like a noble Robin Hood, share and share alike proposition where all the money goes into one pot and is distributed by a central government which makes the decisions about what you get and what you don’t get. Read more

Okay, back to the business at hand.

Tupelo, MS

It’s been a wild and full week.  It all started with the state of Mississippi Republican Convention in Jackson last Friday, May 9 and lasted until Saturday, May 10. Lots of fun to be had there. It was good to see a lot of old friends and to make the acquaintances of some new ones. I’m thankful we live in a country where we can meet and share our beliefs no matter if it’s politics, religion, or to talk about our kids. It was funny that many asked where my son was. My son will be 9 on May 29th and usually goes with me everywhere. When asked where he was one time, I replied if it were possible for me to go somewhere without him from time to time. Their answer was that I almost never have before. Anyhow, Josh stayed home this trip and Dad made the trip alone.

On Monday, Governor Barbour, Lt. Governor Bryant, and Mayor Greg Davis were in Tupelo for lunch at Todd’s Downtown (or is it Uptown, I can never get it right but they offer some of the best food you’ll ever eat) on their way over to Oxford and on to Southaven where they were with Vice President Dick Cheney. Read more

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