I begin this post with the full knowledge that it will raise the ire of many, some of whom will castigate me for a comparison that they deem vile.  So be it!

In an act of extreme stupidity, our United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, with the full support if not direction of President Barrack Obama, has chosen to try 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York under the same law that a shoplifter of a candy bar would face.   To classify this choice of venue and law simply as daft or asinine presumes that the decision was made with a large amount of thought.  Responses made by Holder during his grilling by Congress disabuse the open minded listener of that view.  One is left wondering what BO and EH had in mind when they chose this route.

If this were not enough, it seems that 3 Navy Seals are facing Court Martial for allegedly bloodying the lip of one of the most notorious and sought after terrorists in our WAR ON TERROR.  Yes, “War On Terror”  Mr. Obama!!!  This scumbag is the “alleged” mastermind of the mutilation and murder of four Blackwater security guards in Fallujah in 2004.   In the process of taking him into custody…..instead of blowing him away…….they hit his little lip and put a bump on it.  He has a little bo-bo…….give him his blankey and some warm milk.  The Seals have refused a simple slap on the wrist and have demanded the full Court Martial.  This is indicative of their confidence in their methods and feel that to take a slap would be to admit wrong doing when none existed.  This will be interesting and possibly bring to the forefront this irrational handcuffing of our daily military protectors

All U. S.  Service personnel must be shaking their head at this imbecilic approach to warfare.    They must also be fearful of being brought up on charges if they so much as look cross-eyed at those who put them in daily harms way and all of us in ultimate concern for our way of life.

Our own government leaders at the top seem to be trying to assuage the perpetual view every nation who approaches the U.S. with tin cup in hand has about us.  They do not like us or want us in their presence.  Our way of life is an anathema to their worldview.  They play kissy-face with us for our foreign aid and with smirks of derision hate us at the core.  In street language that makes these nations prostitutes and our Nation the john in this transaction.  It has never worked and never will!!  All the money in the world handed out with Presidential bows to all the two bit world leaders that will give BO an audience will not change their view of us.  Maybe the equation is not that simple, there are other considerations concerning foreign aid.  If it is humanitarian it must be controlled so that the pimps, aka leaders, in these countries don’t fill their pockets with the largess paid by you and me.

Let’s take another look at that over used word, “alleged”.  It is inserted into every arrest and news story about the arrestee to make sure that it is known that the accused is innocent until proven guilty in our system of justice.  Well if that view holds in this situation of KSM why do Obama and Holder assert that we will find KSM guilty and execute him.  Is this not a preemptive violation of the innocent until proven guilty mantra?  I think this is what is called a conundrum….or is it a deception of some kind?  Given the way things are going in our country I wouldn’t be surprised.

It’s the time of year again when we reflect on the things we are truly thankful for~family, friends,  living in this great country of ours.  The 9/12_Project  website pretty much sums up how we at JTIU feel about life here in these United States.  Visit the website, join the ‘movement’, we’ll get this country back on track.

In the meantime, as you meditate on the things big and small that you are thankful for, think on these things as well:
 

The 9 Principles

1. America Is Good.

2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.

God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.

3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.

Honesty “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington

4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.

Marriage/Family “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” Thomas Jefferson

5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.

Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” Thomas Jefferson

6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.

Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson

7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.

Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.” George Washington

8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.

On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.” George Washington

9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.

Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” Thomas Jefferson

The 12 Values

* Honesty

* Reverence

* Hope

* Thrift

* Humility

* Charity

* Sincerity

* Moderation

* Hard Work

* Courage

* Personal Responsibility

* Gratitude

From all of us here at JTIU, Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Amidst all this chaos . . . God loves me . . .

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Once again, a SMORGASBORD of opinion from these two! Everything from Ft. Hood to Sarah Palin come to the discussion table. Janet asks “Is there one single staunch conservative in office serving anywhere, right now? If so, why don’t they speak up?” Crash says to watch Senator John Thune of South Dakota. In his opinion, Thune may be the Jimmy Stewart we’ve been waiting for . . .

Crash as usual is the ‘voice of reason’, but Janet thinks he’s giving a free pass out of ‘political correctness’ on some issues. Regarding the penal system, she thinks a prison sentence should last without early release, he thinks that the possibility of early release is an incentive that helps control inmate behavior.   So which is it? What do you think?

What will happen if our banker-China, calls in our debt?  The old saying “borrow a thousand from the bank, and you’re a debtor…borrow a million, and you’re the bank’s partner”, suggests we are not only “partner’s” with China, but completely at their mercy. China . . . merciful? Hmmm.

Thanks for listening, and please send your opinion to feedback@justalkingitup.com!!

Breathe in. Breathe out. Now, back in, and out. Eat. Take a bath. Get some sleep … grow up, find a mate, or not … move out of your parents house … try NOT to move back in … try to make more than you spend … if you spend too much, stop it …

Come on, have we ‘advanced’ so far in this computer/electronic age that we actually require a LIFE COACH? I understand we sometimes need counseling, or financial planning help, resume’ assistance, job placement help … but HELP WITH YOUR WHOLE LIFE?

Perhaps this is a government sponsored program. So THAT’S where all that TARP money went …

Amidst all this chaos . . . God loves me . . .

Growing up watching Dad fly-fish while I used a ‘cane-pole’ got old pretty quick on those family vacations. It seems every time Dad would take the time to ‘teach’ me to “be patient”,  and to “let the rod do the work”, “remember ten o’clock-two o’clock” etc, I’d tangle it all up, quickly throw something, whine and complain, then BOOM.  There I’d be, back to standing there with a ‘cane-pole’ watching his effortless casting that looked like Tinkerbelle waving that wand. It made absolutely NO sense for this skilled sportsman to say those things to me, “he must be daffy” I’d think, or “he’s telling me the opposite because he doesn’t want me to learn” and then I’d try it my own way. What I would give to go back in time, abandon that ridiculous, youthful notion that I really knew better. He was so wise about EVERYTHING at a time when I believed he was completely clueless. He was the same way in teaching me about horses~that a tiny movement with my little finger was enough to send the right signal to my horses mouth . . .in my stupidity, I ‘knew better’ . . . that jerking the reins hard enough to get his attention was the way to go. I was about as flexible at learning as a brick. I wonder how much of Dads fishing gear I ruined and horses I soured?

At 14 or so, I was scared enough of him to at least look like I was trying it his way, and so finally it clicked. What do you know? That beautiful, soul rhythm portrayed in “A River Runs Through It” really can be had by the average Joe . . .or Jane as in this case. And it’s not about catching fish, though that’s a fun part of the sport. It’s about living in rhythm. We love Fly-fishing even now, and it seems like every time we go, I can hear Dad’s voice in my mind~”Not yet, wait, let the rod do the work. Don’t lose your load.” That was the one thing he’d say over, and over, and over, “Don’t lose your load.” That took me about 6 years to understand what it even meant. Fly line floats. When it’s floating out in front of you, and it’s time to cast it out again, logic says to jerk it with force and sling it hard backward, then with mighty force fling it forward again. That’s what I tried for all those brick-headed years. That’s why every time, the fly line landed in a heap either in front of me or right behind. (I can hear his voice in my head here) When you lift the line up to cast again, the friction of the floating line against the water loads your rod ( that’s why the tip of your rod bends. That energy has to go somewhere.). When you stop your ‘cast’ at the ten o’clock’ mark, that’s when your rod does the work. The energy stored in the rod tip is what forces the line straight back behind you. The hardest part is to STOP at ten o’clock, and let that rod do the work! Then, when you move your arm forward, STOP at two o’clock~again, hard to do~and let the rod move that line straight out in front of you. It defies logic. If you’ve ever tried it and given up, please try again. It can be done, and it’s a lot less work than you think.

What does all that have to do with politics? Not much. Just like fly-fishing has little to do with catching fish. It’s about living, in rhythm. In the last few years, we’ve seen an unprecedented amount of spending . . . of money that doesn’t exist. Obama has just brought it to everyones attention because he wants to spend more of this imaginary money. We’ve got very serious problems in the health care system, and major changes need to happen. So why is the public so against the Pelosi bill? Because we don’t know what it is, and it may bankrupt us, that’s why. Is it because 60%  or more Americans want the uninsured to suffer because they can’t pay 700 dollars for an aspirin? No. Something has to change in our ‘big picture’, the whole climate of this country needs to shift. It’s time to re-cast. So far, this administration has made the same mistakes I made when I was ten. They are trying to force this legislation (among others) down our throats, just like I tried to force that fly line way out behind, then in front of me. Yesterdays election results in New Jersey and Virginia are this administrations fly line piling up in a heap. Stop the shotgun approach, learn from what works, and let’s do this right within the boundaries of The Constitution. Health care is not a ‘right’, but we ought to be able to take care of people in need. Let’s do this with wisdom, compassion and thoughtfulness.

The Republicans are standing by silently with their ‘cane-pole’, and the Democrats are busy trying to untangle. This is OUR opportunity. The American spirit MUST rise and do this thing ourselves. Politicians ain’t gettin nowhere. If we’re going to keep this Republic, and I think we should, we need to teach these guys how to fly-fish. I believe we are finally getting Washington’s attention~they work for US.

The “grass roots” movement we’ve seen in the last couple of months isn’t Republican OR Democrat. It’s American. Let’s not get frustrated or give up. Our best days are ahead of us. . . if we don’t lose our load.

Amidst all this chaos . . . God loves me . . .