Today We Remember the 64th Anniversary of D-Day
This was the day the Greatest Generation saved France, Europe and the World! Monday, June 09, 2008
The Big T Pic of the Day
This was the day the Greatest Generation saved France, Europe and the World! 
Where has the Big T Been?
The month of May has been a busy one for me…I just moved into a new place. It is like the 10th time I have moved and it never gets easier. I am also on vacation visiting family and friends in rural Illinois for almost the whole month of June. I plan on doing some blogging while there though.
Anyways, I am pretty much settled in and I have my internet connection up and running. So let’s get to it.
Anyways, I am pretty much settled in and I have my internet connection up and running. So let’s get to it.
D-Day 64 years Later
Friday marked the 64th Anniversary of D-Day. Unfortunately the day came and went unnoticed by most Americans and thanks to our wonderful government ran education system the younger generation of Americans do not even know what D-Day is.
Here is a refresher. June 6, 1944 more than 850,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Thousands of US Soldiers lost their lives as the ocean water literally turned red with American blood. It wasn’t until mid-July that the Allied forces were able to break through the German lines. If you need a visual refresher put in the movie “Saving Private Ryan” into your DVD player. The beginning of the movie was D-Day.
850,000 Soldiers for one operation! We don’t have half that many in Iraq or Afghanistan combined and not at one time have we lost thousands of Soldiers in less than a month’s time in the war on terror.
Where mistakes made in the battle plans for D-Day? You bet they were. Did the battle go as planned? Not exactly…Did Republicans bash Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt the way today’s Democrats bash President George W. Bush on mistakes made? Hell no…that was unthinkable. Instead the country united to win the fight. I often wonder how different the fight we are in now would have went had democrats got behind the war effort to show our enemies a unified front.
Here is another thing that would never have been allowed to happen today without extreme controversy. On the hour of US troops landing on the beaches FDR addressed the nation and led them in prayer for our nation and its Servicemembers.
I want you to click on the link above and listen to this prayer. Then ask yourself could any president been able to do the same today? I would also like to see if you notice the American spirit that reminds us when our nation is facing evil, we find the resources, the courage, and the innovation to win and defeat our enemies and not make excuses or come up with reasons why we can not win. Then ask yourself the most important question facing our nation today. Is that American spirit from WWII still alive today?
Here is a refresher. June 6, 1944 more than 850,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Thousands of US Soldiers lost their lives as the ocean water literally turned red with American blood. It wasn’t until mid-July that the Allied forces were able to break through the German lines. If you need a visual refresher put in the movie “Saving Private Ryan” into your DVD player. The beginning of the movie was D-Day.
850,000 Soldiers for one operation! We don’t have half that many in Iraq or Afghanistan combined and not at one time have we lost thousands of Soldiers in less than a month’s time in the war on terror.
Where mistakes made in the battle plans for D-Day? You bet they were. Did the battle go as planned? Not exactly…Did Republicans bash Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt the way today’s Democrats bash President George W. Bush on mistakes made? Hell no…that was unthinkable. Instead the country united to win the fight. I often wonder how different the fight we are in now would have went had democrats got behind the war effort to show our enemies a unified front.
Here is another thing that would never have been allowed to happen today without extreme controversy. On the hour of US troops landing on the beaches FDR addressed the nation and led them in prayer for our nation and its Servicemembers.
I want you to click on the link above and listen to this prayer. Then ask yourself could any president been able to do the same today? I would also like to see if you notice the American spirit that reminds us when our nation is facing evil, we find the resources, the courage, and the innovation to win and defeat our enemies and not make excuses or come up with reasons why we can not win. Then ask yourself the most important question facing our nation today. Is that American spirit from WWII still alive today?
It's back: The Big T Idiot of the Week
I can’t think of a better story than this one to bring back the idiot of the week segment on the blog.
This week’s idiot is a 64 year-old-woman from Danville, Calif. This lady wakes up one morning and decides she has had enough of these high gas prices, and she is going to do something about it.
Her solution? She grabs some fireplace logs and some matches, marches down to her local Arco and Chevron gas stations and starts a fire. And then for reasons unknown goes over to the local Starbucks and starts a blaze there also.
Does this woman actually believe gas stations have any control over the price of gas? Does she honestly think starting a fire on private property and burning up a gas station is going to help lower the price of gas?
If this woman had any sense of economics she would understand that gas prices are up because production is not meeting the high demand for gas. In other words there is a gas shortage. If you burn down a gas station and they lose all their gas then there is even more of a shortage.
And why the hell a Starbucks? What does coffee have to do with gas?
Anyways the woman is in jail and her bail is posted at $810,000. She is The Big T Idiot of the Week.
This week’s idiot is a 64 year-old-woman from Danville, Calif. This lady wakes up one morning and decides she has had enough of these high gas prices, and she is going to do something about it.
Her solution? She grabs some fireplace logs and some matches, marches down to her local Arco and Chevron gas stations and starts a fire. And then for reasons unknown goes over to the local Starbucks and starts a blaze there also.
Does this woman actually believe gas stations have any control over the price of gas? Does she honestly think starting a fire on private property and burning up a gas station is going to help lower the price of gas?
If this woman had any sense of economics she would understand that gas prices are up because production is not meeting the high demand for gas. In other words there is a gas shortage. If you burn down a gas station and they lose all their gas then there is even more of a shortage.
And why the hell a Starbucks? What does coffee have to do with gas?
Anyways the woman is in jail and her bail is posted at $810,000. She is The Big T Idiot of the Week.
Big T's Suggested Reading and Viewing from around the web
This is a must read column from George Will. He says we are paying the gas prices we deserve because we refuse to increase our own oil production while demanding foreign countries to increase theirs. He is right folks!
An Iraqi war veteran explains why it is important for Barack Obama to go to Iraq. He basically says Obama doesn’t have a clue about the situation there. I couldn’t agree more. Excellent read.
President Bush signed the pork-packed transportation bill, which included a $45 million project to build a levitating train from Southern California to Las Vegas at 300 mph!
In 2008 we still have dead people voting…hmmm… I wonder if they would be voting for the Democrat Party that refuses to support a voter ID law?
If you run out of gas in Atlanta the taxpayers will give you a couple gallons to get you on your way.
A lesbian couple has stirred up the pudding after tongue wrestling in the stands of a Seattle Mariners baseball game.
Did this catcher let this ball hit the umpire on purpose? Wouldn’t the pitcher have to be in on it? Why is the catcher taking all the heat? Watch the video for yourself.
Hollywood had the writer’s strike now actors are talking about striking…ugh looks like more reality TV is on the way…just what we need…
Thursday, May 01, 2008
There Oughta be a new Congressman in Illinois.
Stupid ideas never die and come from both sides of the political aisle. This time the good idea fairy is 6th District Illinois Republican Congressman Peter J. Roskam.
Roskam proposed his “There Oughta be a Law” initiative at a press conference in Bloomingdale, IL. Tuesday and released the following statement on his website:
“As a member of Congress, I have learned first hand what most 6th District residents already know, Washington is broken. Partisan politics have hamstrung Congress’ ability to find solutions to the most pressing problems our nation faces.”
“The constituents I represent are reasonable folks with sound ideas – and it’s time to send a little more 6th District solutions to Washington,” said Roskam. “Therefore I am proud to give my constituents the unique opportunity to have their legislative idea introduced in Congress. The very best way to restore faith in our nation’s government is to empower individuals. This is the ultimate definition of representative government.”
“Working together, we will send more common sense to Washington and Springfield.”
And more damn laws. You know one of the problems we have in this country is there are to many laws already on the books. Congressmen like Roskam -- and believe me he isn’t the only one -- thinks it his duty to add even more laws to the books. At least he wants to give you a say in what new laws might be I guess.
Of course this is not a new idea. Similar types of contest have been used in other places. In 2005 Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Tom Stevens proposed a bill from an 11-year-old boy that would require drivers to keep their dogs heads inside the vehicle at all times and require dogs to be in seatbelts or some type of carrying transport devise.
Wow, I can’t wait for more ridiculous legislation like that.
If we are going to have an “Oughta be a Law” contest then we should have some Big T law proposals:
1.Two-year term limits for idiots like Peter J. Roskam.
2. For each new proposed law, two older laws (related or not) will be proposed for removal.
3. The next congressman to propose a law out of the guidelines of the constitution shall be shot by the people.
Of course if I were to have it my way there would be an “Ought not be a Law” contest to suggest laws that infringe on freedom and our in desperate need of repeal.
Roskam proposed his “There Oughta be a Law” initiative at a press conference in Bloomingdale, IL. Tuesday and released the following statement on his website:
“As a member of Congress, I have learned first hand what most 6th District residents already know, Washington is broken. Partisan politics have hamstrung Congress’ ability to find solutions to the most pressing problems our nation faces.”
“The constituents I represent are reasonable folks with sound ideas – and it’s time to send a little more 6th District solutions to Washington,” said Roskam. “Therefore I am proud to give my constituents the unique opportunity to have their legislative idea introduced in Congress. The very best way to restore faith in our nation’s government is to empower individuals. This is the ultimate definition of representative government.”
“Working together, we will send more common sense to Washington and Springfield.”
And more damn laws. You know one of the problems we have in this country is there are to many laws already on the books. Congressmen like Roskam -- and believe me he isn’t the only one -- thinks it his duty to add even more laws to the books. At least he wants to give you a say in what new laws might be I guess.
Of course this is not a new idea. Similar types of contest have been used in other places. In 2005 Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Tom Stevens proposed a bill from an 11-year-old boy that would require drivers to keep their dogs heads inside the vehicle at all times and require dogs to be in seatbelts or some type of carrying transport devise.
Wow, I can’t wait for more ridiculous legislation like that.
If we are going to have an “Oughta be a Law” contest then we should have some Big T law proposals:
1.Two-year term limits for idiots like Peter J. Roskam.
2. For each new proposed law, two older laws (related or not) will be proposed for removal.
3. The next congressman to propose a law out of the guidelines of the constitution shall be shot by the people.
Of course if I were to have it my way there would be an “Ought not be a Law” contest to suggest laws that infringe on freedom and our in desperate need of repeal.
Dems use footage of IEDs killing Soldiers in new Anti-war add against McCain
I am highly disappointed at the Democrat National Committee for exploiting footage of an IED attack on American Soldiers in Iraq to run anti-war ads against Sen. John McCain, but I am definitely not surprised. This is the type of behavior I have come to expect from the party invested in our defeat.
What is the most disturbing part is democrats are using these images of Soldiers killed by IEDs to get votes and raise money. Al Qaeda uses the same images to raise money, gain support and solicit martyrs. One has got to wonder; where did the DNC get this footage, and just what side are they actually on?
You know there is an old Arab proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
In this case, the DNC using terrorist propaganda to advance themselves, it becomes the enemy of my enemy is my philosophically agreeable friend.
What is the most disturbing part is democrats are using these images of Soldiers killed by IEDs to get votes and raise money. Al Qaeda uses the same images to raise money, gain support and solicit martyrs. One has got to wonder; where did the DNC get this footage, and just what side are they actually on?
You know there is an old Arab proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
In this case, the DNC using terrorist propaganda to advance themselves, it becomes the enemy of my enemy is my philosophically agreeable friend.
The cult…oops I mean The Church of Scientology is launching their own channel on YouTube in order to “share the truth.” Actually no…I did mean cult.
It seems teachers having sex with students has become so widespread someone has actually created a website tracking all these student-molesting teachers cases.
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