"...a wiser course of action is to trust nobody under 30 unless they happen to be wearing an Army, Navy or Marine, uniform."

What about the Air Force? And those people in the Coast Guard might be OK too.

Jeremy: Also firemen and cops, now that you mention it, but I think you got the idea.

Burt

I like the Great Pretender for a moniker, although he's not so great at it. I refer to him as Oblahblah and my dad calls him Obambam. I like that one too because I can see him in his little caveman outfit banging his club on the podium. Somehow it seems to fit his maturity level too. "It's all Pebbles' fault!"

Talk about your odd monikers, how many have noticed the name card displayed for ex senator/governor Jon Corzine at his Senate hearings on the "lost" 1.2 billion dollars at MF Global? Honorable? Almost as incongruous as "the One"........ Let's be honest, here, and call a spade a spade! (No racial implication at all).

LBJ was truely one of the most damaging Presidents of all time. One could almost say the most damaging of all time except for a handful, those other contenders are of course Wilson, FDR, Jimmy and BHO. Not surprisingly they are all liberal democrats, immature and insane.

It appears to me that good old LBJ thought he could ressurect the supposed greatness of FDR. Both further the cause of socialism and execute a successful a war. So with an unmatched, staggering stupidity, he fought a war to prevent the spread of socialism in southeast Asia, while spreading socialism here in America by enacting and signing into law his great society socialist programs.

The American blacks fell hook, line and sinker for the socialism of FDR and LBJ. Socialism is the wrong direction, it is the direction of stagnation and death of a people and a culture. Socialism is cherished by loosers, so therefore, one must wonder why blacks, the race of people always and everywhere at the bottom, gravitate to liberalism and the democrats, themselves the purveyors of socialism. Nature or nurture, gene pool or culture pond, blacks have an uncanny knack for the wrong direction.

Whites on the other hand, seem to split right down the middle. Half mature and sane, half immature and insane. The hippies of the 60s and 70s, and their OWS decendents think of themselves as culturally great, importent and significant. The only greatness to those rebel child dolts, is the great price tag they run up that in turn must be paid for by the tax paying American citizen.

It is not noble to fight for the sake of fighting, it is only noble when the fight is for a good and positive cause, such as with Americas founding fathers. For liberals and democrats to applaude "their children" for OWS mischief, to take credit for teaching them to be this way, reflects an insanity that threatens the existence of America, and Americas life sustaining culture.

Now an American, half black, half white by his genes, all liberal democrat by his cultural ideology is President. Unbelievably, he reflects the looser that almost all blacks are, the looser half of the whites, and his one term as President is, as logic would predict, a 100% whole wrecking ball smashing into the good edifice America destroying her culture, and, as if that is not enough, now pleads for one more four year stint.

The hippies, the occuturds, LBJ and BHO, OMG.

On the weather station this morning the weatherpeople predicted a dangerous winter ahead, makes ya sick. Thank you.

Burt,

This is worse than the 1660's. I mean yeah, Johnson did try and please some of the hippies and sent the blacks to the getos to live off of Welfare to try to keep them as dependent as he possibly could. But, Obummo is trying to completely destroy the Capitalist Free Market System. He is not only bowing down to these protesters he is leading them. He is the preverbial wolf in the hen house. Yes the grandkids of the hippies elected him. Know it is time for the Children and Grandchildren of those who kept their senses through the 60's to vote him out.

I agree with you about Washington. He was probably our Greatest President and his birthday should be a Federal Holiday. However, while I used to think that Lincoln was a Great President the more I learn about him and his presidency the more it seems to me that he had some similarities with the Liberal Democrats today. It is sad but that is what I am finding out.

Jonathan,

I have been carrying $5 bills upside-down in my wallet for years because they have Lincoln's picture on them. ($50 bills too, although it's rare for me to have one of those in my possession.)

Jeremy & Burt - Don't forget the Merchant Marine. I coached the U.S. Merchant Marine shooting teams for 4 years. Imagine that, the various military academies actual have shooting teams.

Army Officer (Ret)

First let me say Thank You Very Much for your selfless service. America is forever endebted to you and all of the Service Men and Women who proudly serve This Great Nation.

It is truly amazing what the Liberals have done to the History that is taught to our children in school. I have lived in the South all my life. It's where I was born and raised and it is where I will die because it is my home and I am proud of that. When I was in school I was taught that the Civil War was fought over States Rights and that Lincoln wanted to Keep the South from gaining any ground economically. A friend of mine from Cleveland, Ohio who I work with is very much a conservative told me that he was amazed to find out that what he was taught in History Class was false. When I asked him what he meant he told me that they were taught that the Civil War was fought over slavery, but when he moved down here and started visiting all of the historic Civil War sights he learned the truth. It was over States Rights.

It is the Liberals who have put Lincoln up on the pedestal of greatness, and spread the lies about the History of America.

@PDK: If Obama is a "looser", perhaps someone should grab a ratchet and tighten him up!

Howard: Your comment about the Merchant Marine shooting team reminds me that when Major Hasan killed all those people at Fort Hood, it took a civilian cop to bring him down because the soldiers didn't have access to guns at that military base, unless, I guess, like Hasan, they intended to go on a murder spree. But of course that was also the base where no Army officer dared bring up the fact that Hasan was known to be a devout jihadist. I'm just wondering if the Army has yet gotten around to officially turning Hood into an amusement park.

Robert & PDK: Just after I wrote a piece in which I suggested that instead of teaching his audience a bunch of arcane words, Bill O'Reilly should devote a segment of his show to teaching his viewers the difference between "you" and "you're," "its" and "it's," and "their," "there" and "they're," several readers wrote to me suggesting I should have included "loser" and "looser." I confess that until this morning, I had never heard from anyone who confused the one with the other. Or perhaps I had, but simply assumed it was a typing glitch.

Burt

At one time I was proud of the fact that my mother`s birthday was the same date as George Washington`s. It wasn`t the same after some dumb bunny decided to have a holiday named president`s day.

Richard Ryan

Lamar,Missouri - Birthplace of Harry S Truman

Let's make sure in due time that we can call him TOAD....The One And Done. Not bad if I say so meself.

Burt - Any truth to the rumor that Orders of Protection will be printed on bullet proof paper?

I believe at Ft. Hood they had firearms, but no ammunition. A M-16 without ammunition is a funny looking club. A 1911 is a poor substitute for a rock.

Burt,

I, like you, have always marveled at the "No weapons here - we're the Army" mindset. I lived with it for years. There was a time when a soldier who did NOT have his weapon ready would be considered derelict of duty. But Americans are remarkably hoplophobic, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary.

Richard, it could be worse. I get to share my birthday (January 22) with the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. That's a coincidence that can bring on some introspection...

As for Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays being rolled together into the catch-all "Presidents' Day," you'll recall that that came about when it became impractical for politicians to argue against the impracticality of giving Martin Luther King his own holiday (which I also get to "celebrate" on my birthday when the 22nd falls on a Monday.)

A bit off-topic, but regarding the jihad at Fort Hood:

When the media discuss the attack, they inevitably say that thirteen were killed. THIS IS UNTRUE. Private Francheska Velez was pregnant at the time, and excited about the prospect of becoming a mother. When she was killed, her unborn son became the fourteenth victim of Major Hasan. Her last words? "My baby, my baby!"

Under Federal Law (the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) a "child in utero" is recognized as a legal victim, if he or she is injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60 listed federal crimes of violence, including of course, the 13 premeditated murders and 32 attempted murders with which Hasan was charged. Since Hasan's attack occurred on a Federal military base, the law would apply.

Unfortunately, the Obama "Justice" Department chose not to follow the law (say it isn't so!) and bring an indictment for the fourteenth murder, perhaps reasoning that Hasan could stand trial for the other charges, and they would not be forced to recognize Velez's child as a human being.

Just another forgotten unborn baby, an abortion by unconventional means.

p3orion - The Barry (or what ever the hell his real name is) Administration has classified the Ft. Hood killings as Workplace Violence. Sort of like calling illegal aliens undocumented workers.

No kidding guys--- loaded weapons are not allowed on military bases!

When my B-I-L was finishing his stint in the Army Reserve he was sent to an AF base here in AZ. He was so angry he could have popped someone when he found out that he was to patrol the perimeter with an unloaded weapon and no ammo on him. This was during some heightened alert situation. He was given a radio and told to call for help if suspicious persons or activities came about. Yep, the people answering the call ALSO had unloaded weapons. This was common knowledge in the area around the base meaning ANYONE could have raised hell and probably gotten away with it or merely clocked with the butt end of a rifle. Go figure! Hell, if you cannot trust the highly trained military with a weapon, who can you trust? I for one would lean towards the armed posse here in Maricopa County...think that's another word for militia.

I think that Veterans Day is the oddest holiday of all. The postal workers and bankers get the day off. Nearly every veteran that I know goes to work.

Merry--Am I correct in assuming that B-I-L stands for brother in law? In addition to English, in recent years I've found that I've had to become proficient in this new weird language that consists of initials, not words.

Burt

I loved and lived the sixtys. If it wasen't for the 'rock and roll' I might not have made it. I was a little busy when the 'hippies' were doing thier thing, but I didn't really care much. All I wanted to do was make it out alive. I figured the rest would be 'gravy'. Wrong!. I wish I would have stayed. I would have rather died in a good fire-fight, than have to deal with the 'numb skulls' runnig this country. There's a thing about 'Honor' that seems to trump anything going on now. I will geave when Jerry Lee Lewis dies, he kept me going. Johnson was a p---y and had no clue as to what to do. He spent to much time listening to a 'number cruncher' name McNamara who was probably the worst SOD we ever had. When they changed and started using' body count numbers' the writing was on the wall. We had the VC and NVA on the run and we quit chasing them. If we had kept up the bombing during the TET of '68 we would have had the war over in three days, as qouted by Gen. Giap. of the NVA. It took Nixon and his bunch of idiots to negotiate a peace deal where we lost again with the POWS. And we wonder why we don't know how to fight a war. Merry--if it wasen't for Clinton those people would have had loaded weapons, he was the one who dis-armed them. He also removed 4 divisions of the US military during his term, under defense budget cuts, kind of like ther'ye doing now. Wheres all the troops who are coming home from Iraq?. I don't see any mass removal going on. Heck, all they did was re-name them or move them to Kuwait. We will never learn.

Burt-

As Marine just convincingly demonstrated, it was the military that perfected the use of initials and acronyms, not today's generation of texters.

Jeremy and Burt. Uniforms are an outward symbol. The point is there are those that recognize personal responsibility and serve with dedication, and OWS’s spurious 99% that seek only what “their country” can do for them. Watch the WWII combat documentaries, and note that it was kids and those under 30 that fought and died to make it possible for today’s whiners to even exist.

For now, "that one's" name has to be the "nearly departed."

Yeah, I also really dislike Presidents Day. I think we need to go back to Washington's Birthday. My preferred holidays- Memorial Day, Independence Day, Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving Day.

Another thing, slightly off topic, that bothers me is the naming of ships, buildings, etc. after people that are still alive. It's in bad form and I can't help but smell a little corruption around it.

...also flying the flag on all days at all hours. I see a lot of faded, torn flags (and without the supposedly required lighting at night). It was a bad idea created by lazy people.

Jim: Another holiday I would do without is MLK Day.

At best, it's patronizing; at worst, it's an insult to people of decent character who actually made great and lasting contributions to America, but who never had days set aside in their honor.

Marine: I won't argue with you about rock 'n' roll. If it helped you get through Nam, that's good enough for me. But while blaming LBJ and McNamara for that tragic debacle, let us not forget the role played by the likes of Walter Cronkite, Jane Fonda and John Kerry.

Burt

Since several writers have commented on the insane and ludicrous rule of not allowing weapons, or loaded weapons, to be in the possession of soldiers on U.S, military bases, just what is to be done when a bunch of bad guys decide to drive onto Fort Hood in a school bus, pull up next to one of the many M-1 tanks, and commandeer one or more of these virtually unstoppable weapons? I visited Fort Hood, and the security was pretty good. What happened to the brains of people inside that allowed Hasan's radicalism to go bananas? I would not have been allowed on the base if I had been suspected of being a Muslim radical. Somebody still needs to be prosecuted for that fiasco. Same for Waco and Janet Reno/Bill Clinton's death squad activity.

Burt,

The 60s hippies who did the most damage were the ones going to journalism school. These created the liberal 4th estate that provides the ready-made opinions for the great masses of Americans who don't have time to think about politics. What can be done to correct this horrible state of affairs? And how do we take back the universities from the majority libtard professors? Without a good answer to these questions, America is a lost cause.

Merry - If your B-I-L had a M-1 instead of a M-16, at least he could of had a bayonet.

Marine - Don't forget that bastard Kissinger.

Orf: Conservative parents should do one of two things. The first is to quit subsidizing left-wing institutions. Most young people are not by any stretch scholars and they should not be encouraged to attend colleges that will shrink-wrap their brains while bleeding their parents' bank accounts. Most young people should go to trade schools. (Also conservative graduates should grow up and quit donating to their alma maters just because the school fields top-ranked football and basketball teams.) In case, parents feel their offspring must attend institutions of "higher education," they should send them to places like Hillsdale College, not the Ivy League.

Burt

One of the monikers in 2008 you omitted for our present White House squatter was "O". Now, three years later, it is apparent it is not the letter "o", but a zero.

Burt,

With regard to funding left-wing institutions: after I graduated from college with my undergrad degree my school kept hitting me up for donations. As I was a little peeved at them for various reasons I sent them a check for $25 with a note that said, "After spending four years sitting sideways, this and all my future contributions may only go toward buying left-handed desks." (I don't know if it's a law, but since I specified the use of my donation they could ONLY use it for that purpose). They left me alone for YEARS.

Seems right-wing parents could cause all sorts of havoc by sending in a buck or two with the caveat that it could only be used to buy Ann Coulter books, or left-footed purple ballet slippers for that matter. Each different one would require a different account to keep track of it. If you're a big enough pain in the backside they'll eventually stop asking.

Burt,

I have a date that I mark on my calendar each year which simply says "June 25th, 1962 - The beginning of the end. It's been downhill ever since."

On that date the U.S. Supreme Court, in Engle v. Vitale, ruled that it was unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public schools.

The prayer in question was “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country. Amen.”

We kicked God out of school on that date. Many of the "ills" of the 60's followed in rapid succession.

As for weapons on base...the military has been castrated for decades.

When I first reported to Camp Lejeune as a young Marine 2ndLt in 1984 we still carried weapons WITH ammunition when we stood duty. The first place you went when you reported for duty as OOD (officer of the day) was the armory to draw a Colt 1911 pistol and 2 magazines with 5 rounds each, and you carried that weapon with you everywhere you went.

Today no one carries a weapon on duty, other than the MPs, but calling the MPs is like dialing 911 for the police. When seconds count, the police (or MPs) are just a minute away. 25 years ago I could bring my personal weapon on base without any issues. Today, I have to fill out all kinds of paperwork and get a special "weapons permit card" and update it every year if I want to bring a personal weapon on base.

The only time in recent years that I've been allowed to carry a loaded weapon was when I went overseas for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Thank God we were at least allowed to carry loaded weapons in combat!!

Burt and friends,

Just call him "O-bye-bye"...

Obamao is the best nick name for the Prez.

He is a life long communist.

Not a sympathizer. Not a Socialist. Not a mere "useful idiot".

He is a dedicated "Servant of the People".

He is a disciplined Cadre.

His heroes are all the communist revolutionaries.

He read and studied Marx, Lenin, and Mao, as well as Saul Alinsky, and he understands the implications of all he has done in the light of Scientific Socialism.

He is working to fix nothing. He aims to help no one.

The role of a true revolutionary at this time is to "heighten the contradictions of capitalism", or, in simpler English, to make all our systems go critical and melt down, and then use the ultimate crisis as a pretext for seizing power, to institute a "Dictatorship of the Proletariat".

Yes Burt-- "BIL" is brother in law. Nope, I'm not a texter either. Just figured this out when I saw MIL and had to google it! Does save time though!

And a special thank you to everyone here who has personally committed their lives to defending the Constitution, and this country if needed, no matter which branch of service you entered. If I hadn't gone to college (sciences, not BS) I'm sure my Dad would have made a Marine out of me as he did my younger brother!

Jim Darlington,

I understand your post, and agree with your idea. There's just one slight technical problem with your nuclear reactor metaphor. When a reactor is "Critical" it is in steady state operation. Sub-critical means the reactor is decreasing in power, which is when it is shutting down. Super-critical is when it is increasing power, a necessary step to go from shut down to rated power.

The best, most authentically descriptive moniker for Our Lord and Savior is “The Chicago Cockroach”. It was coined by a terrific West Coast writer to whom we send our best for his recovery as he continues his struggle with long term memory loss. Much joy have I received as I imagine “it” humping the baboon, little legs and antennae twitching like a RAID® commercial.

"Workplace Violence" sounds so repugnant. Perhaps the government should reclassify it as a "Workplace snit".

Burt, how about this: The Obamoron.

Burt, how about this: The Obamoron.

I'll add my name for Obama. The "resident in chief" because he just resides there, but doesn't work there.

Too bad that we don't have people in government anymore, who would question Eric Holder in the manner of Adlai Stevenson II, "I am prepared to wait for my answer until Hell freezes over."

They don't make MEN like that anymore.

I'll just take this opportunity to tip my hat to the many combat veterans who apparently read my articles.

Even if we don't always agree, you've earned my eternal gratitude.

Burt

What to call him? I like "Occupant", as in all that junk mail you receive addressed to, ready for it?, "Occupant, 1234 Your Street, Your Town and State". It seems to fit him perfectly. That, or "Current Resident".

WRT weapons on military installations, it's been that way for years: except in line of duty, nobody carries a weapon, loaded or otherwise, on post. It still strikes me as not a little stupid, but ...

How about Obit? (Obituary)

Gentlemen,

Realizing this is a fork, I ask forgiveness, but the mention of Holder compels me:

Holder responded to questioning recently (fast and furious) with some mealy-mouthed gibberish, a la Clinton's "depends on what the meaning of is, is", that essentially he can't be guilty of a crime if it wasn't his intention to commit a crime.

I grew up being told that ignorance of the law is no excuse...and he's our top cop?

Yikes.

Hey p3orion: thanks for informing me that our birthday is the anniversary of Roe v Wade. I could have done without that.

and PDK - very good piece.

Lastly - when in the he-- will the pundits actually tell the truth: O'Butthead is a Maxist. Radical Islam is trying to kill us and AG Holder is a worthless pos.

Liar-in-Chief is the only name by which I know this fraud

(another name, as well as Boy-Chief; Con-Artist, etc.)

G Dub: Either I'm not a pundit or you haven't been paying attention.

Alex: Holder is to law enforcement what Rosie O'Donnell and Joy Behar are to the world of fashion.

Burt

G Dub. Thank you. PDK

I had a lenghty discussion with my oldest brother (a USMC Vet) who, as was I (a US Navy Corpsman), raised a Democrat. My father (a WWII Navy Vet) left the party in '68 (while I was serving in 'Nam). My older brother (also a USMC Vet), left the party in '74. My oldest brother's argument was that "Lyndon Johnson did more for the blacks than any President in history." I agreed with him, and then added: "Lyndon Johnson did more harm to the blacks than any MAN in history." He, reluctantly, had to agree with me. He still claims he's a Democrat, however, he now agrees with me that Obama is the worst President who ever held the office, and I think this is the election in which he will be switching parties. Sometimes a person can be so evil that he can change the mind of a voter who has been loyal for a lifetime.

Doc Servoss: You are so right. I started out as a Democrat. It was Jimmy Carter who opened my eyes once and for all. And as bad as he was, he wasn't as awful as Obama.

Burt

Re: empty weapons....on a military base????

To quote (or paraphrase) Tony Soprano.....

"There is nothing more useless than an empty gun"!

WTF are you going to do with it....throw it at the bad guys????

Burt - I hold you up much higher than a Pundit.

Your writings are more that of a Patriot.

You would have done well in the late 1700s.

G Dub: That's very kind of you to say. Thanks.

Burt

Washington's Birthday has been lumped into Presidents Day, Armistice Day (Nov. 11) has been turned into Veterans Day. Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Day have all been turned from their original meaning to a Monday so that we can have more 3 day weekends and another sales event for the department stores. No longer do holidayshave their original meaning. In Massachusetts April 19 was Patriots Day (:the shot heard 'round the world") and June 17 was Bunker Hill Day ( the Battle of Bunker Hill-the first battle of the American Revolution). Again on Monday. No tradition.