Happy Thanksgiving Y’all!

Happy Thanksgiving to y’all.

Enjoy this sentimental old favorite depiction of Thanksgiving celebration by the artist, Norman Rockwell.

Obama as first Pacific President? Not Really.

Obama and his young speech-writer apparently did not pay attention to American history that well enough. Declaring himself as the first Pacific president, Obama clearly wore his egomaniacal narcissism on his sleeves before a summit with the Asian nations. Do they care for Obama’s narcissist assertion as the first Pacific president? No. But for Obama, Pacific-Asian issues be damned, the One’s greatness must be acknowledged before the leaders of the Asian countries.

Charles Krauthammer totally ripped Obama in Fox News channel last night, transcript included from this Freedom Eden blog.

Excerpt:

The first Pacific president? Well, Teddy Roosevelt, he built the Panama Canal in order to make the United States a Pacific power, and he did.

Howard Taft, his successor, was the governor of the Philippines. And John Kennedy and George Bush Sr. were in the Pacific theater in the second World War, and, in fact, spent sometime in the Pacific ocean itself — Bush after having been shot down from his airplane, and Kennedy after having his ship cut in half by a Japanese patrol boat. So, these people actually spent time in the Pacific. But in Obama’s mind, it doesn’t any way match the experience of the baby Jesus, excuse me, the baby Obama growing up on some Pacific island.

The narcissism of the man is rather unbounded.

PowerLine has a more apt scoffing at the awesomeness by His Oneness:

One seriously hesitates to draw the conclusion that Barack Obama is a fool, no matter how strongly the evidence may point in that direction. But what are we to make of a man who is ignorant of history; who is ignorant of economics; who despises his own country; and who appears to believe that awareness of his own wonderfulness is enough to guide him? To put it charitably, he has a great deal to learn, and not much time to learn it.

First Pacific president? No. First pacifist president? Maybe.

Disney Not to Caption/Subtitle All Movies in rental DVD?

Don’t be surprised by the above headline. Disney’s “marketing decision” to not to included closed captioning or subtitles for the deaf in the rental DVD of a popular 3D animation movie, “UP“, could either be a sign of things to come or just a dumb-ass decision made by the new people at the Disney video distribution. Edward Runyon of Thumpaflash has more details. He strongly suggested calling, not emailing, the Disney people to tell them the error of their ways. Let’s see if Disney try to worm its way out of violating the ADA of 1990 based on a “marketing decision”.

Kenneth Samson sent an email to the heads of Disney and Pixar, thinking the CEO of the Decade could become a barbarian at Disney’s gate over a bang-up job?

Why do I think it could be a sign of things to come, you ask? Here’s why. Disney is one of the major movie studios considering a strategic move to force people to buy DVD instead of renting the DVD first.

My visits to the Blockbuster stores tell me a different story: rows of used or returned and new DVDs on the display shelves waiting to be purchased by passing customers rather spending time looking at the rental shelves. Big Lots stores sell these numerous DVD titles at bargain price – the price of a rental DVD.

You know there are some movies that are not worth watching few times. And there are way more movies that are not worth watching few or several times than movies that are. Hence why there are more used or returned DVDs at the video retailers like Blockbuster. Though, if you’re a girl who’s a “Twilight” film fan, that’s a different story – bordering an undying obsession for this overrated, overhyped actor instead of the story (come to think of it: which is more important to you – the character or the actor?). Fans buying up “Twilight” DVD simply because of that actor, not because of the adaption of which the novel is based on.

In my experience, several years ago, I learned that watching a favorite movie several times has actually lessened my appeal and interest in it over the time, to the point of being bored with it. From this, I realized it’s better to watch a favorite movie every once in a while or whenever the right mood for it strike nicely for me, a good way to maintain my appeal and interest in a favorite movie. For example, every December since late 1980s, I watch my favorite Christmas-themed movie only once, the Dan Ackroyd-Eddie Murphy classic, “Trading Places”.

That being said, I think Disney’s “marketing decision” over no captions for “UP” DVD is simply dumb(ass). Forcing people to buy caption-supported DVDs before the no captioned-DVD rental versions few weeks later is a whole other matter.

My Review of “2012″ in two words

I saw “2012” yesterday afternoon. I have two words for this review:

Preposterously wow.

Today is Veterans Day: Honor all Veterans

Today is Veterans Day. Let’s honor all those who served and sacrificed in the nation’s defense and preserved the freedom of the country:

Also, dedicating this day to those who were killed in the Fort Hood shootings on November 5th, as most were vets and few would have been future vets:

Chief Warrant Officer Michael Grant Cahill (Ret.)(62), Cameron, Texas
Maj. Libardo Eduardo Caraveo (52), Woodbridge, Virginia
Army Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow (32), Plymouth, Indiana
Capt. John Gaffaney (56), San Diego, California
Spc. Frederick Greene (29), Mountain City, Tennessee
Spc. Jason Dean Hunt (22), Tipton, Oklahoma
Sgt. Amy Krueger (29), Kiel, Wisconsin
Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka (19), West Jordan, Utah
Pfc. Michael Pearson (22), Bolingbrook, Illinois
Capt. Russell Seager (51), Racine, Wisconsin
Pvt. Francheska Velez (21), Chicago, Illinois
Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman (55), Havre De Grace, Maryland
Spc. Kham Xiong (23), St. Paul, Minnesota

See the Fort Hood shooting victims here.

Devout Muslim Frequented Strip Club And Other Related News of the Day

Days before Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan unloaded his Allahu Akbar shootings upon his fellow Army soldiers, he frequented a local strip club called Starz, according to the stripper who immediately recognized his face on TV, as reported by FOX News:

Jennifer Jenner, who works at Starz using the stage name Paige, said Hasan bought a lap dance from her two nights in a row. She said he paid $50 for a dance lasting three songs in one of the club’s private rooms on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30.

“I remembered his face because it was the first lap dance I [gave] to a customer while working here,” she said. “When I saw his face [Friday] on TV, I jumped out of bed, I knew it was him.”

Jenner, 31, said Hasan was dressed casually both nights he came to the club – in jeans and a T-shirt the first night and then wearing a baseball cap the next. She recalled that he arrived at about 6:30 p.m. and stayed until 2 a.m. She said he brought in a six pack of light beer, took only a few sips from one can and gave the rest to the strippers.

Devout Muslim? Indeed. Remember, most of the Islamic hijackers went to strip clubs and drank alcoholic beverages few nights before 9/11/2001. Seeing the patterns now? (hattip to This Ain’t Hell)

Before I goes on to the next subject pertaining to the government’s failure to investigate Hasan’s activities, let me ask you this important question: how many more Americans will have to be sacrificed at the altar of political correctism before the US government finally wise up and realize that they’re exacerbating it?! They needed to STOP pandering to Islamic groups such as CAIR and ISNA in America!* Read the blog below:

Hot Air: Feds dropped inquiry into Hasan’s contacts with jihadis because. . . he doesn’t seem violent.

Over the years, Debbie Schlussel warned many times of the US government’s cozy relationships with the Muslim Brotherhood front groups and Saudi-Wahhabi-funded Islamic leaders in America. That kind of pandering has got to STOP.

American military personnel, civilians and government workers should never be sacrificed at the altar of political correctism and liberalism just to appease these people. Period.

And I don’t buy the bullshit peddled by the liars from Times and CNN that Hasan suffered from “secondary trauma” or even PTSD. I’m sure they’re looking for a specific term like he’s suffering from a secondary-PTSD-by-proxy or whatever Hasan’s lawyers could cook up. Those 6 years studying and working at Walter Reed hospital were traumatically stressful enough for Hasan? Man, I thought studying for final college exams were traumatically brutal!

One last thing: John Allen Muhammed’s appeal for clemency for his cowardly murderous role in the sniping attacks in 2002 has been denied and is set to die by lethal injection in Virginia tonight. I prefer a firing squad for him, perhaps a team of snipers hiding somewhere, so that John Allen Muhammed would never hear the signature command of “ready, aim, FIRE!”. Good way to return equal justice for his victims.

* - Note: both of them are the fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Twenty Years Ago, the Wall fell…

Twenty years ago, to this day, in Berlin, Germany, the most significant and historic event was the fall of the Berlin Wall, which led to the full reunification of the two Germanys less than a year later. I was in my first year in college at Gallaudet and I remembered watching the news with happiness, being amazed by watching such a historic event, people standing on the top of the Berlin Wall, crowding, cheering and celebrating. The fall of the Berlin Wall didn’t began with the government of East Germany screwing up the memo communication between leaders and subordinates about a new policy allowing citizens to go into West Berlin and West Germany without delay or permission. Rather, it originated on the date of June 12, 1987.

That’s when President Ronald Reagan made this famous speech in front of the walled Brandenburg Gate, calling upon Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to open up and tear down the Berlin Wall:

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

It took awhile, since it was bounded to happen anyway. By 1988, Gorbachev’s reform policies encouraged Eastern Bloc countries to craft own policies as they see fit, freeing themselves from the rigid Soviet sphere of influence and oversight. The Soviet Union was engaged in a losing war in Afghanistan and its economy was hemorrhaging, with runaway inflation and greater public dissatisfaction. Hungary was the first Eastern Bloc country to open up its border to western Europe by the summer of 1989, setting up a chain of events for the next four months.

But the Berlin Wall itself, which separated West and East Berlin since 1961 (when it was constructed on order by Soviet Premier Khrushchev in communication with East Germany leadership), came to symbolize the national split on purely political, ideological, and military lines. Prior to its construction, million of citizens from East Germany were escaping or emigrating into West Germany. Since the wall was put up, the emigration stopped and any escape was becoming more risky or deadly. Several people risked their lives crossing the zones separating West/East Berlin and West/East Germany, some lost their lives in the attempts. One East German border guard made the leap of defection to the west in this famous photograph in 1961.

In September 1989, East German citizens were beginning to crowd in front of the Berlin Wall, chanting they wanted to be out and travel freely. The public confidence toward the government was all-time low. The threats of a violent revolution was looming in the air. On October 18, 1989, the longtime leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker was ousted and was replaced by Egon Krenz. By the last week of October and the first week of November, the number of people protesting and showing up by the Berlin Wall swelled to about a million in East Berlin. The East German government buckled under pressures, fearful of committing its troops to the East German zones of the Berlin Wall in the full view of Western media capturing people standing on the wall by the Brandenburg Gate. They did not wanted a repeat of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China earlier that year. After all, this was about reawakening and reuniting the national spirit of Germany so long divided by the victorious powers at the end of World War II.

The day of November 9th, 1989 marked the momentous fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain of Europe. People were chipping away the wall on both sides, either making a symbolic hole through it or taking the pieces as souvenirs. Before long, cranes were brought in to remove and lift up the singular sections of the wall before the cheering masses on both sides. At the famous Checkpoint Charlie, people from both sides freely walked through without restriction, as seen as below:

It was the peaceful fall of the East German government. The leadership and government were gradually abolished over the time, merging with the government of West Germany. The East German military eventually merged with the Bundeswehr (West German military). Egon Krenz was eventually replaced by two more head representatives of East Germany, the last temporary head of state was a woman. By October 3, 1990, the government and East Germany ceased to be and the whole of Germany was at last reunified.

Looking back twenty years, it amazed me how much times and things have changed. I have not visit Berlin or Germany yet, hopefully I may one day. That day, I witnessed such a remarkable historic event. In fact, 1989 was really a remarkable year.

The history of the Berlin Wall’s fall can be seen here.

Muslim Gunman/Psychiatrist Freaked Out Walter Reed Medical Staff

Update: Officer Mark Todd also a hero. George W. Bush’s secret visit to Fort Hood. See end of this blog below.

The Muslim shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist, who killed 13 people and wounded 30 more yesterday at Fort Hood, freaked out the medical staff at the Walter Reed Army Hospital with his extreme statements about unbelievers, according to those who knew him as reported in this www.npr.org article today. He even shocked a fellow Muslim psychiatrist attending a lecture by Major Hasan, prompting him to criticize Hasan for “misrepresenting” the Qu’ran’s teachings. Hasan gave him a stare-down instead. Read on…

Excerpt:

DANIEL ZWERDLING: Good morning, Steve.

INSKEEP: I understanding you’ve spoken with someone who knew him, worked with him at Walter Reed.

ZWERDLING: Earlier today, I spoke to a psychiatrist who worked very closely with Hasan and knows him very well. And he said, you know, from the beginning -and Hasan was there for four years – the medical staff was very worried about this guy. He said the first thing is he’s cold, unfriendly. At least that’s who he came off. He did not do a good job as a psychiatrist in training, was repeatedly warned, you better shape up, or, you know, you’re going to be in trouble. Did badly in his classes, seemed disinterested. But second of all – and this is, perhaps, you know, more relevant. The psychiatrist says that he was very proud and upfront about being Muslim. And psychiatrist hastened to say, and nobody minded that. But he seemed almost belligerent about being Muslim, and he gave a lecture one day that really freaked a lot of doctors out.

They have grand rounds, right? They, you know, dozens of medical staff come into an auditorium, and somebody stands at the podium at the front and gives a lecture about some academic issue, you know, what drugs to prescribe for what condition. But instead of that, he – Hasan apparently gave a long lecture on the Koran and talked about how if you don’t believe, you are condemned to hell. Your head is cut off. You’re set on fire. Burning oil is burned down your throat.

And I said to the psychiatrist, but this [could] (sic) be a very interesting informational session, right? Where he’s educating everybody about the Koran. He said but what disturbed everybody was that Hasan seemed to believe these things. And actually, a Muslim in the audience, a psychiatrist, raised his hand and said, excuse me. But I’m a Muslim and I do not believe these things in the Koran, and then I don’t believe what you say the Koran says. And then Hasan didn’t say, well, I’m just giving you one point of view. He basically just stared the guy down.

INSKEEP: So we have a picture of a man, then, who, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, was disliked by his colleagues. Or maybe disliked is not the word. Disturbed some of his colleagues is perhaps a better way to put it.

Wow. Absolutely shocking. Especially how did the Army let this guy goes around while in uniform? They should have seen the warning signs already and kick this loser out of the Army. Now that he’s alive and recovering, I can only hope they hang the bastard or put before a firing squad after a trial, just like the Army sentenced Sergeant Hasan Akbar to death back in 2005 (he’s still on death row, awaiting the sentence to die by lethal injection if the appeal fails). Placing both of them before a firing squad seem more apt than by lethal injection.

In other news, police Sgt. Kimberly Munley is a hero for stopping the Muslim shooter. Four cheers for her! All she did was directing traffic at Fort Hood before the shooting rampage started. She was few feet from the shooter when she opened fire, pumping four bullets in him, bringing him down, which by sheer luck, he survived.

My Pet Jawa blog has the lowdown on Major Hasan wearing a white clothing of martyrdom for weeks, giving away furniture and Qurans to neighbors prior to his shooting rampage. A YouTube video is included showing Major Hasan in white clothing at a convenience store in the morning before the attacks. In my Facebook profile, a friend questioned me why do I think the shooter is motivated by his religious belief? Well, my Islamist-apologizing friend, his actions were clearly pre-mediated by his religious belief. Witnesses stated that he yelled “Allahu Akbar!” as he began the shooting. See here. Doesn’t look like a Buddhist, Wiccan, or a Hare Krishna to me, eh?

Another shocking news that would have been a serious concern for us public sheep is that the unemployment rate is now 10.2%, breaking the old record set back in 1983. The timing of the announcement is interesting: about 12 hours after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood occurred, the nation’s still glued to the tragedy instead of being really concerned of the economy’s freefalling.

Yesterday, while the soldiers were gathering at the Soldier Readiness Center in Ft. Hood and before Hasan unloads his Allahu Akbar madness, there was a huge protest rally at the Capitol Hill, thousands of people opposing the madness of Obama/Pelosi’s monstrous health care bill, pictures included (hattip to Gateway Pundit) in that blog. The health care bill is an absolute nightmare for America, a recipe for more fraud, waste and abuse on a massive scale, and a dark opportunity for the Democrats to control and micromanage the health and life of every American, reducing the nation to that of a third world country with lower costs of living and poorer standards. Worse, it would criminalize Americans who won’t buy into government-enforced health care package, courtesy of Pelosi’s mad dabbling in the HR 3962.

Why I still cannot shake off the imminent air of doom regarding the death of the US dollar very soon? Hmm…..

11.08.09: Beside Officer Kimberly Munley, police officer Mark Todd is also a hero for taking down Hasan. In other news, a day after the attacks, former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, made a secret visit to Fort Hood to avoid press coverage, consoling the survivors and their families for almost 2 hours, then left the base quietly. Where was Obama that day or the next day?

Funniest photo of the day

Love this one.

Heh.