They say these geeks are a dime a dozen. I’m looking for the guy who’s supplying the dimes.
Thought for the Day
Posted by daddybear71 on July 18, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/18/thought-for-the-day-86/
Connecting Dots
If you’ve read this little collection of musings for a while, you know my stance on our border security: It sucks. It is painfully easy for any motivated individual in Mexico to find a way to get himself and 30 of his closest friends to San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, or El Paso. Over the years we’ve heard stories of middle-eastern terrorists either using this low-speed superhighway to get into the country or planning on using it. The same can be said for our northern border with Canada, or our shorelines.
Now we have two news reports that cause me to pause and take note:
A home-grown Islamist terrorist group, the Indian Mujahideen (IM), is suspected to be behind the three moderate to high intensity explosions in Mumbai on Wednesday which Home Minister P. Chidambaram said were “coordinated attack by terrorists”.
Between October 2009 and March 2011, the Border Patrol detained at least 2,600 illegal immigrants from India, a dramatic rise over the typical 150 to 300 arrests per year.
So what we have here is a report that a terrorist group called the Indian Mujahideen is probably responsible for the latest bombing in India, and then a report that the Border Patrol is starting to see a pretty significant uptick in the number of Indian citizens who are circumventing our border controls by coming in through Mexico.
India’s economy is growing. In a growing economy, you don’t expect to see a lot of migration due to economic circumstances. Are they leaving because of oppression in India? I doubt it. India still has a lot of the chains from the old Raj, but it is a functioning democracy. Yes, if a person comes from a lower caste, they will face discrimination, but it’s not as bad as it once was.
So why are they coming?
My guess is that a lot of them are coming to be with family that has previously immigrated, either legally or illegally, as was mentioned in the Fox News article. Coming to this country to re-unite with a family member has been a common occurance for centuries.
But the tingling at the back of my neck tells me that there’s something else here. Mixed in with the migrants who only want to come in order to find a good job or to re-unite with their family, there very well may be members of the IM or other groups who want nothing more than to get past the thin shell of our border protections to get at the soft center of malls, theaters, and stadiums to continue their war against us non-believers. How do we separate the sheep from the goats?
No matter whether they come from Honduras, Gaza, Tuscany, Belarus, or Punjab, if someone wants to come here to cause mischief and murder, they can. If they can’t get real travel documents, fake ones are easy to get. If that doesn’t work, then all it takes is a few thousand dollars and a few days walking across the Sonoran desert to get here. We can’t just be on the lookout for dark skinned men with shifty eyes and head-scarves. There are people all around the world, motivated by money, religion, or politics, and of all body types and skin tones, who would like nothing more than to cause mayhem in the United States if only for the press attention it would garner.
We need to lock down our borders as much as possible. No country but this one seems to be neglecting this basic tenet of national security, and it is our Achilles heel in keeping those who would do us harm out of the country.
Posted by daddybear71 on July 17, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/17/connecting-dots/
News Roundup
- From the “Play Stupid Games” Department – A man dancing around a blowhole in Hawaii was swept into the hole by a wave and has not been found. Officials are restating the truism that you’re on your own when you mess with Mother Nature, red of tooth and claw. Guys, if you think it’s a good idea to do a hippie dance around the upper hole of a sea cave, then I leave you to your destiny. Some of us were meant to grow old and have grandkids. Some were meant to be fish food. It’s your choice.
- From the “My Client Is An Idiot” Department – A woman in Kentucky was arrested after charging at the judge in her divorce hearing. She had just been given 10 days in jail for being disruptive in court, and I guess she decided to go big or go home. Thankfully, she didn’t get to the judge, having tripped over a railing and getting body slammed by police before she could get to spitting distance. Nothing helps your divorce case like trying to assault the person who is going to decide who gets the Hank Jr. commemorative plate set.
- From the “Big Brass Ones” Department – The Russian government has pledged to find the perpetrators of a campaign of fake movie posters that portray Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a KGB agent. Of course, he was a KGB agent, and I’m sure he did something while at that job. You know, like try to suppress most of Eastern Europe, plot the invasion and overthrow of western democracies, and try to keep the horrendous conditions of Soviet citizens’ lives a secret. I fear for the people who put these posters up though. They can rename Dzerzhinsky Square as much as they want to, but the Lubyanka still has a basement, and last time I checked, it hadn’t been turned back into an insurance agency.
- From the “Business As Usual” Department – The Chicago police department is preparing for a massive influx of protesters at next spring’s G-8 conference. They plan on training thousands of officers in mass arrests and crowd control in anticipation of large groups of people breaking into businesses, destroying or grabbing whatever they can find, and generally making a nuisance of themselves. And the protesters for the conference will just add to what has become a normal day on the beat for Chicago’s finest.
Posted by daddybear71 on July 16, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/16/news-roundup-105/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on July 16, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/16/todays-earworm-127/
Psalming my way through the day
Though Obama is my president
I shall not succumb
He makes me to invest in useless green technology
He leads me into a still economy
He confiscates my earnings
He leads me in paths of socialism
for his parties sake.
Even when I walk through the gun show
or the security of the airport
I fear for the Republic
for he has people running guns and feeling up grandmothers
His czars and his staff, they vex me.
Surely debt and inflation shall follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the
poor, forever.
Posted by daddybear71 on July 16, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/16/psalming-my-way-through-the-day/
All the cool kids are doing it
Mwahahahaha!
Hey, 40% evil isn’t that bad. I just need to tighten a few things up so that I can get a majority of evil here at Casa de Oso!
Posted by daddybear71 on July 15, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/15/all-the-cool-kids-are-doing-it-2/
Someone’s weekend just got ruined
A U.S. Army PFC was busted at the Yuma, Arizona, airport yesterday trying to smuggle a small amount of C-4 explosive in his luggage to Los Angeles. Reports are that he obtained the explosive during a recent training exercise. Luckily it was C-4 he stole, so there probably wasn’t any danger to other passengers if he’d gotten through. That’s one thing the military made pretty much soldier proof. You can hit that stuff with a hammer, drop it from a building, and even set it on fire and it won’t explode.
My guess is that he wasn’t trying to hurt anyone and was taking it to L.A. in order to have a “Hey y’all, hold my beer and watch this!” moment. You get to play with some really fun stuff in the Army, and there’s always a temptation to show some of it off back on the block. However, it’s rarely good to give into those temptations.
My guess right now is that his chain of command is living the dream right about now. If I were the military authority that’s going to be rattling that chain of command, I’d include the Officer and NCO in charge of the range he stole the explosives from. You’re supposed to get searched and patted down when leaving any range, and obviously he either did a really good job hiding it on his person or someone didn’t do their job.
And people ask me why I’m not interested in management. After a few troops like this jackhole, you convince yourself that it’s just not worth it.
Posted by daddybear71 on July 15, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/15/someones-weekend-just-got-ruined/
Darn it
I’ve been slowly progressing in coming back from surgery, but I’m still taking liquid opiates to control the pain. A little less each day, but it’s enough to make me a little foggy at times, and naps are my friends.
I had planned on taking this time when I’m home alone for a few days to catch up on all of the non-family, non-Irish Woman movies and TV that I’ve been putting off. I’ve tried re-watching Firefly, BattleStar Galactica, Star Trek, and a few movies on Netflix.
But I just can’t keep my mind on anything with a plot. I start to drift just as things get interesting, even during a 40 minute Firefly episode. Very frustrating when you come back to reality and find that you’ve missed the climax of an episode, especially when you do it more than once.
So I’ve been watching Futurama, Bugs Bunny, and a few other things. Guess I’ll just have to wait a little while longer before I go on that non-stop BSG marathon so that I can finally figure out just what the heck that show was about.
Sigh.
Posted by daddybear71 on July 15, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/15/darn-it/
Good
The ‘parents’ who kept an 8 foot python in their home when they had a small child and then expressed surprise when said snake slithered into the crib and killed their child have been found guilty of manslaughter, 3rd degree murder, and child neglect. During the trial, it was revealed that the snake had not been fed for a month before the death of the little girl.
As a parent, I gave up a lot of things when the first of the brood came along, and I will probably never get them back due to grandchildren being due before the last of my spawn leave the house. These include dangerous pets, leaving firearms and such lying around the house when I’m not using them, and a whole list of other activities that just shouldn’t happen when you’ve got kids.
I’m not going to discuss whether or not it’s appropriate to have an ambush predator like a python in the house when your kids are small enough to look like breakfast to it. That’s open to interpretation and proper care, feeding, and control of the animal. Just like you can be a good parent and responsible gun owner, I’m sure that there are ways to be a good parent and responsible owner of an 8 foot carnivorous reptile.
I hope these two wastes of protein get the book thrown at them and have to serve the entire possible 35 years. I hope they have to spend 23 hours a day in their cells, with their enclosure papered with photos of their daughter. I want them to be reminded every moment that they are awake that they had a precious gift given to them, and they fed it to the snake.
Posted by daddybear71 on July 15, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/15/good-2/
Thought for the Day
Is President Obama the second coming of Jimmy Carter or is he closer to being the Democrat version of Richard Nixon?
Carter:
Nixon:
- Extremely adversarial relationship with any portion of the press that doesn’t toe his line
- Illegal political manipulation followed by cover-ups
- Imperial presidency
Posted by daddybear71 on July 15, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/07/15/thought-for-the-day-87/
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