Vast Write Wing - March 2010

[lwoolley]

Lynn, I tried to quickly find the article that you mentioned on the show but couldn’t find it and don’t have time to go look for it with time left to write a response so I hope this isn’t out of context. Obviously, I couldn’t tell if this is a new rooster situation or an old one since this has come up before and not too long ago.

The roosters, may or may not, have anything to do with Mexican culture in this case BUT south Austin has a LONG history of respecting property rights and it has very little to with the “keep Austin weird” crowd. Before political correctness took control of Austin in the ‘70s and caused “white flight” from the city, there was respect for property rights that has continued in spite of the north of the Colorado river weirdness, political correctness and elite stuffiness. When I lived on Gillis Rd in the ‘60s, quite a few people had goats, chickens and what not. Right down the road on Ben White Boulevard (HWY 71), between 1st st and IH 35, tucked right next to a giant Kroger’s store, was a pig farm that also included goats and chickens. The city built up around him and he refused to sell. Even as a kid, I thought it was great and still do today. In today’s environment, his property probably would have been stolen from him through eminent domain for the “good of the people” – hogwash. I don’t know if it is still the same today but south Austin use to be considered redneck Austin and was looked down upon; maybe true, I don’t know and don’t care, I loved it - we were far free-r back then.

As far as culture goes, there is noise in any culture and I prefer the natural type. Here in Killeen, about a block from where I live, there is a family that has a ghenne bird (sp?) that makes noise ALL the time but I like it. When I was in Germany in the ‘80s, we had to guard a nuclear ammo site and, in addition to normal security, they had an additional fence alongside the outside fence so geese could run free. If someone came close to the fence, we would instantly know about it whether we saw them or not. IMO, chickens are not as good for security early warning systems as geese or ghennes (sp?) but even a little bit of noise helps to deter people who would like to sneak into the yard. What if everyone in the neighborhood started stocking birds? If it became too much I could just move; no different than a choice someone has to make if their neighborhood becomes run down due to thugs and hoodlums. If I didn’t have duplex apartments right up next to my back fence, I would get a goat to help out with the weeds, as well as as natural alarm system. And all this… isnt even taking into account the obvious advantage of feeding a family with good fresh food. When I was first married and had kids, we couldn’t afford meat so I constructed rabbit pens for the same purposes as chickens but they are much quieter. Nonetheless, my kids had healthy meat for a relatively cheap price. Is that "third world?" I guess so It's more convenient for everyone involved if people would just get on government food stamps and by the packaged junk from the store.



Keep up the good work,
BoB
Killeen/FTHood

[lwoolley]

Lynn,

I hope your lamentations that but a few, mostly talk show talkers, are attending to the immigration problem will not dissuade you from continuing to keep this issue prominent in your repertoire.

Yes, I didn't restrict the address of the issue to only illegal immigration. The easy 'attack' is on the illegal component. What you miss is the overall issue of immigration and the impact it has on the culture of this country. I think you presume that all these folks who come here legally intend to assimilate. Your examination of the issue stays on the PC side. Clearly, you appear to be unaware of the over 11 types of H1 visas. L Dobbs mentioned them. There are over a million (gestimate) of these given a year, many intended to be 'work' visas but a significant percent of those receiving these visas remain in the U.S. after their expiration.

Another 'legal' immigration entry is the 'lottery' visa program that bears directly on security because these are issued at random to many in countries that tend to harbor radicalized Muslims.
Let me enlighten you re the lottery program. It was the brainchild of Ted Kennedy and adopted by Congress in 1990 and signed by G.H.W. Bush. The program admitting up to 50,000 randomly, is so lax that anyone who claims they are in good health and have a high school diploma can qualify. The diversity lottery visas are given in 13 of the 14 countries whose airline passengers the Transportation Security Administration has selected for special monitoring such as Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia and others.

At least one Congressman, Rep Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., recognizes this legal immigration program as deleterious to our country. Maybe he also recognizes that legal immigration also is, but at least he is trying to do something about this program by introduction H.R. 2305, the"Visa Lottery Elimination Act" which would end the program completely.

On a different issue, your mention of the Temple police department's intent to set aside, yes that will happen, jobs for Spanish speaking police bears further examination. What percent of the calls involve non-English speaking people? This is important. If a high percentage of calls requiring police attention are a function of Spanish speaking people, it makes sense to determine their legal statue. My reaction is that if they are legal, then they aren't assimilating, but as noted on the TV pgm last night, one person interviewed did speak reasonable English so this suggests, like all programs intenedt to help peope, the people will take any assistance that is free and not take responsibilty for themselves: if they are illegal, then they should be arrested and deported. If the calls don't represent a high percentage of the calls, there is no need other than to be PC. Oh, as I heard the news on the TV last night, there will be a incentive payment to hire these people from Uncle Sugar. That would account for why the police dept. is interested. Short sighted as usual because the incentive pay will stop and then the city (you as a tax payer) will have to make up the pay.

N. D. Smith
Killeen

[lwoolley]

Lynn, I saw a televiosn ad from the Edwards camp stating that he will not support the Healthcare bill becaues it is too exspensive. It reminded me of Rick Perry and border security. The ads state what is needed to capture the vote and then they turn around and do the exact opposite.




Kevin Morris

[lwoolley]

I've had it with the rote recitation of the word ,Mantra,by effectively 100% of the media.Considering that English is a language that has 650,000 words...3 times that of the next closest ,German, it seems that we should not act as if we're on the defensive & there's something inherently lacking in our artillery.
French,Arabic,and Spanish have roughly in the vicinity of 100,000 words.Ultimately my argument will stretch to Chutzpa,charisma,Gravitas.Are we simply bored? Are we stubborn?Are we uninformed? Surely someone can tell me a good reason why one should not just stretch to a foreign word,but to use it exclusively,as it is done w/ the word,Mantra.
If you're just stuck -in-rote, let me give you something to chew on.
Chant
Drumbeat
cadence
banner
refrain
It'd be nice to at least hear these `words used as alternates to the monotony of the same word, that clearly has become unrelentingly slavish.Let's review why foreign words are used at all.Can it be for any other reason than variety that achieves ...emphasis...by it's very newness?

When it's pummelled to death, it's defeated its original purpose.We have a rich language--the richest.Let's see if we can't achieve the variety we seek within the parameters of our own repertoire--a repertoire that I've now made you aware of as 500 times
as rich as some of the languages we imitate
Al, Lemon Grove

[lwoolley]

Lynn....I knew it was just a matter of time before the killings of Americans in Mexico...now how long will it be before it will be in Texas? We have got to stop this now not tomorrow....what do you suggest? A U.S citizen

[lwoolley]

Re Daniel: I have friends with his attitudes, uniformly
derived from too much time in front of CNN/MSNBC on TV

Re Robert from Killeen: Your truthful comment that BHO had
never had a real job really threw him for a loop. Only
LIBERALs think that going to or teaching at Harvard
qualifies as a real job.

Do you think [a] that Robt from Killeen is a Muslim?
or [b] that he is attached to Ft Hood? The thought
entered my mind from his comments to the Muslim man you
interviewed Friday. I never could understand his name.

Shelby from Woodway

[lwoolley]

3.16.10 -- Update on today’s events --

My husband and I attended the “Honk Against Healthcare Takeover Rally” today here in Waco, Texas, outside Congressman Chet Edwards’ office. We drove around and around his district office honking our horns while some other brave souls stood out in the cold and rain, holding signs that left no doubt that they want Edwards and the other Congressmen to “dump this bill!”

Before the rally, my husband and I went into Edwards’ district office to register. We signed the log and left a handwritten note that his staffer said she would fax to Edwards. In it, we thanked the Congressman for his promise to vote against the Senate healthcare bill.

I asked the staffer if her phone had been ringing off the hook with people thanking Edwards for his vote yesterday. [He voted against a measure in the House Budget Committee that advanced the healthcare legislation. He also has stated publicly that he will not vote for the healthcare bill because it will not lower medical costs nor lower the federal deficit.]

The staffer’s answer really shocked us. She indicated there have not been that many calls and that they have been evenly split with about the same number for as against the healthcare bill.

If true, then we who are opposed to this healthcare bill have not been doing our part.

My husband and I are totally opposed to Chet Edwards’ re-election; however, this is a critical time to let him know that we support his decision to vote against this miserable bill.

Please do your part and contact his offices. We should be burning his lines up to communicate our opposition to this bill. How do we know that he is not wavering under the Beltway pressure and may be considering changing his vote to “yes”?
This is not the time to get lackadaisical about our responsibility. Please contact Congressman Edwards and tell him that you want him to maintain his “no” vote on this healthcare bill.


Washington DC Office:
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(202)-225-6105
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Internet:
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E-mail: E-mail Chet by clicking here
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Donna Garner
wgarner1@hot.rr.com

[lwoolley]

Donald Shockley <DonShockley@hot.rr.com>

Regarding the three claims made by Daniel at the end of the second hour on Tuesday 16 Mar 10: All three of his claims were incorrect.

Claim 1: Obama had a "real job" as a Harvard Professor teaching the constitution. You already addressed what a "real job" actually is and Obama's poor opinion of the constitution. But he was actually only a lecturer at University of Chicago Law School (1992-2004) while primarily working as a community organizer legal advisor (1992-2002) and state senator (1997-2004).
Source: Wiki Bio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama)

Claim 2: Bush did nothing about health care during his 8 years in office. But even the New York Times lists the following as "Mr. Bush’s Health Care Legacy": Increased global effort to control AIDS, a new prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program, granted Massachusetts a Medicaid waiver to start a universal health insurance program, and doubled direct federal financing for community health centers, enabling the expansion or creation of almost 1,300 clinics in areas short of other medical resources.
Source: NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/opini ... .html?_r=1)

Claim 3: Fox News is not a credible news source. In reality, a study of the election coverage in 2008 found Fox to be almost exactly balanced in favorable / unfavorable coverage of both McCain (40/60%) and Obama (36/64%). In contrast, the other three networks gave 68% positive coverage to Obama and only 36% positive coverage to McCain.
Source: Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/14/fox-ne ... chter.html)

Looks like Daniel went 0 for 3 in his effort to prove the superiority of the liberal caller over the conservative host.

[lwoolley]

Mr. Woolley,

It is realy no suprise to me that the government of the United States under
king obama, would turn their backs on the nation of Israel. No where and
no time has any Islamic nation been asked to give in, give up or concede
anything in the name of peace. It has been and will always be the nation
of Israel.

Obama being a practicing muslim, not a Christian, will indeed make it even
harder for Israel's people. But, obama is not the only jew hating president
that has lived in the White House.

Time is running out for this nation to deal with the Obama administration.
I believe there is overwhelming evidence that Obama along with his advisers
and some congress members have broken enough laws to warrant empeachment.
Even though his following has decreased, his Marxist mentality and his loyal
subjects in congress still have the power to destroy this nation. Obama, I
believe has a deep and piercing hatred for this nation and his goal is to destroy
it. Empeachment.

Mike in Odessa, Texas

[lwoolley]

SOL,
Today's WSJ has a column "Murder in Mexico" that does a pretty good job of
supporting your position on drugs.....prohibition. As I've screamed at you
previously I am not so much "anti-prohibition" as I am "anti-hypocracy." The
greatest enabling component is still on the north side of the Rio
Grande........demand! When that government on the north side of the river
eschews its half-fast "War on Drugs" and really "prohibits" drugs then I am
likely to become a prohibitionist.

That same Norte Americano government will have to carefully steer around the
Fourth Amendment.......a difficult task. Or could some level of remorse on
the part of our American drug "demanders" be a partial solution? While not
mentioned in the aforementioned column, the blood of Enrique Camarena is
largely on their hands. To quote myself, "We live in a devolutionary/enclave
period of history. The pronoun 'we' is being re-defined." But I digress.

"We" stand athwart history with a 50-yard line seat.
USL

[lwoolley]

Every single pundit and pol is supporting the "good points" in healthcare reform. Chief among these points is the sale of insurance across state lines, which is referred to as competition. In fact, if this is permitted, it will constitute the nationalization of all health insurance, which is precisely the goal of the current administration. Currently, health insurance can only be sold by a company licensed to sell insurance in a particular state, since the license is granted by the State Board of Insurance. The Board's job is to make sure the company can meet its obligations to customers, and has the financial backing to do so. However, if insurance is permitted to be sold across state lines, the licensing will have to be Federal, since state law does not cross state lines. There is no Federal licensing regulatory agency for health insurance, so one will have to be created; that Federal health insurance licensing entity will have control over all insurance at the moment of t!
he agency's creation, since all health insurance will instantly fall under Interstate Commerce law, which is not currently the case. All insurance regulations will then be written Federally, and we will be totally socialized for healthcare, unless you pay cash. If you are covered under a Federal health plan, such as Medicare, however, you do not have the option to pay cash, since that violates the regulations, and can be the cause of penalties and prison for the doctor. This seemingly good idea is the lynchpin of total federalization. Please oppose this, and get the word out!
Jim

[lwoolley]

Lynn,
I have mentioned to you my admiration for Chet Atkins before and did you know that Jerry Reed is one of four guitar players Chet Atkins acknowledged as a CGP ( Certified Guitar Player). Nashville certified Chet Atkins and at his digression he passed that title along to the ones he saw fit. I know you are a fan of Jerry Reed and I wanted to point that out to you. My question is what type of amplifier do you plan on running your American Standard Fender Strat through? Are you going tube or solid state? GODS SPEED and thank you for your dedication.

MOE(Temple)

[lwoolley]

Author Unknown

Some say the following appeared on USA Today, others say it was from the Czech Republic, and still others say it came from a Los Angeles publication. Whoever it said it, got it right

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency.
It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to the depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.

"The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us.
Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.

"The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is after all, merely a fool.
It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."

Cliff in Odessa

[lwoolley]

KXXV did a segment last night on the cost of this special election. Who ever fills in Averitt's shoes will attend a total of 8 meetings between now and election day, considering that who ever fills the spot is assigned to Averitt's former committees. Knowing that, is it worth the hundreds of thousands of dollars it would cost to run a special election? The governor's hands are tied. Laws require him to pursue a special election based on Averitt's timing of his resignation. If Averitt were to serve out the remainder of his term, it would have saved hundreds of thousands of tax dollars. This lack of regard for taxpayer's money is exactly why we're better off without Averitt, but will we be better served by his lobbiest friend? I suppose that's up for the voters to decide in this costly special election. Way to go out with a bang, Kip.

RWS

[lwoolley]

dear lynn,
happened to hear a couple minutes of your show:
1)what is all this right wing nonsense about violation of the constitution with health care reform?
just scare tactics. "care for the general welfare" is in there. all this talk about opposing big govt is
just a matter of priorities. you love big govt when it come to big big military spending billions on bombs.
i prefer big govt to spend billions on health care to cover all our citizens. but to say the constitution
forbids either is ridiculous.

2)i heard you claim that a brilliant harvard law professor responsible for running one of the largest countries on earth is not in touch with the real world but a talk show
host whose only responsibility is to TALK is somehow more real. wow--my head is spinning with that
absurdity.

take care, alan