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Sunday, April 06, 2008

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After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain for President. I have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone because some political party was telling me who I should vote for.

We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words "money" and "special interests" come to mind, among many others.

Here's the way I see it:

Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely liberal Senator from the State of Illinois, which has a long and rich history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are indeed a child of that system.

You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an African-American for President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on earth!

But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the man for this job !

Barack baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of your own pastor, the Right Reverend "God Damn America" Jeremiah Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and that your children were baptized there.

The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people.

We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by now. And you have publicly stated that this man IS your "spiritual mentor".

BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me the most. And please don't tell me you attended church there and never once heard a "discouraging word" in the 20 years you attended there. Don't tell me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in the audience in the background of his fiery tirades.

Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and walked out. I am no Oprah fan, but still she did the right thing.

Now YOU look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such language in all the years you attended there ! This is like me telling you that I attended dozens of Klan rallys and never once heard the "N" word. Yep. And Bill Clinton "did not inhale".

Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just stupid enough to believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you. I am deeply sorry, that in a county teeming with enormously talented African Americans who would make a good President, that the political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid you ever get near the Oval Office.

Now, did I mention Bill Clinton ?

AH YES ! This brings us to MRS. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, who this candidate really is, in spite of all the other names she may care to call herself. This "feminist" piece of work of course would like to be referred to as MS. and we all know who wears the pant suit in that family.

MS. Clinton, (sugar), it is just as depressing to realize that there are dozens of women who would also make great Presidents. But, fortunately, the horrible state of the selection process has selected YOU. Ms. Clinton, I'm sorry, but you could not tell the truth if we waterboarded your worthless ass !

Still you play the role of the "embarrassed but dignified noble wife". What utter malarky ! I am not voting for you for a world of reasons, but the main one is the same as my not voting for Senator Obama. You persistently insult my intelligence. It COULD be conceivably possible that you did not know about Monica Lewinsky, extremely remote, but possible if we stretch our imaginations a bit. But you turn around and then ask me to believe that you also did not know about Paula Jones and the legion of other women who were chewed up and spit out by your lecherous excuse for a husband. Puleese turn off this broken record !!!

But let's set aside your hubby's flagrant pecadillos. The real reason I will never vote for you is that I don't think the country can survive EIGHT MORE YEARS of Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Sandy Berger stuffing his socks with classified intelligence, Janet Reno's goon squad, and the myriad other corruptions that seem to stick to you like your ugly face. So our former President can't keep his dick in his pants. The REAL issue is that he committed perjury under oath when he lied about it and the pathetically-attempted cover-up that followed.

Like you, he is totally incapable of telling the truth. He could not do it if you tortured him, and in voting for you, we would get the BOTH of you, all over again. The same folks who could have taken out Osama Bin Laden over 3,000 dead Americans ago !

And please stop telling me that you have "8 years of experience" to lead us. You were the freakin' first lady already, not the Commander in Chief. Jeez ! The sum of your "experience" is that of the most worrisome and incompetent meddling in the history of the White House. You even cursed your pitiful staff and the Secret Service agents who were and still are unfortunately charged with risking their lives to protect your worthless, thieving hide, and all at the expense of other people who have to work for a living.

Your single pathetic platform is to finance the illegal drugs, alcoholism and bad habits of the very lowest and most irresponsible freeloaders in America and to then "garnish the wages" (your own words) of every law-abiding and hard-working American to pay for it. This disaster you refer to as "Universal Health Care". Where have you been the last 30 years ? Did you not see that socialism is a failure wherever it has been tried ? Did you not notice that the Soviet Union has collapsed since it gave no reward to those who worked the hardest for the fruits of their own labors to pay for those who will not ??

It is interesting to see all the dead bodies that you and your hubby have left in your wake. Suicides, mysterious deaths, cover-ups that make Richard Nixon look like a rank amateur. The utter contempt and unbelievable arrogance of some of your strongest supporters, most notably the recently resigned and disgraced Governor Eliot Spitzer, the epitome of hypocritical and malevolent arrogance gone wild, one of your most ardent, wealthy and powerful political supporters. A man the news media refuses to admit IS a "super delegate" in your own political machine, a fine example of your own "adopted" state of New York. No wonder you moved there to run for Senator ! The environment there is perfect for the likes of you !

Yes, I would vote for a woman, but I will NOT vote for YOU !

Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.

John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit looney, and you have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the nuclear button.

Think about it.

We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling their sabres at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to be really pissed off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.

John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of these "world leaders" to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing with the United States of America.

I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, and those other assholes in the sheets, the Saudis.

On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do something. You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket. The liberals are pissed at him and the conservatives are pissed at him. Just my kinda guy.

I predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Good choice. I want a JEW whose memory of the Holocaust is still fresh in his mind and who is royally pissed off at all of these towel-headed morons in the Middle East to be the next in line if something should happen to John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the Oval Office.

Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for their love of America. When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what he did was "nothing special". Even more incredibly, he states that ANY American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real point is that John McCain believes that about the "average American", and that, dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot for on election day for John McCain -- warts and all.

God Bless America,
Senator Bob

I Just Couldn't Resist Putting Up This Idiots Comment

Cowman Scents has left a new comment on your post "Martin Luther King Shot 40 Years Ago Today":

Martin Luther King Jr. destroyed a perfectly good revolution. He helped to squelch real dissent in the Country. This Country has been corrupt for a long time. Martin Luther King Jr. convinced a whole generation of real people to forget about revolution. Just lay down and be arrested. Non-violent protest is not revolution. He was not a revolutionary person. He was an incredibly efficient pansie for the white power elite. Because of him, all poor people have been resigned to slavery for the rest of this Country's miserable existence. There were plenty of poor and educated white people in the 60's who were willing to join forces with the blacks to overthrow the power elite. They could have done it too. However, the white power elite was successful at getting everyone to sit around, play music, read poetry and get strung out on barbituates. They gave us Vietnam to get the poor people hooked on opiates. Now Americans are so sleepy that we couldn't revolt if our lives depended on it. All we do is ring our hands about the one gifted speaker who convinced our parent's generation to drop out. Dream a little dream, a little folding of the hands to sleep. Caesar Caesar won't you give us some freedoms? Won't you give us some college tuition money? Won't you give us back some of our money you stole from us? Remember this, two of the people standing on the balcony that day, are now the biggest losers of the so-called black political voice in America. The poor blacks and the poor whites have no political voice. But they still have drugs, plenty of drugs.

Sam's Club Goes NY Style

Over the many years I lived and visited NYC, one of the highlights was going to a Nathan's Hot Dog Stand/Store and get the world greatest Hot Dog. A Nathan's Hot Dog and a ice cold Draft Beer was always the bomb!

Today I stopped into Sam's for a drink and a Hot Dog and was surprised when they informed me they had changed brands of Hot Dogs, "let us know what you think Joe?" I asked, what brand are they? They replied, NATHAN'S!

So for $1.81 you can get a monster sized Hot Dog and a monster sized drink and more importantly, a great Nathan's Hot Dog. Don't all go lining up to buy them because I need my regular fix!

Shorebird Game Cancelled!


The officials have called the game due to field conditions. All of todays tickets are redeemable for any future home games.

New Sbynews.com feature, if you want to to talk to me in real time I have set up a AOL instant messenger name, salisburynews. So if you have any questions or comments send me an IM.

Could Katie Weisner Be The Same "Join Our Family" Weisner Properties?

The Daily Times ran a Front Page Article about Katie Weisner getting married and not being able to afford a new home. They're asking as wedding gifts for cash because they can't afford a down payment on a home and they're currently renting. Below is the Weisner Official Website Information. I'll leave the rest up to comments.


About Weisner

Weisner Real Estate, Inc. is a company rich in Eastern Shore history and family participation. In the mid-1930's Raymond A. Weisner moved to Salisbury from New York and began Deer's Head Realty Corporation, a property holding company. In the 1940's Raymond started his own real estate brokerage business, known as Raymond A Weisner Real Estate. Vic Stephens became a partner in the 60's, and the name of the company was changed to Stephens-Weisner Real Estate. When Raymond passed away in 1971, Vic took over full control of both companies. Raymond's nephew Michael came down in 1974 and took over management of Deer's Head Realty, becoming a licensed real estate agent and liquidating the company at the request of the trustees. In 1980, Mike received his real estate brokerage license and opened his own real estate brokerage company, Michael C Weisner Real Estate. His new company managed many houses owned by out-of-state relatives, and in 1994 the company went through a name change this time becoming Weisner Real Estate, Inc.
Michael Weisner is the president of the company, and is deeply involved with the Salisbury community. Having called Salisbury home for almost 30 years, he takes a personal interest in the changes the city has experienced over the years, and is involved in many community organizations; he is treasurer for Salisbury Area Property Owners Association, president of the Colonial Village Condo Association, active member of his church, president of Eastern Shore Hospice Foundation, and was a 6 year member of the Wicomico Library board of trustees. Mike has gained years of experience managing his company, and runs it in a manner that is both fair and trustworthy for his tenants.

Katie Weisner is Mike Weisner's daughter, and has been involved in the family business off and on since 1999. Initially a secretary, she has worked her way through the office and spent 3 years as the Account Manager. She recently stepped into new shoes as the Property Manager, and is in charge of handling rent, dealing with problems, and approving new tenants. She is also now a licensed Realtor, and can help you buy or sell your home Kristi Beauchamp is the new Account Manager, and is responsible for all Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. She has been with the company since 2004, and works part time as she goes through school.

Buddy, Henry, and Tony are our competent Maintenance crew. Buddy is our extremely competent maintenance man, taking care of most repairs needed when a property becomes vacant and also going in and fixing problems that arise in our rented properties. Henry is our landscaper, keeping properties mowed, bushes and trees trimmed, and leaves raked. He also takes care of any large trash removal, such as broken water heaters and leftover furniture. Tony is our full-time painter, in charge of any touch-ups needed or full house renovations. He is lead-paint certified, and works to ensure all of our properties are up to code and safe for families and little children.

There is the entire Weisner Real Estate, Inc company. It is a small family owned and operated business with deep community ties. Employees are friendly and approachable, and our properties are in the best conditions and always up to code. Give us a call or stop in and see us. Come join our family!

The Greatest Actor Ever Passes Away

Charlton Heston played out his final scene at his home last night. He was 84 and was known from such epic films as Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, and The Agony and the Ecstasy. Heston was also a former National Rifle Association president and pretty much was amazing at whatever he did because he was Charton Heston. He could fight damn dirty apes, part seas, ride chariots, and take on liberals. You will be missed!

Fox News has a great article on The Man! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346965,00.html

Shorerbirds Game

Great work Shorebirds on earning your first win. Today at 2:05 Delmarva will look to split the series with the Hagerstown Sun. Weatherchannel.com has the percipitation decreasing as the day goes on. Come out and support your Shorebirds!

Every Sunday at Perdue Stadium is a Delmarva Recycling GO GREEN Sunday, where fans who recycle at any Delmarva Recycling Center will receive at coupon for a $1 general admission ticket to any 2008 Sunday home game! This Sunday is a 2:05 game and all kids can sign up for the Kids Can Club for FREE! Following the game kids can run the bases and play catch in the outfield.

Today is also a Sherman Side Kick Game. For $14 members will recieve free tickets to select home games, t-shirt, baseball clinic with Shorebird players, a photo/autograph day with players, taking the field with the team, and member only raffles. For more information contact Aubrey Pfau at 410-219-3112 extention 144 or apfau@theshorebirds.com.

The Top 3 Bloggers In Maryland Are From The Eastern Shore

Maryland's Most Influential Political Blogs

1 Pocomoke Tattler 1
2 Salisbury News 8
3 monoblogue 2

4 Charles County Cafe 16
5 Wo Right 12
6 Delusional Duck 6
7 The Sun: The Session -
8 Maryland Politics 3
9 Martin O'Malley -- Broken Promises -- OMalleyWatch.com -
10 Politicker MD - Inside Politics for Political Insiders 4
11 Brian 5
12 Baltimore Reporter 9
13 Free State Politics -
14 Maryland Moment -
15 Maryland Politics Watch 11
16 The Sun: Bay & Environment -
17 Maryland College Democrats -
18 The No Zone 18
19 Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog 13
20 Mike's Nether Land 19

Congratulations once again to the Pocomoke Tattler, Billy & Stephanie Burke. I told them if they came on board with Salisbury News they would go through the roof and this is like the 6th week in a row they've been #1!

Congratulations to Michael as well. I know it has to be a lot of work clicking on your own articles to increase your rating but whatever it takes, right Mikey? I'm also VERY glad to see Delusional Duck finally in the rankings. I don't believe I've ever seen them in the top 20, period.

Dakotas Black Gold Rush

Can we finally say Goodbye to OPEC, Venezuela’s thug Chavez and other not so friendly oil producing nation from whom we import our oil? It appears that America has what it takes to be completely energy independent.

We’re not talking about drilling oil in Alaska, but in the Dakotas.

According to an article that appeared in Energy News at the end of March, the Dakotas Bakken play formation contains more than 200 Billion Barrels of oil, if not more.

This is far more than the 16 billion estimated for ANWR in Alaska. Just to put this in perspective, so far our nation’s oil reserve is at an estimated 21 Billion
barrels, Saudi Arabia is at 264 Billion.

Now let’s add the new figures from the new oil fields and BINGO! This has the potential to increase America’s oil production by more than 10 times.

Here is the link to the amazing article:
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news2.13s.html

According to another article that appeared in the Kiplinger’s letter, the Bakken region is not as environmentally sensitive as that of Alaska.

Surely our liberal politicians & their environmental sugar daddies will make a lot of noise, but we can’t afford to let this opportunity slip by. This is huge.

While it is without any doubt extremely exciting, one question still remains, at
least in my mind: any considerations for new oil refineries???

I hope so.
Honestaby

Breaking News: The Maryland House of Delegates Voted 93-44 to Repeal the Computer Services Sales Tax!

Great news! Today the Maryland House of Delegates voted to repeal the Computer Services Sales Tax. The bill now goes to the desk of Governor O'Malley, who has pledged to sign it. Once the Governor signs it, the Tech Tax is history.

Spread the word, more info here http://tinyurl.com/6xzxzm and here http://tinyurl.com/66zr43.

Big Time Problems At Polygamist Retreat

Leaders at a Polygamist Compound in West Texas refused to let authorities search a temple for a teenage girl whose report of abuse led to the raid Saturday and authorities said they were preparing for the worst.

If an agreement isn't reached soon they will remove certain leaders as peacefully as possible. A search warrant authorized troopers to enter the retreat while they are looking for evidence of a marriage between the girl and a 50-year-old man.

Court documents showed the girl had a baby eight months ago when she was only 15 years old. Under Texas law, girls younger than 16 cannot marry, even with parental approval.

Volkswagen Recalls 410,000 Passats

Volkswagen of America says it's voluntarily recalling about 410,000 gasoline powered Passats because of potential problems including damage to a heat shield.

Volkswagon said they'll recall vehicles manufactured between 1999 to 2005.

Some Passats with an automatic transmission may have an underbody heat shield that could be subject to damage. Some with 1.8T engines have a fuel line that requires a possible replacement.

Also, some all-wheel-drive Passats will be inspected for potential fuel tank ventilation valve damage.

Volkswagen plans to notify owners of the recall. If drivers smell fuel they should take the vehicle to a Volkswagen dealer or authorized repair shop.

For further information you can contact Volkswagen on line at http:/www.vw.com

Salisbury Police Press Releases

On April 2, 2008 at approximately 10:16 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the Hunan Delight restaurant on E. College Avenue for the report of an armed robbery. Upon arrival, officers met with the store management and ownership and were advised that minutes earlier, three (3) unknown suspects had entered the restaurant. The suspects approached the counter, then below listed suspect # 1 moved to the rear of the counter and confronted the store manager. Suspect # 1 produced a handgun and took an amount of U.S. Currency from the restaurant. The three (3) suspects then fled from the restaurant. There were no injuries, and the suspects are described as:

1. Black male, 20-25 years of age, 5’05”, medium build, wearing a white shirt and a green face mask.

2. Black male, 20-25 years of age, 5’05”, wearing a dark green shirt, dark pants, and a green face mask.

3. Black male, 20-25 years of age, 6’00”, also wearing a green face mask.

If anyone has any information regarding these suspects, they are asked to contact the Salisbury Police Department at 410-548-3165. CC # 200800011514

On April 2, 2008 at approximately 11:55 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the area of Smith St. in Salisbury for the report of a robbery. Upon arrival, the officers met with a victim who advised that earlier while walking on Smith St., the victim had been confronted by two (2) suspects. The suspects struck the victim with their fists, then took an amount of U.S. Currency from the victim before fleeing the area on foot. The victim was able to provide the officers with a physical description of the suspects which led to the apprehension of the suspect listed below. The U.S. Currency was recovered, and the investigation is continuing.

ARRESTED: James Earl Justice, 25 years of age Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES:
Robbery
Second degree assault
Theft (under $ 100)

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200800011522

Zoo Commission Meeting Rescheduled

Notice - Zoo Commission Meeting Rescheduled to April 23, 2008

The Zoo Commission regular monthly meeting has been rescheduled to April 23,
2008

These meetings are usually held at 12:00 but they have not stated if the time will be the same?