No matter what the weather is outside…

the internet is always hot with The Other McCain bringing The News

h/t to The Other McCain for giving us a scare into the future

And Pope Benedict is leaping into the 21st century by getting into the Twitterverse

And speaking of the the Pontiff joining Twitter, here is FourTier Strategies’ own John LaRosa with a little post from 2009 on What Jesus would tweet

Steven Crowder continues to provoke thought and speaks out against the Union Thuggery in Michigan; first on Fox & Friends yesterday morning then on Hannity last night

Here is a piece from John LaRosa in 2010 on the facts of what the Tea Party is. Had you seen any of those characteristics in the Unions in Michigan or (even better) anywhere else?

h/t to Liz Harrison on her piece in regards to “If you are asking if your tweets are illegal, you are doing it wrong!”

h/t to Donald Douglas for a continuation to his piece on The Blogger's Rules for Defeating Liberals.  Don't call them Liberals but Leftists

h/t to Becca Lower of Lowering the Boom for her piece on “Moonbats in the Media”

h/t to the Barracuda Brigade for the article on Harry Belafonte showing his true colors

And that is all for the news. I hope you enjoyed reading and if you DO enjoy what you have read, feel free to hit the tip jar. All proceeds go toward upgrading the blog and also subsequent website and board I am working on. Follow me on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) for more information

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The Twelve Days of Christmas - Southwest Florida Style

 

On The News-Press Facebook Page, there was a wonderful post on Tuesday which people were asked to come up with their versions of the Twelve Days of Christmas. These were the three posted on the page (the final two of which were considered for print in The News-Press today) 

 

From ScottandLaura BL:

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve Everblades Games,
Eleven Norman Love Chocolates,
Ten Broadway Palm Shows,
Nine hours fishing,
Eight games of Red Sox,
Seven gators swimming,
Six shells from Sanibel,
Five rounds of golf,
Four nights on Captiva,
Three snook a biting,
Two Miracles tickets,
And a heron in a palm tree!

From Danny D-boy Davis:

12 fisherman fishing
11 dolphins jumping
10 parasailers
9 ladies tanning
8 miles of traffic
7 tourist swimming
6 Seagals squawking
5 oooo'clock somewhere
4 sand castles
3 um-brellas
2 sea Turtles
And a pelican in a palm tree

From Lisa Sobon Martin (the one printed in the paper):

On The Twelfth Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me - 12 Snowbirds Driving, 11 Sea Turtles Nesting, 10 Spring Break Partiers, 9 Tanners Tanning, 8 Months of A/C, 7 Miles of Traffic, 6 Months of Hurricanes, 5 Traffic Lights per Mile, 4 Speed Boats Racing, 3 Football Teams, 2 Joggers Jogging and a Green Parrot in a Royal Palm

I will be monitoring the page, and if any others are posted, I will place them here in other entries.

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It’s Hump Day….

And here is The Other McCain with The News to get you over that hump.

h/t to The Other McCain, Liberty News Network, Dana Loesch, Jackie Wellfonder, The Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft, Legal Insurrection, Watchdog Wire, The Camp of the Saints, Da Tech Guy, Notion Tablets, The Daley Gator, American Power, and The Political Hat (so far) for their pieces on the Michigan Union Protests yesterday where Steven Crowder got suckerpunched by a Union Goon named Tony Camargo. I will be working on my own rant on this soonish.

h/t to W.J.J. Hoge on his piece on Union Thuggery.

And in speaking of Hogewash, mad props to him for his piece on #BrettKimberlin attempting to be a detective.

h/t to im41 for his piece on Crowder appearing on Hannity last night.

And here is another good piece on yesterday’s Union Thuggery by im41.

h/t to Becca Lower of Lowering The Boom for her compilation piece on yesterday’s Union Thuggery.

And we have Felicia Cravens (aka the Attack Fish) with a massive major rant on the Union Protest.

And both Felicia Cravens and Trish Proulx had done a special Union Thuggery episode on Own The Narrative last night. As soon as I find the link to the show I will post it up.

And yes, there has been other news outside of the Michigan Union Thuggery. For instance, there was another shooting, this time at an Oregon Mall.

There might be some much needed changes at the polls when Lee County (Florida) residents go to vote in 2014.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi outlaws bath salts, designating them Schedule 1 Controlled Substances which brings a third degree felony for an individual to “sell, manufacture, or deliver, or possess with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver” these drugs.

 

And that is all the news that is news for today. Remember to hit my tip jar if you like what you read on this blog. Also, follow me on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) for more news and other information throughout the day.

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As the saying goes, the early bird…

gets The News

Thanks to Wombat-socho for putting out the Full Metal Jacket Reach Around links.

While #BrettKimberlin himself got off scot-free in court last week, his sycophants are having a hard time getting the same ruling. (h/t The Other McCain, Popehat, and W.J.J. Hoge)

And in speaking of Hogewash, here is a good article about #BrettKimberlin and his dabbling in alternative healing.

A h/t to Im41 for his piece on The Blogger’s Rules For Defeating Liberals

As 2012 winds to an end, here is part one of the best and worst of the 2012 campaigns

It is time to look ahead to the 2014 midterms as both the Republican and Democrat Parties welcome new Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairmen and look to firm up Executive Directors

It seems that Tim Scott is the frontrunner to be Jim DeMint’s replacement in the Senate

And that is all the news that is news early in the morning. Follow me on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) for more news articles throughout the day.

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67th Rant: Approaching The Fiscal Cliff

As I had mentioned during the Debt Ceiling Debacle in my 20th Rant last year, this clip from Jerry Maguire where Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) tells Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) to show him the money is quite fitting of what the American people (mostly from the Tea Party) are trying to tell the Democrats and Obama. Now, with it being 21 days, 16 hours, and 15 minutes until the new year, we are barreling toward the fiscal cliff and about to go over. Therefore, the American people are not only telling the Democrats but also the Republicans to do something to prevent us from going over the edge. Yesterday, President Obama had met with House Speaker John Boehner (Republican from the 8th Congressional District in Ohio and also Schmuck of the Week on Red, Right, and Blue for December 8, 2012) for the first time since the election to speak on a way to prevent us going over the fiscal cliff. You can find a good piece about the fiscal cliff from Robert Stacy McCain of The Other McCain.

We have not had a national budget in almost 1400 days, and every budget Obama had posited before Congress had not had a positive vote in the Senate, with even the Democrats opposing the Obama budget. When asked when the Senate would put forth their own budget. Max Baucus (Democrat from Montana who is Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee) and Harry Reid (Democrat from Nevada who is the Senate Majority Leader) both said that they are not required to put out a budget. These two are the main reasons why the Congress is in total disarray. The House had already passed a budget (thanks to Budget Chairman and 2012 Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan of Wisconsin’s 1^st Congressional District) for the past three years and sent it on to the Senate, but Reid would not bring it to the floor for a vote.

Day after day we are inching closer not only to the fiscal cliff but also toward socialism. There is a saying that elections have consequences, and we are seeing it happening every second with Obama just sitting around fiddling. The last time a leader fiddled while his country was collapsing was Nero back in AD 64 when Rome was burning. The words of Alexander Tytler are ringing true.

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.  It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.

"From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising them the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.  These nations have progressed through this sequence:

"From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty;
from liberty to abundance;
from abundance to selfishness;
from selfishness to apathy;
from apathy to dependence;
from dependency back again into bondage."

Every day we are sinking back again into bondage. Right now we are in the selfishness to apathy or the apathy to dependence stage. We need to tell Obama, Boehner, Reid, and the other politicians to batten down and do something to fix this nation’s debt and prevent us from going over the fiscal cliff, or their time in charge will end in 2014 (all 435 House members including Boehner and 33 senate seats including 20 held by Democrats) and we the people will elect Congressmen and Senators who will actually know how to fix the economy.

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It’s just a manic Monday

but The News never sleeps

A hearty thank you to Lee Stranahan for hosting Own The Narrative on Friday night. Read The Other McCain’s take on it.

Andrew Breitbart has been dead 9 months now, and yet people are still drinking the Hate-o-Rade on him

h/t to Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) for his magnificent piece on one of #BrettKimberlin’s allies Bill Schmalfeldt

The House of Representatives has named it’s Chairmen and Ranking Members for the House Committees in the 113th Congress with many changes from the 112th Congress.

And Piers Morgan continues to get backlash over his comment on the 2nd Amendment

For those of you wrestling fans, TNA held it’s final Pay Per View of 2012 last year, Final Resolution. Click here to see who came out on top and who missed the brass ring.

And speaking of Wrestling, WWE had taped it’s Tribute to the Troops on Sunday. Click here for Spoilers of that event.

And how about this for a little Rule 5 hotness? Mickie James speaks with Diva Dirt about her legacy in wrestling, her music, and more!

And on that note, I will close out the news for now. Follow me on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) for some good tweets ranging anywhere from politics to wrestling and all venues in between. And if you like what you see, as my good friend Robert Stacy McCain always says, hit the freaking tip jar!

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It’s Friday morning…

And The News is coming at you loud and proud

Mayhap Lee Stranahan of Stranahan in Exile has a point about dealing with #TeamKimberlin

h/t Becca Lower of Lowering the Boom on who might replace DeMint as U.S. Senator from South Carolina

Leftist hatred over DeMint leaving the Senate? Say it ain’t so!

Volunteers are locked up in a steak house to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy Association

And the tradition continues for the 8th straight year: a Mimi Coin was discovered in a Salvation Army kettle, this time in Lehigh Acres, Florida

George Zimmerman sues NBC over the Trayvon Martin reports

Twitter is going to shorten hyperlinked tweets by two characters effective February, 2013

Andrew Breitbart is remembered as Union members protest Right to Work bills in Michigan

8 people arrested as Union members attempt to store the floor of the Michigan Senate

And in a case of useless spending, the Department of Defense spent $100k on  whether or not Jesus died for Klingons

And that is all the news that is news for today. If you like what you had seen and want more, check out my Twitter stream (@RickBulow1974) and also hit my tip jar.

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And just like a boomerang…

The Other McCain comes back at ya with The News

And the Senate loses a Conservative

Did you know #BrettKimberlin had a house with a tunnel constructed in the 1970’s?

Here is W.J.J Hoge and Robert Stacy McCain with two articles on the First Amendment being destroyed by #BrettKimberlin on Tuesday

And a h/t to Becca Lower of Lowering the Boom on her transcription (Part 1 Part Two) of Robert Stacy McCain’s appearance on Rebecca Diserio's show on Fidelis Radio Network (and be sure to hit her tip jar!)

And here is the latest from The National Patriot on Socialism building a culture of stupidity

And here is the latest from The Patriot Factor on The "bad gun" killing people

A major h/t to Kyle Becker for his piece on Tax the Rich: A Critique

Matthew Boyle on only 16 Representatives needed to unseat Boehner as Speaker, according to the conservative group American Majority Action

And now the latest Hollywood starlet considering throwing her hat in the political ring in 2014. (liberal hottie. Does Rule 5 HAVE to be conservative hotties, or no?)

And on that note, that is all the news that is news for now. If you like what you read, let me know and also consider giving me a follow on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) for more news and other wonderful tweets. Also consider hitting my tip jar!

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas–Marine Style

Just saw this in a link in my email today:

Merry Christmas, My Friend

'Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one-bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney, with presents to give
and to see just who in this home did live.

As I looked all about, a strange sight I did see,
no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the fire, just boots filled with sand.
On the wall hung pictures of a far distant land.

With medals and badges, awards of all kind,
a sobering thought soon came to my mind.
For this house was different, unlike any I’d seen.
This was the home of a U.S. Marine.

I’d heard stories about them, I had to see more,
so I walked down the hall and pushed open the door.
And there he lay sleeping, silent, alone,
Curled up on the floor in his one-bedroom home.

He seemed so gentle, his face so serene,
Not how I pictured a U.S. Marine.
Was this the hero, of whom I’d just read?
Curled up in his poncho, a floor for his bed?

His head was clean-shaven, his weathered face tan.
I soon understood, this was more than a man.
For I realized the families that I saw that night,
owed their lives to these men, who were willing to fight.

Soon around the Nation, the children would play,
And grown-ups would celebrate on a bright Christmas day.

They all enjoyed freedom, each month and all year,
because of Marines like this one lying here.

I couldn’t help wonder how many lay alone,
on a cold Christmas Eve, in a land far from home.
Just the very thought brought a tear to my eye.
I dropped to my knees and I started to cry.

He must have awoken, for I heard a rough voice,
“Santa, don’t cry, this life is my choice
I fight for freedom, I don’t ask for more.
My life is my God, my country, my Corps.”

With that he rolled over, drifted off into sleep,
I couldn’t control it, I continued to weep.

I watched him for hours, so silent and still.
I noticed he shivered from the cold night’s chill.
So I took off my jacket, the one made of red,
and covered this Marine from his toes to his head.
Then I put on his T-shirt of scarlet and gold,
with an eagle, globe and anchor emblazoned so bold.
And although it barely fit me, I began to swell with pride,
and for one shining moment, I was Marine Corps deep inside.

I didn’t want to leave him so quiet in the night,
this guardian of honor so willing to fight.
But half asleep he rolled over, and in a voice clean and pure,
said “Carry on, Santa, it’s Christmas Day, all secure.”
One look at my watch and I knew he was right,

Merry Christmas my friend, Semper Fi and goodnight
Written by Corporal James M. Schmidt

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66th Rant: Brett Kimberlin and the moment of truth

Today is the final countdown for Brett Kimberlin. For those of you who remember my 41st rant from May 25th in regards to Brett Kimberlin (aka the Speedway Bomber) then you are probably wondering why it has taken me 25 rants to dedicate a full rant on him. Well, for one thing there was an election to worry about and I had promised that after the election I would devote my time to the Kimberlin affair. Now I had made scant mentions of Kimberlin in various news posts of December 3rd, November 27th, and November 19th. However, I felt that now would be a good time to make a full post about Kimberlin, especially as I had seen from W.J.J. Hoge in Hogewash! that the case Walker v. Kimberlin, et al. is being heard today in Federal Court in Manassas, Virginia, at 10 AM Eastern. I know that the highly respected Mr. Hoge is going to be in the courtroom covering it, and when word comes down from the court through Hogewash, I will talk about it not only on this blog but also <shamelessplug>on my radio show Red, Right, and Blue this Saturday at 1:30 PM on BlogTalk Radio under the Conservative Nation Radio banner, as well as a short blurb on it on Nobamanation (another Conservative Nation Radio show) this Thursday at 8 PM Eastern.<shamelessplug>

And for those of you who are new to my blog and wondering who Brett Kimberlin is, check out the following links:

• The #DreadPirateKimberlin files on Hogewash
• The Brett Kimberlin files on Hogewash
• The Kimberlin Files from The Other McCain
• Lee Stranahan on who comprises #TeamKimberlin
• A very interesting video on Brett Kimberlin posted by Lee Stranahan
• The May 26th episode of Red, Right, and Blue where I speak with Aaron Walker and Mandy Nagy about Kimberlin
• Mandy Nagy's article on Kimberlin
• Twitter Gulag and it's ties to Brett Kimberlin

(This is just the tip of the Brett Kimberlin iceberg. I will work on more and post it all up here on a page dedicated solely to him.)

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