Too tired

 

Chris Shurn

 

A lot has happened since I last posted a blog, but 0ne thing that I cannot get off of my mind is an episode of CNN’s “Black in America” that I saw back in July.  If you read this blog and hear nothing but racism, you are ignorant.  I believe what I am about to post is logical and rational, but somewhere along the way we traded these things for a criminals “rights” and “choices.”

(…and “no” we are not going to talk about war criminals rights, because I will lose all of you then.   I will only debate a fellow “operator” who faced this enemy  which is in the form of an extremist muslim terrorist, not a civilian.  To me, this would be like me talking to a woman about how I can relate to the pains of child birth...but by all means keep talking as if you know what you are talking about, Keith Oberman, and maybe one day we will be reading war criminals their “Miranda rights” and then letting them go because we could not prove probable cause to an ACLU judge that they were actually trying to kill Americans.)

OK, back to American citizen criminals.  First off, I come from what you would call an upper middle class family and was raised to work hard.  I do realize that not everyone is this blessed, but when did we stop making criminals work and by doing this hopefully teach them some sort of work ethic that they lacked from a poor upbringing (or lack thereof)?  I unloaded trucks for a living in between college and the Marine Corps.  I was exhausted every morning when I got home (graveyard), but I would have done that for 30 years if that is what it took to raise my family.

This “Black in America” episode was about a young kid getting out of jail named Chris Shurn.  He earned his GED while he was in and then got a job through an out reach program when he got out, but then quits soon afterward because he was “too tired.”  WTF?  Kudos on that outreach program, but if he would have had to work his ass off in jail and was shown some sort of reward program, then maybe he would have been rehabilitated.  Instead of sitting around playing cards, working out and laying down.  The answer is staring at us in the face, but idiots like the ACLU will not let you demand that criminals work.  Here is the quote from the CNN transcripts I found on line: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0907/23/cp.01.html

CHRIS SHURN: “I was making $10 an hour, which wasn’t enough for my family. And the work was overwhelming. I unload a whole semi truck by myself.  I was just way too tired after work to even get up and go look for a job.”

Well, I am “too tired” of supporting people like Chris Shurn.  To my liberal friends I ask: why does he have so many “rights” in prison and do you not think those rights could be the exact reason for his recidivism?  I know a lot of you feel sorry for him and I do too, but I also feel sorry for my children after they have a rough day …And guess what, they still do their chores when they get home.

Come on America, wake up!  The answer is starring at us in the face like “TERM LIMITS” for Congress.  Make the criminals work their asses off in areas like public works, recycling, etc. while they are in prison and when they get out they will do all of the jobs that the illegal immigrants are here doing.  If I am not mistaken, that takes care of three issues.

I’m out!

 

Term limits are the answer!

Why can the president only serve two terms? I assume it is to avoid a an abuse of power that could circle back around to a Monarchy or some form of totalitarian government.  I know some say “vote ‘em out,” but they tend to forget how gulible and ignorant Americans have become.  I say, “why have to” (vote ‘em out)?  Where else can someone serve for 40+ years as a legislator?  Why does our local council here in Nashville only serve two terms?  Their budget is more balanced than the Feds.  I wonder why?  Maybe because it’s fresh people making the decisions every decade or so.  Have you ever wondered if the actual reason things move so slow in Washington, D.C. is because they want them to?   They are not going to present a “term limits” bill, America, we are going to have to demand it.  Oh and by the way, campaign finance reform won’t be necessary anymore and lobbyist will be dealing with fresh, and hopefully untarnished, ethical individuals. 

Who’s comin’ with me?

 

Will the real slim shady please cast the first stone?

Where’s the pot of gold, anyways?

My Pastor, Pete  http://withoutwax.tv/ , made a good point today at church.  He said that the reason ”the church” has picked on homosexuality so much over the last many decades was because it was something that they (Christians) didn’t seem to struggle with.  Therefore, it was so easy to throw stones at the gay community.  I agree!   Thank God for people like Ted Haggard and all of the child molesting priests, because now the modern, judgmental church realizes that it’s not just “non-Christians” that struggle with homosexual lust. 

Rubel Shelly http://www.rubelshelly.com/ was the first person I ever heard say that we should invite alcoholics and homosexuals to church.  At that time, I was a practicing alcoholic, and boy did I practice, LOL.   Seriously, lets put this in the form of a joke or a game show question:  A homosexual, a young unmarried woman (who just had sex with her boyfriend that morning) and a husband who is having an affair all walk into a church.  Which one is going to Heaven?   (BUZZZ) “I know the answer, as long as they all accept Jesus Christ and repent of their lustful sin, all of them!”   (Ding, ding, ding!)  “You’re right, and what do we have behind door # 1 for our contestants?  That’s right, an all exclusive paid for (by Jesus Christ), life long vacation away from playing God.” 

I am ready for that vacation myself, because the reality is, “I am just a Christian who struggles with heterosexual lustful sin on a daily basis.”  I know that my permanent vacation will be in Heaven, but while I am here ”at work” on earth, I will be damned if I give somebody else a hard time for screwing up on a job, after I just screwed up earlier that same day, but on a different project.

 

A Joke

LOL

 

A $50 Lesson

I recently asked my friends little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President someday. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do? ‘

She replied, ‘I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.’

Her parents beamed.

‘Wow….what a worthy goal.’ I told her, ‘But you don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ‘ Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50? ‘

I said, ‘Welcome to the Republican Party.’

 

Generation Xill

 

Roosevelt Room

If anyone is curious why I got out of the Marine Corps, just watch some of the characters in the HBO series “Generation Kill.”  That dumbass Sgt Maj and the “self-righteous” Lt Col. is exactly what I experienced in Iraq.  Except our Sgt Maj was a black man that should have stayed a drill instructor his entire career and our Lt Col. was a decorated USMC Generals son.  In order for me to get some resentments off of my chest, I have decided to go all the way to the top and ask Donald “Duck” Rumsfield some questions.   To those who say, ”why not President Bush,”I suggest you watch Oliver Stone’s movie “W,”  where I believe President Bush was accurately played out to be a scapegoat (Not stupid, just very naive).  We all have friends that are smart individuals, but extremely gullible.  That was my impression of our former president, when I met him (above).

So here we go Donny, boy:

1) Did you tell the President that we were invading a country in the desert in “Woodland Camo” MOP suits?

2) Did you make sure all of the grunts had proper night vision (batteries, too) and body armor?

3) Did you tell him that Marines would be driving on the front lines in Humvee’s with no doors, while the Air Force “chilled out” in the rear with vehicles that had armor installed and bullet proof glass?

4) Did you tell the him that if we let all the bad guys go, because we were unprepared logistically for 100,000 + prisoners of war, that there was a pretty good chance that they would come back and kill our buddies the next year?

5) Final question: Did you have a “f#%king” clue how to run this war?

Wait, wait!  I know this one: “No way!”  I read Tommy Franks book, and I believe he was irresponsible and way too busy trying to please his fellow Texan President.  YOU, sir, should have made sure all of these basic needs were met.  However, you did not!  Therefore, I hope Oliver North covers you on his “Military blunders” show someday, but until then, thanks for nothing.  This day (Memorial Day) is about remembrance and I wish I could waterboard you until you could remember all of the names of the men that died under your “failed” leadership.  Have a nice life!  By the way, when is your book, entitled “I Suck,” coming out?

 

Actors don’t work hard!

Another crazy theory…

Do you think actors work as hard as, say, a construction worker?  Has anyone ever thought that this is why most of “Hollywood” is so liberal?  Most of us probably assume they are compassionate human beings, and why not?  However, I know that if I made that kind of money for pretending to be somebody else with my own personal “on location” trailer, I would feel guilty and would probably want to help those less fortunate.  I think what these “famous” folks are forgetting is that there are regular Joe’s out there working very hard to achieve that same kind of comfortable monetary level in life (more than there are actors), but since we have to work our asses off to earn it, we don’t feel guilty and we don’t desire to give as much of it away.  True Philanthropist are excluded from this theory, but then again I am not God.

 

Pray for my buddy, Pete

 

OUR rights

 

“Enemy-occupied territory, that is what this world is.” -C. S. Lewis

I know that there are way too many blogs writing about this, but I have to point out that Ms. Prejean even said “no offense to anyone…”  Would a gay rights activist be polite enough to say “no offense..?”  I respect her for standing up for her beliefs.  Heck, she probably would’ve won with a more politically correct answer.  See, I don’t care about the laws.  Do I think abortion is murder? Probably.  Do I think any homosexual act is immoral?  Definitely, yes.  Did I commit a form of lust today? Yes.  Therefore, does the U.S. need to make lustful thoughts against the law and punishable by death?  No, because then there would be no men left on earth to run for Senate or preach Hell, fire & brimstone sermons from the pulpit.  Seriously, if we disagree with someones decision or lifestyle, then we should pray for them and let God do the judging.  Let’s debate/fight for OUR rights, not someone elses.  Oh, and by the way, it’s called free speech, Mr. Hilton.   Look it up!  It was our first right in this country and the reason you can cuss her out on the internet.

 

April 15, 2009

Enough is enough

Remember this day, (we the) people. This is the beginning of something beautiful: FREEDOM. And if someone is monitoring us “sensible” folks on the internet… “don’t worry NSA nerd, it will be too big for you to stop.” Would I serve on a militia?  Hell yes! Let’s take back this country one seat at a time. The funny thing is that they think they have some sort of protection from the military, but little do they know that well over half of the military (especially the dangerous ones) would be with us. What are you gonna do then “no term limit” boy/girl?

Way to go Texas!

It’s on…..

 

April 4, 2003

The good 'ole days

 The above photo is from 2004.  In it are two of my best friends from the USMC: Griffin (left) and Sprunger (right).  April 4, 2003 was a day that we will never forget.  Sprunger surprised me by coming into Nashville this weekend(4/4/09)  from Pittsburgh, I might add.   We had both forgotten the anniversary of Erik Silva’s death until Griffin called and reminded us.

 

Cpl. Erik Silva

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/256552.html

 www.blackfive.net/main/2004/08/tribute_marine_.html

Leave him a message here : http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/silvaerikh.html

I never want to forget the sacrifice the he and many other men have made for us (US citizens). 

Dear Silva, Rund, Smith, Morrow and Keilon. 

Thank you!

Semper Fi,

Duncan