If you are going to show Naval Ships...Make Sure They Are American!

All week long the democrats at their convention were touting veterans, and how they care about the military.Then, it is the final night of the DNC, a retired  Four Star General took the stage. He stepped up to the podium and preceeded to give a stirring patriotic speech about our veterans and our active duty service members.  Behind him on the big screen was a collage of images. The largest being one of what was thought to be of  U.S. Naval Ships...
But wait a second, upon a closer look and after a higher resolution -it shows they are infact Russian, and from the Black Sea Fleet. Wow...what a screw up!:

 “The ships are definitely Russian,” said noted naval author Norman Polmar after reviewing hi-resolution photos from the event. “There’s no question of that in my mind.”

A spokesman for the Democratic National Convention Committee was not able to immediately comment Tuesday, saying he had to track down personnel to find out what had happened.

The veteran who spotted the error and notified Navy Times said he was immediately taken aback.
“I was kind of in shock,” said Rob Barker, 38, a former electronics warfare technician who left the Navy in 2006. Having learned to visually identify foreign ships by their radars, Barker recognized the closest ship as the Kara-class cruiser Kerch.
“An immediate apology [from the committee] would be very nice,” Barker said. “Maybe acknowledge the fact that yes, they screwed up.”
The background — featured in the carefully choreographed hour leading up to the president’s Sept. 6 speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination — showed four ships with radar designs not used in the U.S. fleet.

courtesy of:
http://www.navytimes.com/mobile/news/2012/09/navy-russian-warships-displayed-dnc-veterans-tribute-091112

Happy 16 Trillion Day

Today is the day, that the DNC starts is show in Charlotte. A town Senior and I both know all too well. The roads are horrible, traffic is a nightmare.Who ever planned out the streets, did not have the foresight that the city would grow as much as it did and become so populated. I shudder at the thought of all the backups do to road closures.

As tonight when Michelle O takes the stage to tell Americans why we should re-elect her husband Our national debt is projected to hit 16 trillion dollars....  yes folks...that is 16 with a bunch of zeros behind it. Just say it over and over and see how it sounds..Watch it for yourself on the Debt Clock. 
If you went out today and started spending one dollar every second, it would take you 31,000 years to spend A trillion...and take you more then half a million years to spend 16 trillion.
But while that number is staggering enough, the total US Debt is well over 56 trillion-which is a number you seldom hear about.
No president from the time of George Washington, all the way up to George W. Bush has accumulated so much debt as this one person has in the past four years.He is outdoing all these presidents in just one term--what a horror story!

By the year 2045, which is just 33 short years away, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Obama Subsidies will devour tax revenue. Entitlement spending is all ready drowning out important constitutional functions such as defense spending.
And yet, I get sickened with the swelling crowds at his campaign events, and all those people I see buying back in to the same line of Hope and Change that he spoke of in 2008, how many people are out there that are going to be fooled again in to believing that things will get better for our Country.
Obama has had 4 years to turn it around, if he couldn't do it in that time, what makes me think he can do it in the next four years?

When I look at my two boys who are ages 7 and 6, I worry.  We have an administration that does not care about the future of American Children, The President like so many other politicians are blinded by self ambition. What they are doing to our kids and the future they are leaving this generation is nothing short of abuse. I watch them sleep and wonder what kind of country will America be in 2045?


-JUGM

Obama Sand Sculpture

Yea, so I saw this on Drudge and thought I would share...Kind of reminiscent of the bible story of the man who  built his house on sand...

 

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President Obama — an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention.

Workers were trying Saturday afternoon to reform the base of the sculpture, built from sand brought in from Myrtle Beach, S.C., pounding and smoothing out the sand that had washed off the facade of the waist-up rendering of the chief executive.

The sand sculpture was protected from above, and Mr. Obama's face didn't see too much damage. But the storm was so strong that its heavy winds blew the rain sideways, pelting the president's right side and leaving the sand pockmarked and completely erasing his right elbow.
Democrats' choice of Charlotte has drawn criticism from unions who don't like North Carolina's labor laws, and the state seems to be tilting away from Democrats politically


Read more: Rains wash away Mount Obama in Charlotte, N.C. - Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/sep/1/rains-wash-away-mount-obama/#ixzz25GMHvTly

Senior Reminded Me....

Senior lovingly commented to me last night that he would read my blog, but I have failed to post anything in  a week.  "ohhhh" I said.  Lately it seems I havent had that much to say. Monday my doctor put me on some new meds, and frankly it kicks my butt for a few hours. I must adjust and start taking it in the evening--it makes me considerably drowsy. Today I took it, and it was all I could do not to drive off the road, I came home and did something I never do..and that is nap during the day.
But on a good note....I signed up and got a free week at ANYTIME FITNESS....I am trying it out, and considering joining. the past two mornings I have dropped the kids off at school, and proceeded to meet my new BFF: Ms. LifeFitness Treadmill, for our morning walk...she has really been kicking the crap out of me... 

This week also had our older son at the doctor, mystery bumps showed up on his chest.."Molluscum Contagiosum"..a viral skin infection that is a member of the pox family. His little belly is covered with small white bumps..he most likely got it from the community swimming pool over the summer..
Unfortantly for him. he will survive and can still go to school.
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I watched lots of the RNC--I have a more positive outlook after hearing Romneys acceptance speech. For fun, I would switch over to the "CURRENT" Chanel and listen to the liberal point of view..the best panel they could come up with was Al Gore and Joy Behar...how funny is that?  It was what I thought it would be and that was a Republican bash fest. I did get some inciteful information about the CEO of Costco--he is a huge Obama donor and is a guest speaker next week at the DNC. He also, helped to unionize Costco.And that is not even the worse part..He is buddies with Al Gore!  Our membership ran out this month. There is only one store in my area and it is quite the drive, not sure if we want to renew and make that trip knowing all that I know now....I am kind of bummed.

As good as Romney was, Clint Eastwood was hilarious the whole talking to the empty chair thing had me laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes.But, my new favorite person is Susana Martinez, the Govenor of New Mexico...
Will I watch any of the DNC? no I am going to try not too, curiosty may get the best of me though. I love that the kickoff of the NFL comes the night Bill Clinton is suppose to speak. ..they are on the search for minorities, and 28 out of the 61 speakers are women--and you know what the central message will be : "Romney hates women"

Speaking of liberals, my neighbor "bob the liberal" slapped up Obama window stickers on his house. Do you have any idea how "Trailer park" that looks? and Lord I don't want to offend anyone living in a trailer park...but good lord! Window stickers on a quarter of a million dollar home that is now worth about 100,000 looks gawdy. I guess he was afraid of people trying to steal his yard signs, so far he is the only one I have seen around here in support of the President.  I can almost guarentee that he and his family are on welfare.

Okay, my babble has gone on long enough--kids want to play Xbox--I promise not to be gone for so long again...   : )