Because of Iraq...

I'm going to keep hammering away on this until 2008! Let's not lose sight of what we're fighting for here!



That's it for today, folks. I'm off to a funeral. More on that later.

Keep Faith. Keep Fighting Back!

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Bill Richardson

Bill Richardson has announced that he is throwing his hat in the Presidential Ring. Now I gotta admit, I like a Parlor-Trician who has a sense of humor and after viewing the ad above, I gotta say, it's the best one yet!

But what does the guy really bring to the table?

Well, in an effort to investigate all of the Democratic Candidates for President, I offer a view of New Mexico Governor, Bill Richardson. (I'm not bothering with the Republi-cons, I've already seen what they bring - nothing - they take! And don't tell me "this one's different!" - they had six years to be "different" and all they did was rubberstamp Bushco's warped and un-American activites)

With that being said, I give you the serious side of Bill Richardson:



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A Hale & Hearty Welcome To...

The Newest Member of The American Patriot Institute!

Kitchen Window Woman,
United States Army!




















The updated Rogues Gallery! The Members and Resident Scholars of the American Patriot Institute!

Nominee For Membership

Brothers and fellow Scholars of The American Patriot Institute, I hereby nominate Kitchen Window Woman for membership in the American Patriot Institute.

Having examined her blog and found her to be in accordance with our Patriotic Mission to save our Democracy,

As Well as the fact that said Kitchen Window Woman is a Veteran, having served as a Nurse in the United States Army, and

Being as she is an eloquent spokesperson for Our Cause,

I hereby petition my fellow Scholars to admit to membership of The American Patriot Institute,

One United States Army Nurse, Kitchen Window Woman.


Kindly indicate your vote, yea or nay, in the comments below. Should this nomination pass, then an Invitation shall be extended to Kitchen Window Woman to join the American Patriot Institute.

Gentlemen, the Lady pictured above has served her country. She put her money where her mouth is putting our Comrades back together again. She would be the first Officer and the first Woman to be so included amongst our prestigious ranks.

Order is called and the Vote is on the floor.

I vote "Aye", how say you?

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There's No bizniz...

(From "Annie Get Your Gun", MGM, 1950, starring Betty Hutton as Calamity Jane and Howard Keel as Frank Butler)

Got the call last night. I start in two weeks. No I don't know what the job is. I do know it's at the Oldest Operating Motion Picture Studio in the world - Kaufman-Astoria, affectionately known as "The Big House". Buster Keaton filmed here. so did the Keystone Cops, Charlie Chaplin and many more greats too numerous to mention.



Gotta tell ya, I'm chomping at the bit. It's not so much a job that I miss, it's the way of life. Almost all of my "real life" friends are in the business and almost all of them live in New York. Between shows I live in Philly with my Mags, so after awhile I really start to miss these mutts. We work hard and play hard. We are the living example of what Gung Ho really means - "work together". We are the best in the world at what we do, motion pictures, and we are extremely proud of that.. It is that pride, in our work, in our product, in ourselves and each other, that makes us so special. We will not be outdone, plain and simple. When you come to New York City to shoot a movie, you are getting the "A" Team for your crew. There is none better anywhere at any price.

So I'll be heading to Brooklyn this weekend to get the apartment ready again and then a week later I'll be heading North. Things are going to get real quiet here at deuddersun's, but you all have each other and I'll be back from time to time to chime in with my two cents.

Time for me to kick the tires and light the fires!

Quiet on the Set, please!!!!!

Rolling!

"Let's go! On with the Show!"



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Pieman

Me brudder, scroff, (not a hippie), left a comment concerning an old web-friend of ours who is a Hippie! For a wonderfull walk down Memory Lane, or for a treasure-trove of '60's related stuff, go visit Pieman.

Scroff at Woodstock '94
(Looks Like a Hippie, Smells Like a Hippie, Sounds Like a Hippie)

This guy is the real deal! And he is still very active in the movement. As scroff (not a Hippie) put it:

"Pie Man is the guy who used to throw pies in the face of notable persons and politicians... he's still alive and well and living in NY... go check him out, raise his hit count, he'd appreciate the visit, believe me!"



Remember the SDS? I remember being on a college campus not too long ago and asking one of the students where the SDS office was?

"Student Duplicating Services?, Not sure. Check the map on the kiosk."

Sigh...Has it really been that long? To find out what SDS really stood for and other fabulous '60's facts, as well as Calls to Action, visit Pieman.




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Superbowl XLI Highlights

Okay, so the title is a little misleading, but hey, I'm a Eagles fan, Yo Adrian!

That being said, I gotta tell ya I have never been a fan of Prince or the Artist Formerly Known As Prince, or whatever moniker he's going under now. I was way too Heavy Metal in the '80's to even consider listening to what I considered a "pop" act.

Well, all that changed last night.

A few short years ago this concert wouldn't have been allowed. Back in the days when I worked in Rock & Roll, microphones and electric guitars had cords so the risk of electrocution would have been too great to chance. Now, with everything being "wireless", that doesn't seem to be a concern. The rain was so heavy, CBS said they were constantly changing from one to the other of their 48 cameras in order to give the crew time to wipe the lenses. A miserable night for sure.

That didn't stop Prince and that is what initially earned my admiration. "The Show Must Go On" is more than just a saying to those of us in the "biz", it is our creed. And Prince lived up to it Big Time! When many another of today's pampered "Stars" may have balked at doing an open air show in weather like this, Prince gave his heart and soul and even infused the downpour with his closing song, "Purple Rain".

The second thing that won me over was his talent on the guitar. Not since the original Guitar God, Jimi Hendrix have I heard a musician bend a riff like Prince did last night. In fact, there are times during his performance when I can almost see Jimi, a shadow in the background, bending the notes like only he could do, until now. And, a bonus! No bare, brown boobies to corrupt the kiddies and undermine the sanctity of Marriage and the Integrity of the Amerikan Family!

So if you missed it, here it is in two parts. Enjoy!

Oh yeah, the Colts won.

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Part 1



Part 2

The Times They Are A-Changin'

I am posting this video as a prelude, an introduction of sorts to the post below. I apologize for all the credits and the overall grainy look, but it was that look which convinced me that this was the "right" video. It has a '60's feel to it, a "get back to the land" quality. Or perhaps, more aptly, a "get back to the Garden" quality.

Heed it's warning, for it still rings true. The Times They Are A-Changin'.

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Let The Feeding Frenzy Begin!

Republicans Eat Their Own!

Nothing is more satisfying than watching the happy turn of events on Capitol Hill, where a divided Republican Party has finally begun to eat it's own!

For the last four years, since the Invasion of Iraq, we, on the Left, who opposed the War, have suffered countless indignations from our fellow citizens on the Right. No one though, has been disparaged more than our American Veterans who opposed the War in Iraq, most of whom, (like most of the world), supported the War In Afghanistan. No insults have cut deeper than the barrage of lies and accusations, fired unrelentingly by the Right, questioning our Patriotism and Love of Country. From the swift-boating of John Kerry to a Jr. Republican Senator publicly questioning the Courage and Commitment of John Murtha, the Chickenhawks have outdone themselves in their foolish quest to make a hero out of George W. Bush.

And now that the Country has spoken, Democrat and Republican alike, denouncing the madness of the "Fool" On The Hill, that last vestige of Neo-Con power, the most virulent and hate-filled segment of our population, the remaining 27% of Americans who still drink George W. Bush's Kool-Aid, have finally turned on their brethren with a viciously scathing attack all too familiar to those of us who have suffered at their hands for the last four years. They have begun to eat their own.

They are attacking the Patriotism of every fellow Right Wanker who dares to question His Majesty, "The Prince of Fools", judgment. And, it is good to see.

At long last, they now know how we felt. They, who have never served and never will, yet who dared to question our sincerity and love of country.

I offer you this, then, this morning. So that you can share in my joy at their discomfort.

May it bring you internal peace and the courage to stay in the game. The Tide is Turning.

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This video, from Scarborough Country is most revealing. It runs about 15 minutes. Watch Joe Scarbourough implode at the end as he rails against those who question his patriotism!

Scarborough Country

The meltdown occurs at about 11 minutes in. It's amazing to see the anger and betrayal these knuckleheads feel as they begin to openly verbalize what they had long ago realized - they were lied to over and over again, and made utter fools of themselves supporting the "Liar" and denigrating those of us who saw the "truth". Well, fellas, there's more than enough crow to go around! God! The strain on the power companies is going to be enormous as more and more lights go on in Republican minds!


I leave you with a column by Joe Scarborough. How does it feel, Joe? Tell us all about it.

Demise of GOP just took turn for the worse

Scarborough: Bush willing to take his party over a cliff to prove his point

The slow demise of the national Republican Party just took a turn for the worse. Hard to believe that the GOP’s prospects could actually become more bleak after two years of unrelenting bad news, but it has.

Republican senators are now turning their rhetorical guns away from Democrats and toward one another. A few conservative Republican senators, whose votes usually cheer me up during bleak political times, are actually accusing Virginia’s senior senator, John Warner, of providing comfort to terrorists.

The White House even got involved in the name calling when Tony Snow suggested Warner’s actions could embolden the likes of Osama Bin Laden.

The message from the Bush administration seems to be this: “Thanks for carrying our water on this miserable war for four years. Now we’re going accuse you of helping terrorists.”

How pathetic.

Didn’t Dick Cheney just cite Ronald Reagan’s 11^th Commandment about Republicans not attacking one another?

My how things have changed in a few days.

It’s one more reason I have grown increasingly distraught over the GOP’s direction in recent months. The president is prepared to take his administration and his party over the cliff to prove that he right about Iraq—even if most of his generals and the majority of Americans disagree.

The question now is how long will Republicans stand by this war that has cost over 3,000 lives? Is it worth the $1 trillion dollars that will be added to our national debt? Is it worth undercutting our ability to strike at Iran and North Korea? I would say “yes” to all three questions if there were the slightest chance victory was around the corner. But it is not. If you don’t believe me, ask any general to tell you about the Bush surge. They will roll their eyes.

Even if you agree with me that this war was worth fighting as long as we believed Saddam Hussein had WMD’s aimed at America, at some point you have to face the facts: the Bush administration was wrong about those weapons, wrong about the nuclear program, wrong about their refusal to quell rioting early, wrong about Bremer’s gutting of the Iraqi army and police force, wrong about refusing to kill or capture al Sadr in 2003, wrong to tell the generals not speak of the coming insurgency, wrong to stubbornly refuse to give generals the troops they needed to win this war, wrong to make the “Mission Accomplished” declaration, wrong for the VP to claim that the insurgency was in its death throes and wrong to push a surge plan that the president’s top generals opposed.

The list could continue for pages but I will be generous to the White House and leave it at that.

At some point, GOP senators and congressmen need to understand that this war is no longer a battle between Republican war heroes and Democratic 60s hippie freaks. The lines have now been blurred by Bush’s bungling war strategy. Now we find ourselves in a fight between war heroes and war heroes. Former secretaries of Navy and former Vietnam POWs. Conservative Republicans and protectors of the president.

That may not be so bad for George W. Bush in the short run, but it is a disaster for Republicans in 2008 and beyond.

Conservatives had better wake up before all the gains made by Ronald Reagan and the 1994 Revolution are lost. The clock is ticking.

Catch 'Scarborough Country' each weeknight at 9 p.m. ET

© 2007 MSNBC Interactive

I'll be back

Okay, there's at least two more things I want to post on this morning, but I have to get some things done first. See ya inna bit!

Also, I hope to soon unveil what I believe will be a Blog first, I could be wrong...well, it will be a first for me...how's that? does that work? Also, I am starting to get some "comments" from spammers. I hate that word verification thingy and have just been deleting and banning as I find them. (If you suddenly find that you can't comment, I may have accidentally banned your ip so send me a line at 52hammer@gmail.com and I'll unblock you).

Now, to be proactive. Once I sign off here, and before I do the "important "things, I am going on the attack. I have the IP's of my spammers. I also have a fully functioning version of the SoBig worm quarantined in my Anti-virus software. I also have software which allows me to respond to IP's. See where I'm going with this?

Pax Tibi

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