GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY

ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.

HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.*

BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK

"GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY."

MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS .

OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE - 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED. ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA , WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION ABOUT MR GORSKY TO ARMSTRONG.

THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED BECAUSE MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION. HERE IS THE ANSWER TO "WHO WAS MR GORSKY":

IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN , HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOUR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.

HIS NEIGHBOURS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY,

"SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"

It broke the place up.

NEIL ARMSTRONG'S FAMILY CONFIRMED THIS IS A TRUE STORY. Do pass it on, it's too choice not to be shared

For all Liberals, all History begins Tomorrow AKA the Stupidity of Political Correctness

Bill Neinast

IN PERSPECTIVE

The light flicker of common sense early last week was quickly snuffed out by the end of the week.

The flicker of hope was the announcement by the Suffolk, Virginia, School Board that it was canceling the zero tolerance policy that eliminated the discretion of administrators in some cases of “misconduct.”

This sensible action was a response to the two day suspension of Driver Elementary School second grader Christopher Marshall on May 3. 

Marshall’s misconduct?  He pointed a pencil at a classmate and made machine gun noises.  The classmate, who was also suspended, then pointed his pencil at Marshall and mimicked a rifle shot.   

In my school days, that every day occurrence was called playing war, cops and robbers, or cowboys and Indians.  No one was ever hurt and many who played those games went on to become The Greatest Generation in defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

The Virginia incident was just one act of craziness in a string of lunacy. 

In January, an elementary school student was sent home for building a gun out of legos. In February, school administrators in another Virginia district suspended a youngster for bringing a toy gun to school.  In the same month, a Colorado grade schooler was suspended for pretending to throw an imaginary grenade and trying to save the world from evil.

The same thing happened in Massachusetts and Colorado in March. In the latter case, a seven year old was suspended because his teacher thought the breakfast pastry he was eating was shaped to look like a gun.  The boy claimed that he was merely shaping his strawberry pastry into a mountain, but the teacher believed it looked more like a gun and took him to the principal’s office.

Calmer, saner heads began to realize the absurdity of the actions about 18 months ago. The first to return discretion to administrators may be the Philadelphia public school system.  In September, 2011, that district removed the "zero tolerance" policy from its student code of conduct.

Other districts began to follow Philadelphia’s lead and the Suffolk, Virginia, board joining the crowd was that flicker of hope welcomed last week.

On Friday, however, political correctness (PC) stormed right back in.  This was the absurdity of the Paula Dean saga.

Dean was born in Albany, Georgia, in 1947 and now lives in Savannah.  Hearing just two words out of her mouth will convince anyone that she was bred, born, and reared in the South.

Through grit and determination, she built a successful business empire of a TV  cooking show and a restaurant chain and has published a number of cookbooks.

Recently, she was sued by a former restaurant employee for failure to promote or  improper termination.  In giving a deposition in that case, she was asked if she ever used the “N” word.  Without hesitation, she answered, “Yes, some years ago.”

Dean’s acknowledgment that she had used a common word of her day that is now taboo went viral on the internet, and her TV contract is not being renewed because of her “insensitiveness.”

This craziness is due to the PC crowd’s disdain for history.

History is a record of facts.  As some facts are unpleasant, those hooked on PC urge that they be ignored.

This is the history or facts of Dean”s early years that some wish to ignore.  

Humanity was considered to be composed of four races:  Caucasoid (white + south west Asian people), Negroid (black people), Mongoloid (east Asian + indigenous American people), and Australoid (Aboriginal Australian + south Indian people).  

The terms  Black and African-American had not been invented. Both white and black southerners called members of the Negroid race either coloreds or niggers.  With the rare exception of someone saying Negro, there was no other reference recognizable for them.  Colored was normally used in reference to a group or organization, such as the Colored Methodist Church.

The fact that this now maligned word was common in every day conversations  is best illustrated by the American literary classic, Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn.  The book first published in 1885 is a scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. 

Nonetheless, and despite the fact that both Huck Finn and the tenor of the book, is anti-racist, because the word nigger is used more than 200 times, the unedited book is anathema in public schools today.  Youngsters must not be capable of learning the real history of the country.

With that history, asking anyone who was reared in the South during Dean’s young years if she ever used the word nigger is like asking anyone six years old or older if he or she ever used the word Mom or Dad.

Even worse than asking the question, is firing or refusing to renew the contract of someone who admits to using that word when it was common among both whites and blacks and is still in use in the black community.

So here’s the perspective.

This is not an argument to accept the use of words of any kind that are considered offensive to others.  It is an argument, however, that punishing someone today for using a word 60+ years ago when it was a common expression is equivalent to suspending grade schoolers for pointing their pencils at each other.

So let the hackles rise over repeating or acknowledging facts, but let common sense reign when someone admits living through those facts. 

The Difference Between the Good Guys and the Bad Guy!

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Do you live in a Country run by Idiots?

Food For Thought

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally ...you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, check in at the doctor's office, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher’s "cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested “homes”... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more "safe" according to the government ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

Quad Copters TED Talks

You are going to want to put this on full screen and I bet you will be back to Ted Talks.

You can thank me by telling others about this site.

Marc

Damn, why didn't I think of this?

From The London Times: A Well-Planned Retirement Outside England ’s Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant.....The fees for cars ($1.40),for buses (about $7). Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work,he just didn't show up; so the zoo management called the city council and asked it to send them another parking agent. The council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the zoo's own responsibility. The zoo advised the council that the attendant was a city employee. The city council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the city payroll. Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, or France, or Italy, is a man who'd apparently had a ticket booth installed completely on his own and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day -- for 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars ......and no one even knows his name.

Shucking and Javing in DC - How to Lie to America

By Bill Neinast

IN PERSPECTIVE

last week, the definition of one word became obsolete in every dictionary on the shelves.  A lie is no longer an intentionally false statement.

In a committee hearing on March 12, Senator Ron Wyden  asked James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, whether the National Security Agency collects “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.”

Clapper, who was under oath, answered, “No sir.” After rubbing his ear for a moment he added, “Not wittingly.”

Both the senator and Clapper knew that was not true, but they let the matter slide.

After the news broke about the NSA collecting information on every telephone call made in the country, Clapper was pressed about his testimony in March. His explanation brought back memories of that famous Bill Clintonism, “It depends on what the meaning of is is.”

Clapper’s explanation was that  “I was asked [in effect] ‘when are you going to stop beating your wife’ kind of question, which is, meaning not answerable necessarily, by a simple yes or no.’ So ‘I responded in what I thought was the most truthful or least untruthful manner, by saying, No.’”

So, the new definition of the word lie is a statement that is the least untruthful.

Pair this definition with the recent vision of Attorney General Eric Holder dancing on the head of a pin when he tried to explain that he did not lie about not prosecuting news men for doing their job.  He explained so sincerely that swearing out a search warrant for the phone and digital records of a reporter is not a prosecution.

If a search warrant is not a prelude to a criminal prosecution, what is it?  Is there going to be a new definition for search warrants that will be dropped into new dictionaries to accompany Clapper’s definition of a lie? 

These most recent incidents of the Obama Administration’s complete lack of  integrity can best be described as shucking and jiving.   

This rarely used phrase is an African-American slang term from the days of slavery.  The definition is behavior or joking and acting evasively, particularly  the speech and behavioral mechanisms adopted in the presence of an authoritative figure. There is no better description of Clapper’s and Holder’s actions before two different Congressional Committees.

The saddest part of these two instances of shucking and jiving is that no heads have rolled over this and other blatant acts of misconduct.  All of the current indications are that this is perfectly acceptable behavior for officials at all levels of the White House cabal.

So here’s the perspective.

In their shucking and jiving in committee hearings, Clapper and Holder lied under oath to Congress and all Americans.  Both should be fired. President Obama has unfettered power to do so.  Why has he not done so?

Three other instances of officials thumbing their noses at America are not so easy to correct.

One is Nancy Pelosi, when she was Speaker of the House, saying that “We have to pass the bill [legislation to socialize the American health care system] so that you can find out what Is In It.”

“The bill” became a law known as Obamacare and, as what is in it became known,  a substantial majority of Americans do not like it.  

Only the voters in Pelosi’s district can hold her accountable for that outrageous statement to the whole country.

Then there is Secretary Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Jan. 23  concerning the death of four Americans in the attacks on American property in Benghazi in September of last year.  In a display of fake disgust, she testified, "What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?"

That callous disregard of human life can be remedied only by American voters who remember it and vote accordingly when Clinton runs for President several years hence.

Finally, there is the case of Lois Lerner, the IRS director of tax exempt groups.  Under her watch, her department targeted groups that did not agree with the Obama Administration.

When questioned about this abysmal abuse of power, she claimed that she had done nothing wrong, but then claimed her right under the 5th amendment not to testify.  As such rights are claimed to avoid incriminating oneself in criminal activity, you have to wonder who she is protecting.

As mentioned here sometime ago, it is possible, but extremely difficult, to fire a federal employee, even for misconduct.  

If the government does decide to fire Lerner, she has the option to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.  This board exists almost exclusively as a barrier to prevent federal employees from being fired. The board takes almost a year, on average, to review cases, and the ultimate authority rests in the hands of three unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats–two of whom previously worked as lawyers for public-sector unions.

What a shame that every government official does not subscribe to the Navy Seal Code,which includes as Principle 4: Take responsibility for your actions and the actions of your teammates.

Time to Think About Options

The following contribution is from a friend of mine that is the proprietor (yes Mr. Obama, he did build that!) of the web site Old Art Guy, John Pinkerton.  John actually taught me english in high school so all writing skills I have came from him. 

I will be joining John at the Ol' Double-L Nation, an idea he conceived just after the November 2012 fraudulent vote some refer to an election!  Where the hell is Jimmy Carter when you need him!

Enjoy - and check out John's site Old Art Guy!

Marc

The Ol’ Double-L: a Sovereign Nation
By John Pinkerton

My fellow countrymen have put their heads together and have come to the conclusion that the status quo is the way to go.  The House, the Senate, and the Presidency are almost identical after the 2012 election to what it was before the election.  Pardon me.  I misspoke: the Presidency is identical, not “almost” identical.  At first I was shocked.  Then I was sad.  Then I began to chuckle. 

Alexis de Toqueville is attributed to having said, “In a democracy, people get the government they deserve.”  Whether he actually said it or not, he should have said it.  Frankly, those who voted for the liberal agenda deserve what they are about to receive.  I am reminded of the old saying which George Bush mangled a few years ago, “Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.”   Well, I wasn’t fooled in ‘08 nor in ‘12.  I feel that I deserve better. 

While you careless voters were busy shooting yourself in the foot, you were also busy shooting me in the foot.   I kinda resented your misguided aim.

In 1845, the Republic of Texas made a strategic error by giving up its sovereignty to the United States, an error they’ve been trying to wiggle out of ever since.  It first tried to separate from the Union by joining the Confederate States of America.  It didn’t work out.  A recent petition for Texas secession has 72,500 signatures.

“Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect its citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.”

  

It will be interesting to see what the White House’s response will be.  I’m pretty sure the Federal Government will be unwilling to give up one of its prized cash cows.  On the other hand, my contributions to the Federal Treasury are minute, and my secession will probably not cause a formal response.

Yes, you heard me.  Secession.   Lately I feel as though I’ve been a passenger in a clown car.  I want out of the car.  I’m withdrawing my allegiance to the country I signed on with in ‘42.  I’m declaring myself a sovereign nation. I’ll continue to pay unto Caesar that which is Caesars, but I’ll consider it a bribe to avoid a confrontation with their thuggish clowns.

I suppose I’ll need a name for my new nation.  I think I prefer a low-profile name.  I’ve used the name “Lou” in my fantasy leagues for years.  I’ve always liked it.   My new nation shall be called Lou...no, no, even better, Land of Lou.  Hey, the ol’ Double-L.  Yeah, that’s the ticket.   It’s an unassuming name much like Chad, the landlocked South African country most folks don’t even know exists.

Now, as a sovereign nation, I guess I must begin thinking in sovereign nation terms.

Up front, I’m the president.  I created the sovereign Land of Lou, so I should at least be its first president.  Now I already have a legislature and supreme court, Linda.  Enough said.

The Land of Lou was founded November 10, 2012.  At its inception it was fiscally sound thanks to a conservative policy that recognized the importance of working to make money, paying one’s bills promptly, and not purchasing crap I don’t need.  Delayed satisfaction is a basic principle of my fiscal policy.  The United States’ citizens seem to have an altogether different viewpoint.

As for the foundation of my fiscal policy, I think I should go on the gold standard.  I’ll need to start using my own currency, and without a lot of fuss and bother, I can instantly satisfy this need with gold.  It was good enough for the US until 1974 when some smart alecks in Washington decided to back their country’s money with bullshit.  How’s that working out for you?

If you continue to have an open border policy, kind of like the one you have to the South, I guess there won’t be much need to worry about traveling on your roads and highways.  Maybe I should stockpile food and water just in case you close the border.  While your border is porous, I guess I’ll continue to take advantage of your nation’s goods and services.

I suppose I should have some sort of defense policy.  Never owned a gun.  Well, yes I did.  My brother gave me one which someone promptly stole.  I guess I could buy another gun while they’re still available.  I used to feel that running through the house seminude shouting was enough to frighten imagined intruders away, but at 70, maybe a gun wouldn’t be a bad idea.

What about Lou’s policy on foreign aid?  Well, I’ve always been pretty generous with relatives and other derelicts, but I think my future policy will be in those immortal words of Nancy Reagan, “Just say no.”  I know she wasn’t speaking of foreign aid, but I was able to shoehorn it in for my purposes here anyway.

I guess I’ll need diplomatic relations with a few countries.  I guess I’ll establish relations with Israel and Great Britain.  These don’t seem to be favorites of the United States presently, and maybe my diplomatic moves toward them will cheer them up.  I think I’ll throw in Australia because they speak English and maybe Hawaii...oh yeah, they’re one of the US states now.

I suppose I’ll need a constitution just to keep me in line.  I know where there’s a perfectly good one which is hardly used anymore.  It’s been a little tarnished by folks who believe it’s a “living document” which means the interpretations of it depend on the political winds.  No political winds here, so it should do just fine.

Issues that have been big issues in the old US of A, will be minimized in LL.

Take for example the “environmental” issue.  What damned issue.  The air and water are cleaner than they’ve ever been.  You Americans did a good job, and I’ll try to keep my yard mowed.

As for you folks who see fossil fuels as the anti-Christ, when alternatives are ready for the world to use, we promise you’ll be the first to be told by the conservatives who will be making a ton of money from the new resources.  As for man-made global warming, blow it out your backside.  The land of Lou loves oil and coal and thanks the Lord for killing off those pesky dinosaurs so that we’d having something to propel our SUVs over their decayed bodies.

Some of you Americans have some social issues you seem to like to talk about a lot...a lot.  I recently heard about a war on women.  If there is a war, I’m on the women’s side.  I ain’t no damned fool.  As for women.  You have a right to birth control.  You have a right to abortions.  You have the right not to be discriminated against in the work place.  What more do you want?  One small point I’d like to differ on is that I’d rather my bribe money not be used to pay for this stuff.   Just tell me what else you want, and I’ll get it for you just as soon as I finish taking out the trash. 

As for yesterday’s minorities, civil rights were settled years ago.  Your problems are no different than other Americans.  I expect it to be no different in the land of Lou.  We just won’t rehash it endlessly.

As for Hispanics.  Those of you who are US citizens are no different in the eyes of the law than anyone else.  Ditto for the Land of Lou.  Those of you who are illegal, I sympathize with your plight, but you areillegal.  I don’t think illegals will be a problem in the land of Lou.  None have tried to climb over my fence so far.

As for unions, I’m all for them in America, but not unions for government employees.  Being that there are no union members in the ol’ Double L, this isn’t a problem.

As for a drug policy, do whatever you like.  At the ol’ Double-L, we don’t do drugs, but we have no problem with ya’ll stoking up on whatever you wish in the US.  We’re a tolerant people.

If Texas is ever allowed to withdraw from the Union, I’ll consider giving up my sovereignty to the Republic of Texas.  “Consider” I say.  I don’t want to repeat the Texas error.

You’re welcome to create your own sovereign nation.  I’ll immediately recognize your new state, but please don’t try to set up a consulate in my living room.