I’m posting this stuff here because I might want to quote it from time to time without posting a link to somebody else’s opinion and/or rhetoric.
Some of the descriptive dialogue is my own, and some is shamelessly stolen from whatever (obviously brilliant) individual(s) saw fit to post the original story and Quote back in 2006
The story began 28 February 2006 Michigan State University when Mechanical Engineering Professor named Indrek Wichman clicked “Send” on a email.
Wichman sent the email to the Muslim Student's Association in response to the students' protest of the Danish cartoons that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist.
Here’s a Wiki Link to a summary of that cartoon controversy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy
The student group had apparently complained the cartoons were “hate speech.”
Professor Wichman (by email) replied with the following:
-----Quoted Text from Wichman email begins-----
Dear Muslim Association:
As a professor of Mechanical Engineering here at MSU I intend to protest your protest.
I am offended not by cartoons, but by more mundane things like beheadings of civilians, cowardly attacks on public buildings, suicide murders, murders of Catholic priests (the latest in Turkey), burnings of Christian churches, the continued persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt, the imposition of Sharia law on non-Muslims, the rapes of Scandinavian girls and women (called 'whores' in your culture), the murder of film directors in Holland, and the rioting and looting in Paris France.
This is what offends me, a soft-spoken person and academic, and many, many of my colleagues.
I counsel you dissatisfied, aggressive, brutal, and uncivilized slave-trading Muslims to be very aware of this as you proceed with your infantile 'protests.'
If you do not like the values of the West - see the First Amendment - you are free to leave. I hope for God's sake that most of you choose that option
Please return to your ancestral homelands and build them up yourselves instead of troubling Americans.
Cordially,
I. S. Wichman
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
-----Quoted Text from Wichman email ends-----
If you are like me, and doubt everything you see on the Internet – maybe Snopes can convince you…
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wichman.asp
Gary Arpin -- September 11, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Arizona's 8th District choice for Congress?
A friend sent me this today. Took place at the Petraeus hearings recently.
It stunned me so badly I attempted to debunk it, because nobody (I thought) elected to the Congress of the United States of America could be this stupid! There are lots of comments on the web, but nothing apparently debunking the occurrence so I’m passing it on with caveats.
The Idiot in question here is named Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat. Giffords Misrepresents Arizona’s 8th District.
How anybody let this Cretin serve on the House Armed Services Committee we’ll never know, but I’ll bet she was nominated by Nancy Pelosi.
In a meeting of that Committee this butthead actually asked General David Petraeus:
"General Petraeus, what are you doing to reduce carbon emissions in the war on terror?"
Following is a commentary I wish I had written – I didn’t… It’s attributed to Mark Beres of Tucson, a retired USAF Major:
“Wow. I had to read, and re-read this several times to believe it. Folks, there are American sons & daughters dying every week on the foreign battlefields of southwest Asia . The nation is completely bankrupt and - quite literally, borrowing 43 cents for every dollar in federal spending. We have the largest environmental disaster in the nation's history in the Gulf of Mexico , and we have Mexican drug armies invading our nation.
And yet ...
A member of Congress from Arizona 's 8th congressional district took the time to ask our battlefield commander what he is doing to curb carbon emissions in the war.
Gabrielle Giffords is the poster-child for what is wrong with the US Congress. We are being led by imbeciles. To the rest of America reading this blog, and to Gen. Petraeus if this e-mail makes it to your inbox - my sincerest apologies for the stupid question asked of you by my US congressional representative.
General - I am sure you have better things to worry about than carbon emissions on the battlefield. I assure you, as a registered voter in Arizona 's 8th congressional district, I will do everything I can to ensure Rep. Giffords is voted out of office in November, and I pray you'll get back to business of fighting the war on terror without worrying about such petty and nonsensical matters as your carbon footprint in the war.”
That’s the end of Mark Beres, Major USAF, retired, comments.
Here’s another comment on this brain dead legislator:
“Giffords impinged on General Petraeus’ valuable time to lecture that the US Air Force uses the most energy in the planet, and that Department of Defense uses the most energy in the United States, linking this to the gulf oil disaster and her concerns about Green energy.”
This is from a Blog called “Seeing Red AZ” at: http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/
I would comment further, but our Arizona friends don’t need a heck of a lot of help…
It stunned me so badly I attempted to debunk it, because nobody (I thought) elected to the Congress of the United States of America could be this stupid! There are lots of comments on the web, but nothing apparently debunking the occurrence so I’m passing it on with caveats.
The Idiot in question here is named Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat. Giffords Misrepresents Arizona’s 8th District.
How anybody let this Cretin serve on the House Armed Services Committee we’ll never know, but I’ll bet she was nominated by Nancy Pelosi.
In a meeting of that Committee this butthead actually asked General David Petraeus:
"General Petraeus, what are you doing to reduce carbon emissions in the war on terror?"
Following is a commentary I wish I had written – I didn’t… It’s attributed to Mark Beres of Tucson, a retired USAF Major:
“Wow. I had to read, and re-read this several times to believe it. Folks, there are American sons & daughters dying every week on the foreign battlefields of southwest Asia . The nation is completely bankrupt and - quite literally, borrowing 43 cents for every dollar in federal spending. We have the largest environmental disaster in the nation's history in the Gulf of Mexico , and we have Mexican drug armies invading our nation.
And yet ...
A member of Congress from Arizona 's 8th congressional district took the time to ask our battlefield commander what he is doing to curb carbon emissions in the war.
Gabrielle Giffords is the poster-child for what is wrong with the US Congress. We are being led by imbeciles. To the rest of America reading this blog, and to Gen. Petraeus if this e-mail makes it to your inbox - my sincerest apologies for the stupid question asked of you by my US congressional representative.
General - I am sure you have better things to worry about than carbon emissions on the battlefield. I assure you, as a registered voter in Arizona 's 8th congressional district, I will do everything I can to ensure Rep. Giffords is voted out of office in November, and I pray you'll get back to business of fighting the war on terror without worrying about such petty and nonsensical matters as your carbon footprint in the war.”
That’s the end of Mark Beres, Major USAF, retired, comments.
Here’s another comment on this brain dead legislator:
“Giffords impinged on General Petraeus’ valuable time to lecture that the US Air Force uses the most energy in the planet, and that Department of Defense uses the most energy in the United States, linking this to the gulf oil disaster and her concerns about Green energy.”
This is from a Blog called “Seeing Red AZ” at: http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/
I would comment further, but our Arizona friends don’t need a heck of a lot of help…
Saturday, May 29, 2010
“A Plan to Destroy America”
Former Democrat Colorado Governor Dick Lamm gave this speech at an immigration overpopulation conference held early in 2004 (According to Snopes, Truthorfiction and other Urban Legend debunking sites)
(Note from Gary: You can find this at any number of places on the web, and comparison will reveal that it has been retyped and edited a number of times. Where text or spelling differed, I relied on a direct comparison of versions on the two truly excellent sites listed above.)
“A Plan to Destroy America”
"If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"
"Here is how they do it:
“First: To destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country." History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar Seymour Lipset put it this way: ‘The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension and tragedy.’ Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficult times with Basques, Bretons and Corsicans.
“Second: To destroy America, Invent multiculturalism and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal -- That there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.
“Third: We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: ‘The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.’
“I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.
"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.
"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other- that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common Language and literature; and they worshipped the same Gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty! Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: Local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" -- from many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'Pluribus' instead of the'Unum,' we will Balkanize America assuredly as Kosovo.
"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century -- that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bi-lingual/bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of ‘Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them.
"Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book "Mexifornia." His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."
Speech by Governor Dick Lamm at a 2004 immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, D.C. WikiPedia lists Lamm as Colorado’s 38th Governor. He served three terms.
Victor Davis Hanson was the author of "Mexifornia"
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(Note from Gary: You can find this at any number of places on the web, and comparison will reveal that it has been retyped and edited a number of times. Where text or spelling differed, I relied on a direct comparison of versions on the two truly excellent sites listed above.)
“A Plan to Destroy America”
"If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"
"Here is how they do it:
“First: To destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country." History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar Seymour Lipset put it this way: ‘The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension and tragedy.’ Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficult times with Basques, Bretons and Corsicans.
“Second: To destroy America, Invent multiculturalism and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal -- That there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.
“Third: We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: ‘The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.’
“I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.
"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.
"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other- that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common Language and literature; and they worshipped the same Gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty! Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: Local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" -- from many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'Pluribus' instead of the'Unum,' we will Balkanize America assuredly as Kosovo.
"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century -- that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bi-lingual/bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of ‘Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them.
"Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book "Mexifornia." His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."
Speech by Governor Dick Lamm at a 2004 immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, D.C. WikiPedia lists Lamm as Colorado’s 38th Governor. He served three terms.
Victor Davis Hanson was the author of "Mexifornia"
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Please note that this is a generational archive with any number of people taking a hand in the sequencing and entry.
Those of you looking for Jean Baptiste and his twin brother Antoine please go directly go Generation 7 (thnks, Gary)
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Descendants of Pierre Jean [Herpin] Arpin
Generation No. 1
1. PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1 ARPIN was born 1624 in St-Hilaire-entre-les-Eglises, Poitiers. He married CATHERINE OSBERE.
Notes for PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN] ARPIN:
For the next two generations the last name is spelled Herpin, then it changes to Arpin.
Child of PIERRE ARPIN and CATHERINE OSBERE is:
2. i. HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2 ARPIN, b. 1646; d. 1728.
Generation No. 2
2. HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2 ARPIN (PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1646, and died 1728. He married MARIE JACQUELINE COULON September 14, 1689 in St. Ours, Quebec. Notes for HENRI EMERY [HERPIN] ARPIN:His name is also referred to as Henri-Emery [Herpin] Arpin dit Potvin. The word "dit" means "also known as".
Children of HENRI ARPIN and MARIE COULON are:
3. i. PIERRE3 ARPIN, b. 1695; d. October 25, 1757, St. Ours, Quebec.
ii. JEAN BAPTISTE ARPIN, m. AGNES MARTIN, June 19, 1724, Contrecouer, Quebec.
Generation No. 3
3. PIERRE3 ARPIN (HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1695, and died October 25, 1757 in St. Ours, Quebec. He married MARGUERITE TRUCHON February 17, 1721 in St. Ours, Quebec. She was born May 11, 1704 in St. Francis, Canada, and died March 26, 1756.
Child of PIERRE ARPIN and MARGUERITE TRUCHON is:
4. i. PIERRE4 ARPIN.
Generation No. 4
4. PIERRE4 ARPIN (PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) He married MARIE ANNE VELLE July 06, 1753 in St. Ours, Quebec.
Child of PIERRE ARPIN and MARIE VELLE is:
5. i. PIERRE5 ARPIN, b. 1754.
Generation No. 5
5. PIERRE5 ARPIN (PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1754. He married ELIZABETH CHAPDELAINE January 26, 1778 in St. Ours, Quebec, daughter of LOUIS CHAPDELAINE and ELIZABETH DANSEREAU.
Children of PIERRE ARPIN and ELIZABETH CHAPDELAINE are:
6. i. MICHEL6 ARPIN, d. Abt. 1838.
7. ii. CHARLES ARPIN, b. 1788.
8. iii. PIERRE ARPIN.
Generation No. 6
6. MICHEL6 ARPIN (PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) died Abt. 1838. He married MARIE ANN MAGNAN February 08, 1813 in St. Ours, Quebec, daughter of CHARLES MAGNAN and ANNE LECLERC. She died Abt. 1838.
Notes for MICHEL ARPIN:
Michel is the correct spelling of this name.
Marriage Notes for MICHEL ARPIN and MARIE MAGNAN:
Michel and Marie died in a fire, according to their granddaughter Cecile Arpin Beeman. They had 12 children. John Baptiste and his twin brother Antoine were the last two born. Modeste Arpin was the oldest daughter. She married Paul Perodeau and their son, Narcisse Perodeau became the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1910 to 1929. When Michel and Marie died, John Baptiste and Antoine (age 6) went to live with their sister Modeste and her husband. (Note: Some other sources say the twins were nine when their parents died, and some say twelve.)
Children of MICHEL ARPIN and MARIE MAGNAN are:
9.
i. MODESTE7 ARPIN.
ii. MARIE ARPIN, m. AUGUSTIN GUERNON, February 01, 1842, St-Ours, Cte Richelieu.
iii. JOSEPHETE ANGELE ARPIN, m. FRANCOIS CHAPEDLAINE, February 18, 1840, St-Ours, Cte Richelieu.
10. iv. PAUL ARPIN.
11. v. PIERRE ARPIN.
vi. JOSEPH ARPIN, m. MARIE-LOUISE COITOU-ST-JEAN, September 14, 1847, Contrecoeur, Cte Vercheres.
12. vii. ANTOINE ARPIN, b. March 29, 1826; d. August 18, 1896.
13. viii. JOHN BAPTISTE ARPIN, b. March 29, 1826; d. May 09, 1892.
Generation 7
13. JOHN BAPTISTE7 ARPIN (MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born March 29, 1826, and died May 09, 1892. He married CLARISSA COTEY September 05, 1859 in St. Thomas-de-Pierreville, daughter of LOUIS COTEY and MARY BIRON. She was born August 05, 1842, and died December 26, 1926.
Notes for JOHN BAPTISTE ARPIN:
John Baptiste Arpin came to Wisconsin from Canada in 1845 with his twin brother, Antoine. There were 12 children in the family. Their parents, Michael and Marie Arpin, died in about 1835 when the twins were nine years old. Their oldest sister, Modeste had already married, and she took them in. When they were 16 they became woodsmen. Together they started the John Arpin Lumber Company. For a while they also owned a saloon and a billiard hall.
In 1849, John Arpin went to the California Gold Rush by way of the Isthmus of Panama. From there he crossed on foot with some of his companions, and then they took a sailing vessel to San Francisco. After accumulating a small fortune, he returned to Wisconsin Rapids riding a mule all the way, following a wagon train. (This is from the writings of his son, Edmund P. Arpin, Sr.)
THESE ARE SOME MORE NOTES ABOUT JOHN ARPIN
WRITTEN BY HIS SON, EDMUND P. ARPIN:
My father was interested in logging and also for a short time owned a saloon and a billiard hall. At the time of the war (Civil War) he had a contract for carrying the mail to Dexterville. He used to make the trip with a small bay horse named Mack.
The downtown building burned about 1868, and we then moved into the old home on Drake Street. We lived there until the new home at 840 First Street North was built in 1889.
Dear mother worked hard during the early years in looking after the home, and even making soap and candles and culling corn for the camps. I used to be handyman around the home as brother Daniel went in the woods when he was 13 years old. Our father could not read or write and needed all the help he could get from us boys. So we were broken in early to keep busy in all the many duties that came up continually. I stayed in school until I graduated in 1880. Then I studied German one year at private school so as to enable me to go to the Wisconsin University. I went to Madison in 1881 with Byrde Vaughan with whom I had graduated in 1880.
I was taken sick after two months at the University and was obliged to abandon my school career. I well remember the winter of 1882 when my brother, Albert, died of diphtheria.
Notes for CLARISSA COTEY:
Clarissa (sometimes called "Clarice"), was brought up in St. Thomas-de-Pierreville, Canada, a province of Quebec. She attended a convent school near her home. Clarice had an older sister, Mary, who was married to Antoine Arpin. Antoine had a twin brother named John Baptiste Arpin. When Clarice was 16, John Baptiste Arpin (age 32), came to see her and after a short courtship, proposed. They were married in 1859.
Clarice Cotey Arpin had 17 children. Many records say 16, but the last child, Marie Ellen died at birth, and perhaps was not added to the list of children. She had her first child when she was 18, and her last at age 44. Six died as infants, three died as children or young adults, and the remaining eight lived long lives.
Her father and mother and other members of the family (except for one sister who was married to Zoelle Turcotte, a merchant at St. Thomas-de-Pierreville, Canada) moved to Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. Clarice's great uncle Francis Biron, was already living near there.
In her later years, Clarice became blind and lived with her daughter, Georgiana Buckley in the big house at 840 1st St. North, next door to Daniel Arpin's house. She died one cold morning when her nightgown accidentally brushed across an electric wire heater and caught fire.
Children of JOHN ARPIN and CLARISSA COTEY are:
i. EMMA MARY8 ARPIN, b. 1860; d. 1860.
Notes for EMMA MARY ARPIN:
Emma lived only 13 days.
ii. GEORGE EUGENE ARPIN, b. July 24, 1861; d. February 07, 1862.
Notes for GEORGE EUGENE ARPIN:
George lived 5 1/2 months.
iii. DANIEL J ARPIN, b. October 17, 1862; d. February 20, 1951; m. ELLA HATHAWAY.
Notes for DANIEL J ARPIN:
Daniel and his wife Ella built a huge house at 820 1st St. North, in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. It was finished around 1901. In 1991 the house was purchased and beautifully restored by Joseph and Andrea Kreeger. Next door at 840 1st St. N. was the home of his Daniel Arpin's father, John Baptiste Arpin. It was built 1889. It later became Aunt Georgie's house. The Kreegers also bought this house and are renovating it also.
17. iv. EDMUND PHILIP ARPIN, b. April 04, 1864, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; d. November 13, 1937.
18. v. GEORGIANA ARPIN, b. July 26, 1865; d. December 17, 1959.
vi. ELVINA ARPIN, b. December 15, 1866; d. June 08, 1888.
Notes for ELVINA ARPIN:
Elvina Arpin died June 19, 1888, after a long illness with consumption. She was a beautiful young woman, age 21 years, six months and two days.
19. vii. MARY DELIA ARPIN, b. March 24, 1868; d. 1946.
viii. JOSEPH SEVERE ARPIN, b. October 30, 1869; d. April 17, 1871.
20. ix. JOSEPH ZOEL ARPIN, b. May 02, 1871; d. February 27, 1942.
21. x. ARSENE LOUIS ARPIN, b. August 04, 1872; d. September 16, 1962.
22. xi. JOHN BAPTISTE ARPIN, JR., b. February 26, 1874.
xii. ALBERT ARPIN, b. April 03, 1875; d. April 13, 1882.
Notes for ALBERT ARPIN:
In the winter of 1882, Albert Arpin (age 7) died of diphtheria.
23. xiii. ARTHUR M. ARPIN, b. 1876; d. 1971.
xiv. EMMA CLARISA ARPIN, b. March 03, 1878; d. June 14, 1900.
xv. ANNA CLARISA ARPIN, b. September 24, 1879; d. November 24, 1879.
xvi. FRANCES ARPIN, b. March 05, 1881; d. July 20, 1881.
xvii. MARIE ELLEN ARPIN, b. October 08, 1886; d. October 08, 1886.
Notes for MARIE ELLEN ARPIN:
Died the day she was born.
Generation 8
22. JOHN BAPTISTE8 ARPIN, JR. (JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born February 26, 1874. He married CHARLOTTE WIELAND, daughter of N. WIELAND.
Children of JOHN ARPIN and CHARLOTTE WIELAND are:
40. i. LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN, b. 1898; d. 1975.
41. ii. PAUL HENRY ARPIN, b. 1900.
iii. CARL ARPIN, b. 1902.
iv. FRANCIS ARPIN, b. 1904.
42. v. JULIAN ARPIN, b. 1906.
43. vi. CHARLOTTE ARPIN, b. 1908; d. 1983.
44. vii. JOHN B. ARPIN, III., b. 1910.
45. viii. DONALD ARPIN, b. 1912; d. 1977.
ix. MARY JANE ARPIN, b. 1914; d. 1939; m. MILTON STOCKER.
Generation 9
40. LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN (JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1898, and died 1975. He married HELEN Georgiana (NICK?) THAMAN. She was born 1898.
Children of LEON ARPIN and HELEN THAMAN are:
i. JOHN WILLIAM10 ARPIN, b. 1920; m. FLORENTINA BENSON; b. 1922.
ii. CHARLOTTE ARPIN, b. 1924; m. (1) ROBERT ORGAIN; m. (2) JAMES P. ARPIN.
Marriage Notes for CHARLOTTE ARPIN and ROBERT ORGAIN: Divorced in 1973.
iii. LEON GEORGE ARPIN, JR., b. 1926; m. SALLY KINNARD; b. 1927.
41. PAUL HENRY9 ARPIN (JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1900. He married FLORENCE WEEKS. She was born 1900.
Children of PAUL ARPIN and FLORENCE WEEKS are:
i. MARGARET10 ARPIN, b. 1920; m. (1) DON DYE; m. (2) LYNN YAWN.
Marriage Notes for MARGARET ARPIN and DON DYE:
After Don passed away, Margaret married Lynn Yawn.
ii. JAMES PAUL ARPIN, b. 1922; m. (1) ALICIA DALSTROM; d. 1971; m. (2) CHARLOTTE ARPIN.
iii. ROBERT J. ARPIN, b. 1931; m. BETTY JANE GRAY.
iv. POLLY ARPIN, b. 1934; m. LYNWOOD JACKSON, JR.; b. 1933.
Generation 10
40. i. JOHN WILLIAM ARPIN, 10 (LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN, (JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1898, and died 1975. He married Florentina Elizabeth Benson. She was born 1922.
Children of JOHN WILLIAM ARPIN and FLORENTINA ELIZABETH BENSON are:
i. PHILLIP JOHN ARPIN, b. 1945; m. DOROTHY (?), b. (?)
Marriage Notes for PHILLIP JOHN ARPIN and DOROTHY ARPIN: Divorced in 199(0)
ii. GARY NOEL ARPIN, b. 1946; m. HELEN LOIS MOORE, b. 1945
iii. LINDA ANN ARPIN, b. 1952, m. THOMAS SPITSNOGGLE, b. 195(?)
Marriage Notes for LINDA ANN ARPIN and THOMAS SPITSNOGGLE: Divorced in 199(0)
Generation 11
40. ii. GARY NOEL MICHAEL ARPIN, 11 (JOHN WILLIAM ARPIN, 10, LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN, JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1898, and died 1975. He married HELEN LOIS MOORE in 1968. She was born 1945, the daughter of JOSEPH W. MOORE, I, b. (1918?), and EDNA Lois BRENN, b. 1920(?).
Generation 12
Children of GARY NOEL MICHAEL ARPIN AND HELEN LOIS MOORE ARPIN are:
i. WILLIAM PATRICK ARPIN, b. 1971 d. 2008, m. (SWSRU). Marriage notes: WILLIAM and (SWSRU) were divorced in 2000(?). WILLIAM remarried PAMELA LYNN HILL (maiden name) in 2007. William Patrick died on November 17th 2008, at Arlington, TX.
ii. DANIEL PAUL ARPIN, b. 1976
Those of you looking for Jean Baptiste and his twin brother Antoine please go directly go Generation 7 (thnks, Gary)
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Descendants of Pierre Jean [Herpin] Arpin
Generation No. 1
1. PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1 ARPIN was born 1624 in St-Hilaire-entre-les-Eglises, Poitiers. He married CATHERINE OSBERE.
Notes for PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN] ARPIN:
For the next two generations the last name is spelled Herpin, then it changes to Arpin.
Child of PIERRE ARPIN and CATHERINE OSBERE is:
2. i. HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2 ARPIN, b. 1646; d. 1728.
Generation No. 2
2. HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2 ARPIN (PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1646, and died 1728. He married MARIE JACQUELINE COULON September 14, 1689 in St. Ours, Quebec. Notes for HENRI EMERY [HERPIN] ARPIN:His name is also referred to as Henri-Emery [Herpin] Arpin dit Potvin. The word "dit" means "also known as".
Children of HENRI ARPIN and MARIE COULON are:
3. i. PIERRE3 ARPIN, b. 1695; d. October 25, 1757, St. Ours, Quebec.
ii. JEAN BAPTISTE ARPIN, m. AGNES MARTIN, June 19, 1724, Contrecouer, Quebec.
Generation No. 3
3. PIERRE3 ARPIN (HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1695, and died October 25, 1757 in St. Ours, Quebec. He married MARGUERITE TRUCHON February 17, 1721 in St. Ours, Quebec. She was born May 11, 1704 in St. Francis, Canada, and died March 26, 1756.
Child of PIERRE ARPIN and MARGUERITE TRUCHON is:
4. i. PIERRE4 ARPIN.
Generation No. 4
4. PIERRE4 ARPIN (PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) He married MARIE ANNE VELLE July 06, 1753 in St. Ours, Quebec.
Child of PIERRE ARPIN and MARIE VELLE is:
5. i. PIERRE5 ARPIN, b. 1754.
Generation No. 5
5. PIERRE5 ARPIN (PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1754. He married ELIZABETH CHAPDELAINE January 26, 1778 in St. Ours, Quebec, daughter of LOUIS CHAPDELAINE and ELIZABETH DANSEREAU.
Children of PIERRE ARPIN and ELIZABETH CHAPDELAINE are:
6. i. MICHEL6 ARPIN, d. Abt. 1838.
7. ii. CHARLES ARPIN, b. 1788.
8. iii. PIERRE ARPIN.
Generation No. 6
6. MICHEL6 ARPIN (PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) died Abt. 1838. He married MARIE ANN MAGNAN February 08, 1813 in St. Ours, Quebec, daughter of CHARLES MAGNAN and ANNE LECLERC. She died Abt. 1838.
Notes for MICHEL ARPIN:
Michel is the correct spelling of this name.
Marriage Notes for MICHEL ARPIN and MARIE MAGNAN:
Michel and Marie died in a fire, according to their granddaughter Cecile Arpin Beeman. They had 12 children. John Baptiste and his twin brother Antoine were the last two born. Modeste Arpin was the oldest daughter. She married Paul Perodeau and their son, Narcisse Perodeau became the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1910 to 1929. When Michel and Marie died, John Baptiste and Antoine (age 6) went to live with their sister Modeste and her husband. (Note: Some other sources say the twins were nine when their parents died, and some say twelve.)
Children of MICHEL ARPIN and MARIE MAGNAN are:
9.
i. MODESTE7 ARPIN.
ii. MARIE ARPIN, m. AUGUSTIN GUERNON, February 01, 1842, St-Ours, Cte Richelieu.
iii. JOSEPHETE ANGELE ARPIN, m. FRANCOIS CHAPEDLAINE, February 18, 1840, St-Ours, Cte Richelieu.
10. iv. PAUL ARPIN.
11. v. PIERRE ARPIN.
vi. JOSEPH ARPIN, m. MARIE-LOUISE COITOU-ST-JEAN, September 14, 1847, Contrecoeur, Cte Vercheres.
12. vii. ANTOINE ARPIN, b. March 29, 1826; d. August 18, 1896.
13. viii. JOHN BAPTISTE ARPIN, b. March 29, 1826; d. May 09, 1892.
Generation 7
13. JOHN BAPTISTE7 ARPIN (MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born March 29, 1826, and died May 09, 1892. He married CLARISSA COTEY September 05, 1859 in St. Thomas-de-Pierreville, daughter of LOUIS COTEY and MARY BIRON. She was born August 05, 1842, and died December 26, 1926.
Notes for JOHN BAPTISTE ARPIN:
John Baptiste Arpin came to Wisconsin from Canada in 1845 with his twin brother, Antoine. There were 12 children in the family. Their parents, Michael and Marie Arpin, died in about 1835 when the twins were nine years old. Their oldest sister, Modeste had already married, and she took them in. When they were 16 they became woodsmen. Together they started the John Arpin Lumber Company. For a while they also owned a saloon and a billiard hall.
In 1849, John Arpin went to the California Gold Rush by way of the Isthmus of Panama. From there he crossed on foot with some of his companions, and then they took a sailing vessel to San Francisco. After accumulating a small fortune, he returned to Wisconsin Rapids riding a mule all the way, following a wagon train. (This is from the writings of his son, Edmund P. Arpin, Sr.)
THESE ARE SOME MORE NOTES ABOUT JOHN ARPIN
WRITTEN BY HIS SON, EDMUND P. ARPIN:
My father was interested in logging and also for a short time owned a saloon and a billiard hall. At the time of the war (Civil War) he had a contract for carrying the mail to Dexterville. He used to make the trip with a small bay horse named Mack.
The downtown building burned about 1868, and we then moved into the old home on Drake Street. We lived there until the new home at 840 First Street North was built in 1889.
Dear mother worked hard during the early years in looking after the home, and even making soap and candles and culling corn for the camps. I used to be handyman around the home as brother Daniel went in the woods when he was 13 years old. Our father could not read or write and needed all the help he could get from us boys. So we were broken in early to keep busy in all the many duties that came up continually. I stayed in school until I graduated in 1880. Then I studied German one year at private school so as to enable me to go to the Wisconsin University. I went to Madison in 1881 with Byrde Vaughan with whom I had graduated in 1880.
I was taken sick after two months at the University and was obliged to abandon my school career. I well remember the winter of 1882 when my brother, Albert, died of diphtheria.
Notes for CLARISSA COTEY:
Clarissa (sometimes called "Clarice"), was brought up in St. Thomas-de-Pierreville, Canada, a province of Quebec. She attended a convent school near her home. Clarice had an older sister, Mary, who was married to Antoine Arpin. Antoine had a twin brother named John Baptiste Arpin. When Clarice was 16, John Baptiste Arpin (age 32), came to see her and after a short courtship, proposed. They were married in 1859.
Clarice Cotey Arpin had 17 children. Many records say 16, but the last child, Marie Ellen died at birth, and perhaps was not added to the list of children. She had her first child when she was 18, and her last at age 44. Six died as infants, three died as children or young adults, and the remaining eight lived long lives.
Her father and mother and other members of the family (except for one sister who was married to Zoelle Turcotte, a merchant at St. Thomas-de-Pierreville, Canada) moved to Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. Clarice's great uncle Francis Biron, was already living near there.
In her later years, Clarice became blind and lived with her daughter, Georgiana Buckley in the big house at 840 1st St. North, next door to Daniel Arpin's house. She died one cold morning when her nightgown accidentally brushed across an electric wire heater and caught fire.
Children of JOHN ARPIN and CLARISSA COTEY are:
i. EMMA MARY8 ARPIN, b. 1860; d. 1860.
Notes for EMMA MARY ARPIN:
Emma lived only 13 days.
ii. GEORGE EUGENE ARPIN, b. July 24, 1861; d. February 07, 1862.
Notes for GEORGE EUGENE ARPIN:
George lived 5 1/2 months.
iii. DANIEL J ARPIN, b. October 17, 1862; d. February 20, 1951; m. ELLA HATHAWAY.
Notes for DANIEL J ARPIN:
Daniel and his wife Ella built a huge house at 820 1st St. North, in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. It was finished around 1901. In 1991 the house was purchased and beautifully restored by Joseph and Andrea Kreeger. Next door at 840 1st St. N. was the home of his Daniel Arpin's father, John Baptiste Arpin. It was built 1889. It later became Aunt Georgie's house. The Kreegers also bought this house and are renovating it also.
17. iv. EDMUND PHILIP ARPIN, b. April 04, 1864, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; d. November 13, 1937.
18. v. GEORGIANA ARPIN, b. July 26, 1865; d. December 17, 1959.
vi. ELVINA ARPIN, b. December 15, 1866; d. June 08, 1888.
Notes for ELVINA ARPIN:
Elvina Arpin died June 19, 1888, after a long illness with consumption. She was a beautiful young woman, age 21 years, six months and two days.
19. vii. MARY DELIA ARPIN, b. March 24, 1868; d. 1946.
viii. JOSEPH SEVERE ARPIN, b. October 30, 1869; d. April 17, 1871.
20. ix. JOSEPH ZOEL ARPIN, b. May 02, 1871; d. February 27, 1942.
21. x. ARSENE LOUIS ARPIN, b. August 04, 1872; d. September 16, 1962.
22. xi. JOHN BAPTISTE ARPIN, JR., b. February 26, 1874.
xii. ALBERT ARPIN, b. April 03, 1875; d. April 13, 1882.
Notes for ALBERT ARPIN:
In the winter of 1882, Albert Arpin (age 7) died of diphtheria.
23. xiii. ARTHUR M. ARPIN, b. 1876; d. 1971.
xiv. EMMA CLARISA ARPIN, b. March 03, 1878; d. June 14, 1900.
xv. ANNA CLARISA ARPIN, b. September 24, 1879; d. November 24, 1879.
xvi. FRANCES ARPIN, b. March 05, 1881; d. July 20, 1881.
xvii. MARIE ELLEN ARPIN, b. October 08, 1886; d. October 08, 1886.
Notes for MARIE ELLEN ARPIN:
Died the day she was born.
Generation 8
22. JOHN BAPTISTE8 ARPIN, JR. (JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born February 26, 1874. He married CHARLOTTE WIELAND, daughter of N. WIELAND.
Children of JOHN ARPIN and CHARLOTTE WIELAND are:
40. i. LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN, b. 1898; d. 1975.
41. ii. PAUL HENRY ARPIN, b. 1900.
iii. CARL ARPIN, b. 1902.
iv. FRANCIS ARPIN, b. 1904.
42. v. JULIAN ARPIN, b. 1906.
43. vi. CHARLOTTE ARPIN, b. 1908; d. 1983.
44. vii. JOHN B. ARPIN, III., b. 1910.
45. viii. DONALD ARPIN, b. 1912; d. 1977.
ix. MARY JANE ARPIN, b. 1914; d. 1939; m. MILTON STOCKER.
Generation 9
40. LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN (JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1898, and died 1975. He married HELEN Georgiana (NICK?) THAMAN. She was born 1898.
Children of LEON ARPIN and HELEN THAMAN are:
i. JOHN WILLIAM10 ARPIN, b. 1920; m. FLORENTINA BENSON; b. 1922.
ii. CHARLOTTE ARPIN, b. 1924; m. (1) ROBERT ORGAIN; m. (2) JAMES P. ARPIN.
Marriage Notes for CHARLOTTE ARPIN and ROBERT ORGAIN: Divorced in 1973.
iii. LEON GEORGE ARPIN, JR., b. 1926; m. SALLY KINNARD; b. 1927.
41. PAUL HENRY9 ARPIN (JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1900. He married FLORENCE WEEKS. She was born 1900.
Children of PAUL ARPIN and FLORENCE WEEKS are:
i. MARGARET10 ARPIN, b. 1920; m. (1) DON DYE; m. (2) LYNN YAWN.
Marriage Notes for MARGARET ARPIN and DON DYE:
After Don passed away, Margaret married Lynn Yawn.
ii. JAMES PAUL ARPIN, b. 1922; m. (1) ALICIA DALSTROM; d. 1971; m. (2) CHARLOTTE ARPIN.
iii. ROBERT J. ARPIN, b. 1931; m. BETTY JANE GRAY.
iv. POLLY ARPIN, b. 1934; m. LYNWOOD JACKSON, JR.; b. 1933.
Generation 10
40. i. JOHN WILLIAM ARPIN, 10 (LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN, (JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1898, and died 1975. He married Florentina Elizabeth Benson. She was born 1922.
Children of JOHN WILLIAM ARPIN and FLORENTINA ELIZABETH BENSON are:
i. PHILLIP JOHN ARPIN, b. 1945; m. DOROTHY (?), b. (?)
Marriage Notes for PHILLIP JOHN ARPIN and DOROTHY ARPIN: Divorced in 199(0)
ii. GARY NOEL ARPIN, b. 1946; m. HELEN LOIS MOORE, b. 1945
iii. LINDA ANN ARPIN, b. 1952, m. THOMAS SPITSNOGGLE, b. 195(?)
Marriage Notes for LINDA ANN ARPIN and THOMAS SPITSNOGGLE: Divorced in 199(0)
Generation 11
40. ii. GARY NOEL MICHAEL ARPIN, 11 (JOHN WILLIAM ARPIN, 10, LEON GEORGE9 ARPIN, JOHN BAPTISTE8, JOHN BAPTISTE7, MICHEL6, PIERRE5, PIERRE4, PIERRE3, HENRI EMERY [HERPIN]2, PIERRE JEAN [HERPIN]1) was born 1898, and died 1975. He married HELEN LOIS MOORE in 1968. She was born 1945, the daughter of JOSEPH W. MOORE, I, b. (1918?), and EDNA Lois BRENN, b. 1920(?).
Generation 12
Children of GARY NOEL MICHAEL ARPIN AND HELEN LOIS MOORE ARPIN are:
i. WILLIAM PATRICK ARPIN, b. 1971 d. 2008, m. (SWSRU). Marriage notes: WILLIAM and (SWSRU) were divorced in 2000(?). WILLIAM remarried PAMELA LYNN HILL (maiden name) in 2007. William Patrick died on November 17th 2008, at Arlington, TX.
ii. DANIEL PAUL ARPIN, b. 1976
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Obama is Leading us to Economic Failure!
I posted a rant on another site earlier this evening and really wanted to write some more about the way I feel...
Barack Obama is guiding us into the Socialist "Greek Model" of economic failure. Spend, borrow, spend, borrow, spend, borrow and repeat until failure. I honestly believe that Obama's Model for the New World Order includes bringing the USA to her knees in some sort of cosmic capitulation to his sickening socialist ethic.
Survival as a nation and Survival as an economic entity will require us, the USA, to spend less, reduce government size and intrusion, severely reduce our deficit and restore Governmental sanity.
We might even have to stop being Earth's Super Cop, retreat behind our borders, and defend them zealously against Extremist Terrorists who hate us because we have more than they do. We have the greatest, most powerful, advanced military on Earth -- they can and will keep us safe from harm.
Under Socialist Obama and our misled Democrat brothers and sisters our very Survival is in doubt. Obama has imminent American economic failure in his playbook -- On Purpose! That and playing Apologist to every third world loser failure that stumbles into his benevolent purview.
Obama and his pawn socialists have lost track of reality!
Constitutionalists are the Loyal Opposition! We believe that there are damned good reasons why we are the most powerful nation on the face of the planet -- and we decry Obama's propensity to apologize for two centuries of history...
Obama only represents the USA because he is our current President. The Constitution does not say we have to love him. Doesn't even say we've gotta like him! The Presidency is a transient position Obama. Loyal American citizens will prove that to you in November of 2012.
God Bless the United States of America -- the Land We Love…
Barack Obama is guiding us into the Socialist "Greek Model" of economic failure. Spend, borrow, spend, borrow, spend, borrow and repeat until failure. I honestly believe that Obama's Model for the New World Order includes bringing the USA to her knees in some sort of cosmic capitulation to his sickening socialist ethic.
Survival as a nation and Survival as an economic entity will require us, the USA, to spend less, reduce government size and intrusion, severely reduce our deficit and restore Governmental sanity.
We might even have to stop being Earth's Super Cop, retreat behind our borders, and defend them zealously against Extremist Terrorists who hate us because we have more than they do. We have the greatest, most powerful, advanced military on Earth -- they can and will keep us safe from harm.
Under Socialist Obama and our misled Democrat brothers and sisters our very Survival is in doubt. Obama has imminent American economic failure in his playbook -- On Purpose! That and playing Apologist to every third world loser failure that stumbles into his benevolent purview.
Obama and his pawn socialists have lost track of reality!
Constitutionalists are the Loyal Opposition! We believe that there are damned good reasons why we are the most powerful nation on the face of the planet -- and we decry Obama's propensity to apologize for two centuries of history...
Obama only represents the USA because he is our current President. The Constitution does not say we have to love him. Doesn't even say we've gotta like him! The Presidency is a transient position Obama. Loyal American citizens will prove that to you in November of 2012.
God Bless the United States of America -- the Land We Love…
Friday, April 23, 2010
Shoe Bomber: Judge's Comments on sentencing Richard Reid...
The notorious Shoe Bomber got tried and sentenced back in January of 2003. A friend just emailed me the text of the Judge's Sentencing Commentary.
I was so startled that I'd never heard this dialogue, that I checked it out on Snopes and other Urban Legend sites. It's fact!
Why is it that the Socialist Liberal Media Establishment did not report this exceptional American's opinion more widely.
If by Posting this here, I can get one more American to read it, my effort will be rewarded...
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Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court.
Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say. His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his 'allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,' defiantly stating, 'I think I will not apologize for my actions,' and told the court 'I am at war with your country.'
Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:
(January 30, 2003, United States vs. Reid)
Judge Young: 'Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.
On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 an d 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (ED: That's 80 years.)
On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 that's an aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.
The Court imposes upon you an $800 special assessment. The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further.
This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.
Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not----- you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and the TV crews were, and he said: 'You're no big deal.'
You are no big deal.
What your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing? And, I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom.
It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.
We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure.
Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America , the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America.
That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. And it always will…
Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
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This Judge knows what it means to think like an American -- unlike B. Hussein Obama, a proven Marxist Socialist with definite Leninist leanings. Obama was not raised in this country where Freedom is often taken for granted. Obama is the child of Marxist Socialists, raised in those opinions and given a questionable formative education in a third world country.
Obama does not think like us! He does not believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights.
Obama would probably call reading this Judge's Opinion "...A Burden..."
We must defeat Obama the Apologist... Anybody but Obama in 2012!
God Bless the United States of America... Defeat Marxist Socialists..
I was so startled that I'd never heard this dialogue, that I checked it out on Snopes and other Urban Legend sites. It's fact!
Why is it that the Socialist Liberal Media Establishment did not report this exceptional American's opinion more widely.
If by Posting this here, I can get one more American to read it, my effort will be rewarded...
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Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court.
Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say. His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his 'allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,' defiantly stating, 'I think I will not apologize for my actions,' and told the court 'I am at war with your country.'
Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:
(January 30, 2003, United States vs. Reid)
Judge Young: 'Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.
On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 an d 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (ED: That's 80 years.)
On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 that's an aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.
The Court imposes upon you an $800 special assessment. The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further.
This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.
Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not----- you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and the TV crews were, and he said: 'You're no big deal.'
You are no big deal.
What your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing? And, I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom.
It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.
We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure.
Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America , the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America.
That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. And it always will…
Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
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This Judge knows what it means to think like an American -- unlike B. Hussein Obama, a proven Marxist Socialist with definite Leninist leanings. Obama was not raised in this country where Freedom is often taken for granted. Obama is the child of Marxist Socialists, raised in those opinions and given a questionable formative education in a third world country.
Obama does not think like us! He does not believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights.
Obama would probably call reading this Judge's Opinion "...A Burden..."
We must defeat Obama the Apologist... Anybody but Obama in 2012!
God Bless the United States of America... Defeat Marxist Socialists..
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Here's a quote from Nasty Pelosi, the Wicked Witch of the West talking (of course)about passing Obama's Health Care Debacle:
"You go through the gate. If the gate's closed, you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we'll pole-vault in. If that doesn't work, we'll parachute in."
Apparently she said this some time last week, and repeated it again this week. Do you get the idea that She (at least) is obsessed with this?
She sounds a heck of a lot more like a common burgler than anything else. She sure doesn't sound like any reasonable person I know... What is it about Pelosi and Democrats -- are they incapable of understanding "No!"
"You go through the gate. If the gate's closed, you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we'll pole-vault in. If that doesn't work, we'll parachute in."
Apparently she said this some time last week, and repeated it again this week. Do you get the idea that She (at least) is obsessed with this?
She sounds a heck of a lot more like a common burgler than anything else. She sure doesn't sound like any reasonable person I know... What is it about Pelosi and Democrats -- are they incapable of understanding "No!"
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Write Your Reps and Senators!
"Congressman Mike Ross" ,
Mike Ross is my Congressman here in SW Arkansas...
Mike's a pretty good guy and a Blue Dog Democrat -- here's what I sent him tonight on Obama's Health Care Debacle...
Mike:
I doubt that your people keep track of constituent email. I say this while considering the quality and pertinence of the answers I've received from you over the last year.
Mike: Sincerely now -- Arkansans deserve more than another mindless 'capitulation' vote for whatever cobbed-up piece of crap the Wicked Witch of the West presents for the House to vote on. Obama is just plain out of line, out of touch, and an Anti-American Uber Liberal Socialist to Boot.
Mike: 62% of Americans and way, way more than a simple majority of Arkansans think this is really bad legislation. We don't want it Mike!
Some of my greatest friends are yella dogs Mike, and they are telling me they are going to vote against Mike Ross.
Mike there is no need for an Omnibus Bill -- there is only need for continual improvement, which we can satisfy with PERTINENT SPECIFIC legislation that meets America's needs, One Issue At A Time!!!
Due to the poor quality and aforementioned pertinence of your previous replys Mike, I'm convinced that this has been simply another half-hour wasted on a political process being forced on us by an evil person who only wants to write his name in history's Socialist commentary.
You've gotta defeat this bill Mike. Your people do not want it.
America can do better!
Gary and Helen Arpin
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De Queen AR 71832
Mike Ross is my Congressman here in SW Arkansas...
Mike's a pretty good guy and a Blue Dog Democrat -- here's what I sent him tonight on Obama's Health Care Debacle...
Mike:
I doubt that your people keep track of constituent email. I say this while considering the quality and pertinence of the answers I've received from you over the last year.
Mike: Sincerely now -- Arkansans deserve more than another mindless 'capitulation' vote for whatever cobbed-up piece of crap the Wicked Witch of the West presents for the House to vote on. Obama is just plain out of line, out of touch, and an Anti-American Uber Liberal Socialist to Boot.
Mike: 62% of Americans and way, way more than a simple majority of Arkansans think this is really bad legislation. We don't want it Mike!
Some of my greatest friends are yella dogs Mike, and they are telling me they are going to vote against Mike Ross.
Mike there is no need for an Omnibus Bill -- there is only need for continual improvement, which we can satisfy with PERTINENT SPECIFIC legislation that meets America's needs, One Issue At A Time!!!
Due to the poor quality and aforementioned pertinence of your previous replys Mike, I'm convinced that this has been simply another half-hour wasted on a political process being forced on us by an evil person who only wants to write his name in history's Socialist commentary.
You've gotta defeat this bill Mike. Your people do not want it.
America can do better!
Gary and Helen Arpin
...................
De Queen AR 71832
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Fishing Story...
Obama needed to relax, so he called Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and invites them to go fishing…
They all pile aboard one of Pelosi’s husbands’ yachts, and cruise out into the Gulf Stream, looking for some big swordfish…
Obama gets the first strike – and by golly it’s that huge Great White shark that’s been decimating fishermen along the east coast for a decade…
The Great White does his thing, and sinks the boat.
Who did God save?
(drum roll heard here)
The United States of America!
They all pile aboard one of Pelosi’s husbands’ yachts, and cruise out into the Gulf Stream, looking for some big swordfish…
Obama gets the first strike – and by golly it’s that huge Great White shark that’s been decimating fishermen along the east coast for a decade…
The Great White does his thing, and sinks the boat.
Who did God save?
(drum roll heard here)
The United States of America!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Text of a letter sent to the New York Times in the Spring of 2009.
The author has stated that the letter was never published nor acknowledged by the NYT.
May of '09, Lou Pritchett, Ex VP of Procter & Gamble, Retired in 1989.
Dear President Obama,
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and "class", always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals that wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the "blame America" crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer "wind mills" to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal, and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have begun to use "extortion" tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys, and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term, I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
(From Gary: I checked this out on Snopes -- here's the URL http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp
Snopes says it's from who it says it's from. and that the Author acknowledged writing it and really was VP at P&G. I blogged this last spring in a prior rant. A New York friend sent me a copy today, and it stands up just as well as it did last spring.)
The author has stated that the letter was never published nor acknowledged by the NYT.
May of '09, Lou Pritchett, Ex VP of Procter & Gamble, Retired in 1989.
Dear President Obama,
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and "class", always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals that wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the "blame America" crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer "wind mills" to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal, and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have begun to use "extortion" tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys, and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term, I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
(From Gary: I checked this out on Snopes -- here's the URL http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp
Snopes says it's from who it says it's from. and that the Author acknowledged writing it and really was VP at P&G. I blogged this last spring in a prior rant. A New York friend sent me a copy today, and it stands up just as well as it did last spring.)
Friday, February 26, 2010
"Our time is now. If we carry the day and turn the tide, we can hope that as long as men speak of freedom and those who have protected it, they will remember us, and they will say, 'Here were the brave and here their place of honor.'" Ronald Reagan
Obama's "Health Care Summit" is history. Typically the leftist uber liberal media says that Obama came out on top and the right says the Republicans did the same.
Obama, the Magnificent, the Annointed one totally topped all previous performances in terms of Arrogance, Hubris and just downright rudeness. At least one Brit news outlet opined that Obama might deserve some sort of Academy Award -- had the entire mess not been so boring.
Question is: What exactly was accomplished? Well – not a hell of a lot!
The Republicans came out of it looking reasonable. Obama’s arrogant disdain glistened through his sarcastic rhetoric and by gosh Rude commentary.
A couple of sources indicated that Obama and the Democrats spoke for more than 230 minutes while the Republicans at the event were allowed to speak for only about 114 minutes. Of course the Great One (The Anointed One, the Obama) justified his own involvement with: 'I don't count my time because I'm the President'...
That was tacky, arrogant, crude and just plain despicable. My Momma woulda’ said: “Consider the Source Son…”
Now we await Congress. Will Obama really attempt reconciliation? We’ll find out together…
Obama is bound and determined to split the United States of America apart…
Our time is now.
Obama's "Health Care Summit" is history. Typically the leftist uber liberal media says that Obama came out on top and the right says the Republicans did the same.
Obama, the Magnificent, the Annointed one totally topped all previous performances in terms of Arrogance, Hubris and just downright rudeness. At least one Brit news outlet opined that Obama might deserve some sort of Academy Award -- had the entire mess not been so boring.
Question is: What exactly was accomplished? Well – not a hell of a lot!
The Republicans came out of it looking reasonable. Obama’s arrogant disdain glistened through his sarcastic rhetoric and by gosh Rude commentary.
A couple of sources indicated that Obama and the Democrats spoke for more than 230 minutes while the Republicans at the event were allowed to speak for only about 114 minutes. Of course the Great One (The Anointed One, the Obama) justified his own involvement with: 'I don't count my time because I'm the President'...
That was tacky, arrogant, crude and just plain despicable. My Momma woulda’ said: “Consider the Source Son…”
Now we await Congress. Will Obama really attempt reconciliation? We’ll find out together…
Obama is bound and determined to split the United States of America apart…
Our time is now.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
I don't know when the revelation hit me -- that I really love this Country! I think the first inklings surfaced back in the late '60s when I was in the service.
I remember listening to acquaintances trashing our President(s) of the time (Johnson, then Nixon). And they would immediately equate that with their current hatred for the United States of America. I remember on occasion saying “Wait a minute… Don’t you really mean you dislike Johnson” (or Nixon) whoever they were railing about – “…don’t you mean you hate what the current policy about” (Pick a Policy and fill in the blank) “Is” or “was”…
Late ‘60s, early ‘70s they’d inevitably toke, pass the joint and say – “Na Mannnnn! It’s the Country, It’s the fuckin’ Establishment Mannnnn! It’s the U S A!”
Point: There was a lot of that running around back then, anarchists, people who thought everything should be free. Folks that didn’t have a job, didn’t want one and expected everything for nothing. That’s when I first heard “The best things in life are free – when you rip them off The Boo Zhwaw Zee…” (Francophiles please forgive -- bourgeois).
Barack Obama would have been ten or so at the time… And of course, as we know he was registered in a Catholic School in Indonesia until about 1970 (+-). Point here? Well little Barry was not raised like Abe or Grover, Ike or Jack, Dick, Jimmy etcetera.
Obama was not raised in an environment where kids were routinely taught that they lived in the Greatest Nation on the face of the Planet! Barry didn’t know that when the National Anthem was played you placed your right hand over your heart and listened reverently.
Little Barry’s formative years were spent in Indonesia. He does not think like an American.
I’m not a Birther – Obama’s creds are the Supreme Court’s problem, not mine. I don’t give a damn – he’s the President, so just Cowboy up, accept the fact, and drive this Anti American Marxist Socialist back to Chicago where he can help his ACORN buddies strain the ashes of their latest defeat.
Folks at the office used to say “Hey Arp, what do you Really Think?”
Well, if I ever update this space again, maybe I’ll let everybody in on my thought processes! “Bucket of Worms” ring a bell?
I remember listening to acquaintances trashing our President(s) of the time (Johnson, then Nixon). And they would immediately equate that with their current hatred for the United States of America. I remember on occasion saying “Wait a minute… Don’t you really mean you dislike Johnson” (or Nixon) whoever they were railing about – “…don’t you mean you hate what the current policy about” (Pick a Policy and fill in the blank) “Is” or “was”…
Late ‘60s, early ‘70s they’d inevitably toke, pass the joint and say – “Na Mannnnn! It’s the Country, It’s the fuckin’ Establishment Mannnnn! It’s the U S A!”
Point: There was a lot of that running around back then, anarchists, people who thought everything should be free. Folks that didn’t have a job, didn’t want one and expected everything for nothing. That’s when I first heard “The best things in life are free – when you rip them off The Boo Zhwaw Zee…” (Francophiles please forgive -- bourgeois).
Barack Obama would have been ten or so at the time… And of course, as we know he was registered in a Catholic School in Indonesia until about 1970 (+-). Point here? Well little Barry was not raised like Abe or Grover, Ike or Jack, Dick, Jimmy etcetera.
Obama was not raised in an environment where kids were routinely taught that they lived in the Greatest Nation on the face of the Planet! Barry didn’t know that when the National Anthem was played you placed your right hand over your heart and listened reverently.
Little Barry’s formative years were spent in Indonesia. He does not think like an American.
I’m not a Birther – Obama’s creds are the Supreme Court’s problem, not mine. I don’t give a damn – he’s the President, so just Cowboy up, accept the fact, and drive this Anti American Marxist Socialist back to Chicago where he can help his ACORN buddies strain the ashes of their latest defeat.
Folks at the office used to say “Hey Arp, what do you Really Think?”
Well, if I ever update this space again, maybe I’ll let everybody in on my thought processes! “Bucket of Worms” ring a bell?
Monday, February 15, 2010
We live in the Greatest Country on the Planet!
We (Americans) are privileged to live in the greatest country on the face of Mother Earth. (To date, it's the best darned planet man owns.)
If I was Obama, I'd probably add "Now help me change it!" He said something similar to that in a campaign speech (at least once), 2008. Obama is quite one of the most duplicitous persons to ever hold a high level elective office in the United States of America. My friend SeminoleSteve might say something different. He is wise.
Regardless, Obama is an amazing human being -- by any standard.
But, right now, y'know -- we don't need amazing. We need a leader -- One of which we are most certainly, currently, lacking.
If I was Obama, I'd probably add "Now help me change it!" He said something similar to that in a campaign speech (at least once), 2008. Obama is quite one of the most duplicitous persons to ever hold a high level elective office in the United States of America. My friend SeminoleSteve might say something different. He is wise.
Regardless, Obama is an amazing human being -- by any standard.
But, right now, y'know -- we don't need amazing. We need a leader -- One of which we are most certainly, currently, lacking.
Friday, February 12, 2010
I vaguely recall going through the setup for this blog account back in the spring of '08... (Immediately forgot it was there)
Our lives (Helen's, mine) have changed so much since then that I'll probably have to invest some actual thought in order to decide what I really want to do when(if) I finally grow up...
I just bumped into this blog tonight -- thanks mostly to the birth of Google's "Buzz"...
Fascinating -- this Web that Al Gore and I have been privileged to watch the birth of... (I think 'of' is a preposition, right? -- therefore I just ended a sentence with a preposition!) (Is there a fine for that?) (Another thing -- I gotta figger out if this thing has a spell checker...)
Our lives (Helen's, mine) have changed so much since then that I'll probably have to invest some actual thought in order to decide what I really want to do when(if) I finally grow up...
I just bumped into this blog tonight -- thanks mostly to the birth of Google's "Buzz"...
Fascinating -- this Web that Al Gore and I have been privileged to watch the birth of... (I think 'of' is a preposition, right? -- therefore I just ended a sentence with a preposition!) (Is there a fine for that?) (Another thing -- I gotta figger out if this thing has a spell checker...)
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