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The fine folks at Blogger were able to retrieve all of the files that I deleted the other day accidentally but since we've already set up shop on our own server we're just going to stay there. However, this Blog will remain up as a archive.

The new URL for Bleeding Right is http://bleedingright.antidoterecords.net.

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Yeah, I know that there are tons of people out there who feel that one can't be a Conservative and, at the same time, a "punk". Well, tell that to members of The Ramones, or Bobby Steele of the Misfits, or The Vandals ... or ME. But we're not going to get into that whole "oxymoron" debate again here. No ... instead, this posting deals with something thats near and dear to my heart.

THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN GBGB'S! Granted, NYC is now practically another Disneyland but shutting down this classic ... historical ... rock club amounts to sacrilege as far as I'm concerned. This place was the spawning ground for many influential and classic Punk, New Wave, and Rock acts throughout its decades-long history. Bands like Blondie, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Television ... just to name a few. Hell, a couple of my own bands played there as well. Frankly, instead of being shut down it should be preserved as a landmark.

Many are the Sunday afternoons that I can remember back in the 80's and early 90's that my friends and I would spend at the Hardcore Mattinees. Many are the fond memories associated with that club and the whole atmosphere/ambience about it. Who cares if the bathrooms never really worked properly or that there were no doors on the stalls? CBGB's always had the BEST sound of any club in NYC as well.

There is something that you can (and should) do to try to prevent this disregard for history, though. First of all, stop by the Save CBGB's website and read all about the details and background behind this development. Stay current ... and DO SOMETHING to help.

It's great that, for the most part, you can now walk around the Big Apple without worrying about being mugged and the streets are cleaner ... and Times Square has gone from porn-hell to Disney-approved ... but does this cleanup have to mean the end of every "cool" club in town? I think not ...

WWW.SAVECBGB.ORG

Seems like the Brits are having second thoughts about being so free with their immigration standards after realizing that the TERRORISTS were (for the most part) British citizens. Might be a good time to get a little rougher with those extremists openly preaching pro-terror tactics, don't you think?

So far, from what he says, it looks like Tony Blair is serious about getting tough on these TERRORISTS ... but we'll see what the outcome is. Frankly, I've heard George W. Bush talking about getting tough on terror ... but, as much as I love the president, I honestly haven't seen him get REALLY tough. Talk is one thing ... but let's see some action, man!

It's long overdue that we stop worrying about what the ACLU and other similar crybabies think and go after the terrorists with guns fully blazing. Is that too extreme? I think not. They're hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan and it's hard to get to them? To HELL with that ... let's put some bunker-busters to use, shall we? If that doesn't work ... there's always the nuke option. Look ... how many of our own soldiers have to die just because we want to remain politically correct and sensitive?

A pocket of terrorists hiding in a Mosque and shooting at us from within? Time to call out the heavy artillery and not worry about chipping some paint off of this holy structure. I'm seriously sick to my stomach when I hear of some more casualties that could have been averted courtesy of TOUGH tactics on our part. Why are we fighting these bastards with kid gloves????

And what about the detainees at Gitmo and else where? Do we keep feeding rice pilaf and providing them with prayer books ... making sure that their cells are temperature controlled and that there's no loud blaring music offending them???? Or do we get TOUGH? Why would they talk if they knew that we will NOT get really tough on them?

Yes, I know ... I know ... I'm a war monger. But that's just not true. I just want to see an end to this conflict and, the way I see it, the terrorists KNOW that we won't really be tough on them. Why? Because we don't want to be seen as "mosters" by the rest of the world (and some within).

Sorry ... it's one of those days. Let the flames begin!

I can't stand polls. I don't believe in polls. Who's getting polled, anyway? I've never been polled or surveyed by anyone. What kind of people are being targetted by the pollsters? Who knows? Not to mention how many polls end up predicting the wrong results (hello Zogby!). However, it seems like a large chunk of the country make their decisions based on polling data so I thought they'd find this tidbit interesting:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., would do better than Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., against potential 2008 Republican presidential rivals John McCain and Rudolph Giuliani -- but would still lose, a Gallup Poll showed Wednesday.

Both McCain, a senator from Arizona who challenged then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush for the Republican nomination in 2000, and Giuliani, mayor of New York City during the Sept. 11 attacks, would beat Clinton in the trial matchup 50 percent to 45 percent, the poll showed.

Either of the two Republicans would beat Kerry 54 percent to 41 percent. In the presidential election on Nov. 2, Bush beat Kerry 51 percent to 48 percent.

Interesting, to say the least. If you'd like to read the rest of this story (from the San Francisco Chronicle) click here.

Are we to be guided by this revelation? I think not. However, it does go to show that the Dems truly are in trouble and that the country, as a whole, is still behind Bush in a big way ... no matter what your fave TV news anchor (or Liberal blogger) might say.

Remember all of the hoopla and sore-loser inspired accusations of voter fraud running rampant during the 2004 elections? I remember it ... very well. If you listened to the Pollsters (like that Zogby buffoon), broadcast media talking heads, or just the "average Joes" on the street it was inevitable that John Kerry was going to win. The country was sick and tired of Bush and Rumsfeld and Condi and ... well, let's just say that they thought America wanted a change. Guess what? What America wanted was a leader that would do his damnedest to protect our country and its citizens from terror and from the Lefties who would "globalize" this great land of ours. What America wanted and voted in record numbers for ... was a George W. Bush second term.

The election results baffled the Left so much that of course there HAD TO BE some shenanigans going on to have given the election to Bush. Right? Hahah ... they couldn't have been more wrong. However, the voter fraud accusations and allegations continue to this day.

Anyway, The American Center For Voting Rights has been looking into these allegations and look at part of what they've found:

ACVR Legislative Fund further found that, despite their heated rhetoric, paid Democrat operatives were far more involved in voter intimidation and suppression activities than were their Republican counterparts during the 2004 presidential election. Whether it was slashing tires on GOP get-out-the-vote vans in Milwaukee or court orders stopping the DNC from intimidating Republican volunteers in Florida, the evidence presented in this report shows that paid Democrat operatives were responsible for using the same tactics in 2004 that they routinely accuse Republicans of engaging in.

Hmmmm ... interesting, isn't it? You can read the rest of this report here. I would also suggest that you regulars would pass this on to your Leftie friends (or foes) for a good chuckle ... at their own expense, of course.

100% true story:

A few years back I was working for a lighting/staging and event production company. We were setting up the stage for a certain someone's press conference at Ellis Island (you know ... Statue of Liberty) and all of us were getting very frustrated by the politician whom this was all for.

It was a very sunny day and pretty damned hot as well ... the sun was bright and there really wasn't all that much shade to work with. Regardless, the politician wanted the podium to be in a shady spot. Makes sense, right? But this person had us assemble and move this massive stage a total of 4 times before it was deemed worthy. Keep in mind that we were on a schedule and each set up took a good 45 minutes to an hour ... with the break-down taking slightly less time. Additionally, we were all getting reamed for not being on schedule. We WERE on schedule! Problem was that the politician-du-jour kept making us move the damned thing.

Prior to our company taking on any jobs there was always a contract specifying where everything would be set up ... so it was obvious that we were sticking to our end of the deal. But it seemed like there would be no pleasing this shady pain in the butt.

Finally, we reached a spot that was deemed acceptable ... but during her speech Hillary Clinton had an assistant holding an umbrella over her head to keep the sun from singing her face.

Hold on ... maybe there's some vampirism going on here? The Lefties are vampires that are sucking the life out of America as we know (and love) it? I think I might be on to something. This requires further investigation.

Been working most of the night/early morning with the TV on in the background (as usual) and something that I've been hearing on the news shows (even Fox) is getting under my skin.

They're talking up whether the Vatican might be the next big target for a terror attack. They go on to detail how many visitors the place gets and how much wealth is there ... how it's probably the biggest symbol of Christianity in the world, akin to the Muslims' Mecca ...yadda-yadda-yadda.

Is this really necessary? Must they be chatting this up all over the airwaves? God knows that if some wacko with 72 virgins on his mind hadn't thought of the Vatican before ... he sure does now! I call this irresponsible journalism. What? Slow news day that we have to start giving miscellaneous nutjobs ideas???

Forgive me if I'm jumping the gun here or just ranting but it's late ... or early ... and I'm feeling antsy. I just had to get on and make a note of that.

Have a nice day.

Well, what can be said of the Liberal mind and their perceptions/distortions of reality? It's obvious that each of us (no matter where his/her mind resides, politically) are entitled to our own opinions but sometimes I just read something (or hear it) from the Liberal point of view and it just ... I don't know ... it makes me wonder if the writer (or speaker) wasn't dropped on his/her head as an infant. Better yet ... alien abduction?

Take, for example, this selection from Fables of the Reconstruction ... an obvioulsy Leftie Blog:

Conservative Blog Taxonomy

A selection:

1. Instapundit - Calling Glenn Reynolds intellectually lazy would be to praise him. He doesn't write, he grunts. Has gained prominence by posting a lot and never making his audience think; has done those things by never thinking too much himself. Never met a Democrat he couldn't casually accuse of treason.

2. Michelle Malkin - Far-right affirmative action hire who is so bigoted she'd arrest herself for trying to cross a border. Famously published a book praising internment of Japanese-Americans that was (a) incoherent and (b) probably not written by her. If she didn't have tits, she'd be stuck writing at Townhall.com.

3. Powerline - Bilious Minnesotans led by someone who nicknamed himself "Hindrocket." Talk about being manly in that protests-too-much way.

4. Little Green Footballs - If LGF didn't exist, Dave Neiwert would have to invent it. Heady stuff for young rightwingers, like the Völkischer Beobachter was in the good old days. Site gives off a strong scent of roast pork.

5. Captain's Quarters - Every so often on the subway, I find these screeds written in colored marker, in which the printing goes from edge to edge on the paper, often with words cut off in random spots at the end of the line and continued on the next. I am told that this style of writing is common among very delusional people. Ed Morrissey has the benefit of blogging software that paginates the words for him. He will deliver pages on any subject at all, always proving in his mind the perfidy of liberals and always making absolutely no sense. I bet Ed makes even other far-righters nervous.

6. Volokh Conspiracy - Doctrinaire right-wing lawyers who intellectualize and ward off reality, interspersed with flashes of viciousness. Fortunately, Volokh is so tone-deaf he has already excluded himself from the judgeship he obviously desires - he's described himself as a "law and order conservative" (code for putting blacks in jail) and praised torturing prisoners before executing them.

7. Hugh Hewitt - Death to Muslims! Death to Muslims! Death to Muslims! It goes on like that.

8. Dean's World - Dean Esmay is popular among right-wingers as one of those centrists who just happen to hate liberals and Democrats. A proud dry drunk, he works out his unresolved childhood issues of being raised in a union household by writing about his crackpot theories on HIV/AIDS, feminism, and capitalism.

9. Buzzmachine - A man with a face for radio, Jeff Jarvis has used his "credentials" as a television critic for TV Guide to get himself tapped by cable news as the "blog guy." Like TV news, Buzzmachine lurches from outrage to self-righteousness to the furious riding of several creaky hobbyhorses. Like TV pundits, Jarvis comes up with meaningless catchphrases that he repeats endlessly ("News is a conversation" being the most vapid) and poses as another neutral observer who just happens to hate liberals and Democrats. And like TV generally, Jarvis' presentation of any given issue is shallow and knee-jerk, and only really exists to promote the product, in this case, Jarvis. Caution: name-dropping zone.

10. RedState - Formerly known pseudonymously as Tacitus, formerly considered by some liberals as a reasonable conservative, Josh Trevino found that neither was conducive to promotion in Republican circles, so he dumped the name and his former site and founded RedState. Democrats or liberals are both banned and regularly accused of treason; Muslims are presumed dangerous. Darfur is an especially favorite topic, because it both shows Islam in a bad light and has the advantage of not having to actually do anything.

Glenn Reynolds never makes his audience think? Michelle Malkin is a bigot? Ed Morrissey is delusional? Hugh Hewitt just want to kill Muslims??? It's a good thing that the Libs are so tolerant of other people's opinons, right? Sometimes I consider thinking that Freedom of Speech is a bit TOO free ...

So, as expected, the Looney Lefties are jumping all over Bolton and Bush because of this recess appointment. It's an "outrage", "abuse of power", "un American", "total disregard for the Constitution" ... yadda-yadda-yadda. Funny, but it seems that not so long ago Ted Kennedy was humming a different recess appointment tune. Remember, Ted?

"I have long urged recess appointments to break this logjam - this irresponsible, unconstitutional Republican leadership position which fails to give people their due and fails to meet the constitutional standard.

That was what Kennedy said regarding Bill Lan Lee's pending appointment to the Department of Justice during the Clinton years. Now here's what he's saying about Bolton's recess action:

"a devious maneuver that evades the constitutional requirement of Senate consent".

Ted ... go easy on the hard stuff, will ya? Maybe it's time for a Shirley Temple instead.

... and we sure CAN use a bulldog there to put the bite on corruption, stupidity, and (overall) an organization which has, over time, grown irrelevant and useless ... sometimes downright CRIMINAL. Can you say "Oil for Food"? Anyway, here's the story straight from Forbes.com:

Bush Appoints John Bolton As U.S. Ambassador To UN
Chris Noon, 08.01.05, 1:20 PM ET

Nota bene, United Nations members: John Bolton doesn't do carrots on sticks--but he is able to administer a dose of "tough love," according to his supporters.

For President George W. Bush has appointed the uncompromising Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, claiming that Democrats' "shameful delaying tactics" had forced him to bypass Congress. Under the terms of the controversial "recess appointment," Bolton--a quondam critic of the UN--will serve at the organization until January 2007.

"This post is too important to leave vacant any longer," opined President Bush, citing Bolton's extensive experience in foreign affairs. The White House had been anxious to install a UN representative before the September opening of the General Assembly. Accepting the role, Bolton said one of his aims was to re-sculpt the UN into a "stronger, more effective organization, true to the ideals of its founders."

Moustachioed Bolton has both his admirers and detractors: Few doubt Bolton is incredibly hard-working and intelligent, even if the Yale University-educated lawyer has a history of putting noses out of joint. Groups opposing his nomination call attention to footage of Bolton saying that there is "no such thing" as the UN and claiming the U.S. to be the globe's "only real power." He has also been strongly critical of countries like North Korea and Iran.

One supporter was quoted in published reports as saying that Bolton could offer "a dose of tough love, to an organization very much in need of it."

Didn't take too long for the Dems to bitch and moan ... as expected. Want to see some evidence of this? Just log on to any Left-leaning news site or blog ... or any News show on TV. Let the games begin ...

Seems like the more I watch the news and read newspapers and blogs, the more disgusted I become with certain people. I remember while growing up and going to school how we used to have to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day out in the schoolyard before classes started. Every day. If it was raining we'd do it in the auditorium. Back then no one was really talking about removing "under God" from the Pledge ... no one was chastised for showing his Patriotism and Nationalism. People were proud to be proud of their country.

Nowadays it seems like any time that you show your love for your country you are looked upon by those on the Left (and beyond) as a fascist or war-monger. Somehow they see it as un-American to be pro-American. What in the Hell is wrong with showing pride? With loving your country? Sure, everyone wore flag lapel pins and displayed flags proudly on the days following 9-11 ... but that has changed. Big-time!

America is full of people who HATE the country they live in. They're striving (and hoping) for a day when we become one with the Europeans. When our major decisions are decided not by our leaders but by a group of nations (the United Nations?). When everyone and anyone can freely come into this country and rape it for their own benefit. That, my friends, is the day when I either move to my own private island ... or put muzzle to temple. Know what I mean? THAT is not the America that my great-grandparents emigrated to. The America that I love.

Thankfully, this past election proved that there are still plenty of us around who will try their damnedest (or die doing so) to make sure that Worldmerica NEVER comes to be. That is ... unless we get lazy. And, yes, there are some lazy ones amongst us. We can NEVER give up or get too comfortable in our majority. No, sir. That's just an invite for the Left (and the French?) to come on in and take over the reigns.

So I will NEVER let up. I will never succumb to the whims and whines of the Left. I will continue to speak my mind and show my PRIDE. My pride in being an AMERICAN.

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside,
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees,
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers' God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.

... and no, I'm not some religious NUT. Haven't been to Church in a very long time. Just a regular NUT who's sick and tired of all the anti-American rhetoric being spewed by so-called Americans themselves.