Rocky Davis

Unbelievable . . . via the wonders of the Internet, that man was like my brother.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/25/former-cbs-reporter-explains-how-the-liberal-media-protects-obama/ Great read!

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/09/gender-inclusive-school-district-says-drop-boys-and-girls-call-kids-purple/

Yep - but the African-American community doesn't always operate with logic at the forefront of the brain. Lots of times, it is illogical anger and resentment that shows its ugly head from them and, once illogical anger and resentment are there, it's damn near impossible to deal with in any sort of mature, intelligent way.

Thank you! That's it!

My browser will not allow me to cut and paste here (I don't know why). The link was to a Dartmouth history document called "Media Misrepresentations of the LA Riot from a Korean-American Perspective" by Carolyn Lee. It deals with the Korean community being specifically targeted by the Black community.

They have good reason to be fearful. If you remember the Rodney King riots, non-Black businesses in the predominantly Black area of town (including LOTS of Korean and Asian-owned businesses, convenience stores, etc.) were specifically targeted by rioters because (supposedly) they sucked up the local money from the Black community and spent it in their own Korean or Asian area of town. They were portrayed as "exploiting the locals - always taking from them and never giving anything back."

Actually, the REAL burning question in Ferguson is this one: Locals have said numerous times that if policeman Darren Wilson is not indicted AND convicted, Ferguson will burn (can you say "Lynchmob Mentality?"). Will it REALLY burn?

I have a question. I studied "Market Garden" many years ago, but don't remember it very well anymore. IIRC, the Allied timeline of events was so tight that anything that didn't go nearly exactly according to the projected event schedule could throw the entire operation into the crapper nearly immediately. So, if resistance was heavier than expected and took longer to clear, or if resistance appeared unexpectedly, it threw the timeline of the entire operation off, is that correct? Is so, the schedule/timeline was the Achilles Heel of "Market Garden." On a similar note, I do remember all of those years of practicing defending against the imaginary Warsaw Pact steamroller across Germany - destined for the Atlantic Ocean and it (the WP attack) was a carefully scripted event and had a strict timeline. If its leading units faced hard resistance along the way, they were to bypass them and leave 2nd and 3rd echelon units to deal with those bypassed pockets of resistance so that the 1st echelon could continue advancing quickly its steamroller mode. I also remember that the rolling artillery barrage for such an attack by WP forces was also on a strict timeline, so that if the resistance held up the attacking echelon, the rolling barrage would soon out-distance itself from the maneuver forces, thereby rendering somewhat ineffective. Please correct me if I am off-target.

Santa Anna lost a great portion of his army on his winter forced march from southern Mexico to San Antonio - due to frostbite, disease and being attacked by Indians along the way. But, he still had several thousand by the time he got there.

Paul I'm glad that something exists that can sober you up. It's obvious you can't seem to do it on your own. Tomas - thank you for the very moving photos. I've also seen them on Facebook where you posted them - great pics.

Yep - it's that time of year again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7F3r7dWpV0

Just for you, Richard: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/brag-bowling-by-resupplying-ft-sumter-did-lincoln-purposely-provoke-war/2011/04/07/AFFfoqLD_blog.html

Not held up on court, Tony. Not even brought up in court, Tony. Settled at the point of a bayonet. I would have to add, Tony, that not even the most professional Legal Beagles have ever tried your approach on Constitutional Law . . . maybe for good reason . . . they are the Pros and you and I are not. Your "extending" and "interpretation" of the Constitution is a stretch. Mine is not - nothing written pro or con (that's my position - the legal position). Until something is specifically prohibited by law, it is legal. Secession was not specifically outlawed or admitted as law ever - still is not, regardless of White vs. Texas which MOST law students are taught was a totally personal opinion very vaguely derived from one court case not even directly trying to decide on the Constitutional legality or illegality of secession. In short, a state can still secede because it is still not Constitutionally prohibited from doing so. BUT, said seceding state has been shown that if its citizens and government decide to secede, the full might of the US military will pound them into submission not unlike the world governments that the US lambasted for doing the same ( the USSR, Germany etc.). But the US will always be right in pounding their so-called "enemies" and the US will always be right in verbally or economically pounding those other nations that do the same (as the US) to smaller dominions in their own part of the world. And those other non-US nations that do the pounding (like the US does and has done) and point back to us for having done the same thing - except (of course) when the US did it, it was "justified" but when somebody else did it (whose political lines was opposite of the US) did it, it was "naked aggression" etc. And that's the way it is with the US - hypocrisy . . . from way back. Then again, this is not the FFZ and not the topic. Please create a new discussion elsewhere.

Secession Acts of the 13 CS States: http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/secessionacts.html Do a word search for the word “slave” in the link above. You will find a hit on this (Texas): . . . the people of Texas, and her sister slave-holding States . . . You will find a hit on this (Virginia): . . . the oppression of the Southern slave-holding States: . . . You find a hit on this (Alabama): . . . to meet the slaveholding States of the South . . . That’s all you will find. Now, this is not the FFZ and this is not the topic in the thread header. I will, respectfully, cease and desist the current conversation.

The primary reason for the war was to "preserve the Union" (which is the reason I posted the quotes above) The last of the slaves working on Grant's farm were released in 1865: http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/historyculture/slaveryatwh.htm The Emancipation Proclamation was issued only to those slaves living in the CSA - as a method of throwing a monkey-wrench into the internal workings of the South. It did not apply to any slaves or indentured servants living and working elsewhere. Who owned and who did not own slaves, and where they lived, is very relevant, as slavery was legal in certain specified states. Lincoln was especially afraid that if the Emancipation Proclamation (akin to a modern-day Presidential Executive Order) applied to non-aligned states like Missouri or Kentucky, they would join the Confederacy. The South was mostly agrarian and much, but obviously not all, of the crops could not be properly planted, tended, and harvested without the slave population. Taking away that cheap labor source from the South would have been like taking methods of powering industry in the north (coal, perhaps) from the North. Their economy depended on it heavily. Many of the state proclamations of secession mention the preservation of slavery as a vital institution, but not all. Nearly all mention an ever-intrusive Federal Government usurping traditionally States' Rights (of which slavery was one). "There is copious documentation of this" also. You might want to investigate further before accusing me (or anybody) of "whitewashing" anything in the future.

Racism was not behind secession. Racism was behind slavery, regardless of where in the US slaves were owned and used. As Michael earlier posted, ending slavery was not the pronounced objective of militaruly subduing the CSA. Slavery was not ended in the entire US until passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865. That's when General Grant's remaining slaves were freed. Here are some quotes by some of the players at the time: ********************************************************************************** "Help me to dodge the nigger--we want nothing to do with him. I am fighting to preserve the integrity of the Union and the power of the Govt--on no other issue. To gain that end we cannot afford to mix up the negro question--it must be incidental and subsidiary. The President is perfectly honest and is really sound on the nigger question." General George B. McClellan "If their whole country (the South) must be laid waste and made a desert, in order to save this Union from destruction, so be it." -- Thaddeus Stevens "I most cordially sympathize with your Excellency, in the wish to preserve the peace of my own native State, Kentucky; but it is with regret I search, and can not find, in your not very short letter, any declaration, or intimation, that you entertain any desire for the preservation of the Federal Union." -- Abraham Lincoln to Kentucky's Governor Magoffin on the latter's request to have Kentucky remain neutral. "I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the near the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, about the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause." -- Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley. "We didn't go into the war to put down slavery, but to put the flag back; and to act differently at this moment would, I have no doubt, not only weaken our cause, but smack of bad faith..." Abraham Lincoln "It was a war for a great national idea, the Union, and that General Fremont should not have dragged the negro into it..." -- Wife of Union General Fremont. "There are two radical difficulties here. The Tariff is a stumbling block. It gave the Emperor (of France) decided offense. But that is not more, or perhaps not as serious, as the Slavery question. If ours was avowedly a War for Emancipation, this Government would sympathize with and aid us." -- Diplomat Thurlow Weed in a letter to Secretary Seward on whether the European powers would recognize the Confederacy. "The Constitution was not framed with a view to any such rebellion as that of 1861-65. While it did not authorize rebellion it made no provision against it. Yet the right to resist or suppress rebellion is as inherent as the right to self-defence, and as natural as the right of an individual to preserve his life when in jeopardy." -- U.S. Grant (from his Memoirs) on the reason for which the Northern states contended. "It is idle to talk of Union men here (in Tennessee): many want peace, and fear war and its results; but all prefer a Southern, independent government and are fighting or working for it." -- General Sherman, 1862. "Obedience to law, absolute--yea, even abject--is the lesson that this war, under Providence, will teach the free and enlightened American citizen. As a nation, we shall be better for it." -- General Sherman. "Resolved, That the war is not waged on our part, in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest, or for interfering with the rights, or established institutions of these States (the Confederate states), but to defend, and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity and rights of the several States unimpaired." -- Resolution of Congress in the wake of First Manassas.

Lincoln’s narcissistic (and successful) attempt at being the first King of the United States of America (violating the written Constitution at will time and time again, and almost never being called on it by anybody of any importance within the US government) was all done with the proviso that “we do what has to be done to keep the Union together” (f**k the slaves – that was always a Lincoln afterthought until 1863, and even then, the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to slaves in the CSA, for fear of alienating slave owners in the North and in the non-aligned states such as Kentucky). Lincoln’s blatant disregard of the original US Constitution (which did not address secession one way or another at all and was, hence, not illegal for member-states) and the eventual Union military victory is responsible for the birth of US Government that we still have today – which is to say that, the citizens of the US exist to serve the government rather than the government being elected to serve the citizens (as laid out by the original Founding Fathers).

If one compares Lee, Jackson etc. to Cornwallis, Burgoyne, Santa Ana, Ludendorff, or any of the other Generals that led non-US, foreign armies against the US in an effort to prove reason that they should now be forever disgraced and ignored, then one also acknowledges that (by logic) those that fought for the CSA were fighting for a free and independent, non-US nation against the US and, therefore, there was no treason by anybody in the CSA by their actions. They merely repeated what the colonies did with England (get fed up with bullshit being crammed down their throats, severe ties, and form a new nation that is more agreeable to the participants and try to move on - the "Second war of Independence.)"

http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/base_name.html

That's why it says "optional."

J. R.’s CHILI (Original Recipe - a good one - no chili powder involved) 6 dried ancho chile peppers 1 ½ cups of water 2 tablespoons salad oil 2 pounds of lean boneless beef, cut into 1 inch cubes (coarsely ground chili meat will do) 3 large red onions, chopped 2 large garlic cloves, minced or pressed 1 ½ teaspoon paprika 1 ½ teaspoon salt 1 ½ teaspoon dry oregano leaves 1 ½ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne) 1 to 3 fresh or pickled hot yellow wax chile peppers, sliced 1 to 3 fresh or canned jalapeño peppers, sliced ½ cup regular strength beef broth 1 16 ounce can of crushed or diced tomatoes ¼ cup dehydrated masa flour (corn tortilla flour) blended with ½ cup of water 1. Rinse ancho chiles and discard stems; break chiles into pieces and place in 1 to 2 quart pan with water. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat, cover and simmer until chiles are soft (about 30 minutes). Whirl chiles and their liquid in a blender or food processor until smooth; set aside. 2. Heat oil in a 5 to 6 quart pan over medium high heat. Add half of the meat at a time and cook, stirring as needed, until well browned. Lift out meat and set aside. Leave any liquids still inside pan. Reduce heat to medium; add onions and garlic to pan and cook, stirring, until onions are soft (about 10 minutes). Return meat to the pan and add the paprika, salt, oregano, cumin, cayenne, yellow wax and jalapeño pepper slices, beef broth, and ancho chile purée. 3. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat, cover and simmer until meat is tender when pierced (about 2 hours). After it has simmered for 90 minutes, add the can of crushed or diced tomatoes. 4. Stir masa mixture into chili. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally until mixture thickens (about 15 minutes). 5. Serve in bowls topped with chopped yellow onions and shredded cheddar cheese. Have hot flour tortillas (or cornbread), salsa and tortilla chips available when you sit down to eat this wonderful chili. Olé! My “Tweaks” To The Original Resipe: A. Buy and use two large containers of Beef Stock (not broth, STOCK). Each should contain about three cups of broth. Substitute the broth for water in the original recipe. B. Use coarse ground chili meat instead of beef cut into cubes. After you lift out the browned beef (and place in a large bowl) , sautee your onions and garlic in the meat juices. After they are sautéed, lift them out (and place them in a large bowl). Get rid of the remaining meat juices before returning the meat and onions to the pot. C. Double or even triple the amount of masa used for thicker chili. C. If you cannot find the hot yellow peppers in the produce section of your grocery, you will find them on the aisle where the pickles etc. are placed. D. In Step 1, above, boil and simmer the ancho chilis in one of the containers of stock (instead of water) as per directions. E. After completing Step 2, above and before beginning Step 3, above, empty the second container of stock and whisk in the masa until it is smooth and there are no lumps. Stir this mixture into the pot and then begin Step 3, above. F. Delete Step 4, above. G. OPTIONAL – 30 minutes prior to serving, stir in 2 cans of chili beans.

2nd Place Chili Recipe (Placed 2nd in a Chili Cookoff with this one) 1 small bottle Merlot (single-serving size) ¼ cup chili powder per pound of meat 1/8 cup of chipotle chili powder 2 – 26 oz. containers of beef stock 2 tablespoons salad oil 3 pounds of coarsely ground chili meat 3 large red onions, chopped 2 large garlic cloves, minced or pressed 1 ½ teaspoon paprika 1 ½ teaspoon salt 1 ½ teaspoon dry oregano leaves 1 ½ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne) 1 to 3 fresh or pickled hot yellow wax chile peppers, sliced 3 fresh jalapeño peppers, de-seeded and chopped 1 16 ounce can of crushed or diced tomatoes 1 cup dehydrated masa flour (corn tortilla flour) Crushed red pepper seeds (to taste) 1. Whisk all of the chili powder into a pan containing one of the 26 oz. containers of beef stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. 2. Heat oil in a 5 to 6 quart pan over medium high heat. Add half of the meat at a time and cook, stirring as needed, until well browned. Lift out meat and set aside. Leave any liquids still inside pan. Reduce heat to medium; add onions and garlic to pan and cook, stirring, until onions are soft (about 10 minutes). 3. Whisk all of the masa into a pan containing the remaining 26 oz. container of beef stock and the Merlot. Bring to a boil reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. 4. Return meat to the pan containing the sautéed onions and garlic. Add the paprika, salt, oregano, cumin, cayenne, yellow wax and jalapeño pepper slices. Add the beefstock-chili powder mixture and the beefstock-wine-masa mixture and stir. 5. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat, cover and simmer for two hours minimum. Spoon off any grease rising to the top. After it has simmered for 90 minutes, stir in the can of crushed or diced tomatoes. Add crushed red pepper seeds (to taste, as often as you like) during the two-hour simmering period. OPTIONAL – 30 minutes prior to serving, stir in 2 cans of chili beans (not recommended for Chili Competitions).

We don't have enough. We need at least 8. With you, we have 4.

Odd sea creature washes ashore: http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/mysterious-horned-sea-monster-washes-ashore-in-spain/