Happy 

Birthday 

to 

ME!

Today

I am turning 

SEVENTY-SIX

The Passion of Our Lord

(Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle)

Lord Jesus Christ has come to town

   a riding on a donkey

The Romans saw a challenge

   tried of Him to make a monkey.

Hail! King Jesus of the Jews

   riding on a burro

Shout hosannas loud today

   then crucify tomorrow.

Jesus took His followers

   into the Upper Room

He fed them on His body and blood

   and told them of His doom.

Then to Dark Gethsemane

   a praying in the garden

Begging of His father

   from His bitter cup to pardon.

Peter, faithless, thrice denied

   that His Lord he kneweth

Judas kissed Him in betrayal

   evil from him speweth.

“Hail, King Jesus of the Jews!”

   shouted in derision

Drag your cross to Golgotha

   that is the crowd’s decision.

Then they crowned Him cruelly

   with strands of pyrocanthus,

Nailed Him to the dogwood tree

   which broke His feet and hands thus.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,

   only said, “Forgive them”

Of the crowd and soldiers wild’

   who knew not He’d outlive them.

After tortures barbarous

   He said, “I have a thirst.”

They only gave Him vinegar

   which really was the worst.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,

   then gave up the Ghost

Broken and defamed, reviled

   just like a Friar’s Roast!

Then, they laid Him in a tomb

   with all the Marys weeping

She who bore him in her womb 

   thought He’d be always sleeping.

But, He showed them three days hence

   when He was resurrected

That the worst developments

   by faith can be corrected.

~ FreeThinke 

THE PENTAGON HAS ANNOUNCED

US HAS LAUNCHED 
AIRSTRIKES AT SYRIA 

50 TOMAHAWK MISSILES AIMED 

AT SYRIAN AIRBASE. 

(All Outlets)

Latest Report: 

Bombed Airbase Almost Completely Destroyed 

by American Rockets.

Your RELEVANT Thoughts and Opinions PLEASE.

What could be objectionable about REPUBLICANS using 

THE NUCLEAR OPTION, 

when it has 

ALREADY BEEN USED 

by the 

DEMOCRATS?

There is absolutely 

NOTHING WRONG 

with Judge Neil Gorsuch.

The Democrats are fighting his nomination ONLY because he is President TRUMP'S choice.

How could that be 

LEGITIMATE?

To NUKE 

or 

NOT to NUKE?

Judge Neil Gorsuch

THAT is the QUESTION.

Have YOU an ANSWER

?

Recent Headines Declare that PRESIDENT TRUMP has Turned on the FREEDOM CAUCUS – the ONLY Political Faction in Washington, DC who Represents the Hopes, Dreams, Ambitions and Ideals of the Large Majority of American Citizens Who Made Mr. Trump's Electoral Victory Possible.

These are People Who Long for a Return to Liberty and Freedom from Excessive Government Intervention as Outlined and Enshrined in the CONSTITION by our FOUNDING FATHERS.

Has President Trump's Sudden, Apparent ABANDONMENT of His Natural Constituency, and Embrace of the RINO Establishment  Changed Your Opinion of Him?  If So is There Any Way He Could Hope to REDEEM Himself, or Have We No Alternative but to Shrug in Disgust, 

Bow Our Heads and Meekly Accept 

"BUSINESS AS USUAL?"

N___O___T___I___C___E___!

BOILERPLATE, SHEER NASTINESS, and MINDLESS, PURELY PARTISAN INVECTIVE

are PROHIBITED and SUBJECT to SUMMARY REJECTION and INSTANT DELETION

How Dear to My Heart 

are the 

Scenes of My Childhood!

How dear to my heart 

are the scenes of my childhood,

  When fond recollection 

presents them to view!

The orchard, the meadow, 

the deep-tangled wild-wood,

  And every loved spot 

which my infancy knew!

The wide-spreading pond, 

and the mill that stood by it,

  The bridge, and the rock 

where the cataract fell,

The cot of my father, 

the dairy-house nigh it,

  And e’en the rude bucket 

that hung in the well—

The old oaken bucket, 

the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket 

which hung in the well.

That moss-covered vessel 

I hailed as a treasure,

  For often at noon, 

when returned from the field,

I found it the source 

of an exquisite pleasure,

  The purest and sweetest 

that nature can yield.

How ardent I seized it, 

with hands that were glowing,

        

  And quick to the white-pebbled bottom 

it fell;

Then soon, with the emblem 

of truth over-flowing,

  And dripping with coolness, 

it rose from the well—

The old oaken bucket, 

the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket 

arose from the well.        

How sweet from the green mossy brim 

to receive it,

  As poised on the curb 

it inclined to my lips!

Not a full blushing goblet 

could tempt me to leave it,

  The brightest that beauty 

or revelry sips.

And now, far removed 

from the loved habitation,

        

  The tear of regret 

will intrusively swell,

As fancy reverts 

to my father’s plantation,

  And sighs for the bucket 

that hangs in the well—

The old oaken bucket, 

the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket 

that hangs in the well.

~  Samuel Woolworth (1784-1842)

UPDATE

When will we who purport to be on the Right RECOGNIZE, fully ACKNOWLEDGE and DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH the profound SCHISM that occurred long ago in the GOP?

The GOP is not ONE party at all. 

It is at least THREE –– i.e. 

1. The RINO SELLOUTS. 

2. The MOUSEY, MAUNDERING, MODERATES

3. The CONSERVATIVE-LIBERTARIANS representing the ideals of the Founders expressed in the Constitution, espoused by the TEA PARTY, and best represented by the FREEDOM CAUCUS in the House of Representatives?

There IS no GOP –– only a fractious, fractured assemblage of nincompops at war with President Trump and with 
each other.

The public elected Mr. TRUMP, who is decidedly a maverick, in the hope that his larger-than-life personality and booming show of self-confidence might be able to overcome the VILE status quo.

I for one believe it to be foolish to abandon that hope. The defeat of Paul Ryan's LOUSY bill means we have really dodged a bullet.

Had that stupid, ill-conceived bill gone through, we would have lost ALL HOPE of EVER ridding ourselves 
of the CURSE of OBAMACARE.

It is PAUL RYAN –– and all he represents –– 
of whom we need to rid ourselves now.

Paul Ryan is obviously all too eager to play Mark Antony 

to Donald Trump's Julius Caesar.

~ § ~

SIGNS of the TIMES that 

TRY MEN'S SOULS

We Supplied the Pictures, Now Let's See YOU Supply Appropriate Commentary

Is THIS the REAL JAMES COMEY?

'Twould Seem So.

But, what are YOUR thoughts 

on the subject?

~ § ~

FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY IS UNFIT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

BY KURT EICHENWALD 

NEWSWEEK - 11/7/16

James Comey should not simply be fired as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He must be barred forever from any form of public service.

In the last 10 days, Comey has whipsawed the election for president of the United States. Now we know he did it for no reason. When his agents found information that suggested there were emails on a laptop that might have relevance to the investigation of Hillary Clinton and her email servers, Comey did not wait until he knew even a scintilla of information before announcing it to the world. Reasonably, lots of voters assumed there must be a there there—who could imagine a person with the power of the FBI director would turn the election on its head for no particular reason, on the basis of nothing?

Then, Sunday, Comey handed down another missive from on high: Never mind. His agents had looked through the emails and decided they were piffle. His majesty, the FBI director, has not yet deigned to officially inform his subjects—the American people—whether the emails related to the Clinton case or what they were. (However, people involved in the case tell Newsweek that almost all of them were duplicates of what the bureau already had or were personal.) He just said “nothing to see here” and waived us on our way.

Well, forget it, Jim. We’re not moving on. America has just witnessed one of the most—if not the most—egregious abuses of power in the service of one man’s ego in its history. Joseph McCarthy and A. Mitchell Palmer at least believed they were fighting a Communist threat. Richard Nixon, in Watergate, at least had the motive of retaining power and covering up wrongdoing. But Comey—who I do not believe did this for partisan reasons—has no such motive. This was about him, about preserving his now forever-destroyed reputation, about preening with his self-satisfied standing as a maverick who acts based on what he thinks is right, regardless of others’ opinion. But there is a very thin line between being independent and being reckless. And Comey has demonstrated he does not know the difference.

Before launching into a full Comey tear-down, a few facts must be understood. The FBI is an investigative arm of the Department of Justice. Nothing more, nothing less. An extremely small minority are lawyers, or even have basic legal training. They do not—thank God—decide who gets indicted and who doesn’t. Prosecutors run criminal cases and direct the agents. As many prosecutors have told me over the years, there is almost never an instance where agents who have been investigating a case for months do not recommend for prosecution. Tunnel vision is one reason; the fact that agents rise in the ranks by delivering cases that lead to prosecution is another. That is why prosecutors—and through them, grand juries—make the decision to charge or not. They both serve as a backstop to agents who don’t know the law and have no ability to objectively review their own evidence.

(This is why all this nonsense pushed by the Fox Newses of the world has been so deceptive: Screaming “the agents wanted to indict” is on par with “the fish wants to swim.” More important—if any agents really did say these things—they are unfit for the bureau; they must be found and fired immediately for this separate abuse of power.)

What that means is, if the FBI does not even conclude it has enough evidence to write a memo recommending prosecution to the Justice Department, there is simply nothing there. Assuming someone committed a crime when the FBI concludes the evidence obtained in the investigation is not worth turning over to prosecutors is like assuming it must be raining when the skies are clear.

The FBI is never supposed to comment on ongoing investigations and, except in exceptional circumstances, never disclose whether it has or has not recommended prosecution. Instead, on indictment, prosecutors stand up at a press conference, announce the charges, then thank the agents and offices of the FBI who conducted the investigation. If the bureau does not develop enough evidence to merit even a recommendation for prosecution, in those exceptional circumstances where it says anything, those are the words officials use: We have not developed evidence that merits a recommendation for prosecution.

In the last few months, unfortunately, Comey has demonstrated he understands none of this. … 

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