On The Third Hand: Portable

September 11, 2001 - I have not forgotten.
by Kathy Kinsley at 10:16

Nor shall I forget.

The Great Global Warming Swindle
by Kathy Kinsley at 19:19

Google has it posted. If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d highly, highly recommend it. There’s some amazing stuff in there - please watch, and pass it on.

Thanks to our Tree Hugging Sister for the link.

(Yes, I watched it - that’s what got me off my lazy butt and posting something. )

Good riddance
by Kathy Kinsley at 07:38

Saddam Hussein has been hung.

“The butcher of Baghdad is dead. Saddam Hussein, the tyrant who ruled Iraq like a Mafia don, slaughtered his fellow citizens and led his country into two disastrous wars with the United States, was hanged near dawn in Iraq for the 1982 massacre of 148 Shiite civilians.”

May He Rest in Peace
by Kathy Kinsley at 15:15

Former US President Gerald Ford has died. Probably the best US President in my memory…

Merry Christmas
by Kathy Kinsley at 13:22

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.

Veteran’s Day
by Kathy Kinsley at 06:42

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye.
Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul’s ally forged in the refinery of adversity.
Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem.
You can’t tell a vet just by looking.
What is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn’t run out of fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn’t come back at all.
He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other’s backs.
He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean’s sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life’s most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say “Thank You.” That’s all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.
- Father Denis Edward O’Brien, USMC

Thank you to all those who have served. We owe you more than we can ever repay.

Election Results
by Kathy Kinsley at 07:04

Just remember: “No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.”

The next 2 years should be interesting.

P.S. You might want to read Bill Whittle’s take on the subject.

Bill Whittle:
by Kathy Kinsley at 06:14

Seeing the Unseen Part 1

US Mid-Term Elections:
by Kathy Kinsley at 17:28

I believe Scott Ott (Scrappleface) pretty much says it all. Go read.

Guilty!
by Kathy Kinsley at 07:53

Saddam Hussein Sentenced To Death by Hanging

Now, we’ll see if it actually ever happens…

Good for them!
by Kathy Kinsley at 13:15

Local Gold Star Families Take Secret Trip to Iraq

“In a stunning and historic trip under the utmost secrecy, a delegation of families of fallen U.S. troops have traveled to Iraq to counter critics of the war effort, just days before the Nov. 7 midterm elections.”

The anti-war bunch aren’t going to like this.

(Thanks to everyone who emailed me this one.)

Go read Winds of Change
by Kathy Kinsley at 13:54

Really.

They’ve got an interesting piece on Heroes (the new NBC series), along with some moral philospohy…
This article on the 1956 Hungarian uprising should bring a smile - and maybe a tear or two…
This article has a link a good satire site - and some examples…

And that’s just the first 3 articles. You could just go to the site and start scrolling.