What would happen if we didn't have Oil?

OK, I've really had it with the argument that we can live without oil, as if oil is only used for transportation.  Being refined into gasoline and diesel is only a fraction of what oil is actually used for.  You think if we didn't have a supply of oil we could just use wind power and water power, and solar power?  Think again.  I found this site, but for those that don't want to read it, I'll summarize....

Here is a list of the products that are made with oil:

Ink, telephones, cameras, movie film, loud speakers, VCR tapes, LP records, cassette tapes for communication departments.  That means no ink for your printer, or speakers for your computer and no news reels to propagandize us with. No TV cabinets, which also transfers to computer cases, phone cases, etc. 

Dish washing liquids, floor wax, soap dishes, hand lotion, mops, ammonia, ice cube trays, ice chests, ice buckets, and detergents.  This means, no washing dishes, no mopping the floor, and if you think it's no big deal that we won't have ice chests or ice buckets, you also won't have the insulation in your refrigerator.  Hope you don't like to keep your food cold.  You'll be digging a hole in the back yard and burying it.

Shaving cream, shoe polish, tooth paste, nail polish, perfume, toothbrushes, hair coloring, lipstick, hair curlers, combs, deodorant, soft contact lenses, shampoo, toilet seats, shower doors, shower curtains, curtains and cold cream.  So, you'll be shaving with home made lye soap, brushing your teeth with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide on your finger and pooping over a hole in the floor and everyone will see you take a shower. And don't even get me started on the Divas who won't have their nail polish or lipstick.  But continue on, because they won't be shopping anyway.

Shoe polish, slacks, pajamas, purses, panty hose, permanent press clothes, sweaters, dresses and shoes.  Doesn't matter I suppose that you don't have shoe polish, because you won't have shoes....unless you go back to leather for shoes.  How's that gonna sit with the PETA people? We'll also have to go back to animal skins for clothing, because I don't think there's enough cotton in the world, and it's treated anyway.  So, Diva's, no more playing dress up....you'll be wearing home made clothes.  And (horror for me) no yarn either, to make you're own clothes.  I guess I'd better learn to spin yarn from natural fibers.

Toys, dolls, fishing lures, golf balls, motorcycle helmets, tents, model cars, golf balls, skies, roller skate wheels, fishing rods, golf balls, dice, TV cabinets, sports car bodies, golf bags, safety glasses, movie film, life jackets, golf bags, beach umbrellas, tennis rackets, beach umbrellas, golf balls, guitar strings, luggage, ball point pens, golf balls, and did I mention golf bags?  So I suppose you'll have to play kick the can.  And you do realize that if you're not going to have sports car bodies, made of plastic, you also won't have the plastic protective gear that sports players wear.  So, not only can you not play any sports, you can't watch any sports.  OMGosh, what will the President do if he can't play B-ball?

Linoleum, paint brushes, paint rollers, paint, electrician's tape, glue, plastic wood, trash bags, transparent tape, synthetic rubber, car battery cases, safety glass, eye glasses, plywood adhesive, roofing shingles, caulking, roofing, rubber cement, faucet washers, garden hose, folding doors, tool racks, and wire insulation.  I suppose that would mean no more new houses.  You won't be able to paint, unless you make one out of animal hair (good way to get rid of the wild boar problem in Texas), but you have to use real wood, and nail it together because the fake wood won't be available, and you can't glue the chips together to make plywood.  I suppose under this plan, the price of housing will necessarily sky rocket.

Antiseptics, anesthetics, disposable diapers, rubbing alcohol, vitamin capsules, insect repellent, cortisone, petroleum jelly (note the word PETROLEUM in that?), artificial limbs, vaporizers, aspirin, heart valves, antihistamines, false teeth and bandages.  I guess we all had better learn Homeopathic medicine practices.  And you'd better not get sick.  I guess we can say those who want to get rid of oil just want to see people die, can't we?  Hmm.  And you can use cloth diapers, but you have to wash them in lye homemade soap. And I won't even go into the President needing petroleum jelly.  And we can always cut down all the willow trees for our pain relievers. And I know it doesn't list it, but you do realize that "rubbers" are not made out of rubber right?  And birth control pills come in a plastic blister pack, so we won't even talk about free birth control, because all you'll have left is the rhythm method. And get your abortion without anesthesia.

And the number one thing that uses oil?  Credit cards.  Gee, there goes the idea of a cashless society.  You will have to choose, cashless society that puts everything on a debit card, or oil. And heaven forbid, we'll have to give up that EBT card and go back to those embarrassing food stamps.  I suppose we can print them with the Food Stamp President's picture on them.

Still think we can give up oil?  We'll be a third world country, or else we'll be living the life of our pre-Industrial age ancestors.

Benghazi-gate

I've been thinking about this for quite a while.  Rush Limbaugh brought my thoughts into focus when he had a Lt. Colonel, former special ops guy, on his show.

http://youtu.be/FDw6snlQ3P0

I've said before that I was active duty Navy, and that my job was to track submarines.  I was an Ocean Systems Technician, Analyst.  I've been out for 24 years, though.  I was stationed in Bermuda when the Soviet Submarine went down off the coast of Bermuda.  It was 1986.  We were conducting a drill at the time.  In a drill, we play tapes for the people on duty and run war game scenarios.  You know, "The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming!"  My job, since I was day staff, was to get the teletype message off the teletype (drill only) and take them to the drill watch officer.  We also ran normal operations.  Normal operations weren't usually very busy in Bermuda, which means there wasn't a lot of traffic real time.  We usually ran the drill on specific equipment, having certain equipment dedicated to live time.  I won't go into detail on the equipment due to security reasons.

I hear the teletype go off and go to check for drill messages.  I read the message.  I'll never forget the phrase that jumped out at me.  They gave the contact number assigned to the contact, which after 24 years I don't remember and wouldn't post if I did remember, and said it was "on the surface spewing green smoke."  I'll never forget that phrase.  I started scanning the message for the word D R I L L. which usually is posted top and bottom of a drill message.  It should have had at the top * * * * * * * D R I L L * * * * * *  all across, and at the bottom as well.  If you give a drill over the speaker system, you start with, "This is a drill," state your message and then say again, "This is only a drill."  I couldn't find drill anywhere on that message.  I was also familiar with plotting, and there were no drill contacts with that number. I only knew drill, as at the time I was a drills administrator.  I wasn't familiar with the real time contacts.

So, I take the message to the real time watch officer.  The drill was over, because we had an emergency on our hands.  Every analyst available hit the floor and looked for the history of the noises we monitor.  We did find the time the submarine experienced an explosion, but it took an experienced analyst to interpret it.  We also found the signature of when it did an emergency surface.  I never got to see it, though, being a day worker at the time. 

We report to Norfolk (at the time), who reports to Washington, D.C., though possibly through further parts of the chain of command.  We got word down from Norfolk that they wanted ALL data from a certain time period to be sent to them.  Even if we record something and play it back later, the time marks will show when it actually happened.  That meant all data concerning the event was confiscated.  We had nothing left to prove we saw it.  I know, because it's not classified if it doesn't have time or frequency marks on it.  There was talk of making laminated badges with the signature of the explosion and emergency surface on it.  That was prevented when all information was confiscated.

Here's what happened as I was told.  Someone fired a nuclear missile (not armed) with the tube doors shut.  That means all the propellant blew up inside the torpedo room.  We were told it killed three men right off the bat.  The submarine then did an emergency surface, where they blow all ballast tanks and come up just like Hunt for Red October.  They actually jump a little out of the water, they come up so fast.  The United States had already offered to rescue all the sailors, but Russia denied the help.  They sent a Russian surface ship down to get the men off the submarine.  It was actually the first time I had seen the signature of a real time Russian Surface ship, beyond "fishing vessels" that station over our sound equipment.  After all the men were taken off the submarine, they put depth charges on the submarine and put her on the bottom of the Atlantic. 

Our "Airedales" dropped sonar buoys in the water as the submarine was sinking.  I got to hear those tapes, and it's the eeriest sound I've ever heard, or expect I'll ever hear.  It sounded like a woman screaming, with intermittent explosions as it imploded.

The reason I tell this story is because that information went immediately right up the chain of command.  And they weren't even our soldiers/sailors.  They were Russian and we were right there to rescue them.  I also am able to tell this story because I'm past my contractual gag order.  I signed a document saying I wouldn't talk about what I did for 10 years after I got out, and it's been 24.  The President was well aware of the events happening in Benghazi.  He knew within minutes.  It was something like 4:00 in the afternoon.  At 5:00 he was scheduled to be in a meeting, so he wasn't on the golf course, unavailable.  And the Lt. Colonel in the call to Rush was asked just that question: what would happen if they couldn't reach the President?  He said there are standing orders to preserve life.  Was life preserved?  No.  We lost an Ambassador, his assistant and 2 former Navy Seals.

Here are my questions for the President:

There are rumors that you watch EVERY single drone attack, were you watching this time when the drones were in the air over Benghazi?

We are hearing that the embassies have an emergency alert that trips live video of what's happening to alert Washington, D.C.  Did you receive this video or is there something wrong with our communications systems?  How big of a security risk is that?

I know information of this nature goes up the chain of command to the very top.  As in my case, the United States can not offer to rescue Russian personnel without the President's approval.  Are you saying that someone stopped the upward flow of information and usurped your authority on this matter?  If so, who stopped it?  Why were you not alerted to the fact that an Ambassador couldn't be found in a hot spot?

Unless the standard standing orders of preserving life were suspended after you became President, why were they not followed?  I know from my experience in the Navy that no lower level military person would do something on their own.  Our men chose to disobey after the third request.  No one can override standing orders except the President.  Once again, who usurped your power as President and told them to stand down?

Why was help not sent until you had confirmation that the Ambassador was dead?

What did Ambassador Stevens know that you wanted suppressed?

Death and Deceipt in Benghazi

This has been posted on Face Book and YouTube, so I assume it's not copy righted.  I listened to part of it and I couldn't help but notice a few things that were implied and not out right said, so I wanted to go over it.

The compound where they had their consulate wasn't really a fortress.  It was some one's residential compound.  It had a main residence with several bedrooms, a Cantina where staff ate and an armory.  It also had a barracks type building near the main gate that housed a Libyan security force. Our government raised the walls around this compound and made a "panic room" inside that was basically a jail cell and was only intended to keep someone safe until reinforcements could come rescue them. But the forces that would have helped save the ambassador left a month before the attack.

I also noticed that the White House is playing semantics.  They keep saying that they were not asked for more security.  In a way, they're right.  They were asked to NOT have the security that was in place removed. They didn't listen. John Bolton thinks they withdrew troops in order to make the appearance of them not being needed.  If we actually let people know we needed the added security, then they would have to admit that Al Queda wasn't defeated.

When the attack hit, the report says that Ambassador Stevens had already "turned in" around 9 PM.  The attack hit about 9:40. It also says that the alert system was activated immediately.  This means that Washington was getting LIVE shots of what was happening outside. The security man in the main living quarters went to the bedroom to get Stevens, and it somehow obliquely admits that he took Stevens along with his advisor, Shaun Smith to the panic room.  And I have to wonder, just where did he pick up Shaun at?  Was he in the bedroom with Stevens, or another bedroom?  He is just suddenly there with Stevens and the security guy.

We've heard reports of Stevens being raped by the Muslims, that the government denies.  Is this because they knew Stevens was in a relationship with Smith?  Did the Muslims also know this?  There are just so many unanswered questions to even this report.  Why would you send a known homosexual to a Muslim country that kills homosexuals?  Did President Obama feel so comfortable with the Muslim community that he never dreamed that he could do anything wrong with them? Did he think because we are so tolerant and swallow lies about the Muslims, that the Muslims could be convinced that homosexuality was just an alternative life style and should be tolerated? Did he ignore the fact because Stevens knew something?  And if Stevens knew there was trouble brewing, and went anyway to Benghazi, why would he go to bed so early?  Why would they not be on high alert? 

At this point, after they couldn't get to Stevens in the panic room, they poured diesel fuel around the building, lit it and left. After a while, the three trapped men decide to leave.  The security man gets a window open and leaves, but Stevens and Smith don't follow.  He went in several times in order to save them, but can't find them.  He's overcome with smoke and gets to the roof.

At this point, I have to wonder, did one of the terrorists have a gas mask and was waiting for them?  Is this the point in time where the Ambassador was taken?  Another team does find Smith, and he's already dead.  My question at this point is what killed him?  Was it smoke inhalation or bullets?  The report doesn't say and I've not heard.  At this point, live feeds are showing real time pictures to the white house of a place with all three buildings on fire, men running around shooting and our forces leaving in a panic.  And President Obama went to sleep. 

At 11:00 PM, the security men take Smith's body and leave because they can no longer hold the compound.  They drive to another building a mile away.  This all started at about 9:40, so we're talking an hour and 20 minutes.  Some time after midnight, looters go in to the building where Stevens is and find him.  Now it's been about 2.5 hours. He arrives around 1 AM at the hospital and dies of smoke inhalation (asphyxiation).

If Washington was getting live feeds of real time action, why did they insist it was a demonstration gone bad?  Why did they insist it was all over an Internet story?  I think everyone is learning that it was because the Obama administration has been running for reelection on the fact that they have Al Queda on the run, that they are winning the war on terror, when in fact the opposite is true.  The Muslims are not tucking their tails and running like our fearless leader insists.  They are in fact getting stronger with the smell of blood from us.  They smell indecision and hesitation and are going in for the kill.

 

 

The Oh So Tolerant Left

Well, I've been hit.  The political party that claims to be oh, so tolerant (I mean, they're FOR everyone, gays, women, blacks, etc. that the Republicans - according to them - hate) have stolen my Romney/Ryan yard sign.

I have to admit, it's a flimsy sign.  They send you a metal 3 piece pole that you put together, and slip this little plastic two sided envelope over it.  I live on the same street as a high school, so I'm sure it was a brain washed member of the 47%.  I had to deal with straightening it up several times, as if they were kicking it as they went by.  And this morning someone decided that wasn't enough, so they stole it.

Well, a short time ago, I picked up a metal sandwich board (it says Ozarka Natural Spring Water on it, but it was cheap) at a local thrift store.  I had planed on using it for political sayings anyway.  It has a spot you can write on.  Here's my sign:

I hand lettered it, so what do you think?  Did I do a good job?  I also zip tied it to my flag pole.  Let them steal that one.  Right after I put it up, I heard a door slam outside, so I went to check.  I had just gotten a local Republican candidate deliver a sign in my yard.  I guess my home made sign will have to do until I get the delivery of the 3 pack I just ordered.

Photo ID for Voting

I have a few questions about this. In this article Michelle Obama says,

"This is the march of our time...this is the sit-in of our time."
“We cannot let anyone discourage us from casting our ballots.”
“We cannot let anyone make us feel unwelcome in the voting booth. It is up to us to make sure that in every election, every voice is heard and every vote is counted. That means making sure our laws preserve that right.”

What issue was she so adamant about?  Voter ID laws.  Not the abuse that women get overseas in Muslim countries, not the economy, not job losses, it's not the 14 year old in a Muslim country who got shot in the head for advocating the education of women.  It's voter ID.

I took my son down to a government office to apply for more benefits.  He's on SSI because he's 22 and has Down syndrome and autism.  He'll never have a job.  A friend of mine said that he could get "Day Care," which is really an opportunity for him to socialize.  What 22 year old wants to stay home all day with their mom, unless they're blogging away in their underwear in their mom's basement.  I needed a photo ID of him.  His school ID counted, anything with his picture and name on it that was official.

When I was close to 21 (actually up until I hit 30), if I went to a bar or liquor store to drink/buy liquor, I had to present a photo ID saying I was 21 or older.  I have to admit, I was never carded for buying cigarettes, though, but they're supposed to ask for ID when you do that, too.

So, my question is this:  If voter ID laws affect the poor disproportionately, because they can't "afford" to get state ID's or can't get to the office to get them, how do the poor get their government benefits?  How do they even apply for benefits if it's so difficult to get to the office?  Why is it that when you register your car, they register you to vote, but can't give a free state ID card?  How do the poor get their alcohol?  How do the poor get their Obama phones?  How do the poor get their cigarettes?

This whole argument has only two possible explanations:  1) Obama can't stand on his record over the last 4 years because it's G-d awful or 2) They really want people to be able to vote for the dead, vote multiple times in multiple states or vote for someone who doesn't care to vote, or they want illegals to be able to vote because they've been brainwashed that the Democratic party is "for" them.

If you need a photo ID to get money from the government, or to buy cigarettes and alcohol, why shouldn't you need a photo ID to vote?  Voting is far more important than getting your EBT card.

Bringing back an oldie post

So I thought I'd republish an oldie from almost 3 years ago.  This was first put on my blog in January, 2010.

Barack Obama and the Prom Queen

I just realized what America is like. It's like America has been at a bar. America has been busy partying, drinking away, some have never drank before and are a bit tipsy. Those are the ones who are excited about having a black man for president. Whoo Hoo! It's a party. He is a handsome man! Did they even listen to the words he was saying when he was in campaign mode? Who cares? Just look at him? He's gonna represent us when he gets in office. We've been held down so many years. Does it matter that we were held down by his kind? Kind of like the big Frat boy who comes in and there's Betty, on the bar dancing because she's had one too many. He talks her into taking her top off. Pretty soon he's got her not only dancing on the bar with out her top, he's slipped her a date rape drug in her drink, and walked her home.

Then he invited the rest of the frat house over. That would SEIU, the prescriptions drug companies, whoever he can think of. Now some of them have scruples. They see poor Betty just lying there and they start discussing how, now this just ain't right. The big frat guy knows this drug ain't gonna last forever...he starts bribing, cajoling and badgering them to get in line.

He finally gets everyone in line. That's when the policies start coming....the rape of the Prom Queen. Well, that's about the time the drug starts to wear off. Now America wakes up...but it's a bit too late. Everything is in place. Do you think she'll be upset? She may turn into Carrie at the Prom.....Have you heard the phrase Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned?

What we are doing is banging on the door, trying to wake her up because we are the neighbors who hear the party going on next door and we saw them drag her in. We know she's not conscious. We are concerned citizens who can't watch and do nothing. Can we wake her before it's too late? We don't need another Carrie. I saw that movie...it didn't end well.

Lori Ann Smith
I stand for freedom, though none stand with me, until they knock me down and I can stand no more