YES I DID!!!

I voted this morning.

This old duffer has voted in every election since November 1960 when he had the choice between Kennedy and Nixon as the presidential candidates. That was a long time ago, my Senior year in college back when i was a somewhat rebellious Republican.

True, I missed two or three primaries when I was out of the country. But at least one of those was done by absentee ballot.

I couldn't stomach the young shitheads who made up that group of undergraduates known as 'Young Republicans'.

What? You don't understand. Why kiddo, just go rent a copy of my favorite movie, ANIMAL HOUSE and scope out the 'other' guys, the ones who wore the suits with the narrow lapels, were in league with Dean Wormer, and were the non Delts. Neidermeyer and company....that was the typical Young Republican of my undergraduate days.

Been buckin' the system ever since, Bucko, and it's been a trip and a half.

Oh....how did I vote today? Or, way back in 1960.

Simple.....I voted my conscience and convictions.

PRIMARY DAY IN GEORGIA

State officials predict that twenty-two percent of Georgia's registered voters will turn out today to cast votes in this primary election.

Twenty-two percent.

Not even twenty-two percent of the total voting age population.

Hell, no....twenty-two percent of the registered voters.

That sucks. We don't deserve the democracy hard-won by our ancestors. We are an ignorant, lazy under-educated, stupid, bunch of inbred rednecks and blacknecks who haven't the brains to participate in the election process.

I would say more, but the polls just opened and I intend to vote early.

OFF THE RECORD AND UNSCRIPTED
THE HUMAN SIDE OF WORLD LEADERSHIP

It wasn't as juicy as Vice President Cheney's "Fuck You" directed at Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont on the Senate Floor, but it was pretty good.

In an informal conversation this weekend with his friend TontY Blair at a point when a microphone was left live. The following sentence was uttered by Mr. Bush: "You see, the ... thing is what they need to do is to get Syria, to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over."

I suppose the leftie b'logs will attack his choice of words. I, for one, think it's perfect.

For a modest fee, yours truly is willing to give 'cussing lessons' to anybody who would like to enter politics and needs to find just the right bon mot to fit an occasion.

RECAPITULATION
OUR CHOICES IN TOMORROW'S GEORGIA PRIMARY

No, we haven't entered the lists in regards every conflict. Our endorsements are carefully selected to cut through the bovine excrement flooding our yards, the airways, the internet, and the print media. Some of these campaigns have been particularly brutal this summer, using largely negative tactics and half truth coupled with the long arm of modern advertising.

Having said that, LUKE'S B'LOG endorses the following:

1. For Governor in the Republican Primary: SONNY PERDUE

2. For Lieutenant Governor (Republican Primary): CASEY CAGLE

3. For Georgia general Assembly District 137 (Republican Primary) STEBIN HORNE

In Georgia we do not register to vote by party. I can walk into my local polling place and simply let the clerks know whether I choose to vote as a member of The Party of the Mythic Jackass or The Party of the Imperial Pachyderm. It won't happen, but i sure like this system better than primary voting according to strict party registration as I did in other states of my former residency.

THIS JUST IN FROM RIVERSIDE RED
SOME WELL-CHOSEN WORDS
ON THE CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT
of
RACIAL PROFILING

Me? I am a firm believer of the absolute necessity of ethnic profiling.

Especially here in the middle of a World War Three, a war so far primarily agains Muslim Fundamentalists.

The hell with PC in a time of national peril.

Please quick MORE and take the quiz. Won't take you long, but the message is overwhelming.

Thanks, Red. More...

AND I THOUGHT SOUTHERN BAPTISTS DIDN'T DRINK!!!

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LET'S REVIEW WHAT WE LEARNED HERE TODAY
GEORGIA VALUES

It's primary time in The Peach State.

If you 'ain't from here', that doesn't mean much to you. To those of us native born or adoptive, the lead up to an election is the time to listen to a constant barrage of radio and TV spots in which each candidate lays forth for all to see his right wing chops, his conservative values, his 'Georgia Values'.

I suppose in other far-flung corners of the Republic we would find 'Nebraska' or 'Rhode Island' Values. Bet those characters couldn't qualify that either. ''California Values' would scare the hell out of me.

Of course nobody defines Georgia values which is the nice thing
about politics, the voter can read into such pithy statements anything he wants.

"Liberal" is a fighting word, unless you're Cynthic McKinney, then 'Bitch' may be more operative.

We have young conservatives, older conservatives, conservatives who have been businessmen, conservatives members of the Georgia Bar, conservative unemployables.

But we are all conservative, if we be candidates for office, anyway, if only in the thick of a campaign.

Allen Peake seems to have the record for the sheer number of times he implies he is a 'conservative' in a single thirty-second slot. That's unscientific research, of course. Just caught me as humorous whenI heard it twice during some gawd-awful late night TV show.

It will be over Tuesday...unless there is need for a run-off or two. Then we get to do it all over again as we near the November elections.

American Democracy is a flawed thing. But it sure beats the hell out of anything else.

A STATE OF WAR

We are in the middle of fighting a world war.

It is a war that will determine the future of Western Civilization.

It has been going on for quite some time. Sad thing is American politicians didn't have a clue that they were involved in a shooting war until 9/11.

We aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer. Maybe we don't deserve to win this one.

Read on. More...

SHOULD ISRAEL SHOW RESTRAINT??

As the conflict in the Middle East escallates with every WHUMP of an Iranian made rocket, the world seems fairly united in its blanket statements for Israel.

"SHOW RESTRAINT!!!"

It has become a mantra...rasped and repeated from every many nations, every continent, such responsible (?) groups as The European Union, Nato, the vaunted United Nations. SHOW RESTRAINT, ISRAEL!!!

Ask yourself this simple question. If some terrorist group were to fire rockets from Canada or Mexico into a town or city within the U.S., should we, would we show restraint?

The answer is, of course, a thunderous NO!! We would (should) go after them with every force we have even if it means an incursion into a foreign country.

Same with Israel. This mess has been orchestrated by Iran, pressing poor Syria into the service of Jihad.

There is no such thing as 'disproportional force'. What is needed is overwhelming force to put an end to the problem.

AN OPEN LETTER TO
PARENTS OF OBESE (FAT) KIDS

There is a minor tempest brewing over what term we should use to describe overweight children.

Childhood fat has become a major problem in our couch potato society. But the PC crowd seems hell bent on shielding parents and their little chubettes from the slings and bolts of raw truth.

"Obese" and "Fat" are considered by many to be insulting to little ears and likely to cause psychological trauma in fat fed little minds.

Horsecrap. In our insanity to protect feelings, many parents continue to insulate their offspring from the dangers of obesity. More...

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
OUR PICK FOR GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 137

Who is the most conservative candidate in all of North Macon?

Who will do the best job for district 137, a largely white enclave of folks with enough money to escape the horrors of a decaying inner city, and the gross inadequacies of the county school system?

Who best stands for lower taxes, strong families, ‘Georgia values’, better education, crime, law and order, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera?

Who, indeed?

We're about to give one b'log's considered opinion!!!

BUT FIRST……. More...

WASHINGTON D.C.
AMERICA'S CRIME CAPITOL

There is a huge upsurge in violent crime taking place in Washington, D.C.

We’re not talking about politicians robbing the everyman to line their own pockets, we’re talking muggers, rapists, murderers…the whole gamut of twenty-first century urban thug. There have been, according to the Associated Press, thirteen murders so far THIS MONTH and crime in its every ugly form targeting tourists and taking place in once safe locations like The Washington Mall, that section of the city devoted to historical, commemorative sites. That area is not under control of the D.C. Police Department, but rather the National Parks services.

Mall visitors are being asked to: “"be our eyes and ears," said Sgt. Scott Fear of the Park Police.. "We're going to ask them to be vigilant."

There is a better way, of course. Instead of making every effort to control legal handguns in and around the district, Washington should begin allowing law-abiding citizens the right to carry weapons for personal protection. A good start would be to let those with the right to carry concealed in their home states, do so in the precincts of Washington.

Then, when some self-styled Ninja bad guy, or urban tough meets up with a slug in the chest courtesy of Mr. or Ms Law Abiding citizen, the crime rate will decline.

It's getting as dangerous to live in Washington as it is to live in New Orleans.

AS DIED DOWNTOWN MACON
SO DIES THE MACON MALL

Sent the following email to Kenny Band Jami G. a few days ago: As goes Downtown Macon, so goes THE MALL. It is the inevitable evolution of the North Maconization of this city. In both locations, a convenient, desirable, high-end, resident population is simply not at hand.
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HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION IN DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA

If you are CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, arrogant, black and secure in your under-educated, knee-jerk political base, all you have to do is be a 'NO-SHOW' at up to debate your opponents.

(For those of you 'who ain't from here' please remember that the overwheling majority of Georgia citizens are not McKinney supporters.)

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BURNING THE FLAG
vs
SHOOTING THE Q'RAP OUT OF THE Q'RAN

It’s OK to burn the American Flag. At least for now. Some congressional pisspot will submit another flag-burning amendment in a year or two, probably in time for the general election of 2008.

But what about shooting the shit out of the Muslim holy book, the Quoran? Drilling it full of holes and dumping the body at a mosque in, of all places, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

And, in a move reminiscent of the old JACKASS TV show, the guys that did it are supposed to have left a video of their deed on MYSPACE. Video’s name, KILL THE KORAN.

The situation has upset Ibrahim Hooper, mouthpiece for CAIR, The Council of American Islamic Relations, who has filed a complaint with the Justice Department. The FBI is looking into the matter.

Haven’t heard from A-CAIR yet. Might in a day or two.

So what do we have? Grounds for a hate crime or simply a couple of morons exercising their right of free expression. If we can burn a US Flag, we ought to be able to shoot holes in the Quoran or the Bible or writings of Zoroaster, right?

My own inclination is that this is a free speech matter, its obvious offensiveness notwithstanding. This country must never become like our increasingly brain-dead European cousins who are inching closer to law that makes it a crime to ridicule or even condemn a religion. Make that THE Muslim religion. Have to treat those clowns with kid gloves. Can’t even publish a pic of their prophet, can we?

Well this b’log did, dammit. It put online all twelve of the ‘offensive’ pictures of the bearded
one whose followers would kill or convert every one of us, turning the world into a Muslim playground.

Simply do a search in the space to the left. Type in ‘Danish Cartoons’ and get your kicks with the prophet’s pretty pix.

BOSTON'S BIG DIG
and the
BOMBAY BOMBINGS

There is a major difference between the destruction taking place in a newly constructed Boston highway tunnel and the horrific slaughter of dozens of subway riders in Bombay, India.

In Bombay the killing was done by terrorists, Kashmiri separatists most likely, another branch of our peaceful Muslim neighbors who have been in a state of de facto war with Hundu India since the 1940's.

While the collapse of a section of tunnel in Beantown, part of a massive public works project known locally as 'The Big Dig', might indicate that it has been business as usual during the fifteen years of this project....a construction boondoggle marked by a cost overrun of a mere seven hundred per cent. The two billion buck original estimate has risen to fourteen, all federally funded, which has brought nothing but joy to Bay Staters from Senators Kennedy and Kerry all the way down to the crooked construction bosses, union officials, and makers of substandard steel and concrete.

Business as usual in the Bay State. One of the scandals during my days up there was the revellation that Massachusetts roads were built with only a fraction of the base and substructure that was common to all other New England states....and at a much higher cost. Yep, that's the way we did things in Massachusetts. Apparently they are still at it. Potholes are more common on the Mass Turnpike than on that other great piece of modern American roadway engineerin, the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Of course the fourteen billion has done wonders for the state's economy. It proves the old Reagan 'Trickle Down' theory....money trickles down to the peasant on the street after the politician, the union boss, the cop on the beat, the safety inspector and their drivers gets his little piece of the big action.

Bostonians are very happy that the rest of us are funding what is purely a local boondoggle

Sometimes it's easier to deal with terorists...at least you can kill those bastards on the spot. Politicians and crooked inspectors rarely go to jail.

Taxpayer, be screwed!.

HERMAN CAIN IN FOR NEAL BOORTZ
DIVERSITY vs MULTICULTURALISM

Listening to Herman Cain as I type.

Herman Cain, African American businessman, successful, up-by-the-bootstraps background, Republican, conservative. Just missed the GOP nod two years ago in a run at the U.S. Senate.

Nothing scares my liberal friends more than a conservative, Black success story who didn't rely on the government to get him where he is.

If the truth be known, reliance on government at any level to run interference is most often the kiss of death.

Cain is discussing American 'DIVERSITY', comparing it to European-style 'MULTICULTURALISM' which has allowed the cities of that continent to be people by unassimilated, hate-filled Muslims who want nothing more than to change that culture into some version of their own.

The last gap of the crusades,? Maybe.

The end of Western Civilization? Possibly.

If it is still Monday Morning where you are, try to tune in. I will have something to say on the subject later today.

FROM TOWN HALL TWO COLUMNS
ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT FRONT

For those of you who are rightly concerned with the attacks on our rights as guaranteed by the Second Amendment, TOWN HALL has two very different columns on the subject today:

1. MIKE ADAMS has a wonderfully tongue in cheek piece called HOW TO BUY THE RIGHT REVOLVER.

2. CAM EDWARDS offers up a chilling column about the ongoing attempt to destroy Americans' Constitutional rights by international treaty in WE SURVIVED....FOR NOW.

You can access any Town Hall contributor by going to the web site and searching for the writer's name.