Weezotopia

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:22:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:54:00 +0000

I'm really neglecting you all, aren't I? Well, to make it up to you, I'll let you in on my latest political cartoon.

O-right,
J. Sutton

This is your Democratic Party

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:36:00 +0000

These Marxists, interviewed by HotAirTV outside the '08 Democratic Convention, scare the living crap out of me. I feel like moving off to Gilligan's Island and putting all of my private property in an empty turtle shell.

I know I haven't posted much, and what I have posted hasn't been anything interesting. So sue me! I'm a college student now, though. I got things to do.

Thanks for your readership,
J. Sutton

Just to update you

First day

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Well, I got done about 2 hours ago with my first day of academic classes. I had Microeconomics from 9:30 to about 10 and then had Business Calculus from 11 to 12:15. Microecon looks like it's going to be pretty awesome; I like the teaching style of the instructor. I'd say the same about my Calculus instructor; I don't see any problems for a determined and self-motivated student like myself. I've got Aikido tonight at 7; bring on the flips.

Just giving you the update,
J. Sutton

I'll delete this soon...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:03:00 +0000

Outdoor Superstore Coming to Leeds to Hold Job Fair

The Leeds Civic Center will be hosting a three-day job fair for Leeds' new Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, set to open in November. The job fair will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, September 8th, and will last each day until 7:00 p.m. through Wednesday, September 10th.

Part-time and full-time positions are open to applicants 18 or older in every department of both the retail store and the Tracker Marine Boat Center, to include the fishing, camping, hunting, archery, footwear, apparel, gifts, marine accessories, boat sales, credit card sales, customer service, loss prevention, parts sales and receiving departments. Cashiers, greeters, marine technicians, boat detailers, and boat sales consultants are also being sought. Applications will be provided, can be filled out, and will be accepted at the job fair.

“We usually cycle through about one thousand a day with this kind of thing,” says Harley Willis, manager of the new store. Willis says that the applicants will also fill out questionnaires pertaining to their interests. “We can definitely use people who are passionate, whether that passion be hunting, fishing, even bird-watching.”

When asked about skill sets or prior experience that applicants may need for employment at Bass Pro Shops, he explained that “anybody can come in.”

“We're in the retail business to service the customer,” he went on, “Sure, it's great if they have experience in retail, or say if they're in the hunting department and they know all about ammunition, but we're going to train them with what they need to know.”

Benefits provided include an excellent wage potential, flexible morning and evening schedules, holiday pay, medical insurance, and associate discounts at Bass Pro Shops.

LeedsAlabama.com, an independent online news magazine for the community, cites the new store, which will cover 150,000 square feet, as the “catalyst” for the development of the Grand River Project, a 110-acre master-planned community at the intersection of I-20 and Highway 78. Without the project, says David Hogan, publisher of the web-magazine, this area of Leeds “would hardly have seen development in our lifetime.” Both the new store and the Leeds Civic Center are about 18 miles and 23 minutes away from the UAB campus, according to MapQuest.

Bass Pro Shops' website, www.basspro.com, lists 61 open and future stores. For a glimpse at the potential economic impact of the outdoor superstore, consider the fact that BPS took in an estimated $1.9 billion in sales from 53 open stores last year, an average of nearly $35 million per store, according to Wikipedia.

Manager Harley Willis estimated that 275 to 300 positions would need to be filled, and that the store would probably begin staffing around the beginning of October.

Willis was sure to reiterate the fact that experience and know-how will take a back seat to character in the selection process.

“We're looking more at the quality of the people.”

If you have any questions you can visit www.basspro.com/jobs. Bass Pro Shops is an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace.

Only two more days in Ariton

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:18:00 +0000

Yeah, I know that wasn't the type of title that you wanted to hear, but it's been a busy week.

I preached tonight, and I got a good reception. Hopefully, my words stuck for an ioda of a second to some of my listeners.

Also hopefully, I'll get some time in tomorrow to finally give you, my readers, some good thought fodder.

God bless,
J. Sutton

My first political cartoon...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:03:00 +0000

I'm in the works to be put on the news and opinion sections of the UAB Kaleidoscope newspaper staff. I also may be an occasional political cartoonist for the paper. The only stickler may be how I drew the man representing the Saudis; by the way, there was no racial or cultural intent in how he is rendered.

Yeah. I'm an amateur.
J. Sutton

Only 9 more days ...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:22:00 +0000

... before I'm off to Birmingham. I've got my schedule ready; I'll be taking Sociology, Microeconomics, Music Appreciation, Business 101, Business Calculus, and, as I noted a few weeks ago, Aikido. I'm really excited to be taking classes of my own choosing--within the parameters of UAB's core curriculum, of course. I've got a really good feeling about adjusting, and my hours are great (I don't start my day until 9, and I'll end my academic day at 1). I've already CLEP'd English Comp. 101 and 102, so I can begin my English classes with literature next semester. Can I get a hoo-ha-no-remedial-grammar!? I've also already been accepted as a volunteer writer for the Kaleidoscope, the UAB student newspaper. I hate having to leave this area, but I know that those around me now will keep me in their hearts, as I will keep them in mine.

God has really blessed me in a huge way,
J. Sutton

And here we have the Republican Ruckus on Video!

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:04:00 +0000

I love politics,
J. Sutton

Republican ire? You gotta love it!

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:10:00 +0000

The GOP leadership in the House is stirring things up on energy independence, and I'm loving it. There hasn't been a signature issue on which Congressional Republicans have turned on the megaphone from the high ground in a long while, and, with 72% of Americans saying that prices at the pump are the biggest problem facing the economy, it's about time that they do take a strong stand. More than 50 Republican members of the House stayed after hours on Friday in protest of the 5-week adjournment, and many are coming back to Capitol Hill today. Check out the GOP's open letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi:

An Open Letter to Speaker Pelosi

On Friday August 1, 2008, at 11:23 a.m., your Democrat majority in the House of Representatives adjourned the House for five full weeks.

House Republicans believe that Congress should not go on vacation until we take action to lower gas and energy prices for struggling American families.

For the last two months we and our House Republican colleagues have used every tool at our disposal to try and get you and your Democrat majority to vote on legislation to lower gas and energy prices by expanding environmentally sound domestic production of oil and natural gas, improving energy efficiency, and encouraging the development of alternative energy technologies.

Many of the proposals we have asked you and your Democrat majority to allow us to vote on are bipartisan proposals that we believe would enjoy the support of a majority of the Members of the Congress. Yet because you and your Democrat Leadership personally oppose these proposals, you are not allowing them to come up for a vote. This past Sunday, you even told George Stephanopoulos that you will never allow this vote to occur ….

In protest of you and your Democrat majority not allowing an up or down vote on producing more American energy, we and our House Republican colleagues were prepared to take to the floor on Friday, August 1, 2008, and speak to the nation. Rather than allowing that to happen you and your Democrat majority adjourned the House, turned off the television cameras, shut off the microphones and turned out the lights. Nearly 50 House Republicans remained on the floor of the House in defiance speaking to those citizens gathered in the galleries and to the media.

Today we have again returned to the Capitol to continue speaking to the thousands of Americans from all across our country who are visiting the Capitol. We would have preferred if instead we were joined by our colleagues to have a true debate on this issue that ended in an up or down vote.

We think it is unconscionable that Congress has gone on vacation before we have addressed the high gas prices that are crippling our economy and hurting millions of families. We are asking that you reconvene the House from your five-week vacation and schedule a vote on legislation to increase American energy production. Let us be clear, we are not asking for a guaranteed outcome, just the chance to vote.

Signed by: John Boehner, Republican Leader; Roy Blunt, Republican Whip; Adam Putnam, Republican Conference Chairman; Eric Cantor, Chief Deputy Whip; and Members of the House Republican Conference

Pelosi and the purse-lipped House Democratic leaders must be enjoying their vacation immensely, knowing that the people of south Alabama are only having to pay $3.75, as opposed to $3.99. Remember when I said that the gods may, in fact, be listening to our human plight at the pump? It seems that the god of the House gavel is not. 3 years ago, I would have expected the Republican majority to take a vacation with pressing issues on the table, and now we see the Democrats free for 5 weeks to take afternoon drives and fly private jets, paying for gas with their pocket change while the average American travels to the grocery store on his life-savings.

I suppose ineptitude comes in red and blue.
J. Sutton

Look what I can do now!

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:19:00 +0000

Well, today, I'm 18, and I can now, according to Yahoo! Answers:

Vote
By tobacco (In other states; Alabama: 19)*
Buy/rent porn*
Go to the Casino-not in Vegas though*
Buy lottery tickets*
Sign legal documents
Be held legally responsible for my actions
Join the armed forces*
Make your own medical decisions
Get a tattoo*
Rent a hotel room

Those items that received a star are rights of which I doubt I will be utilizing.

Woohoo! I'm a major!
J. Sutton

Much too good not to post...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:44:00 +0000

Readers, don't get politically correct. The fellow in yellow is a *in my Ahnold voice* wimpy man, not necessarily gay.

Don't get your power-walking shorts in a tight,
J. Sutton

Proof that even the supposed party/wing of the downtrodden and unfortunate has its share of callous monsters

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:37:00 +0000

The members of Democratic Underground, a left-wing discussion board, today sent out their condolences in the wake of muckraker extraordinaire Robert Novak's, of the Valerie Plame/CIA leak scandal fame, brain tumor being discovered. Some posters did actually share some genuine, unbiased compassion and sympathy. Others... well:

13. Karmas a b****.. aint it?

Edited on Mon Jul-28-08 12:47 PM by notadmblnd

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that there were some conservatives who enjoyed the thought of Ted Kennedy retiring from the Senate, but I never read of a conservative outlet allowing its posters or bloggers to publicly declare that a liberal's misfortune comes in lieu of his ideological resume.

Give me a compassionate conservative any day,
J. Sutton

Power of words...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:25:00 +0000

I picked up the copy of the first issue of Lapham's Quarterly, a compilation of similarly themed quotes and writings (this issue on war), that I bought in late 2007 just a few minutes ago, and the first piece that I looked at was the speech that Colonel Tim Collins gave to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment as they traveled into Iraq from Kuwait in 2003. It reads below.

We go to liberate, not to conquer.
We will not fly our flags in their country
We are entering Iraq to free a people and the only flag which will be flown in that ancient land is their own.
Show respect for them.

There are some who are alive at this moment who will not be alive shortly.
Those who do not wish to go on that journey, we will not send.
As for the others, I expect you to rock their world.
Wipe them out if that is what they choose.
But if you are ferocious in battle remember to be magnanimous in victory.

Iraq is steeped in history.
It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birthplace of Abraham.
Tread lightly there.

You will see things that no man could pay to see
-- and you will have to go a long way to find a more decent, generous and upright people than the Iraqis.
You will be embarrassed by their hospitality even though they have nothing.

Don't treat them as refugees for they are in their own country.
Their children will be poor, in years to come they will know that the light of liberation in their lives was brought by you.

If there are casualties of war then remember that when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day.
Allow them dignity in death.
Bury them properly and mark their graves.

It is my foremost intention to bring every single one of you out alive.
But there may be people among us who will not see the end of this campaign.
We will put them in their sleeping bags and send them back.
There will be no time for sorrow.

The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his nemesis and that we are bringing about his rightful destruction.
There are many regional commanders who have stains on their souls and they are stoking the fires of hell for Saddam.
He and his forces will be destroyed by this coalition for what they have done.
As they die they will know their deeds have brought them to this place. Show them no pity.

It is a big step to take another human life.
It is not to be done lightly.
I know of men who have taken life needlessly in other conflicts.
I can assure you they live with the mark of Cain upon them.

If someone surrenders to you then remember they have that right in international law and ensure that one day they go home to their family.
The ones who wish to fight, well, we aim to please.

If you harm the regiment or its history by over-enthusiasm in killing or in cowardice, know it is your family who will suffer.
You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest -- for your deeds will follow you down through history.
We will bring shame on neither our uniform or our nation.

It is not a question of if, it's a question of when.
We know he has already devolved the decision to lower commanders, and that means he has already taken the decision himself.
If we survive the first strike we will survive the attack.

As for ourselves, let's bring everyone home and leave Iraq a better place for us having been there.

Our business now is north.

Though there has been great criticism for the U.S. throughout this war, the AP's acknowledgment today of success in sight for Iraq made reading, "Their children will be poor, in years to come they will know that the light of liberation in their lives was brought by you," an even bigger welling-of-pride spot.

God bless the U.S.A.,
J. Sutton

I had an awakening tonight.

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:28:00 +0000

I realized that I haven't been an active Christian. I haven't done nearly enough to spread the Word, and, for that, I'll be asking a few more pleas for forgiveness. My soon-to-be-former youth pastor's message tonight woke me up to something that is so common sense. Christianity is so much more than living a holy life and learning more about Christ and God, and I've been neglecting ministering to others for quite a while.

I haven't had a total sense of fulfillment lately, and, now that I think about it, I realize that it's because I'm just wasting the overflow of Christ's joy on no one. From here on out, I'm a bona fide evangelist.

Oh, yeah. I'm preaching on August 4th at the youth center. Come.
J. Sutton

Poem, I guess

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:51:00 +0000

No feeling like blue,
I look at the Earth,
and find that she's blue, too.

Am I the one,
who brought you pain,
who ruined all of your summer fun?

Trees are falling,
you're fretting over it all,
and mother's calling,

for you to listen,
to stop and see,
just how the fruits of your labor glisten.

Was I here all along?
were you my sister once?
I thought I was right, but, oh, I was wrong.

No thoughts are as cloudy,
as the cumulonimbus of my mind,
full of bees, of noise, of the rowdy.

Snap, snap.
J. Sutton

This almost makes the neverending "Decision '08" tolerable...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Oh, it's time for some campaignin'!
J. Sutton

I'm definitely buying Rock Band 2

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:19:00 +0000

Check out the set list:

Artist                       Song Title                        Decade

   AC/DC                        "Let There Be Rock"               1970s
   AFI                          "Girl's Gone Grey"                2000's
   Alanis Morissette            "You Oughta Know"                 1990's
   Alice in Chains              "Man in the Box"                  1990's
   Allman Brothers              "Ramblin' Man"                    1970's
   Avenged Sevenfold            "Almost Easy"                     2000's
   Bad Company                  "Shooting Star"                   1970's
   Beastie Boys                 "So Whatcha Want"                 1990's
   Beck                         "E-Pro"                           2000's
   Bikini Kill                  "Rebel Girl"                      1990's
   Billy Idol                   "White Wedding Pt. I"             1980's
   Blondie                      "One Way or Another"              1970's
   Bob Dylan                    "Tangled Up in Blue"              1970's
   Bon Jovi                     "Livin' on a Prayer"              1980's
   Cheap Trick                  "Hello There"                     1970's
   Devo                         "Uncontrollable Urge"             1980's
   Dinosaur Jr.                 "Feel the Pain"                   1990's
   Disturbed                    "Down with the Sickness"          2000's
   Dream Theater                "Panic Attack"                    2000's
   Duran Duran                  "Hungry Like the Wolf"            1980's
   Elvis Costello               "Pump It Up"                      1970's
   Fleetwood Mac                "Go Your Own Way"                 1970's
   Foo Fighters                 "Everlong"                        1990's
   Guns N' Roses                "Shackler's Revenge"              2000's
   Interpol                     "PDA"                             2000's
   Jane's Addiction             "Mountain Song"                   1980's
   Jethro Tull                  "Aqualung"                        1970's
   Jimmy Eat World              "The Middle"                      2000's
   Joan Jett                    "Bad Reputation"                  1980's
   Journey                      "Anyway You Want It"              1970's
   Judas Priest                 "Painkiller"                      1990's
   Kansas                       "Carry On Wayward Son"            1970's
   L7                           "Pretend We're Dead"              1990's
   Lacuna Coil                  "Our Truth"                       2000's
   Linkin Park                  "One Step Closer"                 2000's
   Lit                          "My Own Worst Enemy"              1990's
   Lush                         "De-Luxe"                         1990's
   Mastodon                     "Colony of Birchmen"              2000's
   Megadeth                     "Peace Sells"                     1980's
   Metallica                    "Battery"                         1980's
   Mighty Mighty Bosstones      "Where'd You Go"                  1990's
   Modest Mouse                 "Float On"                        2000's
   Motorhead                    "Ace of Spades"                   1980's
   Nirvana                      "Drain You"                       1990's
   Norman Greenbaum             "Spirit in the Sky"               1960's
   Panic at the Disco           "Nine in the Afternoon"           2000's
   Paramore                     "That's What You Get"             2000's
   Pearl Jam                    "Alive"                           1990's
   Presidents of the USA        "Lump"                            1990's
   Rage Against the Machine     "Testify"                         1990's
   Ratt                         "Round & Round"                   1980's
   Red Hot Chili Peppers        "Give it Away"                    1990's
   Rise Against                 "Give it All"                     2000's
   Rush                         "The Trees"                       1970's
   Silversun Pickups            "Lazy Eye"                        2000's
   Smashing Pumpkins            "Today"                           1990's
   Social Distortion            "I Was Wrong"                     1990's
   Sonic Youth                  "Teenage Riot"                    1980's
   Soundgarden                  "Spoonman"                        1990's
   Squeeze                      "Cool for Cats"                   1970's
   Steely Dan                   "Bodhitsattva"                    1970's
   Steve Miller Band            "Rock'n Me"                       1970's
   Survivor                     "Eye of the Tiger"                1980's
   System of a Down             "Chop Suey"                       2000's
   Talking Heads                "Psycho Killer"                   1970's
   Tenacious D                  "Master Exploder"                 2000's
   Testament                    "Souls of Black"                  1990's
   The Donnas                   "New Kid in School"               2000's
   The Go-Go's                  "We Got the Beat"                 1980's
   The Grateful Dead            "Alabama Getaway"                 1980's
   The Guess Who                "American Woman"                  1970's
   The Muffs                    "Kids in America"                 1990's
   The Offspring                "Come Out & Play                  1990's
                                 (Keep 'em Separated)"
   The Replacements             "Alex Chilton"                    1980's
   The Who                      "Pinball Wizard"                  1960's

   Bonus Artist                 Bonus Song Title                  Decade

   Abnormality                  "Visions"                         2000's
   Anarchy Club                 "Get Clean"                       2000's
   Bang Camaro                  "Night Lies"                      2000's
   Breaking Wheel               "Shoulder to the Plow"            2000's
   The Libyans                  "Neighborhood"                    2000's
   The Main Drag                "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter"        2000's
   Speck                        "Conventional Lover"              2000's
   The Sterns                   "Supreme Girl"                    2000's
   That Handsome Devil          "Rob the Prez-O-Dent"             2000's

Rock on.
J. Sutton

Oh, I hate it when they flounder...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:39:00 +0000

Yeah, right. The straight-talker seemed to be on the right track when he told the NYT in a recent interview that he was against the adoption of orphaned or foster children by gay couples. But when the rainbow-pronged pitchforks were raised, McCain turned into straight-mashed potatoes. His campaign issued a statement today "clarifying" that McCain was a die hard federalist and believed that the issue was one to be taken up by the states.

I know that this is pandering by center-kicking on the part of the campaign. If you follow the first link, you'll see that, in the interview, McCain actually avoids having to say that he would rather orphaned and foster children stay in orphanages and designated homes than with gay parents.
Q: Even if the alternative is the kid staying in an orphanage, or not having parents.

Mr. McCain: I encourage adoption and I encourage the opportunities for people to adopt children. I encourage the process being less complicated so they can adopt as quickly as possible. And Cindy and I are proud of being adoptive parents.
From what I read, the Republican nominee was saying that he is an active proponent for adoption (by heterosexuals, as he says that he is against gay adoption in this very interview), and that he is also an active proponent of getting children adopted with as little red tape as possible. I don't read that he "believes that in those situations that caring parental figures are better for the child than the alternative" or where there are any traces of what "could have been clearer in the interview in stating that his position on gay adoption is that it is a state issue." Usually, when candidates want to seem good, calm moderates on an issue such as this, they will pick up the federalist flag while mentioning their own personal preferences as an aside. Barack Obama has played this strategy well, acknowledging his being a personal pro-lifer who just happens to believe that every state should be able to set their own standards on the issue. My hero! This is no different. McCain let his true beliefs (actually pure red) shine through and that is definitely a general election no-no.

I'm about tired of this whole "Each State can have its own moral society." scam.
J. Sutton

If I can learn half of this guy's flow ...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:47:00 +0000

... then I'll be happy. As a few of you may know, I'll be taking an aikido class for a P.E. credit in the fall. I know that I won't even scratch the tip of the top of the surface in one semester's time, but if I like the class, I'm sure I'll keep on it.

I know the uke aren't resisting, but you can't deny seeing the man's skill.
J. Sutton

Valhalla finally begins to hear the people's plight?

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:25:00 +0000

Top Democrat may back new offshore drilling: report

I guess some of the gods do keep a hint of the human trait compassion when they reach the hallowed halls of Capitol Hill.

I have mixed emotions about this. On one hand, I would definitely be overjoyed to see less government regulation (self-sufficiency strangling) on energy. On the other hand, I just know that demand will take a hearty bounce and all "oil crisis" lessons will be forgotten once pump prices inevitably fall.

You may say, "Well, Jared, how can you say that you are a staunch proponent of laissez-faire when you don't support the consumer acting naturally?" Well, my friends, I'm not saying that I don't support a consumer increasing demand in response to lower prices. It all comes back to government crippling the market mentality of the consumer. When the state makes laws regulating or "stabilizing" the market, then the laws of supply and demand begin to take a back seat. When government restrains supply in such a welfare state as we have today, the consumer is unsure whether he should or should not change his habits of consumption, because there is the everpresent knowledge that government will eventually step in or step back to change the current supply problem. Why change your bad habits when you know that they'll eventually be facilitated?

Why stop belching at the table when you know that, eventually, belching will be okay?
J. Sutton

Good news from the "political disaster"

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:39:00 +0000

UAE to cancel Iraq's $7 billion debt

$7 billion, an ambassador, and shrine reconstruction aid ... from a Sunni nation? So much for Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki being a Shiite crony. The man be getting a bit too confident, but why shouldn't he be? Violence is supposedly at its lowest level in four years, and George Stephanopoulos reported no U.S. serviceman deaths on his "In Memoriam" segment for the past week.

Even, Congressman Jack "killing innocent civilians in cold blood" Murtha (D-PA) has had to acknowledge success of the surge, albeit with his teeth gritted.

Once again, God bless the U.S.A.
J. Sutton

Oh, Canada!

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:33:00 +0000

But, seriously, we live in the greatest nation on Earth. Let's get down on our knees and do a little bit of thanking to the being who blessed us with a nice little plot of land and a set of freedoms that we could never fully appreciate. Do a little more thanking to that being (God, if you haven't guessed) for creating humans with a heart of service and sacrifice, who so aptly fulfill our needs in the freedom maintenance department.

God bless America,
J. Sutton

After reading my Freshman Discussion Book ...

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:48:00 +0000

... I have to say that I'm in need of some solid research time, and since it is a freshman discussion that I will be taking part in on the first day of college, I will be doing solid research.

The book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change, is incredibly well-written by my meager standards. Her diction is great and her placement of quotes and data is so concise and thoughtful that, by page 199, one can hardly believe that their can possibly be any legitimate argument that man-made global warming is a non-factor. But "hardly" is the key italicized word in the previous sentence, and I think that I owe it to myself, to author Elizabeth Kolbert, and to those who believe climate change to be a krock to read at least one book, written just as well, to Kolbert's contrary. Of course, my research definitely will not stop there; my laptop will become invaluable in my search for information and in my formation of my stance.

My stance, as it stands, is that our burning, pumping, and wasting is harming us, in one way or another. I cannot be convinced that shelling out billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere and thereby altering our breathing air is not, in some way, hazardous to our health. I also cannot believe that we humans, insatiably destructive creatures, are not seriously pushing our planet to the limit. How can we not be pushing the Earth towards some sort of disaster, if not global warming, at the rate that we're moving at?

I'm not a kool-aid drinker, but I do have common sense.
J. Sutton

Let's not be petty now, General

noreply@blogger.com (The "Weeze" Sutton) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:42:00 +0000

Democrat with military background assails McCain's credentials

The former supreme commander of NATO debunks McCain's security resume for us.

"He hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall," said General Wesley Clark, also a former Clinton supporter.

Hmmm. Let's take a look at those former presidents who served but were never there to "[order] the bombs to fall."

James Madison
James Polk
Millard Fillmore
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan - kept out of combat due to bad eyesight
George W. Bush

Clark's wikipedia site says he voted for Ronald Reagan, and I wonder if, as a now-prominent pro-choice, pro-Affirmative Action Democrat, he would look back and scoff at Jimmy Carter for his lack of experience in the bomb drop-order departments.

Now let's look at Presidents who never served:

John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
Grover Cleveland
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Bill Clinton

Again, I wonder what Gen. Clark's stance was when his liberal pal William Jefferson Clinton was campaigning for commander-in-chief. Was he hiding his feelings of ill-will towards the two-term president who fought claims of being a draft-dodger? Would he go back and say that FDR was unfit to stand at the helm of the world's greatest armed forces?

That whole "WWII" thing seemed to turn out alright without Roosevelt's ever having "been there."
J. Sutton