A Conservative We Should All Know

Posted on 19/06/2013 by Grumpa Joe

I just read the transcript from the 2013 commencement address to the Hillsdale College graduating class. Ted Cruz gave an eloquent address defending the Constitution, Capitalism, freedom, and the need to defend it.
What impressed me most were Senator Cruz’s background. Before today, I knew only that Cruz was a newly elected Senator from Texas. He graduated from Princeton, and Harvard. His work back ground covers several different experiences from private practice to the Department of Justice. He has presented both written and oral arguments before the Supreme Court.
He speaks respectfully about his father’s immigration from Communist Cuba.
What is it about Cuba that’s les people want to leave there? It couldn’t be because it is a Socialist State led by a dictator, could it? The people of Cuba languish while the ‘One’ lives in regal splendor.
After reading Senator Cruz’ speech and his biographical background, I now understand why the Democrats attack and demonize him daily.
I’m posting this from my phone while being monitored from a satellite and cannot copy his speech into this piece,

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A Faether’s/Feather’s Day Card From Brad

Posted on 18/06/2013 by Grumpa Joe

Last Sunday, like many fathers, I beamed with pride as my kids came together and we celebrated Father’s Day. One of the joys of the day is seeing them all together.

I knew I was in for a treat when, Brad, my youngest grandson sheepishly presented me with a hand-made beauty of a card.

His artwork is really good. Brad is in second grade and is an expert Lego builder. Give him a set of Lego blocks and he is gone until he executes the  blueprint to precision.

I’m giving Brad the business in this post because he knows me all too well. The picture he drew touched a nerve and I gave him the reaction he wanted. “Wabbits, you drew a Wabbit eating my flowers?”  His face broke into a huge grin showing off some new teeth. He knows I am at war with the Wabbits every year, and he chose to zing me about it. I love you Bradley, and Benjamin, and Jenna Rose, and Danny, and Joey, and Abbey, and Dana. Oh by the way, I love you too Steve, Jacque, and Mike, thanks for making all the great kids.

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Five Surgeons

Posted on 18/06/2013 by Grumpa Joe

This is an old story, but it makes me laugh every time I read it. The problem is that the diagnoses on the fifth patient is so true it is sadder than it is funny. Thanks Rick for today’s chuckle.

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Five surgeons from big cities are discussing who makes the Best

patients to operate on.

The first surgeon, from New York, says, ‘I like to see accountants

on my operating table because when you open them up, everything

inside is numbered.’

The second, from Chicago, responds, ‘Yeah, but you should try

electricians! Everything inside them is color coded.’

The third surgeon, from Dallas, says, ‘No, I really think librarians

are the best, everything inside them is in alphabetical order.’

The fourth surgeon, from Los Angeles chimes in: ‘You know, I like

construction workers…Those guys always understand when you have

a few parts left over.’

But the fifth surgeon, from Washington , DC  shut them all up when

he observed: ‘You’re all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on.
There’s no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains, and no spine..

Plus, the head and the ass are interchangeable.’

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Big Brother Now In Your Pocket/Purse?

Posted on 17/06/2013 by Grumpa Joe
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Everyday I review headlines from several news sites to see what is going on. Today, a headline from Rush Limbaugh caught my eye. Curiosity got the best of me and I decided to explore what it is all about. Rush reports that our phone service providers have invaded our privacy with an app. It seems, a law passed in Spring of 2013 mandates that phone service providers downloaded an app that will give us emergency information. I checked my phone immediately and wallah there is was. It seems that now if Obama wants to send me some of his socialist propaganda under the guise of emergency information he can text me his message. Supposedly, the system will tell me if there is a pending tornado bearing down upon my house, or a hurricane is creeping in from the north along the length of Lake Michigan from Mackinaw Island, or the Cook County Forest Preserve is on fire and heading toward Will County thus putting my home in jeopardy. Most likely, it will be our dear president speaking about the virtues of Obama Care and why we have to be  patient with the implementation. Big, complicated 1200 page bills that our elected Representatives did not have the time, energy, nor interest to read before voting take time and a great big bunch of money,(which by the way the Reps forgot to write into the Bill), to carry out. (Sorry, that sentence is the result of two generous pours of Winking Owl).

Check your cell to see if the app has invaded your phone. Click on the link to Rush Limbaugh’s commentary and he will give you instructions for how to go ahead. It’s kind of fun to decide if you really want all the benefits of modern technology in your pocket/purse.

I’m leaving my emergency notification button turned on, I want to see for myself what kind of BS, I mean benefit, this will lead to.

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JR Sr.

Posted on 16/06/2013 by Grumpa Joe

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Happy Father’s Day to all. The photo above is of my Dad with my sister and me. This photo was taken on a Sunday. How do I know? Dad always dressed up on Sunday to go to mass. He stayed dressed for the day. During the week, he wore blue work shirts and blue work pants. Most days he looked like he worked in a coal mine. He came to America from a small town in Hungary. His half-sister Anna and her husband sponsored him. He arrived at Ellis Island at age seventeen with but a few coins in his pocket. Somehow he found his way to Burnside in Chicago. There, he stayed at a local boarding house until my Great Uncle got him a job at the Illinois Central Rail shops on 95th and Cottage grove Avenue. His job involved doing repair on the brakes of rail cars. When he reached sixty-five years he retired from the same job.

Dad was a maniac for hard work. His idea of retirement fun was to cut tall grass with a scythe on his farm in Michigan. He created a park with a baseball field for his grandkids. We spent many weekends visiting and there was always a baseball tournament going on the entire weekend.

Dad was an excellent father and a superb role model for me, my brother, and Sis.

 

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Cynthia Lee Meyers (cousin of one man who was killed in Bengahzi ) – The Dubuque Town Crier

Posted on 16/06/2013 by Grumpa Joe

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Read this news story and try to decide for yourself if  the President and the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deserve prosecution for the callous way in which they handled the Benghazi Embassy bombing. Both Hillary and Obama told deliberate lies to divert  ”We the People” away from the real issue of their incompetence.

What is left unmentioned in this story is that Ambassador Chris Stevens was an openly gay man. Muslims abhor homosexuality and they abused Stevens in most horrific ways.

Cynthia Lee Meyers (cousin of one man who was killed in Bengahzi ) – The Dubuque Town Crier.

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Rare Saturday rant

Posted on 15/06/2013 by Grumpa Joe

Reblogged from Just Cruisin 2:

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Watching our politicos spin their bull
and weave their webs of half-truths is
often humorous, sometimes frustrating,
and occasionally anger inciting.

The recent administration has been
trying to throw our elder citizens to
the lions, enslave many with welfare,
and remove freedoms from the average
Joe.

But now it seems they want to takethe
childhood from our children. We watched…

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