Item the first:

Thomas Autry, former Marine, fought off four would-be attackers, one armed with a shotgun and another armed with a pistol, using only his pocketknife. One attacker, who was stabbed when she jumped on his back, died later. The shotgun was kicked out of the would-be attacker’s hands by Mr. Autry. Mr. Autry was walking home from his late shift at a restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia when he was accosted by three men and the female. The police, in an unexplained fit of common sense, are not charging Mr. Autry with any crime whatsoever. Lesson: Do not mess with the Marines. Ever.

Item the second:

Scientists have determined that the Arctic experienced an average year-round temperature of 74 degrees (F) in pre-historic times. They claim this bolsters their position of global warming due to greenhouse gases.

Yeah, the cars and factories back then must have really been spewing the pollutants, huh? Hey, morons, it’s more likely that it’s part of a cycle – warmer, then cooler. Simple, right?

Please note: My opinion is that God created the world, and it sure wasn’t many millions of years ago. Yes, I am an ID believer. One reason: If we “evolved” from the apes, why are there still apes?

Please check out this article over at Fix4RSO’s site. This family needs your assitance, so I am asking my fellow veterans and those of you who support the armed forces to pitch in. Either contact Fix (Fix4rso AT fix4rso DOT com) or me (carycartter AT gmail DOT com) and your name will be forwarded to the angel coordinating this help. Anything will be appreciated; every little bit in this case will help.

Thank you, and God bless.

The Gunny mentioned this to me in an e-mail, and I thought I would expound a bit:

Gunny and I belong to BlogMad (button on the left), a hit-generator that drives traffic to your site. Basically, you surf the blogs that belong to their exchange, and in turn other people who surf through that site will be directed to your site based on how many sites you visit. Gunny mentioned that most of the blogs he sees on this exchange seem to be left leaning liberal blogs.

My theory on this? As I mentioned to him, I think that it is because the people who have the most time to spend on the blog exchanges, surfing sites in their spare times, are liberals – they have lots of free time to burn, since they are not as involved as their conservative counterparts are in other activities – such as community, church, family, friends, and work.

For example, I don’t get to spend a lot of time on BlogMad because my days are taken up with working forty-some hours a week, my evening are spent either with my wife and our dogs or at church with our friends, I am on the HOA board, and the weekends are for projects around the house (honey-dos, if you will) and church some more. How involved am I in church? We have a Tuesday evening Bible study, a Thursday evening service, and a Sunday evening service. I sing on the praise team, so that means Saturday afternoon practice. I lead the choir, which means Saturday evening practice. I drive the shuttle on Thursday and Sunday, so I need to be at church an hour early and I get to stay an hour after. All this involvement in community, church, family, friends, and work doesn’t leave a lot of time to be surfing aimlessly.

More liberal leaning people do not, generally, involve themselves in matters outside their own little scope of influence. It is my opinion that they are, for the most part, too busy reading their “Liberal Newsletter of Talking Points” and blogging – which also explains why all their posts seem to be pounding the same points at the same time.

Now, quick, everyone put on your asbestos suits – I think I sense a firestorm coming my way.

God bless you all, and get involved in your community, church, family, friends, and work!

Nothing like a young member of the Armed Forces to make you feel old.

To Sgt. Elijah Allen, and all the active duty members out there, thank you for your service.

To all the old salts, thank you for serving during your time, and supporting those who followed us.

Happy Memorial Day, and God Bless America.

My cousin sent me the results of the latest polls on Illegal Immigration.

43% of the respondents said illegal immigration is a major problem.

57% of the respondents said “No hablo ingles.”