"Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations." --George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

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By Douglas V. Gibbs

During a city council discussion regarding the possibility of opening up a dog park, new San Juan Capistrano Councilman Derek Reeve expressed his excitement regarding a dog park for his dogs, America and Muhammad.

One of the audience members so happened to be a Muslim, and he was offended by the fact that Reeve named one of his dogs "Muhammad."

I've known people to do such things. A person I knew named his horse Jesus. An atheist I once knew named his dog "God" so that he could yell at God everyday.

I felt in both cases they were stupid, idiotic, and a whole other host of words. And I suppose I was slightly offended to a point. But that is as far as it went. God is greater than a couple of idiots that just don't want anything to do with Him.

Councilman Reeve, however, is not getting such a reasonable response. The Muslims are a little freakier about that kind of stuff. Hell, these people rioted over Dutch cartoons, for God's sake.

Not-So-Conservative commentator, Bill O'Reilly, even took a shot at the councilman on his pinheads and patriots segment.

Isn't this about free speech?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, with freedom comes responsibility. But are you kidding me? You can't name your dog the same name that is the most popular in Britain?

Oh, that's right, dogs are bad in the eyes of Muslims.

But, wait, the name is appropriate in my opinion, because aside from being a lowlife pedophile, barbarian, liar, murderer, psycho, and megalomaniac, Muhammad was also a dirty dog.

Councilman Reeve seems to be taking this quite well, taking O'Reilly's accusation that he is a pinhead with a dash of laughter.

The Council on Islamic Relations is not going to be forgiving, however. They want an apology, and they want it yesterday. They say Reeve of disrespected the Muslim prophet. So far Reeve has refused.

If I was Reeve, I would answer, with a particular finger held nice and high.

Yes, I don't like it when Christianity is disrespected, but what would it say about Christianity if we went around "forcing" people to treat the religion with whether-you-like-it-or-not respect? Yep, that's right, we'd be something like the fascist, totalitarian Islamists.

Resident Jurgen Schambach thinks there is a free speech discussion in all of this. He named his German Shepherd "Blitz."

"I don't name my dog Jesus because it's my own choice," says Schambach, "but if somebody would like to do that, why not? We should not go to war over that one."

By the way: If the liberal freaks or Muslim freaks shut my site down over this post, it would prove how idiotic hypocritical they are, and I'll be writing over at douglasvgibbs.com from there on out.

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Councilman Under Fire for Naming Dog Muhammad - NBC Los Angeles

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The future is dim thanks to humanity's destruction of the environment. So they send humans into the age of the dinosaurs to restart civilization. . . using a communist model governed by a military leadership.

Ahhh, utopia for the liberals!

My, my, my, how easily the Hollywood liberal whackos forget history.

Aside from the recent history of the failure of leftism, such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is also the history of America, in the colonies, where a communal society was tried. . . and it failed.

When the Pilgrims came to America, they did so for religious freedom. Back in England The King was not only the head of a strong, overpowering, centralized government, but had also set himself up as the head of the church. In doing so, he declared all religions other than his own, the Church of England, illegal. The Church of England was the National Religion.

The first footprint on Plymouth Rock signified a break from tyranny, but the colonists were not sure what kind of government they desired. Many forms of government were attempted throughout America's young history, and nearly all of them failed.

Over the course of the next hundred years, or so, among the forms of government attempted, one attempt was a socialist-style form of government, in which the neighborhood, or community, was much like a commune type setting. The members of the community provided for the entire community by adding what they produced into the public coffer. This style of government did not succeed, however, because they found that human nature caused some colonists to not pull their full weight. Starvation and death plagued the communal societies. The utopian dream was a dismal failure.

Eventually, the form of government that worked best was when the people were able to keep what they produced, taking care of their families first, and then taking to market the remainder so as to acquire other goods and services they may need for their family that they were unable to produce on their own. This was the beginning of the free market system that would eventually evolve into the Capitalism that would make this nation prosperous, and the greatest economic power in the world.

If Terra Nova on Fox TV is realistic, the experiment will fail unless they change it from a socialistic liberal communal society controlled by the military to a system where the people keep more of what they earn for themselves. . . then again, maybe that is where the writers are taking it. We'll see, but I won't hold my breath on that one.

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(thanks Jim Stewart)

Ever since Obama came out and tried to compare the taxes that Warren Buffett pays to what his secretary pays he's tried to fool the public. The 15% that Buffett was taxed was on CAPITAL GAINS, not the federal tax that he ALSO pays (making Buffett's total tax liability closer to 50%).

So, with that in mind, the investors (fearing Obama was looking to raise the capital gains tax) are fleeing and taking their money with them.

Way to go Barry Sotero!

Global Meltdown: Investors Are Dumping Nearly Everything - CNBC

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Rangel’s portrait to be unveiled on Capitol Hill

He may have been censured by his House colleagues, but Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will have his visage permanently displayed on Capitol Hill.

The House Ways and Means Committee, which Rangel chaired until he lost his gavel following accusations of ethics violations, is hosting a ceremony and reception Thursday to unveil Rangel’s official portrait in Longworth House Office Building. . .

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These People Are Insane.

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