God Speed-Gerald Ford

So, Gerald Ford is dead.
And remember what happened because Ford was defeated by Gov. Jimmy Carter: Islamic Extremism and the specter of worldwide terrorism was raised to new heights.
Because of President Carter, the Shah of Iran was disgraced and deposed. What took over in Iran was an Islamic religious state that held America hostage by kidnapping our citizens. Because of that Islamic regime in Iran, they are either threatening or have already become a member of the nuclear weapon club and swing a big threatening stick sitting on a tinder box of oil.
Because of the Islamic extremists taking over in Iran, others, like Osama bin Laden, urged Islamic dominated states to become even more Islamic and extreme. A Saudi Arabian, bin Laden was scooted away to Afghanistan to "play" with Islamic state creation there.
His terror and taking over Afganistan led to Islamic laws being followed, including extremist actions against citizens and the mistreatment of women--certainly no promoter of human rights. Ultimately, his Al Quaeda group has caused more than 3,000 deaths of innocents in America and other western worlds as the Islamists interpret the words of Muhammed and wage Jihad in an effort to take the world back to the 12th Century.
So, it is fair to say that because of Gerald Ford's loss, the world was led by a weak President Carter who took us down the path to terrorism and failed policies.
President Ford was never elected president, and was never popular during his partial term. He was never a conservative leader, but set the stage for President Reagan to fight terrorism in central America, the middle east and defeat the Soviet Union to the waste heap of history.
Without Jimmy Carter, we could never have had President Reagan. Without Bill Clinton, we would never have had a Republican Congress, and without President George W. Bush, the Democrats would never have regained control of congress, and without the Democrats in Congress, America would never remember the reasons they mistakenly abandoned conservatives in the 2006 elections.
While the democrats are heaping praise on President Ford, it's because he was a compromiser and middle of the road Republican, who didn't have the conservative credentials to win election in 1976, perhaps because Senator Bob Dole was his running mate. They thwarted conservatives and Reagan was sent packing, but that only made a bigger victory for Reagan in 1980, and the cosnervative revolution began.
President Ford, God speed, and thank you for your service to the United States of America.

Muhammad The Bomber--Must See TV?

I read a parody recently that I had to expand and change.
For your consideration this is how pitching a brand new TV show involving a Muslim extremist.
Pitch Man--Okay, here's the pitch, I've got this great idea for a new TV show. It's a show about a terrorist bomber.
TV Executive--Does it have any dogs in the program?
Pitch Man--No, you see Muslims don't like dogs, they believe they are dirty...
TV Exec--No dogs, darn, I love dogs.
Pitch Man--We could put a couple of dogs in there if you want to.
TV Exec--Yeah, maybe a Rin Tin Tin, kind of dog, like the one at Petticoat Junction.
Pitch Man--Sure, that would work...anyway, these Muslims live in New York City, where they are taken care of by a Muslim grandma,
TV Exec--What's her name?
Pitch Man--Grandma Hamas...
TV Exec--Is that anything like humus? I love humus, especially those humus sandwiches, HEY SHELLEY, WHAT DO THEY CALL THOSE HUMUS SANDWICHES I LIKE?
Pitch Man--No that's humus, not Hamas, see it's kind of a play on words, Hamas is an extremist group that's into terrorism
Shelley-(faintly) falafel..
TV Exec--THAT'S IT, I love falafel sandwiches, they have the pita bread, the cucumber sauce and those crunchy little balls of falafel.
Pitch Man--Anyway, Grandma Hamas, loves to take care of her Muslim boys and is training them to be be suicide bombers.
TV Exec--Does the grandma make falafal sandwiches?
Pitch Man--She could, if that's what you want...
TV Exec--That would be great.
Pitch Man--Sure, if that's what you want, anyway the grandma is training the Muslim kids to be suicide bombers...
TV Exec--Does the dog like that humus stuff....SHELLEY--WHAT'S IT CALLED?
Shelley-FALAFAL...
TV Exec--Yeah, yeah...
Pitch Man--So the Muslims get a great meal from grandma...
TV Exec--Is it a falafal sandwich on peta bread?
Pitch Man--Yeah, and they get a full stomach...
TV Exec--Does the dog get any table scraps from the falafal sandwiches....I LOVE FALAFAL...
Pitch Man--Yeah, the dog is stuffed, and then the Muslim's strap bombs to themselves and go blow up a shopping mall, and airport and an oil refinery.
TV Exec--Sounds pretty good kid, let's get legal down here to draw up the contract for 18 weeks of programs and we got a deal.
Pitch Man--Wait, that won't work.
TV Exec--Why not, you got some teenage kids that are lonely, they have a grandma that takes care of them and a dog, they're ready to go blow themselves up for a cause bigger than themselves, what more could you want?
Pitch Man--That's the point, it's only a single episode.
TV Exec--Too bad kid, with your idea and my lack of any taste in programming, we coulda made a million dollars on the program alone, let alone the licensing rights for the falafal sandwich recipe. Well, anyway, you want to go to lunch? You like falafal?


Back to reality now. Is this perhaps the reason we aren't taking the terrorist threat seriously?