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Well, the days of having a short column because of overwhelming Wacko Jacko coverage are evidently very much OVER!

This week, we lost yet another Hollywood legend and patriotic American. Karl Malden died on Wednesday at age 97. Born of a Czech mother and a Serb father, Malden was famous for such roles as General Omar Bradley in “Patton”, Mitch in “A Streetcar Named Desire” (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), PHM2 “Doc” Jones in “The Halls of Montezuma”, Terry Malloy in “On The Waterfront”, Harvey Shoemaker in “The Birdman of Alcatraz”, US Hockey Coach Herb Brooks in “Miracle On Ice”, Detective Mike Stone in the long-running TV series “The Streets of San Francisco”, and as the pitchman for American Express for over 20 years where he made the slogan “Don’t leave home without it” one of the most famous in history. His marriage to Mona Greenberg is one of the longest ever seen in Hollywood, as they wed December 18, 1938, and were separated only by his death 70 ½ years later. During World War II, this great American served as an NCO in the 8th Air Force. Karl Malden was one of the “good guys” in The Crawfish’s book.

It’s starting to look like some of the Republican establishment is finally opening their eyes and reading some of the TEA leaves. Former Congressman Pat Toomey has been working toward the GOP nomination for the Senate seat currently occupied by Arlen S.P.E.C.T.R.E., but the GOP establishment has been working their butts off to find a more “moderate” (aka LIBERAL) candidate. Toomey’s grassroots effort is gaining strength every day, especially with the defection (or should we call it a return to his home) of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and the rise of the Tea Party movement. The “moderate” candidates see the head of steam he’s getting and are bailing outta the way so they don’t get turned into roadkill.

Townhall commenter “beachmom” sent me this article from Canada Free Press, which lists the groups that are going to get paid to conduct the census. Looks like a job bill for minorities to me, but what would we expect from someone whose political career has been a production of ACORN Chicago?

For those of you who aren’t really up to speed on what precipitated the goings on in Honduras, Neal Boortz has it broken down in an easy to read format. Liberals out there keep referring to it as a “military coup” when in reality it is simply the military abiding by what the national supreme court is ordering. Doc Crawfish, who ain’t related to The Crawfish that we know of except being brothers in conservatism, sent me a little something that goes along with this story. The Crawfish notes that The Chosen One always seems to prefer election fraud. It worked for Him in Corruptionois and nationally. When I’minajihad and the Mad Mullahs rigged the election in Iran, The Golden Child did not even give strong words of support to the people of Iran. Now when Zelaya tries to hold a (rigged) referendum, to make himself dictator, which is in violation of the nation’s constitution, Obama supports Zelaya. Do you see a pattern here?
a) Election fraud in Corruptionois, including getting all opponents removed from the ballot, opens the way for Obama to become a state senator.
b) Election fraud in Corruptionois gives Obama the US Senate seat from Corruptionois.
c) ACORNholes provide hundreds of thousands of illegal voter registrations leading up to the November 2008 elections, while the New Black Panther Party intimidates voters (and Obama later directs the Affirmative Action Attorney General to drop the charges), resulting in an Obama Presidency.
d) Election fraud in the form of finding uncounted ballots in a campaign worker’s car trunk, while counting ballots for one candidate and rejecting ballots for another, all under the supervision of a Minnesota SecState who is an ACORNhole, send a failed radio executive who owes back taxes in multiple states and has broken workers’ rights laws to the Senate, giving the leftists a filibuster-proof majority, while Obama cheers him on.
e) I’minajihad and the Mad Mullahs rig an election, and Obama does NOT support the legitimate winner nor the people of Iran.
f) A leftist in Honduras tries, with Hugo Chavez’s help, to rig an election to violate the nation’s constitution. Well, we all know how much Obama supports constitutions.

Patterns noted:
a) If you are a leftist who wants to be a dictator, Obama supports you if you rig an election.
b) If you are a leftist who is rigging elections for a leftist who wants to become a dictator, Obama supports you.
c) If you are an Islamic dictator, Obama supports you if you rig an election.

Meanwhile, the new government in Honduras has gone public with news that Venezuelan aircraft loaded with illegal drugs bound for the US were allowed, by Zelaya, to land and refuel nightly. Since the drugs were being sold by Hugo The Red and were probably going to His homies in Chicago and wherever the rest of the black drug gangs (also known as core Democrat voters) are in business, don’t expect The Chosen One to back away from his support of Zelaya.

Just when you thought American retailers couldn’t come up with any promotions that were too stooopid to believe, along comes Sam’s Club. The morons at a Sam’s Club in Maryland, hat tip to Marylander and Poll Katz e-mailer “Ginny”, were promoting their new pharmacy by handing out pill bottles filled with candy to kids entering the store. Yes, kiddies, medicine is CANDY!

The Poll Katz continue to get hat tips, as e-mailer “Terri” sent out the story of the control freak Democrats of Ohio and Chicago not being satisfied with the cameras that send tickets to red light runners. Now they want to put in cameras that check EVERY license plate that passes through intersections. The new system would then check to see if that vehicle has current insurance, and will send out a warning notice, followed by fines if the vehicle owner does not comply. Yes, Big Brother is watching every move you make. Wait, didn’t Roe v. Wade say something about a right of privacy?

As of July 1st, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows The Chosen One now at a deficit. While 32% of Americans have drunk the Kool-Aid and “strongly approve” of how He has performed as President, 33% now “strongly disapprove.” The polls also indicate that there are more people (by 4%) opposed to the Cap-And-Tax bill than are for it, 42% believe it will hurt the economy (as opposed to only 19% who think it will help), and FIFTY SIX PERCENT oppose higher taxes and/or utility costs to fight the non-existent Glo-Bull Warming. Finally, in a bit of good news, the generic Congressional ballot shows the GOP favored by 2 points.

Townhall commenter USAEAGLE1 gets credit for this bit o’ news out of Akron, Ohio, where the school board is going to use $14,000,000.00 in “stimulus” funds to create 73 teaching positions for special ed and literacy teachers. That equates to $191,780.82 per teacher. The Crawfish wishes Ft Worth, TX, paid that much per teacher, since I that might be my post-Navy job!

Y’all ain’t gonna believe what the metrosexuals at Details Magazine are trying to push now. Obama can make us men better in bed, and much of it is because he isn’t as masculine as Bush and Cheney!

Some details about the contents of the 300+ page amendment package that got airdropped into the Cap-And-Tax bill at 3:09AM the day of the vote are starting to emerge, and of course there is a LOT of pork-barrel spending and obvious vote buying. One Ohio Democrat got $3,500,000,000.00 to spend on a new FEDERAL power authority in her district, which begs the question of why the FEDERAL government needs to be involved in power distribution within a state. If the feds prosecuted Governor Bad Hair Blago for selling The Chosen One’s Senate seat, then why can’t they prosecute Congressional leaders for buying votes with OUR money? This kind of junk is exactly why The Crawfish supports having ALL bills that go through Congress be clean, with no amendments that are not germane to the central point of the bill. All spending such as this should go onto separate bills to be voted upon individually. This was the third item in my 2008 American Tradition Party Platform.

But wait, there’s something even MORE outrageous in that little ol’ 300 page amendment. There is a whole section of that amendment that is BLANK and RESERVED for the Democrats to insert whatever language they want AFTER the bill has been passed. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), who was The Crawfish’s representative until the boundaries got changed a few years ago, noted this “placeholder” and mentioned it to Michelle (***sigh***) Malkin. Bawney Fwank (D-gay bars of Taxachusetts) said the blank section will deal with regulations of financial derivatives market associated with reducing carbon emissions, evidently turning carbon credits into something new for the commodities market. Fwank then said, “good system will be in place.” By that he probably means that the fascist-socialist schemes already in the bill will be taken, as Emeril Lagasse would say, “to notches unknown!”

The Cap-And-Tax bill also contains another anti-Constitutional attack on property rights. The REEP program, Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance, would force homeowners to retrofit their homes to meet whatever “green” standards Congress comes up with before they can sell their homes. Where does the power-mad Queen of the House Red Nanny P-Lousy come up with the Constitutional authorization for this junk?

CBS’ Chip Reid and The Ancient Ugly One, Helen Thomas, have evidently finally had enough of the arrogance of White House Press Secretary Gibbs and the pre-packaging/scripting of every event that The Chosen One is involved with. Every questioner and every question is pre-arranged so that He doesn’t get blindsided and only gets questions that help Him put forth His agenda. No questions that would put Him on the defensive are allowed to even be contemplated. When Helen Thomas is scolding a DEMOCRAT Administration, you know the bloom is coming off of the rose! Notice how Gibbs tries to avoid the line of questioning and even tries to get the two reporters to give into the pre-screening and picking of the questions, then even tries to get them to shut up and talk to him privately afterwards. Gibbs got SCHOOLED!

When the townhall event took place a couple of hours later, the White House proved Reid and Thomas correct! All but 3 questions were pre-planned. The supposedly random 3 questions came from a member of the Service Employees International Union (a major Obama supporter), a member of Health Care for America Now (lobbying group for Obamacare), and Organizing for America (a wing of the Obama campaign organization), and the most dramatic moment of the event came when cancer patient Debby Smith complained that she wasn’t yet eligible for government care (is she so destitute that she can’t get her own insurance?) and The Chosen One gave her a big hug and said His staff would look into her situation. Debby Smith just so happens to have been the moderator for one of the many townhall meetings that disgraced former Senator Tom “Puff” Daschle ran to generate a report for The Chosen One, before Puff’s nomination was ditched by his tax problems, so she was just another insider and that “wonderful moment” which will be gushed about by the mainstream media was probably also staged.

Some folks think The Crawfish only goes after liberals. Not true. I go after anybody who works against the best interests of the United States. You want proof? Okay, how about the Congresscritters who have been gallivanting around the world on taxpayer-paid vacations while supposedly “working” to make it legal. The cost of these vacations has increased by a factor of TEN since 1995, and has risen 70% just since 2005. This is a bipartisan ripoff of you, the taxpayer, by the same folks who screamed about the auto execs using company planes to go to DC when they were summoned. As you read that article, you will become outraged even more at the unmitigated gall shown by our “public servants.” George Orwell was 100% correct in Animal Farm when he wrote that some PIGS are more equal than others.

Of course, it HAS been quite a while since one of the biggest moonbats of all time, Cynthia McKinney, has been in the news. Now she’s aboard a ship taking supplies to the terrorist-led “palestinians” despite the Israeli naval blockade. Somehow she is surprised that the IDF would actually have the intestinal fortitude to stop, board, and take control of a ship that is violating their territorial waters. For those who don’t know, Cynthia’s last run for Congress was heavily bankrolled by a list of donors with Arabic names and false American addresses.

Will ya look at the moronity of the Followers of the Pedophilic False Prophet! These jerks are protesting the French stance against the subjugation of women by calling for revenge attacks against France. They even refer to the enslavement of their women as “honor” as if the muslim world has any concept of that word. As The Crawfish has stated many times, the Pedophilic False Prophet designed that religion to appeal to the mindset of young, uneducated arab males in order to raise an army that was fanatical for him. Does the terrorist supporting anti-American group known as CAIR wish to make any comments regarding the Religion of Perpetual Outrage and Intolerance here?

What happens when you get a job site that is run by union workers? Well, this one you’re gonna have to see for yourselves, and remember that these guys are working on what is essentially American Holy Ground.

The latest stunt by the Washington Post simply has The Crawfish at a loss for words.

Susan Combs, the Comptroller of THE Great State of Texas, has a website up now with information on how the crrap-and-tax legislation could affect Texas. In 2012, which is the first year that the regulations would be in effect (in order to keep Democrats safe in 2010 and into 2012), Texas stands to lose between 135,000 and 277,000 jobs, with the cost to the state being around $6,900,000,000.00.

The US unemployment rate has risen to a 26-year high of 9.5%, but somehow the AP story says that the recession is flashing signs of easing. What signs? Every economic indicator shows the recession deepening, and if the Cap-And-Tax bill and Obamacare get passed it will go to a full-blown DEPRESSION! I guess the AP is trying to show the Administration that they are still in the tank for Obama, as opposed to Chip Reid of CBS and Helen Thomas. The story also says that the recession began in December of 2007, when according to the definition of a recession it actually began around August of 2008. Expect the White House to BLAME BUSH and the “mess we inherited” in 5…4…3…2…

Tell me y’all didn’t see this one coming when some of the details of the musically talented child molester’s death started surfacing. The DEA is now involved in the investigation. Looks like MJ was as screwed up on drugs as Anna Nicole Smith was. Freaks of a feather…

I’m not sayin’ that there’s corrupt lawyers and judges up here in the northeast, but when two judges and a lawyer are convicted on charges from a scheme to send even juveniles with MINOR offenses to detention facilities owned by the lawyer… Since none of the stories about the judges mentioned their party affiliation, it is obvious that they are Democrats, since the Philly-region press would have REPUBLICAN in bold caps as part of the headlines if they belonged to the GOP.

Proving once again that the National Education Association has nothing to do with actual education, but rather is all about the far-left liberal agenda, the NEA is considering a resolution at their convention in San Diego backing everything the heterophobes have been pushing for years, including homomarriage and homosexual adoption. What’s next for the NEA? Supporting pedophilia because so many union teachers have been having sex with students lately? Pushing for NAMBLA to be accepted as a prominent civil rights group? Hat tip once again to Doc Crawfish.

If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at at1aw_usn@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.

“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”–George Washington

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The date remembered became the Fourth of July - the date of publication of the Declaration of Independence. That event was marked by John Adams in this letter to his daughter:

Philadelphia, July 5th, 1777

My dear Daughter,

Yesterday, being the anniversary of American Independence, was celebrated here with a festivity and ceremony becoming the occasion.

I am too old to delight in pretty descriptions, if I had a talent for them, otherwise a picture might be drawn, which would please the fancy of a Whig, at least.

The thought of taking any notice of this day, was not conceived, until the second of this month, and it was not mentioned until the third. It was too late to have a sermon, as every one wished, so this must be deferred another year.

Congress determined to adjourn over that day, and to dine together. The general officers and others in town were invited, after the President and Council, and Board of War of this State.

In the morning the Delaware frigate, several large gallies, and other continental armed vessels, the Pennsylvania ship and row gallies and guard boats, were all hawled off in the river, and several of them beautifully dressed in the colours of all nations, displayed about upon the masts, yards, and rigging.

At one o’clock the ships were all manned, that is, the men were all ordered aloft, and arranged upon the tops, yards, and shrowds, making a striking appearance-of companies of men drawn up in order, in the air.

Then I went on board the Delaware, with the President and several gentlemen of the Marine Committee, soon after which we were saluted with a discharge of thirteen guns, which was followed by thirteen others, from each other armed vessel in the river; then the gallies followed the fire, and after them the guard boats.

Then the President and company returned in the barge to the shore, and were saluted with three cheers, from every ship, galley, and boat in the river. The wharves and shores, were lined with a vast concourse of people, all shouting and huzzaing, in a manner which gave great joy to every friend to this country, and the utmost terror and dismay to every lurking tory.

At three we went to dinner, and were very agreeably entertained with excellent company, good cheer, fine music from the band of Hessians taken at Trenton, and continual vollies between every toast, from a company of soldiers drawn up in Second-street before the city tavern, where we dined. The toasts were in honour of our country, and the heroes who have fallen in their pious efforts to defend her.

After this, two troops of light-horse, raised in Maryland, accidentally here in their way to camp, were paraded through Second-street, after them a train of artillery, and then about a thousand infantry, now in this city on their march to camp, from North Carolina. All these marched into the common, where they went through their firings and manoeuvres; but I did not follow them.

In the evening, I was walking about the streets for a little fresh air and exercise, and was surprised to find the whole city lighting up their candles at the windows. I walked most of the evening, and I think it was the most splendid illumination I ever saw; a few surly houses were dark; but the lights were very universal.

Considering the lateness of the design and the suddenness of the execution, I was amazed at the universal joy and alacrity that was discovered, and at the brilliancy and splendour of every part of this joyful exhibition. I had forgot the ringing of bells all day and evening, and the bonfires in the streets, and the fireworks played off.

Had General Howe been here in disguise, or his master, this show would have given them the heart-ache.

I am your affectionate father,

John Adams

It is easy to forget, that the Revolutionary War had begun prior to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The document became the rallying point for the sentiments that had led to the revolution.

And, indeed, as John Adams predicted, it is a day filled with all manner of celebration. I just hope that Americans stop to remember what it was a celebration of and of those we owe great gratitude in the past and in the present.

Happy Fourth of July, America!

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Not a good weekend for news, unless your primary interest is in celebrities. You know it’s bad when 80% of the stories on Fox News are about a dead child molester who is being MOURNED by millions.

With all of the news of celebrity deaths in the past week, the death of the most decorated aviator in the history of the US Marine Corps was overlooked. Colonel Kenneth L. Reusser passed from this life on June 20th. He was a veteran of WW2, Korea, and Vietnam, and was shot down in all three wars. His decorations included 2 Navy Crosses, 2 Legions of Merit, and 4 times became a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Rest in peace, Colonel.

The Democrats have now officially bought every bit of the upcoming DEPRESSION, thanks to their passage of the massive energy tax called cap-and-trade, despite Americans flooding the Crapitol switchboard with calls at a 10 against to 1 for ratio. During the miniscule amount of debate allowed, they admitted that not a single copy of the whole bill was available in the House chamber. The bill was over 1200 pages long, with a final 300 pages of amendments being added at 3:09AM on Friday. Whatever happened to the promise of having the bills available to the public for FIVE DAYS before any votes? (You mean Obama lied to us, AGAIN?)  These people are no longer “representatives” as they have become agents of Obama and P-Lousy. Here are the turncoat supposed-Republicans who voted for this bill, with links to their websites: Mary Bono-Mack (California), Mike Castle (Delaware), Mark Kirk (Illinois), Leonard Lance (New Jersey), Frank LoBiondo (New Jersey), John McHugh (New York), Dave Reichert (Washington), and Chris Smith (New Jersey). Each and every one of them needs to be defeated in the primaries of 2010.

One of those traitors, Mike Castle of Delaware, might not run for the House next year. The idiots of the Republican Party are pushing him to run for the Senate! Just what we need, another Senator who believes in raising taxes and sending American jobs overseas. The Republican Party needs to go the way of the Whigs.

How much does the Democratic Party hate our nation? Well, since they have lost control of the State Senate in Noo Yawk, they refuse to even stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I can only imagine what Queen of the House Red Nanny P-Lousy is gonna do when the GOP takes back the US House. She’ll throw the hissy fit of the ages!

Friday afternoon, Mrs. Crawfish and I heard the 9-1-1 call from Michael Jackson’s residence. We both immediately recognized a bit of obvious medical malpractice in the description of what was going on. You see, Mrs. Crawfish and I are both long-time CPR instructors. The caller said that the victim (Jackson) was with his personal doctor who had been performing CPR, but also said that the victim was “He’s on the bed, sir. He’s on the bed.” CPR is NOT performed on a soft surface! You cannot perform proper chest compressions if the victim is on a soft, padded surface! The 9-1-1 operator even told the caller to get the victim onto the floor before starting CPR. I sent notice of this to Sean Hannity at Fox News, and sure enough saw it being mentioned on Fox News Saturday morning.

The Supreme Court made the only possible ruling in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano, by ruling in favor of the firefighters who actually studied for the test instead of relying upon the color of their skin for promotion purposes. Of course, the four liberal SCOTUS Justices sided with the Affirmative Action SCOTUS nominee, with the ACLU’s own Ruth Bader Ginsburg leading the anti-Constitutionalists charge with her dissent, which in part stated “Congress endeavored to promote equal opportunity in fact, and not simply in form.. .The damage today’s decision does to that objective is untold.” Did the black firefighters have the same OPPORTUNITY to study for the promotion exam? Yes, they did. There already was equal OPPORTUNITY, but that doesn’t guarantee equal RESULT!

Corruption and sleaze run in the family when the family happens to be made up of Democrat politicians. The Kennedy family has always been world renown crooks, rum-runners during Prohibition, buying Congressional seats, and getting away with rape and manslaughter, if not murder. Well, now we have the Conyers family, made up of long-time Congresscritter John (a union thug tool) and his wife Monica, who has now plead guilty to federal bribery charges and faces up to five years in prison. How long until the Obama-Holder team wipes away the conviction or pardons her?

The Democrats and their union thug bosses keep saying that there would be no intimidation tactics used against people who would be otherwise opposed to voting in favor of unionization of workplaces. Well, here’s what actually happened to someone who opposed a corrupt union in her workplace. Hat tip to Townhall commenter “beachmom.”

The Speaker of the Californication Assembly, in an interview published over the weekend, said that conservative talk radio is made up of terrorists who threaten Republicans into voting the way they do. Yep, standing up for the state or national constitutions is terrorism.

The folks in charge of the Iranian elections supposedly recounted a “random” 10% of the ballots and declared that the results were validated. Of course, they really hand-picked the 10%, and probably didn’t even count them.

Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for his $30,000,000,000.00+ swindling scheme, although the next higher court will probably reduce the sentence to somewhere around 30-40 years. The Crawfish isn’t sure how many people he defrauded, but the number is in the hundreds. I would have used the following formula to figure out his sentence: 3 months for each victim. If the rumored number of victims is correct, then I believe the sentence would have ended up around 125 years anyway.

President Obama has announced even more regulations that intrude upon your daily life. Where does He get off telling Americans what kind of light bulbs they can buy?

The President of Honduras illegally tried to change his nation’s constitution, with the assistance of Hugo Chavez. The nation’s military and Supreme Court said “NO!” When he tried to fire the head of the military, the courts again said “NO!” The military was ordered to remove him and sent him packing. A few folks are calling for his reinstatement, and they are all of similar political stripes: Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, the OAS, Hillary!, and The Chosen One.

If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at at1aw_usn@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.

“If the people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.”
– Thomas Jefferson

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Last week Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced the Pentagon’s networks will undergo updates that will coordinate the daily operations of the military’s computer networks.

The project’s goal is to protect America from cyberattactks while enhancing cybersecurity.

Official sources explained the project is not meant to simply bring the military into cyberspace, but rather to reorganize the Department of Defense in the hopes of consolidating and streamlining military commands into one system.

The new system will be known as “Cybercom,” and could possibly be led by Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, who is currently directs the National Security Agency.

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Retired Marine Corps Col. Kenneth L. Reusser has passed away and been laid to rest in the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. The Patriot Guard Riders were there to honor him -

Reusser was called the most decorated Marine aviator in history and was shot down in three wars in the Pacific theater - World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Colonel Ken Reusser’s distinguished combat record:
-flew 253 combat missions in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was shot down in all three, five times in all.
-59 medals included two Navy Crosses, five Purple Hearts and two Legions of Merit.

Ken Reusser enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a seaman recruit on August 23, 1941, and entered flight training. In April 1942, he completed flight training, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, and in May 1942 left for the Southwest Pacific. Upon arrival at Guadalcanal, was assigned to VMF-122, flying the F4F-3. On his first combat mission, he was credited with a probable kill of a Mitsubishi “Betty.”

In October of that year, he was injured during a ditching and spent 6 months in a hospital.

Ken returned to the Pacific in 1944 flying F4U’s from USS Hollandia, (CVE 97) off Okinawa. He led a flight of Corsairs intending to shoot down a Japanese KI-45 “Nick” high-altitude photo reconnaissance airplane gathering information for the day’s Kamikaze flights. With altitude frozen guns, the only weapon left was the Corsair itself. Ken and his wingman severely damaged the tail of the KI-45 with their propellers. It entered a graveyard spiral, breaking up before hitting the water. Ken and his wingman shared the kill. Each was awarded the Navy Cross.

In 1950, Ken found himself again in combat, flying F4U’s from USS Sicily, (CVE 118). He was awarded a second Navy Cross for making two very low-level passes down a street to identify, through a building’s windows, what was hidden inside. He then led a flight back, destroying the target. Exiting the area, with only 20mm guns remaining, he made a firing pass on a ship moored to a camouflaged pier. Loaded with fuel, the ship exploded, flipping the Corsair inverted. After righting the airplane, Ken returned to USS Sicily where the severely crippled F4U was pushed over the side for being too damaged to repair.

During the Vietnam War, Reusser flew helicopters. He was leading a Marine Air Group in a rescue mission, when his own “Huey” was shot down. He needed skin grafts over 35 percent of his badly burned body. He retired from the Marine Corps in July 1968 due to his combat wounds.

Reusser raced motorcycles to help pay for college and earning a pilots license before World War II. After retiring from the Marine Corps, he worked for Lockheed Aircraft and the Piasecki Helicopter Corp. He remained active in veterans groups.

Reusser is survived by his wife, Trudy; and sons, Richard C. and Kenneth L. Jr.

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This week the US and the world lost one half of one of the greatest comedy duos of all time. Ed McMahon was much more than the sidekick to Johnny Carson, commercial pitchman, and television host. He was also one from the generation of stars who actually served their nation, in his case as a Marine fighter pilot during WW2 and Korea, instead of denigrating the military and our nation. Rest in peace, Marine. Your service and your entertainment will be long remembered.

The Crawfish calls on all conservatives to BOYCOTT all malls owned by Simon Property Group. The Atlanta Tea Party organization, which had one of the biggest Tax Day events, had a great event scheduled for July 4th, on private property owned by Macy’s, but at the last minute Simon Property Group pulled the plug on the event, citing “reciprocal property easement agreements.” This was done late in the game with the purpose of not giving the Tea Party group enough time to find another suitable location, effectively scuttling what would have been possibly the biggest Tea Party event yet. Simon, whose owners are HEAVY Democrat supporters, evidently used articles posted in blogs to justify their actions. The Crawfish wonders why a company that owns malls would be so stoooopid as to support Democrats, when Democrat economic actions are sure to kill the economy, which is already showing in fewer customers at all malls. BOYCOTT SIMON PROPERTY GROUP!

Here we go with another attack on the American people by the Democratic Party. Queen of the House Red Nanny P-Lousy is trying to bring the cap-and-trade legislation to the floor of the House on Friday for a vote, when as Representative Kay Granger (R-TX) reports, it was still being written behind closed doors on Wednesday, was over 1,200 pages long already, and had not been reviewed by any House committees. So much for transparency in government. This bill would raise the average household electric bill by over $100 per month, and would wreck the economy even more than the Obama/P-Lousy team has already done.

Some Democrats had scheduled The Prophet Algoracle to come to DC and speak out in favor of the cap-and-tax bill, but it seems that Queen of the House Red Nanny P-Lousy doesn’t want the gasbag anywhere near the debate. It seems that Algore’s popularity isn’t what he believes it to be.

Townhall occasional blogger and commenter “Flame” came up with a GREAT name for a PAC to go along with my American Tradition Party. The long form is: Conservative Organization Dedicated to Eradicating Socialism, Totalitarianism, Incrementalism, in our Nation’s Knowledge! The acronym is: CODE STINK! We’ll toss all sorts of “land mines” into the punchbowls of the current political parties.

I’m not saying that there are double standards in how the media covers politicians, but…

How does the government waste our money? The answer of course is “in too many ways to count!” Here’s a NEW way to waste $550,000,000.00 that we don’t have. Let’s build a laboratory over 6,000 feet below the Black Hills of South Dakota with the purpose being to try to figure out whether or not “dark matter” really does exist or is just a theory in the minds of a few folks who have watched too many sci-fi flicks. “Scientists believe most of the dark matter in the universe contains no atoms and does not interact with ordinary matter through electromagnetic forces. They are trying to discover exactly what it is, how much exists and what effect it may have on the future of the universe.” In other words, this is a $550,000,000.00 episode of “Mythbusters” that won’t even be entertaining, much less informative.

John “Self-inflicted and non-existent wounds for Purple Hearts” Kerry-Heinz stepped in it once again. When word came out that South Carolina Governor Sanford was missing, he asked why it couldn’t have been Sarah Palin that went missing. Classy. When will the state of Taxachusetts start electing people who have SOME maturity, SOME morality, and SOME respect for the Constitution, instead of people like Kerry, Bawney Fwank (D-Gay Bars), and Teddythedrunk (D-Chappaquiddick)?

Okay, I guess I’ve got to make some obligatory comments regarding Governor Sanford since he is such a big story this week. First of all, if he had cheated on his taxes instead of on his wife, he’d be in line for a Cabinet nomination next week. Secondly, The Crawfish thought Sanford was a fiscal conservative, but which makes more fiscal sense? Flying all the way to Argentina to get some, or driving down to visit the multitude of hotties in Myrtle Beach and keeping the money in his own state? Who does he think he is, having sexual affairs while in office? FDR? Bill Clinton? Teddythedrunk? John Kennedy?

Michael Jackson is dead. The Crawfish sees this as no big loss, and actually good news for young children everywhere. It actually is horrible news for the Obama economic team, as 45 paparazzi and 83 gossip columnists just became unemployed. Too bad that he had to go on the same day as Farrah Fawcett, depriving her of her final deserved recognition and headlines.

As long as we’re on the subject of wasteful spending by a government entity, did y’all hear about the $65,000,000.00+ PER YEAR waste of taxpayer money in Noo Yawk City? It seems that over 700 public school UNION TEACHERS are being paid their FULL SALARY for doing absolutely nothing. They have committed, or are under suspicion of committing, numerous offenses both minor and major, but because they are UNION MEMBERS it is impossible to fire them, so they sit around and do whatever they want to do every day.

Taxachusetts has another way to waste money, in this case over $2,000,000.00 per month, as they put families up in hotels if they are too lazy to get jobs to support themselves.

You didn’t think that success would go unpunished by the Obama Administration, did you? Over the past decade or so, charter schools, most of which are definitely non-union, have shown themselves to be much better at actually educating kids than their regular public school counterparts. That cannot be allowed, so the teachers unions are pushing, with the assistance of SecEd Duncan, to have a greater role in charter schools. Let’s see…unions are the biggest problem in public schools, so let’s give the charter schools to them. It only makes sense if your goals are to indoctrinate kids, instead of educating them, and to raise another generation or two that is completely dependent upon government and will therefore always vote for the Democratic or Socialist (same thing) Parties.

The Crawfish fully expected retribution against the members of the Iranian national soccer team for their wearing of green armbands in support of the opposition to the Mad Mullahs and I’minajihad during a recent World Cup qualification match. Four players were told that they were immediately “retired,” ending not only their international careers but their regular league careers as well. This includes a player who became a national hero for scoring a goal that eliminated the USA from the World Cup in 1998. I’m actually surprised that those players haven’t been shot.

The Crawfish received this story link from a friend on Facebook. If it is true, then the American media has been looking at the wrong Iranian opposition leader as the next possible head of their government. Of course, since we ARE talking about a bunch of guys who have already held some power since 1979, we’re not talking about necessarily America-friendly or Israel-friendly types. Still, almost anything would be better than the Mad Mullahs running things now.

News out of Tehran’s Tuesday afternoon protests showed a major crack in the clerical leadership, as some mullahs were seen joining in with the protests while wearing their robes and turbans. Unfortunately, by Thursday evening it appears that the opposition protests have mostly been broken by the security forces and the clerics are stating that the protest organizers will be dealt with “strongly and with cruelty.” (Are the people who had kittens over the fraternity-style hijinks in Abu Ghraib gonna say anything about this???)  Other clerics have called the rioters “mohareb” which means “one who wages war against God.” So the Mad Mullahs now believe themselves and their boy I’minajihad to be God. The penalty under Islamic law for being a mohareb is, of course, execution.

If you still believe that muslims are something other than savages, then you ought to read this article.  I wonder if I have CAIR’s panties in a twist yet.

To quote Achmed the Dead Terrorist, “Holy Crrrap!” A Saudi prince, governor of the “holy city” of Mecca (why does Islam seem to have a thousand “holy cities”???), says that girls and women SHOULD be able to participate in sports. This is sure to get him severely reprimanded by the clerics who police the day-to-day activities of all in the Saudi kingdom.

WE CALLED IT! Lots of us on the conservative side said that the questions Obama gets are sometimes set up by the Administration, and now we have proof. The Chosen One started His presser by noting the presence of someone from The Huffington Post, and even telegraphed what the HuffPo “reporter” was going to ask. Later it was admitted that the HuffPo “reporter” was indeed working with the Administration and that the premise of the question was indeed pre-arranged.

Congratulations to the United States men’s national soccer team, for their 2-0 win over Spain in the semi-finals of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Spain, ranked number one in the world, had won 15 straight (an international soccer record), were undefeated in their last 35 games, and had not given up a single goal in over 5 games. In spite of questionable refereeing, with many offsides calls being made when the American player was onside by a step or two and a red card being issued to Mike Bradley for a foul that was at most a yellow card offense, the Americans withstood furious attacks by the Spaniards, but goalkeeper Tim Howard and his defenders kept a clean sheet.

Kevin of The Black Sphere has a wonderfully put together column today about how racist white Democrats are using groups like ACORN to keep black America enslaved, while using the black vote to keep racist Democrats in power. Of course, if The Crawfish said this stuff, I’d be shouted down as being a racist right wing extremist.

HOLY COW! Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan) is admitting that his planned probe into ACORN was scuttled by “the powers that be.” Yes, a powerful Democrat is flat out stating that Queen of the House Red Nanny P-Lousy and her cohorts are covering up federal crimes.

Democrats just can’t help themselves. Do they actually think the American people will never figure out how the credit collapse actually happened? Evidently so, as Bawney Fwank (D-the gay bars of Taxachusetts) is requesting that Fannie and Freddie relax mortgage lending rules AGAIN!

All I’ve got to say regarding this little dispute is that the Census should NOT be counting anybody who is not a citizen in the first place.

The Democrats in Congress and His Majesty King Barack I are pushing hard for healthcare reform to give coverage to all of those folks who don’t have healthcare coverage now (most of whom are financially secure and can pay their own bills, are young and healthy so they don’t feel the need for coverage, are illegals and should be immediately deported, or are only uninsured for a couple of months while in between jobs). What you won’t hear in the mainstream press is how micHELLe Obama was part of a scheme at a Chicago area hospital to dump uninsured patients, and the Obamas got David Axelrod to be their point man in dealing with the media and public on this issue.

Here’s the headline from the Obamacare infomercial on the All Barack Channel: “Ration Care To Old People, Who Cares If They Die?” Yes, The Chosen One wants to end quality health care in America, but it is the liberals who still claim that conservatives want to kill the elderly.

If you want to help fight climate change, don’t worry about the scientific facts that climate change is driven by solar activity. Stay nekkid instead! The Crawfish hopes all of the beautiful hard-bodied women out there take that advice! (SLAP!…from Mrs. Crawfish)

If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at at1aw_usn@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.

“If the people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.”
– Thomas Jefferson

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People struggling to find jobs in the current economy are enlisting in the military for job security.

Some of the new recruits have college degrees while others have been laid off recently.

There’s also been an increase in the number of past military members who are looking to re-inlist.

Last year all branches of the military eather met or surpassed their recruitment requirements, and the trend has continued so far this year.

New recruits earn about $33,700 per year if  they live off-base. They also get an additional food and housing allowance.

Recruiters have been quoted saying this has allowed the military’s standards  to be raised  due to the increased number of applicants, but military members are put off by the idea of “ordinary civilians joining just for the paycheck.” They claim this trend is actually lowering the military’s standards. I have no opinion on the matter, but it seems to be an interesting debate that won’t likely end anytime soon.

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It’s good to know that you have a dependable option in this declining economy, and many servicemembers and veterans are taking advantage of theirs in this difficult time.

Despite today’s housing market, the VA loans continue to be sound and stable options for the military comunity.

With more than 162,000 home loan guarantees issued so far this year, the VA has seen an increase of about 31 percent since ths time last year.

One major reason for the increase? VA loans can still be obtained with no downpayment, a quality that has become increasingly difficult to find via conventional loans.

Last year more than 90 percent of VA loans were issued without any downpayments.

Consumers  VA loans also appreciate the quick and easy service. Technilogical advantages now alow a VA loan to be received electronically within 24 hours after  applying for the loan.

For more information, browse AllMilitary.com’s “VA Home Loans” link  found on the VA Benefits page.

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Sorry for the short column for this week. This weekend was one of those “I ain’t interested in the internet” weekends. Yeah, surprising that The Crawfish does occasionally have those, too.

It’s always good to see someone get honored for their service to our troops and veterans. It’s even better when it is someone you know, as in AllMilitary.com’s own Ruth Ray.

The situation in Iran is still far from settled. One key to the eventual outcome is the Revolutionary Guards. Will they stand with the Mad Mullahs and I’minajihad, which means possibly a new Tiananmen Square Massacre, or will they refuse to follow those orders? There have been reports of some leaders of the Revolutionary Guards breaking with the clerics and getting arrested as a result. Monday saw the security forces resisting the protesters with vigor and the Revolutionary Guards issuing a strong statement, but the crowds were still there. Will they be there tomorrow and the day after? The next week will probably see the tipping point one way or the other.

Do they really think we’re that stooooopid? The folks at ACORN are changing their name to “Community Organizations International” because of all the fraud and corruption associated with the ACORN name. Hey, loooosers. It is better to change the PEOPLE INVOLVED than to change the name!

The Constitution requires an enumeration of the citizenry every ten years. The upcoming census, however, requires the people to fill out a large number of questions that have nothing to do with an enumeration of the people. Representative Michelle Bachman (R-MN) notes that many of the questions are intimate and personal, including some asking when you leave your house for work, and that the imperial federal government is REQUIRING all adults to answer all of the questions or face fines up to $5000. Rep. Bachman states that she will answer only the number of people, names, ages, and genders in her household. THAT completely fulfills the Constitutional requirement, and gives the government all of the information that they need or have any right to know.

Here’s your UNION TEACHER update for the week. The union teachers in suburban Atlanta have a scandal on their hands, as four schools falsified standardized test answer sheets so that their schools would not receive failing grades from the state government. You see, it is much easier to cheat and continue letting the chirren speak in ebonics than it is to actually TEACH them.

FIFTY FOUR PERCENT of people questioned still say that the economic problems we have are all Bush’s fault. Yes, 54% of the people are blind to what the Democrats did to prepare the economy for this collapse back in the Clinton years and from January 2007 until now. Who pushed the Community Reinvestment Act? Who pushed the fraud at Fannie and Freddie? Who voted for the “stimulus” bill and the TARP bills? At least there’s 39% that didn’t drink the Kool-Aid.

Why in the world do we have a situation in which the President of France of  would be preferable to the President of the United States? President Sarkozy once again shows himself to be more of a man and more of a non-muslim than The Chosen One.

How is that program of releasing folks from Gitmo going? Well, a number of them have been seen on the battlefields again, and now the massacre of Europeans in Yemen last week is being blamed on one of the former guests at Club Gitmo.

The boys at JibJab are at it again. Here’s their first satire of The Chosen One. It is exactly how the American media is portraying Him, a combination of Superman, The Messiah, and The Great Black Hope.

Recently, His Majesty said that “we are already seeing results” from the “stimulus” bill. Well, a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland begs to differ. Hat tip to fellow Marylander and Poll Katz e-mailer “Ginny.”

Ginny strikes again with this little ol’ story she found at Politico.com about how the White House economic team has scored millions for their personal bank accounts from the very firms at the heart of bailout central. Sounds to me like those guys need to pay each and every penny back to the Treasury!

Ginny really was on a roll this week. She also sent me this story which she knew would cause me to blow a gasket. Nine years ago, an illegal alien was hit by a drunk driver. He spent years in a hospital because they had no place to send him, since he couldn’t pay any of the MILLIONS of dollars in bills he had racked up. Eventually, the hospital got a court order to deport him to a medical facility in his home country, and now his legal team is suing the hospital! The Crawfish says that the hospital should have only given him care to prevent him from dying and then shipped him out the next day, charging the Guatamalan government for his bills!

You know it’s bad when His Majesty’s own doctor opposes The One’s healthcare plans. Maybe Obama should listen to his doctor and ditch Obamacare while he stops smoking.

The Crawfish saw this story all over the place this weekend, and just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring you another example of how the federal government has absolutely no clue to reality. It is widely known, and scientifically verified, that many types of food have certain benefits to our bodies. Foods high in fiber help us to…well, let’s say produce more “federal government” by keeping us regular. I’m guessing that General Mills Company didn’t pay their annual kickbacks to His Majesty’s Administration, as they are threatening to make Cheerios get classified as a “drug” because they advertise that a diet including Cheerios can help lower cholesterol and the risk of coronary heart disease. The fact that the claims are TRUE means nothing, just that they make the claim. Chicago union thug/Jesse Jackson politics is alive and well in DC.

It isn’t just the Obama-Holder feds who want to invade your privacy. Just take a look at this story out of Bozeman, Montana. For once, I see that the ACLU is on the correct side of the battle. The article says that the city won’t hold anything against applicants who refuse, and if you believe that then you believe Obama is going to abide by his oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.

Are the Prophet Algoracle and his Gorons still pushing their man-made Glo-Bull Warming agenda as if it is based on proven scientific facts? I believe that the people of Arizona might have a slightly different take on temperatures in their region.

How’s this for a headline? “UNIONS HATE THE ENVIRONMENT!” Well, it has a ring to it, especially in light of this story out of Californication, that was found by some strange reason in the Noo Yawk Slimes. Yes, unions out there oppose any solar energy power plants if the companies involved are not all-union, all-the-time, and will use animal rights as the way to fight them. If a company wants to build such a facility WITH union labor, then the union favors it even if it endangers a threatened species. Why would anyone expect something other than hypocrisy from any branch of the Democratic Party?

If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at at1aw_usn@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.

“If the people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.”– Thomas Jefferson

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