Delta Airlines No-Jew Policy (A Rican's Take)

There's a Scheiße-Storm brewing regarding Delta Airline new upcoming policy of barring Jews from its international flights into Saudi Arabia.




Take a good look at the third paragraph of the above letter. In it, Delta states clearly that it is complying with Saudi law in being an agent of discrimination against Jews. In other words: Don't blame us, we're just following orders.

Well, that reminds me of Greyhound Bus old policy in Mississippi. Once upon a time, whenever its buses crossed the state-line into Mississippi, all Blacks were forced to the back of the bus. In full compliance with Mississippi State Law. In other words: Don't blame us, we're just following orders.

Well you know, someone should remind Delta that The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has been the law of the land for almost fifty years.

Its full text is: HERE

Section 201(a) of the Act reads:

All persons shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the grounds of race, color, RELIGION, or national origin.

Section 201(c)(3) further reads:

For the purposes of this section “commerce” means travel, trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication among the several States,… or between any foreign country…

Last time I checked, Delta is an American-flagged carrier engaging in both interstate and in between U.S. and foreign countries. And as such would be in violation of this, our law of the land.

If the Saudis want to keep their discriminating there's little we can legaly do. After all, they are a sovereign country. Delta, on the other hand as a U.S. Corporate Citizen is obliged to comply with the laws of our nation, partnership alliances be dammed.

Boq

All Hail APEOTUS

During the past three years we have become accustomed to our beloved TOTUS. You know - That goofy electronic device which commands our President how to and when to speak in front of important constituents such as kindergartners.

Well, today the Patriot Reauthorization Act was signed into law by an Autopen. So, not only we now have a machine that makes our C-in-C speak on queue, but now we have a machine that signs constitutionally mandated documents for him too.

Lets give a warm welcome to AOTUS, or is it APEOTUS, to the Presidential stable of electronic little tyrants.

Boq

FREE (state) PORK

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The salaries of the state legislature in Maryland is the second highest in the nation. On top of that, and (while the legislature is in session), they get reimbursed by us dumb saps, their constituents for incidentals such as lodging, food, and commuting mileage between their homes and the State Capitol in Annapolis. BTW the legislative session is usually 90-days.

Well, the local Fox affiliate has dug into the legislators' personal expenses and here's the blood-pressure boiling reportage:

FOX 5 Investigates: Taxpayer Hotels: MyFoxDC.com

Now we live in a rather small state, at commuting distance to Annapolis from most parts of the state. Unless you live in the extreme parts of Western or Southern Maryland, you are at most an hour or hour-and-a-half from the State Capitol. Legislators from Cumberland or Crisfield trully need lodging in Annapolis during working days. But what about anywhere else?

Take my representative delegation of grifters legislators. They all live 30-miles from Annapolis. Yet, over the past two years (for a total of 200-days combined) Benjamin Barnes (District 21-D), Joseline Peña (Disctirct 21-D),and Barbara Frush (District 21-D) EACH spent $20-Grand in lodging every single night of the legislative session "sleeping" at the Annapolis Westin. During the same period of time, each wolfed-down $3,500 in meals, and $550 in commuting between Annapolis and the home that he never visited because he was supposed to be "lodged" in Annapolis all this time.


Costing us a grand total (give or take) of $76,000 for them to pyjama party 30-miles from their homes.

If your live in the ex-Free State of Maryland, go to this link: HERE and download your lawmakers' expense tables. Call them and register your dour displeasure. The rest of the reportage is: HERE

Boq

Happy Birthday Unka-Vlad

Today is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov's Birthday. You may all remember him by his nom de guerre:

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No - Wait. That's most definitely what the current administration is NOT inflicting upon us, is it? But I digress. Socialists and Communists in the U.S. always wanted to openly celebrate their Autocratic Saint's Natal Day. But let's face it, he and the movement that he has engendered, suffers from a bit of Public Relation Image problem. Just a little:





The above martial display was held just this week in Havana, Cuba. BTW, at (3:30), you will see a unit of the Youth Worker's Army. That's what then Sen. Obama referred to as his Civilian Defense Force. In otherwords, civilian thugs enforcers of the revolution.




But again, I digress.

Given the bad PR that Communism had in this country, and given their wishes to celebrate their dear saint's B-Day, why not drop the Blood Red, and adopt the Alfalfa Green? Instead of calling it Lenin's B-Day, why not call it Earth Day? Just hide the mass murder under the surface, and elevate Gaia as the one being honored. Before you know it, the masses will be led on the soft path to Communism. Those in the know will still secretly know who's really is been honored and who's final goal is being reached for. The masses just like cattle won't know where they are led-to, until the chute makes a final left turn at the abattoir.

You don't believe me? Earth Day is a holiday begun by Democratic Sen. Gaylord Nelson in 1970 to keep anti-capitalist sentiment going after the Vietnam War ended.

So on behalf of this little 'Rican: Happy Birthday Dear Leader *er* I mean... Gaia.



Because as you know, all the liddle child'en looove T-34's.



See - That wasn't that bad. Communists can be so adorable and cute too!

Boq

It Was A Cold Stormy Night

But the comradeship was hot, and spirits high. On Friday April 8th, The Free Republic held vigil for the 312th consecutive Friday (or 6th Anniversary) in support to our wounded troops in front of Walter Reed AMC. Some of you may recall that this on-going effort to properly honor our wounded warriors was prompted, when Code Pink decided to deride them every Friday evening in front of the hospital's main gate.

As I was saying, last Friday evening, the weather was lousy about 38º and under a driving unrelenting rain. Still about three dozen patriots converged at the 7100 Block of Georgia Avenue N.W. and for three hours brought cheer to our soldiers and loved ones.



Below are a few snaps of my good friends: The Colonel, and Patriot Sister One.





Did I tell you that it was raining hard and cold?

There were two highlights to the night. The first was when a recovering soldier and two of his buddies came zooming out of the hospital and to the corner of the gate in wheelchairs, convoy-style. Their mission: To await for the delivery of pizza. YUMMM! Needless to say, they were instant chick-magnets.

Photo courtesy of Free Republic

The other, was to see the reaction of those inside the returning bus filled with wounded warriors and their families, out for a free steak dinner. Please read the linked report: HERE.

And, for The Freeper's perspective on that evening's activities, their post is: HERE.

Boquisucio

No WMD's Here - No Siree Bob

As a recovering ex-resident of San Diego, I do follow-up on what's going on in that corner of the country. And as such, I've come across this bit of news...

Last week, a local San Diego news reporter interviewed Al Hallor, Assistant San Diego Port Director for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. During the interview the subject casually turned to whether WMD's have ever been intercepted at the local port. That's when the Public Affairs Officer monitoring the interview put in the breaks on the interview.

It is strange that no major newspaper in this country has picked-up this bit of news. The San Diego Tribune is all mum about the subject. To get the report, one has to go to Britain and its Daily Mail for coverage. Report: HERE.

The spin, and tergiversant obfuscation begins: Oh he was just nervous on camera, I'm sure of it.

The original interview is below:



The follow-up report is below (Please click on the image, as there is no embed code).

Move along and go back to sleep; for there is nothing to see here.

Boq

Filthy-Filthy PIGS

Many blogs are a-buzz on the fiasco that was the 10-2-10 Rally in Washington DC this weekend.
I on the other hand, would like to give you all a first-hand view on the matter. You see - On August 28th I volunteered to work at Gelnn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally. The day prior to the rally, I went to what was once the infamous Vista Hotel in NW D.C., and got my marching orders for the day to follow. I was given a fluorescent orange dorky cap and sent on my way. My mission was to tend to a particular patch of ground in and around the Family Reunification Tent at the back end of the side green mall (pointed in red below).




I wish I could tell you much about my impression on the speakers of the rally, as it was happening live. But I can't, as I was too busy helping families reunite during and after the rally. All though-out, I must have handed hundreds of free water-bottles to the thirsty masses (It was 87º that day). And most important of all, I made sure that all garbage collection points were well stocked with empty garbage bags. For five hours, that's all I did. Every one, and I mean EVERYONE, neatly placed their refuse in the bags that policed. In all of that expanse not a single gum wrapper was to be found out of place.


(At least I got to keep three bottles as personal souvenirs from the occasion)

And who attended the rally? Salt-of-the-Earth Middle America; mostly Republican types - You know, the ones that the left loves to accuse of wanting to destroy Gaia by pouring oil on a duck and such invectives.

Compare and contrast what happens when lefty enviro-hypocrites gather at the Mall.








Next time I hear someone from the left bleating paeans on how much the love the Earth, and how much the right hates her, I am gonna scream!!!

You Filthy PIGS!!!

Boq

Presidential Crates???

While living in San Diego, one of my continuous sources of amusement was to listen to the way that you Gringos creatively managed to mangle my native language. As Southern California is peppered all throughout with Spanish and landmarks and sites. I have found that some go from the amusing the hilarious, to the infuriating.


The Infuriating:
O.K. If you want to use Spanish for your Real Estate development fancy, PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE, use good grammar. That, IS a pet peeve of mine. In the nearby seaside village of Del Mar, there is a boulevard called Via De La Valle. O.K., in Spanish Valle (Valley), is a masculine noun. Thus, any articles referring to it must agree in number and gender. La, is correct in number (is singular) but NOT in gender. La is feminine. Thus, the correct name for that boulevard should be Via Del Valle. Now, the fathers of the city may have wanted to say it in Italian. Valle in Italian is feminine, but the usage of the articles again, would be all wrong. In Italian the correct usage would have been Via Della Valle. Nah - They wanted to be cute about their prowess in Spanish and failed all over. Grammatical manglings like that, were all over. So many time I just had to grin and bear the quiet insults to my sensibilities.

The Amusing:
I could name many, but one that stick out is Tranca Canyon. I don't know why they chose Tranca to name that canyon, but Tranca in Spanish is that long sturdy iron pole that was used to stop the spinning gears in a grist mil. You would stick the pole in between the cogs, and the mill would come to a stop. Tranca is also one of the many names that is given to that *er* male member, when it is eagerly waiting in anticipation for a happy ending. Since now a days there aren't many grist mills around, Tranca is mainly used as reference to the latter anatomical feature.

The Hilarious:
The city right up the road where I used to live is called El Cajón. In English it means The Crate (as in wooden packing crate). The grammar is used correctly, though I've come to accept that the "o" will not be accentuated. What is hilarious to me is on how you Gringos pronounce it. Below is a clip made by a local citizen where he continuously pronounce in a typical manner throughout the video.




You will say, BOQ - What's funny about it? You see, the way Gringos enunciate their vowels, the "a" in Cajón is pronounced all closed-up. Thus from your lips, El Cajón, sounds like El Cojón, in my Spic ears. Almost always this noun is used in its plural form - Los Cojones. Unless you of course, you are referring to Lance Armstrong, then you use the singular form El Cojón.

Which brings me to the reason for this blogpost. Yesterday, the former Governor of our 49th State, said that the current Governor of our 48th State has more Cojones, than our current President.




Was Gov. Palin refering to our President's lack of testicular fortitude, or the fact that he soon will need some Heavy Wooden Packing Crates to move himself out of The White House?

Boq

Insertions

How does it feel, to have THIS MAN insert his designs on upon you? You see, in the quiet of the night, he made three *er* “itty-bitty” insertions. And they were so fast and hidden that hardly anyone did notice. Yet, when the product of these insertions is fully gestated, the resulting pain will be deeply felt by all. Bring out The Gimp! For we all have a collective date with pain starting on January 1st 2012.

You might ask yourself: BOQ what in the helk are you talking about?

What I’m saying is this… Out of the 384,000 words that comprise Obamacare, Congress inserted nine (9) innocuous looking words. These “harmless” words were arranged into three little lines, inside one little section amongst the 10,800 Sections that make up this legislative abomination. In the forced rush to pass this legislation, who would pay attention to these three little insertions, much less appreciate the havoc that they will create in all of us.

And the words, BOQ; what are those words?

1) amounts in consideration for property,

2) gross proceeds, and

3) gross proceeds.


Three quiet insertions in deed.

Section 9006 of H.R. 3590 reads in full:

SEC. 9006. EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:

‘‘(h) APPLICATION TO CORPORATIONS.—Not withstanding any regulation prescribed by the Secretary before the date of the enactment of this subsection, for purposes of this section the term ‘person’ includes any corporation that is not an organization exempt from tax under section 501(a).

‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe such regulations and other guidance as may be appropriate or necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including rules to prevent duplicative reporting of transactions.’’.

(b) PAYMENTS FOR PROPERTY AND OTHER GROSS PROCEEDS.—

Subsection (a) of section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘amounts in consideration for property,’’ after ‘‘wages,’’,

(2) by inserting ‘‘gross proceeds,’’ after ‘‘emoluments, or other’’, and

(3) by inserting ‘‘gross proceeds,’’ after ‘‘setting forth the amount of such’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2011.

To fully understand its impact in all of us one has to go to Section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code, and chase down their meaning.

Down The Rabbit’s Hutch we go…

After New Years 2012 Section 6041 will read in part:

All persons engaged in a trade or business and making payment in the course of such trade or business to another person, of rent, salaries, wages, amounts in consideration for property, premiums, annuities, compensations, remunerations, emoluments, or other gross proceeds, fixed or determinable gains, profits, and income… of $600 or more in any taxable year… shall render a true and accurate return to the Secretary.

Currently Sec 6041 requires any for profit person to submit and itemize to the IRS a Form 1099 to register certain business transactions as wages, rents, premiums, etc. Starting on 2012 it will include any and all sales between businesses whose amount is over the $600 - Every single sale, PERIOD.

On behalf of all Americans, Barney, I must say: Thank-you for your insertions!!!

Boq

Gaia's Heebie-Jeebies

hmmmm-Maaah- MAAAHH-MAGH-GHAAH-Gaghh-gagah

That's how I can best describe the groan that Mother Earth uttered this morning. My bed shook as I hear another set of sounds:

SCREEEE! Flap-flap-flap Thunk!

Not only did Gaia wake me from my slumber, but it freaked MY BIRD out of his mind. I get out of bed, fetch the bird up from the darkened room, and put him up back on his perch.

I get back in bed and notice that the clock reads 0505hrs. I try to go back to sleep, and wonder why did we just shake this morning, and the thought occurs to me:

You know the feeling you get when you are overwhelmed with the "Heebie-Jeebies"? That chill that goes up your spine and makes you shudder in repulsion? Well, over DC Land this morning, Mother Earth just had the heebie-jeebies.

You see, after so many promises by The Golden Child in which he declaimed:

... and then watching as he obstructed every effort to cap the Gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, I could almost hear her say:

"**SHUDDER**" After so high rhetoric, Barrack, and it took you 90-Days to plug that hole?

Boq