This is a Saint Louie Louie daffodil growing in our garden. Saint Louie Louie daffodils have a wind-swept appearance with a delicate orange trumpet and beautiful creamy-white petals. I think they look fake, but here it is in the garden right in front of me! There is one daffodil bloom per stem, but we had several blooms this year.
With immigration reform, homeland security and national defense looming as the most vital and important items on the congressional agenda, Rep. Jane Harman (D – CA 36) thinks that the “unprecedented attack” on Roe v. Wade eclipses those issues.
Right: Clueless Jane Harman
Quoting from Harman’s April 19, 2006 email newsletter (emphasis mine):
Today, we face an unprecedented attack on one of our most fundamental freedoms — the right of a woman to make a choice.
With more anti-choice jurists on the federal bench, the foundations of Roe v. Wade are being systematically chipped away. Last month, South Dakota enacted a draconian abortion ban, and as many as 12 other states are contemplating similar laws. Anti-choice activists everywhere are emboldened, believing that the stars are aligned for achieving their ultimate goal: overturning Roe and criminalizing abortion.
Harman’s characterization of pro-life Americans as “anti-choice” is typical of liberal babble speak when describing opposition to the socialist/progressive movement. If anyone is “anti-” everything, it’s Democrats who oppose National Defense and other seriously important issues. Don’t forget that Harman, unlike John Kerry, voted against the 87 billion Iraq defense bill before she voted against the 87 billion (again). Harman is “anti-anything important and vital” and not the other way around. Harman, herself, should take a look at the “stars alignment” and start defending America instead of making abortion rights her top priority.
Fixation on liberal issues by Harman and other Democrats in Congress continues to damage National Security, Immigration Enforcement (we don’t actually need “reform”) and detracts us from completing our all-important War on Terror. These fixations endanger the future security and well-being of all Americans.
Update: Read How Congressman Dana Rohrabacher is worlds different than Harman on Immigration.
This yellow Icelandic Poppy is nicely silhouetted by the little blue flowers in the ground cover underneath. Very pretty.
Why do these colors go so nicely together? Looking at a color scheme design tool we use, it shows that indigo-blue and and pale yellow are truly complimentary, as can be seen in the color wheel diagram below.
June 10, 2000 – Damsel and I attended the Graduation of our nephew from the University of California at Santa Cruz that day. We drove to the campus, went to the outdoor ceremonies area, and were seated, not knowing what we were about to experience.
First, the faculty head made some remarks about the proceedings. In spite of the fact that most of the attendees were English-speaking, the professor made his remarks in Spanish. I could catch every few words, but largely failed to comprehend what was being said. I thought it rude and unnecessary to speak in a language not understood by everyone. Speak English or get the hell out!
Next, the students presented a recording of their keynote speaker, Mumia Abu Jamal, a confessed cop killer.
From WikiPedia:
On the morning of December 9, 1981, Officer Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed. This occurred during a routine traffic stop of a vehicle driven by William Cook, Abu-Jamal’s younger brother.
Right: Cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The basic facts of the case as testified to by several eyewitnesses are as follows: during the traffic stop, Cook assaulted Faulkner, who in turn attempted to subdue Cook. At this point, Abu-Jamal emerged from a nearby taxi and shot Faulkner in the back. Faulkner was able to return fire, seriously wounding Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal then advanced on Faulkner, and fired four additional shots at close range, killing the policeman. Abu-Jamal was unable to flee due to his own gunshot wound, and was taken into custody by other police officers, who had been summoned by Faulkner at the time of the traffic stop. Abu-Jamal was taken directly from the scene of the shooting to a hospital, and treated for his injury. While he was receiving this treatment Abu-Jamal acknowledged that he shot Daniel Faulkner, with apparent satisfaction.
And as for the nephew; the ultra-left wing indoctrination provided by UCSC makes it difficult or impossible to discuss contemporary issues with him. His mind is made up, don’t confuse him with facts. This is the typical attitude of most UCSC students. And probably that of the students that threatened violence as they demonstrated against the Military recruiters on campus the other day. UCSC, and many, if not all schools in the University of California system are still crazy after all these years.
Update: Degenerate students and sympathisers (and faculty?) from UCSC have committed the ultimate outrage – personal attacks on a reporter bringing the truth out. This is more justification to remove funding from this radical hotbed of treasonous miscreants.
From Michelle Malkin:
You know who you all are.
And if you think I’m going to stop blogging/writing/making a living because you’ve plastered my family’s private home address, phone numbers, and photos and maps of my neighborhood all over the Internet to further your manufactured outrage and pathetic coddling of a bunch of lying, anti-troops punks at UC Santa Cruz…
…you better think again.
In addition to Meathead‘s initiative, both Democratic gubernatorial candidates, Steve Westly and Phil Angelides, want to raise taxes one way or another on the state’s “highest income earners”. This amounts to more “Robin Hood” politics that is destined to run small business out of the state.
Angelides pushing taxes to aid schools
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides said Tuesday he would pursue ballot initiatives to close tax loopholes and increase taxes on the state’s highest income earners as governor if he cannot persuade the Legislature to approve those changes.
Right: Angelides
In a meeting with The Bee’s Capitol Bureau, Angelides cast education funding as a “moral issue.” He accused Democratic rival and state Controller Steve Westly, as well as Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, of lacking fiscal plans to pay for schools and the state’s budget deficit.
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I have an idea – get rid of the incompetent teachers and give the rest of them a well-deserved pay cut! Better yet – start up a voucher program so kids can benefit from competition in education.
Meathead, and other California Democrats, think that it’s OK to levy additional taxes on hard-working-but-financially-viable Californians. This table gives insight into why raising taxes is a bad idea. In the US Census table below, notice that while California has the largest tax base in the country (and nearly twice that of second-place New York), the tax-per-individual Californian is only in ninth place. It should be obvious that not all 37 million Californians pay the amount shown; the higher-income folks carry a disproportionately large burden, while many in the state (and ALL illegal immigrants) pay no income tax at all. Those of us who earn decent wages suffer the highest tax burden in America.
I am sick-to-death of the freaking “Robin Hood” mentality of stealing wealth from those who earn it and giving it to those who don’t.
Our poppies are showing up late this year, perhaps because of the late peaking of the rainy season here. I snapped this picture of a pair of our state flowers in the garden this weekend. Later this month, we’re planning a trip out to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve to enjoy a walk among the fields of poppies and other plant and wildlife.
Wikipedia has more information on these flowers:
California Poppy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California.It can grow 5-60 cm tall, with alternately branching glaucous blue-green foliage. The leaves are ternately divided into round, lobed segments. The flowers are solitary on long stems, silky-textured, with four petals, each petal 2-6 cm long and broad; their color ranges from yellow to orange, and flowering is from February to September. The fruit is a slender dehiscent capsule 3-9 cm long, which splits in two to release the numerous small black or dark brown seeds. It is perennial in mild parts of its native range, and annual in colder climates; growth is best in full sun and sandy, well-drained, poor soil.
It grows well in disturbed areas and often recolonizes after fires. In addition to being planted for horticulture, revegetation, and highway beautification, it often colonizes along roadsides and other disturbed areas. It is drought-tolerant, self-seeding, and easy to grow in gardens.