Aloha Dump

This guy really did a great job with this song. Halfway through he plays the video backwards so you can hear what song he sang. See if you can figure it out.

Well, the glitter of commercialism has all but left us this year, and as I stand around looking at the recycle bin overflowing with cardboard and paper, I am glad that I won't have to hear non-stop Christmas songs anymore where I work. I could put up with it a little better I suppose if they didn't start playing the day after Thanksgiving. I work 2 retail jobs (at the moment) so I get it all day everyday. But at least I was home for the holidays instead of punching holes in the ocean or standing topside on a submarine freezing my ass off. No amount of holiday commercialism or family drama can ever compare to the last 20 years of missing the special events in family life. I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year and to thank all of you for dropping by all these years. I am sorry I don't have the time to visit all of your sites anymore to post but I do occasionally drop by for a read. And for the love of God, I am so happy I don't have to read "Mele Kalikimaka...

You know the old saying, "So many assholes, so little time"? If you just wait long enough they eventually get theirs. It took a while but Saddam finally got what he deserved. Rosie was snuffed out. The list is long but distinguished and my fingers would get numb listing all the assholes who get the message from the people on the streets that they are fed up. Hugo Chavez lost the votes needed to (basically) change the Venezuelan constitution, and because of some much needed political reform, will not be able to run in 2012. He tried to play it off, like most losers do (despite the rioting and horn honking in the streets) , and I'm surprised he didn't pull a Kerry and drag out the recount process. It was a slim victory - 51 to 49%. But still, a victory is a victory and the people of Venezuela deserve better than an OPEC shyster trying to gain unlimited power. The Venezuelans dodged a bullet today, a bullet that needs to go north a bit to Cuba. The only thing left for ...

I thought this was cleverly written and in my laziness decided to post it instead of something original. Who has time to think anymore??? Twas the month before Christmas When all through our land, Not a Christian was praying Nor taking a stand. Why the PC Police had taken away, The reason for Christmas - no one could say. The children were told by their schools not to sing, About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things. It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say December 25th is just a ' Holiday '. Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it! CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod Something was changing, something quite odd! Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda. As Targets were hanging their trees upside down At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found. At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears You wo...

I have blogged about Duane "Dog" Chapman for some time now. Dog works and lives in Hawaii, when he is not running down to Mexico to round up drug dealing rapists, but it seems the island paradise can't quell an occasional eruption of stupidity. Dog has apologized for using the "N" word in a private conversation with his jackass son, Tucker Chapman (who you never see on his show), who was also taping the conversation with his father. I think Tucker was in jail or out on parole? A real upstanding kid. So after getting busted using the word nigger, Dog did what any prominent movie/television star does- found either Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton and began kissing his ass. But I guess it worked because now Dog has become mega-superhero culturally sensitive now and just really didn't know "what that word meant to black people". Huh? Well, I'm glad Brother Sharpton was able to set Dog straight on the use of the word nigger, especially since Sharpton ...

I have taken a serious hiatus from the political blogging, mainly because I have been extremely busy with the new move, new job, etc., but also because it is a pain in the ass to follow and comment on. My previous job allowed me the opportunity to research and write consistently because I was very a short timer and nobody expected me to participate in the Navy's daily bullshit. But I did visit some of my daily reads and find that there is still a lot of tension in Iran, Iraq, Afghani--- well, pretty much everywhere over there. And jack shit is being done about it. Still. Bush insists that a nuclear-armed Iran will lead to three-peat World War and, as much as he has bumbled things up through his last 2 terms, I am inclined to agree with my former boss on this issue. I wholeheartedly believe that Iran would (will?) use their nukes on Israel. Why wouldn't they? Ahmadinejad has made threats to do so in the past. He is not joking around when he tells the U.S. that he will retailiat...

A few months ago I posted a short blurb about my brother-in-law Michael who was in a serious car accident. To divulge the whole story is too emotional, especially since I have family that read my blog, but a condensed version must be told so that you can truly appreciate the gravity of the photos below. The short story is that Michael, his best friend and roommate, and their girlfriends were coming back home after a concert they attended. It was late (or early depending on how you look at it) and Michael was feeling tired so he asked his room mate to drive. Only 2 exits from home, the room mate fell asleep and the car veered off the road and slammed into a tree at about 70 mph. No drugs. No booze. He just fell asleep. The driver and Michael's girlfriend escaped with only minor injuries, Michael suffered a myriad of broken bones and serious head trauma, the other passenger died from her injuries that night. All in all, a pretty shitty night. Michael is recovering but the process is...

Apparently, I have an massage ' massage ' from a guy named George. Not one to be rude, and a big fan of the massage, I opened his email only to find out that he wants to give me 40% of $19.3M How are you today? Hope all is well,I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise, but you need not to worry as i use this way to contact you it is due to is only means i can reach you confidentially as a foreign to seek for for your assistance in this matter. Sounds like a nice guy to me. He went on to inform me that the people who the money belonged to died in a horrible plane accident. George has their unclaimed money in his bank and just needs someone to transfer it to in the United States. For my trouble I get to keep 40%. I don't know about you, but I was chomping at the bit to get started! For the success of this transaction, i will like you to apply to bank and act as the only existing NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased which our bank will replace the deceased account informat...

Today was quite a day as I had my first encounter with the CA DMV. As a matter of policy, all newly registered out of state vehicles must have an inspection to verify the VIN. So, in the 50 degree rainy weather, I drove my bike (spoiled by Hawaii weather) about 20 miles to the local DMV. I have to say that despite the rain, this was the most comfortable ride I have had in a long time. I didn't get cutoff once- something that would infuriate me on Hawaii roads. I was surprised at the efficiency of this DMV, perhaps a fluke of nature, but my time was extended becasue the first inspector (key word, 'first') neglected to write down my engine number even though I pointed it out to her. In her defense, we were chit chatting a bit about the meaning of the word dork and how she thought it to mean the penis of a whale. SHe apologized for the comment after she said it but I told her I was an ex-submariner and that her comment was hardly worth apologize for. However she did jack up my...

I just now ate, in its entirety, an Arbys Bacon Beef 'n Cheddar sandwich. I emptied a packet of BBQ sauce and a packet of Horsey sauce onto the gooey cheese inside. I am having second thoughts about declining the take-home angioplasty kit as I am now phlegmy and coughing like the Playboy editors after reading the "I'm ready to show my tits for money now that my career is washed up. Have you seen Dana Plato around?" letter from Britney Spears. I expect a massive coronary within the hour. But damn, that thing was good. You're just one step away, Britney....

I get a lot of emails from my grandfather that deal with forwarded stories, most are the "Soup for the Soul" stuff and things I have to reply back to him that didn't really happen or that is an urban legend etc. But today I got something from him that was really cool, and unfortunately, you will never see on television. I thought it was an urban legend but it checked out- it is the sentencing of the shoe bomber- remember that asshat? He made a bomb in his show and was going to blow up an airplane in December of 2001. He got donkey punched by some passengers as he tried to light it. U.S. District Court Judge William Young did make the following statement during the sentencing of convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid in Boston on January 30, 2003.The judge's remarks followed a belligerent and unapologetic statement by Reid accusing the United States of sponsoring the torture of Muslims in Arab countries, "I'm an enemy of your country," he told th...

As elusive as a competent employee at Pearl Harbor Personnel Detachment, finding a job proves to be just as difficult in this new place I've settled down in as a newly retired Sailor. In short, the Sacramento area sucks yak balls. Well, at least for finding a job as a Training Specialist. I've resorted to pulling out the electronics resumes, although I swore I would never pursue it since I didn't particularly enjoy it while I was in the Navy. But, when you are squeezing the toothpaste tube with vice grips, digging for loose change for gas money, and shopping at the 99 cent store out of necessity then you gotta do what you gotta do. I don't know how you damn civilians do it. It is amazing how much I relied and took for granted my military paycheck, no matter how meager it was at times, to arrive on the 1st and 15th of every month. Ahh, the good old days! I can honestly say that I have never prayed harder and longer in my life and to give credit where it's due- things...

It has been a while since my last post and so much has happened; I just wanted to provide a quick update to both my readers to assure them I am still alive. I retired from the Navy on July 20 (pictures coming soon), headed out to California to live and am waiting on both job interviews and for confirmation from my future landlord that I am not a psychopathic wierdo who will destroy her house during my rental. I must say that the one thing that has made me happy in the last few weeks of being in CA is the driving. First, I am able to actually drive for an hour and make some good time. Hawaii has the slowest, most inattentive drivers I have ever seen (cleverly disguised as Aloha Spirit) and it is such a thrill to drive with people who know how to merge into highway traffic, understand how to let people in, use thier blinkers to change lanes or turn, and use the lanes properly for the speed they are driving. Some things in paradise just aren't the worth the hassle. I am digging this r...

This piece was lifted from Mike Lief's blog who brought attention to an article by Victor Davis Hanson. Nary will you ever hear about this on any main stream media outlet. I am so speechless and distraught that I cannot even comment on the substance of the article right now. For all of the delusional people who think we can sit down and negotiate with these Islamic extremists, please punch yourself in the face. Greek mythology often encapsulated an entire culture's worst fears and depravities-and over centuries of story-telling became ever more complex and layered and bizarre. But what is strange about reading Michael Yon's graphic descriptions from Iraq is that al Qaeda (or its kindred) seems almost in a single generation to be outdoing a millennium of savagery present in Greek history and myth. You have to go to Thucydides's Mycalessus to find a parallel of wiping out even the animals of a small village. On Friday, Yon reported that al Qaeda served up a son for din...

Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, top speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity. - Oliver Sacks Neurologist and author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain **Dedicated to my brother-in-law, Michael, who has been in the hospital for a month after a serious car accident, and who only recently opened his eyes for the first time. Maybe we should pipe in some 50 cent... if that isn't enough motivation to get out of that hospital then nothing is.

I read this piece in The Atlantic and have wanted to blog it for a few weeks. It is entitled Untruth and Consequences by Carl M. Cannon. The first line is an eye grabber: "From Washington to FDR to Nixon, presidents have always lied. Here’s what makes George Bush different." With all the rhetoric about WMD’s, quagmires, 9/11 conspiracies, Guantanamo, etc. floating around, this article was just begging to be read. The article starts out with lies told by FDR’s aids about his health. He was in poor shape but with Allies getting ready to kick some ass in Europe and the Navy bouncing around in the Pacific it seemed prudent to lie to America about how many hours the President actually worked- at most 4 hours and day, sometimes as little as 1. Roosevelt’s cardiologist described FDR’s condition as "god-awful"- hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, cardiac failure, and acute bronchitis all on the chart. But it would have been disastrous for the war effort to reveal the ...

Email is the lifeblood of my organization and contributes to both its success and its detriment. The basic command of the Engish language is something I take for granted especially after having this blog for so long and really having to pay attention to how I write. Posting on other blogs is also a challenge because I don't want to come off as an illiterate ass. Here is a recent email from someone at my command. She is civilian, local, and, unfortunately, contributes to the negative stereotype that locals are stupid. Hello all, I have officially move office. I now in room 109 Supply Office. I can be reach at xxx-xxxx temporarily until my number is move. Thanks. Vr, I. (name and number changed to protect the innocent)

From Times Online: President Bush today fuelled anger over his decision to spare Lewis “Scooter” Libby from jail by hinting that he could yet issue a full pardon for the ex-White House aide. Who's angry? Mostly the Democrats. Because it is Bush. How many people has Bush pardoned during his presidency as compared to his predecessor? He set a 50-year record low for pardons in Texas, granting only 19, including six convicts who proved their innocence. As president, he's granted just 113 in just over six years — the stingiest record among the 11 presidents since the end of World War II. If you will recall, Clinton pardoned 117 people on his LAST day as President. Here is the list of all 400 people who Clinton pardoned, under far more nefarious circumstances than Libby might get, just to put things in perspective. I wonder if we can look forward to more of these schenanigans if Hillary survives the polls.

Michael Yon is a 41 year old ex Green Beret who travels with the troops in Iraq. His stories lend incredible insight into the war on terror and the enemies true face- the face that you will not see on main stream media outlets or hear about from terrorist apologists. I have bookmarked Yon's site and read it everyday. The following piece is his latest dispatch as he rode with the 5th division to an abandoned Iraqi village. It is very disturbing and Yon's narrative will put a knot in your stomach. He tells of a village that was brutalized by al-Qaeda. This is the true face of our enemy- the enemy of freedom, the enemy of life. Bless the Beasts and the Children

Retarded Judge, Roy pearson, loses $54M dry cleaning lawsuit . At the very least, this jackass should be disbarred- a good horseshipping couldn't hurt either. I sent a letter to the D.A. of D.C. explaining this very position. Perhaps they will see things my way. Also, a dumbass in Alaska, Joe Frederick, thought it would be cute to display a 'Bong Hits for Jesus' sign. He claims he wasn't promoting drugs and that he was just exercising his right of free speech and to get some attention as the Winter Olympic torch passed by his school. (This happened in January of 2002) School officials suspended the asshat but only after the court ruling barely passed by a 5-4 margin. I wonder how much flack he would have gotten had it been a 'Bong Hits for Muhammed' sign. Of course the ACLU jumped on Frederick's plight because after all, they don't hate religion- only Christianity. More distressing is that the issue revolved around promoting pot and little to do with ...

Carter blasts US policy on Palestinians Can't this guy just die? Why is it that every loser and 'has been' with a initiative towards mediocrity sign up with the lowest common denominators of the human race? The sad part is that Carter has followers and they love his alignment with the terrorists and his attacks on the big bad U.S. of A.

Unlike my last post on the subject, this post is not depressing. I have been blessed with an awesome father and an equally awesome step-father whom I have never referred to by any other name that 'Dad'. Hell, even my father-in-law is cool. They have always been there with sage advice, a helping hand, and the occasional bill slipped into my hand on the down low. I had a great day today. Being the father of 4 is a sobering experience when the phone calls and cards start rolling in. I get pampered with all my favorite foods and a day out is always on the agenda. I had about 3 hours of WoW time with my boys then it was off to the beach. Bellows is always a great place to go- the sand is great, a good breeze is always blowing the salty air and pine scents around, and the waves are just high enough for the little ones to enjoy. Enchiladas for dinner; my wife for desert (hopefully). It just doesn't get any better than this.

Tyrone Vesperas, a Big Island resident, won't have much of a Father's Day this year. He will be spending it jail after killing his 14 year old son and his unborn child when he repeatedly stabbed his estranged wife in the abdomen. The teenager stepped in to save his mother and received a stab wound to his jugular. But he didn't die right away- this brave kid was able to call 911 and basically tell on his father. The police arrived at the house at 11 a.m., after the father hung up on the 911 operator, but the boy was already dead. Interestingly, he wasn't pronounced dead until after 5 p.m. Was the cornoner on a lunch break? Ironically, the family lived on Paradise Drive. The stabbing happened last month and charges were finally filed against this human detritus yesterday. The punishment he deserves is far more severe than what the liberal judges in this panty-waste state will order. Since Hawaii law doesn't consider an unborn child a person there will probably only ...

Yes, cry for me. Your tears taste so sweet- especially after this magnificent pledge made on television the night before you were hauled off to jail for the first time. "I did have a choice to go to a pay jail. But I declined because I feel like the media portrays me in a way that I'm not and that's why I wanted to go to county, to show that I can do it and I'm going to be treated like everyone else. I'm going to do the time, I'm going to do it the right way." What's with all the tears? What happened to the 'strong independent whore' image we have have been force fed by every social news outlet that has nothing better to report on than Hilton's pathetic life? Like most charlaton's, when the shit hits the fan, her true colors came out (from behind what little clothing she does wear to show off her underdeveloped body) and Hilton cried out for her mommy when the sheriff came to bring her back to jail. It's not right! Isn't it, th...

Future definitions of the internet gaming subculture word 'PWNED' will no doubt reference this verbal bitch slap. Watch it here at Hot Air.

Astronomers at Mauna Kea's observatory found a black hole that is estimated to be 13 billion light-years away. That is an extremely incomprehesible distance to me, being the time it would take light, which travels at 186,000 miles per second, to travel from that black hole to our planet. 13 billion years- no warp drives there. The significance of that time frame is that it is the estimated age of our universe is 13.7 billion years (not bad, nailing it down to 700 million years difference) and "What we are seeing is very close to the beginning of the universe," said Christian Veillet, CFHT executive director. "We're seeing the universe when it was young." This confuses me because a black hole is rightly named because no light can escape it gravitational pull. For those of you not hip to the astronomy lingo, a black hole is the remains of star whose mass was so significant that the star collapsed in on itself. It collapsed to a point of singularity and the gr...

No, not another ode Starubucks, but rather a link to a site with a very addicting puzzle. The Navy email network is vast and carries terabytes of information (most of which is not even related to the Navy at all) to all DoD personnel. To escape from boredom or to take a "smoke break" things like this are passed around like Paris Hilton in a frat house. The write up that came with this sounded like an urban legend- USAF pilots are required to do this hand-eye coordination puzzle for at least 2 minutes. Or what? They can't go to Iraq and bomb some backwards, 7th century mindset Muslim in Iraq? Enjoy

I really liked the message of this article and have posted it in its entirety- a bit of laziness on my part, but I think you will also appreciate the message. Idiot Compassion Ralph Alter American Thinker The term "bleeding-heart liberal" has been bandied about for years, in an effort to illustrate the faux or at least hyperbolic sense of compassion attributed to those on the left. The lefties in America and Europe would like to be known as those who care, unless you happen to be a Bible-following Christian, a conservative or a fetus. The information age has facilitated the dissemination of all things cultural, spiritual and intellectual. One of the most important developments in the West has been the study and practice of Eastern religions and "ways." Zen Buddhism, for instance, is thought of by those who practice it, as a way rather than a religion. These religions and ways, particularly Buddhism, are thought of as the fonts of compassion. Buddhists are thou...

But that isn't enough to scare me from opening another Mountain Dew, or as some refer to the Dew as 'Nectar of the gods'. A study in the U.K. linked the DNA destroyer to good old sodium benzoate, found in such things as Dr. Pepper, Coke, and pickles. Basically, it robs the DNA of essential oxygen needed to effectively splice and reattach vital coding in the helix. U.K. Professor Peter Piper of Sheffield University has this to say. Yeah I know, he does have a funny name. "These chemicals have the ability to cause severe damage to DNA in the mitochondria to the point that they totally inactivate it: they knock it out altogether," Piper said. "The mitochondria consumes the oxygen to give you energy and if you damage it — as happens in a number of diseased states — then the cell starts to malfunction very seriously. And there is a whole array of diseases that are now being tied to damage to this DNA—Parkinson's and quite a lot of neuro-degenerative diseases, ...

This is a graduation video, of sorts, of Palestinian children ready to give their lives for allah. What a shame that the highest aspirations Palestinian parents have for their children is to have their bodies blown apart. What a travesty that no children rights groups have stepped in. Passing out condoms in American schools has a higher priority I suppose. There will be no peace until they love their children more than they hate us. - Golda Meir

Torn by good and evil and an incestuous love affair, a lonely and depraved Darth Vader has a nervous breakdown. (Complete with James Earl Jones voiceovers) Vader Sessions

It has been almost 2 years since the second most popular Sheehan was shoved into our faces by every media network that could stand to make a buck off the anti-war tide. But it seems this tide, for Sheehan, is in ebb and she has decided to step down as the token loudmouth. Sheehan announced, "I'm going home for awhile to try and be normal. Good idea- 2 years of being abnormal tends to take its toll. She has aged quite a bit in the last 2 years, divorced her husband of almost 30 years, has been arrested more times than a rapper, gussied up next to anti-American asshat Hugo Chavez (and other pitiful media whores), and parroted the anti-war rhetoric to the letter. The only thing she didn't do was burn the Flag. But why burn it when you can wipe your ass with it? In a speech that she actually said her son's name enough to be noticeable, she said, I have endured a lot of smear and hatred since Casey was killed and especially since I became the so-called `Face' of the Ame...

Iran, U.S. Hold Bilateral Talks The United States and Iran held their first formal talks in 27 years in order to discuss the security of Iraq. What do you think? Meg Stainer, Road Construction Worker "Sky-high gas prices, meeting with Iran, Jimmy Carter in the news, it feels great to be 9 years old again." Nate Williams, Shoe Cobbler "If we can neutralize the Iranian influence in the region, our only obstacle to peace will be 99 other influences. Progress!" Patton Konopka, Systems Analyst "Hopefully this will result in some sort of pan-continental mega-theocracy where the religious zealotry of our respective leaders can dictate every aspect of our lives."

I must say that I feel better about paying $4.25 for a cinnamon dulce de leche latte than I do when I pay $3.20 for a gallon of gas. I don't know why because per ounce I am getting screwed over big time by Starbucks. I think it is because Starbucks does a really good job of packaging both inside the store and with their products. The inside of the store makes you feel very comfortable and important as soon as you walk in. The strong aroma of beans, the higlighted coffees from around the world, and the people sitting with their laptops clicking away all lend to an atmosphere of exclusivity- yes, you are good enough to frequent our establishment. If i do not have the time to stop by the Starbucks enroute to work then I will settle for the onbase coffee house Seattle's Best. If that is true then Seattle is in big trouble. Everything that Starbucks is, SB is not. To be fair, I have never been to an off base SB but the two that are onbase have consistently made my vanilla latte tast...

Time for a pop quiz! No, I’m not going to have you try and guess the combined tonnage of Rosie O’Donnell and Michael Moore, but it is something that will tax your brain just the same. What are the 7 Wonders of North America? And if you say, “The combined tonnage of Rosie and Moore”- you fail. How many of them have you visited? This idea came to me as I read the back of the Tasteeos cereal box, a blatant knock off of another popular but tasteless cereal. While it was refreshing to read something other than desperate attempts to get children to keep pestering their parents for the sweet and expensive cereal, I was reminded of a story I read about the Islamofacists and their jihad to control the world with their 7th century lifestyle. The article, in its entirety is an excellent recount of both Western and Eastern art, music, and architecture and how Muslims reject these influences. The article, found in The Brussels Journal, entitled Why Western Art is Unique, and Why Muslim Immigration ...