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Emmet Posted on: 17-Mar-2009, 05:13 AM

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I'll be leading the Parada de San Patricio in Boqueron, Puerto Rico. In her own inimitable way, the isla del Encanto is herself an emerald isle, with her own fourty shades of green (especially today!)

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Éireann go Brách!
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Emmet Posted on: 12-Mar-2009, 05:36 AM

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Where do you escape to when you need to indulge yourself?...What do you do there? Do you focus on the sights and smells of the area or the people (or lack of)?


I go sailing, solo; and focus on the sights, smells, sounds, sensations, and solitude. Best therapy on the planet.

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  Forum: General Discussion  ·  Post Preview: #276739

Emmet Posted on: 12-Mar-2009, 04:59 AM

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It's St. Patrick's Day Again
GALLOWAY'S RESTAURANT
BOQUERON, P.R.

It's the day to chill out with your friends and have a shamrockin' time.
To wish everyone a very Happy St. Patrick's Day.
The right time to indulge in a party mood at
Galloway's Restaurant.
So what are you waiting for, meet us at
Galloway's Boqueron
5:00 pm for the parade,
corned beef,
MEDALLA happy hours,
live music until closing.
We will be waiting for you!
TUESDAY, March 17, 2009
Galloway's Restaurant Boqueron
787-254-3302
(reservation for diner is suggested)

Yours truly will be plomo gaitero de San Patricios.
  Forum: Festival & Games  ·  Post Preview: #276735

Emmet Posted on: 12-Mar-2009, 04:55 AM

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Flanagan's Irish Pub
465 Main St
Dunedin, FL
(727) 736-4994

St. Patrick’s Day Street Festival

Tuesday, March 17th
11:00 am to 11:00 pm
Main Street in downtown Dunedin

Entertainment by Noel Cooney and Jeff Glover
Irish Dancers and the City of Dunedin Pipe Band

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Emmet Posted on: 05-Mar-2009, 10:17 AM

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Voy a ser el líder en el gaitero de la parada de Día de San Patricio en Boquerón, Puerto Rico.

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  Forum: General Discussion  ·  Post Preview: #276101

Emmet Posted on: 11-Jan-2009, 06:45 PM

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I may be wrong -- in fact, I'd prefer to be -- but it is beginning to sound like you relish the idea of Israel being eliminated, Emmet.


Absolutely not; I am in favor of the international rule of law and the rights of man; particularly in the right to self determination. Israel, as established by the U.N., has a right to exist within their own borders; those (as imperfect as they may be) established in 1948 by U.N. resolution 181. Neither I nor the U.N. believe that Israel has any legal claim to any other territory beyond the "Green Line" (including Gaza) pursuant to U.N. Resolution 242. Furthermore, I would suggest that any expectation of others respecting your rights under international (or any other) law, including the integrity of your borders, is predicated upon your respect for the rights of others, including the integrity of their borders. I fail to see any legitimate claim to "self defense" when another country fires glorified bottle rockets into your territory when you blockade their ports, starve their populace and blithely send death squads and bomb-laden F-16's into theirs with complete impunity.

The future of Palestine legitimately should rest solely with the Palestinians, not Israel or the United States (including who they elect to represent themselves; I'm quite passionate about true democracy, too). I'd say precisely the same thing about Northern Ireland or Puerto Rico.

I'm neither Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, or Jewish, so I have no dog in any of the above sectarian hunts.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271971

Emmet Posted on: 07-Jan-2009, 07:51 AM

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I'm not at all clear on how our unconditional support of Israeli militarism in any way serves America's national interest.

As a deterrent against "against loss of control", isn't that what we pay Saudi Arabia for? Who can forget that touching moment of George Bush and Prince Abdullah gently holding hands on that romantic garden walk?

As a deterrent against "Arab nation uncooperativeness", U.S. support of Israel's wars led directly to the oil embargoes of 1967 and 1973 and the formation of OPEC, not only for economic reasons but to collectively exert political power as well. Besides, that's why we support puppet pseudo-democracies like Egypt.

As a deterrent againt "Islamic fundamentalist terrorism", our unconditional support of Israeli militarism, particularly as it's applied to the Palestinians, is the most frequently cited casus belli of both al-Qaeda and Iran, and prior to Israel's latest atrocity in Gaza, 75% of the children there said that they wanted to grow up to be martyrs; not hard to understand if you grow up starving in a refugee camp that gets periodically shelled. You can bloody well guess what the percentage among the survivors is be today.

Case in point. Lebanon was a stable, Western-style democracy which "the west feet like it can understand and deal comfortably with"; so much so that Western banks felt comfortable to set up shop there and as a European tourist destination it possessed sufficient "real European sensibility" to be referred to as the Riviera of the Middle East. Israel's utter destruction of Lebanon in 1982 and their brutally repressive occupation of southern Lebanon thereafter (sufficiently barbarous that Ronald Reagan, not exactly a bleeding-heart shrinking violet, suspended arms sales to Israel), resulted in the formation and rise to power of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. On April 18, 1983 the U.S. Embassy in Beirut was bombed, killing over 60 people, mostly embassy staff members and U.S. Marines and Sailors. On October 23, 1983, the Marines billeted at the Beirut Airport were bombed, killing 243 Americans.

Some deterrent.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271692

Emmet Posted on: 07-Jan-2009, 07:00 AM

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Sorry Emmett, you're right. Its easier to be sarcastic than provide arguments of my own and the sincerity and passion with which you hold your own views deserved more respect than I provided. Please accept my apologies.


Apology accepted.
Earlier, you had asked if I had a solution to propose, and I responded with:

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U.S.
1) Freeze all foreign aid to Israel pending their compliance with UN Resolution 242, et al.
2) Freeze all military aid to Israel pursuant to the US Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act.
3) Stop running interference for Israel in the UN Security Council.
4) Collectively tell AIPAC to go to hell. Any elected US official, whether city councilman or President, should only pledge allegiance to one country; the United States.

Israel
1) Immediately cease fire and withdraw all IDF forces from Gaza.
2) Immediately lift the blockade of Gaza.
3) Recognize Hammas as the legitimate Palestinian government, and negotiate accordingly in good faith.
4) Immediately halt all Israeli construction on the West Bank.
5) Begin plans for withdrawal from all occupied territories pursuant to UN Resolution 242, et. al.
6) Reopen negotiations with all parties to the 2002 Beirut Summit in good faith.
7) Respect the territorial integrity of it's neighbors in all respects.

Palestine
1) Immediately cease fire.
2) Allow the IDF invasion force to withdraw in good order.
3) Reopen negotiations with all parties to the 2002 Beirut Summit in good faith.
4) Respect the territorial integrity of it's neighbors in all respects.


The Beirut Summit offered an end to endless war; in exchange for Israel withdrawing to their pre-1967 borders and allowing the formation of a viable Palestinian state, with the right of return and it's capitol in East Jerusalem, all Arab signatories would formally recognize Israel's right to exist, declare the Arab-Israeli conflict to be over and normalize relations with Israel. With their raison de guerre eliminated, terrorism would eventually peter out and die as recruiting dried up and all signatories enforced the peace from within their own borders. No; it wouldn't happen overnight, but as the Belfast Accord demonstrates, it can happen, even with such mortal enemies as the IRA and the UDA.
With essentially unlimited US financial support, the US blocking any action in the UN Security Council, nuclear weapons, and the 4th largest air force in the world, including the largest fleet of F-16's outside of the US, Israel has never needed peace. Only America can change that.


I'd be interested in hearing your critique, and/or alternative suggestions.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271682

Emmet Posted on: 06-Jan-2009, 03:33 PM

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The Middle East has been in a constant state of war for 42 years; in what way is Israel " a strategic stabilizing factor in the region"?
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271659

Emmet Posted on: 06-Jan-2009, 12:06 PM

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Clearly you have access to Google; try using research to refute an argument rather than sarcasm.
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why should I research YOUR claims and offer a refutation?


Yeah; I didn't think so...it's so much easier just to be snarky.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271654

Emmet Posted on: 06-Jan-2009, 11:58 AM

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Uh huh -- go try to demilitarize Israel, Ingo. I'll hold your coat while you do.


It would be interesting to see how long Israel's offensive lasts without an endless supply of American weapons, ammunition, spare parts, and cash.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271653

Emmet Posted on: 05-Jan-2009, 05:17 PM

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So it's really the Palestinians own fault. Knowing full well the unmitigated savagery of the Israelis and the outright contempt in which they hold Arab lives in general and Palestinian lives in particular, they should have played along in the sham of Middle East democracy and dutifully elected that Quisling Abbas and the corrupt Fatah regime as Israel and the United States ordered them to, meekly accepting their subjugation and prostrating themselves before their conqueror like good slaves.

If you were Palestinian, is this really what you would do?
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Emmet Posted on: 05-Jan-2009, 07:54 AM

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You know at first hand there are many Americans who are not cheering -- you, for one -- and I can tell you there are plenty of Israelis who are tearing their hair out at what their government is doing in Gaza.


And yet it still goes on, doesn't it?

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As to the analogy -- Hamas is a weasely sneak weighing much less than 240, but he's not anybody's innocent girl. Hamas is ripping the clothes off the girl and holding her in front of him to catch the abuse after he provokes the big guy.


Hammas is armed with small arms and primitive home-made rockets little better than big fireworks; an Israeli is more likely to be killed in a car accident or hit by lightning. Israel possesses the largest and best equipped military in the Middle East, and is armed with nuclear weapons.

Israel's blockade of Gaza is explicitly defined as a crime against humanity by the Geneva Conventions and the UN Special Envoy. Israels repeated shelling, air strikes, and incursions into Gaza were in violation of the truce to which they were signatories. Both constitute acts of war. Hammas responded with the only weapons at hand. What would you do in their place, if 75% of your population was starving, and your children suffering malnutrition, stunted growth, and measurable hearing loss from months of the incessant sonic booms of Israeli overflights? Who's provoking who?

Gaza is the most densely populated penal colony in the world; with more than 10,000 captives per square mile. Hammas isn't necessarily hiding behind civilians; with a population of 1.5 million, it's essentially unavoidable. Considering Gaza's overcrowded environment, it is beggars belief that anyone can argue with a straight face that Israel's attack is focused exclusively on military targets; an attack upon an enemy which has no air defense artillery, no air force, no army, no armor, and no navy.

I believe that the facts uphold the analogy.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271584

Emmet Posted on: 05-Jan-2009, 07:22 AM

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Well, you made a lengthy post with a myriad of claims you're unwilling to substantiate. Thanks for the effort.....I guess. At least we know where you stand.  Your omniscience must preclude error and we should take your claims and statistics at face value, huh? How silly of me.


It's not my purpose in life to educate or entertain fools. Clearly you have access to Google; try using research to refute an argument rather than sarcasm.

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So what do you think Israel should do Emmett? Is there a solution amid the complaints?


U.S.
1) Freeze all foreign aid to Israel pending their compliance with UN Resolution 242, et al.
2) Freeze all military aid to Israel pursuant to the US Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act.
3) Stop running interference for Israel in the UN Security Council.
4) Collectively tell AIPAC to go to hell. Any elected US official, whether city councilman or President, should only pledge allegiance to one country; the United States.

Israel
1) Immediately cease fire and withdraw all IDF forces from Gaza.
2) Immediately lift the blockade of Gaza.
3) Recognize Hammas as the legitimate Palestinian government, and negotiate accordingly in good faith.
4) Immediately halt all Israeli construction on the West Bank.
5) Begin plans for withdrawal from all occupied territories pursuant to UN Resolution 242, et. al.
6) Reopen negotiations with all parties to the 2002 Beirut Summit in good faith.
7) Respect the territorial integrity of it's neighbors in all respects.

Palestine
1) Immediately cease fire.
2) Allow the IDF invasion force to withdraw in good order.
3) Reopen negotiations with all parties to the 2002 Beirut Summit in good faith.
4) Respect the territorial integrity of it's neighbors in all respects.


The Beruit Summit offered an end to endless war; in exchange for Israel withdrawing to their pre-1967 borders and allowing the formation of a viable Palestinian state, with the right of return and it's capitol in East Jerusalem, all Arab signatories would formally recognize Israel's right to exist, declare the Arab-Israeli conflict to be over and normalize relations with Israel. With their raison de guerre eliminated, terrorism would eventually peter out and die as recruiting dried up and all signatories enforced the peace from within their own borders. No; it wouldn't happen overnight, but as the Belfast Accord demonstrates, it can happen, even with such mortal enemies as the IRA and the UDA.
With essentially unlimited US financial support, the US blocking any action in the UN Security Council, nuclear weapons, and the 4th largest air force in the world, including the largest fleet of F-16's outside of the US, Israel has never needed peace. Only America can change that.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271582

Emmet Posted on: 04-Jan-2009, 04:13 PM

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I see your point; if a 240 lb. man kidnaps, robs, rapes, and tortures a 12 year old girl, I can certainly see how, were she to have the temerity and ill manners to strike out and give him a fat lip, he would be entirely justified in beating her to death in self defense.

What Israel is doing is obscene, and America is a co-conspirator, enabler, and cheerleader.
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Emmet Posted on: 03-Jan-2009, 09:58 AM

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GAZA GUERNICA

An occupying power is obliged to follow the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, which protects the civilian population. The United Nations Security Council held in 1979 that the Fourth Convention does apply to the territories seized by Israel in 1967 (in violation of U.N. Resolution 242; Google "Al Nekbah"). Article 48 of the protocol is clear that Israel, as an occupying power, has obligations: "The Parties to the conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives and accordingly shall direct their operations only against military objectives."

With their blockade of Gaza, the Israelis have created their own Warsaw Ghetto. 75% of Gazans are malnourished. 46% of all Gazan children suffer from acute anemia. About 45% of children in Gaza have iron deficiency from a lack of fruit and vegetables, and 18% have stunted growth. The U.N. special envoy for human rights, former Princeton University law professor Richard Falk (who is Jewish), has condemned the collective punishment of the 1.5 million Palestinians confined in Gaza as "a flagrant and massive violation of international humanitarian law as laid down in Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention." and "a crime against humanity."

Hamas, the legitimate and democratically elected government in Palestine, has repeatedly proposed long-term truces with Israel and offered to negotiate a permanent end to hostilities, including explicitly recognizing the right of Israel to exist. During the last year, Hamas has upheld the truce although Israel refused to ease the blockade. It was Israel that, on Nov. 4, violated the truce and killed six Palestinians. It was only then that Hamas resumed lobbing their pathetic spitballs at Israel, killing no one.

Since 2005 Hamas has fired some 6,300 primitive, home-made rockets from Gaza at Israel, killing 10 people. In just the past seven days, using American made F-16 fighter bombers of the 4th largest air force in the world, Israel have reduced the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated tracts of land in the world, to rubble and killed at least 435 defenseless Palestinians, who have no air force, no air defense artillery, no army, and no navy. This isn't war; it's wholesale murder.

Since September 29, 2000, a total of 1,062 Israelis and no fewer than 4,876 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict.

Since September 29, 2000, approximately 123 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians whereas 1,050 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis.

1 Israeli is being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 10,756 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel, without trial or legal recourse.

NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER.

Total U.S. aid to Israel is approximately one-third of the American foreign-aid budget, even though Israel comprises just .001 percent of the world's population and already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes. Indeed, Israel's GNP is higher than the combined GNP of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza. With a per capita income of about $ $15,800, Israel ranks as the sixteenth wealthiest country in the world; Israelis enjoy a higher per capita income than oil-rich Saudi Arabia.
For 1997, the U.S. gave Israel $6.72 billion: $6.194 billion in foreign aid and $526 million from agencies such as the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Information Agency and the Pentagon. The $6.72 billion figure does not include loan guarantees and annual compound interest totaling $3.122 billion the U.S. pays on money it borrowed to give to Israel (we're broke, remember? Our national debt: 10.5 trillion dollars!). It does not include the cost to U.S. taxpayers of IRS tax exemptions that donors can claim when they donate money to Israeli charities. More than $1.5 billion in private U.S. funds go to Israel annually. The ability of Americans to make what amounts to tax-deductible contributions to a foreign government does not exist with any other country. This ultimately costs other U.S. tax payers $280 million to $390 million. Nor do these figures include short and long-term commercial loans from U.S. banks, which have been as high as $1 billion annually in recent years. All past U.S. loans to Israel have eventually been forgiven by Congress. Between 1974 and 1989, $16.4 billion in U.S. military loans were converted to grants and never repaid. When grants, loans, interest and tax deductions are added together, our relationship with Israel cost U.S. taxpayers over $10 billion in 1997 alone. All told; half of the money America spends abroad goes to Israel.
Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $83.205 billion. The interest costs borne by U.S. tax payers on behalf of Israel are $49.937 billion, thus making the total amount of aid given to Israel since 1949 $133.132 billion. This may mean that U.S. government has given more federal aid to the average Israeli citizen in a given year ($23,240) than it has given to the average American citizen.

WE; YOU AND I, ARE COMMITTING MASS MURDER AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
The lame excuse that we're doing it second-hand by proxy is a transparent sophistry that's entirely lost on the rest of the world, particularly the Muslim world.

The next time someone hijacks a jetliner and flies it into a building, spare me your self-righteous indignation and self pity; don't feign innocence and bleat "Why?".



"Nobody can reject or condemn the revolt of a people that has been suffering under military occupation for 45 years"
General Shlomo Gazit, former chief of Israeli military intelligence
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #271459

Emmet Posted on: 24-Dec-2008, 07:22 AM

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My name's Emmet, I'm a piper with the St. Andrews Pipes & Drums of Tampa Bay, for the color guard of Post 144 of the Royal Canadian Legion, and the Dunedin Chapter of the New World Celts. I play a set of McCallum's with an old low-pitched blackwood Naill chanter solo, and a plastic Gibson chanter with the band; Selbie Mk III drone reeds (with inverted bass), and Ross chanter reeds. I also play smallpipes, penny whistle, and am attempting to learn uilleann pipes.

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What are your thoughts on the wide selection of electronic pipes? Do you own one? Do you use it for practice or performing?


I have a Fagerstrom; it's great for practice, as it's very unforgiving of crossing noises or crushed embellishments. It's great for learning new tunes, as it's about the size of a cigar it's highly portable; with earphones I can practice while otherwise wasting time; doctor's offices, airlines, while the wife's watching something insipid on TV.

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The bagpipe was the instrument of the Roman infantry while the trumpet was used by the cavalry.


the tibia urticularis. The Roman emperor Nero was a piper, playing "the organ with the bag under the arm". He couldn't have possibly fiddled as Rome burned, as the fiddle wouldn't be invented until 400 years later.

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1700s. After the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, kilts and bagpipes were outlawed, the pipes being classified as instruments of war.
The origins of the pipes in Scotland is uncertain. Some say it was a Roman import. Others believe that the instrument came from Ireland as the result of colonization.


The Acts of Proscription of 1716 and 1725 banned the speaking of Gaelic, the wearing of tartan, and the bearing of arms unless in service to the Crown. Bagpipes were never mentioned at all, nor are there any records of anyone ever being prosecuting for piping pursuant to the Acts. Bagpipes were banned in Ireland under Cromwell.
Bagpipes were called "an instrument of war" during the trial of Jacobite piper James Reid in York in 1715. Based upon that interpretation, he was convicted of armed rebellion against the Crown and executed.

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The origins of the pipes in Scotland is uncertain.


As everyone knows, the Irish invented the bagpipes and gave them to the Scots.

The Scots never discovered the practical joke.



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  Forum: General Discussion  ·  Post Preview: #270980

Emmet Posted on: 17-Dec-2008, 07:00 AM

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I'd like to know too what and why my neighbour celebrate...


The turn of the seasons, particularly the solstices and equinoxes, but also the cross quarter days.

St. Patrick's Day (the secular one); celebrating the history and culture of Ireland and the contributions of the Irish to America and the world (not nasty green beer, stupid green plastic hats, silly costumes, acute drunkenness and general ignorance!).

The anniversary of our handfasting on the Spring Equinox (10th this year).

Easter; commemorating the 1916 uprising which eventually led to Irish independence and the foundation of the Irish Republic.

Earth Day; more of a day of mourning for the 39-50% of Earth' s species facing imminent (and at this point, inevitable) anthropogenic extinction.

May Day; commemorating the struggle of the working class against the oppression of the vampire capitalists.

Labor Day (USA); more of a day of mourning for the death of organized labor in America and the degeneration of American Democracy into a neo-feudal system of government exclusively with the rich, by the rich, and for the rich; the perfect melding of corporate and government interests, which is precisely how Mussolini defined Fascism.

Remembrance Day (week, actually); a time of apolitical remembrance of the sacrifice others have made in defence of their homes.

Thanksgiving & Christmas, as they're quite important to my wife.








  Forum: General Discussion  ·  Post Preview: #270282

Emmet Posted on: 04-Dec-2008, 07:34 PM

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Eggnog: From the grocery store with a liberal tot of Gosling's Black Seal black rum mixed in and fresh nutmeg grated on top (so much better than bourbon!)

Fruitcake: I make far in advance (October):

Fruit:
2 Pkgs. (1 ea.) Sun-Maid Dried Fruit Bits and Tropical Trio
1/4 cup Gosling's Black Seal black rum

Batter:
2 sticks butter
2 cups dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon Apple Pie Spice (cinnamon/nutmeg/allspice)
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 large eggs
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons black cocoa
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
1/2 cup chunky applesauce
2 cups chopped walnuts
apple cider
maraschino cherries
more rum

The Fruit: Combine all of the fruit in a non-reactive bowl and soak in rum overnight.

The Batter: Beat the eggs. In a bowl whisk together the flour and cocoa, sugar, salt, spices and baking powder. Cut in the softened butter. Add the syrup, eggs, applesauce, fruit & nuts to the batter and mix well. Add enough apple cider to make the batter pourable.

Spray the pans with Baker's Pam. This recipe makes enough for 8 mini-loaf pans or two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans. Spoon the batter into the pans, filling them about 3/4 full, and put three cherries on top of each.

Bake the cakes on the middle shelf of a preheated 300°F oven; 1 hour, 5 minutes for the small loaves, and 2 hours, 15 minutes for the large loaves. The cakes are done when a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

Remove the cakes from the oven. Let them cool, then remove them from the pans. Don't worry about them drying out.

Once cool, wrap the cakes in plastic wrap, and sprinkle liberally with black rum. Store them in the refrigerator. Unwrap the cakes every week for up to 5 weeks (at least three) and sprinkle them liberally (very liberally) with black rum. By the fifth week the cakes will have absorbed as much rum as they're able. They'll keep for several months this way, as long as they're tightly wrapped and refrigerated. The flavor improves and mellows over time.

This is nothing like those nasty bricks people hate to get in the mail!
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Emmet Posted on: 11-Nov-2008, 03:15 PM

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We are not a big nation as nations' go and we are reluctant to boast but we have every right to hold our heads high for we have done our part and will continue when the need arises to do so.

"LEST WE FORGET"


Aside from Vimy Ridge, where in WWI Canadian forces captured more ground and prisoners than in any previous Allied offensive, it's well to remember the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry at Kapyong Korea. All of the U.N. forces were in full retreat, but even though completely surrounded, the Princess Pat's held the North Koreans and Chinese at bay for three days (including calling in artillery on their own position three times), preventing the fall of Seoul. President Truman had already declared that the fall of Seoul would be the trigger point for the release of nuclear weapons in Korea; therefore Canada, in a very real sense, prevented a nuclear war. Canada's special forces unit, JTF2, was awarded an American Presidential Unit Citation for their service in Afghanistan. Don't ever dismiss Canada as mere peacekeepers.

"Lest we forget", indeed!
  Forum: Historical Archive  ·  Post Preview: #267573

Emmet Posted on: 08-Nov-2008, 08:34 AM

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What Remembrance Day/Veterans Day represent to you?


It's a moment to formally honor those who have fought and died in defense of their families, homes, and country. Not to honor war, but the warrior. No; we really don't learn from our mistakes, but there are always those willing to answer the call regardless, who pay the price for all of us.


The Piper's Lament

Did you hear the light feet marching, marching down the birch-clad glen?
Did you see the piper's streamers floating, floating far behind the men?
Did you hear the brave tunes ringing as they swung the drones on high?
Did you watch the rhythm of the kilt? Did you hear the war march die?
Oh piper lads, Oh piper lads what magic woven spell the magician
Breathed within your reeds, is not for mortal voice to tell.
The wizard winds through reed and drone the soul draws on to follow after
To splendid heights of hero fame or spell bound, led to grim disaster.
Did you hear the brave tunes ringing as the swung the drones on high?
Did you watch the rhythm of the kilt? Did you hear the war march die?


A Pittance of Time

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  Forum: Historical Archive  ·  Post Preview: #267311

Emmet Posted on: 23-Oct-2008, 11:25 AM

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Do you read before replying?


Yes; apparently considerably more than you do. If you spent more than five minutes Googling per diem, you'd see what I mean.
  Forum: Politics & Current Events  ·  Post Preview: #265515

Emmet Posted on: 23-Oct-2008, 11:04 AM

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I am shocked by the way the press had persecuted her.


Precisely how has the press persecuted her? Asking questions and reporting the answers (and investigating their veracity) is the function of the fourth estate in a democracy. If you repeatedly say things that make you sound like an idiot, you're going to sound like an idiot on the evening news. Shooting the messenger doesn't materially change the message.
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Emmet Posted on: 23-Oct-2008, 10:57 AM

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Yes; when angry mobs scream "NIG*ER!" and "KILL HIM!" at every mention of his name, that is precisely what comes to mind.


And this is something Palin should be condemned for? I don't think so. People NOT at the lectern have constitutionally protected free speech just like the speaker, even if they are leftist Democrat operatives just trying to taint the waters.


I most certainly do think so! Any politician who runs such a slanderous and divisive campaign that it promotes or encourages such behavior should be condemned. Any politician who responds to such hate speech with nothing but a broad smile should be condemned, AND REJECTED BY THE ELECTORATE! America is better than that. Wearing white robes and hoods and burning crosses is Constitutionally protected speech too. While we have to tolerate it, that doesn't preclude us from condemning it (unless, of course, you happen to agree with them).

As for your ludicrous allegation that the Republican "base" that Palin's so adept at "energizing" are actually Democratic agent provocateurs, please provide one iota of evidence to back it up. Otherwise it's just more unfounded Republican BS meant to change the subject and smear your opponent.
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So only the rich are allowed per diems as only they can afford more than one residence. Fascinating; who knew?
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