Conservative Curmudgeon

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Conservative Curmudgeon married his High School sweetheart, the beautiful and highly excitable “Lil Bits” (the greatest wife, mother, and friend on the planet) in 1981, joined the U.S. Air Force, escaped Liberal Rhode Island, and has been living the “hard working” version of the American Dream ever since. Curmudgeon now lives in tranquil North Carolina with the Lil Bits, has three grown children, a beautiful daughter-in-law, and awesome grandson.
Although retired from the Air Force, Curmudgeon still works on a daily basis with the brave men and women of the Armed Forces fighting the global War Against Terror.
Some of Curmudgeon’s main issues that he likes to rant about, especially on his Blog site (http://carolinaranter.blogspot.com/), include (in no particular order): political correctness, reverse racism, terrorism, illegal immigration, double standards, the “Pussification” of America, big government, welfare, social security, the dumbing down of America, the corrupt news media, apologists, liberals, liberal politics, liberal judges, environmentalists, socialists, Americans who bad mouth MY country while overseas, the entertainment industry, the war on Christianity, and the list goes on and on and on…
Contact Curmudgeon at: [email protected]
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Kid Rock on how he would run the war - Maxim Magazine, Oct 2007...
“I’d kick the media out. War’s not pretty, and you can’t fight a war diplomatically. We didn’t win the Revolutionary War like that… As harsh as this sounds, and I’m sure I’ll get shit for it, if somebody kills an American soldier in a certain section of town, I’d blow up that section of town. I’d do what the Israelis do and take out 50 motherfuckers. I’d say, ‘Next American who gets killed, 50 more innocent people get killed. Start giving up insurgents or we’ll wipe out your fucking block.’ You gotta fight fire with fire.”
Random Quote Corner:
1. “In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” -Theodore Roosevelt
2. “My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance.” -Herbert Hoover
3. “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.” -Theodore Roosevelt
4. “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.” -Dwight Eisenhower
5. “Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.” -Calvin Coolidge
6. “In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.” -Mark Twain
7. “That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.” -George Bernard Shaw
8. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” -Nathan Hale
9. “Ultra-liberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy, and a pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order.” -Spiro T. Agnew
10. “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” -George S. Patton
11. “You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.” -P.J. O’Rourke
12. “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” -James Baldwin
13. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
14. “A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.” -Barry Goldwater
15. “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” -Thomas Paine
16. “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” -George Orwell
17. "No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -Theodore Roosevelt
18. "Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty." -Thomas Jefferson
19. "When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
20. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." -John F. Kennedy
21. "He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all." -Miguel De Cervantes
22. "Integrity has no need of rules." -Albert Camus
23. "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do." -Andrew Carnegie
24. "A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them." -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
25. “Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.” –Les Brown
26. "When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
27. "People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend." -Walter Savage Landor
28. "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." -Vince Lombardi
29. "Initiative is doing the right thing without being told." -Victor Hugo
30. "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." -Vince Lombardi
31. "A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself." -Alexander Graham Bell
32. "What you are will show in what you do." -Thomas A. Edison
33. "Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon." -Edward M. Forster
34. "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them." -George Bernard Shaw
35. "Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision." -Ayn Rand
36. “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
37. "Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don't seem to see this." -Doris Lessing
38. "Always do more than is required of you." -General George S. Patton
39. “People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.” -James Baldwin
40. “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” –Benjamin Franklin
41. "Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS." -Thomas Paine
42. “Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.” -Henry Bolingbroke
43. “The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, 'The trouble with this country is’...” –Sinclair Lewis
44. “We are not weak, if we make proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power... The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” -Patrick Henry
45. “The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.” -Bertrand Russell
46. “Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is--the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.” -Sir Winston Churchill
47. "We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
48. "What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” -Adlai Stevenson
49. “The preamble to the Constitution states: 'We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare...' It doesn't say 'guarantee the general welfare.' And it certainly doesn't say 'give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV.” -P.J. O’Rourke
50. “Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” -George S. Patton
51. “The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.” -James Baldwin
52. “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” –Benjamin Franklin
53. “The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that a pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.” -Sir Winston Churchill
54. "Pessimism never won any battle." Dwight Eisenhower
55. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.” -Mark Twain
56. “We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.” -Theodore Roosevelt
57. “The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things -- war and hunger for example -- liberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things. It's a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don't have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal.” -P.J. O’Rourke
58. “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.” -George S. Patton
59. “The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.” -Theodore Roosevelt
60. "America is too great for small dreams." -Ronald Reagan
61. “If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.” –Publilius Syrus
62. "He that knows nothing doubts nothing." -George Herbert
63. “Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.” –Thomas Carlyle
64. "Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action." -Benjamin Disraeli
65. “The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes, rather than their minds.” –William J. Durant
66. "You can never learn less, you can only learn more." -G. Buckminster Fuller
67. "Good is not good, when better is expected." -Thomas Fuller
68. “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
69. "He who dares nothing, need hope for nothing." -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
70. “The search for someone to blame is always successful.” –Robert Half
71. “If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.” –Henry Kissinger
72. “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” –Brian Tracy
73. “What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.” –Bertrand Russell
74. “The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.” –Jean Jacques Rousseau
75. “Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.” –Denis Waitley
76. "If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." -Thomas J. Watson
77. “Those who can bear all can dare all.” –Marquis De Vauvenargues
78. “Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.” –William James
79. “The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.” –Carl Jung
80. “Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.” –Lee Iacocca
81. “Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.” –Denis Waitley
82. “If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you.” –T. S. Eliot
83. “There is no substitute for hard work.” –Thomas A. Edison
84. “He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.” –Edward F. Halifax
85. “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” -William Ellery Channing
Quote of the Month - March 2008
"Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who's out in front of nobody? Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves. " -P.J. O'Rourke
Quote of the Month - February 2008:
"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." -Ronald Reagan
Quote of the Month - January 2008:
"Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels -- men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Quote of the Month - December 2007:
“It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause. Who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” -Theodore Roosevelt