CPT Dale A. Goetz: R.I.P.

I was perusing some various sources of news, when I came across this post at War On Terror News. This post was announcing the deaths of five of our warriors in an IED attack in Afghanistan. The first name on the list was CPT Goetz, and as I began looking for information on each of these men, what I found for CPT Goetz floored me.

CPT Dale A. Goetz(age 43) was the first military chaplain killed in either Afghanistan or Iraq, since the GWOT began, and the first Army clergy person killed in action since Viet Nam.

I found a forum post on this topic, which gives a full picture of the good CPT.

The official message from the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Army through the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy:

It is with my deepest sympathy and utmost respect that I announce to our Chaplain Corps that Chaplain (CPT) Dale A. Goetz was killed in action in Afghanistan on August 30, 2010 while serving as the Battalion Chaplain for 1-66th Armor Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. Dale was one of five Soldiers killed by an Improvised Explosive Device while traveling in a convoy near Kandahar Province. Chaplain Goetz is survived by his wife, Christy, and by their three sons- Landon, Caleb and Joel.

Chaplain Goetz is the first military chaplain killed in action in Iraq or Afghanistan. Dale was a selfless servant of God, a devoted husband and father, a strong American patriot, and a compassionate spiritual leader whose love for Soldiers was only surpassed by his firm commitment to living his calling as a United States Army Chaplain.

Please join with me in prayer for Christy, Landon, Caleb and Joel as we mourn with them in the loss of Dale, our fellow Soldier and Unit Ministry Team member. Let us also strive to honor Dale’s sacrifice with a continuing bold commitment to ensure the finest religious support and pastoral care possible for our beloved Soldiers and their Families.

May God bless the Goetz Family and the Families of all our Fallen Soldiers; and, may God bless our Army and the United States of America.

PRO DEO ET PATRIA…FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!

DOUGLAS L. CARVER
Chaplain (Major General) US Army
Chief of Chaplains

I have alternately been choked with sadness for his death and his young family, and proud of his being such a selfless member of our military.

Those who haven’t served don’t fully appreciate or understand the vital mission of the military Chaplaincy. They serve our nation and our troops bravely and honorably in the best and worst conditions that our military can be found in. They tend to our service members soul’s in the service of God irrespective of the dangers they may face.

The military chaplains fully embody and embrace their motto:
PRO DEO ET PATRIA…FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!

Army Corps Crest-Chaplain

My prayers and kindest thoughts go out to CPT Goetz’s entire family and his many friends, as well as to the families of the other soldiers killed in this attack.
May God bestow his blessings on the CPT’s young boys.

(top row left to right-Capt. Dale Goetz and Staff Sgt. Jesse Infante (bottom row, left to right) Staff Sgt. Kevin Kessler and Pfc. Chad Clements.)

*Additional reading on our Chaplains*

FAIL: Arizona Asks for Troops to Secure Border, Obama Sends Signs Warning About Dangers Instead

Simply amazing. And infuriating. Most. Incompetent. President. Ever.

First, the US Government warns US citizens to avoid traveling to certain parts of American soil near the US border with Mexico because of the extreme danger from Mexican drug cartels and smugglers.

Now, the US Government is posting warning signs advising US citizens of the lurking dangers from illegal immigrants and criminals. Rather than actually do anything to secure our borders (post armed US military forces — heavily armed, and in overwhelming numbers — and start shooting anything that tries to walk, crawl, jump, or swim across our borders), or government is instead merely warning us about the dangers present because of their massive fail:

The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state.

The signs were posted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Gila Bend, a major east-west corridor linking Tucson and Phoenix with San Diego.

They warn travelers that they are entering an “active drug and human smuggling area” and they may encounter “armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high rates of speed.” Beginning less than 50 miles south of Phoenix, the signs encourage travelers to “use public lands north of Interstate 8″ and to call 911 if they “see suspicious activity.”

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, whose county lies at the center of major drug and alien smuggling routes to Phoenix and cities east and west, attests to the violence. He said his deputies are outmanned and outgunned by drug traffickers in the rough-hewn desert stretches of his own county.

“Mexican drug cartels literally do control parts of Arizona,” he said. “They literally have scouts on the high points in the mountains and in the hills and they literally control movement. They have radios, they have optics, they have night-vision goggles as good as anything law enforcement has.

“This is going on here in Arizona,” he said. “This is 70 to 80 miles from the border – 30 miles from the fifth-largest city in the United States.”

He said he asked the Obama administration for 3,000 National Guard soldiers to patrol the border, but what he got were 15 signs.

I think that final bolded statement says all you need to know about Mr. Obama and his commitment to protect American citizens from a foreign invasion. Our Federal government is simply ceding US soil to foreign invaders, rather than go in and enforce the sovereignty of our nation.

Obama’s Insincere Speech on Ending Combat Missions in Iraq

As difficulty as it is for me to listen to the man’s voice or see him on my TV, I watched the entire Obama “End of Combat Operations in Iraq” speech last night.

Color me not impressed. The man’s insincerity and complete lack of respect for the US Military and their mission was palpable. I kept imagining the heartfelt and respectful speech that President Bush would have made to signify the end of combat and the victory in Iraq — which would have been 180 degrees from the half-hearted “look at me” speech Obama gave last night.

Like Ace, I got exactly the speech I thought we’d get:

We already know what he’ll say: You’re welcome.

The I’s will have it.

We know he’ll say:

This is a promise I made, which has been kept, even though the promise was to get all troops out of Iraq.

I did this. Even if it was Bush’s timetable.

The surge? Never heard of it.

The troops…? They, maybe, had something to do with this. But mostly, you know, it was me.

Paul Mirengoff gets it exactly right when he says, “Obama tried to give the appearance of graciousness without actually being gracious. Among his many other faults, the man has no class.”

That’s it right there — that’s the thing: President Bush is a man who exudes class and a grace that Obama is completely bereft of.

Obama did nothing to add to the victories and successes in Iraq, and in fact, did everything he could do while a Senator to obstruct and oppose victory. An honest man sitting in his place last night would have admitted he was wrong. But then again, Obama is not an honest man.

The man is unfit to command our troops, which makes it little wonder he is so poorly regarded and trusted by the men and women who wear our Nation’s uniforms.

Meghan McCain Opens Her Moronic Pie Hole to Opine on Sarah Palin

Meghan McCain: the most embarrassing spawn of a Politician since Amy Carter

Add Meghan McCain to the list of faux celebrities whose opinion I could give two shits about. Why ABC News thinks her opinion — she’s NOBODY, and has accomplished shit in her life on her own, other than have the good fortune to be born fortuitously — is worthy of The BIG News of the Day treatment is beyond me.

As Jennifer Rubin notes, she ranks right up there with Rosie O’Donnell and Lindsay Lohan (and Paris Hilton and Matt Damon) in the “people I could do without hearing from or about” category.

Of course, the favorite beast of the Liberal-and-agenda-driven Main Stream Media is any faux Conservative willing to harshly criticize the GOP or other Conservatives. Meghan has about as much Conservative street-cred as her RINO old man.

Which is None. Zero. Zilch.

She [little Ms. McCain] is out plugging her book, which I don’t intend to read. If her interview with ABC is any guide, a good deal of the book is devoted to trashing Sarah Palin. She proclaims, based on her wealth of political experience and long years in office, that Palin’s selection was on the ”line between genius and insanity.” That’s a fairly rotten thing to say about one’s father. After all, Palin was his choice.

Why are the children of prominent politicians typically such worthless members of society?

How smart is Meghan McCain? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know…should be a rhetorical question, like, “How smart is a bowl of pig innards doused with Tabasco sauce?” or “How smart is getting involved in a land war in Asia?” (that’s right, bitches, two Princess Bride references in one day), or “How smart is a pile of rocks?”

This smart:

“I feel like I should clarify. I wasn’t fired,” she said. “I was asked to leave and not come back, or go on my own bus tour. So I elected to go on my own bus tour in Ohio.”

She said she never called her father to ask about the dismissal, which was linked to the growing controversy over her blog.

Look kid, I know you’ve never had a real job in your life, and thanks to old man, never will — but actually, being asked to leave a job and never come back? That’s the very definition of being fired.

How much longer before Meghan is a guest host on The View?

Dick Durbin Praises Muslims as “Peace-Loving”

In the famous words of Inigo Montoya, “You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Raise your hand if you love the death cult of Islam more than American Soldiers

Remember back in 2005 when Dick Durbin (D-IL) compared our brave Soldiers to the German Nazis, Soviet gulag operators, and everyone’s favorite genocidal maniac, Pol Pot?

Well then, it should come as no surprise to you that the most despicable member of Congress (and that’s really saying something) — a man who despises our troops and hates their mission even more — is a HUGE fan of the building of the in-your-fucking-Infidel-faces Victory Mosque on Ground Zero:

Sen. Dick Durbin, the man who could lead the U.S. Senate depending on how November’s elections go, had a strong message for Illinois’ 400,000 Muslims and other residents about the Ground Zero Mosque Monday.

“They are patriotic peace-loving Americans,” Durbin said of Illinois’ Muslims.

Sorry, but Muslims are — as a whole — neither peace-loving nor patriotic Americans. They are a death cult who are directed by their holy book and their pedophile prophet to spread Islam throughout the world.

Durbin is a typical Democrat — siding with our enemies while denigrating our brave Military personnel. Only a guy named Dick could offer up Muslims as “peace-loving” on one hand, while comparing American Soldiers to “Nazis” in the other.

I echo the sentiment of retired Navy Commander Paul Galanti when he says, “You, sir, for having aided and abetted the enemy in time of war, have been relegated in my mind to the status of Jane Fonda and your colleague, John Kerry as contemptible traitors.”

Caption This!

This is from Don Surber and it doesn’t get any goofier.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Fake ID Ring Busted In Austin

Five men charged in fake ID ring in Travis County, TX (Austin):

A Texas Department of Public Safety investigation has led to charges against five men in connection with a fake ID ring, according to arrest affidavits.

The men, Arturo Faz, 51, Alberto Quiroz Cabrera, 29, Michael Robles Nunez, 25, Omar Arreola Giron, 23 and Dorian Hernandez Alcantara, 21, face charges of tampering with a government record and engaging in organized crime, according to the affidavits, filed Friday.

DPS conducted a sting operation that led to the men and a North Austin home in the 9400 block of Meadow Vale near Rundberg Lane, where fake Social Security cards and resident cards were discovered…

Hmmm…the article doesn’t mention the nationality of the arrested men…but judging by their surnames, I’m guessing they might be Hispanic. Nor does it mention the immigration status of these men. I’m guessing “illegal.”

I’m sure they were just producing illegal identities for American kids who want a fake ID so they can buy booze and vote Democrat…rather than fake ID to make it easier for illegal immigrants to work and live in the United States (illegally).

Feign Surprise: 88% of Television Media Employees Donated to Democrats in 2008

It’s not exactly a surprise of us who have made it our job/hobby to monitor and expose the overwhelming Liberal bias we see everyday in the Main Stream Media (or the MFM, as my buddy Ace calls ‘em).

But when you have a literal and very real vested interest in the outcome of an election, you’ll have to excuse us when we doubt your “professional,” “objective,” and “unbiased” “reporting:

Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Democratic total of $1,020,816 was given by 1,160 employees of the three major broadcast television networks, with an average contribution of $880.

By contrast, only 193 of the employees contributed to Republican candidates and campaign committees, for a total of $142,863. The average Republican contribution was $744.

Obama’s Birth Certificate: Want To See It?

That’s right, we are offering you the opportunity to see it for yourself.

The reasons I have decided to reveal it after all this time is simple. First, to end the speculation of the existence of his official birth certificate and because the pResident has, in his own words, stated:

“I can’t spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead.”

No he can’t, that is simply asking too much of any one, including a messianic figure.

I can’t reveal the source of the document, but you will be relieved to finally see it for yourself and show it to your family and friends, or any that may doubt its existence.

At long last we can put this controversy behind us.

Eddie Bernice Johnson — Another Ethically Challenged Member of the CBS

I know this makes me a RACIST! just for pointing it out — but yet another member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) — is under scrutiny for ethical violations.

This time it’s Texas Congresswoman (and former Chairperson of the CBC) Eddie Bernice Johnson, who gave away a bunch of scholarship money to family members. Doesn’t sound too bad, except that 1) it wasn’t exactly her money, and 2) the rules specifically prohibit nepotism in the awarding of this scholarship money:

Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes.

The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. And all of the awards violated a foundation requirement that scholarship winners live or study in a caucus member’s district.

Via Ace of Spades:

In a statement, Johnson says she knew the scholarships were going to family [strike one], but “unknowingly” violated the ethics rules of the foundation for which she used to sit on the oversight board [strike two!]. She also defended herself by explaining that she did not “personally benefit” from the scholarships [STRIKE THREE!]

Talk about the lamest excuses ever. In total, she awarded 15 scholarships since 2005 to her grandsons and great-nephews and to children of an aide.

Is there anybody in the CBC who isn’t “ethically challenged?” Jesus. H. Christ on a cracker — it’s almost like these crooks don’t think the rules apply to them. Almost…

Updated to add this from Red State:

TX-30 is a majority-minority district incorporating large parts of the African-American and Latino sections of Dallas, TX. That Rep. Johnson’s ‘defense’ rests on her inability to find six students from that area who were more qualified for scholarship money than her own grandchildren speaks ill of either her ability to serve her district, or else of her skill in coming up with a solid, believable lie.  Either way, there are still some Texas kids out there who could have used this money, and were denied it.

Did You Watch The ‘Restoring Honor’ Rally?

I did and found it not only inspiring, but EPIC!

If you didn’t and listened to the typical libturds, knowing they would never watch it, or the LSM, you would get the impression that it was a gathering of racist and xenophobes. From their perspective as oikophobes, that is all they are capable of seeing.

Did you miss it, but wished you could have seen it?
Okay, go to this link and watch it in its one hundred seventy minute entirety without interruption.
If you would like to see Super Sarah’s appearance in its entirety, then go to this link. Super Sarah’s entire speech is posted here.

For the best analysis I have yet seen, once again it comes from the UK press.
Glenn Beck makes history: Washington rally shows power of conservatism in America.

Yesterday’s Washington rally was in many ways an historic event, one that successfully honored the patriotism, sacrifice, and the principles that have made the United States the great nation it is. It was a symbol of the strength not only of conservatism but of democracy and freedom in America, and a powerful salute to the men and women of America’s military who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and the wider war against al-Qaeda.

In addition to this rally being a wonderful event that showcased what is good and right about America, the half a million(plus) attendees did something else remarkable.

They left the mall area spotless.

Unlike the libturd crowd that witnessed the inauguration of our first biracial pResident.

Libs Trash America

GZ Mosque: Further Elucidation

First, a video from Pat Condell which makes it crystal.

Next, from Nonie Darwish, Sharia For Dummies.
First she makes this observation:

Imam Feisal Abdel Rauf claims that the US constitution is Sharia compliant. Now let us examine below a few laws of Sharia to see if Imam Rauf is truthful or a fraud:

Then she follows with a list of thirty three Sharia Laws that challenge Rauf’s contention.
She couldn’t be more lucid.

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What’chou Talking About, Willis? — “Beat Whitey Night” in Iowa Gets Zero National Media Coverage

How badly has political correctness and the fear of being accused of racism handicapped our country?

This badly — at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, groups of black kids, gangs, teenagers, and adults held what they called “Beat Whitey Night,” where these black thugs targeted and attacked white fair goers. When the police were called, they attacked the police.

Listen to this cop talk about it:

Now…in the aftermath, the political correctness sickness sets in:

Des Moines police say they can’t confirm race was factor in fights near fairground

Are you fucking kidding me? They “can’t confirm race was a factor” when a bunch of black thugs get together for something called “Beat Whitey Night,” which results in a bunch of WHITE people being targeted and attacked by BLACK thugs? If they can’t “confirm” that race was a factor, then they need to turn in their badges and their guns immediately, because they are too stupid to be cops (or humans, or probably even rocks).

This guy gets it:

“I’m sorry, but you can’t get any more racists than this: Beat Whitey Night. And this isn’t freak’n news? Are you kidding me?”

And why the political correctness? Because if the cops and the local media call it what it is racially motivated violence and a hate crime, then they’d have the NAACP and other local black “civil rights” leaders breathing down their necks with reverse charges of racism and bias against these poor misunderstood minority yutes (“Did you say, “yutes?”)

Now…imagine that it was a bunch of white kids, and it was “Beat Darkie Night.”

Or, like Bob said, that it was a bunch of white kids, and it was Bonsai Night, where white kids jumped out of trees on top of unsuspecting Japanese-Americans and beat them bloody?

Imagine the non-stop media outrage on MSNBC if it were white kids doing this? I’m sure there wouldn’t be any confusion as to whether or not race was a factor…

“Journalist” Matt Taibbi in Favor of Destroying the First Amendment Rights of Those with Whom He Disagrees

If you see this man, do whatever you must to silence his voice. Don't worry, he supports it...

Someone, any one, really…should punch Matt Taibbi in the face until he is rendered unconscious on the sidewalk in a pool of his own blood. Figuratively speaking, of course.

Just to keep him from having an opinion and voicing it. Because he believes in the silencing of dissent, up to and including the financial ruin of people/companies who disagree with his unhinged Liberal world view…and because he believes that shit, the same forces should be used to shut him up, too, right?

Try not to read the entire article from his blog at Rolling Stone, but here’s the relevant rant against Fox News:

The fact that Fox and co. are doing what they do for these dreary commercial reasons makes it even worse, of course; at least Hitler really hated Jewish people.

[snip]

I’m beginning to wonder why effective boycotts against these hate-media channels, and particularly Fox, haven’t been organized yet. Why not just pick out one Fox advertiser at random and make an example out of it? How about Subaru and their unintentionally comic “Love” slogan? I actually like their cars, but what the fuck? How about Pep Boys and that annoying logo of theirs? Just to prove that it can be done, I’d like to see at least one firm get blown out of business as a consequence of financially supporting the network that is telling America that its black president wants to kill white babies. Isn’t that at least the first move here? It’s beginning to strike me that sitting by and doing nothing about this madness is not a terribly responsible way to behave.

The biggest problem, Matty, is that you and your unhinged progressive buddies are a minority in this country. So, go ahead and boycott Fox News and their advertisers. If only the viewers of Fox News continued to buy Fox News advertisers’ products, while only the viewers of Rachel Madcow and Keith Olbermann’s shows purchased their advertisers’ products  — well, lets just say that the Fox News advertisers would still be thriving, while the MSNBC advertisers would go out of business faster than San Fran Nan could blink her botox-riddled eyes.

Time to Retire Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)

It's not about what you, the people, want. It's about me and my buddies being in the Ruling Class

Reason 8,947 that I no longer support Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and think that he no longer serves the people of Texas nor true Conservative values — rather he serves one thing and one thing only: keeping and growing power for him and his GOP buddies in the Senate.

He can no longer be trusted to do what is right, when he has shown time-and-again that he will always do what is best for himself and his Senate buddies.

As chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Cornyn’s myopic loyalty to his Senate buddies has too often come at the expense of Conservative values and limited government.

First it was his blind support for RINO-turned-Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter (soon to be former Senator Specter), when Conservative voters were lined up overwhelmingly on the side of his opponent, Pat Toomey.

Then there was Sen. Cornyn sticking with his endorsement of Charlie Crist, despite the fact that Conservatives are lined up against him in favor of an actual Conservative, Marco Rubio.

And now we find out that Cornyn has been siding (hard) with RINO Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and seems to be trying to help her pull an Al Franken in her apparent primary loss to Tea Party-favorite Joe Miller.

But word is coming out of Washington that the National Republican Senatorial Committee, already in “cover their butts” mode, is intervening in Alaska to help Lisa Murkowski.

John Cornyn, Chairman of the NRSC, has been upfront that the NRSC will help incumbent Republicans being challenged. But there is a problem with Murkowski. I have confirmed through multiple sources that Lisa Murkowski has already approached the Alaska Libertarian Party. In exchange for putting her on the Libertarian ticket in November, Murkowski will hand the Libertarians a sizable chunk of her +$1 million war chest.

The Libertarian Party Chairman, Scot Kohlhaas, is denying direct talks with Murkowski, and says it probably won’t happen, but I can confirm conversations are still happening regarding this.

I am willing to bet that John Cornyn is sending Murkowski help without first getting a promise from her that she will not run third party if she loses.

What’s more, the NRSC, in “cover their butts” mode, is telling every reporter who will listen that Lisa Murkowski did not take the NRSC’s advice and attack Joe Miller. In fact, the NRSC gave the same advice to Sue Lowden, Jane Norton, Charlie Crist, Trey Grayson and other NRSC losers.

The advice is simple — attack the opponent for being fiscally responsible, i.e. opposed to earmarks and being a real fiscal conservative.

And from Riehl World View:

It isn’t as if Cornyn’s NRSC wants another independent-minded conservative like Jim DeMint to join the club on the Hill. And when one thinks of how influential any one senator can actually be, especially within party ranks, there is far more at stake here than what some pundits seem to believe.

There are additional reasons why we may soon see what amounts to a civil war within the GOP in Alaska, one that could easily spill over nationally, infuriating the Republican base if the establishment attempts to steal this election for Murkowski. And Murkowski will do the GOP brand no good among the grassroots if she pulls a Sorry Charlie Crist and opts for another route.

I’ve had more than enough with Sen. Cornyn and the NRSC going against the vast majority of Conservatives, undermining our electoral wishes at every turn, in favor of his own self-serving party and interests.

My feelings are mirrored exactly by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), who said,  “I would rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who really believe in principles of limited government, free markets, free people, than to have 60 that don’t have a set of beliefs.”

Sen. Cornyn does not share those beliefs. Instead, he has become every thing I despise most — a typical inside-the-Beltway politician. Kay Baily Hutchinson is a liar and a fraud. Sen. Cornyn is a self-serving member of what Rush Limbaugh calls our Ruling Class.

Texas deserves much, much better than these two as our Senators. In a sane and just world, both would be swept out of office at the earliest possible chance, and better men and women than themselves would replace them. Men like Texas Railroad Commissioner Michale Williams…

Five Monkeys = Congress

Because it’s Friday, why not:

______________________

Me Dear Fellow Monkeys —

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana.

As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all the other monkeys with cold water. After a while another monkey makes the attempt with same result, all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another Monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs.

To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the snot out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one.

The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked.  The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.

Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs he is attacked.

Most of the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs OR even why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. Finally, after replacing all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana.

Why not?  Because as far as they know, that is the way it has always been done around here.

And that, my fellow monkeys, is how Congress operates – And precisely why we need to REPLACE all the original monkeys this November.