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Gribbit’s Word Mourns the Loss of Capt. Phil Harris

February 10, 2010 Announcements., News View Comments

Today we are saddened to learn of the passing of Captain Phil Harris. Capt. Phil was the owner and skipper of the crab fishing vessel Cornelia Marie featured on the Discovery Channel’s very popular reality series The Deadliest Catch. He was a tough as nails but likable person whose passion for his trade translated into his success. He will be sadly missed.

Mrs. Gribbit and I would like to pass along our deepest sympathies to the Harris family. May you all find comfort in knowing that Phil was a good and honest man who lived his life to the fullest. May Almighty GOD bless your family as He receives Phil into His Kingdom. – Amen

You can visit his official website for further information.

From The Deadliest Catch page on The Discovery Channel’s website (in timeline) –

January 30, 2010: Phil Harris suffered a stroke while in port off-loading from the F/V Cornelia Marie. He has been transported to a medical facility and is receiving the best care possible. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and we will make more information available as we know it.

February 1, 2010: Josh and Jake Harris thank everyone for their heartfelt thought and prayers. The Deadliest Catch community has always been more like family than just fans, and Discovery Channel joins the Harris boys in thanking everyone for their wishes of support. Captain Phil is resting comfortably and is in the care of excellent doctors and nurses. We will update everyone on his progress as best we can.

February 3, 2010: No one ever said Captain Phil Harris wasn’t tough. Today, dad showed some good signs of improvement, squeezing our hands and even summoning his trademark Captain’s bluntness by telling the doctors and nurses, “Don’t f*ck up.” We are encouraged but still very cautious. It is a long road ahead, but its made more bearable and comforting knowing your thoughts and prayers are with us. We are strong because of you — our fans. Thanks and we will continue to update you as best we can going forward.

UPDATE: February 9, 2010: It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dad – Captain Phil Harris. Dad has always been a fighter and continued to be until the end. For us and the crew, he was someone who never backed down. We will remember and celebrate that strength. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. – Jake and Josh Harris

Statement from Discovery – Discovery mourns the loss of dear friend and colleague Captain Phil Harris. He was more than someone on our television screen. Phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him. We will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart. We share our tremendous sadness over this loss with the millions of viewers who followed Phil’s every move. We send our thoughts and prayers to Phil’s sons Josh and Jake and the Cornelia Marie crew.

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Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha Dead at 77 [UPDATED]

February 8, 2010 Announcements., News, Opinion Comments Off

My mother taught me that if I didn’t have anything nice to say, I should not say anything at all. In most cases, I ignore that advice but with the dead I generally do not. That said, I shall remain mute on all of Murtha’s transgressions against the people of the United States – be it his role as the unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam scandal or his comments about US troops in Iraq. So on those points I’ll remain mute…

What I will say is that he served honorably in Vietnam. After that – he’s been nothing short of a cancer on this country.

[UPDATE 1702] I see that one of my DRONES has taken notice to my little anti-tribute to Murtha. To those linking over from that moron’s page I have a little bit of advice.

The 4 of you should go back over there and take a long hard look around at his page. Remember this is a guy who stares into the sky waiting for the mother ship. If you analyze his site, you will find that there is no original content on it. He spends his time trolling Conservative blogs and writing vitriolic hit pieces on the authors of those sites. What do you do when you don’t have an argument? You attack. Food for thought.

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Rep. Jim Jordan Responds To SOTU

January 28, 2010 Announcements., Barack Hussein Obama, Democrat Incompetence, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Opinion, Taxes, The Economy Comments Off

Rep. Jim Jordan (R OH-4) has issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union (aka: Democrat pep talk).

For the past year, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi have led the nation on a reckless course of uncontrolled spending and a massive new government expansion into the private businesses and personal lives of Americans.

These big-government policies, from the $787 billion stimulus bill that failed to create jobs, to the budgets and bailouts that are creating an insurmountable debt for our children and grandchildren, have been disastrous to our economy.

Tonight, the President said he wants to increase federal spending even more, then “freeze” spending at an ultra-high level. Continuing this irresponsible level of spending will further put this country on a collision course with disaster.

Last week, the voters of Massachusetts sent a clear message to Washington – stop the big spending. The President heard the same message when he visited with job-creators in Ohio last week – big spending doesn’t create jobs.

I have supported the concept of a freeze, but the baseline number must be much lower. If the President is willing to freeze non-security spending at the levels from when he took office last year – before the stimulus, before the other big increases – then you will find Republicans ready to work with him.

If the administration is serious about fiscal responsibility, then let’s get to work – but it’s going to take more than budget gimmicks and bloated baselines to get our economy moving again.

The only reason why Obama is proposing a freeze on spending now is to insure that Republicans don’t lower spending on the designated programs for the remainder of his Infestation. The numbers being thrown around concerning budget savings generated by the proposed freeze are insignificant in relation to the over-all budget. It is my feeling that this proposal by Obama is disingenuous. He only wants to insure that the political payoffs that he was able to forced through Congress while his Party had the 60-vote super majority remain in place.

Last week I was watching an interview on Fox News that involved Bob Beckel (Democrat Strategist) and a Conservative (who I don’t recall). Beckel was attempting to make a point that allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire is “just allowing them to return to Clinton era levels”. Fine Bob. How about we first cut spending back to Clinton era levels before we mess with tax rates. Then if the country is still running a budget deficit, we can discuss tax increases. Because raising taxes will do nothing to cut the deficit as long as Congress continues to spend money.

Oh, and before the Clintonian Koolaid Kids claim that I’m endorsing Clinton era policies remember 1 thing. A Republican Congress passed the budget that ran a surplus. More over, it was a Republican who wrote the bill – John Kasich who happens to be running for Governor of Ohio.

/rant

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Kasich Announces Running Mate

January 15, 2010 Announcements., Ohio Politics, Opinion, Taxes, The Economy Comments Off

Former United States Congressman and Ohio Gubernatorial candidate Republican John Kasich announced his pick for the next Lt. Governor of Ohio, Auditor of State Mary Taylor.

From the John Kasich for Governor website Auditor Taylor writes…

It truly is a new day in Ohio and I am excited to join John Kasich as we embark on a mission to transform state government as we know it.

The failed policies of the past three years have resulted in a 10.6 percent unemployment rate and the loss of 330,000 jobs. Ohio can’t take it anymore.

John Kasich and I will use our experience and accomplishments to reinvent state government. We will work together to bring jobs back to Ohio because we know that if government gets out of our way, Ohioans will prosper.
I am excited about this winning ticket and the more John and I talk and discuss the important issues facing our state, the more I realize how similar our record of leadership and accomplishments really is and how much this partnership truly makes sense.

I hope you will join us as we spend the next several months outlining our plans to establish an environment conducive for job growth and prosperity for all Ohioans.

Mary Taylor tried to warn Uncle Ted that he was facing a hole that he couldn’t spend his way out of but he wouldn’t listen. Now Mary is joining John Kasich in building a team that will not only bring Ohio out of that hole but create a business environment that will attract new businesses to the Buckeye State.

Our businesses are leaving us at an alarming rate. Why? Because of the aggressive tax system in place in Ohio. Kasich and Taylor want to eliminate the estate tax (6%) and phase out the income tax. These efforts along with other pro-business initiatives will create an environment that people want to live and work in. And if the costs of business go down, jobs will come back.

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A NEW LOOK FOR A NEW YEAR

January 10, 2010 Announcements. Comments Off

The other night a friend of mine asked my advice on some new themes for her site. MsUnderestimated and I then spent the better part of the night redesigning her blog on a new theme. Some of the work that we did looked so good that it inspired me to make some changes of my own.

I decided after consultation to use the same theme that she decided upon. It is clean and has wide columns which is something that I like. She also wanted a “watermark” embedded in the background. This is something that I was on the fence about until I saw the final product that we came up with for her. I was so impressed with what we had done, I needed to do the same.

The result was my taking some time to install the new theme and make some changes to fit who I am. I too decided on a watermark and it is embedded in background as well. I’m hoping it isn’t too distracting.

Registered users, tell me what you think.

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December 21, 2009 Marks The Death of the Constitution

December 21, 2009 Announcements. Comments Off

The title of this post may be a bit dramatic but it is none-the-less accurate as hell. Never before in the history of the Republic has one single piece of legislation been so damaging to our way of life as the Reid Death Care bill. In approximately 20 minutes (from the time of this writing) the US Senate will vote to end debate on a bill which violates the United States Constitution in a manner so blatant that those who are passing it don’t even deny. No where in the 7 Articles or 27 Amendments does the Constitution grant the authority to oversee or regulate the health care industry to the federal government, but yet, the United States Senate is voting to expand the reach of the federal government to do just that. This my friends is a clear violation of Amendment X.

The powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

In as much as the United States Supreme Court dealt the Constitution a near fatal blow in 1972 with the Roe v Wade decision (another Unconstitutional encroachment), this bill represents the end of this Republic.

Since it is obvious that those running the show in this country are so fundamentally opposed to what Americanism is that their goal (according to the President) is to “fundamentally transform Amerika” perhaps we should call this relationship at an end. Tonight’s actions may have done just that.

I predict that Texas is going to have a population boon.

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24 Dem Targets For November 2010

November 19, 2009 Announcements., Death Care, Elections, GOP/RNC, Health Care, News, The Economy, U.S. House Comments Off

The Republican Congressional Campaign Committee has identified 24 Democrat House members who voted for passage of the Pelosi Death Care bill and is targeting those 24 Democrats for defeat in November 2010. The RCCC has set-up a website called Reverse the Vote! to raise money for a war chest specifically aimed at defeating these 24 individuals who voted for the Pelosi bill in opposition to the will of their constituencies.

The list of 24 includes…

Rep. Berry (D AR-01)
Rep. Snyder (D AR-02).
Rep. Giffords (D AZ-08).
Rep. Salazar (D CO-03).
Rep. Bean (D IL-08)
Rep. Foster (D IL-14)
Rep. Donnelly (D IN-02)
Rep. Hill (D IN-09)
Rep. Carnahan (D MO-03)
Rep. Titus (D NV-03)
Rep. Shea-Porter (D NH-01)
Rep. Arcuri (D NY-24)
Rep. Bishop (D NY-21)
Rep. Hall (D NY-19)
Rep. Owens (D NY-23)
Rep. Driehaus (D OH-01)
Rep. Kilroy (D OH-15)
Rep. Space (D OH-18)
Rep. Schrader (D OR-05)
Rep. Dahlkemper (D PA-03)
Rep. Kanjorski (D PA-11)
Rep. Connolly (D VA-11)
Rep. Kagen (D WI-08)

Every dollar raised by Reverse the Vote! will be split 24 ways and used to defeat these 24 Democrats in the general election. Not one dime will be used in the primaries.

The hope is that these 24 individuals will see that the Republicans are taking a pro-active step to build a war chest to remove them from office and decide to not support the Death Care bill when it makes its return from Conference.

So if you have the means, please consider contributing whatever you feel most comfortable to Reverse the Vote! and help take back this country.

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On Ft. Hood

November 6, 2009 Announcements. Comments Off

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Comments Return to Gribbit’s Word

August 18, 2009 Announcements. Comments Off

Never say never. And never say forever. That is the lesson that I’m learning today.

Today I return comments to Gribbit’s Word. Several plugins for WordPress now exist that give me the level of control that I need in order to properly police my comments sections. With the implementation of these new plugins, I am once again allowing comments on my posts.

HOWEVER

To comment you must be a registered user of Gribbit’s Word and logged in. Registration is being limited so I can virtually eliminate the possibility of DRONE interference and hijacking of posts. Registration requires a password only available through existing registered users or me. Without a password, you cannot register therefore you cannot comment.

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A MESSAGE FOR KEVIN THE CHIMP AND OTHER TROLLS

July 23, 2009 Announcements. Comments Off

In the wake of Kevin’s use of my 1 year old daughter as a tool for an attack on me and my opinions, I have been considering the end of Gribbit’s Word. For the past week I’ve been considering this option. BUT – upon further reflection, conversations with my wife, and consultation with trusted friends, I have decided to not take that approach. I have decided that I’m not going away. Gribbit’s Word is going to continue WITH some minor changes…

Change #1 – My unwritten rule about profanity is gone.
Change #2 – All references to trolls are going to cease upon the restart of the blog.
Change #3 – The theme. I will be in consultations with a few trusted bloggers over the coming days about how to alter the theme to reflect the new Gribbit’s Word. More snark and more raw.

Coming soon -

Obamacare and the Bankruptcy of America

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Gribbit’s Word Mourns the Loss of Capt. Phil Harris

February 10, 2010

Today we are saddened to learn of the passing of Captain Phil Harris. Capt. Phil was the owner and skipper of the crab fishing vessel Cornelia Marie featured on the Discovery Channel’s very popular reality series The Deadliest Catch. He was a tough as nails but likable person whose passion for his trade translated into [...]

Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha Dead at 77 [UPDATED]

February 8, 2010

Rep. Jim Jordan Responds To SOTU

January 28, 2010

Rep. Jim Jordan (R OH-4) has issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union (aka: Democrat pep talk).
For the past year, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi have led the nation on a reckless course of uncontrolled spending and a massive new government expansion into the private businesses and personal lives [...]

Kasich Announces Running Mate

January 15, 2010

Former United States Congressman and Ohio Gubernatorial candidate Republican John Kasich announced his pick for the next Lt. Governor of Ohio, Auditor of State Mary Taylor.
From the John Kasich for Governor website Auditor Taylor writes…
It truly is a new day in Ohio and I am excited to join John Kasich as we embark on a [...]

A NEW LOOK FOR A NEW YEAR

January 10, 2010

December 21, 2009 Marks The Death of the Constitution

December 21, 2009

24 Dem Targets For November 2010

November 19, 2009

On Ft. Hood

November 6, 2009

Comments Return to Gribbit’s Word

August 18, 2009

Never say never. And never say forever. That is the lesson that I’m learning today.
Today I return comments to Gribbit’s Word. Several plugins for WordPress now exist that give me the level of control that I need in order to properly police my comments sections. With the implementation of these new plugins, I am once [...]

A MESSAGE FOR KEVIN THE CHIMP AND OTHER TROLLS

July 23, 2009

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