ConservativeChristianRepublican-Report - 20090527

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"Daily Motivations"

May you choose to see beyond life's storms, to uncover the blessings that the rain brings, and during all of life's twists and turns, may you always choose. -- Michelle Sedas



"Daily Devotions" (KJV and/or NLT)

Set Your Compass in the Right Direction All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach (2 Tim. 3:16). The purpose of the Bible is to proclaim God's plan to save his children.

"No, I will not abandon you as orphans - I will come to you." (John 14:18)



"The Patriot Post"

"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.." -- Thomas Paine

"At some point someone is going to file a suit in Federal court asking for clarity as to just where in the U.S. Constitution it is provided that the Executive Branch can buy a bankrupt car company." -- political analyst Rich Galen

"So far, the Obama administration has yet to lay out its magical thinking on how the homegrown auto makers are to become 'viable' when required to subordinate every auto attribute that consumers find desirable in favor of achieving a passenger-car average of 39 miles per gallon by 2016. Nonetheless the answer has quietly seeped out: Taxpayers will write $5,000 or $7,000 rebate checks to other taxpayers to bribe them to buy hybrids and plug-ins at a price that lets Detroit claim it's earning a 'profit' on its Obamamobiles." -- columnist Holman Jenkins Jr.

"The Obama administration is bent on becoming a major player in -- if not taking over entirely -- America's health-care, automobile and banking industries. Before that happens, it might be a good idea to look at the government's track record in running economic enterprises. It is terrible." -- author John Steele Gordon

"Does anybody really believe that adding 50 million people to the public health-care rolls will not cost the government more money? About $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion more? At least. So let's be serious when evaluating President Obama's goal of universal health care, and the idea that it's a cost-cutter. Can't happen. Won't happen. Costs are going to explode." --economist Larry Kudlow

"Just how much government debt does a president have to endorse before he's labeled 'irresponsible'"? -- columnist Robert Samuelson

"We live in an era in which conservatives have not effectively outlined the proper and limited role of government, and as a direct consequence of our failures, more and more of our citizens are turning to an ever-encroaching government in times of crisis. Yet to allow the balance of power in this nation to continue to shift further and further toward government and thus further and further from liberty is to surrender the very thing that makes America so historically unique." -- South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford



"ACU"

May 26, 2009

At 10:15 this morning President Barack Obama stepped up to the microphone to announce a nomination to the Supreme Court.

He nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York. It should not be surprising that his pick has a background that suggests liberal tendencies. It is the President's right and obligation to nominate judges for the Supreme Court. However, it is the U.S. Senate's job to confirm those appointments. This is one of the U.S. Senate's most important duties.

Our U.S. Senators need to ask the tough questions and not rubber stamp Obama's nominee.

It is critical that as Senators privately and publicly question Judge Sotomayor that they ensure she doesn't bring too many ultra liberal, preconceived notions to the bench.

It is important that they get to the bottom of her views on race and gender, especially in light of what we have learned.

That is why ACU is launching a Petition to the Senate - especially targeting our conservative and moderate Senators. Does she support true equality - not focusing on gender and race - and the constitution? Does she support rights endowed by our creator, or not? Sign the ACU petition here.

The mass media is already noting that race and gender seemed to be part of the pick from the President. The WASHINGTON POST has written over the last couple of hours, "If confirmed, Sotomayor, 54, would be the first Supreme Court justice of Hispanic descent and only the third woman ever to sit on the panel."

The POST also reported, "Picking Sotomayor offers the president an opportunity to potentially shape the court in a way that his liberal constituency will like."

How could she shape the court for the liberals? There seems to be answers in statements she has made on her judicial philosophy.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reported she said: "I simply do not know exactly what the difference will be in my judging," - in a speech in 2002. "But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage."

ACU is launching a Petition Efforts to the Senate - especially targeting our conservative and the moderate Senators. Does she really support true equality - not focusing on gender and race - and the constitution? Does she support rights endowed by our creator, or not? Sign the ACU petition here.

DETROIT FREE PRESS columnist Stephen Henderson said the pick was "Obama's missed opportunity."

Henderson wrote, "By all accounts, Federal Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice David Souter, will be every bit the reliable, liberal vote that Democrats want on the court." Stotomayor, he said, "...has a reputation for being pretty far left."

Henderson notes that Justice Sandra Day O'Connor often said that a wise old man and a wise old woman would generally decide cases the same way.

However, Henderson points out something very disturbing about Sotomayor. He reports that she said, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

Really? Does Judge Sotomayor believe that white men - or maybe even white women - do not have the experience to reach good conclusions? Does it matter what their skin color or background is in making decisions?

He went on to say, "at worst, her comments can be interpreted as indulging the same bigotry she purports to abhor."

ACU is launching a Petition Efforts to the Senate - especially targeting our conservative and the moderate Senators. Does she really support true equality - not focusing on gender and race - and the constitution? Does she support rights endowed by our creator, or not? Sign the ACU petition here.

Sotomayor's previous decisions also highlight problems in this area.

In a case which has already been appealed to the current Supreme Court, Judge Sotomayor ruled with other judges against white firefighters who went to court after not receiving a promotion based on testing. They scored better on tests than others but their city didn't want to promote only firefighters who appeared white in skin color. She ruled in favor of keeping the racial quota system and denied the firefighter's claims of racial discrimination.

Judge Jose Cabranes, a Clinton appointee, attacked Judge Sotomayor's decision. In a dissent he wrote the case should have been explored more fully and that the firefighter's claims were "worthy" of "review" by the Supreme Court. He was joined in his dissent by 5 other judges.

ACU is launching a Petition Efforts to the Senate - especially targeting our conservative and the moderate Senators. Does she really support true equality - not focusing on gender and race - and the constitution? Does she support rights endowed by our creator, or not? Sign the ACU petition here.

As we have repeatedly stated, we need judges who uphold the Constitution not try to legislate from the bench. Many of the bad decisions that have come from our courts came as a result of judges who overturn laws, passed by elected representatives, with which they appear to personally disagree.

The DALLAS MORNING NEWS and others have noted Sotomayor said in 2005 at a Duke Law School conference, "the court of appeals is where policy is made." She added, "And I know this is on tape and I should never say that ..."

ACU is launching a Petition Efforts to the Senate - especially targeting our conservative and the moderate Senators. Does she really support true equality - not focusing on gender and race - and the constitution? Does she support rights endowed by our creator, or not? Sign the ACU petition here.

What does she believe her role should be on the Supreme Court? Is it about providing justice for American citizens or about her personal agenda?

We need to ask the Senate to do their job. They must ask the tough questions. They need to get the answers.

Help us send the message here.

The American people deserve the truth.

Sincerely,

Dennis Whitfield

P.S. Senators say they hear quite a bit from those on the left who are bolstered by a liberal media. Please help us correct the imbalance. Send a message now. Sign the ACU petition here.



"Find Law"

Charges Filed in Bronx Terror Plot

U.S. V. CROMITIE, ET AL.
(U.S. Dist. Ct., S.D. N.Y., May 21, 2009) - Four suspects face federal charges of plotting to: 1) blow up a synagogue in a Bronx, New York City neighborhood; 2) shoot down U.S. military aircraft with shoulder-held Stinger surface-to-air missiles; and 3) attack a Air National Guard base with an IED using C-4 plastic explosives. Read more... http://news.lp.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/uscromitie51909cmp.html

Related Resources
• FBI foils plot to bomb NYC temple; 4 men charged (AP) http://news.lp.findlaw.com/ap/other/1110/05-21-2009/20090521025009_03.html



Cal. High Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Existing Marriages Valid

STRAUSS, ET AL. V. HORTON, ET AL.
(Cal. Supreme Ct., May 26, 2009) - California's Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the state's legislative ban against same-sex marriages, but also upheld previously formalized marriages between gay and lesbian couples before the ban took effect. Read more...
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/glrts/cal-prop8-same-sex-marriage.html



"The Web"
Now That's God -- click here.

http://www.passionup.com:80/mp/blank/blank100.htm?e=imkld@yahoo.com&f=imkld@yahoo.com&cfp=1&h=7a49f7e8064d5e26&mp=1



For Coburn, no backing down on spending

Senator free to ruffle feathers as re-election's not a concern

By Kara Rowland (Contact) | Tuesday, May 26, 2009

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/26/no-backing-down-on-spending/

Despite being in the minority in a Senate that is more tilted to Democrats than at any time in the past three decades, Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, has gone head to head with Majority Leader Harry Reid - and won.

His secret: He doesn't care.

Mr. Coburn's nonchalance about his own political future has given him the freedom to be Capitol Hill's most outspoken fiscal hawk and guardian of the Constitution. Most recently, his persistence paid off as he was able to attach an amendment allowing licensed firearms in some federal parks to a consumer credit card bill last week.

"I don't go away. He's learned that," Mr. Coburn says of his frequent floor battles with Mr. Reid. "Since I don't care whether I get beat up or not, I'm really dangerous for him."

In a chamber dominated by career politicians, Mr. Coburn has not shied away from ruffling feathers in his obsessive pursuit of shrinking the government. He rails against government waste with equal vigor be the culprits Democrats, Republicans or both.

That's because, he warns, the next generation's standard of living hangs in the balance. "We are stealing your very future. It is going away as we speak."

Four years into his first Senate term, the 61-year-old obstetrician is a self-described citizen legislator who has pledged to serve no more than two terms. He similarly limited himself to three terms in the House, where he served from 1995 to 2001.

Mr. Coburn's stated reasons for public service are a far cry from the grandiose, boilerplate response one might expect from a member of Congress.

"I was disgusted and worried," he says flatly. "I think what we have is at risk, and it's actually much more at risk today than it ever has been."

As a member of the Republican Revolution's freshman class, he was frustrated by the House Republican leadership's failure to follow through on its Contract With America, later penning a book about the experience called "Breach of Trust."



Iranian Air Traffic Control

In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility, all aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting Iranian airspace.

This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination.

I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai . It's too good not to pass along.

The conversation went like this...

Iranian Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'

Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'

Air Defense Radar: (no response .... total silence)



Speaker Pelosi’s Controversial Marxist Connections

AIM Column | By Cliff Kincaid | May 24, 2009

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/speaker-pelosis-controversial-marxist-connections/

Pelosi tried desperately to avoid being open and honest about her charges against the CIA.

Like the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not have to go through a background investigation in order to get a security clearance. This loophole in the law enables the president and members of Congress to automatically qualify for security clearances, even if they have controversial backgrounds and associations, by virtue of the fact that they get elected to high office in Washington, D.C.

In the case of Speaker Pelosi, who is second in the line of succession to the presidency after the vice president, there is increasing concern about whether she can be trusted with national security secrets. But the concern not only involves her unsubstantiated charges against the CIA over what officials told her about the treatment of terrorists, but her close personal relationship with pro-Castro Rep. Barbara Lee and the "progressive" Hallinan family of San Francisco, once under scrutiny by the California Senate Fact-finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities for their pro-Soviet propaganda efforts.

Pelosi used a Friday news conference to offer up other members of the House Democratic leadership as "human shields" to deflect questions from the press about the CIA controversy. They droned on about the liberal legislative agenda.

At the very end of the news conference, as Pelosi was trying to leave the podium and had already issued an edict that she didn't have anything more to say about the CIA matter, a reporter tried to ask a question about Rep. Steve King's intention to introduce a resolution asking the House to suspend Pelosi's security clearance until the controversy is resolved. The reporter asked, "And were you aware that Steve King is asking for your security clearance to be revoked?" But Pelosi walked away without commenting.

With the help of the mainstream media, Pelosi is obviously hoping that she can stonewall further inquiry. On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Washington Post liberal columnist Eugene Robinson, a follower of the Democratic Party line, declared that he wasn't sure that she was "in such terrible political danger" and that "People underestimate Nancy Pelosi sometimes as a politician."

Pelosi the politician is clearly depending on the press to stop asking questions.

However, since Pelosi and other elected officials don't have to go through background investigations, it is the job of the media to perform this function. In the case of Pelosi, it is long overdue.

San Francisco Democrat

Pelosi has represented the city of San Francisco, perhaps the most liberal in the nation, since 1987, and is a very close friend of Rep. Barbara Lee, who represents neighboring Oakland and Berkeley, California, and is the most vocal apologist for Communist Cuba in Congress today. Lee, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, recently led a delegation to Cuba to meet with the Castro brothers to discuss normalization of relations. But she paid no attention to political dissidents or political prisoners being held on the communist island.

Lee, who calls Pelosi "a magnificent woman" and "one of California's greatest representatives," began her career in the California state legislature as a secret member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, a spin-off from the Communist Party. As a member of the staff of Rep. Ron Dellums, Lee was shown to have been collaborating with communist officials on the island of Grenada, according to documents captured after the liberation of that island nation. These revelations have not hurt Lee's standing with Pelosi and other "progressives." Indeed, Lee also served as the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

But even more interesting than the Barbara Lee connection is Pelosi's long-time friendship and association with Vincent and Vivian Hallinan, one of the most radical left-wing families in San Francisco over the course of five decades.

Pelosi hailed them as "one of San Francisco's great Irish families" in a March 17, 1999, statement, after the passing of Vivian Hallinan. "Vivian was a pioneer, a mentor and a leader," Pelosi said. "Our community was blessed by her presence and will long remember her many significant contributions to improving society. I will miss my friend, Vivian."

Notice use of the term "mentor."

Pelosi called Vivian Hallinan, who openly held "socialist" views, a "pioneer" in "a wide range of progressive causes."

But these causes included support for communists in Central America during the 1980s, when Soviet- and Cuban-backed forces were subverting Central America through violence and terrorism and fighting for control of the region.

Indeed, Pelosi paid tribute to Vivian Hallinan by inserting into the Congressional Record an article saying that she had "opposed U.S. policy in Central America" under President Reagan, had "befriended Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua's [Communist] Sandinista leader," and had met with Cuban dictator Castro.

"She was a role model for many of us," Pelosi said. "If Vincent was the lion, Vivian was the lioness."

"My mother and Nancy were pretty close," acknowledges Conn Hallinan, one of their sons.

Official Scrutiny

The names of the Hallinans, including some of their sons, are included in the annual volumes of the California State Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities. The subcommittee was a well-regarded investigative body which examined not only communist activities in California but right-wing groups such as the John Birch Society and the Minutemen.

In the case of the Hallinans, there was a lot to examine. Vincent Hallinan, a lawyer who died in 1992, was a founding member of the San Francisco chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, officially designated a front of the Communist Party, and defended secret Communist Party member and labor leader Harry Bridges.

In addition, he was a self-described "roaring atheist" who specialized in attacks on the Catholic Church. In one case, according to the New York Times, he "sued the Roman Catholic Church for fraud, demanding that it prove the existence of heaven and hell."

Vincent Hallinan also ran for president on the ticket of the Progressive Party, "a creature of the Communist apparatus, and completely dominated by the Communist Party from start to finish," the subcommittee said.

A 1961 subcommittee report says that Vincent Hallinan traveled to the Soviet Union with his wife to vouch for the legitimacy of the communist show trial of Francis Gary Powers, the American U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union. Powers' mission had been to document the Soviet missile build-up. It adds, "[Vincent] Hallinan's glowing accounts of the Soviet Union and favorable comments concerning the fairness accorded Powers at his trial were sold in great quantity by the Communist Book Stores both in San Francisco and in Los Angeles."

A 1953 edition of the report states that Vincent Hallinan was a participant in a meeting of the Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, a "Communist front organization." The Rosenbergs were communists executed for committing atomic espionage against the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union.

A wealthy woman, Vivian Hallinan had contributed financially to one of Pelosi's campaigns. Her only other political contributions on the federal level, as recorded by the Federal Election Commission, went to Senator Barbara Boxer and Reps. Barbara Lee and Ronald V. Dellums.

The "Progressive Champion"

Despite her pro-communist record, Lee will be honored as a "progressive champion" at the June 2 "awards gala" sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future, perhaps the largest "progressive" group in the U.S. The gala, held in conjunction with a conference, is being chaired by the AFL-CIO, whose president, John Sweeney, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, is also being honored; the Service Employees International Union; the National Education Association; and Hollywood producer Norman Lear, among others.

Fenton Communications, the public relations firm which represented George Soros during his attempt to buy the White House in 2004, is one of several groups and individuals on the Gala Awards host committee.

At the group's 2006 conference, Pelosi was a featured attraction, telling the assembled "progressives" that if Democrats took control of Congress and made her speaker that Democrats would "make the most corrupt, closed Congress in history the most open and honest Congress in history."

On Friday, however, Pelosi tried desperately to avoid being open and honest about her charges against the CIA.

Time to Drop the Matter

One reporter did note that after Pelosi charged that she had been misled by the CIA, Republican House Leader John Boehner had said that she needed to produce the evidence or apologize, and that CIA director Leon Panetta has said the CIA was not in the practice of misleading Congress.

Pelosi replied, "I have made the statement that I'm going to make on this. I don't have anything more to say about it. I stand by my comments. And what we are doing is staying on our course and not be distracted from it in this distractive mode. We're going forward in a bipartisan way for jobs, health care, and energy for our country. And on the subject that you asked, I've made the statement that I'm going to make. I won't have anything more to that about it."

Pressed for further explanation, she reiterated, "I won't have anything more to say about it."

The New York Times thought the performance was impressive, declaring that Pelosi had stuck to the "script" and had not succumbed to "the impatient media horde."

This is a signal to the rest of the press that they should drop the matter.



Notre Dame Holds First Alan Keyes Fundraiser

by Ann Coulter

How about for next year's graduation ceremony Notre Dame have an abortionist perform an abortion live on stage? They could have a partial-birth abortion for the advanced degrees.

According to liberals, the right to kill babies was enshrined by the Founding Fathers in our Constitution -- and other constitutional rights are celebrated in public.

The right to bear arms is honored in 21-gun salutes, turkey shoots, Civil War re-enactments, firearms demonstrations and, occasionally, at Phil Spector's house.
The right to petition the government for redress of grievances is celebrated at political rallies, tea parties, marches, protests and whenever Keith Olbermann has a fight with his cat.

The free exercise clause is observed in church services, missionary work, peyote-smoking Indian rituals, and for a few days after every time Bill Clinton gets caught having an extramarital affair.

So instead of inviting a constitutional lawyer to yammer on about this purported constitutional right, why not show it being practiced?

How about a 21-vacuum hose (D&C) salute? Maybe have the Notre Dame marching band form a giant skull-piercing fork? How about having the president throw out the ceremonial first fetus, like on opening day in baseball? I'm just brainstorming here, folks -- none of this is written in stone.

Being such a prestigious institution, Notre Dame could probably get famed partial-birth abortion practitioner George Tiller to do the demonstration at next year's graduation. Obama could help -- inasmuch as Tiller the abortionist is a close friend of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

This is a "constitutional right" like no other.

Even its supporters are embarrassed by the exercise of this right. They won't practice the right in public -- they won't even call abortion by its name, preferring to use a string of constantly changing euphemisms, such as "reproductive health" and "choice."

It would be as if gun owners refused to use the word "gun" and the NRA's motto were, "Let's all work together to keep hunting safe, legal and rare."

Liberals were awestruck by Obama's statesmanlike speech at Notre Dame, but whatever he says about abortion is frothy nonsense because we're not allowed to vote on abortion policy in America. If it's a "constitutional right," we can no more vote on abortion than we could vote on free speech.

With Roe v. Wade, abortion supporters ripped the issue out of the democratic process -- limb from limb, you might say -- and declared their desired outcome a "constitutional right." They have hysterically defended that lawless decision for the last quarter-century.

All of Obama's soothing words about joining hands and not demonizing one another are just blather as long as that legal monstrosity remains the law of the land.

Showing his open-mindedness, Obama asked, "How does each of us remain firm in our principles ... without demonizing those with just as strongly held convictions on the other side?" (What do I have to do to get you murderers and you non-murderers to shake hands and be friends?)

A good start would be letting us vote.

Liberals can be all sweet reason as long as their preference for abortion on demand is lyingly called a "constitutional right," immutable to the tiniest alteration by the voters.

In the minuscule areas where abortion policy can be affected, Obama has shown his passion for compromise by always taking the most extreme pro-abortion position.

On his third day in office, Obama overturned the "Mexico City Policy," which prohibited U.S. taxpayer money from being spent on overseas organizations that perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.

Obama has filled his administration with Planned Parenthood veterans and friends of partial-birth abortionists.

As an Illinois state senator in 2002-2003, Obama repeatedly blocked and voted against the "Born Alive Act," which would have allowed doctors to give medical care to babies who somehow survived abortions and remained alive, wholly apart from their mothers.

Even the extremist National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League declined to take a position on the bill. The same bill in the U.S. Senate passed unanimously -- and that means that abortion-happy nutcake Barbara Boxer voted for it.

But Obama apparently thought it was important to affirm a woman's critical right to fourth-trimester abortions.

Here's my idea for how we can "live together as one human family," as Obama proposed at Notre Dame: Go ahead, demonize pro-lifers, Obama -- call us "right-wing ideologues." But just once, support one little policy that will save a single unborn child.



"The e-mail Bag"

Blonde Jokes

Two blonde girls were working for the city public works department. One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her and fill the hole in. They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest, one girl digging a hole, the other girl filling it in again.

An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand what they were doing. So he asked the hole digger, 'I'm impressed by the effort you two are putting in to your work, but I don't get it -- why do you dig a hole, only to have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?'

The hole digger wiped her brow and sighed, 'Well, I suppose it probably looks odd because we're normally a three-person team But today the girl who plants the trees called in sick.'



The Old Motor

The marriage of an 80 year old man and a 20 year old woman was the talk of the town.. After being married a year, the couple went to the hospital for the birth of their first child.

The attending nurse came out of the delivery room to congratulate the old gentleman and said, 'This is amazing. How do you do it at your age?'

The old man grinned and said, 'You got to keep the old motor running.'

The following year, the couple returned to the hospital for the birth of their second child. The same nurse was at ending the delivery and again went out to congratulate the old gentleman. She said, 'Sir, you are something else. How do you manage it?'
The old man grinned and said, 'You gotta keep the old motor running.'

A year later, the couple returned to the hospital for the birth of their third child. The same nurse was there for this birth also and, after the delivery, she once again approached the old gentleman, smiled, and said, 'Well, you surely are something else!

How do you do it?'

The old man replied, 'It's like I've told you before, you gotta keep the old motor running.'

The nurse, still smiling, patted him on the back and said: Well, I guess it's time to change the oil. This one's black.'