Iraq = Viet Nam, really

How?
Quagmire?
No- CCR, Jimmi Hendrix and Neil Young!

OH, lots of guns and helicopters, too.

Go check out the War p()rn videos over at Rusties .

I don't know how old Robert Rusch is, but he's got a good selection of old rock.

It's been a while since my last Blog-a-launch

And being as Blogger just ate my "Libs had a spontaneous orgasm" post about what they'll be saying when Osamas' voice was confirmed- and how we'll deserve it for letting Bush continue the GWoT. Etcetera, etcetera, ad nausium.

Miriams Ideas is worth a look, she seems to have a pretty good outlook on life, and she links to The trouser Quandry which is a bit of a British "Onion."

And back on this side of the pond, real close to home is Rednecks Revenge from Texas, anyone starting to see a trend in my blogroll?
This is the latest incarnation of Aarons Rantblog Aarons CC , who you've probably already got on your blogroll.
Last but not least is someone who I know has looked at my blog at least once (because I got a comment from him) is WMD blog.


As a Heads-up to some of my bloggers who haven't updated in over a month-
There are plenty of bloggers who DO post regularly, it takes less effort to take you off than it does to put you on.

Nothing really worth reading, just a rant

I had to work 2 hours O.T. tonight- which was ok, I have vehicle repairs to pay for.
I got out and headed home through Converse, my little shortcut past the Flying-J truckstop for it's less expensive gasoline. The Jusdon I.S.D. (school) cops had the road blocked off for something and detoured everyone onto Hwy 78- The main road off Randolph AFB- at quitting time. So I went the long way down 1604 to I-1-/Hwy 90 and west. Half an hour lost there, got off the interstate and saw the serving lines full because they dropped the gas to $2.13. CRAP. I'll get it tomorrow.

Down the interstate we went- AT the speed limit- with no cops in view.
finally getting to 410 west when we cross some grass fires. Soooo, what do the two Mexicans in the left two lanes do? Slow down to 5 f*cking miles an hour! So they could see better and see if Kurt could get rear-ended in the smoke. It took me 2 hours to get home today.

I got home and ended up cooking (finishing) fajitas, then the sides. Finally I can sit down after about 14 hours of running and working!
Wife told me the $1,250 repairs are done to the Dodge (A/C and heater core)- and they couldn't find the vacuum leak, either. Ok, get in and on the road to drive some more.

Gawd, I'm getting tired of driving on the interstate without getting payed for it!

The thing that really pushed me over the edge was the whale in Corpus Christi.
Registration req., so I'll take the liberty to print it all out with appropriate comments.


Two rare whales spotted in ship channel

Mother and her calf were seen heading back toward the Gulf

By Beth Wilson Caller-Times
January 17, 2006


Corpus Christi Bay had a visit from an unusual pair of winter Texans on Monday with the sighting of an endangered Northern Right whale and her calf.

"It's an absolute mystery how they got here," said Tony Amos, director of ARK and a research fellow at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Tx.
Amos said he got a call from a tanker pilot who thought he had hit one of the whales. Amos and some others from the institute first went out at 11 a.m. Monday to investigate.

"The first time we were halfway across Corpus Christi Bay, heading up the ship channel and we found the two," he said. The mother looked about 40 feet to 50 feet long and about 60 tons.(remember this- me) The calf, about 15 to 20 feet long, had two cuts on its back, he said.

Amos said he took photos and returned to shore to contact the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which has a group that deals with endangered whales.

On his second trip out, Amos said, the whales had moved several miles closer to sea, and were seen near Naval Station Ingleside. He said it appeared the calf was suckling as the two were swimming in circles.

Northern Right whales seek warmer waters in winter off the coasts of Georgia and Florida. They've been an endangered species since 1973 and their population in the Atlantic is about 300. They got their name because they were a popular target of whalers and floated when they were dead, making retrieval easier, and therefore making them the "right" whales to go after, according to information from NOAA.

"It was incredible," Amos said of the whale sighting. "First, when we went out we were skeptical. It's a real thrill, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see such a rare animal. But also we felt some concern because they shouldn't be where they are."

Amos said the U.S. Coast Guard will set up a safe zone, and sent a notice to members of the shipping industry to be on the lookout for these whales and avoid contact.

A Coast Guard spokeswoman said the first report came to them about 3 p.m. and a crew went out to see if the whales were injured.

"We're asking the maritime public to use precaution as they transit Corpus Christi Bay or any of the surrounding areas so they don't cause injury," she said.

Amos said he would continue to monitor the whales, and hopes they head out to sea.

Ok, so a whale is in the Laguna Madre. They measure what? I told you to remember?- class? About 50 feet and 60 toms. An oil tanker ( the majority of comm. shipping) is about 1000 feet long and god-only-knows how many HUNDREDS of tons. It takes about 3/4 of a mile to even start to turn the thing, and miles to come to a complete stop. They're supposed to avoid hitting a whale that could swim circles arounf them?

Sounds like someone from the CoastGuard had a mike in their face, with a Legacy media type asking "what are you going to do to protect the whales?"

Nothing newsworthy strikes my fancy

This quiz did though.
I be a

Realist
Realists…

* Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision
* Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa
* Don't want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations
* Believe strong alliances are important to US interests
* Weigh the political costs of foreign action
* Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest

Historical realist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Modern realist: Secretary of State Colin Powell

BUT, if I'd answered two questions differently, I (think) would be an


Isolationist
The term isolationist is most often used negatively; few people who share its beliefs use it to describe their own foreign policy perspective. They believe in "America first." For them, national sovereignty trumps international relations. Many unions, libertarians, and anti-globalization protesters share isolationist tenets.
Isolationists…

* Are wary of US involvement in the United Nations
* Oppose international law, alliances, and agreements
* Believe the US should not act as a global cop
* Support trade practices that protect American workers
* Oppose liberal immigration
* Oppose American imperialism
* Desire to preserve what they see as America's national identity and character

Historical isolationist: President Calvin Coolidge
Modern isolationist: Author/Commentator Pat Buchanan


H/T to Donnie

Looks like we have the babes on our side!





He's also kind to animals, too.

Good, start culling them all

I don't have a dog in this fight, I just have alot of antipathy for Greenpeace and the vast majority of enviro-wackjobs that need to interfere in everything they don't personally like.
And raise my costs all over the board because of their media/political pull.

Now, the Japanese whalers are starting to play rough in response to those eco-Nazis tactics.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A Japanese whaling harpoon narrowly missed an inflatable boat carrying environmental protesters, causing one to fall into the freezing sea, as both sides warn their face-off is becoming increasingly dangerous.

The Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise has been shadowing the Japanese whaling fleet for several weeks in an attempt to disrupt Japan's annual whale hunt, prompting a heated exchange on January 8 when the Greenpeace ship and a Japanese ship collided.

I'd call it a pretty good shot when you can-
In the latest incident on Saturday, the harpoon came within a meter of the inflatable boat as it tried to shield a minke whale, the environmental group said.

The harpoon's trailing line knocked one activist into the sea. He scrambled back aboard the boat without injury.

If they're too dense to realize that those whalers are out there to put food on the table (literally and figuratively) and mean business, they deserve to become candidates for the Darwin Awards.

Next verse, same as the first

I got a late start shopping today, so I had to put up with every f*cking Mexican in south Texas in HEB. I don't think I heard more than three complete sentinces in english before I got to the cashier. Not only were they out in force, they were gang-shopping. They took the entire family to the store mamá, tía, abuela and niños- and each one HAD to have a shopping cart. Parked side by side. C'mon mujados, this is an American HEB, not that third world mercado that you're used to.

Not only did I have to put-up with all those wonderful results of coruption and greed south of the border, I was treated to the results of out resident leaders in D.C. Yep, prices are going up because of fuel costs. The leaders in D.C- ALL of them- are afraid to do anything that would make the Legacy media talk even worse about them.
We're not going to do anything about our fuel problems because the REPUBLICANS are letting the eco-wacos set our energy policy, which means higher prices for everything, including the transport to deliver already overpriced fuel.

I'm thinking about starting to slap stickers on gas pumps saying:
"If you like these prices, be sure to thank . . .
-a Liberal"
-Your Congressman (with Kay Baily-Hutchinsons phone number on it)"
-a Democrat"

Gawd, I hate paying these prices when I know we don't have to.

I scored 76% Dixie

My necks at least pink.
I got the purely Texan one though.

Stolen from Rob

I've got the Eukauba Dog show in the background

I don't care how secure you are in your manlyness,
or you metrosexuality.

Or you're a dog.
You'd have to be gay not to be embarrased by a haircut like







THIS

Just for the ladies

The latest scaremail du jur

If there is a female you care anything about, share this with her. I
did!!!!! I am also sharing this with the males on my email list,
because they need to tell the females THEY care about as well!

Recently a brand called "Red Earth" decreased their prices from $67 to
$9.90.
It contained lead. Lead is a chemical which causes cancer.

The Brands which contain lead are:
1. CHRISTIAN DIOR
2. LANCOME
3. CLINIQUE
4. Y.S.L
5. ESTEE LAUDER
6. SHISEIDO
7. RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)
8. CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)
9. MARKET AMERICA-MOTNES LIPSTICK.

The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing cancer.

After doing a test on lipsticks, it was found that the Y.S.L. lipstick
contained the most amount of lead.

Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to stay longer. If
your lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead.

Here is the test you can do yourself:

1. Put some lipstick on your hand.
2. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.
3. If the lipstick color changes to black then you know
the lipstick contains lead.


Please send this information to all your girlfriends, wives and female
family members.

This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Dioxin Carcinogens causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

First, before I even looked in Snopes, I knew that you pretty much have to ingest- eat or drink relativly large quantites of lead to cause problems, and I thought it was mental type problems.

I also didn't know that Dioxin was in the lead family.

Snopes has this to say about the mailing:
We spoke with a compliance officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the possibility of lead being present in lipsticks. All dyes used in foodstuffs or cosmetics have to be vetted by the FDA for safety, and although some of the colorants the FDA grants approval to do contain lead, it is present in such miniscule amounts that is has no adverse effects on consumers. Manufacturers who wish to do business in the USA are restricted to the use of FDA-certifiable colors only; otherwise their products will not be allowed in the country or onto the shelves of American stores.

-AND-
The streaks that supposedly herald the presence of lead in one's lipstick are in reality dark marks produced by the testing agents themselves. Gold, silver, copper, and pewter leave these trails no matter what they're rubbed against, in the same way that pencils make marks on whatever surfaces they are trailed along. That these marks appear more prominent against a lipstick backdrop is attributable to contrast — streaks that look grey against a white background seem brown against a reddish background, and brown is a color more readily picked out by the eye.

Kinda like rubbing tarnish off of metal.

Anyway, go figgure- I got lied to on the internet.

This has got to be the funniest blonde joke- ever

Go read it at Denitias site.

GO NOW!

Congratulations, DONKS- for making the girl cry

Yep, the partisan, hypocritical attacks from the rabid left finally got to MRS ALITO , she couldn't take it any more when after repeated attacks on her husband by race-baiting elitist snobs from "privileged" backgrounds.

Gawd, I wish I could find that money quote

I was listening to "WOAI , the blowtorch of south Texas" on the way home, and hear a news clip I wish I could find- I guess "they" know how bad it sounded and got it lost.

The original story was about how well San Antonio is doing, job-wise. I had to hear it again when the rosy jobs prospects were dashed- yes, dashed by the news that the new border fence would hurt new employers from looking here.

REALLY?!?!!? WHAT???

And here I thought they were talking about quality jobs, not more low skilled, low wage jobs that only an illegal would take. They were just talking about all the jobs Toyota was bringing, and Wachovia- cool, maybe I'll turn into a jackbooted Union Thug- except that Texas is a "right to work" state- don't have to join a union to work.

THEN they turn around and put a soundbite of some S.A. City spokes-flack telling about how prospective new businesses will be turned off by the border fence- keeping prospective workers away, , , or some chit.
For as many air bases as San Antonio has, you'd think it would be a little more conservative. But then again 3/4 of the population is helping their illegal kinfolk sponge off the govt' here.

I thought only the EVIL Rethuglicans wanted to persecute you for your library books

Remember the kid who lied (don't have time to look it up) about getting the "midnight knock" on his door for checking out a copy of the little red book of Mao?

How about Ted Kennedy using Sam Alito's library records to try to hank him?
Is it a different thing to do the Patriot Act on a Rethuglican than a terrorist under invrstigation?
As long as I'm on the subject, how many people WERE really questioned about their library book selections?

This goes to show that the anchor doesn't fall far from the boat

We're busy with laptop problems here, so check out the mutiny against Capt. Bligh.

Really, it's the shore establishment, this time- not the crew of the HMS Bounty, and nobody named Christian was noted in the article.

I wonder if this is her?

I have an occasional commenter named Rachel, but she doesn't leave any links.
I found this Rachel's blog from
the Hatemongers Quarterly.
Go take a look at a pretty good blog.

She's cute, too!

I was going to make a post about the usual D.C. hypocrisy

But decided, hell- everyone else on the right (maybe the left, too- I don't read the D.U. or Kos) is going to, why should I add my electrons.
Besides I really don't want to spend my night dredging up alot of what the Klan Kennedy has been accused of, from Rum-running to rape.

So, when the Dems decide who gets to ask which question

Do they ever think- WHOA,,,, That guy bringing up questions about that subject could really backfire on us?
Or do they just pick questions out of a hat, and whatever goes goes?
You have Ted Kennedy lecturing about waterboarding(making people feel like they're drowning)- and why wouldn't anyone with even the faintest brush with history remember when he REALLY drowned Mary Jo? He really knows about drowning, doesn't he?


Instead lets talk about R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Generally when we think about Great Briton, we think about the polite law-abiding stiff upperlipped gentry, and their well mannered commoners.

That quaint view hasn't been reality in a decade-or so. Their education system is as bad or worse than ours, the liberal nanny state has taken over as the parents- and responsibility is on it's way out, too. Alot has to do with the fer'ners coming in from their former colonies- and their own illegals problem (thanks to the Chunnel).

Well, the liberal, lazi-fair social experiment is coming to a close.
How about the English version of Hillaries book it takes a village (NOT the dog one- or was it a cat?).

They're going to start enforcing legal actions for "actions of anti-social behavior"
Have a look at what we're looking at if we don't start acting like responsible adults. You know the drill, let everyone get away with almost anything they want, , , until it gets too far out of control- then drop the safe on everyone with the "ZERO TOLERANCE" hammer.

Which is typical Liberal way of thinking as they slam conservatives for telling kids right from wrong, and trying to turn them into responsible adults. Without having to resort to the Zero- tolerance BS.

(UPDATE JAN 11) I really shoulda done spell check before that librarian got here.

I guess you'd call this poetic justice

See, a sadist unelightened senior citizen decided to burn a mouse to death- but burned his house down instead. See, instead of bashing the poor thing with a shovel, THEN tossing it on the fahr (that's Texan of fire)- ol Luciano tosses a live mouse into the burning leaves. Read about the hilarity that ensued after the mouse ran BACK into his house.

I'm not going to make the connection between N.M., Bill Richards, a Spanish name, Democrats and casual cruelty -in spite of the ban on torture going through the Congress right now- Nope, not gonna do it. It's too easy (and cheap).

I made a post a little over a month ago forcasting something

Want to know what it was?
It was the post predicting that the Govt' will be paying for hotel rooms as far into the future as you can see.

Here's the AP story on the "Motels for life" program.

Some of the swamp people want to extend their thanks to Houston for helping N'awlins alot more than they'd barganed for.

Well, another one bites the dust

Yep, Tom Delay stepped down as House Leader today.
The Democratic attack machinery is in fine repair when it comes to hounding Republicans out of leadership positions. What's that make now? Four? Five?

Any time there's a question- a hint of not being 110% above board ethically, the same ol' lynch mob starts baying.

Then, we have the Democrats who if the story gets out in spite of the Legacy Media- you'd go deaf from the silence. These self-same paragons of finger pointing morality give the truth to the expression "It takes one to know one." In spades.

I have to admit that I'll be glad to get the Bush presidency behind us. Let the open wounds heal.
I just wish the Anti-Bush lunatics would quit ripping open the scabs every time they breath.
Abe Lincoln was treated the same way in his time. Gawd how it must grate on the Moonbats to even THINK of the possibility that Bu$Halburton=Hitler could even come close to Lincoln.

I know they keep pointing to the Clinton Era and how he was (mis)treated by the "Vast Rightwing Conspiracy"- but I don't remember Republican polititians Demanding he step down for every mis-step made (or made-up) in his administration. Sure, He went through an Impeachment hearing- for LYING UNDER OATH. It's called perjury. He should have known the consequences, he's the lawyer- I'm not, and I know I'd go to jail for lying under oath.

But that's the difference between Liberals and Conservatives/Republicans isn't it?
One gets a free pass and all their buddies tripping over themselves in order to praise and protect the (alleged) wrongdoer; and the other side tripping over themselves to kick their ex-leader/friend/political ally when their down.

Funny, I thought I'd be a badger,

You know how friendly they are.






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Thanks to Dat Coonass

Now, here's an idea that took alot of genius

As if we didn't have enough crappy, loud music that we can't get away from-
I give you The Ghetto Blaster symphony.

Imagine being serenaded by thousands of Barroi blasters.

Sorry, gotta say it

Sam is looking very Sexxxey tonight.

Any body notice the price of gas lately?

Ok, stop throwing rocks!
Down here, in the last two days- or so, gas has gone up between a dime and 20 cents/gal. I heard THIS increase was oil speculators.

It doesn't matter, we shouldn't be at the mercy of anyone except our own "Big Oil". Not those camel humpers in the mid-est, not the neo-commies in South America, not the speculators on the floor of the stock market. And for sure not at the tender mercies of those eco-Nazis that want us to melt down every internal combustion engine in America to make bicycles.

I just wrote a note thanking my Congress critters for their efforts in our energy problems,
it went to:
Kay Baily-Hutchinson
John Cornyn
(Both Republican Senators)
And my Representative, Henry Bonilla (R-Tx)

I would like to thank you for the job youÂ’re doing up there in Washington, D.C.
I know you have all kinds of things on your agenda to take care of, so IÂ’d like to tender my heartfelt feelings on the way youÂ’re running things up there- being the majority party in the White house and both houses of Congress. I know it is VERY important to act in a Bi-partisan way, to get along with the Democrats; which brings me to the point of my letter.
IÂ’m not sure if you know that in the past two days (as I write this) gas prices have risen between 9 cents and 20 cents per gallon out here in middle America. IÂ’d really like to thank you for letting the Democrats and their Eco-Nazis set our energy policy.
If you and the rest of the Republicans would ACT like youÂ’ve been in power for the last five years, we wouldnÂ’t be at the mercy of oil speculators, hurricanes and other factors in energy price spikes.
I fully expect you (the party) to cave in to every Liberal Democratic temper-tantrum that they want to throw–interestsintrests of “Bi-Partisanship”. After all, if you started acting like the Majority party, then the News Media would say bad things about you- that’s OK, they didn’t vote for you- and never will.
I voted for you, and a lot of people feel that youÂ’ve left us standing here all by ourselves in your quest for more votes. We didnÂ’t move to the right, we sat here and watched you drift to the left.
Again, thank you for letting the Democrats run policy up in DC, IÂ’m sure IÂ’m not the only one whoÂ’ll remember why weÂ’re standing here on the right all by ourselves. IÂ’m just wondering, how high are you going to let fuel prices rise before you get the backbone to try to force the issue?


I'll let y'all know when I recieve my replies begging me for my vote.

Stop LAUGHING, I'm serious here.

Well, we're going to the Saxet gun show this weekend

I've been trying to find out if the anti-gun Nazis have made background checks mandatory at gun shows in Texas. I can't find it by searching. I can find alot of cr@p from about 2002, but nothing telling me if I have to make the trip the next day to pick up the gun.

Cr@p, all I want is to walk out with a revolver. A .22 revolver that the neighbor's think is a pellet gun. Anyone with common sense knows that most crimes are committed by criminals with (somekind) of illegal weapon, anyway. Thanks alot you woosy 'fraidycats who would rather see your kids grow-up without morals or consciences than see them learn self control by having to hold back any kind of impulse.


(UPDATE 01-04-05) I found it, had to go to the enemies site to find out. I kinda like seeing all those red "NO"s up there.

(UPDATE to my UPDATE)
The anti-gun lobby has one state/Federal law wrong.

ASSAULT WEAPONS
Are there limitations on assault weapons and magazines? No

No state restriction on the sale or possession of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons like the AK47 and Uzi. Assault weapons are as easy to buy as hunting rifles. No restriction on the sale or possession of rapid-fire ammunition magazines that can fire up to 100 bullets without reloading. Federal law does prevent the sale of some assault weapons and rapid-fire magazines manufactured after 1994, but the federal law will sunset in 2004 unless Congress and President Bush renew it

See, REAL assault weapons HAVE been banned (exept for special licences) since about the '30s. No public citizen can own or fire a fully automatic weapon without the gov't approving it. These so-called "Assault Weapons" are ugly semi-automatics. You can do as much harm with a semi-automatic that doesn't fit the decription of "Assault Weapon" as you can with one of those ulgly ones that do fit the description.

So, what's the difference? One type is "scarier" than the other.

Just one of those slow days here at casa trainwreck

I din't find anything impelling enough to post about yesterday, and today isn't much better.

I tried searching for some information on the way Mexico treats their own Illegal immigrant problem on their southern border. All I could find was one position type paper and one blog- neither had links to any really concrete evidence. I DID- however find pages of search results on how (badly)we treat the few illegals we actually arrest.
I guess that's a post for someone why has the time and ability to dig for facts.

Wife and I were off yesterday, we went to San Antonio to spend some more money. I wanted to stop at a gun shop to price a .22 revolver but they were closed, so we stopped into Sportsman's Warehouseto see how some fitted her hand. That's ALL we did- I'm not going to pay almost $300 for a .22 revolver -plus tax. We did find out that the one that's comfortable for her hand is a little too small for me. I did like the Academys prices, but just thought that this hoglegporkchop was a little too long at 9" worth of barrel for backyard shooting (it was the only one they had in the showcase).

The 14 yr old 15 in Feb year-old liked the ChexMix so well that she made some for herself last night. I supervised from the computer. She did well. I hope she decides to be the next Racheal Rae , that way she can be "famous" an not be living on the left coast with all those Cali crackpots.

It look like I was wrong in my post on the SPYING investigation.

(Cue the "Patton" music)
It looks like divulging top secret information that your enemy can use to elude detection is now called Patriotism and not traitorous acts.

I can see doing this to some d*ckhead

But not your girlfriend. Read the second question to click and clack
the tappet brothers.

Here's A HINT:
Tom: Gee, I don't know, Melissa. My brother tops off my headlight fluid all the time, and he usually charges me more than that.

Ray: Actually, there are two possibilities here, Melissa. One is that you misunderstood what your boyfriend said. Perhaps instead of saying he replaced the "fluid levels in the headlights," he actually said he took care of the "fluid levels AND the headlights." That would be perfectly reasonable.


D*ckhead yes, someone I'm trying to get somewhere with- a definite NO.

File this under "cool"




No matter how non-geeky you are, you have to admit this is cool.

I really can't believe that I agree with Nancy Pelosi (D Ca.)

When she's giving her weekly radio address about the Federal budget.

Can you believe that we BOTH think the budget should be redone?
Listen to what she's got to say:

"Today as Americans are making New Year's resolutions, our Democratic New Year's resolution is to renew America's promise," the California congresswoman said.

A budget that addresses issues such as health care and education would create a better future for the American people, she said, but the current Republican spending plan fails to do so.

"The federal budget should be a statement of our national values," Pelosi said. "Sadly, the Republican budget fails that test."

How can we disagree with that? We should be rethinking what kind of message we're sending when we throw half our budget away on entitlement programs. Not to mention the fact that we're going to be spending only gawd-knows how much on Bush's flood of Federal perscription votemongering. We need to address healthcare and education! We need to get the lawers and unions out of them both. Lets stop shovelling money into a bottomless pit that's gaining exactly Jack-chit in efficiency.

I agree that the budget should be a statment of our values. We need to quit kissing @ss on everyone who has their hand out as a gimmie vote.


Now, though I have to stop myself from giving her a swirly when she hypocritically brings the religious right into her diatribe.

"We must draw a fiscal line in the sand. And we must join the religious community in drawing a moral line in the sand," Pelosi said. "Nothing less is at stake than the well-being of America's children, the strength and soundness of our economy, and the respect that America commands in the world."

The ONLY reason she's with the religious community -now- is because they oppose the Republican budget, and lets not go into her moral stance against most things America embraces.
BUT you notice how she finally worked in the "for the children" kant.


You can read more over at Robs place.

Good morning blogworld and I hope a better year than the one just behind us.

And just to show you what's in store for us this year, I give you a sample of the wondrous scientific finds awaiting us!

We've all heard of the mysterious "Elephant Graveyard" where they go to to die.
Now, scientists have found the elusive Dodo graveyard down in Mauritius.

No complete skeleton has ever been found in Mauritius, and the last full set of bones was destroyed in a fire at a museum in Oxford, England, in 1755.

Researchers believe the bones are at least 2,000 years old, and hope to learn more about how dodos lived

The discovery was hailed as a breakthrough in the Netherlands.

"This new find will allow for the first scientific research into and reconstruction of the world in which the dodo lived, before western man landed on Mauritius and wiped out the species," the country's Natural History Museum announced in a statement.


Imagine the wonders that await us with the discovery of Dodo civilization.