Texas on my mind

As long as I'm touching on things that directly affect this state:

Lance Armstrong, I call BULLSH!T on your statewide ban on smoking.
You say 'as a cancer survivor, I want to put a statewide ban on a legal product used by responsible adults who willingly associate because *I* don't like it.'
In spit of the fact that second hand tobbacco smoke has never been implicated in testicular cancer.
That dope that those Liberals you're always hanging out with smoke, however IS linked to testicular cancer.....

So when are you going to tell your Liberal buddies to put out the bong when your around?
Yeah, I didn't think so, because it's not cool to be anti illegal substance in your circle.



Tell you what Smoke free Texas-

• And your 601 poll takers who gave you a 68% anti-smoking opinion
• and your 27 Texas cities who already outlaw a legal product
• and the rest of you Socialist who want to outlaw something YOU don't like

-if you lobby to just outright make tobacco products outright illegal, I'll be there behind you because at least you'll be honest about what you're trying to do.
And if it passes, I'm sure it will work just as well as prohibition did in the 30's and the war on drugs is working now.



Oh, look- Lance is working to force his Socialistic ideals on the citizens of Wisconsin, too!

The dyslexia of reality

And the Liberal mindset'

I don't know if anyone outside of Texas (or the other border states) have heard that the Pentagon has basically said that next to Pakistan, Mexico is the next country fixing to fail as a functioning state. If not a total breakdown, then the northern part anyway, and the results will cross our border.

Not that it'll be readily apparent because of all the illegals we have now....

In additional dysfunctional reality realization, we have the Democrat congress critters (last paragraph)along with the Texas border coalition STILL trying to stop the fence. I can't find the pull quote I heard on the radio, but it went something like this:
'That fence is now costing almost $7 million per mile, it's time President Obama cut the waste and put the money to good use elsewhere...' or words to that effect.

OK. Just look at it as a Bush pre-stimulus package! Hey, it does everything the Obama stimulus package does- wastes money on something you don't like, rewards political supporters and does absolutely nothing for the average taxpayer.



Look, America wants that fence and will need it soon. If you don't want it impeding your interaction with your cunyous (coonyows?) across the border, we'll build it behind you.

Oops!

Back blast, it's as Allah akbars!



Via Rusty

Kinda sucks for him that Harry Callahan wasn't there...

This so called 'stimulus" bill

I've seen bits and pieces and dribs and drabs.
I have no interest in knowing all about it.
It's kind of like those beheading tubes; you know the results and how bad it is without actually needing to watch them.

They have three things(at least) completely unrelated to helping the economy.

First and second are to do with usurping the health care system and the repair and upgrades of targeted structures in D.C.

Both relate to this scandal that the Libs and their attack dogs in the lamestream media were trying to attack Bush over. In spite of the fact that the Democrat led Congress was the chief oversight body.
So,,,is there anything in this Democrat re-election spending bill that mentions Walter Reed?
AND, if the health care for our military is such a high concern- but they let this go.
How do you think YOUR health care is going to be when your one of the 350,000,000 instead of the 1,500,000 or so in the VA system?

Since Rahm Emanuel is going to be in charge of the census this time:

1. How many white people are going to get 'lost' on the final tally sheet?
2. Anyone want to bet that these 'lost' white people are going to be in conservative states?
3. Who wants to wager that the Gerrymandering is going to be so bad that voters in Indiana will be voting for their senator in Illinois?
4. That ACORN will get the bloated over priced no-bid contract to do the enumeration?
5. AND since it's ACORN doing the census, there will be a fictional character category in the 'race' column.

I don't suppose that instead of voting for this example in partisan political electioneering, that they'd even think of just giving every person in America their $250,000 cut up from, would they?
I could buy a buttload of stocks in this market,,,,and they might even help in my retirement- since we still have to pay that IOU the Dems put in there back in the 80's.


UPDATE,,,
Seeing this post reminded me of somethin else I haven't heard about in the energy section of this payback bill.

In that renuable energy secton amid all the unicorn farts and pixi dust, I don't remember seeing anything about nukes.

Wonder why? Because it actually WORKS? Or maybe even Libs don't want to admit that France is right?

Why did I know that?

That he was a Lib, I mean.

Because the second half of the run-on sentence in the third paragraph told me?

...swapped lives with life coach and weight-loss hypnotherapist Renee Stephens who lives in a tony San Francisco neighborhood, spends $40,000 a year to send her two young children to a French bilingual private school, and, along with her husband, is die-hard about environmental issues and staying healthy.

This guy was the husband of one "Wife swap" show who showed his ass so badly that the few who watch the show were in revolt.

Guess what? Viewers didn't like it. They blasted Fowler on all kinds of web sites, message boards, and blogs. He's been labeled the worst husband in the world and someone even posted his home address on a reality TV site, prompting Fowler to threaten a lawsuit. Yet another angered viewer launched a blog called stephenfowlersucks.com, which itemizes everyone Fowler insulted during the episode. (Overweight people and military members topped the list.)


A lot of class, that guy...
So back to that question of why this guy struck such a nerve with so many of us when we've surely seen similar or worse behavior on TV multiple times over. Maybe it's because his cruelty was so uncalled for. We reality viewers may be used to seeing people resort to bad behavior when, say, they're competing for a million-dollar prize or for the love of a big-haired '80s rocker, but just for the sheer joy of being as mean as possible and making someone feel horrible? Well, that's just taking it too far. In the end, it sounds like Stephen Fowler did indeed learn a few lessons, albeit after the cameras stopped rolling. He posted an apology on his wife's web site, she's asked him to seek professional help, and he's resigned from the boards of two environmental non-profits so, he says, his behavior won't reflect badly on them.

I wonder if in addition to apologising on his wife's website (which probably gave her hit meter a needed boost) did he have the maturity to say anything to the woman he treated like cr@p?

3.14159

Anybody recognize that number?
You engineers and scientist siddown. I mean anyone who hasn't used higher math since high school?

That's the number for PI, which is really useful for lots of things you depend on every day- from your tires to bridges to satellites for your cell phone.

This article telling about how Indiana almost redefined the number as 3, 3.2 or 4 using fuzzy logic. See the thing about PI is that it's pretty much infinite, and the more decimal places you use- the more accurate you make things.

Anyway, to make a longish story short. A guy with pull went to the Indy Leg. and told them he'd patented a new 'law' of mathematics, and would give them a cut (and free use of the patent) if they'd make the shorter PI a standard in Indy.
Being politicians seeing money, they threw some legislation together without knowing what it really meant and approved it.

Then someone who understood PI wrote an article about it, lambasting the Lege for redefining PI as they did and other papers picked it up.

Being your typical politicians, they snuck back to the capitol and redid the legislation and claimed that they "didn't read the bill" before passing it.


I fully expect to hear that............again............. when this democrat re-election bill sends the country even farther into the hole and even the Obamabots start asking questions.


I guess it's a good thing that they had about three liberal Republicans vote FOR the pork so they can point at the usual escape goats. Thanks Olympia, you didn't disappoint- again.

Poor kid

Living in filth and feces while freezing.

To make matters worse, mom could play a star roll in 'Little Britain'....
My gawd, that's child abuse right there.



UPDATE,,,,,,,,,,,,
Did no one get the "Little Britain" connection?
BTW- English wife *hates *'Little Britain' with a passion.

Just wondering

Are there NO Democrats above Dog catcher that look at Federal, state and local laws as optional for them?
Can't the Annointed One find *anybody* that doesn't reek of corruption?

I wanted to do another post about driving instruction, but the fail out of 1600 Penna Ave. is keeping me awed.

The most ethical administration 2.0

I guess it'll be known as tax cheat haven.
Now, at least Tom Daschle and his fellow tax cheat have both gotten too much scrutiny about their "honest mistakes" in their refusal to pay their lawfully required taxes.
Because, ya know it's not like the IRS is going to go after a big time Dem like they would you or me.
I guess living in the real world where our actions actually have personal consequences makes us different from our lifelong pampered betters who are so much smarter and honest than the commoners they lead.

Hey, didn't they have to fill out a detailed questionnaire about any scandal that might make the Lightworker look like he was grabbing clowns off the street for his administration?
I guess tax fraud doesn't rise to the level of embarrassment when you make a habit of as many laws as you need to in order to get elected.

This guy

Needs to be something in upstate New York besides a leather flogger.



Tell us how you really feel about St. Hillary.

I bet it's because they're mostly white

or that they voted for McCain as the reason The Enlightened one is letting citizens in Kentucky suffer and die in the aftermath of a huge ice storm.

You remember, the One that ripped Bush for having FEMA and the Navy on the back side of Katrina?
This is what they're reporting about Mr. Omnipotent from the source:

Local officials were growing angry with what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In Grayson County, about 80 miles southwest of Louisville, Emergency Management Director Randell Smith said the 25 National Guardsmen who have responded have no chain saws to clear fallen trees.

"We've got people out in some areas we haven't even visited yet," Smith said. "We don't even know that they're alive."

Smith said FEMA has been a no-show so far.

"I'm not saying we can't handle it; we'll handle it," Smith said. "But it would have made life a lot easier" if FEMA had reached the county sooner, he said.

But hey, help is on the way...
FEMA spokeswoman Mary Hudak said some FEMA personnel already are in Kentucky working in the state's emergency operations center and that more will be arriving in coming days. Hudak said FEMA also has shipped to 50 to 100 generators to the state to supply electricity to facilities like hospitals, nursing homes, and water treatment plants.

Hudak said travel is still dangerous in some areas and communications are limited.

"We have plenty of folks ready to go, but there are some limitations with roads closed and icy conditions," she said.


Yep, those 50-100 gensets are going to make a huge dent in an ENTIRE state.
Not that you'd know, your boss being from Hawaii and needing his 80+ degree thermostat setting, but they have these things called snowcats that are designed for those kind of conditions.

Oh, wait!
That was last week when High Priest AlGore was in D.C. shilling his AGW scam, and we don't want to ruin it by actually responding to a deep freeze catastrophe, do we?


H/T to The Jawa

KKKarl Rove

The mastermind of the BusHitler election campaigns is going on trial to a hearing held by the Democrats this week.

I'm wondering a couple of things here.
First are they going to use the American flag there, or are they going to go all out and resurrect the one that belongs in that environment? You know, the red one with the yellow design on it.

Then when they convict him will they use Bush's sekrit gulags or reopen the camps that the very Democrat FDR used on his own citizens?

Kind of fitting, actually

Mrs. Trainwreck sent me this link from the NYT.

And given their boosterism of the trillion dollare re-election buy out, this recipe seems appropriate.
Especially since I was thinking along those lines in linking a pork recipe to every 'enhancement' to the bailout bill.

The PETArds banned Superbowl ad

Because Cassi said I had to run it.

I heard that this was banned because it was too sexy????

Oh, Gawd!!!!!!! Is that the moronic Paris Hilton?
The same one that did the "do me' burger ad while getting off washing a car?


Yeah, I guess they're better lovers since cucumbers don't roll over when they're done.

OK, it's a start

Now I just have to get vids of big boobed healthy young women blowing up a 4" x 8' bag and tying a piece of 4" pVC conduit into a knot without it kinking.

Then I need to find out why my meta files won't work here.

What do you think?
Should I be more somber and businesslike?

UPDATE---
Ok, I just got done redoing the entire thing.
No matter where I looked I couldn't find a template for a *Contact us* template, GIF or whatever it's called. And I couldn't figure it out when I went to the page source either.
I don't know how you IT guys (and gals) do it as a real job. I'd be punching myself silly if I had to do computer work all day.

But I guess if you know what you're doing, it's alot easier.

Continuing our photo exploration

of the most nuanced and gravitas filled administration in modern history.

I *know* that I've seen Joe Biden before he became a grave and stoic thinker.

Blue is the new red?

Is that why they came out with 'Barry little blue book'?
To parallel someone else they have a philosophical connection with?

That's right folks, your very own pocket book of Obama quotes, and writings.

Printed in a size that easily fits into pocket or purse, this book is an anthology of quotations borrowed from Barack Obama's speeches and writings. POCKET OBAMA serves as a reminder of the amazing power of oratory and the remarkable ability of this man to move people with his words. His superb and captivating oratory style has earned comparisons to John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and this historic collection presents words that catapulted his remarkable rise to the American Presidency. It is an unofficial requirement for every citizen to own, to read, and to carry this book at all times.

Didn't Hitlers soaring oratory and ability to move people with his words have something to do with big governments solutions to the Weimar Republic?
Nahhhh, WE have a Constitution, and the Dems wouldn't think about marginalizing their political opponents until they had complete control of the House and Senate.

Hi!

Just out of curiosity.
Am I the only one who sees a resembelance between these two?







And

Heard at work yesterday

A new definition of standard and automatic.
As in "Is your new pistol a standard or an automatic?"

So,,,,

How does everyone like their new magic Unicorn?
What color was yours?
What was it's name? Mine was Benito.
He's now in the freezer waiting until I can't afford meat any more.



Yes I got off early.
Haven't had a 40 hour week since Christmas.
I really need to get my conduit bender on the market.
Problem is, they took out about $700 less withholding than they should have, and I need to come up with at least that. Which leaves little for materials that should make a 30% profit.

Oh ...my...

Fugging Gawd!
If it's this bad after one day of the New Regime...


What is America going to look like in four years?
Or two when the next election is scheduled for the Congress.
Will clueless automatons still think Republicans are in charge?





Probably.


H/T Bushwack

Yep

To paraphrase Rob-
I was proud of my country when being proud of my country wasn't cool.

From the Office of the President Elect

Dear News Media,
We are sorry that in the onrush of events that we were unable to properly prepare a timely press kit for you.

We understand the time constraints you have, and have rushed to put this kit together.

As we will soon morph into another arm of the inner security team, we wish to leave you with a token of our appreciation of all you've done for us, and hopefully will continue to do.


So without further ado, feel free to come by and pick up your official Obama press kit.







Thank you again.

A little back ground

Remember all the times President Obama and his appologists mentioned how the uneducated were forced to go into the military. How they couldn't hack the outside world, and were so limited that they needed the guarenteed jobs in the military?

You know typical Liberal condescention.
Millions took an oath similar to President Obama.
It goes something like this:
I (state your name) do solemnly swear to do my best to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
And Millions were able to do this without having the officer repeat himself repeatedly.

Are you trying to tell me that the best we could put up as President is this guy?


How many times did Bush f*ch up his oath?

HEY! What can a parrot do better than a sitting President?
Repeat four one line responses without help.





Can't you just feel the competence oozing out of every pore?

Today is it

The day when Mr. Wonderful is officially coronated.

I fully expect the world to come to a complete stop and be unrecognizably paradisaical when I wake up tomorrow, and have my magic unicorn on it's way via UPS Thursday.

I knew it!

I knew I should have tethered that mouse trap when I put it inside the skirting.
Now I have a mouse (or whatever) dragging around a peanutbuttery mouse trap.
It'll probably end up dying in the wall right next to my bed, too.

Some job skills are universal

As an electrician everyone I work with knows basic things, these are encompassed in a 'law' called the National Electric code.
Some of these even a helper should know...
You can only put 360 degrees worth of bends in an uninterrupted run of conduit- that's 4- 90's, 2-90's and 4-45's, 3-90's and 2-45's...etc...
Any wire that is not white, green, tan, bare are considered either grounds or neutral. All others carry varying amounts of voltage.

That is an American standard that all electricians know.
If I had a helper that didn't know those basics, he wouldn't be working with me very long.

Now the Omnipotent One is asking his buddies in Congress to give Tim Geithner a pass as His new Treasury Secretary.
This college grad who's made his living in high finance all his life didn't know he had to pay taxes as an independent contractor?
Isn't that as basic as ballencing the books?

...And Congress is giving him a pass on it!
'It was an honest mistake, just ask Charley Rangell (D-the hood).'

BULLSHIT, it was tax fraud. It you or I tried that, the IRS would be on us like a freight train and just as caring.

A comment from the afterlife

Tojo wants us to forward a comment to the Hammas terrorists.
Basically he's calling them a bunch of pansies and telling them to man up and face their enemies (like their women and childeren are).



I see your behavior and it just leaves me aghast.

I can understand the surprise terror raids and rocket attacks against an enemy. I've done that sort of thing myself, ask the Americans about Pearl Harbor. However what I do not understand is why you all start acting like a pack of whiny little bitches the moment the Israelis start fighting back.

Where are your balls?

Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, we woke up the sleeping American giant, and it handed us our asses on a plate.

Did we go whining to League of Nations, saying that they were being "disproportionate?"

No.

Because the Japanese are true warriors in the tradition of Bushido. When we pick a fight, and get slapped back, we don't cry and get our Iranian funded proxies to scream and rant in the United Nations. We fight, take our lumps, and win or lose, accept the end, and take responsibility for our actions.

I just noticed this

I don't know how long it's been in the sidebar, but then again I try to ignore most website advertising.

I recognize the sauerkraut on the dog, but what IS that other white stuff?
I know it's not onions.

I know it's not cheese....


It looks like the entrails of a small animal.

Pick a spot and match your speed

That's the main idea when entering a limited access highway.
It works, too.
What doesn't work is you meandering up the on ramp at 40 MPH and expecting traffic to magically get out of your way.
OR, you're so intimidated by an under powered F-750 hauling a backhoe that you back off the gas a your merging- forcing him to use his brakes and then take the next three miles to get back his speed.
Stopping abruptly isn't a good idea either.


And in other driving advice...as I've told the girls if you're late you can't makeup time by driving stooopidly.
You'll either get a ticket or be in a wreck, and either of them will make you even later.
The wreck will take even more time and cost a hell of a lot more, too- if your lucky enough to be unhurt.
Not to mention all the people on the road behind you waiting for the wreck to be cleared will *hate* you with a passion and hope you die a horrible death.