Government efficiency exemplified

My cell phone started to act up this week-end, so I got another one from e-bay Sunday night. It's the CU 500 that I should have gotten the first time because it's pretty much bulletproof (it doesn't mind a diesel soaking either).

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I just got back from NAS Kingsville where I hope to become a small cog in the military/industrial machine. All depending on some nameless, faxeless minion the the head office in Maine.


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"OMG- there'll be blood in the streets!!1!!"

That's what you hear every time some gun fearing woosies hears about loosening up restrictions on firearms.

"It'll be just like the old west!!one!!"
I'm listening to a breakdown of the gunfight at the O.K. corral.

The widly known Gunfight at the O.K. corral, which is the standard, I guess for the violence of the old west.

I guess the reason it's talked about so much is that it was so far out of the norm that it got everybody's attention.
That wild gunfight killed a whole THREE people and wounded another THREE.

There's more killed in the "gun free" Chicago in an hour than probably the a month in the old west, and people were a lot more polite back then, too.

Harry Potter and the elements

The kid that plays Harry Potter sings the element song on Grahm Norton:

I don't know who that Hollywood Lib is next to him, but his head is ready to explode.

In spite of repeated examples...this is why we think Brits are smarter than us.

Meghan, Meghan, Meghan...

In order for you to become a Republican strategist, you have to actually BE a Republican.

Have you actually thought this through? I know you try to think like a big boobed blonde, but we know the carpet wouldn't match the drapes.
Has it occured to you yet, after someone told you what you said, that it might piss off some of the Lefties that you try to impress?

They won't like you anymore Mags, so maybe you should cut your losses now.

For the good of everyone.

Oh, BTW

You're supposed to feel sorry for those jackbooted Union thugs who are shredding your Fourth Amendment rights.

Their crooked Union Bosses say so, because if they had a real problem with it they'd quit, right? I've quit jobs when they wanted me to do chit that wasn't even that wrong.

But, I tell you what- I'll shut up and even give you an attaboy if any TSA Union Thug can show me when, in the NINE YEARS that it's been intensifying it's infringements- that it ever stopped a domestic terrorist.

I'm not talking about the domestic terrorist who was going to try hijacking a plane with pair of nail clippers, either- I mean a REAL terrorist.

Going where the MSM won't

As I've mentioned before, I'm not a trained member of the 1337 news media.

So I have no reason to not admit, or to hide the face that I was wrong in one of my previous TSA posts. The one with the NSFW pic.
Bob S. of 3 Boxes Blog was kind enough to set me straight with the link which included the history of said picture. Basically, it's a fake backscatter image.

He's right that we, the ones on the right side of this need to be above board with our arguments, and the TSA is helping us make them left and right.


BTW-
Does anyone remember this?
I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

And to any of you government thugs, how does that square with this?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated; and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported
by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

When I was stationed in Rota, Spain

The first time- when I was with the battalion- I ended up on the last dinner shift. Normally the food wasn't bad for the first two shifts, it really sucked, though if you didn't like chicken- which was all the meat that was left. I ended up learning to make some really killer salads off the salad bar- and they weren't what MEEchelle would consider healthy.

That being said, I wonder how long it will take before someone has a problem with the way kids load their salads from the newest idea in school lunch micromanagement from on high?

We all know that for the most part, teachers are in lockstep with every socialistic idea the .gov comes up with.
But in a surprising touch of reality, we have this...

One potential obstacle to the program is the refusal of many school districts to install salad bars for food-safety reasons and because of cumbersome USDA rules governing the federally subsidized school lunch program that feeds some 31 million U.S. school children every day.

Cooper named three school districts she knows of -- Philadelphia, Austin, Tex., and Montgomery County, Md., -- that have already indicated they will not support salad bars. Concerns have been raised that elementary school children in particular might be prone to spread disease at salad bars because they are too short for the standard "sneeze guard" installed on most salad bars, or because they might use their hands instead of the serving utensils provided.

Cooper, who would not comment on the pending White House announcement, has dismissed those concerns, saying, "As far as I’ve found out, there are no documented disease outbreaks from school salad bars. By and large, this is not a high risk area."
Yeah, right- well Mizz Cooper, as far as I know, there have been no airline jijackings from American airports since 9-11. Want to know what the TSA is doing about that?

About that intrusive micromanaging thing?
But schools also are deterred by USDA regulations that require students to pass by a cash register or "point of sale" station after they have been to the salad bar to ensure that they have served themselves the correct portions of fruits and vegetables required under the federal lunch program.
~snip~
students the minimum amounts they must take from salad bars, cashiers "must be trained to judge accurately the quantities of self-service items," and point-of-sale registers "must be stationed after the salad bar."

So, on the one hand we have the TSA going apeshite in shredding the Fourth Ammendment for something that hasn't happened in over NINE YEARS, and the other the Dept of Ed poo-pooing any safety concerns for innocent little crotchfruit.

There is a way you can, Warren

Just tell your accountant to write a check to the Dept. of Treasury for whatever you think you underpaid in taxes.

And, since you think that you're not paying enough taxes and that the middle and lower class should pay less- I'll give you my information and you can take care of that, too.
See, everybody wins!

I thought Libs were supposed to be high tech

That they were the innovative ones and all, while us fudgetty Conservatives were clinging to our parchment scrolls and assault weapons.

But the retarded Lib who came up with this game makes me wonder why he's out there trying to push even MORE oil onto the gulf.

At least HE made the trains run on time

For a while.

I'm going to give my little Hitler smiley a rest because the way this administration is going, he's going to get a workout in the next two years.

This time he- without the Lamestream media's wailing- is going to out BusHitler Bush in deciding what you can see, or not see on AlGore's intertubes.
Because,,,,it's for the children or equality,,,or something.



At least we know his amateurs are good for something. Too bad his pack of Chicago hacks only know how to bend the law till it breaks.


Well Barry, you didn't learn anything from this last November, I hope for your sake that you don't overrxtend yourself, things could get ugly.

Bueller?

Bueller?

Life imitating art.

Have you ever been on E-bay,,,

and seen a real good 'buy it now!' price, and just before you hit that button glanced at the sellers rating?

Normally, a rating of 98.2% would be a plus, but on E-bay it's the kiss of death for me, sorry guy.

So, is the TSA admitting it's not about safety?

And not explicitly saying it's working to condition the sheeple to obey their gov't betters?

The TSA's own website tells you that they won't be able to see non-metallic weapons or bombs:

Millimeter wave technology produces an image that resembles a fuzzy photo negative.

Backscatter technology produces an image that resembles a chalk etching.

But we know they're lying because this NSFW image doesn't look alot like the intentionally altered images in the TSA site, and I bet I'd be able to identify her after she left. ---->link fixed<---- (here is the same pic with colors inverted) Besides, if it's "impossible" to capture an image....how are they going to prosecute someone that brought a 'prohibited' item with them? As an additional thought--if this is such a safety issue, why are they not forcing this 'enhanced' body search on airports that don't have those scanners? Because it would seem to me, that there would be a better chance of someone trying something where there WASN'T a scanner.....but I'm not an appointed, unresponsive, unelected political appointee. THEN we get to the whole "maybe we'll give molsems a pass on the whole enhanced screening" thing. Janet Nepalitano, when asked couldn't come right out and deny they'd get a pass....on religious grounds.

Does someone want to remind her about which religion STARTED us doing this whole security playacting anyway.


Then we have Ray LaHood threatening to block cell phone use in your own private vehicle....for the childeren! the good of the public.

Ad the FCC taking over the internet, monitering your e-mails, IMs and text messages.

Good thing it's not George Bush doing these things, because a government takeover always feels better when it's a warm and fuzzy takeover-



Right?


UPDATE
And since the Democrats want to control what you put into your body, you won't even be able to settle your nerves with a rum and Coke, because it'll be illegal to mix the two.

UPDATE PART- The Second
I'd appreciate it if anyone can throw a link my way from Scopes debunking that NSFW pic, since I can't find it.

Poor Kim

First she has to wear a back-up alarm, so people can get out of her way.
Now she's single again, while her two famous-for-being-famous sisters are married and mothers.

I guess I should feel sorry for her love life, but I'm only using it as an excuse to mention free milk and cows...

Holders' DOJ- lying down for the cause

I suppose you've heard by now about the 280 charges that got thrown out in the civilian trial of al-Quada operative Ahmed Ghailani.

If not, Eric Holders racially motivated DOJ let the defense get over on all but one charge, and that wasn't even murder for the bombing of two U.S. Embassies.

So, given this, why are we supposed to believe that the civilian trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be any different? In spite of the promise that he'd be guaranteed a guilty sentence in a kangaroo court located in NYC.


But then again, Khalid doesn't really have that melanin enhanced indicator that triggers the Holder DOJ to walk away from nailing him as hard as they can- goes he?



Because when you make your whole administration about race, that's what people think you're all about.

George Donner, your trail is ready

To the House Democrats,,,,

Thank you!

Really!


Now lets see just how the Tea Party does in 2012.


Because nothing makes Socialism more inviting than a leader who will do anything to stay in power.

Only the French

Who else would pull a sit-down strike while on vacation?

The way I understand, is that the plane was late, and ended up in Belgium because the original shut down for the night. They were offered a more comfortable place to lay-over but refused to deplane.

The plane landed in Liege at around 11:30 p.m. and passengers were still inside it at 3:30 a.m. the next morning.

"This is unacceptable," Mylene Netange, who runs a network on social responsibility for business leaders, said. "The pilot and crew are no longer here. They left us here."
Yeah? Why should they be inconvenienced by your temper tantrum?

Reda Yahiyaoui, a business owner who was traveling with his wife, a two-month-old baby and a three-year-old, said the passengers had no water and the toilets in the plane were locked.

"The pilot left and he even left the cockpit door open," he said.
I don't know why Reda is complaining- the OFFERED a nice warm, dry, well lit place that had REAL toilets......but nooo, Frenchie has to do his best imitation of a Leftie Lib that side of the Atlantic.

Note to self

Whenever we get the cash to build our next house-
DO NOT put the main TeeWee room next to the main (my) bedroom.
Especially since some people like to feel the sound.
A nice long sound absorbing hallway would work fine TYVM.

A letter to my new Congressman- Quiko Canseco

Firstly, congratulations on our win against the Democrat machine.

I realize that you're busy getting ready to assume our seat this January, but I have a suggestion for cutting about $7 BILLION from the budget- if you're interested.
The way I understand it- Muslims will now be allowed to check themselves for hidden weapons and explosives- because they object to body scans and full groping.

Since it was Muslims who forced us to do this futile security Kabuki- and we're not even touching them anymore- what reason do we have to keep throwing $7 BILLION away on something that's not needed?

Thank you for your time,
Kurt P
Hondo, TX

As much as the Left hates Sarah Palin

And I admit that I love the way they fly into a rug chewing rage whenever she's mentioned. I mean doncha just know that she's something they fear by the way they get all weewee'd up about her?

Anyway, she's got a new show out...and that muffled thump you thought you heard yesterday?
That was Lefties heads exploding when they found out that 5,000,000 Americans tuned in to watch her.

What I AM surprised about, though is the lack of Leftists criticism about this picture:


Notice anything?

If not, I'll leave the answer in the comments.

Well, it's a good thing they have unemployment insurance

Because that's about all the compassion I can dig up for those thousands of Democrat minions who lost their jobs on Nov. second.
Because of the way they helped shove all that detested legislation down Americas throat

According to that Liberal rag Politico which was probably gloating back when the Republicans lost in 2008- We're supposed to feel bad for congressional aides that have served their masters for decades and are now unexpectedly out of a gravy job.

Hey, as long as you can influence legislation, you need to make sure that new 99 months of unemployment is passed- since you'll be needing it in this economy you caused.

How's that for compassion?

But positions on the Hill have largely evaporated. K Street and other areas will be oversaturated with applications. The Obama administration, which was a gold mine for jobs in 2008, will have far fewer openings, experts say.

For now, some outgoing Democratic aides are asking for compassion from their Republican colleagues.

“What bothers me now is there is a lot of insensitivity to the plight of these people who are losing their jobs. Pundits are talking about how exciting this turnover is ... but there are real people whose lives are being affected,” said one outgoing Democratic aide. “They really need to show some compassion.”


That's about the same kind of 'compassion' you showed the Republicans- wasn't it?

The terrorists win

This is just so f*cking wrong.


Yes, that IS a moslem molesting a nun.

A moslim, the same reason we have this entire Kabuki theater that never once stopped a hijacking.

For some reason,,,

The new doggie codeword for "lets get stupidly exuberant" is slut.
See, I'm watching the second showing of AMCs 'Walking', where she is letting the deputy sheriff [her husband's partner]do her. (and I mentioned the word, then the dogs went stupid until I let them out)

OK, yeah his partner told her he was dead, but it's not like they were apart for months. He was in intensive care until the hospital got overrun. But he was on the machine until he woke up... what's that, days?

So it was a month, maybe two since the Zombieclypse that they ended up in Atlanta and she started doing his partener?

I'm pretty much of a male slut, too- but I think I'd wait more than two months before I hooked up with someone if I thought my wife was dead. That respect thing and all, but this is a Hollywood production, so I guess the mourning is hours....

I solved the deficit

I guess this is the new meme.
I had 67% from spending cuts -only because they wouldn't let me cut more- and 33% from increased taxes.

It would have been a lot easier if we hadn't just thrown $3 TRILLION away on our Liberal buddies, but as usual the responsible ones have to bat cleanup for the Dems.

Anyway, here's how I did it, and here's how you can see how you can solve the deficit.

Dear Boston Globe,

Or maybe it was the AP that made the headline.

THIS is a Battleship.

THIS is the Destroyer you're talking about.

Not that we really expect a bunch of Liberals to know that anything haze gray and underway isn't a battleship.....which are all in mothballs (BTW).

Tradition

Go ahead and put this on in the background, I'll wait.

I see that Nancy Pelosi, the new leader of what will become the new Democrat minority in January has reached back to her Democrat roots.
See, she had a choice in letting two subs fight it out for number two in the pecking order, or she could keep Steny Hoyer as another reminder of why they're in the minority.

So, what she did was to make a brand new #3 position for the colored guy. You know, separate but equal. I wonder if the next step will include separate drinking fountains, and lunch tables in the cafeteria.


"Don't be getting to uppity, boy."

I just got done watching the Grahm Norton show

And even that Irish Liberal gay guy (and his guests) were wearing poppies to commemorate what they call Rememberance Day- our Veterans day.

I didn't notice, until I saw Grahm and the rest (Johnny Noxvill and Joan Rivers) with their poppies and wondered about Himself....

The answer is NO, HE didn't.

But by the time he got there, they were probably out.
...Since the converstion probably went something like:

Ummmm----November 11, that rings a bell,,?
Why?
I dunno, something happened then, but I'm not sure what, it just seems we did something last year...

Well, wiki it.

Ok,,,,,,,,,,,OH Crap! It's Veterans Day! We need to get Prez Kickazz somewhere that he can show how he appreciated the military.

Yea, ,,,hey Korea is close, lets drop in there and we can get some wicked Kim-chi while He's making nice to those killers.

Cool, sounds like a plan.

What exactly is a Justin Bieber?

Yeah, I know he's some kind of actor in crappy movies and some kind of singer...maybe.

The first time I saw a picture of him, I said to myself --because nobody else was around-- "man, that 'do' has to cost at least a grand a week to look so professionally ,,, um,,,, tousled.

Just looking at him, you know his handlers have never let him be on his own so he could bond with guys by:
-riding a bike too fast down a trail and face-butting a tree
-having a mudball fight at a swimming hole
-camped out all night in an unair-conditioned tent
-slept in a sleeping bag
-been trapped in a sleeping bag and drug to the girls campground (naked)
-shot a gun
-did something stupid enough to bleed.
-got into a shoving match.
-find (or drop) a stash of girlie mags so you and your buds could enjoy them later
-catch a fish and clean it using river water



BUT, in 2012 he'll be the next Alex Keyton from Canada telling us who to vote for. Because he knows us so much better than we know ourselves.


As a matter of fact, I bet the few girls that read this blog have done more on that list than Justin the Pure.

WOW! Brainstorm

After rereading that diatribe from MOM, and some of the ensuing comments, it occured to me...find a way to fight back.

Along with the protests and stuff, give them something to see.

I was looking at some of the aluminum tape I had to stop some leaks in our ductwork and thought- - -does anyone know where I'm going with this?







Anyway, if you haven't figured it out, metal pasties and a junk protector.
If it wasn't so simple, I'd sell them on E-bay.
,,,And since it's business, they wouldn't object to a pair of smiley faces looking back at them, and maybe a hammer and sickle down below.

RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!!

TSA is the most hated government agency. TSA officers are very aware of that fact. We get that some of you come through and even though you hate it, you suck it up and do what you have to do. Then there are some of you who intentionally make things difficult. Screw you and stop it. It is a Federal crime to mess with a TSA officer trying to do their job and you will get arrested. You want to make a point and show your outrage to the world. TSA headquarters is in Virginia. Get on your little bike and ride. Go protest out in front of the headquarters, file your lawsuits, write in your complaints and do your tv interviews but stop messing with the TSA officers trying to do their job. Stop making a point of going to the airport just so you can cause a scene and draw attention to your cause. We get it there are some people who think everyone should have absolute rights and freedom to do whatever they want but it doesn’t work that way. Once you are at the security checkpoint you are on Federal territory and you need to keep yourself in check or you will end up arrested.

Now if you want to fly, suck it up and accept that you have to submit to the security procedures. Yes you think they are stupid or unnecessary but TSA officers and TSA don’t care what you think. They try to make it all warm and fuzzy but they can’t because it is security not a trip to Disney World. Shut up and get in the scanner or don’t fly.

This was from MOM, who apparently was at one time one of those actors in the security Kabuki.

After seeing that the TSA is now banning toner cartridges from your carry-on luggage, and I guess banning larger sized ones from your checked in bags.
I now know how the Taliban is going to entirely shut down passenger air travel in America.

They're going to send one of their Jihadis here with a bomb shoved up his @ss and make sure he gets caught before it goes off.
Then the TSA will hire Proctologists for their newest anti-terror screenings.
After that, the first time they tell someone to drop trou and bend over, there'll be a riot and no-one would step foot in an airplane ever again.