The power behind the throne?

That's what the NYT is putting out for the guy who is one heartbeat away from the Oval Office.

Yep, the guy who makes V.P. Dan Quayle look like a scholar is the NYT savior of the Obamacy.

Or, as Mr. Weiner put it in an interview, “Biden brings everything that Rahm Emanuel brings, but the major difference is everyone likes Joe Biden.”

While Mr. Biden has credibility with the Democratic left, his long record in the Senate has enough moments in which he proved willing to work with or give ground to Republicans that they view him as less dogmatic than many other administration officials.

~snip~
Beyond his behind-the-scenes role in negotiating the tax deal with Republicans — a path that Mr. Biden and Mr. Obama decided on in a recent conversation at the White House, aides say — the vice president has also been trying to win Republican votes in the Senate for ratification of the so-called New Start nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

That background for compromise is now being put to use at the White House, from Mr. Biden’s diplomatic mission to try to soothe the angry House Democrats to his secret shuttling between his boss and the Republican Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, to iron out the tax deal.

~snip~
Once the Republicans take over the House and increase their numbers in the Senate in January, Mr. Biden’s role will widen, White House officials said, as Mr. Obama tries to capitalize on the relationships his gregarious vice president built over the course of 36 years in the Senate.

“If he’s going to try to get anything done in a partisan divide, and a divided Senate, Biden is a tremendous asset because he knows the players, the institution, and he has credibility,” said John Podesta, the chief executive of the Center for American Progress, who led Mr. Obama’s transition team after the 2008 election.

Go read the cloying rest if you want, I need to get a shovel for the cr@p that just spilled out of my monitor.

Now, something to relieve you political concerns.

Does anyone remember back about two weeks ago

Where some apparatchik mentioned that the Presidents job was getting too bogged down in minutia... or something?

And that the Big Guy needed a Mini-Me?



Looks like they found their go-to guy for the dirty work while Prezident Kickazz does his fund raising thing.


"I'll take care of the thinking, boy ... go."

Rudy don't have to put out the red nose

We have a job coming open in Fla.

If anyone is interested.

If anyone wants to work for the City of Niceville, it looks like somewhere around Dec.28th.

Just out of curiosity...

Has anyone ever been fired involuntarily terminated?
Been involved in the process of the involuntary termination of a subordinate worker?

I've been on both sides of that.

Do you know why when that happens- someone is always their watching until you leave the building?


Take a look at what's happening with those Democrats that just got fired six weeks ago.


Maybe we need to change that lame duck thing...you know- so the people we FIRED can't come back and f*ck us with B.S. laws as payback.

I updated you all about Jim Morrison

So I'll update you about another lizard, our guest....Petunia is turning into a bit of a creature of habit.

Once she got used to her new surroundings, she hasn't got her head stuck again- so far.
Her tail...fungus.... is looking like it's starting to clear up, and she's getting a decent diet which is turning her a nice shade of Iguana.

I just put in two more climbing branches and now she's giving them the ol' stinkeye, because they don't belong there.


UPDATE

Apparently higher is better because she's up on the top branch now.

One year ago today

The worlds smartest negro was awarded the Nobel Prize for the changes he -by himself- would accomplish in His term of office.

ObamaKare
TSA gone wild
FCC taking over AlGores intertubes
Nationalizing banks
..And two thirds of the Auto industry
Tripling the national debt
Wikileaks
A historical turnover of the House
Alienation longtime allies
Bowing to dicators
Warrantless tracking of citizens financial transactions
A meltdown of the Democrat party


Can't wait to see what else he can accomplish in his next two years

The wheels of justice grind slowly,

but they grind exceedingly fine.

In case you didn't know, the Lizard king has been pardoned for ummm...freeing the lizard in Miami 1969.

I sent an e-mail to Senator Hutchison

It was about that video I posted that showed the Poenix TSA retaliating against an American citizen. The one where they put her into a glass cage for almost an hour and made her miss her flight- all because she wanted them to follow their own procedures.

This is what I just got back from my Senator:

Dear Friend:
Thank you for contacting me regarding airline safety and security. I welcome your thoughts and comments.

Since our nation was attacked on 9/11, we have instituted many effective policies to protect us against the threat of future terrorist attacks. Many of these policies impact the transportation sectors in the U.S., particularly at airports. Unfortunately, these security policies systematically failed with the nearly successful terrorist attack on one of our airliners on Christmas Day 2009 by an Al Qaeda-trained Nigerian terrorist. This disturbing incident, as well as the more recent Yemeni-based cargo terrorism plot, highlights the evolving nature of terrorist threats against our country.

In response to the December 25, 2009 attempted attack, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced plans to enhance passenger screening and detection capabilities, including an increase in the nation-wide deployment of advanced imaging technology (AIT) machines, also known as "body imaging scanners". The AIT produces an image that a screener can use to identify objects or anomalies on the outside of the physical body.

As the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, I appreciate the importance of aviation security. On November 17, 2010, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing to examine the re-authorization of the TSA. During this hearing, AIT deployment and other changes to the TSA passenger screening procedure dominated the discussion. Specifically, travelers who are uncomfortable passing through the AIT, as well as the very small percentage of travelers who raise an alert from the AIT, must submit to a "pat-down" that some may find to be uncomfortable and invasive.

I believe TSA must continue to develop technology and adapt security measures to meet the ever changing threats to our passenger aviation system. Yet there must be a way to accomplish this goal while addressing the legitimate privacy concerns of the traveling public.

During the hearing, I urged the TSA to take seriously the public's privacy concerns with the screening process. The screening process can only be effective if it serves as a partnership between the screeners and travelers. We must balance security and privacy.

Please be assured that I will continue to do everything in my power to hold security providers accountable. I appreciate hearing from you, and I hope that you will not hesitate to contact me on any issue that is important to you.

Sincerely,
Kay Bailey Hutchison
United States Senator

284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Do you think anyone bothered to read beyond the TSA concern I had to check?

I'm a little confused on Blue Suns linkage proposal

Is that Super collider of linkages supposed to go both ways, of just one way?
Because Hsoi linked to me and Blue Sun about it.

But if we're trying to get a gunblogger circle of awesomeness, shouldn't the links only go one way? Because if links were going both ways, they'd like collide- or something and create like, another dimension of fusion weapons- or something like that.

But if all links went the same way, then it would create a vortex of gun blogish awesomeness.

Anything for science...

I don't know if you read Blue sun, but he's an engineering student who want's to try an experiment of linkage.

Basically what he wants to try doing is create a giant Hadron Collider of gunny links that will result in a hole of awesomeness.

I told him it failed two weeks from yesterday because someone left a quarter inch hex nut in there, but we'll run it anyway to see what happens.

Hit the link to get he super collider of linkage going.

That was a near miss

Here I was checking out what was on the TeeWee and almost clicked on Mythbusters, when I remembered that Adam and Jamie were sucking that Pricks d1ck tonight in a very ONELY special.

Hi! Are we p1ssed off yet today?

Here's something you can e-mail your Senators and Representatives.



It's pretty much eleven minutes of watching one young mother in a glass cage because the Phoenix TSA was retaliating against her for wanting them to follow their rules.

I wonder how much that fat blond biatch fagger got paid to stand around hovering over the prisoners personal belongings.

They made her miss her flight, too.


UPDATE-
And speaking of breast milk, Merry Christmas!

Wouldn't it be Kewl

if scientists could drag up as much outrage against the questionable procedures use by the global warming alarmists- as they did about NASA?

You heard that NASA thought they found arsenic based life forms and wrote a scientific paper about it, right? It was all over the place (sort of).


Now, after some reading and digesting it, scientists have come out strongly denouncing the flawed science.

Still waiting on that whole climate change thing, though...

Would anyone recognize Kevin Smith?

Does anyone know who Kevin Smith is? Or care?

Well, apparently in his self absorbed world, he's famous for being the "too fat to fly" guy. Because of some incident that he made public lat year with Southwest.

I wouldn't recognize him, or probably even care that he was on my flight if he didn't do something to cause a commotion. which he did by getting to the gate late for a Virgin Air flight.

We pleaded with Manny (the unfriendly face of Virgin America JFK working the gate), pointing out the remaining time (there were still 8 minutes before scheduled departure), and pointing out that the jetway was still attached to the plane. Flying as much as I do (usually up at the front of the plane), I know that the jetway only gets pulled back ONCE THE PLANE DOOR IS SECURELY CLOSED.
Um, yeah dood- they have to CLOSE THE DOOR before moving the ramp.

But why did he get there with EIGHT minutes to spare?

And the next three flights I took, it was the same. Even worse: when you fly first, you board first, sit down... and then EVERYONE files past you. And when you're the Too Fat To Fly guy on a plane? Well, everyone stares. Then the whispering starts. A hundred people look right at you - when you're not on a stage. It kinda blows.
Dude- seriously, if you're on a plane that holds hundreds of people, your first class seat would be separated from the entrance so the great unwashed wouldn't see you.
But instead- Hey, lets wait until everyone has found their seat and stowed their luggage so they don't have anything to do EXCEPT look at a late boarder.

Then be a whiney Lib and cry about it.

Here's a thought about those wikileaks

Arrest Julian, the strangely effeminate man, under the 1917 espionage acts.

Then when his minions spill the beans that he's promised to blackmail Bank of America with- haul them in too and shut down every server and disseminator they were associated with.

Lets see how deep their commitment to 'free expression' goes then.

Oh, and that First Amendment freedom of speech thing? Sorry, that's only for American citizens. Can't have it both ways Julian the Australian.

The Breck girl is now available

The only one with backbone in the Edwards clan has died.

Now John is free to channel her in front of a malpractice jury to go for a record breaking award in another round of pseudo science.

What do these guns have in common?

None of them are regulated.
As a matter of fact you can mail order those pistols for home delivery.

Their brothers have all assassinated a president.

I realize I'm late

But, to the leaders of the ONE religion, Happy Chanukah!
Because what could be cooler than Hannika and Big Band?


Stolen from Merel Yourish- who I don't think would feel bad if Double Tapper found out.

Jeezuz Krist guy-

It's been a week since someone elbowed you.

Let the macho-I'm-a-Jock thing go.
It really doesn't fit.

Really. We've seen how you throw.

The British wife has never played baseball, but could probably pitch closer to the catcher than you, since she at least knows what Rounders are.

"Ok people, this is how it is-"

"You're going to go out there and act like the professionals you are. I have been told that Prezident Kickazz wants a photo-op of youshowing your support."


"You will then assemble in a respectful manor to hear his views and whatever meaningless speech he gives about how he respects you and what ever you're doing here."



"Afterwords any of you who want to may request a face to face meeting..."

The lizard brain

I mean the brain of a real lizard. an Iguana.

How many times does it need to get it's head stuck before she realizes that she gets stuck? I mean yank herself back with all four feet until her head pops free. Then she climbs the side and does it again and gets stuck so she's hanging by her head until she can twist herself around to drop free- unto the floor of the cage.

There's nothing but skull and skin, so there's no give and it's got to hurt, so how many times does it take?

BTW- does anyone in the San Antonio area want an Iguana (with a questionable tail) for Christmas? I'll probably throw the cage in free. Now with a brand new double door for easy access.

Truth in the strangest places

Like at some DeeCee self love convention made up of Liberal politicians and their fawning media. Where intentionally or not, this speech writer to Prezident Kickazz (who wore a bomber jacket in the 'Stan yesterday- to boost his street cred ,,,or something) made some insider jokes in the first 45 seconds about the people that got Obama elected and then went on to make fun of the way homosexuals feel comfortable in the Republican party before going on to link pedophile priests and the TSA.

The Obama administration, amateurs to the end.

WTF Tater?

Are you dead or not?

You sure didn't look like you were 70.

,,,and I thought drugs made you look older than you were.....

But you're not, Janet

The head Liberal in charge of the TSA, which is in charge of the INS, wants the Dream Act passed so she can concentrate on deporting "real" criminals.

Napolitano said it doesn't make sense for her department to spend time and resources prosecuting young people who don't have criminal records and who didn't have a say in when they came to this country.

Well, Janet, YOU are the one deciding which laws you're going to enforce. Just don't go after kids like you're not going to deport anyone from Arizona!
POOF- problem solved.

I'm going to have to get a new image

For the new happy face of fuzzy socialist America, because this Hitler smiley is going to be worn out in two years.

This time Erik Holders DOJ(for black people) is tracing credit card users without bothering with those pesky warrants.
You know, like the CONSTITUTION says they need.


But, it would be worse if George Bush did it- since warm and fuzzy socialism is better than any other kind.

I just got back from an interview

As I was going through town, I noticed something.

WTF is going on with gas prices? It's another dime higher than yesterday.
The way President Kickazz is going with his energy policy, it'll be over $3/gal by Christmas.
But, I understand- we need to see $7/gal so people would even think about buying his electric Edsel.

Oh, the interview, it was with a local municipality that wanted to pay me less than I'm getting on unemployment.

Now Chris Christi is the bogie man

Because the City council of Camden, N.J. doesn't have any control of their discretionary spending? So now they have to lay off half their police force, because they have to protect all the PC, feel good crap they wasted the taxpayer money on so they can stay in power.

"Honey? Thing 1 needs you to make a cage"

What kind of a cage? For what?

They (her humane society) rescued an Iguana and she adopted it.

Why in the f*ck did she adopt a lizard? And what's wrong with the aquarium it's in now?

She felt sorry for it, and the thing is too small. It might even loose it's tail...

It's a reptile, it doesn't know how small the thing is, and Iguanas have a detachable tail anyway.

She sent some pictures of what she needs.

....Grumble....

So I looked at it and after designing one that was easily transportable (because tools and assembly are not her forte), I made a bill of materials which came out to about $100 before tax.

Who's going to pay for this?

We'll get whoever adopts it to buy it.

Then I remembered- we have horse panels out back. Kewl,,, All I need is a new sawzall blade and some tie wire.

...and some heat source for the shelf, and a branch, and something to keep it from overturning it's food and water.


UPDATE
Those Ryobi batteries sure don't last long below 95 degrees, do they?
If I had an extra sheet of plywood, I could get away with one and a half horse panels and a solid back at 5'H x 5' 10"W x 2'W.

UPDATE- Part the second
It, apparently it's a she, is in her newly expanded world and completely flummoxed at being able to stretch out. The dogs now have live TeeWee to watch, with real animals!