'Cause if I hadn't cancelled it back when it became the unofficial in-house weekly magazine for the Democratic National Party..... I could CANCEL IT NOW!!!
Independent’s Day
Obama doesn't want to look back, but Attorney General Eric Holder may probe Bush-era torture anyway.
By Daniel Klaidman | NEWSWEEK
I just read the sorriest four page article about AG Eric Holder, and his pitiful ruminations, in this weeks on-line issue that I have ever read. It read like a chapter in one of those breast baring and breast beating pulp fiction paper backs of yore. Oh my!
And just like one of those cheap paperbacks, it ends with the Attorney General of the United States, so torn by indecision, that even though he heads a department of 110,000 folks, he 'secluded himself in his office for two days to read a report ............ twice!' And then we leave him as he is standing alone..... staring out of his office window at Constitution Avenue meditating. Oh the pain of it all.....
Like I said - I sure am sorry you can only cancel a subscription once!!!!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
New Haven firefighter under attack now......
"On Friday, citing in an e-mail "Frank Ricci's troubled and litigious work history," the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way drew reporters' attention to Ricci's past. Other advocates for Sotomayor have discreetly urged journalists to pursue similar story lines."
Y'all remember that old legal axiom, "When the law is on your side- argue the law, when the facts are on your side - argue the facts, but when neither the law nor the facts are on your side, rant and rave and point and shout.
It would appear that the Dems and their liberal fellow travelers have decided to do just that in the Sotomayor hearings. They ain't got the facts, or the law on their side -- so sic the dogs on the decorated New Haven firefighter who's name happens to head up the lawsuit that the empathetic Latina ruled in error on. Just makes you plumb proud of those pointy toed pencil necked bigots inside the Beltway don't it.
We really do have the gob'mint we deserve!
Y'all remember that old legal axiom, "When the law is on your side- argue the law, when the facts are on your side - argue the facts, but when neither the law nor the facts are on your side, rant and rave and point and shout.
It would appear that the Dems and their liberal fellow travelers have decided to do just that in the Sotomayor hearings. They ain't got the facts, or the law on their side -- so sic the dogs on the decorated New Haven firefighter who's name happens to head up the lawsuit that the empathetic Latina ruled in error on. Just makes you plumb proud of those pointy toed pencil necked bigots inside the Beltway don't it.
We really do have the gob'mint we deserve!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Biden doesn't do 'private meetings', he just closes them to the press
as reported by Andrew Malcolm in the LA Times Blog:
Joe Biden update: No 'private meetings,' just meetings closed to the press
Possibly a very important policy change quietly emerged in the daily schedule of Vice President Joe Biden today.
Loyal Ticket readers know that as a patriotic duty we monitor the long-time s
enator's schedule with a close eye for detail because, after all, this man is only a heartbeat away from having to give a toast at a G8 summit. We've especially noted Biden's innumerable "private meetings" that are closed to the press because, well, they're private.
And we've wondered aloud how this Democratic VP's private meetings with unnamed people on unnamed subjects differs from the private meetings with unnamed people that his evil predecessor had that got so many Democratic senators and representatives worried about nefarious secrets.
On one recent long weekend the man who became a Delaware senator when his future boss, Barack Obama, was an inexperienced fundraiser of only 11, devoted an entire Monday to "private meetings" that are closed press in his Delaware home.
If that isn't dedication for the $208,000 salary.
Well, today's schedule, unlike many at the end of Biden's work weeks, contains no "private meetings." Not one.
Having spent Thursday traveling and successfully selling the nation on the so far hard-to-detect effects of the $787 billion Obama administration economic stimulus spending plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave them, Biden will show up for work around 11 today.
He'll join Health and Human Services Secy. Kathleen Sebelius in a roundtable to discuss only the rising costs of healthcare for people who own or work for small businesses. One suspects the absent president's ambitious plan to spend billions more to impose his healthcare reforms might also be mentioned.
OK, so figure an hour for the roundtable, maybe 75 minutes max. You can only talk about that stuff so long before requiring healthcare yourself. Fifteen minutes for handshaking, cellphone photos and congratulations on the excellent roundtable. The VP should be outta there by 12:30.
That leaves -- what? -- five, maybe six hours to make it a seven-hour workday.
According to the White House schedule, Biden will not spend the remainder of the work day in private meetings that are closed press.
Instead: "The Vice President will spend the remainder of the day in meetings that are closed press."
You get the difference, right?
-- Andrew Malcolm
As Mr Malcolm suggests, fair is fair, in all of 'W's eight years as POTUS, I never once heard anybody in the Congress or the MSM raise a question about 'closed meetings' held by Cheney or 'W'.......... NOT!!!!!Wednesday, July 8, 2009
T Boone Pickens, Oil man, Neo-windmill man....
Ole T. Boone Pickens was on Glenn Beck's program yesterday - and he opined that the PROVEN natural gas resources of the United States is "Two Thousand Trillion Cubic Feet", or as he modestly put it, enough natural gas to provide the energy for this country for a hundred years.!!!
We get so many 'trillions' thrown at us since Obamanation was moved into the White House by his minders, that we tend to glaze over them... So I thought I'd rethink this number he threw out!
We get so many 'trillions' thrown at us since Obamanation was moved into the White House by his minders, that we tend to glaze over them... So I thought I'd rethink this number he threw out!
2,000,000,000,000,000 Cubic Feet of Natural Gas
And I said to my self, Man, that is a passel of gas... is it possible..? Well, i
f my figgerin' is right, what this means is that we have gas pockets under this country that if piled on top of Rhode Island, would cover that lil' state's 1,547 square miles of area by a gas cloud reaching straight up -- 8.8 miles! Now put in perspective, that's one hell of a lot of gas. More even than comes out of the Congress each legislative session!
When pressed as to why we aren't exploiting it instead of importing oil from our terrorist friends in South America and the Middle East, he just smiled, and said "Oil is still just too cheap. But when the prices go up, be prepared to see a whole mess of semi trucks and energy plants switching over to natural gas!"
Just for fun, one day when you are bored, why don't you e-mail your congressman or congressette, and your Senators and ask a big 'How Come?" on this.....
I'd sure love to see their answers.......
f my figgerin' is right, what this means is that we have gas pockets under this country that if piled on top of Rhode Island, would cover that lil' state's 1,547 square miles of area by a gas cloud reaching straight up -- 8.8 miles! Now put in perspective, that's one hell of a lot of gas. More even than comes out of the Congress each legislative session!When pressed as to why we aren't exploiting it instead of importing oil from our terrorist friends in South America and the Middle East, he just smiled, and said "Oil is still just too cheap. But when the prices go up, be prepared to see a whole mess of semi trucks and energy plants switching over to natural gas!"
Just for fun, one day when you are bored, why don't you e-mail your congressman or congressette, and your Senators and ask a big 'How Come?" on this.....
I'd sure love to see their answers.......
Watch it Pilgrims, the male species is becoming 'Redundant' !
For years now, organized woman's groups have tried to reduce the role of men to that of 'sperm donor'. A necessary bother to allow them to recreate the spec
ies. A British lab breakthrough however, is creating sperm out of embryonic stem cells... (Although they admit they are running into a few technical difficulties -- see picture of 28 year old sperm to the left)
I'll link you to the article in the London Telegraph below, but first read this one paragraph ----
"Within 10 years, the scientists say the technique could also be used to allow infertile couples to have children that are genetically their own. It could even be possible to create sperm from female stem cells, they say, which would ultimately mean a woman having a baby without a man."
Men, that'll be the end of us. They won't even need us as sperm donors! Wheee Doggies, their dream of a feminized planet, without war, competition for affection, and combs, would be realized. Stay alert!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5771061/Human-sperm-created-from-stem-cells-in-world-first-claims-British-university.html
ies. A British lab breakthrough however, is creating sperm out of embryonic stem cells... (Although they admit they are running into a few technical difficulties -- see picture of 28 year old sperm to the left)I'll link you to the article in the London Telegraph below, but first read this one paragraph ----
"Within 10 years, the scientists say the technique could also be used to allow infertile couples to have children that are genetically their own. It could even be possible to create sperm from female stem cells, they say, which would ultimately mean a woman having a baby without a man."
Men, that'll be the end of us. They won't even need us as sperm donors! Wheee Doggies, their dream of a feminized planet, without war, competition for affection, and combs, would be realized. Stay alert!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5771061/Human-sperm-created-from-stem-cells-in-world-first-claims-British-university.html
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
You know you haven't been a great success as a Dad.
if you got one of these for Fathers Day a couple of weeks ago!
Headline news today......
Will probably not include this breaking news:
"KABUL (AP) - Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year—and a sign that the war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and east could now be expanding north."
No, these seven American hero's deaths will probably be buried on page 8 right behind the mattress ads........ while Whacko Jacko's circus covers the front page.....
Don't I recall a lot of screaming from the left over the last few years that not enough camera time and air time was devoted to the KIA of our wars........... hmmmmm
and now they own the White House and the airways........ hmmm
"KABUL (AP) - Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year—and a sign that the war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and east could now be expanding north."
No, these seven American hero's deaths will probably be buried on page 8 right behind the mattress ads........ while Whacko Jacko's circus covers the front page.....
Don't I recall a lot of screaming from the left over the last few years that not enough camera time and air time was devoted to the KIA of our wars........... hmmmmm
and now they own the White House and the airways........ hmmm
Monday, July 6, 2009
Ouch - that smarts!!!!
Obamanation's plan for America, coming soon to a dentists office near you!! From the London Daily Mail's site... (NHS is the National Health Service) :
Man pulls out 13 of his own teeth with pliers 'because he couldn't find an NHS dentist'
By Daily Mail Reporter
A former soldier pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers because he could not find a dentist to take
on NHS patients. Iraq War veteran Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain.
The 42-year-old, from Beverley, East Yorkshire, had not had his teeth looked at since seeing the army dentist in 2003. He had not been registered with a dentist of his own since 2001. Ian Boynton DIY: Ian Boynton pulled out 13 of his teeth with a pair of pliers because he couldn't afford a dentist He said: 'I've tried to get in at 30 dentists over the last eight years but have never been able to find one to take on NHS patients.'
But when Mr Boynton started suffering from toothache in 2006 he decided to take drastic action. He said: 'I started having pain in a front tooth, which protruded slightly more than the others. I was constantly fiddling with it and wiggling it because it hurt so much. 'In the end I knew it had to come out and had to use the pliers to pull it. Amazingly, it did not hurt as much as you might think. 'I think I'd been prising it that much in the meantime that I'd been killing the nerve.'
In the last two years Mr Boynton has pulled out 13 top teeth including molars, incisors and canines. He now only has two teeth left in the roof of his mouth. He served as a medic in Iraq in 2003, but six months after leaving the Territorial Army had an accident while working as a paint sprayer that aggravated an old back injury.
Unemployed Mr Boynton, who is single, said: 'It's a horrible situation to be in when you can't afford to go to the dentist when your teeth were so bad.' In a stroke of ill-timed luck he has now finally found a dentist to take him on. Mr Boynton said: 'I think the situation has improved slightly because of all the uproar. Unfortunately it came too late for me. 'I desperately needed a dentist because, although I'm no longer in pain, I need to have false teeth as I'm finding it difficult to eat. 'Unfortunately I can't make false teeth myself.'
A spokesman for NHS East Riding of Yorkshire said Mr Boynton's case gave an 'inaccurate scare-mongering picture of dental service provision in East Yorkshire based solely on the claims of one man' [.. . . .]
Yes Folks, National Health ---- coming to your little corner of the world soon. And you just know that the ruling class, Congress and the White House, their lackeys et al., will get no medical benefits that Mr & Mrs America doesn't enjoy! Not!!!
Man pulls out 13 of his own teeth with pliers 'because he couldn't find an NHS dentist'
By Daily Mail Reporter
A former soldier pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers because he could not find a dentist to take
on NHS patients. Iraq War veteran Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain. The 42-year-old, from Beverley, East Yorkshire, had not had his teeth looked at since seeing the army dentist in 2003. He had not been registered with a dentist of his own since 2001. Ian Boynton DIY: Ian Boynton pulled out 13 of his teeth with a pair of pliers because he couldn't afford a dentist He said: 'I've tried to get in at 30 dentists over the last eight years but have never been able to find one to take on NHS patients.'
But when Mr Boynton started suffering from toothache in 2006 he decided to take drastic action. He said: 'I started having pain in a front tooth, which protruded slightly more than the others. I was constantly fiddling with it and wiggling it because it hurt so much. 'In the end I knew it had to come out and had to use the pliers to pull it. Amazingly, it did not hurt as much as you might think. 'I think I'd been prising it that much in the meantime that I'd been killing the nerve.'
In the last two years Mr Boynton has pulled out 13 top teeth including molars, incisors and canines. He now only has two teeth left in the roof of his mouth. He served as a medic in Iraq in 2003, but six months after leaving the Territorial Army had an accident while working as a paint sprayer that aggravated an old back injury.
Unemployed Mr Boynton, who is single, said: 'It's a horrible situation to be in when you can't afford to go to the dentist when your teeth were so bad.' In a stroke of ill-timed luck he has now finally found a dentist to take him on. Mr Boynton said: 'I think the situation has improved slightly because of all the uproar. Unfortunately it came too late for me. 'I desperately needed a dentist because, although I'm no longer in pain, I need to have false teeth as I'm finding it difficult to eat. 'Unfortunately I can't make false teeth myself.'
A spokesman for NHS East Riding of Yorkshire said Mr Boynton's case gave an 'inaccurate scare-mongering picture of dental service provision in East Yorkshire based solely on the claims of one man' [.. . . .]
Yes Folks, National Health ---- coming to your little corner of the world soon. And you just know that the ruling class, Congress and the White House, their lackeys et al., will get no medical benefits that Mr & Mrs America doesn't enjoy! Not!!!
Just in case you think American 'reality' TV couldn't get worse.....
.... they manage to make it much worse in Turkey.
A monk, a priest, an imam and a rabbi walk into a TV studio. The punch line? Each cleric gets the chance to convert an atheist to his religion on a new Turkish show slated for September.
Winners get a pilgrimage to the holy city of their new found religion: including Mecca, the Vatican, Jerusalem and Tibet.
Just think of the possibilities, we could have Jerry Seinfeld, Al Sharpton and the 'Catholic Nun' from the back channel each trying to convert members of their studio audience to their own religious persuasion. To add a little class, they could get Jerry Springer to moderate and Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell to judge who did the best job.
The possibilities are endless..... Where is Madeline Murray O'Hare when you need her.... RIP..... she could have done follow-ups trying to cleanse them of their new beliefs.
A monk, a priest, an imam and a rabbi walk into a TV studio. The punch line? Each cleric gets the chance to convert an atheist to his religion on a new Turkish show slated for September.
Winners get a pilgrimage to the holy city of their new found religion: including Mecca, the Vatican, Jerusalem and Tibet.
Just think of the possibilities, we could have Jerry Seinfeld, Al Sharpton and the 'Catholic Nun' from the back channel each trying to convert members of their studio audience to their own religious persuasion. To add a little class, they could get Jerry Springer to moderate and Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell to judge who did the best job.
The possibilities are endless..... Where is Madeline Murray O'Hare when you need her.... RIP..... she could have done follow-ups trying to cleanse them of their new beliefs.
What a crazy country this is becoming....
It was reported in the Kansas City Start that Missouri will start charging a fee...... here, you read it, I'm chuckling too much.:
Analysis | With new charge, saving electricity could end up costing Missourians
By DAVID A. LIEB
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY | Some Missouri residents and businesses soon could see a new charge on their electric bills — a fee for using less energy.
Though it might seem illogical, the new energy efficiency charge has support from utilities, most lawmakers, the governor, environmentalists and even the state’s official utility consumer advocate. The charge covers the cost of utilities’ efforts to promote energy efficiency and cut power use.
The assumption is that charging consumers for those initiatives ultimately will cost less than charging them to build the new power plants that will be needed if electricity use isn’t curtailed.
Legislation pending before Gov. Jay Nixon would set the criteria for state utility regulators to approve the energy-savings charges. If he signs the bill, the new law would take effect Aug. 28. [. . . .]
Yessirreeebob! Only in America would a gob'mint run utility charge their customers a surcharge for using less energy -- Any doubt in any minds, which party Missouri's Governor hails from?
As the "Show Me!" state - they sure are!!!
Analysis | With new charge, saving electricity could end up costing Missourians
By DAVID A. LIEB
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY | Some Missouri residents and businesses soon could see a new charge on their electric bills — a fee for using less energy.
Though it might seem illogical, the new energy efficiency charge has support from utilities, most lawmakers, the governor, environmentalists and even the state’s official utility consumer advocate. The charge covers the cost of utilities’ efforts to promote energy efficiency and cut power use.
The assumption is that charging consumers for those initiatives ultimately will cost less than charging them to build the new power plants that will be needed if electricity use isn’t curtailed.
Legislation pending before Gov. Jay Nixon would set the criteria for state utility regulators to approve the energy-savings charges. If he signs the bill, the new law would take effect Aug. 28. [. . . .]
Yessirreeebob! Only in America would a gob'mint run utility charge their customers a surcharge for using less energy -- Any doubt in any minds, which party Missouri's Governor hails from?
As the "Show Me!" state - they sure are!!!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Quote of the Month
Quote of The Year
"I sincerely hope that when the president goes in for his annual check-up, the doctors at Bethesda will do a brain scan. Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with Muslims building a nuclear bomb in Iran."
Burt Prelutsky
(Pecoz's note- Burt Prelutsky is a humor columnist and contributor to Townhall.com..... a great conservative blog)
"I sincerely hope that when the president goes in for his annual check-up, the doctors at Bethesda will do a brain scan. Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with Muslims building a nuclear bomb in Iran."
Burt Prelutsky
(Pecoz's note- Burt Prelutsky is a humor columnist and contributor to Townhall.com..... a great conservative blog)
An Independence Day Weekend Parable
Dinner with Obama, a Parable..............
Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for
computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country.
There's nothing that the government can do to me if I've broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor.
I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room. We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner.
The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen.
"Sorry about that," said the President. "Andrew is very hungry."
"I don't appreciate..." I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. "Of course," I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp.
"And his brother Eric is very thirsty." said the President.
I didn't say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don't want to seem unkind.
My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite.
"Eric's children are also quite hungry." With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was
carried from the room.
"And their grandmother can't stand for long."
I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.
"Their grandfather doesn't like the cold."
I wanted to shout- that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home.
Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The President hadn't moved or
spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him.
"Andrew's whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven't planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a sub-prime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do."
My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.
"By the way," He added, "I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I'm firing you as head of your business. I'll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There's a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can't come to you for jobs groveling like beggars."
I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his Creme Brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine.
As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us.
What had I done wrong?
As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands.
"You should have stopped me at the dinner roll," he said.
(thanx and a tip o' the stetson to my retired AF friend Al in Maryland)
Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for
computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country.
There's nothing that the government can do to me if I've broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor.
I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room. We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner.
The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen.
"Sorry about that," said the President. "Andrew is very hungry."
"I don't appreciate..." I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. "Of course," I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp.
"And his brother Eric is very thirsty." said the President.
I didn't say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don't want to seem unkind.
My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite.
"Eric's children are also quite hungry." With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was
carried from the room.
"And their grandmother can't stand for long."
I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.
"Their grandfather doesn't like the cold."
I wanted to shout- that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home.
Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The President hadn't moved or
spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him.
"Andrew's whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven't planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a sub-prime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do."
My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.
"By the way," He added, "I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I'm firing you as head of your business. I'll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There's a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can't come to you for jobs groveling like beggars."
I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his Creme Brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine.
As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us.
What had I done wrong?
As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands.
"You should have stopped me at the dinner roll," he said.
(thanx and a tip o' the stetson to my retired AF friend Al in Maryland)
Friday, July 3, 2009
Fly those flags high tomorrow folks..... and when you do...
Give a little thought to those brave and wondrous 56 Forefathers of ours who risked their families, their personal wealth and their lives when they signed that Declaration of Independence. Some went on to high office, many died in poverty after having their property seized and destroyed.
But they all stood tall on the Fourth Day of July, 1776!! And everything we are in this Democratic Republic, the last greatest hope for the world, we owe to them!!
And while you got that thinking cap on Friends, try to name 56 elected officials now serving in Washington D.C. that would sign such a document under such trying circumstances. If you think of even one, post a comment, 'cause I damn sure can't.......
Other than that Pilgrims, enjoy this greatest Holiday and be safe!!
Pecozbill
But they all stood tall on the Fourth Day of July, 1776!! And everything we are in this Democratic Republic, the last greatest hope for the world, we owe to them!!
And while you got that thinking cap on Friends, try to name 56 elected officials now serving in Washington D.C. that would sign such a document under such trying circumstances. If you think of even one, post a comment, 'cause I damn sure can't.......Other than that Pilgrims, enjoy this greatest Holiday and be safe!!
Pecozbill
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Last word on that 'Cap & Tax' Bill (I promise!) the House just passed ..
Ole' Pecoz was plumb proud of 'Iron Hair' Boehner as he stood up on his hind legs and walked the House (and us tax payers) through that 300 page amendment to the Cap & Tax Bill before they voted the other day. Did him self proud at last, I thought....
The righteous indignation that the Speaker, and her cabal of Henry (The Nose) Waxman would drop this 300 page document on them at 3:09 am before the vote was palpable He perp walked them from page to page to page, hitting all the highlights....... we thought.....
Guess it's all just show biz or business as usual folks..... for while he hit a few important points and a few amusing peculiarities - I never heard the word 'pork', and 'vote buying' pass his lips.
And yet now, after the fact we are hearing dribbles of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS of tax payers money being doled out to some of the Dem Congressional hold outs to buy their yes votes. Best case example is the Congressette from Ohio, who claimed she couldn't vote for it 'cause it would her coal using district. No problem lady, we'll just plug in $3.5 Billion (#3,500,000,000) for her to dole out in her area of Ohio as she sees fit...... to get re-elected I reckon.
The little lady voted yes! There are a billions of dollars worth of stories in those 300 pages and yet Mr Boehner failed to mention one of them. Is that called 'professional courtesy' on the House Floor, or --- more likely, "I won't tell on you if you won't tell on me."
There's more to this story, but if you are truly interested, you can find it on the Internet!! It's there!
The righteous indignation that the Speaker, and her cabal of Henry (The Nose) Waxman would drop this 300 page document on them at 3:09 am before the vote was palpable He perp walked them from page to page to page, hitting all the highlights....... we thought.....
Guess it's all just show biz or business as usual folks..... for while he hit a few important points and a few amusing peculiarities - I never heard the word 'pork', and 'vote buying' pass his lips.
And yet now, after the fact we are hearing dribbles of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS of tax payers money being doled out to some of the Dem Congressional hold outs to buy their yes votes. Best case example is the Congressette from Ohio, who claimed she couldn't vote for it 'cause it would her coal using district. No problem lady, we'll just plug in $3.5 Billion (#3,500,000,000) for her to dole out in her area of Ohio as she sees fit...... to get re-elected I reckon.
The little lady voted yes! There are a billions of dollars worth of stories in those 300 pages and yet Mr Boehner failed to mention one of them. Is that called 'professional courtesy' on the House Floor, or --- more likely, "I won't tell on you if you won't tell on me."
There's more to this story, but if you are truly interested, you can find it on the Internet!! It's there!
Ain't no recession in the Congressional Travel Bureau!
The Wall Street Journal reports;
Congress's Travel Tab Swells
Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos
By BRODY MULLINS and T.W. FARNAM
WASHINGTON -- Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.
The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.
The cost of so-called congressional delegations, known among lawmakers as "codels," has risen nearly 70% since 2005, when an influence-peddling scandal led to a ban on travel funded by lobbyists, according to the data.
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If you aren't totally mad yet.... go read the article and look at a few Demned examples...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124650399438184235.html
Congress's Travel Tab Swells
Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos
By BRODY MULLINS and T.W. FARNAM
WASHINGTON -- Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.
The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.
The cost of so-called congressional delegations, known among lawmakers as "codels," has risen nearly 70% since 2005, when an influence-peddling scandal led to a ban on travel funded by lobbyists, according to the data.
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If you aren't totally mad yet.... go read the article and look at a few Demned examples...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124650399438184235.html
This gets my vote!!!
Quote of The Year
"I sincerely hope that when the president goes in for his annual check-up, the doctors at Bethesda will do a brain scan. Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with Muslims building a nuclear bomb in Iran."
Burt Prelutsky
"I sincerely hope that when the president goes in for his annual check-up, the doctors at Bethesda will do a brain scan. Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with Muslims building a nuclear bomb in Iran."
Burt Prelutsky
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Texas sets the standard...... again
A lot of folks accuse Texans of bragging too much. They say that we exaggerate and up-size all of our accomplishments.... I say psshaw!!! What ever your states can do, ours can do worser!
Take education for example, we've discussed the 'dumbing down' in American Education standards. Well, let me tell you - you folks got nothin' on Texas.. Yesterdays Metro section of the local rag ran the following headlines:
Here is the story. Texas schools are rated each year on their academic performance. For four years out of five years, the high school that this principal ran - was designated: "academically unacceptable"! You may be asking yourself, is the fact that it has just been announced that the school year just completed this month, her High School will again be designated unacceptable, the reason this Principal is resigning a year before her contract is up? Nope, nossir, and uh uh!
"Principle Melonie Iglehart-Hammonds is leaving Sam Houston High School to become SENIOR COORDINATOR at the 'Texas Turnaround Center', which aims to turn around 'struggling' schools!
Yep --- and there ain't a word I'm gonna add!! Have we Texans got bragging rights or what!!!!!
Take education for example, we've discussed the 'dumbing down' in American Education standards. Well, let me tell you - you folks got nothin' on Texas.. Yesterdays Metro section of the local rag ran the following headlines:
Principal leaves after 4 years
She says academic woes aren't reason she's leaving.
She says academic woes aren't reason she's leaving.
Here is the story. Texas schools are rated each year on their academic performance. For four years out of five years, the high school that this principal ran - was designated: "academically unacceptable"! You may be asking yourself, is the fact that it has just been announced that the school year just completed this month, her High School will again be designated unacceptable, the reason this Principal is resigning a year before her contract is up? Nope, nossir, and uh uh!
"Principle Melonie Iglehart-Hammonds is leaving Sam Houston High School to become SENIOR COORDINATOR at the 'Texas Turnaround Center', which aims to turn around 'struggling' schools!
Yep --- and there ain't a word I'm gonna add!! Have we Texans got bragging rights or what!!!!!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Gangster Government???
Folks, I have been AWOL from this site the last couple of days --- 'cause I am rethinking my mission statement. There are a thousand conservative blogs out there with more computer skills, bigger and professional staffs that are hammering on this new president and United Socialist States of Amerika that we seem to be growing in Washington.
Since most of my postings seem to lean that same way, I reckoned as how I was just another voice in a cacophony ... and started trying to look in other directions --- but damned, if this congress and this Czar in Chief in the White Castle, Obamanation himself - don't just keep shootin' arrows in my heart.... and some stuff I just can't turn my back on!!!
Here for example is a heartfelt short (four minute) talk given by a sharp young Congresswoman from Minnesota --- after you watch it, you'll see why I had to share it. There are those who will not believe, but none who won't scratch their head and think hard about what's happening to our country since January 20th.... Turn up your sound!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXyhKXUP7PM
Since most of my postings seem to lean that same way, I reckoned as how I was just another voice in a cacophony ... and started trying to look in other directions --- but damned, if this congress and this Czar in Chief in the White Castle, Obamanation himself - don't just keep shootin' arrows in my heart.... and some stuff I just can't turn my back on!!!
Here for example is a heartfelt short (four minute) talk given by a sharp young Congresswoman from Minnesota --- after you watch it, you'll see why I had to share it. There are those who will not believe, but none who won't scratch their head and think hard about what's happening to our country since January 20th.... Turn up your sound!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXyhKXUP7PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Good God Gertie --- lookee here!!
Obamanation done got all his tax dodging homeboys and gals jobs as cabinet members or Czars, now he's found another way to let them feed at the trough.
Obama wants new council to help auto industry
AP News
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Obama wants new council to help auto industry
AP News
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
President Barack Obama is creating a White House council to handle issues that affect American communities and workers tied to the automotive industry.
The White House says Obama will sign an executive order Tuesday to establish the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers. The council will be chaired by the president's economic adviser, Larry Summers, and his labor secretary, Hilda Solis.
The executive director will be Obama's director of recovery for auto communities and workers, Ed Montgomery.
Vice President Joe Biden is traveling to Perrysburg, Ohio, to announce the committee's creation.
The recession has been particularly hard on the auto industry, which has lost more than 400,000 jobs in the last decade.
I reckon all these 'council' members will need secretaries, PR flaks, assistants, chauffeurs, and more, so maybe this is the answer to the recession, get everybody and their brother in law working for the gob'mint!!!
I wonder if the next step, will be to appoint a 'Council Czar' to ride herd on the councils, and then perhaps, a 'Council Council' , to provide guidance as to the progress of the Councils?
BTW, traveling to Ohio to announce the new council is gonna be some pretty heavy lifting for Joltin' Joe Biden ain't it? Wonder if he can handle it without screwing it up?
At least something has been 'STIMULATED'!!!
Unfortunately, it's the welfare rolls!!! This reported yesterday in the Wall Street Journal!
Numbers On Welfare See Sharp Increase
By SARA MURRAY
Welfare rolls, which were slow to rise and actually fell in many states early in the recession, now are climbing across the country for the first time since President Bill Clinton signed legislation pledging "to end welfare as we know it" more than a decade ago.
Climbing Caseloads
See the increase in welfare cases for the 30 most populous states, year-over-year.
Looking Back at Welfare Reform
Twenty-three of the 30 largest states, which account for more than 88% of the nation's total population, see welfare caseloads above year-ago levels, according to a survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal and the National Conference of State Legislatures. As more people run out of unemployment compensation, many are turning to welfare as a stopgap.
The biggest increases are in states with some of the worst jobless rates. Oregon's count was up 27% in May from a year earlier; South Carolina's climbed 23% and California's 10% between March 2009 and March 2008. A few big states that had seen declining welfare caseloads just a few months ago now are seeing increases: New York is up 1.2%, Illinois 3% and Wisconsin 3.9%. Welfare rolls in a few big states, Michigan and New Jersey among them, still are declining.
The recent rise in welfare families across the country is a sign that the welfare system is expanding at a time of added need, assuaging fears of some critics of Mr. Clinton's welfare overhaul who said the truly needy would be turned away.
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More than half the folks paying no taxes, another 10% on unemployment pay, a huge new number now switching from unemployment to welfare -- a whole lot more going into 'underground' income production to avoid the back breaking taxes on those that are earning money - and boatloads of companies headed overseas for friendlier tax climes.....
Yessirreee Bob - this country is being stimulated...... but then so is a bull with a cattle prod stuck in his butt!! And it ain't pretty, Pilgrims!!!!
Numbers On Welfare See Sharp Increase
By SARA MURRAY
Welfare rolls, which were slow to rise and actually fell in many states early in the recession, now are climbing across the country for the first time since President Bill Clinton signed legislation pledging "to end welfare as we know it" more than a decade ago.
Climbing Caseloads
See the increase in welfare cases for the 30 most populous states, year-over-year.
Looking Back at Welfare Reform
Twenty-three of the 30 largest states, which account for more than 88% of the nation's total population, see welfare caseloads above year-ago levels, according to a survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal and the National Conference of State Legislatures. As more people run out of unemployment compensation, many are turning to welfare as a stopgap.
The biggest increases are in states with some of the worst jobless rates. Oregon's count was up 27% in May from a year earlier; South Carolina's climbed 23% and California's 10% between March 2009 and March 2008. A few big states that had seen declining welfare caseloads just a few months ago now are seeing increases: New York is up 1.2%, Illinois 3% and Wisconsin 3.9%. Welfare rolls in a few big states, Michigan and New Jersey among them, still are declining.
The recent rise in welfare families across the country is a sign that the welfare system is expanding at a time of added need, assuaging fears of some critics of Mr. Clinton's welfare overhaul who said the truly needy would be turned away.
[. . . .]
More than half the folks paying no taxes, another 10% on unemployment pay, a huge new number now switching from unemployment to welfare -- a whole lot more going into 'underground' income production to avoid the back breaking taxes on those that are earning money - and boatloads of companies headed overseas for friendlier tax climes.....
Yessirreee Bob - this country is being stimulated...... but then so is a bull with a cattle prod stuck in his butt!! And it ain't pretty, Pilgrims!!!!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Very interesting development here Pilgrims....
June 17, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Minn. lawmaker vows not to complete Census
Stephen Dinan
EXCLUSIVE:
Outspoken Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann says she's so worried that information from next year's national census will be abused that she will refuse to fill out anything more than the number of people in her household.
In an interview Wednesday morning with The Washington Times "America's Morning News," Mrs. Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, said the questions have become "very intricate, very personal" and she also fears ACORN, the community organizing group that came under fire for its voter registration efforts last year, will be part of the Census Bureau's door-to-door information collection efforts.
"I know for my family the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home," she said. "We won't be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn't require any information beyond that."
Shelly Lowe, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Census Bureau, said Mrs. Bachmann is "misreading" the law.
She sent a portion of the U.S. legal code that says anyone over 18 years of age who refuses to answer "any of the questions" on the census can be fined up to $5,000.
The Constitution requires a census be taken every 10 years. Questions range from number of persons in the household and racial information to employment status and whether anyone receives social services such as food stamps.
Mrs. Bachmann said she's worried about the involvement of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, in next year's census.
"They will be in charge of going door to door and collecting data from the American public," she said. "This is very concerning."
ACORN has applied to help recruit workers to help conduct the census. Republican lawmakers and some public interest groups have expressed concern over their involvement.
ACORN staffers have ben indicted in several states on charges of voter registration fraud stemming from the organization's efforts to register voters last year.
Mrs. Bachmann, who is in her second term in the House, has become a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and liberal talk show hosts for her unapologetic conservative views.
She said she considers that "a badge of honor."
"It's clear when a person speaks out against those policies they become a target, and that should be concerning to everyone," she said.
For more Washington Times news, go to:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/17/exclusive-minn-lawmaker-fears-census-abuse
If I hear more on this Pilgrims, I'll post it in here. I was a Census follow up worker in 2000, and am curious about the conflict between what the Congresswoman says is required and what the census bureau spokesperson said.........
EXCLUSIVE: Minn. lawmaker vows not to complete Census
Stephen Dinan
EXCLUSIVE:
Outspoken Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann says she's so worried that information from next year's national census will be abused that she will refuse to fill out anything more than the number of people in her household.
In an interview Wednesday morning with The Washington Times "America's Morning News," Mrs. Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, said the questions have become "very intricate, very personal" and she also fears ACORN, the community organizing group that came under fire for its voter registration efforts last year, will be part of the Census Bureau's door-to-door information collection efforts.
"I know for my family the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home," she said. "We won't be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn't require any information beyond that."
Shelly Lowe, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Census Bureau, said Mrs. Bachmann is "misreading" the law.
She sent a portion of the U.S. legal code that says anyone over 18 years of age who refuses to answer "any of the questions" on the census can be fined up to $5,000.
The Constitution requires a census be taken every 10 years. Questions range from number of persons in the household and racial information to employment status and whether anyone receives social services such as food stamps.
Mrs. Bachmann said she's worried about the involvement of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, in next year's census.
"They will be in charge of going door to door and collecting data from the American public," she said. "This is very concerning."
ACORN has applied to help recruit workers to help conduct the census. Republican lawmakers and some public interest groups have expressed concern over their involvement.
ACORN staffers have ben indicted in several states on charges of voter registration fraud stemming from the organization's efforts to register voters last year.
Mrs. Bachmann, who is in her second term in the House, has become a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and liberal talk show hosts for her unapologetic conservative views.
She said she considers that "a badge of honor."
"It's clear when a person speaks out against those policies they become a target, and that should be concerning to everyone," she said.
For more Washington Times news, go to:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/17/exclusive-minn-lawmaker-fears-census-abuse
If I hear more on this Pilgrims, I'll post it in here. I was a Census follow up worker in 2000, and am curious about the conflict between what the Congresswoman says is required and what the census bureau spokesperson said.........
NBC News = "Style over substance everytime"
Page Six, of the NY Post, reports that NBC is apparently more concerned with image, than accuracy --:
June 19, 2009 --
THE staff at NBC News isn't younger and hotter than the staffs at other network news operations -- it just seems that way. Sources say that when Brian Williams left his desk to deliver Wednesday's nightly
broadcast from the middle of the newsroom, producers brought in some ringers. "NBC newsroom staffers don't look like Vogue staffers," said one source. "So they asked less attractive, heavier staffers to move seats and allow younger, thinner members of the staff to act as extras." The "extras," including two interns who normally run errands, were told to sit up straight, look busy and keep their computers on the MSNBC Web site. "No porn behind Brian," our source laughed. An NBC rep denied any reality-altering: "The majority of the people seen on the newscast are the same people who are there every night." As for the interns? "They were serving a purpose. They were helping out with the broadcast."
THE staff at NBC News isn't younger and hotter than the staffs at other network news operations -- it just seems that way. Sources say that when Brian Williams left his desk to deliver Wednesday's nightly
broadcast from the middle of the newsroom, producers brought in some ringers. "NBC newsroom staffers don't look like Vogue staffers," said one source. "So they asked less attractive, heavier staffers to move seats and allow younger, thinner members of the staff to act as extras." The "extras," including two interns who normally run errands, were told to sit up straight, look busy and keep their computers on the MSNBC Web site. "No porn behind Brian," our source laughed. An NBC rep denied any reality-altering: "The majority of the people seen on the newscast are the same people who are there every night." As for the interns? "They were serving a purpose. They were helping out with the broadcast." Damn shame when the evening news reckons they have to 'stage' their newsroom instead of sharing it in it's true sense..........
Friday, June 19, 2009
Service might be bad in this Orlando 'burb, but the workers will smell nice....
The Brooksville FL, city council revised their dress code and now instructs employees to observe 'strict personal hygiene' including use of 'deodorant'..
It also lists 'the observable lack of undergarments and exposed undergarments' as unacceptable attire. Further, clothing mus not display foul language, or promote drug use. Further employees clothing shall not be sexually provocative and body piercings anywhere except the ears.
Repeat offenders can be fired.
The city council approved the dress code 4-1. Mayor Joe Bernadini opposed the revision, saying the underwear edict "takes away freedom of choice."
To my way of thinking, drawing a paycheck from the city gob'mint (or not) is a choice! Wonder if they should have included regular bathing...... as well!!
It also lists 'the observable lack of undergarments and exposed undergarments' as unacceptable attire. Further, clothing mus not display foul language, or promote drug use. Further employees clothing shall not be sexually provocative and body piercings anywhere except the ears.
Repeat offenders can be fired.
The city council approved the dress code 4-1. Mayor Joe Bernadini opposed the revision, saying the underwear edict "takes away freedom of choice."
To my way of thinking, drawing a paycheck from the city gob'mint (or not) is a choice! Wonder if they should have included regular bathing...... as well!!
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