You gotta give him credit ..... he is consistant!!!!!!

In case you was to be wondrin', that feller on the far left (w/Richardson and Hellery) is the same one who is runnin' to be President of these United States, but says he don't believe in wearin' a US Flag Lapel pin. Guess he ain't to excited about standin' tall when the National Anthem is played either! Go figure.....

Who is hoodwinkin' who in this Corn Ethanol scam??????

Don't know about you folks, but seems like every time I go down to the store, any product that depends on corn has gone up again! Pork, cheese, milk, beef, and the biggie - Tortillas!

Even a country boy like me could see this comin' with this foolishness over corn Ethanol!

Sooo, aside from how much we is payin' for corn related products......

So. How much does the consumer pay for a gallon of corn ethanol? Let’s sum it up.

Here are some numbers from Financial Sense Editorials.....

"Cost For A Gallon Of Corn Ethanol
Corn Ethanol Futures Market quote for January 2007 Delivery $2.49
Add cost of transporting, storing and blending corn ethanol $0.28
Added cost of making gasoline that can be blended with corn ethanol $0.09
Add cost of subsidies paid to blender $0.51
Total Direct Costs per Gallon $3.37
Added cost from waste $0.40
Added cost from damage to infrastructure and user's engine $0.06
Total Indirect Costs per Gallon $0.46
Added cost of lost energy $1.27
Added cost of food (American family of four) $1.79
Total Social Costs $3.06
Total Cost of Corn Ethanol @ 85% Blend $6.89
These numbers are estimates. We can speculate about the real cost of corn ethanol. It may cost more – or less – than $6.89 per gallon. But the real price we pay for corn ethanol is much higher than the one we see at the filling station."

Did you know it takes more energy to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than that gallon produces?

Go for it Warren...put yer money where yer mouth is....

I should pay more tax, says US billionaire Warren Buffett

(Andrew Clark, for The Guardian, Oct 31st)

The United States' second-richest man has delivered a blunt message to the Bush administration: he wants to pay more tax.
Warren Buffett, the famous investor known as the "Sage of Omaha", has complained that he pays a lower rate of tax than any of his staff - including his receptionist. Mr Buffett, who is worth an estimated $52bn (£25bn), said: "The taxation system has tilted towards the rich and away from the middle class in the last 10 years. It's dramatic; I don't think it's appreciated and I think it should be addressed."

Hotdamn! I've looked and looked and I just can't find any law that says that Mr "I wanna pay more" Buffett can't send in just as many tax dollars as he wants! So whadda ya say ole' pardner, why not send in a few billion bucks of loose change.... Ease yer conscience!

The Grinch that stole Halloween in Iowa...........

Iowa, which apparently never met a tax it's elected folks didn't like, just discovered gold in them thar yeller vegetables.......

Eaters are savers, while carvers are payers, Iowa says

Iowa's new policy taxing pumpkins that will be used as decorations is squashing growers' spirits.
Ken Fuson, Register Staff Writer
The Iowa Department of Revenue, often accused of trying to squeeze blood out of turnips, is now searching for pennies in pumpkins.A new department policy this year has made Halloween jack-o'-lanterns subject to the state sales tax, and many Iowa pumpkin growers are feeling tricked.Is there room in the patch for both the Great Pumpkin and the tax man on this Halloween night?"I don't mind paying taxes, but let's get real here, people," said Bob Kautz, owner of the Buffalo Pumpkin Patch in Buffalo, Ia., about eight miles west of Davenport.Kautz was one of the few Iowa pumpkin sellers willing to talk publicly Tuesday about the new policy, which was published in the revenue department's September newsletter.

Renee Mulvey, the department's spokeswoman, said officials decided that pumpkins are used primarily for Halloween decorations, not food, and should be taxed. Previously, they had been considered an edible squash and exempted from the tax.As a result, the department ruled that pumpkins are taxable if they are advertised for use as jack-o'-lanterns or decorations, or if it's understood that they will be used for that purpose.Iowans planning to eat pumpkins can still get an exemption from the sales tax, if they fill out the "Iowa Sales Tax Exemption Certificate" form. Pumpkins also are exempt if they are of the specific variety used to make pies and are advertised that way. Pumpkins purchased with food stamps also are exempt."We made the change because we wanted the sales tax law to match what we thought the predominant use was," Mulvey said. "We thought the predominant use was for decorations or jack-o'-lanterns."

Danny Carroll, who owns Carroll's Pumpkin Farm in Grinnell with his wife, Joy, said he didn't see the newsletter because "we were working day and night to get open," so he was unaware of the policy change.Carroll said he will have to pay the sales tax out of profits. "Essentially, they just reduced our income by 6 percent," he said. "It's too bad, but it's not surprising."

Guess now we know why your Momma tole' you not to play with your food!!

L.O.S.T. should get LOST!!!!......

A stealth effort in the United States Senate is moving us toward some kind of agreement with the Law of the Sea Treaty! This Kyoto type treaty turns over all of the historical open ocean rights that we and the rest of the world have enjoyed to........THE UNITED NATIONS!

Yessir... that same organization that played such a large role in the Iraqi Oil scams! The same lash up that has it's employees rapin' and extorting poor folks down in Africa! And I ain't even gonna mention that it's the same organization that just voted LIBYA A SEAT ON THE SIXTEEN MEMBER SECURITY COUNCIL! Yep that one!

This Law of the Seat Treaty will give the U.N. TAXING AUTHORITY. Let me repeat that in case it buzzed by yore head - the U.N. will be able to levy taxes on countries - can you say the USA?

I'm gonna plug a couple of articles below that are pretty well written! Take a minute and check 'em out.... call your Senator and ask how he/she stands on this treaty and why? No time to sit on your hands Buckaroos!

That "One World Gov'mint" just keeps on rollin' towards us folks!

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23107

http://www.cei.org/pdf/6151.pdf

If this don't make you pull that red hankie square out...

...... you've already passed on!

Follow along with the words!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/singingman7/TNOTW.htm

Trinity Tigers devour Millsaps on last bite!!!!

In one unbelievable last play Saturday, the Texas Trinity Tigers did the unbelievable and not only ran out the clock, they won the ball game too! You got to see it to believe it Buckaroos!

Just click right here and start countin'!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L2_lbqw7sd8

A Whole New Meaning to "Hook 'em Horns!"....

"Allen Beckett, 53, was charged with assault in Oklahoma City because, in June, he had allegedly become enraged at a patron who had entered Henry Hudson's Pub wearing a University of Texas T-shirt. Eventually, the two men brawled, during which time Beckett grabbed the man's crotch and would not let go until he tore the scrotum, requiring more than 60 stitches." [Daily Oklahoman, 8-23-07]

Guess they got a strong dress code in the Henry Hudson Pub in Oklahoma City!!!

Edwards calls hisself "most electable"....

Poor little Johnny Edwards, he gained his wealth by taking from the rich and giving to his own self. Now wants taxpayers to 'sacrifice' even more. Here's a guy that decided not to run for a second term 'cause he was told by his own folks he couldn't win and yet he's got the chutzpah to go out on the stump and say:

Edwards billed himself as a "rare combination": The most progressive of the major candidates as well as "the most electable." He pointed to the fact that he was elected to the Senate from a "red state" and that he comes from a rural area, two factors that he said prove his electability.

Did I miss something or did he not even carry his own state when he was on the ticket for Veep?

I tell you what Pilgrims, with Hellary's promise of $5000 to every baby (illegal or not), $1000 into everybodys 401K program, Obama's promises, and now Johnny (the Breck Girl) Edwards' promises of free college, free housing ... this place is gonna get plumb expensive for the rest of us. I ain't even gonna talk about Charley Rangels "Mother of all Tax Hikes" that he is now proposing even before the election.....

Hellary wins another poll.... truly scary......

(AP reports) Once again, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads in a poll. This time, she was top choice when people were asked which major 2008 presidential candidate would make the scariest Halloween costume.
Asked about costume choices, 37 percent in an Associated Press-Ipsos survey this month chose New York Sen. Clinton, the front-runner among Democratic presidential contenders. Fourteen percent selected former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who leads Republicans in national polls.

Shazam!! I been savin' this pic for two weeks, jest know'n something would happen to give me a chance to toss it in this mix! Life is good! Happy Halloween children!

About those "call centre's" in far off countries.....

Had a friend up San Angelo way get to feelin' poorly the last few months. When he got really depressed, he took it on hisself to call one of those 1-800 "LifeLines".

Turned out the service had been outsourced and he was talking to a call taker in a call centre in Pakistan - and when he told the gal that answered that he was not only depressed, but that he was feelin' plumb suicidal --

She got her manager on the line, all excited kinda, and they wanted to know if he knew how to drive a truck or fly an airplane.........

Trust me on this one!

Help, Sombody Help this country of ours .....QUICK!!

Feds Strike ID Deal Over NY LicensesNew York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (left) speaks at a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Saturday in Washington. Homeland Security officials struck a deal with New York to create new driver's licenses that will be more secure for U.S. citizens but also still allow undocumented aliens to get state licenses. Associated Press photo by Kevin Wolf

I tell you what.... Them folks back on East coast have got to be drinkin' too much of them Frenchified bottled waters! They're startin' to sound like them San Francisco sissies! What the hell is so hard to understand about the term "ILLEGAL ALIEN"? How can a government agency, New York in this case, issue a dadgummed government identification document to someone who is breaking federal laws just BY STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM!
Followin' this line of thought, I reckon if John Gotti, the Mafia dude, had escaped from his federal hotel before he died, as long as he made it over the fence ---- he'd be home safe, and able to get a drivers license in his home state - New York!
And if that don't knock your hat in the creek, 'splain to me how come the Secretary of Homeland Security is a noddin' and a smilin' and agreeing to it all?? Ain't it time to ask him to turn in his badge and sixgun??????

You just can't make up stuff better'n this..............

...Ain't politics grand?

Meet Jesse Jackson's New Staff Member: Mel Reynolds

Jesse Jackson has added former Chicago Democrat Congressman Mel Reynolds to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's payroll. Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's last-minute forgiveness spree. Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal Election Commission He is more notorious, however, for concurrently serving five years for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer. This is a first in American politics: An ex-congressman who had sex with a subordinate...won clemency from a president who had sex with a subordinate...then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a subordinate.

His new job? Ready for this? YOUTH COUNSELOR !!

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?

Find this hard to believe? Check out Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/reynolds.asp

Y'all have heard me rant and rave about voter fraud......

Well lookee here in my own home state of Texas.... !

(Remember to hit that little left arrow to come back here and not that little red "x"!)

Click here: YouTube - Texas Legislation

Ain't that the damnedest thing you ever did see. Who said; "You get the government you pay for!", we damn sure paid for more than this...........! I don't care what state you are from, you should by God demand to see the voting record of that tax stealing rascal you are paying to represent you! Shazaam!!

Yeah, that's my hard working State Senator Van De Putte in the Good Humor Uniform, hard at work! Last time she voted for something that I agreed with, Ted Kennedy skipped Happy Hour! Not!

Bless her chubby little heart.......

Navy Welcomes USS William J Clinton to the fleet....

Pictured above: The USS William Jefferson Clinton (CVS1) set sail today from its home port of Vancouver , BC. The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Bill Clinton 'for his foresight in military budget cuts' and his conduct while president.

The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots. It boasts an arsenal comprised of one (unarmed) F14 Tomcat, which, although it cannot be launched or captured on the 100 foot flight deck, forms a very menacing presence. As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board. The 20 person crew is completely diversified, including members of all races, creeds, sex, and sexual orientation.

This crew, like the crew aboard the USS Jimmy Carter, is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs!An onboard Type One DNC Universal Translator can send out messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find America offensive. The number of apologies are limitless and though some may sound hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises that all apologies will sound very sincere. The ship's purpose is not defined so much as a unit of national defense, but instead in times of conflict the USS Clinton has orders to seek refuge in Canada .

The ship may be positioned near the Democratic National Party Headquarters for photo-ops and can be used extensively for social experimentation and whatever other worthless jobs the ex-commander-in-chief and his wife can think of.

It is largely rumored that the ship will also be the set for the upcoming season of MTV's The Real World. The ship was renamed and commissioned 'USS William J Clinton' when someone realized the 'USS Blowfish' was already taken

Ole Pecozbill ain't sayin' a word, just reportin' the news as come out!!

Senate passed a seven year Internet Tax moritorium....

Hot Damn! The Congress is actually doin' somethin' !!

Senate's Internet tax legislation makes changes to the House bill that are intended to protect e-mail messages and instant messaging from usage taxes
By Grant Gross, IDG News ServiceOctober 26, 2007

The U.S. Senate has passed legislation that would extend a moratorium on Internet access taxes for seven years, giving supporters hope that an extension will be signed into law before the current moratorium expires Nov. 1.

The Senate late Thursday passed the seven-year extension on a voice vote. The moratorium would extend the ban on Internet-only taxes, such as access and "bit" taxes on information as it travels through a taxing jurisdiction. The Senate passed an amended version of a House of Representatives bill, the awkwardly named Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act.
The House passed a four-year Internet tax moratorium earlier this month. The two chambers will have to reconcile the two versions of the moratorium before sending the legislation to U.S. President George Bush to be signed.
The Senate's seven-year extension represented a compromise between a group of senators, many of whom opposed an extension in the past, who wanted a four-year ban, and a second group that wanted a permanent ban.

Makes ya plumb proud to know that Congress can actually do sompin! Course it ain't a done deal yet. Ain't it strange we got to have a Federal law to keep our local taxin' dudes out of our face and out of our pockets......

When is alarming................NOT !!!

Ole' Pecoz came across this report in yesterdays London Daily Mail......

Human race will 'split into two different species'

By Niall Firth
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.
100,000 years into the future, sexual selection could mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.
The alarming prediction comes from evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000.

Well now, I get plumb alarmed when a drunk driver is weavin' down the road, and a little alarmed when a new Congress convenes. I even get alarmed when my car don't start on the first try ---- but I'll be damned if I can get excited about the possibility of a human subspecies 100,000 years from now! I don't even buy green bananas.... (sorry 'bout that old chestnut)

Kind of makes a guy wonder who pays for these reports, why this theorist couldn't come up with some theory that might help the folks on this planet in this century, why they wasted ink and newspaper space? Also kinda wonder, who is gonna keep notes and grade this fella on his predictions in the year A.D. 102,007?

For those of you who are younger'n I am and are worried about the year 102,007, here is the link to the article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=489653&in_page_id=1965

You don't reckon he's trying to sell car insurance.....

....... to that praying mantis.... do you??

Atlanta's water shortage is a case of woulda - shoulda....

....coulda started solving this problem years ago when it was recognised!

Atlanta's Growing Thirst Creates Water War
By DOUGLAS JEHL
It has all the elements of a classic regional water war, pitting developers against environmentalists and state against state. Yet this battle is gripping not the parched Southwest, but the normally verdant Southeast, in a sign of future clashes around the country over an increasingly limited supply of fresh water.

Atlanta and its swelling suburbs, still ballooning with growth, rely for nearly all their water on the Chattahoochee River, a relative trickle of a waterway that is the smallest to supply so large an American city.

Until now, that dependence has not been a problem. Even in the last 10 years, as greater Atlanta's population soared nearly 40 percent, the withdrawals from the Chattahoochee have kept pace, with more than 400 million gallons now sucked from the river and a reservoir every day, helping to keep countless suburban lawns green.
But for the first time, Atlanta is being forced to admit that the current pattern cannot be sustained. That theme is at the heart of a dispute among Georgia, Alabama and Florida about dividing water rights for the next half-century, and it has left Atlanta to ponder what to do when its share of the Chattahoochee runs out.
With a June 17 deadline approaching for the governors of the three states to reach a deal, the dispute pits the growing thirst of Atlanta against the needs of downstream regions, including Apalachicola Bay, a pristine estuary on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida.
The decisions at hand may be the toughest on water that the Southeast has yet had to make, marking an end to an era in which abundant, cheap and barely regulated water has been seen as a kind of natural right in a region blessed by 50 inches of rain a year.
''In the past, water barely even entered into our calculations,'' said J. T. Williams, chairman of Killearn Inc., whose developments have added thousands of golf-course and clubhouse-community houses to the Atlanta area in recent years, with thousands more under way. But now, Mr. Williams said, ''It's getting a little nervous for people in the development industry.''
Georgia officials insist that they do not expect Atlanta to reach a real day of water reckoning until 2030, when they have projected that demands on the Chattahoochee will reach a maximum sustainable limit. But a recent draft report by the Army Corps of Engineers suggests that in some months, the Chattahoochee may already be being tapped near capacity, a warning particularly alarming to Atlanta because its history and geology have left it with few good water alternatives.

You probably reckon that article was published this week, don't you? Wrong! It was printed in the New York Times May 27, 2002! Over five years ago! Ain't it a damn shame that politicians don't want to face infrastructure problems that they can't put a brass plaque on with their names inscribed.... "Let the next guy in office worry about it!"

(See also Ole Pecoz's posting in here; "Infrastructure? Where is the Glory?" July 21, '07)

Do something different for Holloween this year.....

Lizzie Borden took an ax

And gave her mother forty whacks

When she saw what she had done

She gave her father forty-one!

Why not treat your loved one to a special Halloween night out this year. Lizzie Borden's home, just outside Boston, is now a Bed & Breakfast open to the public. But check those suitcases and make sure your traveling partner didn't pack an axe!!

Here's a link: http://www.lizzie-borden.com/Default.aspx

Ain't it great when a Congressman stands up on his hind legs.....

and calls a spade - a spade! And calls a liberal Senator who abets criminal activity, as in illegally entering the country, a law breaker! From USA Daily:

Tancredo accuses Senator Durban of “aiding and abetting illegal aliens"
Maple Brown
10/24/2007

Presidential candidate and Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo blasted Senator Dick Durbin for what Tancredo says is “aiding and abetting illegal aliens” at his press conference yesterday on the DREAM Act. Tancredo turned in Senator Durban’s event yesterday to immigration authorities for hosting the event in conjunction with discussion of the DREAM Act where illegal aliens were reported to be attending.

Tancredo said yesterday, “I call on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to detain any illegal aliens at this press conference. Just because these illegal aliens are being used for political gain doesn’t mean they get immunity from the law.”“If we can’t enforce our laws inside the building where American laws are made, where can we enforce them?”Today Tom Tancredo stepped up the rhetoric “Dick Durbin, by his own admission, brought in students who benefit from the DREAM Act for political gain,” said Tancredo. “Dick can split all the hairs he wants, but we all know the DREAM Act is designed to do one thing: benefit illegal aliens.”

“Of course, I don’t expect Dick Durbin to be able to tell the difference between legal residents and illegal aliens – after all, this is a man who has already demonstrated that he can’t differentiate between American servicemen and the genocidal foot soldiers of the Khmer Rouge,” Tancredo said.Tancredo was referring to the comments Durbin made on the Senate floor in 2005. The Senator said:"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings,"

Tancredo then extended an invitation to tutor Durban on the difference between American soldiers and Nazi’s, and Soviets along with legal residents and illegal aliens.Tancredo alerted the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency yesterday regarding Durbin’s 3:00 PM meeting. No charges have been brought against Durban or anyone associated with the event.

Shucks, why ain't I surprised by that last sentence!

Didn't your Momma ever tell you.....

..not to let folks catch you pick'n your nose??

Well here's a good reason why! The whole world is watchin'!

America dodged another bullet from the "DREAM" team....

.... of Turban Durbin and Dingey Harry yesterday in the Senate. Thanks in large part to eight Democrat Senators who have had their eyes opened by their constituents. And sadly, with no thanks to my own Texas Senator Hutchinson --- who is leaving the Senate after this term and has started listening to a different drummer then us Voting Texans. Keep your powder dry Pardners, they'll be back and back and back again!

Mean while, here is my pick for best parody of the whole dream, shamnesty folderall!

These illegal ole boys and gals didn't get the memo......

from Turban Durbin and Dingey Harry Reid that says; "Play Nice! We are 'DREAMing' of making y'all legal - doncha know!

Six illegal immigrants arrested at Qualcomm
San Diego:
Six undocumented Mexican immigrants were arrested today by U.S. Border Patrol agents at Qualcomm Stadium, after a report that they were stealing food and water meant for evacuees, according to spokesman Damon Foreman. San Diego police responded to a call about alleged theft from the evacuation center and encountered six people in a van who didn't speak English and didn't have California driver's licenses, Foreman said. The police officers called the Border Patrol, who arrived at the stadium and made the arrests, he said. Foreman said the immigrants admitted they were Mexican citizens and that they were stealing.
Border Patrol agents are not looking for illegal immigrants at the center but will continue responding to police calls for assistance.
"We are not in any means at Qualcomm for enforcement capacity," he said. "We are not there to take advantage of a situation."Foreman said the agents have been helping in the evacuation and rescue effort in addition to carrying out their main duties. "We are dedicated to our primary mission to securing our borders," he said.
-- Anna Gorman (LA Times)

Some editor is gonna get his hand slapped, he let that word "illegal" slip by in the headline even though he corrected it to "undocumented" in the first line.Tsk Tsk!

Her pot runneth over...........

Woman charged with swearing at toilet

A Pennsylvania woman is facing a jail sentence after she was arrested for shouting profanities at an overflowing toilet.
Dawn Herb was inside her own home in West Scranton when her neighbour, a police officer, heard her swearing through an open window.
He asked her to "keep it down" and, when that did not work, called police colleagues who came out and charged her with disorderly conduct.
Ms Herb is now facing up to 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $300.00, reports The Times-Tribune.
She said: "It doesn't make any sense. I was in my house. It's not like I was outside or drunk. A cop can charge you with disorderly conduct for disrespecting them?"
Although she doesn't recall exactly what she said, she admitted she was frustrated with her overflowing toilet and let a few choice words fly.
"The toilet was overflowing and leaking down into the kitchen and I was yelling for my daughter to get the mop," she said.
Mary Catherine Roper, of the American Civil Liberties Union, said Ms Herb would have a strong case in court.
"You can't prosecute somebody for swearing at a cop or a toilet," she said.
"We bring one of these cases a year and sue some police departments because they do not remember that they are not the language police."

If the daughter was dancin' away to the sound of her boom box ir iPod, I imagine there were a few "%$&#@%" 's left over for her as well!

It's been floating around the Internet for a while....

...but dangnabbit, I just love it so much I got to print it one more time!

A grade school teacher in upstate New York, asked her class how many of them are 'Hillary fans'.Not really knowing what a Hillary fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raised their hands except one boy.The teacher asked Johnny why he has decided to be different.Johnny says, "I'm not a Hillary fan."

The teacher says, "Why aren't you a Hillary fan?"Johnny says, "I'm a George Bush fan."The teacher asks why he's a George Bush fan.The boy says, "Well, my mom's a George Bush fan and my dad's a George Bush fan, so I'm a George Bush fan!"

The teacher asks, "If your mom was a moron and your dad was an idiot , what would that make you?" So Johnny replies, "That would make me a Hillary fan."

They die in uniform so these folks can protest....

What other country in the world has had so many brave young men and women volunteer and make that ultimate sacrifice so that the least of us, can protest their very existence?

N.Y. State Senate Sticks it to Spitzer!!!

Them Yankee's still got a little fire in their britches after all! After their ultra-liberal Dem Governor Spitzer guaranteed a NY State Driver's License to every illegal alien in the state, the State Senate "Socked it to 'im!"

SENATE OKAYS BILL STOPPING DRIVERS’ LICENSES FOR ILLEGALS
Monday, October 22, 2007
The New York State Senate has passed legislation that would stop Governor Spitzer’s plan to issue drivers licenses to illegal aliens by requiring a social security number or proof of authorized presence in the United States to obtain a New York State drivers' license or non-driver identification card."The public is united that the governor is wrong on his plan to give drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants," said Senator James L. Seward. "It was done in secret without consulting the legislature or the county clerks who have to administer the program, and it sends a terrible message about the rule of law in America. This is about our security, and closing a loophole created by the governor.""I have never seen such strong and united opposition to a proposal by the governor," Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno said. "Governor Spitzer’s plan to give drivers licenses to illegal aliens has incensed New Yorkers in every part of the State and every political party because they see the threat it would pose to public safety and security.

The governor insists on moving forward with this plan, but today the senate will act on legislation to stop it. I urge the assembly to pass this bill to send a clear message to the governor that he should drop this plan."The legislation (S.6484) approved by the senate would require applicants for drivers' licenses or non-driver identification cards to submit social security numbers. When a social security number cannot be provided, the applicant must demonstrate he is ineligible to get a number and provide satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law.

This ain't but one battle in a long war to keep this great Country ours... so I hope all you folks will stand guard and keep an eye on that NY Assembly and the rest of the country to prevent these treasonous acts made in the name of "goodness"!

Time to pick up those phones. Folks!!!

Ole Pecoz urges each of you to support Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), John Sununu (R-N.H.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in their drive to enact a permanent ban on Internet taxes. You know your elected folks at the State and Local levels are plumb droolin' to impose taxes on your Internet communications... It's too deep a well not to dip their wicks in!!!

Last week, the House passed a bill that would extend the existing moratorium on Internet taxes until 2011, and the Senate is scheduled to take up legislation this week. Sens. McCain, Sununu, and Wyden are pushing Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to allow a vote on making the ban on Internet taxes permanent. This is a vote that deserves to go forward.

Congress wisely decided some years ago that Internet access and commerce should not be encumbered with multiple state and local taxes. Due in no small part to this decision, the Internet and e-commerce have thrived. Today, approximately 70 percent of the U.S. population uses the Internet, and it has become a vital engine for economic growth.

While extending the Internet tax moratorium is better than letting it lapse, it leaves the door open for eventual taxation and creates a climate of uncertainty for individuals and businesses that rely on the Internet. Enacting a permanent ban will provide much-needed consumer and business confidence and help keep our economy robust and strong.

I urge you to support any effort to make the Internet tax ban permanent. But when you call your Senators -- mention S-156 in particular -- that bill makes the moratorium permanent so we ain't got to go through this every four years!

You know you've been watching too much television when......

.....you shoot your own self just to prove a point!!!

A 55-year-old man in Fall River County, S.D., was killed in August when he accidentally shot himself in the stomach. According to police, he was attempting to show friends that a key point in a recent CSI television show was wrong (that is, according to the script, a victim could not physically have managed to shoot herself in the stomach). [Dakota Radio Group (Pierre)-AP, 8-6-07]

Maybe girls are built different??? On the other hand, do ya reckon maybe Darwin still has a hand in cleansing the gene pool among us human folk??

There are still grown-ups with a sense of humor in politics...

Witness what just happened in Souix City, Iowa.

AP has reported:

"After fight, airport embraces SUX code
Mon Oct 22, 7:34 AM ET
City leaders have scrapped plans to do away with the Sioux Gateway Airport's unflattering three-letter identifier — SUX — and instead have made it the centerpiece of the airport's new marketing campaign.
The code, used by pilots and airports worldwide and printed on tickets and luggage tags, will be used on T-shirts and caps sporting the airport's new slogan, "FLY SUX." It also forms the address of the airport's redesigned Web site — http://www.flysux.com.
Sioux City officials petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to change the code in 1988 and 2002. At one point, the FAA offered the city five alternatives — GWU, GYO, GYT, SGV and GAY — but airport trustees turned them down.
Airport board member Dave Bernstein proposed embracing the identifier.
"Let's make the best of it," Bernstein said. "I think we have the opportunity to turn it into a positive."
He noted that many airports, including some of the busiest, have forgettable three-letter codes.
"I've got buddies that I went to college with in different cities that can't even remember their own birthdays, but they all know the Sioux City designator — SUX," he said.
Mayor Craig Berenstein, who in 2002 described SUX as an "embarrassment" to the city, said he views the new slogan as a "cute little way" to make light of the situation."

Ain't it great! Most cities would have declared themselves "victims" and demand a new name, reparations, a new airport, an apology, and shown a starving baby that was traumatized and refused to suckle! Good on Ya Guys!

Not to mention this saves "GAY" for use by San Francisco Airport........

Alfred Hitchcok predicted this might happen....

From the Boston Globe:

"Turkeys take to cities, towns
By Keith O'Brien,
BROOKLINE - On a recent afternoon, Kettly Jean-Felix parked her car on Beacon Street in Brookline, fed the parking meter, wheeled around to go to the optician and came face to face with a wild turkey.
The turkey eyed Jean-Felix. Jean-Felix eyed the turkey. It gobbled. She gasped. Then the turkey proceeded to follow the Dorchester woman over the Green Line train tracks, across the street, through traffic, and all the way down the block, pecking at her backside as she went.
"This is so scary," Jean-Felix said, finally taking refuge inside Cambridge Eye Doctors in Brookline's bustling Washington Square. "I cannot explain it."
Notify the neighbors: The turkeys are spreading through suburbia. Wild turkeys, once eliminated in Massachusetts, are flourishing from Plymouth to Concord and - to the surprise of some wildlife officials - making forays into densely populated suburban and urban areas, including parts of Boston, Cambridge and, most recently, Brookline.
Some Brookline residents have welcomed the birds, happy to see wildlife strolling amid the nannies with $300 strollers and Trader Joe's shoppers. But many others worry what the keen-eyed, sometimes ornery birds might do, prompting as many as a dozen calls to the police department every day.
"Some people are getting very upset," said Brookline police animal control officer Pierre Verrier. "One of the biggest things is, they're afraid. They don't want the turkeys to get hurt. And the other thing is, they're afraid of the turkeys around their children. They don't know what they'll do."
As such, Brookline police issued a statement last month, telling residents what they should - or should not - do if they meet a wild turkey in town. The basic advice: stay away from the turkeys. But still, people keep calling police headquarters to report the strangest sight: Turkeys in downtown Brookline."

Apparently, wildlife folks have been working hard to increase the population of wild turkeys for the last twenty years in Massachusetts. They never predicted that they would adopt to urban living... these Toms stand four feet high and weigh twenty pounds.....

Don't know why they're surprised, seems like there has been some big old turkeys wandering the streets of Boston and Nantucket for years..... gobble - gobble!

Now there is more than 20, ooo of the turkeys -- no, not Kennedy politicians drinking Wild Turkey and chasin' women, real wild turkeys chasin' women!!

Fighter Pilot hand-eye coordination test?????

Ole Pecoz ain't gonna swear to it but I heard a rumor that this is actually used somewhere along the line...

Subject: Test for pilots

The object of the game is to move the red block around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls.
If you can go longer than 18 seconds you are phenomenal.
It's been said that the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots.
They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes.
Delta Airlines uses it too! Give it a try, but be careful...it is addictive!!

Click on Air Force Test

Two minutes --- my a**!!!!!!!

Oct 22-26 - Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.....

Put Islamo-Fascism into the college curriculum

Six years after 9/11 we are engaged in a global conflict in which we cannot name the enemy who has attacked us. The President has described the war we are in as a “war on terror.” But terror is only a tactic used by many. Our enemies are Islamo-fascists. They are religious fanatics who, as the President has said, “are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions, by abandoning every value except the will to power, they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism.” Yet even the President cannot use the word “Islamo-fascist” because civil rights groups like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) complain that that is “Islamo-phobic.” CAIR is itself an arm of the Islamo-fascist movement, having been created by the Muslim Brotherhood – the fountain-head of al-Qaeda and the jihad against us – and the terrorist Palestinian organization, Hamas.
What would World War II have been like if every time we described our enemies as “Nazis,” a German civil rights group complained that we were “Germanophobes” and our leaders caved to their demands? Yet that is precisely the situation we presently face. We cannot name the enemy and we cannot study him.
Six years after 9/11, not a single Middle Eastern Studies Department in the United States offers a course on Islamo-Fascism or Islam and Fascism, although the founders of the modern jihad Hassan al-Banna and Sayd Qutb were both admirers of Hitler as are the current rulers of Iran. Yet without studying the movement that threatens us, we cannot possibly be equipped to defend ourselves adequately.

I can't make this stuff up.....

Just like Duke University didn't have enough problems with it's human relations problems, now they are getting all the conservationists and tree huggers on their case... Forrest Gump wouldn't do this......

Fake turf watered as supplies dry up
Hockey fields need soaking, officials say; Duke coach: We conserve at home
Anne Blythe, Staff Writer

It's not even real grass.
But in the midst of what may be the worst drought ever in North Carolina, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are watering the synthetic turfs used by their field hockey teams.
The International Hockey Federation insists.
The universities are not breaking any rules. But like clockwork, as residents in Durham and Chapel Hill see their plants and lawns wither, the sprinklers go on at the UNC-CH Francis E. Henry Stadium and at Duke's Williams Field.
Brad Schnurr, a Chapel Hill contractor who does work in Durham, saw the sprinklers go on one afternoon recently at Duke and drove around the block to make sure he was not seeing things.
"Sprinklers aren't even the right term, they're like fire hoses," Schnurr said. "I was like, 'What is that? What is that?' I couldn't believe it."
The International Hockey Federation requires the college teams to saturate the synthetic turfs before each practice and all games.
It's not just the way the ball bounces, athletics officials say, although field hockey balls do bounce better on saturated fields. When the turf is wet, coaches add, field hockey players have better grip on the surface and report fewer injuries.
Beth Bozman, Duke's field hockey coach, said she understood why passers-by could get all worked up over sprinklers going full blast amid conservation pleas.

For the rest of the story:http://www.newsobserver.com/weather/drought/v-print/story/742218.html

You college football fans will understand.....

There ain't much that James Carville, the "Ragin' Cajun", former punter for Bubba Clinton, has said that I agree with...! However his quote in Sports Illustrated last week is sure one that I can sign on to!!!

'The BCS (Bowl Championship Series) is like the Electoral College -- a convoluted way to pick a winner. The Electoral College was a bad idea thought up by great men trying to do a noble thing. The BCS is a stupid idea thought up by intellectual midgets trying to protect greedy college presidents."

On second thought, I only agree with that part of the comment related to the BCS. The Electoral College system has worked pretty well for a plan devised by rookie statesmen in a new country two and a half centuries ago.......

Excuse me, but am I the only one to notice.....

.... that the big story of the weekend, a 36 year old, conservative Republican of color won the Governor's seat in the State of Louisiana in a walk (the first time since Reconstruction) and it was buried in the back pages of every liberal paper , and barely mentioned in the news reports of main stream media!! What does this tell us about these so called news outlets?
Do you reckon that if he was a liberal Democrat, of color - the story placement might have been different?

A truly definitive definition ....

On his blog, Captain's Quarters, Ed Morrissey nailed the difference between conservatives and liberals. Regarding the infamous letter that Dingy Harry Reid and 40 Demo senators sent to Rush Limbaugh's CEO, and that Rush auctioned off for $2.1 million and then matched with his own money, I am not going to change a word:

Harry Reid And The Senate 41 Demonstrate The Difference Between Liberals And Conservatives
"Sometimes a comment gets to the heart of a matter so clearly that I find it irresistible for its own post. Yesterday, in the Harry Reid/Rush Limbaugh thread, CapQ commenter PackerBronco observed that the entire story arc of the letter and its auction showed a clear difference between liberals and conservatives:
The conservative thinks of a free-market way of raising private funds to aid a worthwhile causes and backs his commitment with his own money.
The liberal asks other people to donate funds, doesn't donate any of his own money, and tries to take credit for the generosity of others.
Now granted, the Republicans in Congress in 2001-2006 managed to look a lot like the latter than the former, but we're hoping they learned their lesson after the last election. In terms of actual governing policy, as we have seen in this Congress, liberals don't ask for money -- they tax for money, and try to take credit for personal compassion while the bill gets paid by others. We've certainly seen that dynamic often enough, including on Thursday, when Democrats valiantly attempted to take money from the poor and working-class who mostly make up the ranks of cigarette smokers and give the money to middle-class families as health-insurance subsidies.
In the meantime, Senator Reid still hasn't announced any contribution of his own to the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Fund, despite trying to take credit for Rush Limbaugh's fundraising efforts and Rush's own personal contribution. Neither have any of his 40 co-signers. It appears PackerBronco has analyzed it quite correctly.
Posted by Ed Morrissey on October 20, 2007 7:43 AM "

If you missed Dingy Harry Reid's performance (speech?) on the floor of the Senate Friday morning, you missed the most unbelievable display of cheap chutzpah of the year.....! The man gives new meaning to "no class".........!

(Note - you can link to Captain'sQuarters over there in my favorite links)

Help find a good home for this doggie.....

Dog For Sale: OR free to good home. Answers to the name of Dolly.

Excellent guard dog.Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more illegal aliens, thieves, murderers, rapists or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat.

Most of them knew him as ' holy sh*t!! ' or 'Carramba!!'

Your help will be appreciated.

If Washington won't lead, maybe it ought to get the hell out of the way.......

States in rebellion

October 21, 2007 Ernest Istook -

Once again, the states are rebelling against Washington. Fed up with dithering in D.C., states are proving enforcement works. Enforcement not only can prevent illegal immigration, but actually reverse it. Illegal immigrants by the tens of thousands are leaving states that have adopted tough new laws — Colorado, Georgia, Arizona and now Oklahoma.

Local efforts are being launched too quickly to count, involving more than 100 communities so far. When denied jobs or public benefits, many illegals return to Mexico. Others move within the United States to areas with local amnesty policies. That migration may spark a new outcry from citizens in amnesty cities. Left-leaning groups are on the move, too, flocking to the courts in efforts to block state and local enforcement.

Only Congress is standing still — except for back-sliding efforts to push more back-door amnesty. Details of state and local laws vary, but the impact is consistent. Typically, they deny public benefits to illegal immigrants and try to make sure employers don't hire them. Oklahoma's law kicks in soon — Nov. 1 — and Hispanic leaders claim 25,000 illegals have already departed the Sooner State. Businesses that catered to them say their sales are down 20 percent. They're backing a lawsuit challenging the new crackdown. But the crackdown is a gain for taxpayers. Estimates show illegal immigrants cost Oklahoma taxpayers $200 million a year, mostly for education and health care.

Arizona's new employer sanctions don't start until Jan. 1. A half-million undocumented people supposedly await the outcome of court challenges, but the Arizona Republic still reports the outmigration already tops 100 per day. Due to Georgia's new law, businesses with an illegal alien customer base have seen sales drop as much as 40 percent. And money wired from Georgia to Mexico and Central America declined. Similar sales drops are reported elsewhere.

For the full Washington Times article, go to: http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071021/COMMENTARY/110210024/1012/COMMENTARY

Now if only the New Orleans voters had been as smart as the rest of Louisiana's and ousted their mayor...

Jindal Wins Louisiana Governor's Race

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents.
Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, had 53 percent with 625,036 votes with about 92 percent of the vote tallied. It was more than enough to win Saturday's election outright and avoid a Nov. 17 runoff.
"My mom and dad came to this country in pursuit of the American dream. And guess what happened. They found the American Dream to be alive and well right here in Louisiana," he said to cheers and applause at his victory party.

(AP) Louisiana Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal, his wife Supriya and son Shaan Robert,...Full Image"I'm asking all of our supporters to get behind our new governor," Georges said in a concession speech.
The Oxford-educated Jindal had lost the governor's race four years ago to Gov. Kathleen Blanco. He won a congressional seat in conservative suburban New Orleans a year later but was widely believed to have his eye on the governor's mansion.
Blanco opted not to run for re-election after she was widely blamed for the state's slow response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
"My administration has begun readying for this change and we look forward to helping with a smooth transition," she said in a prepared statement. "I want to thank the people of Louisiana for the past four years, though there is still much work to do in my last few months as your governor."
When he takes office in January, Jindal will become the nation's youngest governor in office. He pledged to fight corruption and rid the state of those "feeding at the public trough," revisiting a campaign theme.
"They can either go quietly or they can go loudly, but either way, they will go," he said, adding that he would call the Legislature into special session to address ethics reform.
Political analysts said Jindal built up support as a sort of "buyer's remorse" from people who voted for Blanco last time and had second thoughts about that decision. Blanco was widely criticized for the state's response to Hurricane Katrina and she announced months ago that she would not seek re-election.
"I think the Jindal camp, almost explicitly, (wanted) to cast it this way: If you were able to revote, who would you vote for?" said Pearson Cross, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette political scientist.

First read the article and then contemplate the question that follows.....

California: Jurors award $80k to quadriplegic man “hung” by cops

Source: AP News;

“Jurors ruled the city of Pasadena must pay $80,000 to a quadriplegic man who sued because police officers allegedly jerked him out of his wheelchair and hung him upside down to search him. Cornell Greathouse sued the city and four police officers for assault, battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, excessive force, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and negligence. A Superior Court jury decided Wednesday the officers weren’t culpable, but they ruled Pasadena must pay $78,939.12 for failing to train officers on how to deal with a quadriplegic. Officers responding a 2005 disturbance call encountered Greathouse and, according to the suit, they pulled him out of wheelchair and hung him over a 4-foot concrete wall in order to search him.” (10/18/07)

Okay Buckaroos, here is the question: How would you like to be the low level police trainer in the back room when the Chief walks in and says: "I want you to write a three hour lesson plan to be taught at the Police Academy. The topic of which is - "How to search a drunk, belligerent quadriplegic (who got that way when shot by a gangbanger in a nightclub) when arresting him - without giving him grounds to sue the City!" "Oh, and have it on my desk by tomorrow afternoon!"

Sounds like a good time to volunteer to go back out on street patrol to me!

Daring to make war on France..........

Jacques Chirac, The French President, is sitting in his office when his telephone rings.
"Hallo, Mr. Chirac!" a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy Down at the Harp Pub in County Clare, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!"
"Well, Paddy," Chirac replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"
"Right now," says Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, me Cousin Sean, me next door neighbour Seamus, and the entire darts team from the pub. That makes eight!"
Chirac paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100,000 men in my army waiting to move on my command."
"Begoora!" says Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back."
Sure enough, the next day, Paddy calls again. "Mr. Chirac, the war is still on. We have managed to get us some infantry equipment!"
"And what equipment would that be Paddy?" Chirac asks.
"Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's farm tractor."
Chirac sighs amused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I have increased my army to 150,000 since we last spoke."
"Saints preserve us!" says Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you."
Sure enough, Paddy rings back a few days later. "Mr. Chirac, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We have modified Jackie McLaughlin's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock Bar have joined us as well!"
The new President, Zarkozy was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that since I was elected, I have 100 bombers and 200 fighter planes. My military bases are surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since you last called, I have increased my army to 200,000!"
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!" says Paddy, "I will have to ring you back."
Sure enough, Paddy calls again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr. Zarkozy! I am sorry to inform you that we have had to call off the war."
"Really? I am sorry to hear that," says Zarkozy. "Why the sudden change of heart?"
"Well," says Paddy, "we had a long chat over a few pints of Guinness, and decided there is no fookin' way we can feed 200,000 prisoners