Irony

As the debate was on almost every other channel The Enforcer was on AMC.

You remember Dirty Harry battling domestic terrorists in 1976 San Francisco.

Weathermen anyone? Heh.

Debate winner

Joe the plumber

the Nuge nails it again

Time to close the deal

Senator McCain needs to remind Americans that government is the problem and not the solution.

So glad people are paying so much attention to this election

H/T Instapundit

25 years of cell phone service

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the first commercial wireless call. It happened Oct. 13, 1983, at Soldier Field, where Ameritech Mobile, now part of Verizon Wireless, made the call from a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X known as the "brick" phone. The phone cost $3,995, was 13 inches long, and weighed 1.75 pounds.

Nice

That is socialism my friends

How about people earn their own damn way dickhead.

If your going to share my paycheck with your followers why the fuck would I want to work any overtime?

I like to game but damn 36 accounts?

36 accounts played on 11 computers at the same time. I have to admit I am a little envious of his setup there and the fact he can runs instances by himself. Imagine pvp with your little armada of healers there behind you.

Not into WOW myself but a Star Wars Galaxies type since shortly after launch. One of these days SWG will die and then I will be done with MMO's as they just suck the time out of your life.

H/T Ace

Kennewick reservist faces threats over landscaping

Lt. Burke Jensen was called five months ago to serve his country in Kuwait. Now he is being told to get an irrigation system and landscaping on his property as soon as possible or face legal action from the Oak Hill Country Estates Homeowners' Association.

"I really don't give a [expletive] where he is or what his problem is," said Chick Edwards, owner and developer of the 47-lot subdivision at the south end of Oak Street in Kennewick.

"This is a contract. I don't like the way his property looks. This clown gets to do what he wants, and I'm as mad as hell," he said.

I think Mr Edwards yard needs some special herbicide treatment. Please don't just use Roundup its for amateurs try something like total vegetation killer. Better yet a nice 5 gallon jug of Lasso herbicide the farm strength version meant to be cut with 1000 gallons of water. Don't worry about the water just pour it on straight.

Legend has it something like that happened when I was in high school and the yard had to be dug up with a backhoe 3 feet down and replaced after re sodding was unsuccessful.

Obama's girlfriend?

Being smeared by whom? Some fingers are pointing at disgruntled Hillary supporters.

Putting on my tin foil hat my money is on the Obama campaign so people will stop digging into his socialist ties and the ACORN mess.

Could be true though who wants angry sex all the time.

h/t Ace

Who has taken down the link because people keep dropping her name? Hell its not like you can't google it....

Pair arrested after McCain sign torched

H/T this ain't hell

PORTLAND, Ore. - Authorities have arrested two men after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a 4-foot by 8-foot campaign sign for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in a southeast Portland yard.

I doubt you would see much of that sort of thing in Kentucky only in a more civilized society like Portland.

Of course in Kentucky defending your home against arson is justifiable homicide by statute.

Bring it.

He chooses his friends carefully indeed

Gateway Pundit: Photo Discovered Of Obama With Fellow Chicago Socialist Party Members

Because he couldn't get elected on his real ticket.

What I have said all along. He scares me because he is a socialist more so than the Clintons could ever dream of.

Obviously the Socialists and the Communists agree with me since they endorsed Obama over Clinton in the primaries.

These are the people he is affiliated with so imagine what his cabinet would look like.

Update to Deputy wanted for murder

He was caught and from the article he is possibly even dumber than I had previously thought.

Caught in an Iowa motel driving the same truck where he was apparently busy sending out emails:

Kentucky authorities have said Creek confessed to the killing in an e-mail Monday that was sent to the Bowling Green Daily News, Kentucky State Police and about 30 other recipients.

At least he confessed maybe that will shorten the trial and save some tax dollars.

ACORN Vegas Office Raided in Voter Fraud Investigation

Say it isn't so.

Secretary of State Ross Miller said the fraudulent registrations included forms for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys football team.

Genius.

More recently, 27,000 registrations handled by the group from January to July 2008 "went into limbo because they were incomplete, inaccurate, or fraudulent," said James Terry, chief public advocate at the Consumers Rights League.

Think they couldn't sway an election with those kinds of numbers?

Does ACORN still have tax free status and if so why?

Ayers campaigns for Obama!

Just kidding.

H/T Ace of Spades



photo via Lunde Designs

What military aircraft are you?

Okay I need some levity now.

What military aircraft are you? EA-6B Prowler You are an EA-6B. You are sinister, preferring not to get into confrontations, but extract revenge through mind games and technological interference. You also love to make noise and couldn't care less about pollution.

Click Here to Take This Quiz Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

Dems hope Singlaub is McCain’s Ayers? part 2

The story wasn't on MSNBC this morning when I first posted about this. I see they have taken their own spin on it to sensationalize it of course.

McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra case
Organization had ties to former Nazi collaborators, right-wing death squads


I also noticed that Maj Gen Singlaub's wikipedia page was edited to remove:

"Singlaub is credited with forcing the international governing body to renounce its overtly fascist Central American League branch."

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/gw/2815.html

Actually if you go to their website you will see he did a great deal to purge many of the undesirables from the organization. I doubt the man who parachuted behind enemy lines with the OSS to combat the Nazi's is likely to want to be involved with any Nazi's or Nazi collaborators.

Dems hope Singlaub is McCain’s Ayers?

Are they even remotely serious? An American hero is being compared to Bill Ayers a domestic terrorist? I think that is exactly the kind of company Senator McCain should keep. If only he would come out of retirement to take a cabinet position in a McCain Presidency. But I think he has already done more than his share for the country.

Major General John Singlaub

Here is just a small sample of his career from the Ranger Hall of Fame

Major General John K. Singlaub is inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame for demonstrating extraordinary valor and unparalleled leadership during his 35-year Army career that included three wars. In one of the most daring missions of World War II, Lieutenant Singlaub nearly made Sua Sponte his personal motto by parachuting into Nazi occupied France to train, organize, and lead elements of the French resistance. Among only a handful of men to fight in both the European and Pacific Theaters of Operation, he then led Chinese guerrillas in penetration raids against Japanese Forces. Near war’s end, he led a rescue mission that parachuted into a Japanese prisoner of war camp on Hainan Island, off the coast of China, liberating over 400 Allied Prisoners of War. During the Korean War, he was chosen as the central figure in developing the Ranger Training Command at Fort Benning, GA, followed by combat tours in Korea as Deputy Chief of the CIA mission and a Battalion Commander in the 3rd Infantry Division. During the Vietnam War, he commanded the Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force (MACSOG), one of the most storied units of that war, for over two years. During his long and distinguished career, Ranger Singlaub was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with OLC, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with 2 OLC, the Purple Heart with OLC, and several additional U.S. and foreign decorations. General Singlaub’s unyielding dedication, courage, and keen sense of mission accomplishment embody all that is embraced by the Ranger Creed.

I was fortunate enough to meet Major General John Singlaub at a Rangers Infantry Companies Airborne of the Korean War reunion a few years ago.

Kalifornia Nurses Union Epic Fail Ad

Gateway Pundit: Outrageous!... California Nurses Union Airs "Dead McCain" Ad! ...

Was that ad supposed to scare me? Wow did you fail miserably and good job wasting those union dues. I'm embarrassed those people share my title of RN. No wonder the state of Kalifornia is burning through health care dollars they have to support these idiots. Must really suck to be forced to join just to work in your chosen profession.

Taking guns off the streets

And apparently putting them right back

A one-time police officer in western Kentucky has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing guns from the evidence locker and selling them to local dealers.

Brian McKinney, 37, of Farmington, N.M., was also sentenced Friday to three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley Jr. in Owensboro.

McKinney worked as the evidence custodian for the Madisonville Police Department between May 1, 2005 and Jan. 18, 2007 and admitted to taking and selling 85 guns from the evidence locker during that time.

Whatcha doing in New Mexico Brian? It seems like it took a long time for someone to notice makes me wonder how many guns they have stockpiled in there. Any cases go out the window if those were evidence? I would hate for someone to get off because of this ass clown. I wonder if I stole 85 guns if I would only get 2 years? Not sure if that's a good sentence or not with a guilty plea but its sure a black eye on a small town dept. Maybe they should check for missing electronics and see if ole Brian had an Ebay account.

In an Obama gun free utopia

only law enforcement would be allowed to have guns because only they have the training to handle such responsibility. I know every bushel of apples has at least 1 bad apple but I won't be surprised when this case goes to court and his fellow officers talk about what an obvious idiot this guy was.

Police looking for Kentucky deputy in woman's death

Kentucky State Police Trooper Todd Holder said a murder warrant has been issued for 41-year-old Deputy Randall Creek of Bowling Green. His ex-girlfriend, Debbie R. Rediess, 46, was shot to death outside her home Sunday morning in Smiths Grove, Holder said. The couple had dated for five years.

Hours before Rediess was shot, Creek sent an e-mail to The Daily News in Bowling Green describing his feelings for her. The paper reported that it was one of several letters Creek had written to the paper in recent years. In the letter, Creek said Rediess ended their relationship because he wouldn’t set a wedding date.

Yeah when I get dumped I usually turn to the local newspaper for closure. Obvious self esteem issues and someone thought giving him a gun and badge was a good idea? Just because they pass the state background check doesn't mean they are good to go. Good job vetting your deputy there sheriff.

Would have been helpful to have a picture of this armed and dangerous suspect but anyway:

Creek was seen leaving in a 1997 gray Ford Ranger with a military Kentucky tag: KY 13650. Creek has black hair and brown eyes, he's about 6'2" and weighs around 220-pounds.

Should you have contact with Randall Creek, police advise not to attempt to approach or apprehend him. Creek is believed to have in his possession at least one handgun and one shotgun.

If you have any information concerning this case or to the whereabouts of Randall A. Creek, please contact the Kentucky State Police Post in Bowling Green at (270) 782-2010 or 1-800-222-5555.

Racism card played

So apparently the Obama campaign must have been ill prepared to respond to Gov Palin calling him out on his association with Bill Ayers the domestic terrorist if the best they could do was throwing down the racist card via an AP flunky. How dare anyone question Obama on anything. If the shenanigans in Missouri are any indication of what would happen were he to be elected I'm sure this post would certainly land me in a reeducation camp.

Mudville Gazette has some flattering pics of Ayers if you have not seen the commie before. Ayers for Secretary of Education anyone?

Perhaps instead of taking the time to peck out a lame attempt at a story Daniels should just post this up:

What just happened?

McCain won't let his campaign talk about this so I suppose its up to the rest of us to spread the word.

h/t the Bronze

Imagine this

Obama gets elected and some of the nations worst liberals control the entire federal government.

Want to know what it looks like in 4 years? Look at the financial shape of California and Massachusetts today begging for federal loans. So when the federal government passes huge social programs (right after a new more comprehensive Brady Bill) and then it runs out of money what then? Well obviously they cannot scale back their socialist agenda so more taxes silly.

Remembering 15 years ago today

The 19 who gave all Oct 3-4 1993 in Mogadishu Somalia during Operation Gothic Serpent with Task Force Ranger.

Not forgotten.

160th Night Stalkers
CW4 Raymond Frank
CW4 Clifton Wolcott
CW3 Donovan Briley
SSG William Cleveland
SSG Thomas Field

SFOD-D
MSG Gary Gordon
MSG Timothy Martin
SFC Earl Fillmore
SFC Matthew Rierson
SFC Randy Shughart
SSG Daniel Busch

10th Mountain
SGT Cornell Houston
PFC James Martin

3/75 Rangers
SGT James Joyce
SGT Dominick Pilla
SGT Lorenzo Ruiz
CPL James Cavaco
CPL James Smith
PFC Richard Kowalewski

Vice Presidential Debate

Who ever you think won the debate one fact stands clear.

Senator Biden needs to read the Constitution again.

/slapsforehead

Side note no politics for me tomorrow.

Watch it before youtube bans it again

For a little blast from the past:

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - New York Times STEVEN A. HOLMES, September 30, 1999

Here was the response to any attempt at regulation by the Republicans.

BTW I'm Voting For McCain / Palin

Interesting.

THE question for Obama

Here is the question Obama must answer at the town hall forum:

Have you ever been involved with securing mortgages for those with poor credit?

Thoughts on the debate

First I find it very tacky on Obama's part to repeatedly refer to Sen McCain as John. I'm sure his people told him to do it for a reason other than to irritate me.

The HH6 says Obama cannot be elected as she cannot stand 4 years of listening to his pronunciation of Taliban and Pakistan.

The drinking game for the next debate: Every time Obama says Main Street you do a shot.

I don't think Obama could find Main Street USA with an in car GPS and if he did would not deem it worthy of stopping his Limo.

The economic policies of Obama frighten me.

The foreign policies of Obama frighten me.

The social policies of Obama......well they are just plain socialism and that frightens me.

I got a bracelet too!

Yeah you would have been better off just keeping your cock holster shut than fumbling with the soldiers name. You mean to tell me it been on his wrist for 7 months and he couldn't quickly come up with the young mans name?



Well bubba I have 2 bracelets and I doubt I would have to stutter to give you all the info on both of them and a quick bio of both soldiers.

iPhone 3G

I got one the day it came in 16gb version and have to say I am mostly happy with it. I am still puzzled why no one can seem to write a simple program to allow copy and paste with it. It will certainly limit my blogging with it since it makes it much more difficult to add links to the post.

I am enjoying the Star Wars Unleashed game on it though. :D

Conditions for a Ford bailout

I think if the federal government is serious about helping the automakers with tax payer money the automakers should give something back. No I am not talking about recliners for the labor pool guys to sit in all day while they draw a check. I think Ford should have to use the money to retool one of their SUV plants to make this Ford Fiesta ECOnetic which gets 65 mpg. It would put all the other gas saving cars to shame. I remember back during the Carter years (shudder) my dad bought a diesel Volkswagen Rabbit to drive back and forth to work. Even with diesel being more than gas the extra MPG and the fact it would probably last longer would make it well worth it. heck I still see Rabbits on the road.

For clean coal or not?

Living in a large coal producing state and right in the middle of the Western KY coalfield I have to say I am intrigued to say the least. So if the UMW supports the Obama campaign whose side are they really on? I would not mind more clean coal plants but am more interesting in knowing how the USAF plans for a plant to make jet fuel from coal are coming along.

Bailout of whom?

So if the Federal government is going to assume a huge pile of bad or potentially bad mortgages who is it that is really getting bailed out here. Granted to companies on Wall Street are going to be off the hook but what about the home owners? I doubt the government will be very interested in foreclosing on these homes and it sounds like the mortgages themselves will be restructured and there also be foreclosure protections built in.

Maybe the politicians trying to score points should stop calling it a Wall Street bailout and just call it what it is a mortgage bailout.

Did you know? Sarahcudda edition

Sarah Palin does not have 5 kids, she actually has 7. Their names are Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trig, Chuck Norris, and Jack Bauer.

The Northern Lights are really just the reflection from Sarah Palin's eyes.

The Russians sold Alaska to America because Sarah Palin would not submit to autocracy.

The Arctic Circle runs through Alaska so the Sun can have some relief from Sarah Palin's bright glare.

Sarah Palin is allowed first dibs on Alaskan wolfpack kills.

Sarah Palin is so pro-life that she personally hog-tied two reps from Planned Parenthood who came knocking at her door.

It's not raining in DC. Those are God's tears of joy that McCain picked Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin's hotness is the largest single contributor to melting polar ice caps.

Sarah Palin is the "other" whom Yoda spoke about.

Sarah Palin's presence in the lower 48 means the Arctic ice cap can finally return.

Sarah Palin fired Jack Bauer because he was too soft in dealing with terrorists.

Sarah Palin's pageant career ended early so other women could have a chance.

Sarah Palin's son Track is going to Iraq after the Surge, because a Palin during the Surge would have been unfair.

Sarah Palin wears glasses lest her uncontrollable optic blasts slaughter everyone. (X-Men reference)

Sarah Palin actually has Big Foot in her freezer.

Sarah Palin gave a speech in Texas after her water broke before flying home to Alaska to give birth. (Actually true)

Sarah Palin doesn't need a gun to hunt. She has been known to throw a bullet through an adult bull elk.

Sarah Palin once spilled coffee on Joe Biden & one of his $400 ties from Pink.

Sarah Palin keeps her hair in a beehive to hide her ninja weaponry.

Sarah Palin will personally open a homemade can of whoopa** on Ahmadinejad, Putin, and Chavez as soon as she's done making mooseburgers for her kids.

A grizzly bear once tried to stare down Sarah Palin. Once.

Sarah Palin will send Joe Biden a pre-debate cheat sheet. The sheet will have tips on defending against Kung Fu Death Grip.

Sarah Palin became governor because five children left her with too much spare energy.

Sarah Palin will give birth to the man who will lead humanity's war against the machines. (Terminator reference)

Three of Sarah Palin's 5 kids came out sideways and she never flinched.

Global Warming doesn't kill polar bears. Sarah Palin does. Generally with her bare hands.

Sarah Palin was the original "Deadliest Catch."

Sarah Palin paid her way through school by hunting for Kodiak pelts with a slingshot.

Alaska is the 49th state solely because they knew even in 1959 that Sarah Palin never finishes last.

Chuck Norris wishes he was Sarah Palin trapped in a man's body.

Sarah Palin got Tom Brady pregnant, and then left him.

Sarah Palin killed and ate the Grizzly Man.

Sarah Palin killed and ate Frank Murkowski.

Sarah Palin once won the Iditarod without any dogs. She simply willed the sled to victory.

Sarah Palin wears half the makeup that John Edwards wears and still looks like twice the woman he does.

Sarah Palin once guided Santa's sleigh through an Alaskan blizzard with the light from her smile.

Sarah Palin fishes salmon by convincing them it's in their interest to jump into the boat.

Been uh... busy

Dr Watkins goes to Frankfurt

Watkins suggests stringent smoking legislation

Lets just take some of this article piece by piece.

Dr. David Watkins may be a rookie legislator, but he's not reluctant to speak out on issues.

"I'm the new kid on the block," Watkins (D-Henderson), who was elected state representative last year, told a Henderson Chamber of Commerce audience Monday. "I've got a lot to learn."

But he has firm opinions on a number of topics that could come before the short 2007 General Assembly, which reconvenes today in Frankfort.

You know I'm thinking more Doctors in office might help offset the decades of lawyers running the show and making things way too complicated.

"I will introduce a bill asking people not to smoke in public buildings in Kentucky except taverns and bars," he said.

"I hate smoking," he said, explaining that he has seen the effects of tobacco use during his 42 years in medicine.

"Tobacco is a burden on our health care system," the Henderson family physician said. "It costs Medicaid a half billion dollars annually."

Now come on you can be more direct than that. Its the smokers draining the health care system. You know the ones that come in to ER on a regular basis dragging their little O2 tank behind them reeking of smoke. Spending weeks at a time in the hospital on their Medicaid card using their disability check (because they obviously can't work if they can't breathe) to buy their smokes. I get tickled at people who say they can't afford their inhalers but brought a bag full of Pall Mall's with them. Thats not counting the millions spent on various cancers due to smoking or chewing for that matter.

Watkins also wants to raise the price of cigarettes by 50 cents a pack to discourage youngsters from picking up the addiction. "I want to make cigarettes so damned expensive they can't afford them," he said.

"It will raise $160 million (a year), but that's not the reason I'm introducing it," Watkins said, though he added that he would want the proceeds to be used for schools.

Okay I can deal with idea but how about we expand that to more than a pack of smokes? Doc when you get time stop Thorntons and check out what they offer. Not only do we have hundreds of choices for cigarettes but flavored cigars and chewing tobacco. You can get a can of Skoal in Berry and Apple flavor then get a package of cigars in watermelon flavor. Lets not foget about all those oral cancers draining the healthcare system.

But I am not quite following what you want the money to do in the school systems. After all the schools are not the thriftiest bunch around you know. Probably might be better to let the Health Dept handle that as then you might have more direct control.

Watkins also spoke out in favor of requiring middle school girls to receive a new immunization for human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted virus that is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer.

Some critics have suggested that receiving the Gardasil vaccine, which prevents infections from four strains of the virus, might encourage girls to become sexually active. Watkins dismissed that as "tremendous ignorance."

"Any time we can prevent anybody from getting cancer, why not?" he said.

"It's not for promiscuity. It's for responsibility," Watkins said.

Absolutley! Teenagers are not worried about cancer when they are 40 years old only about the here and now. As I have read 80% of the sexually active public have been exposed to HPV already so we need to get this one rolling ASAP. Maybe in the tv ads they should mention HPV can cause penile cancer. That should give those crotchety old farts who are against it nightmares.

On another medical matter, Watkins acknowledged that the Medicare Part D prescription medicine program "is confusing. Our federal people did a poor, poor job. It confuses our older people.

"But it does help people if they read the literature and get the right program."

Watkins said the federal government should be empowered to negotiate prescription prices it pays under Medicare. "When I submit a bill to Medicare, they fix my prices," he said. "There should be a price fix for medications. The cost of medicine has gotten out of hand. It's ridiculous."

Big pharm is an easy target for many. Yes my meds are high and getting higher but I cannot agree with this. Look at the R&D these guys are doing. If you price fix meds then when they spend $800 million for a new drug only to have to pull it off the market is the Federal Govt going to bail them out? I don't think so (obviously the air line industry has a much better lobby) that leaves the companies eating huge losses and either scaling back R&D or closing down.

Watkins also spoke out in favoring of raising the state's minimum wage and applying it to restaurant workers.

"I think employers need to raise the rates to pay girls a decent wage, or men a decent wage," he said. "There is a projection that we will lose a few jobs, but I doubt it."

Watkins would like incentives provided to employers to hire blind workers and the physically disabled.

But he said employers should take greater care to not hire illegal immigrants. "I think the reason we have illegal immigrants is there are too many lazy Americans," he said.

You were on such a roll until then. Now if you are proposing that restaurant workers be included I can deal with that. However I could see the restaurants going after a portion of the tips to make up for that. Not sure what the waitresses really want there.

Minimum wage is a very political issue though and I don't think enough thought has been put into it by those pushing it. Perhaps the good Doctor should consult University of Kentucky associate professor of economics Aaron Yelowitz who has done a great deal of research.

The illegal alien thing I have to say made me almost laugh out of my chair. I don't think your fellow lawmakers are ready for that kind of honesty up there. But I would also tend to agree with you. Obviously you have visited the Tyson plant as well.

Dear Playboy

Dear Playboy,

Please stop sending me last chance offers to resubscribe. We had a good 10 year run together but quite frankly you jumped the shark some time ago. I just cannot stomach any more interviews with liberal assclowns or even more pics of Pamela Anderson. I can't imagine by now there being any square inch of skanky body that I have not seen. I realize that from your perspective if the Religious Right took over they would seek to ban Playboy outright as an American Taliban outfit. Not all those that voted for Bush (twice) are card carrying members of the 700 Club. Maybe you don't think fighting back in Afghanistan or starting a proxy war with Iran in Iraq will solve our terrorist problem. If you have not noticed no one on the left has any better ideas.

Mean while I am going to subsribe to Maxim. The women have more clothes but they are just as funny to read and I don't have to look at the liberal douche of the month.

Its game over man!

So if according to this article we are going to have the moon explode and then be sucked into the sun. Who really gives a shit about global warming?

Was an interesting show on Sunday about how we are living in the end of a natural ice age. I suppose that makes me a climate change denier or Global Warming fear mongers a bunch of fucktards. Will let you decide.

"They spend money like drunken sailors,"

EVANSVILLE, IN - The EVSC said they are installing alarms, which cost almost $20 thousand, on school buses to keep kids safe.

Last week, a seven-year-old girl was left sleeping on a bus after the driver did not check all the seats. The EVSC said it will now put alarms on the back of all 275 school buses to alert bus drivers to check all seats before they exit.

David Coker, president of the Vanderburgh County Taxpayers Association, has strong words for the EVSC.

"They spend money like drunken sailors," said Coker.

Coker said it is typical for the corporation to over react to a problem, and that costs the taxpayers.

He added checking seats daily should be a routine for all drivers.

Rest here

Kate Dillon

Speaking of Kate have you seen this smoking new ad for Lane Bryant? Wow!

Tyra Banks the new fat actress?

So I ventured out to fetch the mail and on top of the heap was my wifes new issue of People magazine. Now to me People is usually just another turd in the pile of celebrity ass kisser mags. Very seldom does it warrant anymore than a cursory flip through for pics of hot chics. So this month on the cover is Tyra banks. Apparently on vacation someone snapped some pics that didn't make her look good and a magazine ran them saying she had really packed on the pounds. Interesting in the article she talks about when she was modeling she was once told she needed to loose 10 lbs. I'm sure Kate Dillon can relate.

You know from what I have seen on the tube most of the men that work in the high fashion industry are faggots so who really gives a shit what they think a woman should look like? Oops there went my chances for role on Grey's Anatomy.

Rottweilers are fun

I miss my Rottweiler more than I could ever possibly imagine. A dog like that so powerful and strong you think will live forever. Been trying to avoid them ever since but I ran across these videos on youtube and finally found myself laughing again. I guess they are so big and serious looking when they do goofy things its just that much funnier. They sure can be serious hams when they want to be. Enjoy!

Rottie in a car:



Singing Rottie:



Talking Rottie:

CNN Hummer brings $1.25 million for Fisher House at Barrett-Jackson

(CNN) -- A Hummer used by CNN to cover the war in Iraq and then renovated on The Learning Channel netted $1.25 million for charity on Saturday.

Proceeds from the sale of Warrior One, which toured military bases and medical centers nationwide before the auction, will be donated to the Fisher House Foundation. The organization temporarily houses families of patients receiving major medical care in military hospitals and Veterans Affairs facilities.

Dave Liniger, founder of Re/Max International Inc., had the winning bid of $1 million for the Hummer. An additional $250,000 was thrown in by Dave Ressler, a businessman from North Dakota and Montana.

Pics and video here

Kudo's to Mr Liniger!

Potential GMC truck commercial?

Happy Birthday Robert E. Lee

Something about this article caught my eye.

Lee's Birthday to Be Commemorated in Va.

By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON

RICHMOND, Va. - History buffs still captivated by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee nearly 150 years after the Civil War planned lectures, a banquet and artillery salutes to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth.

While many Southern groups revere him, the glorification of Lee and the Lost Cause strikes a raw nerve among others in a state that still has a "Lee-Jackson Day" to commemorate Lee and another Confederate war hero, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.

State NAACP director King Salim Khalfani said he doesn't have a problem with those who mark Lee's 200th birthday "as long as public dollars aren't used for promoting the Lost Cause."

Notice the AP news writer (I use that term loosely) and the NAACP mouthpiece both use the same terminology for the civil war and she capitalized it as well. Now I am no defender of those that want to re fight the war or like to decorate their trucks with the Confederate battle flag but I don't think I like her tone. But after all down here it is still called the War of Northern Aggression.

Train burns assclowns line up to sue

Kentucky Train Chemicals Still Burning

Federal officials said early inspections indicate the crew of a CSX train acted properly just before it derailed, igniting a massive chemical fire that forced evacuations south of Louisville.

The fire sent thick black clouds of smoke into the sky, prompting officials to evacuate residents and shut down a major highway. Firefighters were finishing a controlled burn of some chemicals from tanker cars.

"We have not found any anomalies in operations at this point; we've not seen any train handling issues at this point," said Mark Rosenker, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. "So it seems that we need to be focusing more our efforts on examining equipment and track."

Investigators are inspecting the track for nicks and abrasions, Rosenker said. The federal agency considers the derailment an accident.

Meanwhile, seven Bullitt County residents sued CSX, the rail operator, in federal court in Louisville on Thursday. They alleged that CSX officials acted negligently before the crash and chemical fire forced them to either stay in their homes or evacuate. The suit seeks a class action against CSX and an unspecified amount of money.

The fires no even out yet and here we go with the lawsuits. Can we not even wait to see what the hell happened first? I hope those chemicals cause some sort of reaction in those 7 people and their dicks rot off.

Just die already!

Castro 'in a serious condition'

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in a serious condition following three failed operations, according to Spain's El Pais newspaper.

Mr Castro is suffering from a serious intestinal infection, the report says.

Story from bbc


I think the old goat is just screwing with us. Besides he is old news Chavez is the new South American pain in the ass.

Nissan commercial

I don't remember seeing this one here so maybe it was for overseas? Probably Australia they get all the cool tv shows!

Why Somalia Ain't No Haiti

From Strategy Page:

January 15, 2007: A "perpetual" peacekeeping operation may work in Haiti, where the peacekeepers essentially are serving as a police force intended to keep the wilder criminal elements out of political power, but it's doubtful it would work in Somalia. There are no clans or tribes ( with significant militia forces on call) in Haiti. In Somalia, there are dozens of well armed clan militias, and past attempts to disarm the clans have all failed. It would be well to examine that history.

Rest here.

45 Americans lost their lives in Somalia the first go round between Operation Restore Hope and Task Force Ranger. Its a shame to invest so much in a place to just let it continue to fester. Maybe Somalia is better off not being a nation?

Pathfinder opening April 27th 2007

If you want historically correct this is not your movie. If you want to be entertained like me and see some good battle/fight scenes with battle axes then this might be right! If nothing else it has a pretty good trailer and movie poster.

300 opening March 9th 2007

Can't wait to see the film adaptation of Frank Millers 300.

How about some Lindsay?

Sure is great to see some curves back on the girl!

5 Months In MOG by Mike Waller

Mike Waller has his story finished over on Michael Yon's Frontline Forum complete with video and pics. Link is here


Here is a little bit of bio about Mike:

Mike Waller was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the Army in 1983 and served in the Gulf War and in Mogadishu, Somalia from August, 1993 to December 1993. He left the Army in 1995 and now lives in a suburb outside of Detroit.

Active Apaches in Afghanistan

Active Apaches in Afghanistan

December 18, 2006: U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Philip Learn, and his co-pilot, Captain Brian Hummel, were recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroics a year ago in Afghanistan. But there's a lot more to it than that.



The two were flying an AH-64 Apache gunship at the time, escorting two CH-47 transport helicopters near Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan. One of the CH-47's took some ground fire, was damaged, but managed to land. Then the 34 troops on the CH-47 found themselves under fire from a large group of Taliban gunmen in the area. So Learn and Hummel took their AH-64 in low and basically shot it out with the Taliban, killing and wounding many, and forcing the rest to leave the area. At times, the AH-64 was exchanging fire with over a dozen Taliban, who were armed with assault rifles, machine-guns and PRGs.

Well done!

Rest here at Strategy Page

Kofi don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

Great summary of Kofi's speech if you can call it that Here

I would love to think things at the UN will get better now that he is gone but I seriously doubt that.

The Agitator

Added a link to Radley Balko's blog the Agitator he has had great coverage of both the Cory Maye and Kathryn Johnston cases. Discovered that blog via the Instapundit

Obviously over qualified for the post

Well except for the fact he has no clue what the hell he is talking about.

The incoming Democratic chairman of the House intelligence committee could not describe Hezbollah and incorrectly described al-Qaeda's Islamic roots in a recent interview.

Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), whom incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) named earlier this month to chair the panel, formally known as the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was asked by a reporter from Congressional Quarterly whether al-Qaeda was Sunni or Shiite. "Predominantly -- probably Shiite," Reyes replied.

From Osama bin Laden down, al-Qaeda's leadership is comprehensively Sunni and subscribes to a form of Sunni Islam known for not tolerating theological deviation.

Queries Vex New Chair of Intelligence

Why would anyone want him as Gov anyway?

So lets get this straight.

Attorney General Greg Stumbo has asked the state ethics commission to reconsider its opinion that said he could not run for governor in 2007 without confronting a “perceived or actual” conflict of interest.

Stumbo, a Democrat, said in an interview Thursday with The Courier-Journal he has not decided whether to run for governor but has no plans to do so “at this time.”

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Right. Like he didn't spend the last couple of years wasting taxpayer money to make a name for himself to be Governor.

Speaking of which would anyone want a Governor that thought this way:

Taxpayers picked up a tab of at least $2.1 million for the investigation of Gov. Ernie Fletcher and his staff for awarding civil service jobs to political allies.

But the full cost will remain a mystery.

Was it worth it? Well according to Stumbo sure it was:

"Yes, the investigation was worth it. Kentucky will see the benefits of this investigation as its work force in state government is allowed to function as the law intended it to, where jobs are awarded on merit and what you know -- not who you know," he said.

Linky


Sell thanks Greg I sure will sleep better tonight.

Dems declare open season on Pork

Democrats tidying up a cluster of unfinished spending bills dumped on them by departing Republican leaders in Congress will start by removing billions of dollars in lawmakers' pet projects next month.


The move, orchestrated by the incoming chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations committees, could prove politically savvy even as it proves unpopular with other members of Congress, who as a group will lose thousands of so-called earmarks.

"There will be no congressional earmarks," Rep. David Obey , D-Wis., and Sen. Robert Byrd , D-W.Va., said Monday in a statement announcing their plans, which were quickly endorsed by incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Earmarks are congressionally mandated projects such as grants for local governments, home-state universities and hospitals, roads, bridges and flood control construction, and economic development efforts not included in the president's spending proposals.

Often called "pork" by critics, their sponsors defend inserting the projects into spending bills by claiming that, as elected representatives, they know more about the needs of people in their states and government programs than the president or bureaucrats in the executive branch.

Such projects have exploded in number under GOP control of Congress over the last 12 years and at the same time have spawned a boom on Washington's K Street lobbying corridor, where consultants earn big fees by helping outsiders navigate the system.

Hard to complain much about that move but one has to wonder where and when they will sneak it back in especially seeing that the King of Pork Sen Byrd is involved.

Above the law in Kentucky schools

School paddling brings assault warrant

Last week, however, McGuire obtained an assault warrant against the principal at Central Elementary in Johnson County, one of 50 school districts in Kentucky that still permit corporal punishment.

McGuire concedes he gave the school permission to paddle his son at the beginning of the school year. The boy was punished Nov. 27 after what McGuire termed a wrestling match with another student during recess.

But McGuire says principal Ben Hamilton, 43, went too far and hit too hard.

"He crossed the line," said McGuire, who said bruises on his son's buttocks in the shape of a paddle were still visible yesterday. "You're talking about a straight-A student who's never been in trouble before and, in his first whipping, you tear his backside off."

So 9 days later the bruises are still visible and that is an acceptable paddling in this school? I think I would have a hard time with that one. If a parent was to spank their child in the local Walmart and 9 days later I would wager Social Services would not agree. But apparently some think it is okay:

Principal accused of paddling too harshly

Hamilton referred questions to his lawyer, Ned Pillersdorf, who said he has filed a motion to dismiss the warrant because Hamilton is immune from prosecution under state law. Principals have the right to use necessary force to promote discipline, Pillersdorf said yesterday.

Teacher Beth Lemaster, who witnessed the paddling, said in a court affidavit that it "was not excessive, hurtful and was routine in nature, and was designed to instill discipline in the child."

Perhaps the good teacher should define for the class "excessive". Bruises were left 9 days later and it was not excessive. What kind of paddling is she used to seeing doled out to the kids at that school anyway?

I'm a little curious myself about the "immune from prosecution" thing. How immune are we talking here can he break bones while paddling?

Col Peters on the Iraq Study Group

Source

Former Secretary of State James Baker and his panelists are trying to shore up the failing regional system that their generation designed. Released yesterday, their report doesn't offer "a new way forward." Its recommendations echo past failures. And it shows no sense of how gravely the world has changed.

The report doesn't offer a plan, but a muddle of truisms and truly bad ideas.

Its a shame W had to bring in that old turd to point the way. Especially since it seems to point the way to failure.

I always said they were Socialists at heart

European Socialists promised on Thursday to work to rebuild Europe's strategic alliance with the United States now that the Democrats control Congress after last month's elections.

Socialist leaders attending a meeting of the European Socialist Party pledged that with the Democrats on the rise, strong ties could be renewed with the United States after years of cool relations with Republican President George W. Bush.

Howard Dean, chairman of the national committee of the U.S. Democratic Party, is attending the two-day conference together with the leaders of leftist governments of several countries and party leaders from across Europe.

So if you ever wondered where the Democrats get some of their screwed up ideas there you go. Seeing the abysmal failure of the social welfare systems across Europe I can certainly see why the Democrats would want to mimic that. Like when the Kentucky Dept of Education took all the education reform ideas that were tried (and failed) in California repackaged them as KERA and turned it loose on Kentucky schools.

Source

Light blogging is over

School is finished forever. Let freedom ring!

Now lets get on with the show.

Light blogging

I would say blogging has been light due to finals coming up but thats not entirely true.

The message arabs received

From Strategy Page

The Arab world sees the Democratic Party gains in the recent U.S. elections as a sign that Americans are getting tired of the violence in Iraq, and are ready to leave. The Arabs also see the Democrats are more pro-European, and thus more anti-Israel and more tolerant of Islamic terrorists and traditional forms of government (dictatorships and monarchies) in the Arab world. The elections also confirm, in the Arab mind, that the Americans cannot be trusted in the long run, have no stomach for bloodshed and can always be turned around by the more clever Arab tactics. For the Iraqi Shia Arabs, the departure of the Americans won't change anything. It was nice having them, their money, and their deadly soldiers around. But the Shia Arabs have enough guns, and people trained to use them, to deal with the Iraqi Sunni Arabs. The Americans have served their purpose, and it's time for them to go.

Yuck

Have you seen the crap that passes for food in schools these days? Odds are if you attended school in the 80's you will not be suprised because it looks like the same selection. The soy cheeseburgers, greasy squares of pizza and who can forget the chili dogs that the wiener is grey. I had to go into a school last week to shadow the school nurse (a whole story in itself) and I can tell you the only difference I saw was the addition of a salad bar.

Now I see this
headline where a parent is told he cannot bring fast food into the school to eat with his child. So now I am curious. Are there restrictions on what a child can bring to eat if they choose not to eat the school food?

After hanging out for a day at the school I can understand where the school is coming from there are some fat kids there. One that stands out in my mind was the 118lb 2nd grader. Any way you slice it thats a great deal of weight for 2nd grader to be carrying around and the odds that the child will develope Type II Diabetes are high. Actually if you look it up KY is leading the nation in many areas and none of them good things. Things like adults that smoke, obesity and non-traumatic amputations.

Now you are thinking whats with the amputation thing. Type II diabetes like in this child is a direct result of being over weight. Diabetics fall prey to whittling surgeries. Circulation decreases and sooner or later they loose a toe, then a foot, and eventually the leg. Normally you see this in much older adults. But now that diabetes is hitting children because of early obesity that means the amputations will start sooner as well.

Something to chew on.

Not going to miss them

"Nobody's going to come back from Canada anymore," said James Fennerty, a Chicago-based attorney who represents Snyder and other AWOL soldiers.

At least not until some assbag Democrat like Jimmy Carter pardons them all.

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Nightmare material

Never a bad day fishing or?

I have had some bad days fishing and have had more than my fair share of marine mishaps but this made me smile!

Would be a great ad

Army Spc. Darrell Anderson, who drew wide attention for deserting the Army rather than face a possible second tour in Iraq, was released Friday from Fort Knox and is expected to be discharged without a court-martial, his lawyer said.“It’s really great he doesn’t have to face a court-martial,” said his attorney, Jim Fennerty of Chicago. “I’m all excited, he’s excited.”

Thats wonderful news now maybe you can take your sorry ass back up to Canada. We really dont need you fouling up Kentuckys gene pool with any deserter spawn. Why dont you take your cowardly ass to Vietnam Vet PTSD support group meeting and see if they can help you with your nightmares though before you go.

Today in history Oct 3-4, 1993 Not Forgotten

Today we remember the Vets of Task Force Ranger and the friends and family of those who did not come home.

The 19 who gave all Oct 3-4 1993.
Not forgotten.

160th Night Stalkers
CW4 Raymond Frank
CW4 Clifton Wolcott
CW3 Donovan Briley
SSG William Cleveland
SSG Thomas Field

SFOD-D
MSG Gary Gordon
MSG Timothy Martin
SFC Earl Fillmore
SFC Matthew Rierson
SFC Randy Shughart
SSG Daniel Busch

10th Mountain
SGT Cornell Houston
PFC James Martin

3/75 Rangers
SGT James Joyce
SGT Dominick Pilla
SGT Lorenzo Ruiz
CPL James Cavaco
CPL James Smith
PFC Richard Kowalewski

Darth Vader Orchestra

Made me smile

Saw this posted on a message board so I am stealing it!

Hat tip to Trip Wire!

2006 DEMOCRAT CONVENTION AGENDA

6:00 p.m. - Opening flag burning ceremony.

6:05 p.m. - Opening secular prayers by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton
- Collection plate is passed.

6:20 p.m. - Anti-war concert by Barbra Streisand.

6:50 p.m. - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.

7:00 p.m. - Tribute theme to France.

7:10 p.m. - Collect donations for al-Zawarhi defense fund.

7:20 p.m. – Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.

7:25 p.m. - Tribute theme to Germany.

7:45 p.m. - Anti-war rally (Led by Michael Moore)

8:25 p.m. - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.

8:30 p.m. - Workshop – “Terrorist Appeasement” (led by Cindy Sheehan).

9:00 p.m. - Gay marriage ceremony (both male and female couples) conducted by Episcopal Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
- Ted Kennedy toasts each couple.

9:30.p.m. - * Intermission *
- Ted Kennedy leads wine tasting.

10:00.p.m. - Posting the al-Qaida Colors by Sean Penn and Tim Robbins

10:10 p.m. - Re-enactment of Kerry's fake medal toss.

10:20.p.m. - Cameo by Dean 'Yeeearrrrrrrg!'

10:30 p.m. - Abortion demonstration by N.A.R.A.L.

10:45 p.m. - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.

10:50 p.m. - Pledge of Allegiance to the UN led by John Kerry.

11:00 p.m. - Multiple gay marriage ceremony (threesomes, mixed and/or same sex). Rep. Barney Frank (D,Mass.), Sponsor

11:15 p.m. – Workshop – “Maximizing Welfare.”

11:30 p.m. - 'Free Saddam' pep rally.

11:55 p.m. - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.

12:00 p.m. - Nomination of Democrat candidate
- Ted Kennedy proposes a toast for the nominee.

Real criminals?

Pennsylvania Mayor Pushes Measure to Crack Down on Illegal Immigrants

HAZLETON, Pa. — With tensions rising and the police department and municipal budget stretched thin, Hazleton is about to embark on one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants anywhere in the United States.

Last week the mayor of this former coal town introduced, and the City Council tentatively approved, a measure that would revoke the business licenses of companies that employ illegal immigrants; impose $1,000 fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants; and make English the official language of the city.

Sounds great to me. But its the last paragraph that just boggles the mind:

Jose Lechuga, 42, came to the United States illegally in 1982, received amnesty in 1986 and now operates a grocery store and restaurant in Hazleton. He said the mayor is "confusing illegal people with criminals."

Obviously giving him amnesty sent the wrong message as he now thinks being her illegally is not criminal. Perhaps Jose needs to polish up his use of the English language.

If its that stressful go home!

Immigration sweep brings fear to community

A sense of unease has spread in this community of weather-worn homes since immigration agents began walking the streets as part of a stepped-up nationwide effort targeting an estimated 590,000 immigrant fugitives. Other illegal immigrants are being rounded up along the way.

Wow that number just shoots up or down depending on who is telling the tale. Isn't it horrible that in America criminals live in fear of being caught!

Immigration sweep brings fear to community

Oh the horror!

Pentagon details abuse of Iraq detainees

"WASHINGTON - U.S. special operations forces fed some Iraqi detainees only bread and water for up to 17 days, used unapproved interrogation practices such as sleep deprivation and loud music and stripped at least one prisoner, according to a Pentagon report on incidents dating to 2003 and 2004.

Formica found that overall conditions "did not comport with the spirit of the principles set forth in the Geneva Conventions," which require humane treatment of prisoners.

Formica said, for example, that the forces used five interrogation techniques that were allowed at one point but had been rescinded by then: sleep or food deprivation, yelling and loud music, forcing detainees to remain in stressful physical positions and changing environmental conditions — which could include making their locations too hot or too cold."

WTF is the "spirit" of the Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Conventions should not apply to nonuniformed combatants. In WWII those caught fighting without uniforms were shot. Now that would certainly solve the problem of what to do with the prisoners in Gitmo.

Justice served?

So you think if I punch a black cop I can play the race card to get out of jail time for it? Yeah me either. What really sickens me about the whole thing was how quickly she used her trump card. Although from what I have read the general public and even the black caucus wasn't buying it.


Grand jury declines to indict McKinney

WASHINGTON - A grand jury declined Friday to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building.

How did she get there?

Okay so you have probably seen this story:
DETROIT - A 16-year-old girl who flew to the Middle East to see a man she met on MySpace.com was detained in Jordan and was headed home Friday, an FBI spokesman said.

Now we have all heard about the dangers of myspace.com blah blah blah. Most of which have more to do with inept parents not paying attention to what their kids are doing online but anyway....

My question is with all this high prices airport security how did a 16 year old get on the plane to start with or buy a ticket for that matter? Anyone who has flown since 9-11 knows what a pain in the ass it has become to fly. From the headlines the TSA has generated since then I can think of no one who feels any safer because of the assclowns manning the checkpoints. So can a 16 year old who by the way cannot by spray paint at Walmart without and ID (or anything else you might be able to sniff) just buy a plane ticket and get on a plane at will? I really dont know what the rules are on that but it sure seems odd to me. I'm sure the TSA clowns were to busy strip searching a Medal of Honor recipient to bother wondering why this little girl was flying to Jordan by herself.

40 Reasons For Gun Control

Saw it on an internet forum and thought it was funny as hell.


40 Reasons For Gun Control
1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, & Chicago cops need guns.

2. Washington DC's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict gun control, and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to the lack of gun control.

3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but statistics showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."

4. The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into effect in 1994 are responsible for the decrease in violent crime rates, which have been declining since 1991.

5. We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a shooting spree at any time and anyone who would own a gun out of fear of such a lunatic is paranoid.

6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.

7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.

8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.

9. When confronted by violent criminals, you should "put up no defense -- give them what they want, or run" (Handgun Control Inc. Chairman Pete Shields, Guns Don't Die - People Do, 1981, p.125).

10. The New England Journal of Medicine is filled with expert advice about guns; just like Guns & Ammo has some excellent treatises on heart surgery.

11. One should consult an automotive engineer for safer seatbelts, a civil engineer for a better bridge, a surgeon for internal medicine, a computer programmer for hard drive problems, and Sarah Brady for firearms expertise.

12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which was created 130 years later, in 1917.

13. The National Guard, federally funded, with bases on federal land, using federally-owned weapons, vehicles, buildings and uniforms, punishing trespassers under federal law, is a "state" militia.

14. These phrases: "right of the people peaceably to assemble," "right of the people to be secure in their homes," "enumerations herein of certain rights shall not be construed to disparage others retained by the people," and "The powers not delegated herein are reserved to the states respectively, and to the people" all refer to individuals, but "the right of the people to keep and bear arm" refers to the state.

15. "The Constitution is strong and will never change." But we should ban and seize all guns thereby violating the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendments to that Constitution.

16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national defense! Of course, the army has hundreds of thousands of them.

17. Private citizens shouldn't have handguns, because they aren't "military weapons", but private citizens shouldn't have "assault rifles", because they are military weapons.

18. In spite of waiting periods, background checks, finger printing, government forms, etc., guns today are too readily available, which is responsible for recent school shootings. In the 1940's, 1950's and1960's, anyone could buy guns at hardware stores, army surplus stores, gas stations, variety stores, Sears mail order, no waiting, no background check, no fingerprints, no government forms and there were no school shootings.

19. The NRA's attempt to run a "don't touch" campaign about kids handling guns is propaganda, but the anti-gun lobby's attempt to run a "don't touch" campaign is responsible social activity.

20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.

21. A handgun, with up to 4 controls, is far too complex for the typical adult to learn to use, as opposed to an automobile that only has 20.

22. Women are just as intelligent and capable as men but a woman with a gun is "an accident waiting to happen" and gun makers' advertisements aimed at women are "preying on their fears."

23. Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering butchers but revert to normal when the weapon is removed.

24. Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at gun shows.

25. A majority of the population supports gun control, just like a majority of the population supported owning slaves.

26. Any self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered to be a "weapon of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon."

27. Most people can't be trusted, so we should have laws against guns, which most people will abide by because they can be trusted.

28. The right of Internet pornographers to exist cannot be questioned because it is constitutionally protected by the Bill of Rights, but the use of handguns for self defense is not really protected by the Bill of Rights.

29. Free speech entitles one to own newspapers, transmitters, computers, and typewriters, but self-defense only justifies bare hands.

30. The ACLU is good because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts of the Constitution, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other parts of the Constitution.

31. Charlton Heston, a movie actor as president of the NRA is a cheap lunatic who should be ignored, but Michael Douglas, a movie actor as a representative of Handgun Control, Inc. is an ambassador for peace who is entitled to an audience at the UN arms control summit.

32. Police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need larger capacity pistol magazines than do "civilians" who must face criminals alone and therefore need less ammunition.

33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials" and other inexpensive guns because it's not fair that poor people have access to guns too.

34. Police officers have some special Jedi-like mastery over hand guns that private citizens can never hope to obtain.

35. Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the police are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court says the police are not responsible for their protection.

36. Citizens don't need to carry a gun for personal protection but police chiefs, who are desk-bound administrators who work in a building filled with cops, need a gun.

37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of people. The police need assault weapons. You do not.

38. When Microsoft pressures its distributors to give Microsoft preferential promotion, that's bad; but when the Federal government pressures cities to buy guns only from Smith & Wesson, that's good.

39. Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for defensive purposes, which is why you see police officers with one on their duty weapon.

40. Handgun Control, Inc. says they want to "keep guns out of the wrong hands." Guess what? You have the wrong hands.

The end is near!

DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers members have voted to authorize a strike against auto supplier Delphi, adding a threat to already tense negotiations between the two sides.
The UAW said Tuesday that more than 95% of members who voted approved the strike authorization.

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I have been predicting for a while now that as GM slides into the abyss they would sell off parts here and there to Toyota. This could very well be that final blow that sends GM to an overseas owner like Dodge. Wouldn't it just be shame to see GM sell out, shut down, retool and reopen with non union labor. Hell I might even buy another GM auto!

Gas price relief

Senate Republicans proposed a $100 fuel-cost rebate for millions of taxpayers. Democrats talked of a two-month suspension of the 18.4-cent per gallon federal gasoline tax.

I really don't need $100 that bad so how about you just stick it up your ass. The Dem idea of sticking it to the oil companies for making a profit is just stupid. If they loose money are they going to bail them out for being stupid? Oh wait I forgot they already do that for the airlines don't they. How about this pull all the special deals the govt just gave them and any other free hand jobs ...er I mean hand outs. While you are shutting down FEMA shut down the EPA so we can get some new refineries built and tell the hippies in Cali to stick it and start collecting some of that huge natural gas reserve off the west coast.

May 1st boycott Mexicans day

Now ask me again if I want to eat at El Bracero.

I just love they come here and somehow get financing on a new Ford Expedition with no drivers license and no insurance. Then they have to slap a Mexican flag on the front just to make sure we notice. You what if you love Mexico so damn much drive your ass back. Maybe I'm just jealous I can't figure out how they pull it off.

I'm back and cranky as ever

Nothing like spending a half a semester doing clinical in a state psychiatric hospital to make you a little edgy.

So..

Regular blogging will resume on or about May 5th when I finish this damn psychiatric rotation.

4 years and you have accomplished what?

Apparently not a damn thing. For 4 years both Dem and Rep have bickered over what to do and gotten nothing done. How many Doctors have we lost to states like Indiana where the insurance is cheaper due to Caps on malpractice claims. I can think of 3 OB/GYNs right off the top of my head.

I have to say I find the idea of creating a state-run malpractice-insurance carrier a nightmare maker. Its also typical of the Liberal way of thought. The govts job is not to provide insurance. But its also not the govts job to provide a way to squeeze money out of insurance companies and make trial lawyers rich.

Do a search on yahoo for Cerebral Palsy. Now look to the left in the ad section and tell me what you see. Do you know why lawyers love these little darlings? Because they know the insurance company will settle even if the OB/GYN was not at fault. Experience has shown that a jury will feel so bad for family there is no way they will not rule in their favor. I think it has been shown in research the last I read that only 10% of CP children had a difficult delivery. But in front of a jury it really doesnt matter.

The simple fact is when you are in front a jury of your peers when you are a Dr does the housewife next door really constitute one of your peers?

Media still trying to derail Polyheme

Looks like the media is determined to undermine and derail any advance in artificial blood technology. Nevermind the fact that the patients in this trial are the worst the trauma center has to offer. No the media still wants to focus on how many died after receiving Polyheme. How hard is it to see there is no way of knowing if these patients would have died anyway.

The big question is how many lives could be saved by having Polyheme available on all ambulances instead of having to wait to get to the ER for blood.

RINO eh ?

Seeing as how I don't play well with Democrats, Republicans or Libertarians maybe this might be a spot for me to hang out. There seem to be some good blogs I already read on the list.

Republicans / Independents Not Overdosed (on the Party Kool Aid)

Bill would OK live-coyote sales

House Bill 608 passed 85-15 and is pending before a Senate committee. Kentucky would join Indiana and at least eight other states that allow live coyote sales.




That sounds like a fine plan to me but of course the usual suspects are against it:

But veterinarians, animal welfare activists and the state Department of Fisheries and Wildlife oppose the measure, saying it could lead to the spread of rabies. Some people also say it is cruel to have dogs chase coyotes to exhaustion or death.

"It's just terrifying and it stresses them and they don't meet with a very humane end," said Pam Rogers, Kentucky legislative coordinator for Humane Society of the United States. "They're going to probably be torn apart by the dogs."

A very humane end? Lady its a coyote not a human there is a reason they have a bad reputation. I suppose she has never lost a family pet to pack of coyotes either. Fact is here in Western Kentucky (which you people in Louisville and Lexington always forget about) we are up to our ears in coyotes. I live less than 3 miles outside the city limits and the Mrs wants me to add an electric fence around the chainlink to protect the dogs. As a deer hunter I can tell you that trying to scare a nosey coyote no longer works. I can remember a time when you hardly ever saw them but now you see them in broad daylight and they are not the least bit frightened of humans anymore.

One problem which this bill addresses is the fact the pelts are worthless to trappers but could be worth more trapped alive. The other problem is a coyote isn't a fancy trophy buck like all the GQ hunters come down for. There just are not enough people hunting them anymore but they reproduce rapidly.

KY House passes ATV child-helmet bill

Children younger than 16 would have to wear helmets when riding all-terrain vehicles under a bill passed yesterday by the Kentucky House.

Why do we need a law for this? It should be the parents responsibility to make their kids wear helmets. So basically what you are saying is its against the law for a 15 year old to ride an atv without a helmet but its okay for his dad to ride his Harley on the parkway at 65 mph without it. I seem to recall when they repealed the helmet law for adults it was a matter or "personal freedom" but this they say is not. I suppose that is because minors obviously have no rights as evidenced by the way the school systems treat them.

Deborah Stillwell, whose 12-year-old son, John, was seriously injured in an ATV accident, praised the bill's passage.

John was not wearing a helmet when he crashed into a church signpost in Taylor County last August. He suffered a brain injury and a fractured skull, a broken leg and three crushed vertebrae.

Deborah who obviously failed to make her child wear a helmet now thinks we should feel sorry for her. Maybe John hit the signpost because he is an idiot and should not have been on an atv to start with. I would like to know the make and model of the atv in question because I am willing to bet somewhere on the atv there is a warning label saying it was not to be operated by someone under 16. How many kids have you seen riding giant atv's made for adults?

My god how did I survive childhood with no helmet and on a 3-wheeler at that. Not only did I survive I never broke any bones or had serious injuries.

But the bill's sponsor, Rep. Jim Gooch, D-Providence, said a law might prompt more parents to make their children wear them.

"If this law can save one parent from having a child who is brain-injured or killed, " Gooch said, "I think this law will have been worth it."

Hey Jim I bet if you ban children from riding on bikes and skateboards without helmets you might save a few lives as well. Maybe after they are born we should just strap on a pro-tec until they are 18 cause you never know when one might fall down the steps.

I wonder if Mr Goochs kids wore helmets on atvs......

BTW has anyone seen Rep. Ballard who did not even vote on this? Thanks for representing your district jackass.

So gambling on horse racing isn't a sin?

I just do not understand anyone with the common sense of a syphilis infected goat being against slot machines at horse racing parks.

Here is how the map plays out:

Across the river from Paducah is a casino in Metropolis.
Across the river from Henderson is a casino in Evansville.
Across the river from Louisville is a casino in...whatever that cities name is.

So Paducah and Louisville are already providing the players but getting nothing in return. Yes opponents can say that gambling brings problems. Guess what folks the casinos and the problems are already there the least we can do is get some tax revenue from it. So far the projections are $350 million dollars to help pay for the medicaid program whose cost keeps rising at a pace we can no longer afford.

Perhaps the opponents would be okay with a ballot initiative to start taxing churches like any other business to help out the general fund?

Calling a spade a spade

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- After motorist T. Allen Morgan got a speeding ticket in Coopertown - a town known for its heavy-handed traffic enforcement - he tried to pay his ticket like a good citizen.

But he added a little note on his check which angered Mayor Danny Crosby. The mayor refused to accept the check, sparking the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to launch an investigation Monday.

Crosby told Morgan that he had to either write another check that didn't have the words "for speed trap" written in bold letters or face the charges in traffic court.

"As mayor of this city, if I accept that check from that gentleman, I'm admitting we run a speed trap, and that's a bald-faced lie," Crosby said Tuesday.

Coopertown lies about 20 miles northwest of Nashville on a state highway used by motorists to travel between interstates 24 and 65. The town generates nearly 30 percent of its revenue from traffic tickets.

Mayor you and your city are a boil on the ass of humanity. He should have also added a penny to the check so that you had to spend the .39 to mail him a check back for the penny.

I would love to see what percentage of my cities revenue comes from traffic tickets as well. Protect and serve my ass.

Ralph Peters on the Non-Civil War in Iraq

Since Outlaw 13 is on holiday I will pick up his slack with the sequel to "NO WAR IN THE STREETS". Latest from Col Peters DUDE, WHERE'S MY CIVIL WAR?

I'M trying. I've been trying all week. The other day, I drove another 30 miles or so on the streets and alleys of Baghdad. I'm looking for the civil war that The New York Times declared. And I just can't find it.

Maybe actually being on the ground in Iraq prevents me from seeing it. Perhaps the view's clearer from Manhattan. It could be that my background as an intelligence officer didn't give me the right skills.

Voting for dummies

Bill in House would remove straight-party voting option

A bill that would eliminate the option of voting a straight party ticket with one selection has been introduced in the Kentucky House, but backers say the measure's outcome is uncertain.

Kentucky is one of 17 states, most of them in the South or the Rust Belt, whose ballots offer a straight-ticket option.

I can see why some would not want this removed it would require the voter to actual think about the choices. If voters start thinking they might realize what a crook the incumbent is.