Valentine in parking lot!

A bit late for Valentines day but a nice addition to a beautiful winter morning.

I sure hope the Davidians are someplace else....

KWTX Waco Holds Compost Sale Saturday: "March 4, 2006) The city of Waco will have its annual compost sale Saturday."

Oscar Blogging - The Worst Year to be Nominated for Best Picture

Decision �08 � Blog Archive � Oscar Blogging - The Worst Year to be Nominated for Best Picture:
Hands down, 1939. Look at the competition -

Dark Victory � Warner Bros.-First National
*Gone with the Wind � Selznick International Pictures
Goodbye, Mr. Chips � Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Love Affair � RKO Radio
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington � Columbia
Ninotchka � Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Of Mice and Men � Hal Roach (production company)
Stagecoach � Walter Wanger (production company)
The Wizard of Oz � Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Wuthering Heights � Samuel Goldwyn Productions "

Yikes! What a year! Sorta different from tonight?

Watch out Norton Shores!

MLive.com: Muskegon Town Talk Forum: "'Indeed, it's not too early to discuss merging Norton's fire and or police departments with the city of Muskegon, which has both a higher tax cap and a city income tax to HELP SUSTAIN operations in the face of cuts in the the state revenue and escalating health care costs"
Animal2 notes this editorial in Sunday's Chronicle.

An giant opportunity!

The American Thinker: "Require Dubai to starve the Islamist hate machine!
President Bush may be right that the US port sale to Dubai makes sense. It may be a reward for Dubai's help against al Qaeda. It might even encourage the UAE to become the Switzerland of the Middle East. But we should insist on a new clause: A solemn vow by the UAE to withdraw any support for the Islamist hate machine, the anti-American, anti-democratic, and anti-Israel incitement that keeps the witches, brew boiling."
The big mouths of both parties should read this.

The truth is out there....

New York Post Online Edition: postopinion: "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. "
...it's just as hard to find in the MSM.

Oscar ideas?

Tom McMahon: Gay Westerns:

Butch Cassidy and His Life Partner the Sundance Kid

The Good, The Bad, and The So Five Minutes Ago

High Noon-ish

The Wild Brunch

She Wore A Red Lapel Ribbon (To Award Shows)

High Plains Choreographer


I thought these were funny....

Fascinating read!

TOM WALSH: State needs to value smarter workforce: "WMU hired EPIC/MRA of Lansing to interview owners or managers of 1,181 so-called new economy companies in Michigan and four competing states, including Ohio and Illinois, about how best to grow new companies and create the jobs of the future" ............."Taxes are important, but in a different part of the company life cycle. An emerging business may not care about taxes because it doesn't have profits yet, but it needs to find capital easily and quickly.
I hope the WMU connection doesn't whitewash what the executives really said in the full report. It's also possible that the executives see the "business atmosphere" as a greater problem in Michigan than a lack of educated grads (we do export hundreds of college grads out of our state) We'll see.....

Oops! Fun for the democrats!

Harris Cancels Election Trips (Florida Sen race): "U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Longboat Key, is canceling campaign stops in Southwest Florida as questions swirl about her ties to a Washington defense contractor at the center of a bribery scandal. "
Not good news for GOPers.

Why is this a "big" story?

Lawmakers rake it in - 03/05/06 - The Detroit News: "Legislative salaries haven't increased in more than three years but now stand at $79,650 -- higher than neighboring states with full-time Legislatures including Ohio ($56,260), Illinois ($57,619) and Wisconsin ($45,569). Indiana, whose Legislature meets about three months annually, pays its lawmakers $11,600 a year."
Maybe the salaries are on the high side but nothing has changed in the last three years. Sounds like The News wants grumpy voters soon.

CBS News calls him a "recent...graduate"

CBS News UNC Graduate Charged With Attempted Murder: "

(AP) A recent University of North Carolina graduate was charged with nine counts of attempted murder Saturday, a day after authorities say he drove through a popular campus gathering spot in an attempt to avenge Muslim deaths."
Imagine how C-BS would have headlined if this terrorist was a "Christian".
Gutless!
The Chronicle used the same headline.

Show this to a democrat and watch the fun!

Halliburton Eyed for Dubai Ports Deal:

Whisper "Haliburton, Rove, Haliburton, Rove......"

Cowabduction.com

Cowabduction.com
If you care about cows!

This sounds good

My Way News: "Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to withdraw from more West Bank settlements immediately after forming Israel's next government and to set Israel's final borders within four years if it wins upcoming elections"

Reporter is shocked!

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Slow home sales drive prices down: "The slow real estate market is driving down prices"
Suppy...demand? The connection seems to be a new concept to this reporter. I wonder why they don't blame Jennie..... oh, she's a democrat. Never mind.

Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless - New York Times

Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless - New York Times: "'On a family vacation this summer we needed to get access,' ..... needed to send an e-mail message to his boss on the East Coast from Ocean Shores, Wash.. 'I said, 'O.K., let's drive around the beach with the window open.' We found a signal, and the owner of the network was none the wiser,' Mr. Wolf said. 'It took about five minutes.'"
Is this stealing? I don't know.

Powerful voice against the Deal

The Editors on Port Deal on National Review Online: "Dump the Deal

The 45-day delay for more investigation into the United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World looked last week like a port in a political storm. Now it looks more like a trap. ...."we have yet to hear a compelling argument against it."

It's always good to hear both sides....Except when they have no argument.

Canadian oil flowing into United States

Canadian oil flowing into United States: "Canada has become the biggest exporter of oil to the United States with the re-opening of a pipeline from Alberta to Oklahoma."
Fill 'er up, eh?

How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator

Telegraph News How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator: "In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3 until last year, revealed how Teheran played for time and tried to dupe the West after its secret nuclear programme was uncovered by the Iranian opposition in 2002."
Read This!

Nifty way to shorten bad movies

Short Film Ending! Videos
OK, just click on it! Even Audrey Hepurn (Wait Until Dark) would approve......Golly, would that farce ever end.....

This sounds strange

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting."

French Bistro non-attendees?

I guess they're not gonna come to the French Bistro Dinner but pretty funny anyway...

Hey Gordo, thanks for the invite... But we gotta pass.
Way too much carnage for a couple vegetarians: veal, duck, pork!

You need to watch “Babe” again!


When Mrs. X first became a veg, I thought, OK, that’s cool. I’m hip. I have a wife who’s a vegetarian! But then over a period of about 12 years, she “enlightened/brainwashed” me. These days, my daughter Nellie would get very confused if she found out I was eating ducks!

Today I was showing Nellie my old fishing gear from when we lived on our boat. I showed her a small aluminum bat and a gaff. I explained how I would gaff the fish, haul them aboard, and then clobber them on the head with the bat!! She was looking at me, like “what the heck are you talking about”? Fortunately, I never worked in a veal processing plant. That would be a tougher explanation.
Gotta love these parents!

My kid lived, I'm pissed. Give me your money!

Wizbang: Explosively Unique...: "Parents can sue a doctor if a genetic screening misses a severe or fatal condition that would have caused them to seek an abortion, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday. "
Much more to this story. Read how our legal system works/doesn't work. Ugly.

A religion of peace?

Michelle Malkin: "The driver of an SUV that plowed into a group of pedestrians at UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday told police it was retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world, according to ABC News. "
Aren't these attacks on Americans in the USA moving from "aberation" to "what the heck is going on here?" pretty quickly?

Real Good Oscar review

THOUGHTS BY SEAWITCH: "This year, I am paying attention to the foreign film nominations. There are five up for nomination.

Sophie Scholl - The Final Days This film tells of the interrogations that Sophie Scholl underwent by the Gestapo for her involvement in an anti-war group called the White Rose.

Tsoti This one is about a African youth who is trying to get away from the gangs and redeem his life.

Joyeux Noel This one is about Christmas Eve in 1914 and how the soldiers who have been facing each other with guns try to bring a few brief moments of peace.

Don't Tell This is the story of a young woman who starts remember how her father molested her when she was a young girl and tries to learn the truth about her family history.

These are all wonderful stories about how individuals try to bring some peace and justice into their lives. Which brings me to the 5th nomination:

Paradise Now Does the glorification of suicide bombers really belong with those other films of redemption? No, it doesn't. "
She's just a blogger! How refreshing!

And the US media focuses on breached or topped?

Isaac Schr�dinger: A Message for the World: "It's curious that the Urdu writing above that text doesn't say the same thing.
Translation of the five Urdu words into English: 'It is appropriate to kill an offensive cartoonist.'"

And no US newspaper has the guts to publish the cartoons. The Muskegon Chronicle cowards didn't either.

A good father...

Tom McMahon: What I Have Learned In 15 Years: "It was 15 years ago today that our 8-year-old son Ryan suffered a severe brain injury that left him unable to walk or talk or feed himself. He was in the hospital (in two hospitals, actually) for over six months, and ever since has lived with us at home. I thought I would share some of the lessons I've learned in these past 15 years:"
Read this story of love with a hankie handy. Scroll down a bit.

Is this why Porky never wears pants?

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Prof resigns over graphic video: "Grand Rapids Community College professor resigned after allegedly showing ten seconds of a sexually explicit video in his criminal justice class. ..According to the paper, students begged to see it. Naves warned them it was an explicit clip of a man having sex with a pig.
Atlanta Lou ponders: "Then again, I suppose some guys don't know when "oink" means "no"."

Pay too much and the Feds freeze your money?

Scripps Howard News Service: "They were told, as they moved up the managerial ladder at the call center, that the amount they had sent in was much larger than their normal monthly payment. And if the increase hits a certain percentage higher than that normal payment, Homeland Security has to be notified. And the money doesn't move until the threat alert is lifted."
From correspondant AtlantaLou this nugget of Homeland Insecurity.

Didn't he just finish a world hunger tour?

Clinton crusades against obesity:

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Former President Bill Clinton and National Governors Association Chairman Mike Huckabee are fighting U.S. childhood obesity, a problem each has faced.
Hey, fat kids get hungry too!

Nifty way to avoid divorce!

Herald Sun: Sniper Mum goes free [04mar06]: "A MOTHER of five who dressed in camouflage and lay in wait in a sniper's nest before gunning down her abusive husband has been found not guilty of his murder"
"Honey, I'm home." just doesn't cut it all the time.

Mommas, do't let your babies grow up to be liberals...

Herald Sun: Jane Fonda says plastic not so fantastic [02mar06]: "Along the way the actor and activist has found God and important causes and lost three husbands and a pair of breast implants. Not a bad swap.

for "The Da Vinci Code" readers only

OpinionJournal - Taste: "The Conspiracy Code
A lawsuit against a fiction writer could spell trouble for the publishing world. "

Wow!

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE :: Chertoff Has 'Few Days Left,' Sources Say John Gizzi: "In the aftermath of the public revelation of the presidential 'teleconference' and mounting criticism of the performance of Michael Chertoff, Administration sources told HUMAN EVENTS today that the secretary of Homeland Security has 'only a few days left' in the Bush Cabinet"
Interesting to see if this is true and why.

Teachers, school board sign four-year contract

Teachers, school board sign four-year contract: "Wage increases. Teachers will receive a 2 percent increase retroactive for the 2004-05 year; 2 percent for the current year; 2 percent for 2006-07; and 1 percent for 2007-08. "
This doesn't seem too bad for either side.

It's Friday! Have a laugh!

click for more happy
YouTube - Laughing Babies

Finally!

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WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - House committee OKs high school graduation plan: "LANSING, Mich. A plan to adopt tougher high school graduation requirements in Michigan has cleared a state House committee largely intact.
The House Education Committee approved legislation that for the most part follows recommendations made by the State Board of Education. The legislation now goes to the full House.
Students would be required to complete four credits each in math and English, three each in science and social science and one each in physical education and the arts."
About time!

Our roads get an "F" ?

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The suicide recruiters will love this one.

S.F. supervisors ask lawmakers to impeach Bush: "San Francisco's supervisors jumped into national politics Tuesday, passing a resolution asking the city's Democratic congressional delegation to seek the impeachment of President Bush for failing to perform his duties by leading the country into war in Iraq, eroding civil liberties and engaging in other activities the board sees as transgressions. "

It's Indiana not India!

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"That's Saul, folks!"
Michigan Republican Party Blog: MI Should fear Indiana, not India: Companies and jobs run for cover from state's punitive business taxes.
Ya can't change if ya don't know what the problem is!

It's always leftist liars. Why?

'Village Voice' Suspends Writer/Editor for Fabrication: "NEW YORK Late Wednesday, the Village Voice weekly in New York suspended one of its editors and removed a story from its Web site after learning that one scene in the cover story, published this week, had been fabricated"

Selective outrage? Oh my!

Who'd have thought that a hurricane could have high winds and lots of water...and stuff?
I'm Shocked!
Gateway Pundit: Wires: Bush, Chertoff, Nagin & Fats Domino Warned Before Katrina: "Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Today's headline thriller from the AP:

'Tape: Bush, Chertoff Warned Before Katrina'

Who knew?? My goodness gracious! George W. Bush heard it was going to be a big hurricane!! Can you imagine?

Here is some news for the AP...

The whole world was warned before Katrina!!! The AP itself wrote on the Sunday before the hurricane that 'Katrina's storm surge would likely top the levees.' Mayor Nagin told people going to the Superdome should come with enough food and supplies to last three to five days. Bush declared a national emergency. FEMA teams were in place to move in. Emergency assistance was being deployed and national guard troops were being prepared. President Bush personally warned the citizens on the coast.

If the AP wanted to unveil some unreported news they could try this, 'the response to Hurricane Katrina was by far the largest--and fastest-rescue effort in U.S. history.' (via Powerline)

Now, that would be some bold reporting!

Here is what the media and bloggers were saying the Sunday before Katrina hit the Gulf Coast:

August 28, 2005

Katrina Packing Wind of Nearly 175 Mph
Associated Press


Mayor Ray Nagin ordered an immediate evacuation Sunday for all of New Orleans, a city of 485,000 people, as Hurricane Katrina bore down with wind revved up to nearly 175 mph and a threat of a massive storm surge. "
The rest is just as good. What is it with the nutty left?

Just the facts, ma'am

Power Line: Bad Numbers, Part II: "The first is a correction in the New York Times:
Two articles on Saturday about the management deal for six American ports and its political fallout referred incorrectly to the role to be played by Dubai Ports World. It would run some of the terminal operations; it would not own the ports or take over all operations."
Kind of a big mistake, doncha think?

Is this why their reporting is so bad?

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005�: "NBC White House correspondent David Gregory, who apologized last week for calling White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan a 'jerk,' called into MSNBC's IMUS Thursday morning -- apparently drunk!"

Pretty stupid...and sad. Read the entire embarrassment.

I got a comment!

Jack Ass
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Katrina dishonesty

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Instapundit.com -: "In other words, there's no news here, but we hope it'll have traction anyway.) Patterico says that the Los Angeles Times is dishonestly portraying the video's contents, but if you get to the second page of the LAT story you find a bit of a dig at the AP for selective editing:
The AP video does not include footage of Chertoff asking Brown whether he needs any other help or of Chertoff asking whether Brown wants him to approach the Department of Defense. Transcripts show that to both questions, Brown indicated that no additional assistance was needed."
Do not trust the liberal media!

Prevent BirdFlu!

Aussie men love NYC chicks!

OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today: "Going for Bloke
Maureen Dowd, who writes a column for a subscription-only Web site and is author of a new book called 'Are Men Necessary?,' has gone Down Under to promote her book--and to go 'man hunting,' reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
'When I was 20,' Dowd tells the Herald, 'I fell in love with an Australian hotel manager in Dublin called Rowan. After that, I wanted to emigrate to Australia but my parents made me go home instead. Now I'm here at last. And if they can take a strong, sassy, saucy woman, Australian men should please apply.'
The Herald invites its readers to apply, and here are some of their comments:
From: SSS
Comment: If she can answer this question I'll let her have me. How many blokes does it take to open a beer can? None. Maureen should of [sic] had it opened when she brought it to me. She better be able to cook and clean also.

Ain't flying great?

Ace of Spades HQ: "Top Ten Things You Don't Want To Hear From Your Flight Crew
10. 'Your choice of dinner is beef stroganoff or vegetarian burrito. I'd recommend that burrito; you don't want any of that 'bad energy' of animal murder when we die in a flaming holocaust of twist metal. Which we'll be doing in (checks watch) about five minutes now. Fresca?'"
Read the rest

YouTube - My love story !

YouTube - My love story !
True love!

Support our best teachers in Muskegon!

OK, she's one of many great teachers but our French transplant is truly one of the best teachers in our county. Bernadette Bilock, a French teacher at North Muskegon High School, is promoting, again, a wonderful dinner and French experience at the Hearthstone next week. The food is very "French", the service is very "Lister" and the evening will likely become a "memory". All for the benefit of her students.
Gordo and Honey will attend. See you there!

click on the invitation and it gets BIG!

Oscar review-best documentary

After consulting with the Yale admissions committee, the awards committee will give the Oscar to ... 'Paradise Now,' a heartwarming story about Palestinian suicide bombers. How good is it? Al-Jazeera gave it 4 1/2 pipe bombs. It's Air Syria's featured in-flight movie this month -- go figure! I don't want to spoil the ending for you, but let's just say there won't be a sequel."

Shamu to you too!

YouTube - Shamu Takes Out Kayak
High speed only.

Someone familiar?

HeebeeJeebee alert!

Lawyer Plays Race Card at Democrat's Vote Fraud Sentencing

Gateway Pundit: Lawyer Plays Race Card at Democrat's Vote Fraud Sentencing: "At least 16 St. Louis area Democrats have been found guilty of election crimes since the 2004 election!"
"Your honor, this is about racism," Cook said of Powell's prosecution. "This is about suppressing the vote of black people."The racial makeup of the city is 1.23% White, 97.74% African American!
The white MSM doesn't seem to think voter disenfrancisement is such a big deal if the democrats are the disenfranchisers.

The Left Concocts a Poisonous Day of News

Gateway Pundit: The Left Concocts a Poisonous Day of News: "Three leading stories yesterday. Three bogus stories yesterday."

No wonder the MSM is scared "big time" of the blogs, talk radio and FOX.

Iraq-The rest of the story

OpinionJournal - Featured Article: "At War With Ourselves
We're winning in Iraq. Let's not lose at home. "
Read it all if you care about what's going on in Iraq today.

IMAO: Frank Advice on Port Security

IMAO: Frank Advice on Port Security: "* Remember: Just because someone is Arab doesn't mean that he is a Muslim; in fact, the huge majority of Arabs in America are Christian, so, when you see an Arab, you should be more worried about a Christian extremist who will chat off your ear about 'The Bible.' To shut him up, just tell him you have 'The Bible: The Movie' on your Netflix list and you don't want him to spoil it for you.
* SPOILER: Jesus gets killed. Ha, bet you thought they wouldn't kill off the main character."
Heh.....read the rest.......