Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Actor Bruno Kirby Dies at 57 - TMZ.com
Actor Bruno Kirby Dies at 57 - TMZ.com: "Bruno Kirby, a veteran character actor who costarred in 'When Harry Met Sally,' 'City Slickers' and many other films, has died at age 57, his wife said Tuesday. "
Chicken question?
Another cute E-mail from a friend. I liked Rummy's response the best....
Subject: Fwd: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "THIS" side of the road before it goes after the problem on the "OTHER SIDE" of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not takingon his "CURRENT" problems before adding "NEW" problems.
OPRAH: Well I understand that the chicken is havingproblems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DONALD RUMSFELD: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
ANDERSON COOPER/CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JUDGE JUDY: That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's why they call it the "other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be free to cross the road. It's as plain and simple as that!
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together - in peace. ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2006, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet explorer is an integral part of eChicken. The Platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^( C \..... reboot
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
Subject: Fwd: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "THIS" side of the road before it goes after the problem on the "OTHER SIDE" of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not takingon his "CURRENT" problems before adding "NEW" problems.
OPRAH: Well I understand that the chicken is havingproblems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DONALD RUMSFELD: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
ANDERSON COOPER/CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JUDGE JUDY: That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's why they call it the "other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be free to cross the road. It's as plain and simple as that!
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together - in peace. ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2006, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet explorer is an integral part of eChicken. The Platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^( C \..... reboot
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
Monica!
An E-mail that made me laugh.
A Special Birthday This Week ---
Can you believe it? Monica Lewinsky turned 31 this week. It seems like only yesterday she was crawling around the White House on her hands and knees.
They grow up so fast.
WSJ.com - Welcome to Club Fed
WSJ.com - Welcome to Club Fed: "The closest thing to a lifetime sinecure in America is a federal government job, and now it turns out that it's also a very lucrative way to make a living.
New data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis confirm that the average federal civilian worker earns $106,579 a year in total compensation, or twice the $53,289 in wages and benefits for the typical private worker. This federal pay premium costs taxpayers big bucks because Uncle Sam's annual payroll is now $200 billion a year. No wonder that, with a per capita income of $46,782 a year, Washington, D.C. is the fourth richest among the nation's 360 metropolitan areas."
New data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis confirm that the average federal civilian worker earns $106,579 a year in total compensation, or twice the $53,289 in wages and benefits for the typical private worker. This federal pay premium costs taxpayers big bucks because Uncle Sam's annual payroll is now $200 billion a year. No wonder that, with a per capita income of $46,782 a year, Washington, D.C. is the fourth richest among the nation's 360 metropolitan areas."
Monday, August 14, 2006
Eatin' heathy?
I just saw, on TV, a cholesterol ad where the drug sellin' chick asked me if I was "eating healthy?"
Can I buy "healthy" or do I "thank a teacher" for the corruption of our language?
I'm wondering...
I'm wondering when is the last time the AP titled a story "US successes in Afghanistan". And why not!
U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan: " (AP) As of Aug. 14, 2006, at least 263 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
Of those, the military reports 162 were killed by hostile action."
Where was this engine made?
MLive.com: Newslogs: "The ferry service has canceled operation through Thursday due to a repair of a broken gear in an engine drive."
I'm wondering how 3 years does it in?
Big surprise!
Luxury Spending Found in Legal Program: "The federal program that provides legal help to poor Americans turns away half of its applicants for lack of resources. But that hasn't stopped its executives from lavishing expensive meals, chauffeur-driven cars and foreign trips on themselves."
No big deal. He's a democrat....
From his website: Donovan Riley - A Democrat who will vote like one for the 7th District(http://www.rileyforstatesenate.org/)The more you vote, the better you feel: "State Senate candidate Donovan Riley is a big believer in democracy.
So much so that he rarely misses a chance to vote.
And, in one case, Riley may have gone so far as to vote twice in the same election.
Yep, that's right - twice in the same election.
.......... Riley, a 69-year-old former CEO of the University of Illinois Hospital, voted twice in the 2000 general election, once in Chicago and then again in Oconomowoc (WI). A well-heeled liberal Democrat, Riley is running a vigorous primary campaign against state Sen. Jeff Plale, a conservative Dem from South Milwaukee.
Late Friday, Riley offered this stunning written response to the charges:
'My best recollection is that I was splitting my time between Wisconsin and Illinois, and it's possible I made a mistake. If the Elections Board decides to look into this matter, I will gladly assist.'
Not what you would call a vigorous defense.
They're not just biased. They're lazy morons!
Some wrongs never can be made right: "One apology isn't enough for Eddie Johnson. He wants an apology every day of every week for the next year, if not for the rest of his life. The Chicago Tribune, a national radio show and a number of TV stations have smeared his fine name, mistakenly identifying the Chicago-bred basketball legend and former University of Illinois star as the Eddie Johnson charged last week with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in Florida."
Grab a hankie....
YouTube - Can
Strongest Dad in the World[From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly]
I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay for their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. on a bike. Makes taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?
Read the rest and then view the heartwarming video.
http://www.bootblog.org/05-06/great-article-from-si-strongest-dad-in-the-world.html
Strongest Dad in the World[From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly]
I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay for their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. on a bike. Makes taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?
Read the rest and then view the heartwarming video.
http://www.bootblog.org/05-06/great-article-from-si-strongest-dad-in-the-world.html
Not good news
BREITBART.COM - 2 Fox News Journalists Kidnapped in Gaza: "Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox......... said the two kidnapped people were reporter Steve Centanni, a U.S. citizen, and a cameraman from New Zealand. "
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Sunday, August 13, 2006
My non-dirty little secret...
USA Network Monk
I really like the TV show Monk.
I can't really figure out why.....I just like its humanity.
And I'm not all that big on "humanity".
I also think "Natalie" is hot....I don't know why....
Charity Banks On 'Masturbate-athon'
Is Clinton in England again?
Sky News: Charity Banks On 'Masturbate-athon': "Filmed by Channel Four as part of a series of shows dubbed Wank Week, the Masturbate-athon is the first event of its kind in Europe having been exported from the US.
Sky News: Charity Banks On 'Masturbate-athon': "Filmed by Channel Four as part of a series of shows dubbed Wank Week, the Masturbate-athon is the first event of its kind in Europe having been exported from the US.
Captain's Quarters
Captain's Quarters: "The New York Times' public editor, Byron Calame, publishes a startling admision from Bill Keller regarding the publication delay of the most explosive story in his short reign as managing editor. Earlier, when Keller told people that the NSA surveillance story got delayed from December 2004 based on requests from the White House, speculation circulated that the story had actually gotten shelved before the presidential election. Now Calame confirms that Keller lied about the publication history of the Lichtblau/Risen effort:"
Cookie blaster from KimKomando
From Kim:
The recent release of AOL subscribers' search history should be a warning. Our searches often are archived.
Unfortunately, these searches could be tracked back to us. They could reveal glimpses of our private lives.
Which brings us to Google. This popular search site uses cookies. An ID number can link the searches you make over any period of time. But, you can do something about it.
Download G-Zapper. It will show you if you have a Google cookie on your machine. I did. But I was able to remove it and block future Google cookies.
When you visit the site, just click the download link. This will install the basic version of G-Zapper. There's also a Professional Edition that requires a payment; it will look for cookies from other search sites. It works on Windows 95 or later running Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or Firefox 1.5 or higher.
http://www.dummysoftware.com/
The recent release of AOL subscribers' search history should be a warning. Our searches often are archived.
Unfortunately, these searches could be tracked back to us. They could reveal glimpses of our private lives.
Which brings us to Google. This popular search site uses cookies. An ID number can link the searches you make over any period of time. But, you can do something about it.
Download G-Zapper. It will show you if you have a Google cookie on your machine. I did. But I was able to remove it and block future Google cookies.
When you visit the site, just click the download link. This will install the basic version of G-Zapper. There's also a Professional Edition that requires a payment; it will look for cookies from other search sites. It works on Windows 95 or later running Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or Firefox 1.5 or higher.
http://www.dummysoftware.com/
Saturday, August 12, 2006
MSU's kicking battle wide open -- for now
MSU's kicking battle wide open -- for now: "Neither sophomore Todd Boleski nor freshman Brett Swenson has taken the lead in Michigan State's competition to find its next placekicker.
According to coaches, they've been about even over the first week of practice.
'It's college football and his leg is about to drop off,' coach John L. Smith said of Swenson on Friday. 'It happens to all guys who come in for the first time, so we've kind of had him lay off a little bit. But I like what I'm seeing so far.'
As for Boleski, Smith said the 6-feet-6, 214-pound standout from spring workouts hasn't fallen off from his performances a few months ago.
'He doesn't know how good he can be,' Smith said. 'He just has a big leg. He's competing. I like how the two guys are handling everything.'
Smith said he could wait until the season opener to decide which player will kick if both remain competitive. Another option is using both during the season -- Swenson for short-yardage situations and Boleski for longer distances."
According to coaches, they've been about even over the first week of practice.
'It's college football and his leg is about to drop off,' coach John L. Smith said of Swenson on Friday. 'It happens to all guys who come in for the first time, so we've kind of had him lay off a little bit. But I like what I'm seeing so far.'
As for Boleski, Smith said the 6-feet-6, 214-pound standout from spring workouts hasn't fallen off from his performances a few months ago.
'He doesn't know how good he can be,' Smith said. 'He just has a big leg. He's competing. I like how the two guys are handling everything.'
Smith said he could wait until the season opener to decide which player will kick if both remain competitive. Another option is using both during the season -- Swenson for short-yardage situations and Boleski for longer distances."
Interesting... if true...
Columnist Says Barack Obama 'Lied To The American People;' Asks Publisher to Withdraw Obama's Book: "'It is time for Barack Obama to stop presenting a fantasy to the American people. We are forgiving and many would still support him. It may well be that his concealment is meant to endanger Israel. His Muslim religion would obviously raise serious questions in many Jewish circles where Obama now enjoys support,' Martin states."
Victor Davis Hanson on War on National Review Online
Victor Davis Hanson on War on National Review Online: "When I used to read about the 1930s � the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain, and Germany, the appeasement in France and Britain, the murderous duplicity of the Soviet Union, and the racist Japanese murdering in China � I never could quite figure out why, during those bleak years, Western Europeans and those in the United States did not speak out and condemn the growing madness, if only to defend the millennia-long promise of Western liberalism. "
Kinda dumb...
...OK, real dumb. But kinda true....
A man scanned the guests at a party and spotted an attractive womanstanding alone. He approached her and asked her name."My name is Carmen," she told him."That's a beautiful name," he said. "Is it a family name?""No," she replied. "I gave it to myself. It reflects the things I likemost - cars and men." "What's your name?" she asked."Beertits", he said
A man scanned the guests at a party and spotted an attractive womanstanding alone. He approached her and asked her name."My name is Carmen," she told him."That's a beautiful name," he said. "Is it a family name?""No," she replied. "I gave it to myself. It reflects the things I likemost - cars and men." "What's your name?" she asked."Beertits", he said
Liberals eating their own....
Huffington Post Shows Joe Lieberman In Blackface
Here's the link to the photo the left made up and now doesn't want you to see.
"rolling" fast
This is liberalism, folks....
BREITBART.COM - US stars align in anti-Iraq war hunger strike: "Other supporters, including Penn, Sarandon, novelist Alice Walker and actor Danny Glover will join a 'rolling' fast, a relay in which 2,700 activists pledge to refuse food for at least 24 hours, and then hand over to a comrade. "
I'm thinkin' Mikie has been fasting with Cindy...."Cindy, you fast for one minute and then I'll fast for one minute, then you, then me. Got it? Hey, don't take the whole bucket of chicken...."
Liberal fasting?
This chubbo was fasting for a month? Right.....
Sheehan Treated for Dehydration in Texas: "Anti-war demonstrator Cindy Sheehan was hospitalized Friday evening for dehydration and exhaustion after fasting for more than a month and protesting earlier this week in 100-degree weather, friends and relatives said. "
The new meme
Last night on Chris Matthews, the NYT (unbiased!) reporterette called Lieberman "the Republican candidate". When Lieberman wins, is he gonna forget what the demos and the media are doing to him?
Ankle Biting Pundits Um, the Bush Candidate Got 48% in a Dem Primary [!]: "There is very little Democrats should be happy about regarding this debacle. The party's 2000 Vice Presidential nominee has bolted. The white rats are running the laboratory. And the pro-Bush candidate just got 48% in a Democrat primary."
Olden times
A friend sent this. The rest of it is posted in "Comments" below.
Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about Ratings at the bottom.1. Blackjack chewing gum2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3 Candy cigarettes4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles5 Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers7. Party lines8. Newsreels before the movie 9. P.F. Flyers10. Butch wax11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933) 12.
Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about Ratings at the bottom.1. Blackjack chewing gum2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3 Candy cigarettes4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles5 Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers7. Party lines8. Newsreels before the movie 9. P.F. Flyers10. Butch wax11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933) 12.
Global warming strikes again!
Rare snowfall across South Africa: "Snow fell on South Africa's biggest city Johannesburg for the first time in 25 years as icy temperatures gripped vast swathes of the country, the weather office said. "
Friday, August 11, 2006
MSU Smith on the bubble
Well, $1.6 million/year works out to about $300,000 per Spartan win under John L. The long knives are out!
John Niyo's Top 5: Win or else :
After 40 years at Penn State, Joe Paterno doesn't have to worry about job security. But here are five coaches who do:
Rich Brooks, Kentucky: A 9-25 record in his first three seasons -- and 4-20 in the Southeastern Conference -- earned Brooks a contract extension. But that was mostly to help with recruiting, and it won't mean a thing if the losing continues.
Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M: Cut-and-run wizard usually doesn't stay in one place for more than four or five years. He might not in College Station, either, unless ex-Western Michigan coach Gary Darnell can fix the defense this season.
Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.): A growing list of off-the-field problems wouldn't matter at Miami if not for three losses in each of the last two seasons. Coker, who's 53-9 with a national title to his credit, purged half his coaching staff last winter, so now it's on him.
John L. Smith, Michigan State: The Spartans' offense has been fun to watch -- and this fall it should be no different -- but another bowl game would help appease the restless fans in East Lansing. Beating Michigan wouldn't hurt, either."
Maybe he'll sue?
What do you bet this guy will get a free pass and waste taxpayer's money in Bozeman?
Missing Egyptian Student Arrested At O'Hare: " a man at the Delta terminal at O'Hare International Airport tried to use a ticket to go to Bozeman, Montana, but his ticket was out of New York rather than Chicago, police Supt. Philip Cline said at a news conference.
A disturbance then ensued. "He was raising his voice for the level for the counter agent to call for the police officer to come over," Cline said.
The man, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou El Ela, 22, was found to be one of the missing Egyptian students, Cline said.
He was acting in a strange, erratic behavior, and the Delta supervisor and they went a little farther in their investigation with the ticket, and they discovered that he was one of the missing students that they were looking for, said Chicago police officer Tim Bolger, who arrived at the scene. "
Wired News: Wired News Writer Faked Info
Wired News: Wired News Writer Faked Info: "Wired News has removed three articles from its website after an internal investigation failed to confirm the authenticity of a source used in the stories.
'Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad' (June 27, 2006"
Why not "Tribal Curse Haunts Magazine and Newspaper Editors"?
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Articles - The Death of Feminism
Articles - The Death of Feminism: "Islamic terrorists routinely kidnap the most vulnerable civilians and hold them hostage. Hamas and Hizbullah, like Arafat�s PLO, hold their own people hostage as well, and hide both themselves and their weapons among Muslim civilians. "
Insurance screw job!
Wired 14.08: Pinch My Ride: "�Since you reportedly can account for all the vehicle keys, the forensic information suggests that the loss did not occur as reported,� the company wrote to Wassef, denying his claim. The barely hidden subtext: Wassef was lying."
They're not only liars, they're stupid!
Framing the story: "We hope doubters of media bias are paying attention to the photojournalism follies in Lebanon this week. It started with a Reuters freelance photographer's doctoring of images to exaggerate plumes of smoke and Israeli-wrought destruction in Beirut. The photographer was fired, which would have ended the matter, except that fresh irregularities at the New York Times, the Associated Press and U.S. News & World Report are emerging. As we said about the Reuters incident, media bias is a consensus, not a conspiracy."
The most important story of the year!
Read it all!
The Contrived News Story: "Think about how many times the media have concocted a story when there wasn't one to report. The president's Texas Air National Guard 'records', forged by someone for CBS, was only the most obvious, but the list is long. Enron as a Bush scandal. Richard Clarke's testimony to the 9-11 Commission taken as gospel and republished over and over without any examination of the underlying facts that proved much of it wrong. The Valerie Plame nonsense. Long-time war critic Jack Murtha suddenly given the Paris Hilton treatment. Blaming the president for Katrina's devastation of New Orleans. NSA listening to terrorists as 'domestic spying.'
The hypocrites in green!
USATODAY.com - Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe: "Public records reveal that as Gore lectures Americans on excessive consumption, he and his wife Tipper live in two properties: a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va. (He also has a third home in Carthage, Tenn.) For someone rallying the planet to pursue a path of extreme personal sacrifice, Gore requires little from himself. "
But you gotta sell your SUV, little Americans!
Let's make terrorism fun!
Schoolchildren Get Trivia Questions' About 9/11 Attack - August 8, 2006 - The New York Sun: "An activity book for children about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks being distributed to schools with funding from Keyspan, North Fork Bank, and the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges contains pages of 'trivia questions' and math problems about the attack."
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Why didn't we think of this?
cbs2.com - California Wire: "Thieves apparently under the influence of alcohol stole six U-Haul moving trucks and went on some destructive Mojave Desert joyrides, authorities said."
...in college that is...
The Most Overrated Teams in College Football
Bummer Sparty!
The Most Overrated Teams in College Football: "The Most Overrated Team Has Been ...
1. Michigan State-No matter how good they look or how many starters are back, do not do it. Do not champion the Spartans, America's most overrated college football program. Resist that temptation and you'll prove wiser than your peers in the end. Ten times since 1971, Michigan State has been ranked in the preseason. In nine of those years, they ended the season unranked. And there are some real clunkers in the school vault, including Bobby Williams' last team, which opened 2002 at No. 17, yet could only manage four victories and a host of off-field missteps.
*Composite Score: -19.80 "
Sensitive men on drugs!
The Borowitz Report .com: "Elsewhere, the FDA approved a new morning-after pill that makes men stay for breakfast and call when they say they will."
Doh!
Man dies opening grenade with sledgehammer - Yahoo! News: "A Brazilian man died on Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. "
Was he looking for a surprise inside?
Car wash?
Greenandwhite.com: MSU football notebook: Bandit keeps coping: "Junior bandit Sir Darean Adams missed some of the MSU football team's spring practice because his younger brother was shot to death.
Adams, 21, said his younger brother, Keith Ford, 18, was killed by a stray bullet in his hometown of Bradenton, Fla. Ford's death marked the third close friend or relative Adams has lost to violence since coming to Michigan State.
According to Adams, Ford was gunned down mistakenly at a car wash."
I thought they were fun places.....
Israel facts!
Tammy Bruce: History Archives: "ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM FACTS
1. ISRAEL BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM;
2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM ISRAEL BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES 'PALESTINIANS' IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD;
3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE THERE FOR 3,300 YEARS;"
Read the rest of her post. Amazing we had no idea.
She's also a fox!
The amazing Progressives part 2
Geeze. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Kim Gandey (President of anti-male, anti-hetro NOW-National Organization of Women) all in prominent photo-op positions with the new Progressive darling.
This is the new face of the Democrats?
Heh......
The amazing "Progressives"
The Blogometer: 8/9: Nightmares and Dreamscapes: "Savour this moment. Cable exec Ned Lamont's (D) CT Dem primary win over Sen. Joe Lieberman (D) may well be the last time for a long time that bloggers from the left and right are genuinely pleased with the exact same election result. "
This election is a disaster for the Democrat Party and the MSM (Tim Russert/George Stephanopoulos, et al) is spinning it as a "wake up call to the GOP". Lieberman will retain his seat, Demo candidates will be forced to run as anti war extremists and the GOP will retain its hold on the Senate/Congress.
What is it with democrats that they don't mind being lied to by the MSM if it makes them feel good "right now!".
The threats begin!
National Review Online: "Friends,
Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war. Make no mistake about it: We, the majority of Americans, want this war ended and we will actively work to defeat each and every one of you who does not support an immediate end to this war."
Friends, indeed....
OpinionJournal - Extra
OpinionJournal - Extra: "In this context, mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that worked so well during the Cold War, would have no meaning. At the end of time, there will be general destruction anyway. What will matter will be the final destination of the dead--hell for the infidels, and heaven for the believers. For people with this mindset, MAD is not a constraint; it is an inducement."
Sad
The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State: "Officers used Mace to subdue Clarett after a stun gun was ineffective because the former Fiesta Bowl star was wearing a bullet-resistant vest, Sgt. Michael Woods said."
Doesn't sound like he was goin' to the 7-11 to pick up some milk...
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
WHO WILL WIN THE BIG TEN? - 07/20/06 - The Detroit News Online
WHO WILL WIN THE BIG TEN? - 07/20/06 - The Detroit News Online: "There's no shortage of talent at the skill positions surrounding Stanton, so there's no reason to expect much of a drop-off from 2005, when MSU ranked fifth nationally in total offense. "
FIFTH NATIONALLY IN OFFENSE?!!!!!!! How could they suck so much?
TaxProf Blog: Ranking Law Schools by "Service to Society"?
TaxProf Blog: Ranking Law Schools by "Service to Society"?: "Washington Monthly has published its second annual College Rankings based on 'service to society':"
Gunga Dan?
Americans Rate Television News and Talk Personalities: "A recent Gallup Panel poll asked a random sample of Americans to indicate if they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of 17 personalities who regularly appear on news and talk shows on broadcast television and cable news networks. "
70% have a favorable opinion of proven liar Dan Rather? Something smells here...
Censorship!
My Way News - Dixie Chicks Cancel 14 Shows on Tour: "Several concerts on the Dixie Chicks''Accidents & Accusations' tour have been canceled after slow ticket sales, but the group says it has replaced them with other dates.
Kansas City, Houston, St. Louis, Memphis and Knoxville are among 14 cities no longer on the original schedule released in May"
Bummer, chicks....
Monday, August 07, 2006
The Daily Inter Lake
The Daily Inter Lake: "Last week, a federal district judge in Florida agreed with the ACLU lawyers that �pat-down� searches of football fans entering NFL stadiums are unconstitutional and unreasonable. "
Sunday, August 06, 2006
BREITBART.COM - 9/ 11 Conspiracy Theorists Thriving
BREITBART.COM - 9/ 11 Conspiracy Theorists Thriving: "Kevin Barrett believes the U.S government might have destroyed the World Trade Center. Steven Jones is researching what he calls evidence that the twin towers were brought down by explosives detonated inside them, not by hijacked airliners. "
Welcome to AJC! | ajc.com
Welcome to AJC! ajc.com: "Before Germany began a guest worker program to import foreign labor, few Turks lived in Germany. Three decades after the program ended, they number 2.5 million.
Entering under the temporary program, they never left. Yet many remain on the margins of German society, living in ethnic enclaves where unemployment, poverty and youth crime rates are high. "
Entering under the temporary program, they never left. Yet many remain on the margins of German society, living in ethnic enclaves where unemployment, poverty and youth crime rates are high. "
R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens: "ALBANY, N.Y.-- Students with limited English could face a harder time taking state tests from now on.
State education officials said that any student with at least one year of U.S. schooling will have to take the regular English Language Arts exam. Until now, students with less than three years of U.S. schooling could take a different test for English as a second language.
The change affects about 90,000children in grades three through eight who speak limited English. The next test is in January.
New York has been under pressure from the federal government to improve its testing.
In June, the feds threatened the state with a loss more than a million dollars in aid per year if New York did not change its testing process within a year. "
State education officials said that any student with at least one year of U.S. schooling will have to take the regular English Language Arts exam. Until now, students with less than three years of U.S. schooling could take a different test for English as a second language.
The change affects about 90,000children in grades three through eight who speak limited English. The next test is in January.
New York has been under pressure from the federal government to improve its testing.
In June, the feds threatened the state with a loss more than a million dollars in aid per year if New York did not change its testing process within a year. "
New Registration Rules Stir Voter Debate in Ohio - New York Times
New Registration Rules Stir Voter Debate in Ohio - New York Times: "Under the law, passed by the Republican-led state legislature in January 2006, paid voter registration workers must personally submit the voter registration cards to the state, rather than allow the organizations overseeing the drives to vet and submit them in bulk.
By requiring paid canvassers to sign and put their addresses on the voter registration cards they collect, and by making them criminally liable for any irregularities on the cards, the rules have made it more difficult to use such workers, who most often work in lower-income and Democratic-leaning neighborhoods, where volunteers are scarce. "
By requiring paid canvassers to sign and put their addresses on the voter registration cards they collect, and by making them criminally liable for any irregularities on the cards, the rules have made it more difficult to use such workers, who most often work in lower-income and Democratic-leaning neighborhoods, where volunteers are scarce. "
More media lies exposed!
The American Thinker: "We live in two different worlds, as the old pop song had it. One world employs local stringers who may well either be under the thumb of Hezbollah, Hamas, or other villainous groups, or who are outright partisans. But they claim to be objective."
Friday, August 04, 2006
Hill Climb this weekend!
Muskegon Motorcycle Club - Home: "Once every two years, the west end of Mt. Garfield road becomes a site for the National Hill Climb, attracting nearly 10,000 spectators. This is your opportunity to see top professionals launch nitro charged bikes at a mountain of dirt, clay and sand that’s over 300’ long. This is about as extreme as a sport can get, and requires unique skills, after all when you add up the ingredients: A mountain of dirt with 3 huge jumps, highly flammable nitro, an insanely modified motorcycle, and a goal of getting fastest time.... Get the idea? It takes a professional, with the mental ability to not only overcome all of the aforementioned, but to make hundreds of calculations and adjustment in just a few seconds. Physical strength is important too, there is a lot of “muscling” the bike up the run and all of this while the nitro exhaust burns your eyes and nose. "
Drew Curtis' FARK.com
Drew Curtis' FARK.com: "Sen. Clinton says Rumsfeld should resign. Rumsfeld says that lesbo could use a good boning. Actually, we can't verify that, but he probably did"
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Airdisaster.Com Forums - OSKOSH Disaster
Airdisaster.Com Forums - OSKOSH Disaster: "A 63-year-old man from Canada was killed Sunday when a Navy warbird's propeller hit a Canadian-registered homebuilt aircraft on a taxiway at Wittman Regional Airport at about noon Sunday.
A Grumman TBM World War II Navy airplane taxied up behind a homebuilt R.V.6 and as it caught up with the significantly smaller homebuilt, the Grumman's propeller sliced into the R.V.6. The passenger in the side-by-side seat R.V.6 was pronounced dead at the scene while the pilot of the aircraft was not injured, authorities said. "
A Grumman TBM World War II Navy airplane taxied up behind a homebuilt R.V.6 and as it caught up with the significantly smaller homebuilt, the Grumman's propeller sliced into the R.V.6. The passenger in the side-by-side seat R.V.6 was pronounced dead at the scene while the pilot of the aircraft was not injured, authorities said. "
Gonna use live eels?
Giant dead eel tossing contest canceled: "The practice, known as conger cuddling, is the annual highlight in the small coastal town about 155 miles southwest of London. The object of the game is to knock the opposing team off the platform by swinging a 25-pound eel at them."
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
The Dilbert Blog
The Dilbert Blog: "Recently we had a heat wave in California. My air conditioner broke because, I assume, it is not designed to operate in hot weather. That was the bad news. The good news is that I solved the problems in the Middle East. Allow me to explain.
During the several days that it was 112 degrees and I had no AC, all I wanted to do was build an IED and kill the AC guy who kept driving right past my office and helping other people. In fact, I wanted to kill everyone who didn’t agree with me on just about any point whatsoever.
And I realized that the problem with the Middle East is insufficient AC. If you think about it, virtually all of the organized violence in the world is originating from places where they have poor air conditioning. And in the desert, 112 degrees is considered a pleasant day. Imagine how grumpy you would be at 125 degrees. And guess what I never see on TV when they show footage of the Middle East?
Shade."
During the several days that it was 112 degrees and I had no AC, all I wanted to do was build an IED and kill the AC guy who kept driving right past my office and helping other people. In fact, I wanted to kill everyone who didn’t agree with me on just about any point whatsoever.
And I realized that the problem with the Middle East is insufficient AC. If you think about it, virtually all of the organized violence in the world is originating from places where they have poor air conditioning. And in the desert, 112 degrees is considered a pleasant day. Imagine how grumpy you would be at 125 degrees. And guess what I never see on TV when they show footage of the Middle East?
Shade."
This'll work...right.....
Funny, no mention of actually improving the education standards.
Detroit schools spending $500,000 to fight pupil loss: "The Detroit school district plans to spend $500,000 on a publicity campaign designed to fight its long enrollment decline.
The Detroit Public Schools campaign is using the slogan 'Come Home to DPS' in ads on television, radio, billboards and city buses. "
Detroit schools spending $500,000 to fight pupil loss: "The Detroit school district plans to spend $500,000 on a publicity campaign designed to fight its long enrollment decline.
The Detroit Public Schools campaign is using the slogan 'Come Home to DPS' in ads on television, radio, billboards and city buses. "
No mention of teacher compensation?
Tight-budgeted Michigan schools turn to outsourcing: "A new report says a growing number of Michigan school districts are hiring private contractors to serve meals, mop floors and drive buses.
The free-market-oriented Mackinac Center says about 35 percent of public schools privatized at least one service last year. That's up from 31 percent in 2001.
The trend has led to backlashes that have included at least two recall campaigns against school board members."
The free-market-oriented Mackinac Center says about 35 percent of public schools privatized at least one service last year. That's up from 31 percent in 2001.
The trend has led to backlashes that have included at least two recall campaigns against school board members."
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Rove Blasts Journalists' Role in Politics
Rove Blasts Journalists' Role in Politics: "Presidential adviser Karl Rove said Saturday that journalists often criticize political professionals because they want to draw attention away from the 'corrosive role' their own coverage plays in politics and government"
Local News
Local News: "Studies that link a spike in hurricane intensity with global warming are spotting 'artificial upward trends' because they rely on bad historical data, a paper suggested today in the journal Science.
Hurricane intensity is measured by the storms' surface winds. Sometimes those winds are estimated by looking at satellite pictures, using a subjective technique invented in 1972."
Hurricane intensity is measured by the storms' surface winds. Sometimes those winds are estimated by looking at satellite pictures, using a subjective technique invented in 1972."
Global warming's effect on hurricane strength disputed in new report: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Global warming's effect on hurricane strength disputed in new report: South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "Scientists linking the increased strength of hurricanes over recent years to global warming have not accounted for outdated technology that may have underestimated storms' power decades ago, researchers said in a report published Friday."
Friday, July 28, 2006
Gateway Pundit: John Bolton Embarrasses a Confused Senator Kerry (Video)
Gateway Pundit: John Bolton Embarrasses a Confused Senator Kerry (Video): "John Kerry: This has been going on for five years, Mr. Ambassador.
John Bolton: It's the nature of multilateral negotiations, Senator.
John Kerry: Why not engage in a bilateral one and get the job done? That's what the Clinton Administration did.
John Bolton: And, very poorly since the North Koreans violated the agreed framework almost from the time it was signed."
John Bolton: It's the nature of multilateral negotiations, Senator.
John Kerry: Why not engage in a bilateral one and get the job done? That's what the Clinton Administration did.
John Bolton: And, very poorly since the North Koreans violated the agreed framework almost from the time it was signed."
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Captain's Quarters
Captain's Quarters: "Haaretz reports that Israel has penetrated Hezbollah communications, and Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has quite a different spin on events internally than externally. While issuing public statements full of bombast and dire predictions for Israelis, his private communications acknowledges the shock of Israeli military action has taken a toll on operational capability and morale:"
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
WSJ.com - Tony & Tacky
WSJ.com - Tony & Tacky: "EYE OBJECT!: An NCAA football referee is suing to get his job back. James Filson was fired when officials learned that he only had one eye, according to a report on the July 17 Chicago CBS 2 News. After losing his eye in a 2000 accident, Mr. Filson returned to his job as a referee without mentioning the incident to Big Ten conference officials. But when they learned about the situation, they decided to terminate him. How did Mr. Filson hide his impairment, which, according to the conference, included lacking a 'full field of vision'? Performance reviews were, he claims, 'on average, substantially better than the reviews he received in the eight years preceding the loss of his eye.'"
WSJ.com - London Is So Dry, It's Planting Cactus In Place of Begonias
WSJ.com - London Is So Dry, It's Planting Cactus In Place of Begonias: "A gardener named Paul Stone is trying to wean the English off their immaculate lawns, replace privet hedges and marigolds with lavender "
Liberal humor?
7/25/2006-- Media Research Center: " In a week of bad news, CBS's Bob Schieffer found good news and uplifted his spirits by reading obituaries. In his commentary at the end of Sunday's Face the Nation, the CBS Evening News anchor contended that 'the awful news of last week reminded me just how much we need newspapers' since 'the joy of reading a newspaper...comes from finding information we were not looking for.' He related how 'the main news was so grim I found myself turning to the newspapers for a little relief. Deep in the Times one day last week, surrounded by all of that war news, I found an obituary of Robert Brooks, who founded the Hooter's restaurant chain. The writer said that Hooters was known for spicy chicken wings and even spicier waitresses. Now who could read that and not at least smile?' How about his widow? And: 'I found another story about the death of Arthur Haggerty. I learned he was credited with making dog training into a respectable profession and was known to legions of dogs as 'he who must be obeyed.' Hadn't known of him myself, but I won't forget him after reading that.' "
Monday, July 24, 2006
Flying on holiday 'a sin', says bishop | the Daily Mail
Flying on holiday 'a sin', says bishop the Daily Mail: "Flying abroad for a foreign holiday is 'a sin' against the planet, one of the country's leading bishops has declared.
Like murder, adultery and stealing, choosing to travel on jet planes has moral consequences, according to the Bishop of London because flights are doing too much damage to the environment.
In a highly controversial statement, Richard Chartres, 59 - who admits to regular visits to Russia - urged Christians to stop taking endless flights and to live a more 'eco-friendly' lifestyle.
He said: 'There is now an overriding imperative to walk more lightly upon the earth and we need to make our lifestyle decisions in that light.
'Making selfish choices such as flying on holiday or buying a large car are a symptom of sin.
'Sin is not just a restricted list of moral mistakes. It is living a life turned in on itself where people ignore the consequences of their actions.'
But the timing of his remarks means that millions of people who need to listen to his message will not be around to hear it.
An estimated 2.1 million holidaymakers crowded into Britain's airports at the weekend at the start of the school summer holidays.
They will be followed by millions more over the next few weeks as Britons' love of holidays abroad continues to boom.
Figures show we are taking more holidays than ever, with the total up 6.9 million last year to 66.3 million.
No political party would dare to say anything as outspoken as the bishop for fear of losing all support among their holiday-loving voters.
Resorts such as Blackpool, Brighton and the Cornish coast are still hugely popular, but millions of people will only settle for a foreign escape.
But a family of four flying to Spain comes at "
Like murder, adultery and stealing, choosing to travel on jet planes has moral consequences, according to the Bishop of London because flights are doing too much damage to the environment.
In a highly controversial statement, Richard Chartres, 59 - who admits to regular visits to Russia - urged Christians to stop taking endless flights and to live a more 'eco-friendly' lifestyle.
He said: 'There is now an overriding imperative to walk more lightly upon the earth and we need to make our lifestyle decisions in that light.
'Making selfish choices such as flying on holiday or buying a large car are a symptom of sin.
'Sin is not just a restricted list of moral mistakes. It is living a life turned in on itself where people ignore the consequences of their actions.'
But the timing of his remarks means that millions of people who need to listen to his message will not be around to hear it.
An estimated 2.1 million holidaymakers crowded into Britain's airports at the weekend at the start of the school summer holidays.
They will be followed by millions more over the next few weeks as Britons' love of holidays abroad continues to boom.
Figures show we are taking more holidays than ever, with the total up 6.9 million last year to 66.3 million.
No political party would dare to say anything as outspoken as the bishop for fear of losing all support among their holiday-loving voters.
Resorts such as Blackpool, Brighton and the Cornish coast are still hugely popular, but millions of people will only settle for a foreign escape.
But a family of four flying to Spain comes at "
CBC News: Inuit sign language may get legal status in Nunavut
CBC News: Inuit sign language may get legal status in Nunavut: "Nunavut already recognizes four languages: English, French, Inuktitut and Innuinaqtun. Now it is considering legal status for two sign languages, one of them apparently unique to deaf Inuit.
If that happens, the territory would be the first jurisdiction in Canada to recognize an indigenous sign language. It would also have to develop more services for deaf people.
There are about 155 deaf people in Nunavut"
If that happens, the territory would be the first jurisdiction in Canada to recognize an indigenous sign language. It would also have to develop more services for deaf people.
There are about 155 deaf people in Nunavut"
Terrorist links may not lead to spot on no-fly list: sources
Terrorist links may not lead to spot on no-fly list: sources: "OTTAWA (CP) - Being a member of a terrorist organization won't necessarily land someone on Canada's no-fly list, The Canadian Press has learned.
Proposed criteria would limit inclusion on the roster to those who pose 'an immediate threat to aviation security,' say internal briefing notes prepared by Transport Canada.
Draft regulations, disclosed by a source familiar with details of the plan, confirm the no-fly list will be tightly focused and reviewed every 30 days to keep it up to date.
'You cannot be put on the list on the sole basis that you're a member of a 'terrorist group',' said the source. 'In addition, you have to be a demonstrable threat to aviation safety.' "
Proposed criteria would limit inclusion on the roster to those who pose 'an immediate threat to aviation security,' say internal briefing notes prepared by Transport Canada.
Draft regulations, disclosed by a source familiar with details of the plan, confirm the no-fly list will be tightly focused and reviewed every 30 days to keep it up to date.
'You cannot be put on the list on the sole basis that you're a member of a 'terrorist group',' said the source. 'In addition, you have to be a demonstrable threat to aviation safety.' "
Sunday, July 23, 2006
King Day 'punishment' doesn't fit 'crime'
King Day 'punishment' doesn't fit 'crime': "The Muskegon Community Solidarity group may have thought it was aiming high in an attempt to punish the city of Norton Shores for its failure to institutionalize a Martin Luther King Day holiday, but it's not. The punishment it is proposing to inflict doesn't fit the crime. Nor does it really affect its intended victims. "
Saturday, July 22, 2006
My Way News - Arrested Bush Dissenters Eye Courts
My Way News - Arrested Bush Dissenters Eye Courts: "In the months before the 2004 election, dozens of people across the nation were banished from or arrested at Bush political rallies, some for heckling the president, others simply for holding signs or wearing clothing that expressed opposition to the war and administration policies.
Similar things have happened at official, taxpayer-funded, presidential visits, before and after the election. Some targeted by security have been escorted from events, while others have been arrested and charged with misdemeanors that were later dropped by local prosecutors."
Similar things have happened at official, taxpayer-funded, presidential visits, before and after the election. Some targeted by security have been escorted from events, while others have been arrested and charged with misdemeanors that were later dropped by local prosecutors."
Telegraph | News | American pullout leaves Iceland defenceless
Telegraph News American pullout leaves Iceland defenceless: "The people of Iceland are about to join one of the world's smallest clubs - those nations without armed forces on their territory to defend their borders.
The United States, which had assured Iceland's defence for decades, stunned the country in March when it announced that it would be closing its bases on the island, withdrawing its F-15 fighters and thousands of servicemen in the space of just six months.
An American serviceman at a naval station in Keflavik"
The United States, which had assured Iceland's defence for decades, stunned the country in March when it announced that it would be closing its bases on the island, withdrawing its F-15 fighters and thousands of servicemen in the space of just six months.
An American serviceman at a naval station in Keflavik"
Friday, July 21, 2006
Telegraph | News | American pullout leaves Iceland defenceless
Telegraph News American pullout leaves Iceland defenceless: "The people of Iceland are about to join one of the world's smallest clubs - those nations without armed forces on their territory to defend their borders."
"I'm tired"
Lt. Col's Letter re Iraq: "I'm Tired"7/20/06 LtCol Joe Repya, USA "I'm Tired" Two weeks ago, as I was starting my sixth month of duty in Iraq, I was forced to return to the USA for surgery for an injury I sustained prior to my deployment. With luck, I'll return to Iraq to finish my tour.
I left Baghdad and a war that has every indication that we are winning, to return to a demoralized country much like the one I returned to in 1971 after my tour in Vietnam. Maybe it's because I'll turn 60 years old in just four months, but I'm tired:
I'm tired of spineless politicians, both Democrat and Republican who lack the courage, fortitude, and character to see these difficult tasks through.
I'm tired of the hypocrisy of politicians who want to rewrite history when the going gets tough. I'm tired of the disingenuous clamor from those that claim they 'Support the Troops' by wanting them to 'Cut and Run' before victory is achieved.
I'm tired of a mainstream media that can only focus on car bombs and casualty reports because they are too afraid to leave the safety of their hotels to report on the courage and success our brave men and women are having on the battlefield.
I'm tired that so many Americans think you can rebuild a dictatorship into a democracy over night. I'm tired that so many ignore the bravery of the Iraqi people to go to the voting booth and freely elect a Constitution and soon a permanent Parliament.
I'm tired of the so called 'Elite Left' that prolongs this war by giving aid and comfort to our enemy, just as they did during the Vietnam War.
I'm tired of antiwar protesters showing up at the funerals of our fallen soldiers. A family who's loved ones gave their life in a just and noble cause, only to be cruelly tormented on the funeral day by cowardly protesters is beyond shameful.
I'm tired that my generation, the Baby Boom - Vietnam generation, who have such a weak backbone that they can't stomach seeing the difficult tasks through to victory.
I'm tired that some are more concerned about the treatment of captives than they are the slaughter and beheading of our citizens and allies.
I'm tired that when we find mass graves it is seldom reported by the press, but mistreat a prisoner and it is front page news.
Mostly, I'm tired that the people of this great nation didn't learn from history that there is no substitute for Victory.
Sincerely, Joe Repya, Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army, 101st Airborne Division
"One cannot appease aggressors if one values the lives of the innocent." - Margaret Thatcher
I left Baghdad and a war that has every indication that we are winning, to return to a demoralized country much like the one I returned to in 1971 after my tour in Vietnam. Maybe it's because I'll turn 60 years old in just four months, but I'm tired:
I'm tired of spineless politicians, both Democrat and Republican who lack the courage, fortitude, and character to see these difficult tasks through.
I'm tired of the hypocrisy of politicians who want to rewrite history when the going gets tough. I'm tired of the disingenuous clamor from those that claim they 'Support the Troops' by wanting them to 'Cut and Run' before victory is achieved.
I'm tired of a mainstream media that can only focus on car bombs and casualty reports because they are too afraid to leave the safety of their hotels to report on the courage and success our brave men and women are having on the battlefield.
I'm tired that so many Americans think you can rebuild a dictatorship into a democracy over night. I'm tired that so many ignore the bravery of the Iraqi people to go to the voting booth and freely elect a Constitution and soon a permanent Parliament.
I'm tired of the so called 'Elite Left' that prolongs this war by giving aid and comfort to our enemy, just as they did during the Vietnam War.
I'm tired of antiwar protesters showing up at the funerals of our fallen soldiers. A family who's loved ones gave their life in a just and noble cause, only to be cruelly tormented on the funeral day by cowardly protesters is beyond shameful.
I'm tired that my generation, the Baby Boom - Vietnam generation, who have such a weak backbone that they can't stomach seeing the difficult tasks through to victory.
I'm tired that some are more concerned about the treatment of captives than they are the slaughter and beheading of our citizens and allies.
I'm tired that when we find mass graves it is seldom reported by the press, but mistreat a prisoner and it is front page news.
Mostly, I'm tired that the people of this great nation didn't learn from history that there is no substitute for Victory.
Sincerely, Joe Repya, Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army, 101st Airborne Division
"One cannot appease aggressors if one values the lives of the innocent." - Margaret Thatcher
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Carrot registration next?
Monroe man charged after hitting wife in the eye with a carrot: "A Monroe man was charged with assault after police said he threw a carrot at his wife that put out her eye."
PJStar.com - Journal Star News
PJStar.com - Journal Star News: "One afternoon in November 1965, the 10-year-old was playing tag with one of her brothers in the front yard of their home on Peoria's south end. Her head down as she merrily dashed from his grasp, she didn't see two military men slowly walking toward the house until she banged into one of them.
She looked up and saw the pair, clad in dress uniforms. Grim-faced, they asked if her parents were home.
The siblings instantly realized the reason for the visit. The girl burst into tears and ran inside, while her brother simply muttered, 'Oh, no.'"
She looked up and saw the pair, clad in dress uniforms. Grim-faced, they asked if her parents were home.
The siblings instantly realized the reason for the visit. The girl burst into tears and ran inside, while her brother simply muttered, 'Oh, no.'"
Monday, July 17, 2006
OpinionJournal - Featured Article
OpinionJournal - Featured Article: "Reagan generated massive antiwar and anti-American demonstrations around the world, far larger and more numerous protests than those Mr. Bush has occasioned. He famously denounced the Soviet 'evil empire' headed for 'the ash-heap of history.' He was treated by the press as a cowboy warmonger, just as Mr. Bush has been. Ill will? "
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "
Gas pump mistake sparks traffic jam
Monday, July 10, 2006
FROM LOCAL REPORTS
One cell phone call was all it took to create a traffic jam at Grand Haven and Airport roads Saturday after a gas station clerk mistakenly set the price at 31.9 cents a gallon at the pump.
Norton Shores police were called to Jack's Corner Store, 4190 Grand Haven, at 12:24 p.m. about a disturbance and an 'overwhelming' number of vehicles trying to get into the BP station there to buy gas.
Lt. Jon Gale said the station clerk was changing gas prices and accidentally set the pump at 31.9 cents a gallon for premium gas instead of $3.19.
'Apparently one customer started calling people, and before the station was aware of the mistake, the lot was packed, creating a lot of congestion,' Gale said.
The pumps were shut off, traffic was cleared and the correct price was then put on the pump, he said.
The 'price drop' went on 'for about 20 minutes before they got it shut down,' Gale said. The owner of the station declined comment.
�2006 Muskegon Chronicle
� 2006 Michigan Live. All Rights Reserved."
Gas pump mistake sparks traffic jam
Monday, July 10, 2006
FROM LOCAL REPORTS
One cell phone call was all it took to create a traffic jam at Grand Haven and Airport roads Saturday after a gas station clerk mistakenly set the price at 31.9 cents a gallon at the pump.
Norton Shores police were called to Jack's Corner Store, 4190 Grand Haven, at 12:24 p.m. about a disturbance and an 'overwhelming' number of vehicles trying to get into the BP station there to buy gas.
Lt. Jon Gale said the station clerk was changing gas prices and accidentally set the pump at 31.9 cents a gallon for premium gas instead of $3.19.
'Apparently one customer started calling people, and before the station was aware of the mistake, the lot was packed, creating a lot of congestion,' Gale said.
The pumps were shut off, traffic was cleared and the correct price was then put on the pump, he said.
The 'price drop' went on 'for about 20 minutes before they got it shut down,' Gale said. The owner of the station declined comment.
�2006 Muskegon Chronicle
� 2006 Michigan Live. All Rights Reserved."
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Ally Warned Bush on Keeping Spying From Congress - New York Times
Ally Warned Bush on Keeping Spying From Congress - New York Times: "'I have learned of some alleged intelligence community activities about which our committee has not been briefed,' Mr. Hoesktra wrote. 'If these allegations are true, they may represent a breach of responsibility by the administration, a violation of the law, and, just as importantly, a direct affront to me and the members of this committee who have so ardently supported efforts to collect information on our enemies.'
He added: 'The U.S. Congress simply should not have to play Twenty Questions to get the information that it deserves under our Constitution.'"
He added: 'The U.S. Congress simply should not have to play Twenty Questions to get the information that it deserves under our Constitution.'"
Saturday, July 08, 2006
RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Big-Bang Story of U.S. Private Business
RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Big-Bang Story of U.S. Private Business: "Did you know that just over the past 11 quarters, dating back to the June 2003 Bush tax cuts, America has increased the size of its entire economy by 20 percent? In less than three years, the U.S. economic pie has expanded by $2.2 trillion, an output add-on that is roughly the same size as the total Chinese economy, and much larger than the total economic size of nations like India, Mexico, Ireland, and Belgium."
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