January 31, 2006
I'M WORKING ON MY TAXES AGAIN
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STATE OF THE UNION TONIGHT
I DON'T GET IT
On all the Sunday talk show this weekend they all expressed great surprise that HAMAS won the majority of the seats in the recent election. Even our Secretory of State was wondering why. See her comments on the left
All I can say is why should these smart guys be surprised. It seems to me that HAMAS was the only one that was looking out for the people.
The PLO took the money and god knows what they did with it. It was HAMAS that was offering schools and health care not the PLO.
Who would you vote for if you lived in those conditions.
IS THAT IRONIC OR WHAT
In all that has been and will be said in the coming days about the attack yesterday that injured ABC's Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt, this sentence in the New York Times might be the most insightful: "Bob Woodruff was in Baghdad for ABC reporting the good news that the Bush administration complains is ignored by the news media, and he ended up as a glaring illustration of the bad news."
MOST LOATHSOME
49. Michelle Malkin
Charges: A curious case of racial Stockholm syndrome with a palpable lust for violent ideological oppression and displays of imperial power. Rose to prominence in conservative circles by congratulating white America for its most shameful chapter since slavery, and encouraging a return to form in her book, In Defense of Internment: The Case for "Racial Profiling" in World War II and the War on Terror. Malkin thinks it's hunky-dory to detain an entire demographic indefinitely if it makes the rest of us feel more comfortable. Her newest, Frenzy, argues that liberals have lost their minds, because they are upset with the direction their country is taking. Her evidence is a carefully collected selection of the dumbest things liberals have ever said, as if she couldn't have just as easily filled an entire library with the insane ravings of right-wingers. Her accusations of blind hatred and vitriol mimic soul sister Ann Coulter's classic tactic of psychological projection: whatever Malkin is, she sees in her opponents.
Exhibit A: Internment was so irresponsible that it prompted 40 history professors to sign a letter condemning it.
Sentence: Detained indefinitely without charge and waterboarded hourly for looking at a cop "all slanty-like."
ENERGY
In Bush's vision, drivers will one day stop at hydrogen stations and fill their fuel-cell cars with the pollution-free fuel. Or they would power their engines with ethanol made from trash or corn. More Americans would run their lights at home on solar power.
Americans were hit with the biggest jump in energy prices in 15 years in 2005, and worries about the cost of gas and heating oil have damped spirits about the economy despite other recent encouraging signs.
Home heating fuel and health care were the other major economic concerns. It's not a coincidence that Bush will spend much of his State of the Union reassuring Americans that he has a plan to address energy and medical costs.
House Democrats sought to take the luster off Bush's speech with a television commercial that accuses the president and Republicans of tilting their policies toward the pharmaceutical, oil and investment industries.
It shows lawmakers cheering Bush's words from three previous State of the Union addresses, and asks: "What Special Interest Will the Republican Congress Rubberstamp This Time?"
The vision Bush talks about above won't do anything to solve the home heating oil problem. I think he should be saying to Detroit that they need to get the MPG on gas engines up, way up.
It seems to me it would be smarter and faster to improve the gas engine to achieve this improved MPG. That would buy some time to work on other sources of energy for home, work and auto.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Mark Twain:
* "The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet. " . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
N A G A M E N T
When administered to a boyfriend or husband, provides the same irritation level as nagging him.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 30, 2006
LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
QUICK STAT:
WHO WILL STEAL THE ENRON SHOW?
For nearly a decade, Paula H. Rieker methodically worked her way up the ladder at Enron's investor relations department, and early in 2000 she was promoted to the department's No. 2 post. At the time, Enron was flying high: this formerly sleepy pipeline company, led by its founder, Kenneth L. Lay, and a rising star executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling, had transformed itself into an energy-trading powerhouse with profits that put competitors to shame.
By October 2001, however, it was becoming clearer to the outside world that Enron was in trouble, and that its apparently unbelievable success might have been just that. Revelations about little-understood transactions engineered by the company's chief financial officer, Andrew S. Fastow, were pummeling Enron's stock and raising concerns among its creditors.
Mr. Skilling is charged with 31 counts of conspiracy, fraud and insider trading. Mr. Lay is charged with seven counts of conspiracy and fraud. They have both pleaded not guilty to all charges, setting the stage for one of the biggest corporate corruption trials in decades.
One thing I don't get is what about all these "SO CALLED" Wall Street analysts that didn't do a minutes with of analysis they just did a rubber stamp on whatever the Smartest Guys in The Room from ENRON told them.
Also I watched the DVD on "The Smartest Guys in the Room" and it talked about a connection between Enron and Arnold Schwarzenegger at the time he was running for Governor. The topic was deregulation.
Turns out he took the discussion to heart as this article back in Oct. 2003 points out.
One of Schwarzenegger's first political moves as the state's chief executive will be an effort to push the state's electricity market closer toward deregulation, a move halted by Gov. Gray Davis two years ago in the wake of California's energy crisis. Schwarzenegger, while on the campaign trail, blamed Davis for his handling of the energy crisis.
Enron never missed a beat.
MOST LOATHSOME
I found these on the WEB and will post them over time. Statring with good old Geraldo.
50. Geraldo Rivera
Charges: A mustache only slightly less loathsome than Tom Friedman's-if only because fewer people take Rivera seriously. Began his career as a seemingly skilled and passionate muckraker, but having been exposed countless times as a shameless, megalomaniacal fraud, he absolutely refuses to get out of our living rooms. Most recently, Geraldo was accused of making a frail, elderly victim of Hurricane Katrina whom he "rescued" do multiple takes of the rescue scene with Rivera for Fox News cameras. Geraldo heroically carried the woman's dog.
Exhibit A: Claims he defected from CNBC to Fox News for patriotic reasons.
Sentence: Sealed inside Al Capone's vault with a phalanx of Neo-nazis armed with folding chairs.
HERE WE GO AGAIN
Seems the Seattle Super Sonics are not making enough money so the want Seattle and the State to spend some $200 million to upgrade Key Arena or they will move the team to Bellevue.
Well like the NASCAR Race Track I say not a dime of tax payer money should be used. They should use there own money or sell shares to investors and build it that way. I couldn't agree more.
As far as going to Bellevue. . . I say let'em.
DO YOU TRUST THESE GUYS
If you own a working TV you've seen the shameless exaggeration, the tasteless products, and the pure hokum dispensed by all those infomercials that clog up the late night airwaves.
Here are two WEB Site for your enjoyment. The first offers a critical view of the Healthcare Infomercial.
Visit the SITE.
Click to visit the site. <----( click here to go to the site )
The second cover all types of SCAMS. Check the Business/Money for the Free and Clear Real Estate System (see image above).
Visit the SITE.
Click to visit the site. <----( click here to go to the site )
To be honest I don't know how people fall for this stuff. It's like the post I did yesterday on email messages that are just lies yet people fall for them even though the message has been around for years and has been proven wrong. These all seem to be of the get rich quick or lose weight in days without any effort.
Check it out it can't hurt and it might save you a buck or two.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Marian Wright Edelman:
* " We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. " . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
A N T I-T A L K S I D E N T
A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to share their life stories with total strangers in elevators.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 29, 2006
WATCHING TO MUCH TV
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SAY A PRAYER
ABC Newsmen Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt were injured in an explosion in Iraq today. Say a prayer for there fast recovery today.
TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT
Yesterday I received one of those e-mails that push all the right buttons like religion, patriotism, love, sadness, mom, dad and apple pie. It had it all.
It had pictures of the Twin Towers as they were before 9/11 as well as during the attack. It had some heart shaped graphics and a rose.
It then goes on to BLAME President Clinton and his then Secretary of State Warren Christopher.
At the end it says:
This has not been broken since 9/11/01, please keep it going... This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11. In memory of all those who perished this morning; the passengers and the pilots on the United Air and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. Our prayers go out to the friends and families of the deceased. Send this to at least 10 people to show your support. PLEASE DON'T BREAK IT!!!!!!
The email was addressed to 50 to 75 people. I had seen the email before but since there are several versions I decided to do some FACT CHECKING to make sure. Here are two WEB Sites I use to do this Fact Checking, I used the second one.
Visit the Scopes SITE
Visit the Scopes site here. <----( Click here to read the message. )
Visit the TruthOrFiction SITE
Click to visit the site. <----( click here to go to the site )
Turns out this message is FALSE.
The thing I don't get is why. . . why do people send this type of message out to so many people. On it's face it seems to be slanted against some one, in this case President Clinton and yet it's false and seems that way at the start.
What is the motivation? What is the agenda? Why the use of all the images that seem to be saying "this is true".
I have an idea but I'll leave it up to you to decide why.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Jeff Greenfield:
* "More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy." . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
J A C K A S S P I R I N
Relieves headache caused by a man who can't remember your birthday, anniversary, phone number, or to lift the toilet seat.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 28, 2006
MORE ON THE LIES
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A MILLION BIG LIES
I've come to the conclusion that we live in a "CULTURE OF LIES." We see them used in Corporations accounting practices, in Politics, in Churches and Religious Teachings, in Sports, Talk Radio, Cable TV and in Schools.
We even have great difficulty calling it a lie with terms like STRETCH THE TRUTH, SPIN, WHITE LIE, or other terms that suggest something different than what it is. A DAMN LIE.
I sent the above to Dave Ross and he played it on his show. Here is a replay.
Listen to the AUDIO.Click to listen. <----( listen to the audio here )
IS BUSH HIDING SOMETHING
Why is it that president Bush doesn't want to release the pictures of him and Jack-off ??? I'm thinking that maybe they look a little too cosey. He said I don't know the guy.
That seems a bit funny to me since Jack-O is one of those $100k fund raisers. You would think he would be shown a little more respect than being called "the guy".
I watched the news conference and when the president talks about things like allowing staff to testify regarding Katrina, talking about Domestic Spying or even the pictures of Jack-O he just isn't believable.
HOW CHILDISH IS THIS
A Ford plant manager wants his parking lot to look like this Ford car dealership's: only Fords allowed.
Plant manager Rob Webber announced Monday that, starting Feb. 1, the parking lot may be used only by employees who drive vehicles built by Ford or one of its subsidiaries.
Webber's move came the same day Ford announced a restructuring plan under which it will cut up to 30,000 jobs and close 14 facilities by 2012. Ford said the plan is designed to make the company's North American division, which lost $1.6 billion last year, profitable by 2008.
"It was something this plant manager took upon himself. It's not a companywide policy," Ford spokeswoman Anne Marie Gattari said, adding that Webber made the decision after consulting with local UAW leaders.
Jerry Sullivan, president of United Auto Workers Local 600, which represents about 2,600 workers at the plant, applauded Webber's move. "Everybody's in this together. (We need) to buy the products we make and support the company," Sullivan said. "This is a good place to start."
The UAW in the past has banished Asian and European vehicles from its parking lots. The restriction at Dearborn Truck, however, may be the first to be sanctioned by an automaker, The Detroit News reported Friday.
The ban applies to both salaried and hourly workers with permits to park on site. About 15 percent of Dearborn Truck employees have such permits. Employees who don't drive Ford products can still park in an employee lot across the street from the plant.
I think this is BULLSHIT. There are many reasons not to buy a Ford one being poor gas mileage. Another might be design. Price could play a part as well.
WAL-MART
The new Super Wal-Mart is now open in Poulsbo. I went out there yesterday just for fun. I won't be going back.
It's HUGH and the parking lot was packed. I guess we'll just have to see what the impact is on the other businesses in Poulsbo.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
John Gardner:
* "The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one else can. " . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
BUYAGRA
Injectable stimulant taken prior to shopping Increases potency, duration, and credit limit of spending spree.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 27, 2006
MORE GOOD NEWS
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THIS JUST IN
BEST TV IN YEARS
I don't watch Oprah yet I have a lot of respect for her. I remember her going on the David Letterman show just a few weeks. It was all fun and games and I'm not sure to this day that there was ever a real fude going on. But what the heck.
Today was different I did watch Oprah. She did a review of the book "A Million Little Pieces" (which I have not read). The best selling book by author James Frey that Oprah put on her must read "O" list.
It turns out that many things in the book were not true. Some of these were discovered by the WEB Site "The Smoking Gun".
During an interview with Larry King a week or so ago James was defending his book and the charges that he lied. Oprah even called into the show in support of the book and it's message. As a result of that phone call she said she started getting a large number of messages about it and her defense that made her think about what she had said.
Well on her show today she had him back to talk about this controversy. She didn't mix words. She was very direct. She said the following "To everyone who has challenged me on this issue of truth. . . you are absolutely right."
Oprah hit him with both barrels and didn't hold back anything. I never got the feeling that James was truly sorry for his lies, in fact I felt he was like a kid who was caught whit his had in the cookie jar.
It was almost like Oprah had to make him say that he had lied it just could not say it himself.
I have to admit it was good TV, the best I've seen in years. Oprah was stand up, honest and I was very happy for her and have even greater respect for her now than I did before.
I MISS AARON BROWN
Aaron Brown: On Cable News, Political Mud-Wrestling, And Viewership Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown says he tried to provide NewsNight viewers with a balanced diet of light and serious news, but "I always knew when I got to the Brussels sprouts, I was on thin ice." That's one of many nuggets in this Palm Beach Daily News story about an "impassioned speech" he recently delivered. Here are some of the other nuggets:
> On truth: "Truth no longer matters in the context of politics and, sadly, in the context of cable news."
> On the state of political debate in America: "Any criticism of the administration is regarded as hatred of the president and hatred of the country itself."
> On "the swift-boating of John Murtha:" "Cable didn't search for the truth, but engaged in mock debates pitting those making the charges against Murtha's defenders."
> On the viewers' responsibility: "It's not enough to say you want serious news. You have to watch it. It isn't enough to say you want serious debate. You have to engage in it."
JON STEWART ON THE PRESIDENT
Today on IMUS he ran some clips on Jon Stewarts take on President Bush's news conference yesterday.
This is pretty funny watch it below.
Watch the VIDEO.
Click to watch. <----( watch the video here )
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
John F. Kennedy:
* "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
M E N I C I L L I N
Potent anti-boy-otic for older women. Increases resistance to such lethal lines as, "You make me want to be a better person Can we get naked now?.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
Redneck Palm Pilot
January 26, 2006
WE GOT NEWS TODAY
QUICK STAT:
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"The Americans and the Europeans say to Hamas: either you have weapons or you enter the legislative council. We say weapons and the legislative council. There is no contradiction between the two. "
ISMAIL HANIYA, a Hamas candidate in the Palestinian elections.
All I've got to say is who the hell want's to live in a country that has people walking around with machine guns.
BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU WISH FOR
RAMALLAH, West Bank The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, and his government submitted their resignations Thursday as the radical Islamic faction Hamas appeared to have scored a major upset and defeated the ruling Fatah party in parliamentary elections.
The score: HAMAS = 76 to FATAH = 43, almost 2 to one.
Now what do we do? It doesn't seem to be understood that in a democracy you don't always get what you want. I think the results of this election is a bit of a shock for the people that should know better.
REPORT SHOWS WAL-MART'S RELIANCE ON STATE HEALTH
Two state studies show more than 3,100 Wal-Mart employees in Washington were enrolled in state-subsidized health coverage as of 2004, nearly twice as many as for other companies, The Seattle Times reported yesterday. BTW the Poulsbo SUPER STORE is opening tomorrow.
Those figures indicate that as many as one-fifth of the retail chain's workers in Washington state obtained taxpayer-supported health care for themselves or their dependents under Medicaid and the state's Basic Health Plan. BTW the Poulsbo SUPER STORE is opening tomorrow.
According to one report, an average 3,180 Wal-Mart employees were receiving state-funded medical assistance, including Medicaid, for themselves or for a dependent, throughout 2004, while the other found 456 Wal-Mart employees were on the Basic Health Plan that year. Some employees may have been counted on both of the lists. BTW the Poulsbo SUPER STORE is opening tomorrow.
The Legislature is considering a bill pushed by Democrats to force companies with more than 5,000 workers to spend the equivalent of 9 percent of their payroll on health insurance programs. Those falling below that level would pay the difference to help cover workers relying on taxpayer-funded programs. BTW the Poulsbo SUPER STORE is opening tomorrow.
You would think that a company as big and wealthy as Wal-Mart could do something about this without the need for legislation. But it seems it always comes down to the bottom line. BTW the Poulsbo SUPER STORE is opening tomorrow.
BTW the Poulsbo SUPER STORE is opening tomorrow.
ONCE MORE WITH AMY, JOEY AND MARY JO - WHY???
Before Angie and Brad, before Monica and Bill, there was Amy and Joey. Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco - the Long Island Lolita and her body-shop lover - with Joey's wife, Mary Jo, formed a triangle of passion, obsession and violence that became the industry standard for tabloid crime way, way back in 1992.
Joey seems incapable of parlaying his fame into lasting fortune, though, possibly because of problems involving insurance fraud, probation violations and ammunition possession, possibly because he is a skeevy knucklehead.
Amy Fisher always seemed to be the smart one in this dense equation. She left prison, wrote a book and found a respectable position as a columnist for The Long Island Press. She left that job recently, but not before impressing many people with her articulate voice and winning a journalism award.
Poor Mary Jo, who miraculously survived the shooting despite serious injuries, forgave both Amy and Joey, and moved out to California with him. They divorced in 2003.
This week in The New York Post said that Amy, Joey and Mary Jo had agreed to be reunited for a TV show. That promises to be a complete waste of time, although the guy trying to sell the idea says there will be shocking revelations.
It is hard to imagine what those may be, or that a revival of this Long Island melodrama - even with its original cast - can regain even a fraction of its former glory. But you never know.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Harry S Truman:
* "Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." . . .
* "Can you say DOMESTIC SPYING" . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
F L I P I T O R
Increases life expectancy of commuters by controlling road rage and the urge to flip off other drivers.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 25, 2006
HAND JIVE
QUICK STAT:
NOT WORKING FOR THEM
Man his numbers are in the toilet.
LET THE LOBBYING BEGIN
Well the FOX is in the hen house talking about reforming the ETHICS of congress. Ya gotta love these guys talking about reform of their ETHICS. They have no ETHICS.
The image above is one more example of the same behind close doors dealings that this administration has practiced from the start. And they are talking about reform.
The EARMARKS will not be disallowed, I'm not even sure that they will change it at all. It's one of those things that give them the power that they just love.
THE K STREET PROJECT
The K Street Project is a project by the Republican Party to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire Republicans in top positions, and to reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials. It was launched in 1995, by Republican strategist Grover Norquist and House majority leader Tom DeLay.
K Street in Washington DC is where the big lobbying firms have their headquarters and is sometimes referred to as the fourth branch of government. Lobbying firms have great influence in U.S. national politics due to monetary resources and the revolving door policy of hiring former government officials. It is common practice for politicians to request money for lobbying firms for an exchange in better access to officials and to buy favoritism in policies.
Historically, K Street hires top ex-politicians from both major parties since party in power can vary between elections and among the legislative and executive branches in government.
During most of the George W. Bush administration, the Republican party had majority control of both houses of Congress, in addition to control of the White House. DeLay of the House, Rick Santorum of the Senate, and Grover Norquist took this opportunity to expand the K Street Project by pressuring major lobbying firms to hire only Republicans in any new or open positions.
Today they had Rick Santorum testifying before the Lobby Reform committee. Like I said the "FOX is guarding the Hen House.
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT
NASCAR is putting off till next year it's effort to win public funding of their Race Track. They say congress is to busy this year.
I don't know if that's the case I think they didn't find the support and need more time to LOBBY congress.
MORE TO FOLLOW. . .
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
George J. Mitchell:
* "Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics. " . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
D U M B E R O L
When taken with Peptobimbo, can cause dangerously low IQ, resulting in enjoyment of country music and pickup trucks.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 24, 2006
WORKING LIKE A DOG
QUICK STAT:
WI-FI FOR KITSAP COUNTY
EDITOR:
I saw the article about Bremerton providing Wireless connectivity in yesterday's paper. It's a great idea except it didn't go far enough. It should be a complete County wide effort.
It should include the mayors or their representatives throughout the County as well as the County Commissioners. I believe that a totally Wireless County would offer more job opportunity for the County than 5 NASCAR Tracks.
The service should be free.
This Wireless access would provide a more level playing field for the less fortunate. Small business would have high speed access to the Internet allowing them improved productivity. Much of Kitsap County is rural thus Internet access is not available, wireless access would change all that.
There is a new system called WiMax which garnered the nickname of "Wi-Fi on steroids" because it operates on the same basic principles of Wi-Fi but is simpler and its signal has greater capacity. There are now about 150 WiMax test sites operating in the United States right now.
A Wi-Fi antenna's reach is typically about 100 meters while a WiMax signal can travel 1-to-3 miles easily.
I commend the city of Bremerton and Mayor Bozeman and urge him to shot for the stars.
Want more info on WiMax go to Google and key in wimax.
WORDS:
The republicans are good at changing the subject and at changing the words. DOMESTIC SPYING is now TERRORIST SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.
WHAT'S GOING ON
U.S. is NOT number one in Computers.
U.S. is NOT number one in Aircraft Exports.
JACK WHO?
Jack Abramoff has been a part of the GOP since the Reagan days in the 1980's. And Scott McLellan has the guts to say that President Bush doen't know good old Jack. Man I can't stop laughing.
Man I can't stop laughing.
I VOTED
I love the mail in ballot. I just voted in the school election using the mail in ballot. I've been voting this way for many years and now Kitsap has gone all mail in ballot. It just makes so much sense to me. I'm looking forward to the next general election to see how it goes.
BI-PARTISAN
The republicans want to make this Abramoff thing a bipartisan problem so bad they could spit. But they are having a bit of a problem coming up with the right WORDS (see above) to define it.
For example on Meet The Press this past weekend they had Paul Begala, James Carville and Mary Matalin. The subject of Abramoff came up and Paul said that this was NOT a BIPARTISAN issue as the republicans want to make it. Mary couldn't let that go unchallenged. She said American people reject this guilt by association as if Abramoff is the only one involved in this scandal.
Hello. . . there have been at least three guilty pleas, 4-5 indictments all republicans. Two republican congressman have now stepped down from their leadership positions so far.
I'd say GUILT BY ASSOCIATION applies in this case.
(Note to self: "guilt by association" has got to be the GOP talking point word of the day.)
LOBBY
First they had the Oil Lobby write the Energy Bill. Then they had the Pharmaceutical Lobby write the Medicare prescription drug bill drug and other bills as well.
So why would it surprise anyone if the Lobbyist don't end up writing any LOBBY REFORM BILL that congress comes up with.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
George Orwell:
* "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
P E P T O B I M B O
Liquid silicone drink for single women. Two full cups swallowed before an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence, and prevents conception.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 23, 2006
IT WAS A SUPER SUNDAY
QUICK STAT:
I think over half the people that say they are in the know didn't pick the SEAHAWKS to win. Man I hope they win the Super Bowl, that would be perfect.
WHERE IS THE MEDIA BIAS
For the past week the Cable Talk shows have been pounding away at Hilary Clintons "PLANTATION" remarks. Now this weekend the sunday talk shows picked up right where the cables shows left off.
Media Matters has come up with at least 19 others that have used the word. Some of these on this list are the ones that are yelling the loudest if you can believe that.
It is quite remarkable that I haven't heard mention any of any of these names with the exception of Newt Gingrich and that happened maybe twice in the past week and that was an oh by the way. . .
Newt Gingrich:
Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)
Rep. Robert S. Walker (R-PA)
Robert D. Novak, syndicated columnist and former CNN host.
Armstrong Williams, syndicated columnist who accepted money from the Bush administration.
Oliver North, syndicated columnist and former Reagan administration official.
Rush Limbaugh, nationally syndicated radio host.
Neal Boortz, syndicated radio host.
Ann Coulter, right-wing pundit and columnist.
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor.
Star Parker, columnist, founder and president the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education.
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny.
Robert Alt, National Review contributor and fellow at the Claremont Institute's.
Lynette Boggs McDonald, appointed by President Bush to Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship.
Deborah Simmons, Washington Times columnist.
Joseph Perkins, San Diego Union-Tribune columnist.
Joseph Farah, syndicated columnist and founder and editor of conservative news website WorldNetDaily.
Alan Keyes, radio host and former Republican presidential and senatorial candidate.
J. Matt Barber, Republican strategist.
Go to the link below and see what these people said. I guess these folks are like so many others that they forget that there is video, tape recorders and news type that has there exact words.
Visit the SITE.
Click to visit the site. <----( click here to go to the site )
THERE ARE NOW THREE OF US
In today's Kitsap Sun there where two letters that address the Financing of the proposed NASCAR Track here in Kitsap County. They both make excellent points, something that I agree with.
Not With My Tax Money!
I'm not a NASCAR fan and I only have one strongly held position about the proposed track for Kitsap County. Build it but not with my tax money.
If it's such a money-maker, I'm surprised that private investors aren't fighting each other tooth and nail to put their money down. To listen to the pro-NASCAR side of the debate, it's a sure bet.
So, go for it - but not with my tax money.
B. G., Bremerton
Financial Perspectives
If I have it right, we taxpayers give the NASCAR people $160 million to build a racetrack, then we MAY recover the same amount through taxation to pay off our debt, while the NASCAR people get to keep all the profit from the track's operation.
If the NASCAR people finance the entire amount themselves and we keep our $160 million, we MAY get an additional like amount through taxation which we can use as we see fit, while the NASCAR people get to keep all the profit from the track's operation.
Now, what was the question?
W.P.W.s, Poulsbo
Sometime you get the feeling when something is made to sound to good to be true. . . sometime it is. And so you got to say to yourself BUYER BEWARE.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
John Kenneth Galbraith:
* "There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose." . . .
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
ST. M O M M A'S W O R T
Plant extract that treats mom's depression by rendering preschoolers unconscious for up to two days.
YOUR A REDNECK IF. . .
January 22, 2006
SO IT'S SUNDAY
QUICK STAT:
We need to talk about Earmarks.
DO YOU FEEL SAFER TODAY
Mehlman and Rove accused the Democrats of trying to weaken the USA Patriot Act and of embracing calls for a premature exit from Iraq. They defended Bush's use of warrantless eavesdropping to gather intelligence about possible terrorist plots.
So the republicans say that the democrats will have to answer if the U.S. is attacked again because they oppose parts of the Patriot Act.
So my question is who answers for the attack should it come if the Patriot Act is approved. Would that be the republicans?
Don't count on it. . . have you ever heard them admit a mistake. Like maybe Iraq, Kitrina Response, the Deficit and how about Corruption.
HONOR ROLL
Every week, "Lou Dobbs Tonight" salutes the individuals and organizations that make a positive contribution to this country.
The Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council: This native American group received more than $100 thousand in Abramoff-tainted charity donations from Montana Sen. Conrad Burns -- and handed the money right back. It says it won't have anything to do with helping bail out a U.S. senator.
Bay Buchanan, chairwoman of Team America: Her committee is traveling the country and rallying voters against the Bush administration's guest-worker program. She calls the program amnesty for illegal immigrants. She's not the only one.
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist: Stigliz, along with Harvard economist Linda Blimes, sounded the alarm on the spiraling cost of the Iraqi war. They say it could become a $2 trillion war, a far cry from the $50 billion to $60 billion war the White House once promised.
The high cost of the WAR in IRAQ is crazy. If these folks are right this war will pass all the other wars we have ever fought.
FINGER PAINTING
This is pretty cool to watch. Go to her WEB site and watch her wt work. I found it very interesting to watch.
Visit the SITE.
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NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Freda Adler:
* " Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit." . . .
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
1) "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) - this is working very well for them." --Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
E M P T Y N E S T R O G E N
Suppository that eliminates melancholy and loneliness by reminding you of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn't wait till they moved out.
January 21, 2006
I NEED A RAISE
QUICK STAT:
Man, 475 times the average worker pay. Must be nice.
I'M THINKING I TRUST GOOGLE MORE THAN THE GOVERNMENT
The Bush administration, seeking to revive an online pornography law struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, has subpoenaed Google Inc. for details on what its users have been looking for through its popular search engine.
Google has refused to comply with the subpoena, issued last year, for a broad range of material from its databases, including a request for 1 million random Web addresses and records of all Google searches from any one-week period, lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department said in papers filed Wednesday in federal court in San Jose.
Privacy advocates have been increasingly scrutinizing Google's practices as the company expands its offerings to include e-mail, driving directions, photo-sharing, instant messaging and Web journals.
Although Google pledges to protect personal information, the company's privacy policy says it complies with legal and government requests. Google also has no stated guidelines on how long it keeps data, leading critics to warn that retention is potentially forever given cheap storage costs.
The government contends it needs the data to determine how often pornography shows up in online searches as part of an effort to revive an Internet child protection law that was struck down two years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court on free-speech grounds.
GROUP TRIES TO EVICT SOUTER FROM HOME
Angered by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with a Connecticut city that wanted to seize homes for economic development, a group of activists is trying to get one of the justices who voted for the decision evicted from his own home.
The group, led by a California man, wants Justice David Souter's home seized for the purpose of building an inn called "Lost Liberty Hotel."
They submitted enough petition signatures - only 25 were needed - to bring the matter before voters in March. This weekend, they're descending on Souter's hometown, the central New Hampshire town of Weare, population 8,500, to rally for support.
"All we're trying to do is put an end to eminent domain abuse," Clements said, by having those who advocate or facilitate it "live under it, so they understand why it needs to end."
"The justice doesn't have any comment about it," a Supreme Court spokeswoman, said about the protesters' cause.
The matter goes to voters on March 14.
The court said New London, Conn., could seize homeowners' property to develop a hotel, convention center, office space and condominiums next to Pfizer Inc.'s new research headquarters.
"Most people here see this as an act of revenge and an improper attack on the judicial system," Kurk said. "You don't go after a judge personally because you disagree with his judgments."
I think this is a good idea. Let the judge know what it's like to live under one of his rulings. Hope they win.
MSNBC IS TRYING TO OUTFOX FOX
The above is Chris Matthews ALL STAR lineup that he calls the HOT SHOTS. I mean really Joe S and Tucker are they kidding. And what's her name Rita C she is the Geraldo Rivera of MSNBC.
What ever happened to the MEDIA-BIAS?
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
David Broder:
* " Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office." . . .
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
2) "Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?" --House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX), to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 9, 2005
NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN
D A M N I T O L
Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours
January 20, 2006
TAX TIME IN AMERICA
QUICK STAT:
Look who really pays the way in America.
NEW TWO STEP TAX FORM
I won't be posting much over the next few days cause I got to get my taxes together for my accountant.
I'm thinking I should use the new IRS TAX FORM above this year to save a little money. They end up with it anyway.
TWO DOWN TWO TO GO
You think this could happen? Maybe.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
H. L. Mencken:
* "A good politician under democracy is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." . . .
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
3) "What didn't go right?" --President Bush, as quoted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, after she urged him to fire FEMA Director Michael Brown "because of all that went wrong, of all that didn't go right" in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, Sept. 6, 2005
NEED SOME TECH SUPPORT?
Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?
Male customer: Hello... I can't print.
Tech support: Would you click on "start" for me and...
Customer: Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm not Bill Gates, dammit!
January 19, 2006
HARD TO GET THIS DONE
QUICK STAT:
Have you heard of these companies?
WHAT A GOOD IDEA
A few weeks ago I was listening to Dave Ross on KIRO Radio. They were talking about the cost of replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct along the Seattle waterfront. He had a caller that suggested that they replace the Viaduct with a Bridge just like the one going up at the Tacoma Narrows right now.
He said the current estimate to rebuild the Viaduct is between $2 and $4 billion dollars depending on if the decide to build a Tunnel. But he said the Tacoma Narrows bridge being built right now costs $850 million. So why not just build a bridge.
I thought that was a great idea and Seattle would get another Tourist attraction besides the Space Needle and all the while save between $1 and $3 billion dollars.
WHAT'S THE DEAL
All day today MSNBC was promoting tonight's (1/18/5) Chris Matthews Hardball Show. It was called the "Swift Boating of John Murtha".
Swift Boating is a term that came out of the 2004 presidential election. It consists of trashing John Kerry's military record especially his war medals. They did a similar thing to John McCain and now they are trying the same thing on John Murtha. See my post on 1/15/6 for some background.
Tonight's Hardball was touted to dig deep into this subject to find out who was behind these attacks on Murtha. I had my doubts that Chris Matthews would ever get to the bottom of anything that might show a democrat in a favorable light. None the less I wanted to see this show. Hopefully I would be surprised.
Well the show came on and it was all about Hillary Clinton and that damn non issue (except in the mind of Chris Matthews) about the "plantation" word. (see my post on 1/18/6).
I don't know why they didn't go with the heavily advertised story tonight, maybe one day we'll find out.
ENRON
I just got my copy of ENRON: The Smartest Guys In The Room DVD. It tells the story on how they took this company in 16 years from about $10 billion in assets to $65 billion in assets into bankruptcy in 24 days.
It's a story of greed and corruption (not much unlike what's happening in congress right now). I'm watching it on my PC so I won't see the whole thing at one sitting. But I got to tell you these guys are bad. They need to be locked up for years.
COULTER DOES IT AGAIN
Ann Coulter attacked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for her remarks in which she said that Republicans had run the House of Representatives "like a plantation," even though Coulter had previously used the same metaphor to attack liberals.
COULTER: They [liberals] feel like they have blacks on the plantation, they can say whatever they like.
This woman is a foul mouth bag of wind and they just love her on that Fair and Balanced network.
A FOLLOW UP
Isn't it funny how life works sometimes. The other night when O'Reilly had Newt G on his show he didn't ask him about his "plantation" remarks back in 1994.
Yet yesterday on both his radio and TV show he found tame to talk about it. On his radio show he had Michelle Malkin explain just how awful the comment was. Malkin is Ann Coulters little sister.
You just have to wonder why old Bill couldn't have asked Newt about this. . . seems kinda natural since Newt and Hillary have been working together recently.
You don't need to be Einstein to know exactly what's going on here. These folks all share an ideology that is common to people on the far right. It makes you wonder why they are so popular when most people in America seem to be in the middle ground and share great common sense. Go figure.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
James Madison:
* " A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." . . .
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
4) "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." --President Bush, to FEMA director Michael Brown, while touring hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2005
FOR THOSE WHO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving.
January 18, 2006
TIME IS ON MY SIDE
QUICK STAT:
Bi-Patisan, RIGHT!
YOU GO GIRL
Sen. Hillary Clinton drew criticism Tuesday for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech in which she told a mostly black audience at a Harlem church that Republican leaders have run the House "like a plantation" and the Bush administration will go down as "one of the worst" in U.S. History.
Chris Matthews was all over this story today like bee on honey. Unfortunately he didn't do his homework (more likely it was deliberate) and didn't mention the fact that Newt Gingrich had used an almost identical metaphor back in 1994.
MORNING FLASH: Chris Matthews was on Don Imus this morning talking about this non-issue and once again he failed to mention that Newt said the same thing as you'll see if you watch the video.
It makes me mad because he is very well paid and if he doesn't know this fact then he shouldn't be in this position. If he does know about it then shame on him for not saying anything about it. WHAT A JERK.
I found it quite interesting that Bill O'Reilly had the Newt man on his program tonight but surprise, surprise he didn't say a word about Hillaries comment's. Hmmmm I wonder if NEWT told him about what he had said back in 1994. Ya think.
The republicans where quick to jump all over this, before they knew that Newt had said it first.
Responding to the speech, House Speaker Dennis Hastert called her remarks "a little bit over the top."
One of Clinton's Republican congressional colleagues from New York, Rep. Peter King, said the senator "should be ashamed."
Asked about her comments, White House spokesman Scott McClellan, said they were "out of bounds."
I love it when all these so called experts make such harsh judgments. They all live in glass houses and still they throw the stones.
Watch the VIDEO.Click to watch. <----( watch the video here )
SAVE YOUR MONEY - DON'T BUY YET
The fight for control of the market for new high-definition DVD players intensified during the International Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month when Toshiba, a leader of an industry group backing the HD-DVD format, said it would release a machine in March for less than $500.
This is an alternative to the Blu-ray format being promoted by a rival group dominated by Sony, Panasonic and others.
Both camps have been working for years to create high-definition DVD's, which have better video and audio quality and more storage space than standard-definition discs. But the two sides have taken different approaches
So here we go again two formats that are not compatible and at some point one will go out the window. Leaving the folks that bought them with a piece of junk. Has that ever happened in the past???
I say wait a year or two they'll be cheaper and maybe these companies will come to their senses. (HA)
NEW LEADERSHIP???
Jon Stewart did a bit on the republican leadership position. The bottom line is MORE OF THE SAME.
This is pretty good watch the video.
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BIRD FLU? - U TALKING TO ME?
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Jim Hightower:
* " When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism." . . .
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
5) "Considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well." --FEMA Director Michael Brown, Sept. 1, 2005
FOR THOSE WHO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY
1. SAVE THE WHALES. COLLECT THE WHOLE SET.
2. A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE IS LIKE, NIGHT.
3. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FINGERS.
4. I JUST GOT LOST IN THOUGHT. IT WASN'T FAMILIAR TERRITORY.
5. 42.7 PERCENT OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT.
January 17, 2006
PUSHING HARD TODAY
QUICK STAT:
GIVE WHAT YOU CAN - BUT GIVE SOMETHING
On Imus In The Morning today Don Imus was talking about the frustration he was feeling about his inability to raise the $10 million dollars needed to complete the INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND building at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is constructing a world-class state-of-the-art advanced training skills facility at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The center will serve military personnel who have been catastrophically disabled in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The center will also serve military personnel and veterans severely injured in other operations and in the normal performance of their duties, combat and non-combat related.
He thinks that from as far back as the civil war America has discarded the injured serviceman coming back from war. I think there is some truth to that when you consider how we outfit them going into war. And how about the dollar value we put on their life at the start of the war a lousy $12,000 insurance policy and god knows they probably had to pay for that themselves.
I think it goes a bit deeper than that. The thing I've felt about this war from the start was a TOTAL LACK OF INVOLVEMENT AND SACRIFICE from the American people. I've talked about it here on my BLOG in the past. The people that are sacrificing are the service men and women and their families. And our children that will need to pay for this war down the road.
I made a donation last week you can do it right at their site. It takes only a minute. Don't buy those bumper stickers for your car or truck. Show that you truly support the troops by taking care of them when they come home. . . especially when they come home with less than what they went with.
Here is their web site.
Visit the SITE.
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THE SPEAKER
As details emerged about unsavory dealings between lobbyists and lawmakers -- including his top lieutenant, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) -- the House speaker stood on the sidelines. As DeLay's legal peril mounted, Hastert backed him at every turn, attempting to change House rules to allow an indicted leader to stay in power and even altering the leadership of the ethics committee, which had been exposing misconduct by the majority leader.
Only now has Hastert publicly moved to address the ethics controversy, leading a push to tighten rules on lobbying and persuading Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) to temporarily relinquish the chairmanship of the House Administration Committee.
Hastert and his staff "take this laissez-faire attitude on things," grumbled one Republican source close to the House leadership. "They don't respond when things are bending, but they get very excited when they break." (Washington Post)
It seems to me that when you find a water stain on you ceiling from a damaged roof painting the stain might help for a while but it does nothing to fix the root problem. . . a leaking roof.
It's the same with this leadership problem that the republicans have. They can not simply paint a pretty picture and fix these problems. That's what they are trying to do with putting Blunt in DeLays position and leaving Hastert in the top job. . . it's a white wash. The House Roof is STILL leaking.
ONE SYMPTON OF LOBBYING RUN AMUCK
One symptom of lobbying run amuck is the proliferation of earmarks--spending placed in legislation, often without public review, for specific projects.
"Beating up on lobbyists is easy to do, but we have to put our own house in order, and at the top of that list is earmark reform," says Republican Congressman Jeff Flake of Arizona. This guy would make a good replacement for DeLay but that will never happen he actually want's to make changes. What a concept.
The most famous recent earmark was last fall's so-called Bridge to Nowhere--a provision that Representatives from Alaska inserted into a bill to spend close to $223 million to make it easier to reach a virtually uninhabited area of the state.
In the end, the money was cut from the budget in light of public outrage. Note that this is not true. The money is still going to Alaska. See my 12/20/5 post for details.
Lobbyists are paid to land earmarks; Abramoff used them to get money for his tribal clients. The number of those earmarks mushroomed from close to 2,000 in a highway bill in 1998 to more than 6,000 in that bill last year.
Practitioners say the boom is a major factor in the doubling of the number of lobbyists in Washington over the past five years, to almost 35,000, and Bush points to the popular practice as one of the reasons curtailing federal spending is so difficult.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Oscar Levant:
A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
6) "You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." --President Bush, to a divorced mother of three in Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005
WORKS FOR ME!!!
January 16, 2006
MARTIN L KING - 2006
QUICK STAT:
Is he still waiting on his dream?
WHAT A GREAT DOG
I watched part of this show and must say there were some great looking dogs there. None as great as mine but still great doogs.
HOUSE IS STARTING TO FALL
HE'S A CROOK
This guy has been on TV promoting one thing or the other. You've seen him I know you have.
Now his book is a best seller which just proves that indeed "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute".
I don't know who is buying this book and more importantly WHY. He's a QUACK people. Just as an example listen to him try to wiggle his way out of having paid a penalty for his earlier promotion.
Now he's promoting his book because he knows the First Amendment protects him.
He's a crook and a liar. Enough said.
Watch the VIDEO.
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NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Abraham Lincoln:
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
7) "I'm proud of George. He's learned a lot about ranching since that first year when he tried to milk the horse. What's worse, it was a male horse." --First Lady Laura Bush, at the White House Correspondents dinner, April 30, 2005
WORKS FOR ME!!!
Q: Why do mermaids wear seashells?
A: Because B-shells would be too small.
January 15, 2006
MORE CRAP FROM THE RIGHT
QUICK STAT:
Seems to me we need to be talking to the Asian's to find out what they are doing right to see if it can be applied to the rest of us. I think I know the answer.
IS THIS RIGHT
Michelle Kwan missed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships with a groin injury, but still gets a shot at an elusive gold medal.
Do you agree with U.S. Figure Skating's selection of Michelle Kwan to the Olympic team?
Michelle Kwan has been handed one more chance to chase that elusive Olympic gold. Now she has to prove she deserves it.
While Sasha Cohen earned her spot in Turin by winning the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday night, Kwan needed an assist from a selection committee.
By a 20-3 vote, it gave the nine-time U.S. and five-time world champion a medical bye under the condition she proves by Jan. 27 that she's fully recovered from a groin injury and able to compete.
"I'm my worst critic," Kwan said from California, where she watched the championships on television. "If I feel that I can't be ready, I will pull myself off the team. I've said that before and I'm sticking to it. If I don't believe I can be 100 percent and at my best, I don't believe it's good for me to go."
I guess I don't really know the process on how they select the team. I thought it was by winning one of the 3 tops positions in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. But it looks like I was wrong.
I'm sure we want the best team possible but how about the gal that won 3rd place in the U.S. Championships. Didn't see compete and now she is made a runner up. That doesn't seem fair.
Should the Washington Red Skins be allowed to move on in the NFL playoffs because they had a good record even though they lost to the Seahawks.
If they had an at large position that they use to put someone on the team then I'd say give it to her.
But I think 3rd place should mean something and so I think even if I did some really great things last year it's this contest that matters. So I say NO she should not go.
ASHCROFT STAKES OUT LUCRATIVE NEW GROUND
You've heard of the revolving door in Washington DC right. Well I'm here to tell you it's still working and working damn well indeed.
Whose the latest greatest ex government official to enter through that door. It's the former Attorney General John Ashcroft.
Less than three months after registering as a lobbyist, the former Attorney General has banked at least $269,000 from just four clients and appears to be developing a practice centered on firms that want to capitalize on a government demand for homeland security technology that boomed under sometimes controversial policies he promoted while in office.
Do you really think Washington can reform themselves.
THE SWIFT BOATING OF MURTHA
First they attacked Rep. Murtha for his Iraq views by associating him with the filmmaker Michael Moore. THAT DIDN'T WORK.
Then Representative Jean Schmidt likened him to a coward on the floor of the House of Representatives. THAT DIDN'T WORK. Now they are trying the "Swift Boating" thing by attacking his military record just like they did with John Kerry. THAT WON'T WORK. All the while good old Dick Cheney called Murtha "A good man, a marine, a patriot and he's taking a clear stand in an entirely legitimate discussion." How can these guys lie like they do. Rep. Murtha spent 37 years in the Marine Corps earning a Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and a Navy Distinguished Service Medal. His service has earned him the respect of the military, and made him a trusted adviser to both Republican and Democratic presidents and leaders of the armed forces. Just like Kerry they are calling into questions Murtha's medals. And these are guys that DID NOT SERVE. Murtha is fighting back he released this statement the other day.Questions About My Record
By Rep. John Murtha This afternoon, CNSNEWS.com published an article entitled "Murtha's War Hero Status Called Into Question" on its website. The article questions the validity of my purple hearts. This is my response: "Questions about my record are clearly an attempt to distract attention from the real issue, which is that our brave men and women in uniform are dying and being injured every day in the middle of a civil war that can be resolved only by the Iraqis themselves." "I volunteered for a year's duty in Vietnam. I was out in the field almost every single day. We took heavy casualties in my regiment the year that I was there. In my fitness reports, I was rated No. 1. My record is clear."
It's funny how all this crap comes from a few sources. These so called religious types. This Brent Bozell is in my opinion is one of the worst.
Turns out the Olbermann agrees with me on good old Brent, in fact he made him the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD last week. Check it out below.
Watch the VIDEO.
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NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Robert Louis Stevenson:
* "Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary." . . .
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
8) "Well, I think that's bullsh*t and I hate that. Just let it go." --Commentator Bob Novak to James Carville, before storming off the set at CNN, Aug. 4, 2005
DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY
AS SEEN ON I-5
January 14, 2006
TIME OUT
QUICK STAT:
Can the republicans make the charge "TAX AND SPEND DEMOCRATES" now.
GO HAWKS
This is a short and sweet post cause I'm talking the day off. No not to go to the game (but I will watch it.) but because I'm still cleaning up my hard drives. As I said before having large hard drives is not necessarily a good thing.
PAN-O-RAMA IN MY BACK YARD
I made this panorama last year and just came across it as I've been doing my clean up. So now I'm givening it a test.
NO WORDS NEEDED
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
Robert Frost:
* "Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance." . . .
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
9) "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." --George W. Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005"
WORKS FOR ME!!!
In Canada, we have recently begun receiving and using new $10 bills that are harder for counterfeiters to reproduce. I overheard this conversation, between two ladies, on a bus:
Lady #1: "You know the new $10 bills? Do you know how much it costs the government to print them?"
Lady #2: "I don't know. Twenty bucks each?"
Lady #1: "Well, that's what I thought too, but I saw on the news yesterday that they only cost four cents!"
Lady #2: "WHAT?? Four cents! And we pay ten bucks for them? What a rip off!"
AS SEEN ON I-5
January 13, 2006
ANOTHER FRIDAY
QUICK STAT:
The end of film is approaching. It's all digital all the time.
SITUATION IN IRAQ IS CIVIL WAR
This is a message from John Murtha, he's in Iraq now.
Iraq, Rep. John Murtha
According to the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition, the definition of a civil war is a "war between political factions or regions within the same country." That is exactly what is going on in Iraq, not a global war on terrorism, as the President continues to portray it.
93 percent of those fighting in Iraq are Iraqis. A very small percentage of the fighting is being done by foreign fighters. Our troops are caught in between the fighting. 80 percent of Iraqis want us out of there and 45 percent think it is justified to kill American troops.
Iraqis went to the polls in droves on December 15th and rejected the secular, pro-democracy candidates and those who the Administration in Washington propped up. Preliminary vote results indicate that Iyad Allawi, the pro-American Prime Minister, received about 8 percent of the vote and Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq's current Oil Minister and close associate of the U.S. Iraq war planners, received less than 1 percent. According to General Vines, the top operational commander in Iraq, "the vote is reported to be primarily along sectarian lines, which is not particularly heartening." The new government he said "must be a government by and for Iraqis, not sects."
The ethnic and religious strife in Iraq has been going on, not for decades or centuries, but for millennia. These particular explosive hatreds and tensions will be there if our troops leave in six months, six years or six decades. It is time to re-deploy our troops and to re-focus our attention on.
I think he has defined the problem as it is in Iraq right now. It became a civil war but in my view it was NEVER a WAR on TERROR. That took place in Afghanistan and that was right and just. I never felt this label "WAR ON TERROR" made sense but rather I've felt John Kerry had it right when he talked about a police action. The Maryland Senate on Thursday overrode republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich's veto and approved a bill that would force Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to spend more on employee health care in the state. The state Senate voted 30-17 in favor of the bill, surpassing the margin needed to override the veto by one vote. The override by the Maryland Senate sets the stage for a vote in the Maryland House of Delegates, which was expected to take up the bill. According to one Republican delegate opposed to the bill, who requested anonymity, the bill's supporters in the House have secured 88 votes there, three more than the number required to override a veto. The bill would require companies with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health benefits, or pay the balance into a state low-income health insurance fund. Supporters said the state had to act because Wal-Mart was forcing the state to subsidize its employees' health care. "I hope personally all 49 (other) states will do this. The states are backed up to the wall on this one," said the sponsor of the bill, Democratic Sen. Gloria Lawlah. Opponents countered that the bill would be bad for business. Don't they use that same old song every time they don't like the results. Some opponents of the bill said it could even cause Wal-Mart to drop plans to build a large distribution center on Maryland's Eastern Shore, which would bring an additional 800 to 1,000 jobs to the state. If every state did this maybe, just maybe WAL MART might get the message that they need to do their fair share. As to moving out of one state where would would they go. OK, so Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are going to have a baby, why should we be suprised. More importantly why should we care. Some folks are saying things like "If the two most gorgeous people in the world had a child, what would it look like?" Well it turns out we'll know in 6-7 months. I feel sorry for these kids and this new baby. I'm guessing that this couple will stay together for about 1-2 years. What do you think. President Bush made his first trip here in three months on Thursday and declared that New Orleans was "a heck of a place to bring your family" and that it had "some of the greatest food in the world and some wonderful fun." Mr. Bush spent his brief visit in a meeting with political and business leaders on the edge of the Garden District, the grand neighborhood largely untouched by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina, and saw little devastation. He did not go into the city's hardest-hit areas or to Jackson Square, where several hundred girls from the Academy of the Sacred Heart staged a protest demanding stronger levees. Mr. Bush's motorcade did pass some abandoned neighborhoods as it traveled on Interstate 10 into the city. "It may be hard for you to see, but from when I first came here to today, New Orleans is reminding me of the city I used to come to visit," the president told the local leaders at the Convention and Visitors Bureau, an independent group set up to attract business and tourism to the city. Mr. Bush, who appeared to be trying to spread optimism in a city that is years away from recovery, did not tell the group or the city's residents what many were hoping to hear: that he would commit the federal government to building the strongest possible levees, a Category 5 storm protection system. * "When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?" . . . 10) "You are the best governor ever." --Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, writing to Texas Gov. George Bush in 1997 on his 51st birthday, adding that she found him "cool" and that he and his wife, Laura, were "the greatest" and telling him: "Keep up the great work. Texas is blessed." Q: Where do earthworms play baseball? A: Wiggly Field Notice the difference between the average worker and CEO pay. And how bout those bonuses. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first major overhaul in 20 years in the way it calculates fuel economy ratings for cars and trucks, a shift the agency said would reduce mileage estimates by 5 to 30 percent, depending on the type of driving and kind of vehicle. The new testing method, according to Stephen L. Johnson, the E.P.A. administrator, would come much closer to bridging "the gap between what the window sticker says and what consumers can expect in their fuel economy." Consumer groups have long complained that the E.P.A.'s ratings are far too optimistic, compared with fuel economy that drivers achieve under real-world conditions. It's good that they are trying to fix this but the reality is that it won't matter, America and GM are not interested in fuel efficiency. The Auto Show is going on right now and SUV's and Mussel cars are a big deal. They are not the can of cars that get good mileage and so this new labels won't help. So it turns out the Eyman makes about $100 thousands for less that a years work. Eyman and his two partners' from Spokane spilt a total of $209,000. What is really funny to me is his I-900 initiative. It wasn't needed because the legislature had passed a similar bill this past year. So now we are going back to 1999 as Eyman introduced his pay plan errrr I mean 2006 initiative for 2006. Drum Roll please. He want's to roll back all car-tab taxes and fees that exceed the original $30 limit. Isn't this the 3rd or 4th time he's tried this plan? I think the initiative process is a useful tool that should only be used sparingly. I don't think it should be made into a career that pays $100,000 and up. I also think there can be serious unintended consequences to some of these initiates because by law they can address only one subject. So I'm note sure how deep they get into what happens should this pass. He's quoted in the Kitsap Sun as saying "Jack, Mike, and I absolutely LOVE doing taxpayer-protection initiatives." DUH!!! who wouldn't be when you can make $100,000 and up. A critic of Eyman was also quoted in the Sun as saying. "When Eyman began the latest solicitation, David Goldstein, a blogger and a persistent critic, said, "Once again, he is the highest paid politician in the state. I'm amazed people send him money. I don't know what it is that he has supposedly delivered for them. I-900 is unnecessary and duplicates what the Legislature already did. "This issue was picked by his Sugar Daddy (Dunmire) or he would be nowhere again this year. He's a kept man." AS I SAID NICE PAY IF YOU CAN GET IT. Can you believe Bill O'Reilly complaining about Harvard or any one for not being FAIR AND BALANCED. He works for FOXNEWS for God's sake, the least FAIR AND BALANCED NETWORK of them all. During an interview in which he said Harvard was not being Fair and Balanced with the people they hire the following exchange took place where it was suggested that Bill was an Ideologue. He denied it and said that HE'S A WATCH DOG. Is there anyone in America that doesn't know what Bill is all about but Bill. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) I came across this little gem where O'Reilly falsely claimed the Dixie Chicks "have not recovered" from their controversial 2003 remarks about the War. Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that country music trio the Dixie Chicks "have not recovered to this day" from a controversy surrounding remarks critical of President Bush during one of the group's concerts. The Dixie Chicks' 2003 North American tour proved that any backlash was short-lived. In May, a mere two months after the controversy first erupted, the tour opened in Greenville, South Carolina, to a sold-out crowd. The tour then spent the summer crisscrossing North America and grossed $61 million, making the Dixie Chicks tour the top-grossing country tour of 2003. By the end of the year, their album, Home, ranked fourth on 2003's Billboard Top 200 Album chart, with the group itself finishing the year as the top-selling country group/duo and the third-highest-selling pop group/duo. In fact, in the months following the controversy, the band embarked on the top-grossing country tour of the year and has continued to enjoy strong commercial success. O'Reilly stated that "the problem with the Dixie Chicks is they lobbed these bombs and then they wouldn't talk about it." However, the band was quick to aggressively and openly defend its antiwar views. Immediately after the London comments, the band officially stated: "While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost." Maines, whose comment provoked the controversy, further explained her remark: I feel the president is ignoring the opinion of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration, and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view. When all of that went down I went out and bought their CD as my way of showing support. Click to listen. <----( listen to the audio here ) * "Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear." . . . 11) "I think I may need a bathroom break. Is this possible?" --President Bush, in a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a U.N. Security Council meeting, September 14, 2005 The mother of a friend went to New York City for the first time and was approached by a homeless man soliciting the sale of a bottle of exclusive moisturizer, normally retailed at $80, for only $5. She reached for her purse enthusiastically and said, "Sir, will there be tax on that?" When the man recovered from laughing, he made the sale -- tax free. Don Imus, on Imuis In The Morning today was talking about the effort to raise $10 million to finish the construction of this facility. I couldn't believe it when he said that Halliburton declined to contribute. Now Halliburton is a company (remember VP Cheney was the CEO) that is making millions if not billions off this war and the operation of it. Read what it is all about and if you can please consider making a denotation. Here is their web site. Click to visit the site. <----( click here to go to the site ) Rep. Roy Blunt and the man he wants to succeed as House majority leader, Tom DeLay, shared similar connections to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and to corporate lobbyists. Blunt, R-Mo., wrote at least three letters helpful to Abramoff clients while collecting money from them. He swapped donations between his and DeLay's political groups, ultimately enriching the Missouri political campaign of his son Matt. And Blunt's wife and another son, Andrew, lobby for many of the same companies that donate to the lawmaker's political efforts. The board of Blunt's Rely On Your Beliefs Fund has voted to contribute to charity an amount equivalent to Abramoff's personal contributions, $8,500, according to Blunt spokeswoman Burson Taylor. Isn't that the same as a bank robber saying that he's giving the money he got from robbing the bank to charity so he doesn't need to go to jail. Yes this is a family effort for the Blunt's. And you know that when he gets Delay's old job you just know that he'll clean all the corruption up. He actually said that if elected leader, he would "move swiftly to enact new lobbying reforms and enhanced penalties for those who break the public trust."
I say let it start with him and his family. BTW, have you ever noticed the various names these guys use for their organizations that they use to launder money. They kinda make you feel good you think. This one, Rely On Your Beliefs Fund seems especially appropriate for the service they provide (to themselves).
Pop singer Britney Spears Tuesday topped an annual Hollywood worst-dressed list compiled by a fashion designer who called her an "over-the-hill Lolita." Mr Blackwell's list, which also slammed starlets Mary-Kate Olsen, Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, summed up 2005 as a particularly bad year for "couture chaos, wardrobe wrecks and stylistic sleaze." Spears, who gave birth to her first child last year, has been a favorite on Blackwell's list for the past five years. He described her Tuesday as going from "princess of pop to the ultimate fashion flop." In his 46th report, Blackwell said that Olsen, 19, who with her twin, Ashley Olsen, heads a multimillion-dollar entertainment empire appealing to young girls, looked "depressingly decayed" in her "bag lady rags." He called Simpson, 25, a "cut-rate Rapunzel slingin' hash in a Vegas diner" and said Lohan, 19, was "drowning in grown-up groaners" that added 30 years to her looks. Blackwell said hotel heiress Hilton looks "like yesterday's cheesecake," criticized "Desperate Housewives" television star Eva Longoria for "garish taste" and described Oscar winner Renee Zellweger as looking like a "painted pumpkin on a pogo stick." * "The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power." . . . 12) "If one person criticizes [the local authorities' relief efforts] or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me. One more word about it after this show airs, and I…I might likely have to punch him, literally." --Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), "This Week with George Stephanopoulous," Sept. 4, 2005 I was pulling into a gas station one day when I saw a woman drive off with the nozzle still in her gas tank. She jerked the nozzle right off the hose. Realizing what she had done, she pulled back in, took the nozzle out of the tank, and put it back on the pump. Then she went inside to straighten things out with the management. While she was inside, a young man pulled up to the pump. He took the nozzle, with no hose attached, into his tank. He couldn't seem to figure out why he wasn't getting any gas. He even took the nozzle out and repositioned it in the tank a couple times. I thought about pointing out the obvious problem to him but then decided that he'd be embarrassed enough when he figured it out on his own. Don Imus, on Imuis In The Morning today was talking about the effort to raise $10 million to finish the construction of this facility. I couldn't believe it when he said that Halliburton declined to contribute. Now Halliburton is a company (remember VP Cheney was the CEO) that is making millions if not billions off this war and the operation of it. Read what it is all about and if you can please consider making a denotation. Here is their web site. Click to visit the site. <----( click here to go to the site ) I hear the White House staff is running around like crazy trying to find all the pictures of president Bush with Abramoff. Isn't that a little like O'Reilly, Roberson etc. denying they said something even though it's on tape. Appearing on Hardball to discuss the Jack Abramoff scandal, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough failed to disclose that he received $1,000 from Jack Abramoff and other contributions from Abramoff's firms. MATTHEWS: Joe, let me ask you, as you watch this from the perspective of former membership in the Congress, and you see all these members now giving back money and obviously getting a little nervous about this guy Abramoff, how does he fit into the picture you recall from the Hill? SCARBOROUGH: You know, it's funny, I remember Abramoff's name, I remember certainly that he was attached to DeLay's office especially but, you know, there were all always guys that would be coming in talking about Indian casinos. We don't have Indian casinos in northwest Florida. I could never really figure out what that was all about. Now I am starting to figure out what it's about. Do you believe this BULLSHIT. Most torso wounds that killed Marines in Iraq might have been prevented or minimized by improved body armor, a Pentagon study found. The unreleased study last summer by the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner looked at 93 fatal wounds from the start of the war in March 2003 through June 2005. It concluded that 74 were bullet or shrapnel wounds to shoulders or areas of the torso not protected by ceramic armor plating. The findings underscore the difficulty facing the Army and Marine Corps in providing the optimum level of body armor protection in a war against an insurgency whose tactics are constantly changing. I can't help but remember Rumsfeld quote: SEC. RUMSFELD: "As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time." Well to me this was a WAR OF CHOICE and we should have taken the time to outfit our troops with the very best equipment possible. NOW THAT'S SUPPORTING THE TROOPS. NOT SOME BUMPER STICKER, RIBBON OR SIGN IN THE BACK WINDOW OF A PICKUP TRUCK. * "Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people." . . . 13) "If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god. . . Anything specific I need to do or tweak? Do you know of anyone who dog-sits? . . . Can I quit now? Can I come home? . . . I'm trapped now, please rescue me." --Ex-FEMA Director Michael Brown, in various emails to colleagues and friends in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina I used to work in an art supply store. We sold artists' canvas by the yard, and you could get it in either of two widths: 36 inches or 48 inches. * Customer: "Can you please cut some canvas for me?" * Me: "Certainly, what width?" * Customer: (confused and slightly annoyed) "Scissors?"
Not good news. I remember when my folks bought their first TV. I don't remember the year but I'd guess it was late forties early fifties. It was not a very big TV and it had about a 9-10 inch screen and it was black and white.
I remember my dad bought this big old magnifying glass apparatus that fit in front of the screen. What it did was enlarge the screen so it looked like a bigger picture. As I remember it worked but was really kind of awful.
I tell you this as background to the real point of this post and that is about the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that just wrapped up. There have been a number of shows that have been reporting on this years CES and by far what I have been hearing is what I'll call "Portable TV". Yes large screen, flat panel TV's were a big deal and as the price for these bad boys drop the size goes up. But it seems for every large TV there was a dozen video phone and systems to make TV and movies portable by putting it on your Laptop or PC. This is true of not only video but music, radio, images and even the news.. So what's the point Mick? Glad you asked. Having had experience with small TV's forty plus years ago I can tell you I don't want to watch TV on a phone, I don't want to watch it on my laptop. I want one of those BIG flat panel 102 inch TV's. And I don't want my phone making my coffee in the morning either. FOXNEWS is working overtime trying to be inclusive in this Abramoff scandal. They just can't talk about it without some how blaming the democrats. It would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. They did change their "Fair and Balanced" slogan to "FALSE AND BULLSHIT" On CNN Sunday with Wolf Blitzer he had Howard Dean on talking about the Abramoff scandal. Here is how it went. BLITZER: Should Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, who's now pleaded guilty to bribery charges among other charges, a Republican lobbyist in Washington - should the Democrats who took money from him give that money to charity or give it back? DEAN: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff. Not one. Not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican, every person under investigation is a Republican, every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money, and we've looked through all those FEC reports to make sure that's true. BLITZER: But through various Abramoff-related organizations, and outfits, a bunch of Democrats did take money that presumably originated with Jack Abramoff. DEAN: That's not true either. There's no evidence for that either, there's no evidence. . . BLITZER: What about Senator, what about, what about, what about Senator Byron Dorgan? DEAN: Senator Byron Dorgan and some others took money from Indian tribes. They're not agents of Jack Abramoff. There's no evidence that I've seen that Jack Abramoff directed any contributions to Democrats. I know the Republican National Committee would like to get the Democrats involved in this. They're scared. They should be scared. They haven't told the truth, and they have misled the American people, and now it appears they're stealing from Indian tribes. The Democrats are not involved in this. BLITZER: Unfortunately, we, uh, Mr. Chairman, we've got to leave it right there. Notice how Blitzer says that money donated by Indian tribes "presumably originated with Jack Abramoff," with absolutely no evidence or basis in fact. Objective journalism at its finest. When CNN lets him go he'll fit right in at FOXNEWS. "Abramoff, one of my closest and dearest friends," Tom Delay. . . New vehicle is a pure on-roader with no boulder-crunching pretense. America's love affair with SUVs is not over. It's just changing shape. Now, the increasingly hot vehicle is the crossover. Definitions vary but, basically, it's an SUV that's not really designed to go off-road. Dirt roads may be OK, but that's about it. They're still higher off the ground than a station wagon, but not necessarily as high as a serious off-road vehicle. Crossover SUVs are becoming increasingly popular and may outpace traditional SUVs in sales next year. I'd sure like to know how many SUV's ever went off road even once. I do like the looks of this new Ford but I think they need to marry up good design with fuel economy. Why can't they do both. * "You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to. " . . . 14) "You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals...many of these people, almost all of them that we see are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold." --CNN's Wolf Blitzer, on New Orleans' hurricane evacuees, Sept. 1, 2005 While I was watching a football game on TV with my friend and his wife once, a player was knocked out of bounds with considerable force. He plowed right into a technician holding one of those satellite dish-shaped microphones who did not even have time to attempt to avoid the collision. During the replay which showed the technician getting knocked over backwards and doing about three summersaults, his wife replied sarcastically, "Right, like that little shield was going to protect him!"
Sure glad I don't live there. I think my Dr. thinks I live in CHICAGO every time I go to see him, if you get my drift. I have some hard disk cleanup that I need to get done. When you have over 600 gigabytes of disk space it can be a big problem. 15) "I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office. She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli." --Sen. Bill Frist, diagnosing Terri Schiavo's condition during a speech on the Senate floor, March 17, 2005 [The autopsy later revealed she was blind.] When I brought my mother-in-law home one afternoon, she discovered that she didn't have her key to her second story apartment. I went to the garage, took out the ladder, and climbed up, finding that all the windows were locked. As I stood there on the ladder, deciding whether to break the window or not, she looked up at me and said, "Too bad Mrs. Jones (the owner of the building) isn't here. She has a key to my apartment, and she could go up and open the window for you!"
Charlotte, N.C. - Charlotte, N.C. - NASCAR has narrowed the possible sites for its first official Hall of Fame to Atlanta, Charlotte or Daytona Beach, Fla., and expects to pick a winning city by the end of March. "Based upon the proposals that we have reviewed internally for the past several months, we believe these three cities provide us with the best opportunity to build and develop a world-class NASCAR Hall of Fame for our millions of loyal fans," Mark Dyer, NASCAR's vice president for licensing, said Thursday in a statement. The decision eliminates Richmond, Va., and Kansas City, Kan. from consideration. It had been widely speculated that NASCAR would place the Hall of Fame in Kansas City, then move the all-star race from its longtime home in suburban Charlotte to the Kansas facility, creating a star-studded weekend that included the race and a Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Tell me seriously. Do you think they would put a race this size out here should a track be built. Be honest now. Lou did a closing commentary at the end of his show last night. I thought it was pretty good. It's something that is so true yet I know will never happen. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) President Bush on Wednesday appointed a 36-year-old lawyer to head the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Homeland Security Department despite critics' concerns about her qualifications. Bush's recess appointment of Julie L. Myers was an end-run around the Senate, where her nomination to lead the massive, troubled immigration and customs operation had been stalled. "This is further evidence of this administration's lack of commitment to meaningfully addressing the illegal immigration crisis," he said. "It is just blatant cronyism, and I am sure she is a bright and talented young woman, but this is not the place to put someone with such a steep learning curve." Jon Stewart did a piece he called COOT OFF. I thought it was pretty funny. Check it out. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) Is there ever enough money for guys like this. As an executive of Wal Mart I'm certain he was well paid with bonuses and stock options. So you have to ask the question WHY? Why the hell do they do it. Hope he get 10 years. * "There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. " . . . 16) "If Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.'" -FOX News Channel's Bill O'Reilly, after San Francisco voted to ban military recruiters from city schools, Nov. 8, 2005. Once I was on a school trip to England. We flew there in a Boeing 747. Shortly after take-off, the flight attendant had distributed candy. One girl didn't know what to do with the wrapper, so she started trying to open the window. Others nearby started snickering, but she shouted, "Shut up and help me open this bloody window!" CLICK on the IMAGE and it will pop up full size in another window.
Here is a media bias study that should make the folks on the right real happy. The sad thing is they won't read the report to see what is behind the numbers. As I said the other day (Mick S. are you listening?) here is the complete list of all the folks that took money from the Tribes and/or from Abramoff. Casting the Jack Abramoff scandal as bipartisan, the media have conflated two categories of conduct: 1) the legal receipt of campaign contributions; and 2) other possible illegal conduct including the receipt of campaign contributions in exchange for something. There are 117 democrats and 197 republicans on the list. The list is in alphabetic order, running from left to right, top to bottom. CLICK on an IMAGE and it will pop up full size in another window.
Check the video from yesterdays post under "COUGHING UP" to get some background on how you need to look at these donations. It's key to understanding what is going on. To see more background and various ways of looking at this data go to this URL. <----( click here to go to the site ) To visit the Open Secrets Home page click on this URL. <----( click here to go to the site ) On his show last night Bill (I Can't Help Myself From Lying) O'Reilly said that Abramoff gave equally to both the democrats and republicans. Well that is just a BIG FAT LIE. Look at the Summary graphic above it shows what was given.
Note that Abramoff himself never gave a dime to a democrate. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) Pat Robertson sure has a way with words. I just don't get how he can be considered a "MAN OF THE LORD". Is he leading sheep or people. How is he put into the position that he hold? Why don't his followers show some guts and vote him out of office? Keith Olbermann and Jon Stewart have a take on all this. Which there Videos below. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) * "Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. " . . . 17) "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war." --Pat Robertson, calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Aug. 22, 2005 At a goodbye lunch for an old and dear co-worker who is leaving the company due to "rightsizing," our manager spoke up and said, "This is fun. We should have lunch like this more often." Not another word was spoken. We just looked at each other like deer staring into the headlights of an approaching truck. CES starts today. Republican Party officials said yesterday that President Bush will give up $6,000 in campaign contributions connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, joining an expansive list of politicians who have shed more than half a million dollars in tainted campaign cash. Fearful of the adverse political fallout from the expanding corruption investigation, Republicans in both houses of Congress moved forward with face-saving legislation to tighten lobbying regulations and to discourage dealings between lawmakers and influence-peddlers. YEA, that's the deal congress will "Git-R-Done!" now that the horse has left the Barn.
The republicans are pushing hard to make this a BI-PARTISANS issue by suggesting that ALL money be returned regardless where it came from be it Abramoff or from the Tribes only. We to me there is a difference and a big difference at that. Abramoff was bilking the Tribes out of millions of dollars and so it's hard for me to believe that if they KNEW THAT was happening they would than go along with him on making even more contributions to individual congress members. It doesn't make sense. I'm tracking the donations that have been returned or given to charities. I'm not making any judgments. I got a very good explanation of how all this should be viewed from C-SPAN this morning. I'm processing it right now and will post it just as soon as it's finished. My gut feeling is that this is not BI-PARTISANS in terms of Jack Abramoff and his impact on congress. Watch the video and I think you'll understand the difference in all of this. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) I just ordered this DVD. It's been a long time in the making. It should get here about the 5 of Feb. This is great timing cause I think Kenny-Boy Lay goes on trial on the 31st of January. It has nothing to do with the Abramoff deal except as it relates to GREED and CORRUPTION and it's been so long ago since the fall of Enron it'll be a good refresher course. I know that Lay says it wasn't his fault. But like the captain of a ship or an Airplane he's the one that is in charge and I think he is going down. The minimum wage went up in Washington State to $7.63 per hour. If someone worked a 40 hour week the would earn $302.52 dollars. In a years time they would earn $15,870.40. In today's Kitsap Sun there was an article about the increase in Poverty for kids in Washington. It said the poverty level for a family of four with two children is $18,660.00. Looking at the yearly minimum wage income you can see that this puts you about $3,000.00 under the poverty level for a family of four. I don't know about you but I sure as heck couldn't live on that amount of money. Remember these are whole dollars with no deductions. I would like to find some stats on this to find out who is working for minimum wage by age. I keep hearing that it's only kids and people without an education that work for this minimum wage. Man if you were to watch FOXNEWS you don't seem to find good old Jack A any where. Wonder what that Fair and Balanced group is up to???. * "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. " . . . 18) "I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down." --Bill Bennett, former Education Secretary and author of "The Book of Virtues," Sept. 28, 2005 I was at the airport, checking in at the gate, when the airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" I said, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled and nodded knowingly, "That's why we ask." How come I don't get these kinds of miles per gallon. I went to bed last night after watching for over two hours the news that 1 miner had died and 12 were alive. Geraldo Rivera was there doing his thing and trying like hell to be the stary rather than just report. I don't know how it happened but it is just awful and three cable networks CNN, MSNBC and FOXNEWS had it wrong. This morninging even my New York Times headline news email had it wrong. 12 Miners Found Alive 41 Hours After Explosion. Former high-powered lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty yesterday to three felony charges in a deal with federal prosecutors that helps clear the way for his testimony about members of Congress and congressional staffers in a wide-ranging political corruption investigation. This whole thing points out what the real problem is and yet excuse me if I'm not jumping up and down for joy but the truth is we will not learn anything from this. More importantly we won't DO ANYTHING about it. The same people will be reelected year after year if they aren't part of the worst bunch of crooks. Up know they only took one trip or played one round of golf. They returned the money good old Jack had given them anyway. In a word. . . GREED. The cancer that is behind all this greed is LOBBYISTS and all the LOBBYING they do. Members can make $1 - 2 million a year, while staffers can make $300, 000 and up. There are 2 drug industry lobbyists for each member of congress, 40 of those are former members of congress themselves. It was these same damn lobbyists that WROTE and PUSHED this damn Medicare Prescription Drug program that is making American seniors crazy. Since 1998, 273 former White House staffers are now lobbyists. There are now 2,390 in the revolving door from Federal service to K Street. About 14,000 people now lobby congress. These folks are NOT lobbying for you and I. What it all means is that we have lost our representation and voice in these country as a result we have no voice in what is happening in this country. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here )
Since this Abramoff thing broke the other day I've noticed how most of these talking heads some how find it necessary to suggest that the dems took money too.
You know they have their talking points all in a row don't you. It's the same-o same-o they just have a NEED to SHARE RESPONSIBILITY.
Ain't life grand.
Last night Bill O'Reilly was on The Letterman Show. I think Letterman made him look silly, and O'Reilly was more than happy to accommodate.
He started off talking about the PHONY Christmas deal that O'Reilly was promoting leading up to Christmas.
At one point O'Reilly said it's an "Erosion of the Culture". I haven't heard Bill say anything about what Bush is doing Ease Dropping on Americans as an Erosion of our Right's"
Dave called O'Reilly on his dealings with Cindy Sheehan and his use of being Fair and Balanced.
O'Reilly's retort was to ask Dave if he watched the show, to which Dave said no. But he read the newspaper.
Well you know what O'Reilly thinks about newspapers. I'm looking forward to tonight's spin. And you know the "O" man will need to set the story right in his little mind. I'm betting he takes a swipe at Dave in his talking point. As promised yesterday here is the answer to yesterdays puzzle. How did you do? * "In our age there is no such thing as "keeping out of politics." All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. " . . . 19) "You think people can work all day and then pick up their kids at child care or wherever and get home and still manage to sandwich in an eight-hour vote? Well Republicans, I guess can do that. Because a lot of them have never made an honest living in their lives." --Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, speaking at the Campaign for America's Future annual gathering, June 3, 2005 The following call came in at 7:30 this morning:
Man it sure looks like a very expensive winter. My December bill went way up and I didn't think December was all that cold. Lord help me if we have a real cold stretch. Looks like good old "ABE" has made his deal (funny how that works for crooks and liars). Now all the other crooks and liars are looking for lawyers. Hot on the heels of Sudoku comes Kakuro. Think of them as the mathematical equivalent of crosswords. Also known as Cross Sums or Kakro in Japan. A Kakuro consists of a playing area of filled and empty cells similar to a crossword puzzle. Some black cells contain a diagonal slash from top left to bottom right with numbers in them, called "the clues". A number in the top right corner relates to an "across" clue and one in the bottom left a "down" clue. The object of a Kakuro is to insert digits from 1-9 into the white cells to total the clue associated with it. However no digit can be duplicated in an entry. For example the total 6 you could have 1 & 5, 2 & 4 but not 3 & 3. Sound simple? Be warned it gets hard and is as addictive as Sudoku. OK below is a sample for you to try. I'll post the answer tomorrow. * " Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair " . . . 20) "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." --Vice President Dick Cheney, on the Iraq insurgency, June 20, 2005 Several years ago when we were still in high school, my friend, her sister, and I were watching the Olympics. Her sister asked us why rodeos weren't an Olympic sport. We said,"Because the U.S. is probably the only country where rodeos take place." She was very quick to argue, "Nuh uh, Oklahoma has rodeos too." Last Friday on CNN's THE SITUATION ROOM they did a piece that Jack Cafferty put together. It was kind of a quiz that reminded me of something my dad told us kids a long, long time ago. Back then the civil right movement was getting underway and for some reason we were all talking about it at the kitchen table. I don't remember the full conversation but the one thing that did stick with me was ho my dad said we should think about getting along with people of another race. He said think about if you were in a war, in the middle of a battle. You find yourself in a foxhole without any ammo. Suddenly a black soldier jumps into your foxhole. Are you really going to be concerned with the fact that he is black? And do you want to kick him out of your foxhole. The point is that sometimes we make unwarranted judgments' based on little or no good information. Listen to Jacks quiz and see if you can answer his question. Click to watch. <----( watch the video here ) Publicly owned ISC builds a speedway and Privately owned NASCAR awards it a coveted Nextel Cup Series race that is almost guaranteed to draw fans from around the country and a national television audience that rivals watchers of baseball's World Series. Officially, the publicly traded ISC and the privately owned NASCAR are completely separate entities. But in reality, the two companies are attached at the corporate hip. Both essentially are operated by the France family, descendants of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. They share the same headquarters in Daytona Beach, Fla. That's why ISC officials say that Kitsap County taxpayers and officials should not worry that NASCAR refuses to promise that superstar drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon will come to town each summer. But while this relationship has proven to be financially beneficial, it might be illegal. And if an ongoing $400 million antitrust lawsuit is decided against NASCAR, it might make it more difficult for a Kitsap speedway to land a Nextel Cup race. In July - just weeks after ISC announced its intentions to build an 81,500-seat track in Kitsap - Kentucky Speedway sued ISC and NASCAR in federal court, alleging that the two companies violated antitrust laws by illegally restricting the awarding of Nextel Cup races. ISC owns 12 of the current 22 Nextel Cup race sites. Revenue for a Nextel Cup race is roughly broken into three slices: 40 percent to the speedway, 40 percent to the prize purse and 20 percent to NASCAR. So if NASCAR races at ISC-owned speedways, France family-run operations get about 80 percent of the profits. (I think their math is off, this should be 60%). Now it's up to U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman to decide if this cooperation is legal. I haven't said much about NASCAR building a track here in Kitsap except to say I'm against the use of TAX dollars to build it. This article just makes that issue more clear. A group that has earnings and wealth in the $3-4 billion dollar as NASCAR/ISC does doesn't need corporate welfare they can do it them self. This close relationship is a problem to me. As the article points out this group controls who gets the big races. Why would they want to share that revenue if they don't have to. In some ways this seems a bit dishonest at the very least. Read the whole article at the Kitsap Sun here. <----( click here to go to the site ) What does it say about our security when a High School kid can travel half way round the world and end up in the middle of a war zone. . . Baghdad. And how about that name. . . FARRRIS. . . didn't I see this movie a few years ago? * "Politics are not the task of a Christian." . . . 21) "I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work." --Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, asked to estimate the number of Iraqi insurgents while testifying before Congress, Feb. 16, 2005 It's amazing how stupid people can be on the telephone. I used to work for a major northwestern bank in the collections department, and we would frequently get calls like this: As if calling long distance will magically make the individual magically appear in the office! Chalabi takes control of Oil Ministry in Iraq. The one good thing is it doesn't look like he'll be a player in the new government. But I don't trust this guy and it wouldn't surprise me if he isn't a part of the government in any case. I saw this ankle monitoring device the other day. It can tell if you take a drink of alcohol. It's used for folks that have been convicted of DUI. It can also have a GPS built in as well. The device is called SCRAM and is attached to the ankle. The story I was watching said it was ordered for this guy after his fourth DUI. I think it should go on at the first DUI. I don't normally watch Tucker Carlson's The Situation but the other night I was doing some channel surfing and saw him standing in for Tucker. I watched for a while but I found his tone and manner was just to obnoxious. Every time he asked a question he gave a speech. I mean these shows have like 6-7 mins. per segment and this guy takes 3-4 mins. to frame his question. He comes across as the big tough guy from the Bronx. Now I understand why Microsoft is dumping there share of MSNBC. * "A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected." . . . 22) "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." --President Bush, after being thwarted by locked doors when he tried to exit a news conference in Beijing in the face of hostile questioning from reporters, Nov. 20, 2005
I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk noticed that I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. She informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card was signed. When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to compare the signature on the credit card with the signature I just signed on the receipt. So I signed the credit card in front of her. She carefully compared that signature to the one I signed on the receipt. As luck would have it, they matched.
MARYLAND SENATE OVERRIDES VETO OF HEALTH CARE BILL
DO YOU CARE ABOUT THIS
HE DIDN'T, DID HE
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Eleanor Roosevelt:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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January 12, 2006
BILL, BILL, BILL
QUICK STAT:
30 YEARS LATE
NICE PAY IF YOU CAN GET IT
BILL O'REILLY IS SUCH A JERK
Watch the first O'Reilly lie here:
MORE LIES IF YOU CAN TAKE IT
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Ralph Waldo Emerson:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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AS SEEN ON I-5
January 11, 2006
IS THAT RIGHT
QUICK STAT:
Visit the SITE.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
MR. BLACKWELL'S 'WORST DRESSED' FOR 2005
Blackwell's worst-dressed women of 2005 are:
1) Britney Spears
2) Mary-Kate Olsen
3) Jessica Simpson
4) Eva Longoria
5) Mariah Carey
6) Paris Hilton
7) Anna Nicole Smith
8) Shakira
9) Lindsay Lohan
10) Renee Zellweger
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Paul Wellstone:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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AS SEEN ON I-5
January 10, 2006
GOOD START TODAY
QUICK STAT:
WHITE HOUSE TIES
ABRAMOFF WHO?
BETTER BODY ARMOR COULD HAVE SAVED MANY MARINES
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Richard M. Nixon:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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AS SEEN ON I-5
January 09, 2006
THE LAST WORD FOR TODAY
QUICK STAT:
BACK TO THE FUTURE
YA GOT TO LOVE THESE GUYS
HOWARD DEAN SAYS IT LIKE IT IS
DID I JUST SAY THAT
THEY JUST DON'T GET IT
Ford unveils Edge, new 'crossover' SUV
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Molly Ivins:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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January 08, 2006
LAZY SUNDAY MORNING
QUICK STAT:
AN ALMOST ALL PICTURE DAY
SEE YESTERDAY'S POST
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Michael Harrington:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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The Last Photo I Ever Took" Contest. . .
Some of these may take a second or two to get.
This is the last one I have in this group and to me the hardest to look at. I guess it's just my fear of heights. Look at this shot carefully. Notice the right foot.
January 07, 2006
TIME FOR BREAKFAST
QUICK STAT:
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17.
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)
NASCAR REJECTS K.C. BID
WHAT THEY HAVEN'T SAID
Watch the VIDEO.
HERE WE GO AGAIN
CAN YOU SAY MIKE BROWN. . .
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING
Watch the VIDEO.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY
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John Adams:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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The Last Photo I Ever Took" Contest. . .
Some of these may take a second or two to get.
January 06, 2006
LOOK AT ALL THE DATA
QUICK STAT:
THE LIST
SUMMARY
Visit the SITE.
Visit the SITE.
HE JUST BLOWS SMOKE
Watch the VIDEO.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY
Watch the Keith Olbermann VIDEO here.
Watch the Jon Stewart VIDEO here.
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Lily Tomlin:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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The Last Photo I Ever Took" Contest. . .
Some of these may take a second or two to get.
January 05, 2006
NOW COMES THE HARD PART
QUICK STAT:
COUGHING UP
Watch the VIDEO.
THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP THIS MONTH
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT
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Groucho Marx:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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The Last Photo I Ever Took" Contest. . .
Some of these may take a second or two to get.
January 04, 2006
WHAT A DAY
QUICK STAT:
THEY ALL HAD IT WRONG
WE HAVEN'T A CHANCE
Watch the VIDEO.
HAVE YOU NOTICED THIS
TALK ABOUT NO SPIN
KAKURO - THE ANSWER
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George Orwell:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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Me: "Hello?"
Some Woman: "Mannie?"
Me: "Ma'am, what number are you trying to reach?"
Some Woman: "Mannie, y'all get up now, cause y'all are goin' to Sunday School, okay, sweetie?"
Me: "Ma'am, I am not your sweetie. You have a wrong number!"
Some Woman: "Okay, sweetie, see you soon!" (click) The Last Photo I Ever Took" Contest. . .
Some of these may take a second or two to get.
January 03, 2006
GAME DAY FOLKS
QUICK STAT:
THE OTHER SHOE DROPS?
KAKURO - INTRODUCTION
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I knew I saw this kid some place else
PRETTY GOOD JOKE
George Burns:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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The Last Photo I Ever Took" Contest. . .
Some of these may take a second or two to get.
January 02, 2006
IT'S HARD TO COME UP WITH HEADLINES
QUICK STAT:
IT'S NOT ALWAYS WHAT IT SEEMS
NEXTEL CUP NOT A GIVEN FOR KITSAP SPEEDWAY
International Speedway Corp. and NASCAR make the perfect team.
FARRIS' EXCELLENT JOURNEY
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
The Last Photo I Ever Took" Contest. . .
Some of these may take a second or two to get.
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
WORKS FOR ME!!!
Caller: "Could I speak to [somebody's name]?"
Me: "I'm sorry, but that person is [on vacation, out of the office, otherwise unavailable]. Would you like to leave a message?"
Caller: (annoyed) "I'm calling long distance!"
Caller: "Can I speak to Mr. [name], please?"
Me: "I'm sorry, Mr. [name] is on vacation."
Caller: "I'll hold."
January 01, 2006
A NEW YEAR
QUICK STAT:
DO YOU TRUST THIS GUY
THIS SHOULD BE MANDATORY
WHY IS THIS GUY ON MSNBC
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You don't get it. . .that's cause it's a test, it's only a test.
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Carl Sandberg:
25 THINGS I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SAY
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