After the Beers

Sgt. Crowley prepares to cuff Professor Gates for 'drunk and disorderly.'

Of course, there are those who think this shows that Obama really has no concern for the little people, even a handicapped friend struggling to descend stairs.

(H.T. Thomas Lifson at American Thinker.)

Jimmah Carter Redux

Or, maybe, a Billy Carter Redux!

Sgt. Lashley on Gates-Gate

(H.T.'s Hot Air & Pundit Review.)

He's a Good Boxer, but Has a Glass Straw

I missed this photo on The BlogProf when it was first published, but found it while looking for something else. 'Tis too good to pass up.

Senator/Candidate/President Obama's political boxing style:

Shuckin' & Jivin'.

Paco's Library: Top Presidential Vacation Sites

The infamous blogger, Paco, of Paco Enterprises regularly features excerpts from individual books in his library. Apparently as a member of the East Coast Elite, he has to show that his literary genre goes beyond Blogger on a computer monitor.

In today's offering, Paco excerpts from Englishman Sir Osbert Sitwell's Tales My Father Taught Me. Paco slyly implicates the Obama Administration without even mentioning them. In his first selection Sir Osbert relates his father's view of Robin Hood concluding with the remarks:

‘Every young man,’ he went on, ‘should beware of joining up with such a party of crack-brained socialists…’

In Paco's second selection Sir Osbert and his siblings spiel to trap on their father as he looked for a holiday destination. (Paco is suggesting a spot for the President's vacation more appropriate than Martha's Vineyard.)

Now as it happened I had only that very morning read in one of the daily papers an advertisement of what was obviously a privately run home..., and was described as ‘set in peaceful surroundings with a park and a lake.’ Accordingly I told my father about the establishment but did not disclose to him its true nature.

‘It sounds just what I need,’ he said.

‘Well, all I can tell you is that most people, once they’ve got there, never leave…They like it so much that they’ve even invented a pet-name for it – “the Bin”.’

This appeared to satisfy him, though he added: ‘I should like my fellow guests to have hobbies which they could discuss with me, and to be people, too, of some importance.’

‘I believe that one of them claims to be a steam-roller, which I suppose in a way could be important,’ I replied in imaginative frenzy before I could stop myself, ‘and another resident claims that he is the Emperor of China.’

...Indeed, we succeeded in painting for him so attractive a picture of this peaceful retreat that he told his secretary to write immediately for pension terms…Unfortunately, in their reply, the asylum authorities added to the letter a postscript: ‘Ought a strait-waistcoat to be sent for Sir George to wear during the journey, which will be made by van? Three strong and practiced male nurses will, of course, be in attendance, and prepared to quell any disturbance on the way.’

"Come and join the fun."- Mildred Ratched, RN

Sparse Posting Due to Sacrificial Helping of Another in Need

'Cause I'm like that.

I haven't been putting up a lot of posts here at Grandpa John's lately. Lance, the proprietor of TrogloPundit has gone with his family on a low-tech vacation. He had asked Todd and I to post over there in lieu of the TrogFather.

Todd and I have agreed to see if it is possible to cause someone else's hit counter to actually go backwards. I think we are doing a great job toward that goal. In a comment of one of my posts there I was told, 'F*** you' and called an a**hole and an idiot. Lance would say, "Well, hits is hits."

How Lance could ever have a relaxing vacation knowing that Todd and I are at the helm of his baby I will never know.

So, during your cyberspace travels, go on over and visit me there as well.

Lowering Health Care Costs

"And, pregnant lady, you are going to have to give birth via the water birth method."

"What? Not pregnant? Oops!"

"Ok, fat lady, get in the counseling line with the old coots."

Blue Dogs Piss on Pelosi's Leg

And Tell Her It's Raining

I remember to this day,
When Pelosi lead the way,
And how it stuck within our craws.
After the ObamaCare slime,
The voters at home made us say, 'No!'
Angry e-mails told me so.
Oh how I wish
I can get back to Washington one more time.

Me and you and a dog named Blue.
Travellin' and livin' off your taxes.
Me and you and a dog named Blue
How I love driving a free Lexus.
(Apologies to Lobo.)

ObamaCare Waterloo

"Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me."

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies."

"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."

"A Constitution should be short and obscure."

"A leader is a dealer in hope."

"Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress."

"I am the successor, not of George W. Bush, but of F.D.R."

"In politics stupidity is not a handicap."

"In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake."

"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

"To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god."

He's a Good Kid

He Just Got Mixed Up with the Wrong Crowd.
Since President Obama called Henry Louis Gates his friend at the press conference where he stated that the Cambridge Police acted stupidly, it immediately put Gates in the cross hairs. It seems that those who are friends of Barack Obama are suspect in character. There are old chums, Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, Tony Rezko, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and Rashid Khalidi. These compatriots have been well vetted. Now it is time for Gates and it seems that he also is a card carrying member of the flock.

Carol at No Sheeples Here notes the Gates-Aquiddick.

Dan at Riehl World View has begun some in-depth research on Gates.

Smitty at The Other McCain has more.

There are no surprises here.

Sometimes You Cannot Afford to Lose Focus

Jens Voigt Spaces Out for a Nanosecond
Only the final stage remains in this year's Tour de France. Unless a real bolt of lightning strikes someone, Alberto Contador will be the winner with Andy Schleck second, and Lance Armstrong third. It has been another excellent three week race. These cyclists are some of the top endurance athletes in the world.

Bike racing can be extremely dangerous. Below is a video of a down-the-mountain crash by Jens Voigt of the SaxoBank team. Voigt is also one of the best.



As bad as it looked, Voigt survived and will be back. Here is a link to a message that he recently gave.

'... Left a Turd Smell Slow to Dissipate'

In his book, The Worst Hard Time, author Timothy Egan describes the lives of those who lived in the parts of the United States not only during the depression, but also within the areas hardest hit by the dust bowl.

Egan's portrayal of a high plains home using an indoor stove fueled by cow chips uses the aromatic description '...left a turd smell slow to dissipate.' This phrase matches my description of the wafts coming from Washington these days.

Federal government reactions to 'climate change' through Cap & Trade, to health care through ObamaCare, and to the economy through the stimuli all are exacerbating the 'turd smell' that I hope will dissipate sooner than later.

There seems to be no limit to the dung used as fuel in the rationalizing of the government's need to seize control of all of America's life.

Double It,

Double It,

Double It Bum

(With a Couple of Halves Mixed In.)

He has double the smarts.

He has double the compassion.

He will double the deficit.

His health care plan will double the cost.

It will be half as good.

The geriatric hemlock cocktails will have half the trans-fats.

The Long Battle is Finally Over

26 months ago we were sued for defamation. We had been added on to an existing suit involving a local contractor suing a 'deep pockets' television station and another customer. To defend ourselves, of course, we hired two attorneys. These two have been retained for 103 weeks. We have been through one jury trial, countless motions, and were prepared for another year of battle while the first appeals process was completed. Yesterday a settlement was reached. It is over.

Using a military analogy to summarize: We were attacked and briefly retreated while gathering intel. At the proper time we counter-attacked. During the prolonged fighting we took a good deal of our adversary's territory. Between major operations, our adversary threatened to complain to the U.N. During this time they agreed, instead, that if we would give about 1/10 of the territory back, they would settle and leave to U.N. out of it. We were war weary, but the war still remained popular. In a gesture of good will and desire for world peace, however, we signed the truce.

The hired mercenaries will soon be able to return home.

Now for Something Really Queer

"I wish I could quit yew."

"And I wish I could quiet yew."

(From Theo Spark.)

KFC Campaigning for Obama's Policies?

At first glance it may appear that Kentucky Fried Chicken's new value promotion is made to combat Subway's popular $5 foot-long sub sandwich promotion. A closer examination, however, proves that the KFC gig is meant to push Obama's Health Care Plan, Cap & Trade, and his other inane policies:


Unthink!

Prescription for Hypotension

Last Saturday evening we had a family get together to watch the fireworks over Lake Koshkonong from Grandpa Jerry's house. Grandpa John was there, as was TrogloPundit and Dactyl. The place was also overrun with rugrats. A very good time was had by all.

My discerning diagnostic eye determined that co-host Grandpa Jerry was awfully calm. He needed something to raise that apparent hypotensive condition. For this I prescribe a healthy dose of this:

Jane Fonda wearing a t-shirt bearing her own picture. Grandpa Jerry loves Hanoi Jane.


However, we would recommend that to match that smug, arrogant expression, you should have this picture emblazoned on your t-shirt.

Grandpa Jerry's blood pressure should be significantly raised.

North Korean Test Missile Strikes Wisconsin Home

A North Korean missile struck a home near Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, this afternoon, but failed to totally detonate its warhead. The prototype 'Oscar Mayer Jong Il' intercontinental ballistic missile spewed ketchup all over the place, but was not able to contaminate Racine County with its radioactive kimchi relish. The Obama administration blamed the homeowner, Nick Krupp, and his family for their anti-Asian whiteness. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked that the North Koreans forgive our arrogance and to please not do it again as the Krupp family is about to become very large taxpayers.

(AP Photo/Journal Times, Tom McCauley)

Who in the Heck Named You Jinx?

Jinx Taylor brought 4 pieces of jade that her father had given her to the Antiques Road Show to be appraised.


Conservative estimate: $1.07 million

($37.59 after Health Care, Cap & Trade, and Soak the Rich taxes)

Linda, I'll be out digging through the garage. You check out the attic. Matt, check the back of the refrigerator. I've seen some jade green colors back in there.

Pirates Pillage Che

Big Hollywood notes the revolution against Che's bank account:

Director Steven Soderbergh blames piracy for the box office failure of ”Che,” which made less than half of its budget back:

“We got crushed in South America. We came out in Spain in September of last year and it was everywhere within a matter of days. It killed it.”

Rene Burri photo defaced by the dread pirate Burri.
Arrrrrr!

What's Good for the Goose...

Ousted Honduran President Mel Zelaya had attempted to change his nation's constitution in an unauthorized manner. He wanted to abrogate the limits of his term as Honduran president. When he was forcibly removed and exiled to Costa Rica President Obama and his Administration, in conjunction with the Organization of American States, labeled the removal a coup and stated that they would not recognize any leader beside Zelaya.

In the same vein, therefore, my administration and the Organization of Americans label this past election a coup and demand the return of George W. Bush to the Presidency of The United States of America, despite its abrogation of presidential term limits of our constitution, and the voluntary stepping aside of President Barack Obama. We will not recognize any leader beside Bush.

Just Words... Just Speeches

Donald Douglas reminds us of then Senator Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention that elevated him to national prominence:

And there's no greater sin in American history than the evil of slavery. CNN's shameless exploitation of racial sympathy is to be expected. But it's simply despicable that the President himself would pander this issue, given that his rise to national power was predicated on a pledge to advance the cause of post-racial America. Obama launched his career on the national stage with one of the most important political speeches of a generation. At the 2004 Democratic Convention, Obama proclaimed:

Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us - the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there’s the United States of America.

Just words... Just speeches.

Favre Nearly Ready to Sign with the Vikings

HATTIESBURG, MS- After a long workout at Oak Grove High School, quarterback Brett Favre said that he is just about ready for a return to the NFL, this time with the Minnesota Vikings.

"Although I'm still experiencing some pain while throwing, my stamina and technique are indicating that I will be able to be at my best throughout a full NFL season. I threw nearly 150 passes today and 15 or 20 were intercepted, so I think I'm ready."

The Honorable Al Franken

Senator from the Great State of Minnesota
Burt Prelutsky:

It is appropriate, though, that Franken represents Minnesota. Its state bird, after all, is the loon.

The New McBurri- Coming Soon?

Philip Stafford in London reports in the Financial Time.com:

McDonald’s is to leave London for Geneva, joining the growing ranks of US companies moving their European headquarters to take advantage of preferential intellectual property tax laws.

The fast-food group, which will open its head office in the Swiss city in the autumn, said the move had been almost a year in the planning.

The Swiss tax regime, particularly for intellectual property, has become increasingly attractive for foreign companies, particularly the regional European headquarters of US multinationals.

Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Google, Electronic Arts and Yahoo have switched from the UK to Switzerland in recent years, while Informa, the UK publisher, is changing its tax domicile to the country.

One pound pure beef patty, Brandy sauce, bacon, cheese, mayo, on a William Tell bun. Served with a six pack of your choice.

So much for the appetizer. For the main course Lance recommends...

(H.T. Don Surber.)

My Momma Always Said...

"Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

Reality & Perception.

(Toon H.T. Left Coast Rebel.)

Pelosi, Reid, & the Priest

In Washington an old priest lay dying in the hospital. For years he had faithfully served the people of the nation's capital. He motioned for his nurse to come near.

"Yes, Father?" said the nurse.

"I would really like to see Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid before I die", whispered the priest.

"I'll see what I can do, Father", replied the nurse.

The nurse sent the request to Congress and waited for a response.

Soon the word arrived; Both would be delighted to visit the priest.

As they went to the hospital, Reid commented to Nancy, "I don't know why the old priest wants to see us, but it will certainly will help our images and might even help us get re-elected. After all, I'm IN IT TO WIN IT". Nancy agreed that it was a good thing.

When they arrived at the priest's room, the priest took Reid's hand in his right hand and Nancy's hand in his left.

There was silence and a look of serenity on the old priest's face.

Finally Nancy spoke. "Father, of all the people you could have chosen, why did you choose us to be with you as you near the end?"

The old priest slowly replied, "I have always tried to pattern my life after our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."

"Amen", said Nancy. "Amen", said Reid.

The old priest continued, "Jesus died between two lying thieves; I would like to do the same."

(From Wicked Thoughts.)

The Divine Right of Gaia

The Attack of the Warm-Mongers
Mark Steyn earns his keep while making fun of Charles, Prince of Wales and Al Gore, Prince of Whales, et al.

Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned. . . . And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the ‘age of convenience’ was over.

He then got in his limo and was driven to his other palace.

Sarahcuda

Ralph Z. Hallow reports in an interview with Sarah Palin in The Washington Times:

"I'm not ruling out anything — it is the way I have lived my life from the youngest age," she said. "Let me peek out there and see if there's an open door somewhere. And if there's even a little crack of light, I'll hope to plow through it."

Sarah, there is a lot of darkness and many cracks. Go, Sarah, go.

(H.T. John Ray.)

Wisconsin Grizzly Gerbils Endangering Residents

It's War in Winneconne:

WINNECONNE – A Washington Street resident found out it’s not OK to shoot raccoons and gerbils in the village after a neighbor called police July 1 to report someone was discharging a .22 caliber rifle in a back yard.

But, Sheriff, I caught 'im hackin' inta mah computer.


But, Deputy, I caught him astealin' mah picinic basket.


Ya sure don't want to try to take on a gerbil with anything less than a .44 magnum.

A Sad Day

Today is the funeral and burial of the three year-old daughter of close friends and fellow church members. Little Patience died after drowning in a neighbor's swimming pool. She remained on life support for about a week and succumbed shortly thereafter.

Grief.

Rhesus Monkeys Prove Value of Obama Policies:

-Cap & Cage
-Universal Government Health Care
-Government Oversight of All Areas of Life

20 year UW-Madison study shows restrictions caused caged monkeys:

...have fewer age-related diseases... less shrinking with age in areas important for decision-making and controlling movement in the brains... helps preserve primates’ bodies and brains... extend the lifespan... even greater health benefits...

If we will be wise enough to allow the government to control our lives within literal or metaphorical cages, we will live much happier and longer lives.

Lance... Lance!.. Hey, Anybody Seen Lance?

Ja nahe an der Straße.

BERLIN (AFP) – German police called to clear a road of a dead badger found the animal in question had in fact gorged itself on over-ripe, fermented cherries and, blind drunk, staggered out into the middle of the road.

"The animal's stomach had turned the fruit to alcohol and the badger was, to put it crudely, drunk as a skunk," said a police statement on Wednesday. "In addition, the badger was suffering from diarrhoea studded with cherry stones."

Prodding the reluctant beast with a stick, officers managed to persuade it to leave the road near the town of Goslar in northwestern Germany and to sleep off his night of excess in a nearby meadow.

"It could not immediately be established whether the badger got into trouble with his wife when he came home in such a state," the tongue-in-cheek police statement concluded.

(H.T. Fark.com.)

Administration Alienating More Friends

The Administration continues to sidle up to our enemies and back stab our friends and sour diplomatic relations. This time it's Switzerland... again.

Back in February:

ZURICH, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) called on Saturday for retaliation against the United States over a U.S. tax probe into the country's biggest bank UBS that threatens prized banking secrecy.

Presently:

Switzerland has vowed to prevent UBS from handing over client information to U.S authorities, in an attempt to defend bank secrecy, and says the tax case targeting its biggest bank is souring diplomatic ties.

Washington has accused UBS of hiding nearly $15 billion in assets in secret accounts but the tax litigation is also crucial for the future of the multibillion-dollar wealth management industry and is pushing several offshore banks to force clients to come clean.

The Swiss Justice Ministry said earlier on Wednesday that Swiss law prevents UBS from handing over client information and the government would seize UBS client data, if necessary, to stop that happening.

If this keeps up much longer, Lance and I may wind up in an internment camp. (Government food, lodging, health care... Come to think of it, the way things are going, perhaps the whole country will soom BE the camp.)

(H.T. Say Anything.)

President Obama Slams Gore, Cap & Trade

In a speech Tuesday at the New Economic School graduation in Moscow, President Barack Obama inadvertently struck Al Gore a blow in the nads and discounted the logic for Cap & Trade legislative measures. Here's the money quote:

Like President Medvedev and myself, you're not old enough to have witnessed the darkest hours of the Cold War, when hydrogen bombs were tested in the atmosphere, and children drilled in fallout shelters, and we reached the brink of nuclear catastrophe. But you are the last generation born when the world was divided. At that time, the American and Soviet armies were still massed in Europe, trained and ready to fight. The ideological trenches of the last century were roughly in place. Competition in everything from astrophysics to athletics was treated as a zero-sum game. If one person won, then the other person had to lose.

And then, within a few short years, the world as it was ceased to be. Now, make no mistake: This change did not come from any one nation. The Cold War reached a conclusion because of the actions of many nations over many years, and because the people of Russia and Eastern Europe stood up and decided that its end would be peaceful.

This presidential passage parsed is telling us that the Anthropocentric Global Warming produced through the efforts of many nations caused the melting of the glacial Cold War assuring peace between two dangerous superpowers. Global Warming saved the planet.

A Proposal for Congress

(At the risk of causing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Booker T. Washington, Jackie Robinson, and George Washington Carver to roll over in their graves...)

I did not watch any of the Michael Jackson coverage. However, even ESPN's Sports Center showed clips of Michael Jordan's and Magic Johnson's speeches at the ceremony. Apparently, Magic views Jackson as the finest human being that has ever lived.

Therefore:

Be it resolved that the United States Congress declare a national holiday to honor Michael Jackson.

Be it resolved that Michael Jackson Day be observed each year on February 30th.

Michael Jackson National Holiday theme song:

I'll be there, I'll be there, just call my name, I'll be there

(Just look over your shoulders, honey - ooh)

I'll be there, I'll be there, whenever (or not) you need me, I'll be there
Don't you know, baby, yeah yeah!

Fewer Lawsuits, More Free Time

Whittle on PJ TV

Bill Whittle's latest on Pajamas TV.

Chris Wysocki is on a Power Trip

This ain't your dad's vacation, Grasshopper.

Only in America. (Or Star Wars, or Star Trek)

How the Mighty Have Fallen

Or, At Least, Weirded Out!
It struck me as funny as anything I have ever seen in sports.

For over 30 years I have paid close attention to The Tour de France. I consider it one of the premier sporting events in the world. The Tour is over three weeks of team work, luck, and guts beyond measure.

At the end of each stage there is a short ceremony presenting the awards and/or jerseys for the individual stage winner, the leader of various competitions within the race, and, of course, the presentation of the yellow jersey to Lance Armstrong the overall leader of race.

The awards/jerseys are always presented to the cyclist by the two rule 5 beauties flanking him. For example, the woman to his left will help him put on the jersey, the other will present him with a bouquet, the first will hand him the stuffed lion, and he will give and receive kisses on the cheek to and from them.

After that the leader receives his applause, looking something like this.

The Swiss Tour is similar.

But today's overall leader, Fabian Cancellara, was honored to have BEN STILLER help him with the yellow jersey and present the mascot stuffed lion. (Kisses for the babe on his right, but a belated, awkward handshake for Stiller.)
Rumor has it that Armstrong's Astana team slowed their team time trial finish by a tenth of a second because they found out that Stiller was participating. The French Tour administrators had Stiller's lips slathered with lip balm laced with steroids in hopes that his cheek kisses would cause Lance to finally test positive for banned substances.

Armstrong is considered to be in second place even though his total time is the same as Cancellara's.

Sotomayor Nomination in Jeopardy

AP writer, Matthew Lee reports:

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials say Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to meet ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya this week. It would be the highest-level contact the Obama administration has had with Zelaya since he was deposed last week.

Most think this meeting is to curry favor with the Obama Administration to assist in returning Zelaya to the presidency of Honduras. My sources, however, claim that there is an entirely different reason for this meeting:

Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is no longer interested in returning to Honduras to live and lead. He is visiting Washington to request replacing Sonia Sotomayor as President Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Zelaya says that his experiences are extreme qualifiers for this nomination. He has seen first hand what damage a supreme court can do to a renegade executive branch when the court actually follows faithfully the actual meaning of the Constitution. He would never allow that to happen. President Obama is said to be 'deeply interested.'

In addition, Mr. Zelaya also declares that a wise Latino Honduran will make far better decisions than a wise Latina Puerto Rican any day.

Today I Display My Shoe Fetish

Even as a faithful follower of fashion, I rarely talk about shoes. It is a little amazing in that I wear them quite often.

I recall the beginnings of my fetish. Back in 1982 I traveled from Victoria, Texas, to return to Atlanta, Georgia, to attend the graduation of my former classmates. Since leaving them I had changed quite a bit. This was the first time that any of them had seen me with a haircut, or clean shaven, or wearing anything approaching my 3 piece suit. After finally realizing who I was, the only comment about the transformation that I heard was, "Steve! You're wearing shoes! Hey, guys, look at Burri. He's got shoes on!" Hmmm... shoes.

Recently, my interest has been piqued during analysis of Sarah Palin's latest activity. All the usual suspects have used their usual authoritative speaking or writing voices that all sounded like, "Yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah..., unless another shoe drops." Hmmm... shoes.

I may have missed it, but I did not hear a lot of talk about shoes dropping out of the Obama closet and landing on Obama. There has been a lot of probability talk about an Obama shoe violently kicked up my rectum and in my groin, or a fashionable Obama boot pressing on the back of my neck as my face was ground into the dirt, but little about Obama's shoes scuffing his own halo.

Stanley Kurtz and Steve Diamond had done some great work in uncovering Obama's close ideological connection to Bill Ayers, but somehow that shoe missed Obama. Hannity pressed Obama's relationship with Jeremiah Wright, but his work didn't seem to drop even an argyle sock on Obama. Other than those researchers, very little primary source research has been undertaken to press Obama's background to the foreground. More is known about the varieties of canned peas consumed by the Palin household, how they are prepared, who eats and who refuses or sneaks them to the dog, and how the empty cans are discarded than about the major influences and co-operative efforts that are integrated into Obama's character.

Snaggletoothie reprints The Unvetted President from time to time as a reminder:

Some things the public has a right to know that will never be available or are still kept out of the public record:

1. OccidentalCollege records — Not released
2. ColumbiaCollege records — Not released
3. Columbia Thesis paper — ‘not available’
4. Harvard College records — Not released
5. Selective Service Registration — Not released
6. Medical records — Not released
7. Illinois State Senate schedule — ‘not available’
8. Law practice client list — Not released
9. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate — Not released
10. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth — Not released
11. Harvard Law Review articles published — None
12. University of Chicago scholarly articles — None
13. Record of baptism — Not released or ‘not available’
14. Illinois State Senate records — ‘not available’

Andy McCarthy has recently found some of Obama's student paper articles that illuminate us on some of Obama's thought life. Another single shoe. I imagine that no single shoe dropping will bruise Obama, but since he probably has more shoes that could fall than Imelda Marcos possessed in prime time, I am hoping that the accumulative effect will cause Obamunism to fail in America. Hmmmm... shoes.

I suspect that MSM journalists consider the 'godlike-shivers-up-my-leg' Obamessiah to be ultra-spiritual and resort to using the Biblical passage found in John 3:8, "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." So don't bother trying to find out where he came from or predict where he is going.

I suspect that most MSM journalists aren't greatly concerned about the potential for further newspaper failures. In such a case they could simple begin drawing paychecks from the DNC or as Evangelists for the Perpetual Obama Campaign.

More Proof That Liberals & Independence Day Don't Mix

Burt Prelutsky:

I’d like to quote from an e-mail I recently received from a reader named J. Pyle. In response to a piece I had written ridiculing the state of higher education, he wrote: “I remember when ‘Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies’ meant trying to figure out what’s wrong with those people. In fact, if your child is majoring in something that ends in ‘Studies,’ you better not turn their bedroom into a den, because that one is coming home after college.”

Grandbaby Update

Isabella, Hunter, Leah, Morgan, Cole

New Logo: Accurate Portrayal of the Way Job Has Been Done

Patrick Marley reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal:

As the state agency charged with running elections, the Government Accountability Board can't show favor for Republicans or Democrats.

The board recently launched a new logo - an A inside a circle - that looks similar to the traditional symbol for anarchy.

The Wisconsin state elections oversight through the Government Accountability Board also has adopted a new motto:

Helter Skelter Like You Mean It

Holy Scrap!

Donald Douglas, Associate Professor of Political Science in Southern California and the prolific proprietor of American Power has named Grandpa John's for the Honest Scrap Award.

Thank you, Professor Douglas...

for naming Grandpa John's(With 3 bullet holes... I wonder what he meant by that. He may have been trying to obliterate the 'S' in Scrap.)

Requirements of this honor include nomination of 7 other worthy award recipients and listing 10 honest things about yourself.

And the winners are:

- The TrogloPundit: A real rags-to-riches story. A Christian and Conservative even from Atheist and Liberal influences. Always good stuff.

- Pundit & Pundette: Yes, this blog has already been named by American Power, but it deserves two, one for Pundit and one for Pundette.

- Paco Enterprises- He's really full of Scrap.

- The Return of Scipio: A real mountain man, or rather, jungle man. PC, what's that?

- The Daley Gator: A hard core S.E.C. fan. I interpret that as 'Strongly Expounds Conservatism.'

- The Blog Prof: Innumerable articles on nuclear power; 21 titled 'The Fermi Chronicles' and most of the rest could be titled 'The Nuclear Meltdowns of Michigan and Washington, D.C.'.

- And So it Goes in Shreveport: From the Farmer's Market to exposing the rotten fruit and vegetables in Louisiana and D.C.


Ten honest things about Grandpa John's and/or me:

- Civil government of any nature will not save me, not even Obama's. Jesus Christ has already done that.

- I am a servant. Sometimes that involves leading, but usually it requires helping someone else in a leadership position.

- I have long worked with brain injured people. Some have been through trauma, some through organic disease. These people have not chosen their condition. My question is: Is Liberalosis a choice or an organic disorder?

- I play shortstop on a city league softball team. At 57, I have lost a step or two over the last 40 years of play.

- Pepperoni is my favorite pizza topping.

- I have a cat named Kittyanna Katrina Kalikovsky Mayovich and she is kinda snooty.

- Pro sports teams: Packers, Brewers, & Bucks. College favorite: Wisconsin Badgers.

- Favorite all-time athlete: Hank Aaron.

- Favorite secular writer: Thomas Sowell.

- We still owe $130,000 to our lawyers. (We won the case, but it is in the appeals process.) That kinda crimps my style.

Some Dogs are Trained to Sniff Out Drugs,

Some to Locate Bodies, Some for Explosives...
Some of the scientists in our secret basement laboratory bred and trained this guy to sniff out truthfulness.

"Go, find truthfulness in the Obama Administration or the Democrat leadership, boy!"

After hours of searching, the only thing this dog marked was the Cuban music. Apparently there was some truth within that.

(Video H.T. Real Debate Wisconsin.)

Helen Thomas Challenges Scripted Press

"Not even Andy Jackson tried to control us in the Media like Obama."

I Have Insulted Dan Akroyd

Paco has posted a picture that I misidentified as Dan Akroyd. Akroyd complained that he often is mistaken for Paco.



























Ted Nugent emailed and said that he was tired of being mistaken for me.















Kurt Rambis whined about the same thing.

















My apologies to all three of these famous big babies. (Nugent does what?) Ah, those two big babies and Mr. Nugent as well.

Wimbledon '09

This year's Wimbledon is down to the semi-final matches. On the women's side, it appears that the championship could well be between the American sisters, Serena and Venus Williams.

The men's side is down to Haas, a German, Federer, a Swiss, Andy Murray, a Brit, and Andy Roddick, an American. If Roger Federer were to win, he would surpass Pete Sampras for all time victories in majors at 15.

I've only followed the tournament in passing as I am not a big tennis fan, but my major human interest of this event is Andy Murray. Although he would be my third favorite choice on the men's side after Roddick and Federer, his story is most compelling.

Andy Murray went to elementary and high school in Dunblane, Scotland. When he was a couple of months short of 9 years-old and attending to the school day, a man named Thomas Hamilton entered his school and murdered 17 of Andy's schoolmates and teachers. Now, 13 years later, Murray has advanced the the Wimbledon semi-final. Nice recovery.

My final picks are Serena Williams and Roger Federer.

Happy Canada Day

(Formerly Dominion Day)
Hockey- The Early YearsThere were men in Canada back in those days.

We Americans salute the Canucks today, eh?


(Video H.T. Kathy Shaidle.)

What's In a Name?

Ed Driscoll cites from a piece written by Roger Kimball concerning his expectation that the piety expressed by the environmental movement back in the 60's was so ridiculous that it would soon fade.

After all, what’s easier, more fashionable, more excruciatingly politically correct than “being green”? Longtime readers know that I am fond of Harvey Mansfield’s formulation that “environmentalism is school prayer for liberals.” Most people chuckle when I quote that (you see what troglodytes I hang about with), but the humor has a sharper edge than I’d originally realized...

How wrong I was. I knew in the abstract that being ridiculous is no bar to public prominence. Consider: Al Gore, former Vice-President and Nobel Laureate. Al Sharpton, king maker and presidential candidate. Al Franken, U.S. Senator. And that’s just people whose first name is “Al.”

But although it is clear that something can easily be both ridiculous and prominent, somehow I underestimated the staying power of environmentalism.

Two observations:

1) I never knew that Lance hung out with Roger Kimball.

2) What is with the name 'Al?' Kimball mentioned Al Gore, Al Sharpton, and Al Franken, but he could also have mentioned Al Capone, Al Qaeda, and Al Jazeera, Al Roker, and Al Yankovic.

Same Ol' Song & Dance

At least this guy is consistent.



(Top photo stolen from Track-A-'Crat.)