Let Me Be Clear

Let me be clear...

I am not an ideologue!

Hunter S. McCain

Gonzo redux.

Funny, that doesn't look like Alabama coastline.

Interesting Point!

Overheard on an area radio station this morning:

Apple must not have any women on their marketing team. If they had they wouldn't have named it 'iPad.'

iKotex has one too many syllables, I guess.

Modern Leftist Heroism

Propping up the failing flag on Mount Obamanachi:

The State of the Presidency Address

The SOTP is summed up by this timeless cartoon.

Would You Like that 'Disgruntled Meal' Supersized?

We all recall Van Jones. Van was Obama's White House Environmental Advisor who resigned in September amid wild racist and fanatical accusations by right wing sexist homophobe bloggers.

Mr. Jones couldn't be kept down by such smears. He immediately took a new job and succeeded beyond all expectations and paved the way for many other persons of failure to also find success.

As documented by the meticulous reporters on The Nose On Your Face, Van Jones' was off to a flying start:



Through diligent effort Mr. Jones rose quickly through the ranks and will soon make his mark training new people to fill the jobs created and saved by the many Obama Administration stimulus and job initiatives. Those jobs will begin flooding in late January, 2013.

You're Not Taxed Enough Yet... Donate to Me

Dear Little Person--

I just finished delivering my first State of the Union, and I wanted to send you a quick note.

We face big and difficult challenges caused and left to us by Bush. Change to European Socialism on the scale we seek does not come easily. But I will never accept second place for the United States of America, not even third. Fourth or fifth, maybe, but never second.

That is why I called for a robust stimulus jobs bill without delay. It's why I proposed a small businesses tax credit after we put them under our thumb, new stimulus investments in infrastructure, and pushed for cap & trade climate legislation to create a clean energy economy.

It's why we're taking over on big banks, going to bed with reforming Wall Street, killing school choice revitalizing our education system, increasing giggle transparency -- and finishing the job on ObamaCare health insurance reform.

It's why I need your help -- because I am determined to fight to defend the middle class, and special interest lobbyists will go all out to fight us.

Help me show that the American people are ready to join this fight against for the middle class -- add your name to a letter to Congress today:

http://my.barackobama.com/SOTU

Tell them that you want higher taxes and a much bigger government.

We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But we don't quit. I don't quit.

Let's seize this moment -- to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more.

Yes, we can!

President Barack Obama

DONATE

Then shut up and obey

Pulling Down 'Little Barry Hussein' Statue

JAKARTA

- Indonesian authorities said Monday they are considering a petition to tear down a statue of US President Barack Obama as a boy, only a month after the bronze was unveiled in Jakarta.

The statue of "Little Barry" -- as Obama was known when he lived in the capital in the late 1960s -- stands in central Jakarta's Menteng Park, a short walk from the US president's former elementary school.

Critics say the site should have been used to honour an Indonesian and 55,000 people have joined a page on social networking website Facebook calling for the statue to be removed.

In a related story...

Photo: Saddam

(H.T. Another Black Conservative.)

Brett Favre Must Not Retire

Or his legacy will be that of 'Billy Buck.'

However, despite his productive career, he has gained infamy for his crucial fielding error/interceptions during Game Six of the 1986 World Series/NFC Championship games in 2008 & 2010, ...

Children- Don't Talk to Aliens You Don't Know

Good advice for a newly discovered crisis:

Mr Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, said: "Part of me is with the enthusiasts and I would like us to try to make proactive contact with a wiser, more peaceful civilisation."

But he warned: "We might like to assume that if there is intelligent life out there it is wise and benevolent, but of course we have no evidence for this."

UPDATE: President Obama to appoint E.T. Czar.

Kwishhh!

Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, dear canned beer,
Honey, since you're up, dear,
Bring me another beer, would you?

Canned beer turns 75 years old today.

That reminds me of an old dog we had in my younger days that we had named Foster Brooks. On command Foster would go to the refrigerator, open it, grab a beer in his jaws and bring it to the requester.

Foster had a little difficulty adapting to the onset of aluminum cans, but punctured but a few after the first case or two of practice.

Shortly after Foster Brooks bit the bullet, (Literally, since we also taught him to raid the neighbor's refrigerator when we ran out.) an artist friend created an original piece of work to commemorate him and his 'really, really man's best friend image.'

In inebriated memory of faithful Foster Brooks:

Since we were a little sloppy, the artist used beer cans laying around the house and yard to create the tribute to Foster:

Oh, thank you, darling. This one's for you, Foster Brooks!

KWISHHH!

Got 'Milk?'

Cool d'Etat

Babalu has posted a video of Bill O'Reilly discussing the Brown election in Massachusetts with Dennis Miller.

We see a cool d'etat going on here and we want to put the brakes on.
We do not want to be part of the cool d'etat.

On the general state of the Democrat Party:

Headcheese is the Democratic Party.

On a French minister's accusation that the American military is taking over Haiti:

It's nice to know that the French are finally taking a stand against somebody... Little Debbie.

Where Obama Goes, Nothin' Grows

Barack Obama traveled to Massachusetts to campaign for Martha Coakley and a Republican wins. Congratulations, Massachusetts.

When Obama went to Virginia to campaign for Deeds' gubernatorial run, the Republican won. Congratulations, Mike.

Obama went to New Jersey to campaign for Corzine's re-election as governor. The Republican won. Congratulations, Chris and Clifton.

Obama went to Copenhagen to campaign for Chicago's Olympic bid. Congratulations, Rio de Janeiro.

We residents of Janesville, Wisconsin learned the lesson of Obama's campaigning long ago. It was good for photo ops and good for Obama, but the ostensible target for receiving benefit of Obama's visit is badly damaged.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008, Janesville readied to be honored by an Obama visit:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be in Janesville on Wednesday morning.

“We had a conference call this morning, and it appears that his visit is going to be at the plant,” said Mary Fanning, General Motors plant spokeswoman.

Fanning said she could not release any more details until she had spoken with officials at GM headquarters in Detroit.

The Janesville Gazette reported on June, 3rd, 2008:

A decades-old rumor became harsh reality today when General Motors announced that it will cease production at its storied Janesville assembly plant by the end of 2010. [...]

“It’s not likely that any new products will be assigned to the plants scheduled to cease production, and it would be inaccurate for me to leave anyone with a lot of optimism about that.” [...]

GM’s closing will directly affect GM suppliers in Janesville.

Soon after GM announced its impending production cut, seating supplier Lear Corp. said it will lay off up to 336 of its 670 hourly employees. LSI, which sequences parts into the plant, said it will eliminate up to 132 of its 235 jobs. They are expected to end production entirely by 2010 when GM shuts down here.

“This was an extremely difficult decision for us to make,” Clarke said. “They’ve done a fine job at that facility producing great vehicles.

“We’ve had a great relationship with the people and the community.” [...]

Timeline excerpts:

1918—General Motors bought the Janesville Machine Co., merged it with Samson Tractor Co. of Stockton, Calif., and built a new plant for Samson operations in Janesville.

1923—The Janesville General Motors plant produced its first car.

1940-45—GM delivered more than $12.3 million worth of war material, including airplane engines, airplanes and parts, trucks, tanks, marine diesels, guns, shells and miscellaneous products. Janesville plant produced more than 16 million shells.

1967—GM produced its 100,000,000th U.S.-made vehicle, a Caprice Custom Coupe Chevrolet made in Janesville.

1978—Employment reaches new peak at General Motors plant in Janesville: 7,100 employees—6,450 hourly, 650 salaried—make 274,000 full-size Chevrolet Caprices and 114,700 pickup trucks for Chevy and GMC.

Today... crickets chirping to the tune of 'There's a tear in my beer 'cause I'm cryin' for you, dear.'

Fun with Ideological Differences

Ask Yelena

Dear Yelena,

Could you illustrate for us how Republican Scott Brown defeated Liberal Martha Coakley for the seat formerly held by the Liberal Lion of the Senate, the late Edward Kennedy?

Why yes. First, Brown prepared himself for the test by disciplined training while lookin' good:



Then he approached the seemingly insurmountable obstacle confidently and put into practice all for which he had trained with all his might:



And never forgetting all those who helped him along each step of the way:

One Day is Like a Thousand Years

Chris Stirewalt of the Washington Examiner writes an article titled Republicans learn to play the technology game. Excerpts:

A year ago, many journalists and political pundits believed that a paradigm shift had occurred in the 2008 election.[...]

John Judis of the New Republic and other liberal political analysts believed the election, held amid an economic meltdown, had sped up emerging trends and would give Democrats the upper hand for years to come.

Democratic success among Latinos, urban professionals, and women had helped build a new coalition that would endure as white males receded like mastodons at the end of the Pleistocene epoch.

As Washington Post columnist Harold Myerson gushed after Obama’s win: “The future in American politics belongs to the party that can win a more racially diverse, better educated, more metropolitan electorate. It belongs to Barack Obama’s Democrats.”

"... give the Democrats the upper hand for years to come."

"It belongs to Barack Obama's Democrats."

"... white males receded like mastodons at the end of the Pleistocene epoch."

With the goober-natorial Republican victories in New Jersey and Virginia and especially Brown's mastodonic Republican victory to replace the liberal lion of the Senate it would appear that the Democrats' upper hand has been thrust up their nostrils to the wrist.

Although Barack Obama's Democrats have only been in power for one single year and that power looks to be on the wane, each day still feels like a thousand years.

November cannot come soon enough and my hope is for much political change.

The scientists in our secret basement laboratory have been working on human cloning for many years with only partial successes. Producing clones of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barney Frank have proved very easy, but Paul Ryans are much harder to duplicate.

Testing, Testing

This is a test post. Do not change the channel. Do not repair to the fallout shelter.










This is only a test.

The test was successful. I discovered that Blogger does not always warn me when I fail to close a tag.

Grandpa John's Culture Corner

A dramatic reading of Al Gore's poem, Our Choice - A plan to solve the climate crisis, by Tom in Knoxvegas:



(Lifted from IMAO.)

Cheers

Jon Steward on Martha Coakley:

Martha Coakley walked into Cheers and didn't know anybody's name.

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Sandwiching a Crying Hippie

Kathryn Jean Lopez quotes John Ratzenberger, Cliff Claven of Cheers fame in NRO:

This isn't the Democratic party of our fathers and grandfathers. This is the party of Woodstock hippies. I was at Woodstock — I built the stage. And when everything fell apart, and people were fighting for peanut-butter sandwiches, it was the National Guard who came in and saved the same people who were protesting them. So when Hillary Clinton a few years ago wanted to build a Woodstock memorial, I said it should be a statue of a National Guardsman feeding a crying hippie.

Tracking the Left

Track-A-'Crat outlines the principles of the Lefitst agenda:

Aside from their love of punishing the successful, their fixation with murdering babies, their conviction that they alone possess Eternal Truth, their addiction to welfarism, their total ignorance of history and economics, their obsession with skin color, their hatred of Christianity/Christians, their aversion to the Constitution, and their completely amoral stance on every other issue, what I love most about Democrats is their sense of fair play. [...]

An estimated 116,483 corpses are on the rolls in Massachusetts.

Will Massachusetts Give Obama the Finger?

How to Cover for a Faux Pas

While trying to show support for the candidacy of Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts special election, Representative Patrick Kennedy called her Marcia several times as he talked to reporters.

Everyone thought he was making a terrible blunder until Kennedy had to leave and said, "I need to get over to the Kennedy compound on Marcia's Vineyard and visit some friends on Cape God."

Bourbon... it's not just for breakfast anymore.

Don't Ever Hire Donald Douglas for Your Tourism Bureau Public Relations

Professor Donald Douglas of American Power is an excellent, informative blogger and more than likely a great teacher, but definitely needs some work when it comes to community public relations.

Here he takes a stab at promoting the California city of Fresno.

Here is Dr. Douglas' introductory photo to Fresno:



Here he shows the Fresno May Day Parade and zoo:



The Fresno Regional Airport:



"Hey, Linda, would you like to go to Fresno for vacation this year?"

"Looking at Donald Douglas' pamphlet, I think I'd rather stay home and clean out the sewer line."

"Done!"

Is Martha Coakley Smearing The TrogloPundit?

The Democrat Massachusetts candidate for the special election to fill the late Teddy Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat, Martha Coakley, has shown a propensity for outrageous claims. Therefore, it would not be a gigantic leap to to believe that she has expanded her accusations beyond the attacks on her election opponent, Republican state senator, Scott Brown.

I strongly suspect that it was Coakley and her goons that promoted this attack on The TrogloPundit a couple of weeks ago. The Trog was purportedly seen frolicking on a yacht with several nude ladies:



That close resemblance was proved to be a hoax, but the damage to Lance's reputation, such as it is, was done.

Not satisfied with that effort, I expect that Ms. Coakley and her friends may also be behind this latest smear on the Trog via computer aging:



Lance's accusers claim that they can identify the plastic surgeon that did the nose job and the doctors that performed the kidney transplant, but I suspect that this is probably also a hoax.

Martha Coakley's Campaign in Pictures

Democrat Martha Coakley has run a memorable campaign in the Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. Here are the highlights:

Martha Coakley and aides mingle with sports fans at Fenway Park:

Martha Coakley and aides mingle with Catholic health care workers in a Boston hospital:

Martha Coakley and aides hire spell checker:

Martha Coakley and aides holding a press conference:

Interviewing The TrogloPundit

... in his basement.

UPDATE: Our editors recently revised the interview with previously unpublished portions. Here is the latest from 7pm:

Under the Bus

James Golden, AKA Bo Snerdley, is Rush Limbaugh's official program observer, call screener, and Official Obama Criticizer. He was complaining on the show a couple of days ago about Harry Reid's statement that Barack Obama was "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." With the subsequent acceptance of Reid's apology by the President Snerdley claimed that this amounted to dark skinned blacks and those with Negro dialects being thrown under the back of the bus.

Presidential and Congressional Pedigree

After the first full year of the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress I have found a succinct summation of their accomplishments thus far:

Good pooper sound bite  David Duchovny sound bites

Only Yo' Mama Loves You, But She Could Be Jivin', too!

Via CBS News Health:

(AP) A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues than youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era.

The findings, culled from responses to a popular psychological questionnaire used as far back as 1938, confirm what counselors on campuses nationwide have long suspected as more students struggle with the stresses of school and life in general. [...]

Beside the fact that so many of the students in the study don't read Grandpa John's daily, how could this be? The world has never known the affluence that we enjoy.

What must life be like for today's youth to express so much anxiety and depression? They are the most informed generation ever. They know about every danger and crisis that confronts us today. These young people are aware that every single thing in life can kill, injure, or make them sick. Their food, the air, the climate, and the universe conspire with all that is deadly. Even more significantly, the people and the institutions among which they live are full of evil and bad intent. Their culture's history has committed nothing but mayhem upon all mankind. The human race itself is heading for destruction while destroying the entire planet.

After all the poetic notions and flowery rhetoric are deconstructed, today's youth are informed that their ultimate meaning is to become food for worms while being recycled with an outside chance of making a meaningful genetic contribution to future generations along the way.

And with all this knowledge and enlightenment they are anxious and depressed. Go figure. In my youth the only concern was running with scissors. It was not to avoid being stabbed or poking an eye out, but rather damaging the household's only pair of scissors.

The article also asks,

"...The next question is: what do we do about it?"

Whatever you decide, please don't compound your previous errors and call it the solution.

British Snow a Thing of the Past

In March of 2000, Charles Onians of The Independent wrote an article titled Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past.

In 2010, a NASA photo validated the article:



The Climate Scientists of East Anglia claim the white shows that Great Britain is now totally covered by desert.


Meanwhile back in Florida, U.S.A.:



The Climate Scientists of East Anglia claim the white shows the discovery of a new plant species.

(20) Badgers vs (4) Purdue

73-66!

The TrogloPundit Uses Makeup

BBC News reports:

Scientists claim to have the first persuasive evidence that Neanderthals wore "body paint" 50,000 years ago.

The team report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that shells containing pigment residues were Neanderthal make-up containers.

Scientists unearthed the shells at two archaeological sites in the Murcia province of southern Spain.

Big whoop! Wait 'til they get to Swiss Neanderthal archaeological sites:




I've got news for you amateur scientists: Neanderthals use computers, too.

(From 2010 Burri Family Calender)

(H.T. Commonsense & Wonder.)

Quote of the Day, 1/8/10

One often sees an athlete giving glory to God verbally or through signs after a victory or good play. I appreciate that, but would also like to see those suffering loss or failure do the same thing.

"I always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life. And I know that if nothing else, I'm standing on the Rock."- Colt McCoy, Texas Longhorn star quarterback after getting injured on his team's first offensive series during the national championship game.

(Via Newsbusters.)

Global Warmists Up the Ante

Thick Layer of Security

Horns & bells & whistles & sirens & a thundering herd of running footsteps & lights a'flashing & lots of guns drawn with serious, determined facial expressions above uniforms and badges. I got the impression that something serious was going down here at the airport.

After being escorted to a small room in the innermost sanctum, one burly officer screamed, "Mr. Burri, what were you thinking by bringing all these weapons in your carry-on luggage?"

"Just doing my duty to my country, sir."

"What?"

"I am a designated layer of airport security by the TSA and consider myself an Obama Administration airport mini-czar acting in an official capacity. If there is some kind of problem, you will have to take it up with Erroll Southers or even President Obama himself."



Another officer poked his head into the room. "Sir, he isn't carrying shampoo and his underwear is clean."

"We are sorry for the inconvenience, Mr. Burri. Have a nice flight."

Randy Johnson Retires

Randy Johnson, veteran's veteran left-handed pitcher, has retired from baseball.



One could list all of his Hall of Fame accomplishments, but for me he will always be most famous for this:


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Johnson was good, but he was no Warren Spahn.

Stacy McCain in Pasadena

Stacy McCain presaged the initial portion of his Pasadena experience:

Hmmm. “Police madness,” huh? Obviously they’ve brought in extra security. Someone must have warned them I was coming.

Hunter S. Thompson got tear-gassed at the ‘68 Democratic Convention. If I get tasered in Costa Mesa, blame Dan Collins.

Don’t worry. I doubt even the notoriously tough cops in Costa Mesa would tase a professional journalist. They don’t need that kind of bad media mojo.

Or maybe not...



But McCain is prepared:

There is no law enforcement hassle that can’t be prevented with a bag of fresh Krispy Kremes.

"Patrolmen, why did you let McCain go free?"

"'Cause he's an Alabama fan and is gonna feel bad enough when their butts are kicked by Texas. Besides, he had donuts and made us promise to save some for you, Sarge."

"Carry on, men."

Odd Things in Pasadena This Week

Lance has noted that Carol is lamenting a Pasenda no go.

I'm not so sure. Our photographer in Pasadena recently took this shot:





Something looks fishy in Pasadena.