I can just picture it. The band is rehearsing, and the phone rings. Its a call from their manager. "Hey guys, ABC just called. They want you to play on 'Dancing with the Stars'."
"You really have to stop drinking in the morning, or we'll fire you."
"No, really..."
Here's the link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09scAF7zsg
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Now This Had To Be A Fun Conversation...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Obamessiah Shows True Colors...Film At 11
Obama strongly denounces former pastor
Candidate calls Wright's recent comments 'wrong and destructive'
But is anyone listening?
updated 1:41 p.m. PT, Tues., April. 29, 2008
HICKORY, N.C. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged by the latest divisive comments from his former pastor and rejected the notion that he secretly agrees with him.
"I just let him marry me and my wife and baptize my children. I actually can't stand the guy." Obama was heard muttering under his breath.
Obama is seeking to tamp down the growing fury over Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his incendiary remarks that threaten to undermine his campaign at a tough time. The Illinois senator is coming off a loss in Pennsylvania to rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and trying to win over white working-class voters in Indiana and North Carolina in next Tuesday's primaries.
In other words, he's a drowning man. And as any Boy Scout knows, they are the most dangerous ones to deal with.
"I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle that we saw yesterday," Obama told reporters at a news conference.
Translation: I am outraged that the press has been paying attention and asking questions when they are supposed to be selling me as the Second Coming...
After weeks of staying out of the public eye while critics lambasted his sermons, Wright made three public appearances in four days to defend himself. The former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago has been combative, providing colorful commentary and feeding the story Obama had hoped was dying down.
Damn whitey for paying attention. Damn him I say.
On Monday, Wright criticized the U.S. government as imperialist and stood by his suggestion that the United States invented the HIV virus as a means of genocide against minorities. "Based on this Tuskegee experiment and based on what has happened to Africans in this country, I believe our government is capable of doing anything," he said.
Whitey Whitey Whitey Whitey! I don't have to take responsibility for myself or be a freaking leader in my community. I just have to whine until God kills Whitey.
And perhaps even worse for Obama, Wright suggested that the church congregant secretly concurs.
The trump card. If Obama gets too eager to dump on the left reverend Wrong, the Rev can throw him under the bus. Part 47 of 'When Libatards Attack'.
"If Senator Obama did not say what he said, he would never get elected," Wright said. "Politicians say what they say and do what they do based on electability, based on sound bites, based on polls."
Yes they do. I blame troglodytes such as yourself who refuse to demand more of the charges that they have authority over. When they don't see you being discerning and examining everything, rather than what fits your world view, the trouble begins at home.
Obama stated flatly that he doesn't share the views of the man who officiated at his wedding, baptized his two daughters and been his pastor for 20 years. The title of Obama's second book, "The Audacity of Hope," came from a Wright sermon.
A long, long time to be there without ever noticing that your pastor is a spittle-flinging nucking futs America hater.
"What became clear to me is that he was presenting a world view that contradicts who I am and what I stand for," Obama said. "And what I think particularly angered me was his suggestion somehow that my previous denunciation of his remarks were somehow political posturing. Anybody who knows me and anybody who knows what I'm about knows that I am about trying to bridge gaps and I see the commonality in all people."
If he believes this, even in the slightest, they need to send him home. Now.
In a highly publicized speech last month, Obama sharply condemned Wright's remarks. But he did not leave the church or repudiate the minister himself, who he said was like a family member.
I'm gonna make a sorta apology and hope that my ADD riddled electorate will accept it.
On Tuesday, Obama sought to distance himself further from Wright.
He scratches, pulls, and tugs, but the millstone remains around his neck. And the water's real deep.
"I have been a member of Trinity United Church of Christ since 1992, and have known Reverend Wright for 20 years," Obama said. "The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago."
"Bullshit."
Obama said he heard that Wright had given "a performance" and when he watched news accounts, he realized that it more than just a case of the former pastor defending himself.
I'm Shocked I tell you. SHOCKED!
"His comments were not only divisive and destructive, I believe they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate," Obama said. "I'll be honest with you, I hadn't seen it" when reacting initially on Monday, he said.
"That crazy N****r is gonna sink my campaign if he won't shut his hole" Obama was heard to say to a close aide.
Wright had asserted that criticism of his fiery sermons was an attack on the black church. Obama rejected that notion.
Why? If he's a representative example of their clergy, then attacks are in order.
Obama said his earlier mild reaction came because he gave him the benefit of the doubt, but that evaporated when he saw Wright's speech. Wright's comments may well have severed the relationship.
Turnabout, and all that, Whot, old chap.
"He has done great damage, I do not see that relationship being the same," said Obama.
"I denounce you!" "No. I denounce you!"
Wright recently retired from the church. He became an issue in Obama's presidential bid when videos circulated of him condemning the U.S. government for allegedly racist and genocidal acts. In the videos, some several years old, Wright called on God to "damn America." He also said the government created the AIDS virus to destroy "people of color."
Really? I hadn't heard.
Obama said he didn't vet his pastor before deciding to seek the presidency. He said he was particularly distressed that the furor has been a distraction to the purpose of a campaign.
Don't make me laugh. He sat in those pews for 20 years. And we know Wrong has been spewing his "Hate Whitey" message for quite a long, long time.
"I gave him the benefit of the doubt in my speech in Philadelphia explaining that he's done enormous good. ... But when he states and then amplifies such ridiculous propositions as the U.S. government somehow being involved in AIDS. ... There are no excuses. They offended me. They rightly offend all Americans and they should be denounced."
The right words. Coming from a completely untrustworthy source. Give the Dems McCain, and let us choose a conservative candidate, already.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Yes, I AM In A Mood Tonight...What Of It???
Yes, there is a theme tonight...more than one, actually. If fewer embed disables were screwing with me, it might be downright INTERESTING...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Another meme to steal...
Stolen from USA Admiral.
1. Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating!
2. Find page 123.
3. Find the first five sentences.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people
The World Encyclopedia of Battleships By Peter Hore.
Equipment and procedures for transmitting the range and correction of the data between ships were devised and the range tables for all major guns were revised. New shells with more reliable and predictable trajectories were designed and gun mountings improved, including smoke extraction fans to keep the turrets clear. With these gunnery improvements and more thourough training, Evstafi and Ioann Zlatoust formed the core of the squadron which aquitted itself when it came up against the more recent Goeben.
Pre-Dreadnought Chapter, Entry on the Russian (czarist) Navy's Evstafi class.
Tap yerselves...
Sunday Dinner
Chicken Noodle Stuff...
Start by sauteing the celery and onions in olive oil and the sooper sekrit spice mixture..
Then saute the chicken breasts in the same...
Mix togther...
Add the egg noodles and cream of chicken soup...simmer covered for five minutes...
Then serve. I like a little crushed red pepper on mine...
Enjoy with your favorite beverage. I had a Hornsby's, then switched to mud tea.
Screw desert.
The Federalist 1 & 2
As promised, I started reading the Federalist last night.
No. 1, written by Hamilton, was a recognition that a nation under the Articles of Confederation was not really a nation at all, and laid out a very basic plan to change that bythe founding of a stronger national government. Nothing contained therein that I found particularly deserving of a quotation.
Not so with No. 2, written by Jay, celebrates the national character of the states united, with an eye towards formalizing the relationship under the aegis of a strong national government. A few lines did stand out to my eye:
"They considered that the Congress [of 1774] was composed of many wise and experienced men. That, being converted from different parts of the country,thye brought with them and communicated to each other a variety of useful information. That in the course of the time they passed together in inquiring into and discussing the true interests of their country, they must have acquired very accurate knowledge on that head. That they were individually interested in the public liberty and prosperity, and therefore that it was not less their inclination than their duty to recommend only such measures as, after the most mature deliberation, they really thought prudent and advisable."
A far cry from the myopic, self-interested yeahoos who come to Congress to slice portions out of the national plate for their Hypenated-american constituencies. When was the last time you watched any of them on CSPAN communicating useful information or accurate knowledge? Yeah, I can't remember such a thing, either.
Jay closed with another line possessed of a certain prescience that is almost freightening:
"They who promote the idea of substituting a number of distinct confederacies in the room of the plan of the [Constitutuional] convention seem clearly to foresee that the rejection of it would put the continuance of the Union in the utmost jeopardy. That certainly would be the case, and I sincerely wish that it may be as clearly foreseen by every good citizen that whenever the dissolution of the Union arrives, America will have reason to exclaim, in the words of the poet: "FAREWELL! A LONG FAREWELL TO ALL MY GREATNESS."
Think about the people in Congress today, and the people who sent them, and more importantly, the asshattery they propound, and tell me it isn't true.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Saturday Night
I took Heir No. One to Fort Lewis today, so we could join his fellow cub scouts in getting the museum badge with a trip to the military museum. He was pretty good. I was impressed by the exhibits. Artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, jeeps, humvees, a Huey, pictures, uniforms, and oh yeah...Guns.
Must have been four different 1911's on exhibit. But I fell in love with a very sweet M-I-C sniper rifle. Too bad I didn't have a camera...
Oh, and tonight, I wanted to keep it simple, since it was a warm sunny day. And I wanted an adult beverage. I'm just in that frame of mind.
Hot dogs and Hornsby's Crisp Apple Cider. I might even have several...
Friday, April 25, 2008
Justice Scalia
When I was driving home yesterday, Hugh Hewitt was playing clips of Justice Scalia speaking with students at a Virginia High School.
I love this guy. He gets it.
The money clip was his response to a student's question about the Court giving rights. I do not recall his exact words, and would not want to misquote him, but the gist of the answer was that the question itself showed the perilous shift in thinking that has become the norm in America today. Instead of going through the purposely arduous task of specifically granting a right by amendment to the Constitution, a process that is legislative...as it should be...we, as a society have become eager to give away our rights to have a debate and publicly weigh the merits of any such proposal before making it law in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and its Amendments, instead opting to give this power by default to an unelected Judge or Justice, who was never intended to have it.
He then admonished the students to actually read The Federalist Papers. All of them, not just the biggies, to get a better sense of respect and understanding for the founders and the system they designed.
As long as we have folks like him around, there is still hope.
Emails, I get emails...
My spammer of the week is none other than "okadima dick". Typical Nigerian scam only he says he's from Borkina Faso.
Maybe someone should tell these hustlers to pick better names...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Current pieces of mental gravitas...
I haven't had a true rant thread in a while. I feel like it is time again.
Heard on the way into work this morning: the Washington Department of Transportation had study done on ways to reduce congestion on freeways. The study concluded that per-mile tolls on the major freeways would reduce congestion without any corresponding rise in congestion on surface streets. The agency was considering applying the tolls on I-5, SR 520, I-90, and I-405.
For those of you who don't know, that pretty much ties up any route in or out of Seattle. It was an RCOB moment for me. I'm not a traffic engineer, but I understand physics. If the cars come off the freeway, they HAVE to use the surface streets. Secondly, I pay taxes to maintain these roads, and now they want to tax me for using them? These idiots are determined to drive business out of this state.
Overheard from a member of my tribe this afternoon: He can't wait for Obama to "get in there". Said in reference to the Oval Office. I almost swallowed my tongue. This guy is a former naval aviator, and ha$ a lot to lo$e if the Obamassiah gets elected in November.
What passes for journalism and the sheep who still feed off of its offerings:
The mainstream media's love affair with Obama and the near criminal omission of reporting on his own statements that reveal who he is, the company he keeps,and the company that keeps him. Really. If it were an equally inexperienced white guy spouting neo-Marxist tripe, and self-incriminating by recording himself reading his autobiography, and hanging out with self-proclaimed terrorists who as recently as last year decided to affirm their hatred of this country, he could not show his face in public, let alone have throngs of adoring crowds follow wherever he goes. We are going to delude ourselves into early graves.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
HHHmmmmm....The 80's don't look as cool as I remember...
In case anyone needed proof that a good mullet, swinish attitude, and wad of cash could make you popular with the ladies...
Yeah, I always liked this song...I think it was the snide asides...so sue me.
Tell Everyone You Know...
...To check these things out.
The more I find out about the Obamessiah and the company that keeps him, the more I am convinced that the media who loves him and the witless clods who follow him with a freightening reverence have upped the ante from willful stupidity to consciously suicidal behavior in the electoral politics.
Go here. Listen to these clips. Read the detail very carefully. These people have never renounced their hatred of this country, and they LOVE the Obamessiah. LOVE him.
Be afraid...be very afraid...
And in case the link doesn't work: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/04/020358.php
Adventures in Parenting, Chapter 447...
Well, I got great amusement from this post over at PJ Momma's place and I let slip about the time when Heir No. 1 thought he got a button stuck up his nose.
I can hear you saying "He did what?"
Yeah. That was pretty much my reaction too.
It was a summer day two years ago. I stayed home to watch the boys because my childcare was not available. Heir No. Two was sleeping on our bed, and I was in the bedroom folding laundry. Heir No. One came out of his room and ran into the bathroom. He had been making a game of it, seeing if he could hold it until his eyeballs threatened to burst, so I didn't think too much of it, even after he had been in there longer than usual.
When he finally came out, he tried to sneak by my room. I called out to him, and he turned, revealing a trail of blood all the way down the front of his t-shirt. Alarmed, I asked "What did you do?"
He immediately started crying, and through the blubbering, I divined that he had, for some reason, shoved a button up his nose, and it got stuck. As soon as it became clear that he was not having difficulty breathing and wasn't suffering any significant pain, I tried to stifle my laughter at his predicament. He stood there, leaning up against me, crying and blubbering because he thought I would be angry with him. I wasn't thrilled. I figured that if this visit to the doc didn't get a follow up from CPS, nothing would. I tried to calm him down, then I called the doc. The nurse made me hold for a minute, then came back on and asked me to repeat the story. I can only assume she had to gather everyone around and put me on the speakerphone. I swear I heard her snicker as she said to bring him in right away.
You can guess what happened next. The doc, being a consummate professional kept her composure during the exam. I suppose she's looked into far more frightening orifices in her time. She couldn't find anything and referred us to the ears, nose, and throat specialists up the road. Back in the car and up the hill.
That doc took an xray because she didn't see anything on her exam either. It revealed nothing, so she took me aside and expressed the opinion that since nothing was on the xray, and he didn't appear to be suffering sinus pain, then he most likely dislodged the button. If his condition worsened, then of course she wanted to see him again.
Three hours and $75 later, the three of us got in the car to go home.
The good news is that he hasn't shoved anything up his nose since.
And if you are wondering, yes, I will recount this tale to the first serious girlfriend he has. Just because I can.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Something Else I Can Recommend
I just finished watching the 7th and final installment of John Adams.
The man lived an incredible story.
If youhave the opportunity, watch it
I think his and Abagail's Story is one of the great love stories.
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