Sunday, November 25, 2007
Sunday - Another Load of Schtuff
Courtesy of Back Of The Envelope comes a link to this article that will make the feminists absolutely bat-shit. The author espouses a viewpoint which many will find uncomfortable, but I see as scary (in the case of the Islamofascists) and comforting (in the case of the lib-ruls). Take a look at it and get an opinion....
Some of the Thanksgiving turkey is still in the reefer and the turkeys are already out lying to the electorate. However, get yourselves to Michelle's place and check these out. My favorite are the twins (1cut.jpg and 1heli.jpg) from South Vietnam.
My heart goes out to Jack Lacton on the untimely death of common sense in his homeland. Better days are coming, but you can't be sure when...
Well, the son is back at college - finals next week, go Mr Bear! - and daughter and her hubby just set sail (after yet another shopping trip with her momma. Got up this a.m. and was ready to swear we were importing coffee..) and are headed back to their furkids. The lovely-and-talented is taking a well-earned nap now, and I'm watching the Browns get their wazoos brought to a high gloss by the Texans. Doesn't look like the throwback uniforms helped.. They really need a defensive line. But it's the first half....
UPDATE: Browns got a TD off a be-yootee-full (lucky play...) interception. Still only the first half....
Be good to each other while I'm gone.
Some of the Thanksgiving turkey is still in the reefer and the turkeys are already out lying to the electorate. However, get yourselves to Michelle's place and check these out. My favorite are the twins (1cut.jpg and 1heli.jpg) from South Vietnam.
My heart goes out to Jack Lacton on the untimely death of common sense in his homeland. Better days are coming, but you can't be sure when...
Well, the son is back at college - finals next week, go Mr Bear! - and daughter and her hubby just set sail (after yet another shopping trip with her momma. Got up this a.m. and was ready to swear we were importing coffee..) and are headed back to their furkids. The lovely-and-talented is taking a well-earned nap now, and I'm watching the Browns get their wazoos brought to a high gloss by the Texans. Doesn't look like the throwback uniforms helped.. They really need a defensive line. But it's the first half....
UPDATE: Browns got a TD off a be-yootee-full (lucky play...) interception. Still only the first half....
Be good to each other while I'm gone.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Third Thursday in November
May the only bird you get today have drumsticks.... The lovely-and-talented wife has her "bunnies" home for the holidays, and we are headed for the MILs this afternoon, turkey in tow. Should be an all-star eatin' afternoon. Hope y'all have near as much fun as we're planning on having. But as you're praying before dinner tonight, please remember those who are away from home helping the downtrodden and oppressed. Pray for them too.
Somehow, I think that we are the victims of our own success in America. We have made it possible for even wastes-of-oxygen like Harry Reid to pull down a fat paycheck (plus bribes) as he sells his country to the Hungarian Bidder and his running buddies. So far we have the resiliency to withstand all of this crap, but a breaking point has to occur sooner or later. I prefer later... Needless to say, it is wearing a lot of Americans down. But it has not yet crushed our spirit.
I'm not even going to rail this morning about the feckless State Department or the spayed CIA. Or that cancer known as Turtle Bay. You all know the stories as well as I do. But those problems will still be festering there come Friday or next Monday. If you can, enjoy your blessings and families today (and everyday). Y'all be good to each other while I'm gone.
Somehow, I think that we are the victims of our own success in America. We have made it possible for even wastes-of-oxygen like Harry Reid to pull down a fat paycheck (plus bribes) as he sells his country to the Hungarian Bidder and his running buddies. So far we have the resiliency to withstand all of this crap, but a breaking point has to occur sooner or later. I prefer later... Needless to say, it is wearing a lot of Americans down. But it has not yet crushed our spirit.
I'm not even going to rail this morning about the feckless State Department or the spayed CIA. Or that cancer known as Turtle Bay. You all know the stories as well as I do. But those problems will still be festering there come Friday or next Monday. If you can, enjoy your blessings and families today (and everyday). Y'all be good to each other while I'm gone.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sunday Schtuff A-gain
Well, I b'lieve I finally recovered from last week's Steelers game. I would have been good if the Browns had come within 10 points. But to lead for the first 3 1/2 quarters and then collapse as they did was a certain recipe for a broken heart. Again. And again..... Hopefully they'll drop the Dirty Birds today.
I simply loooove those Olympia protestors. Now they're dropping their human shields.... And ensuring another generation of lib-rul voters.
My MIL just went home after staying overnight and I'm sitting here listening to the lovely-and-talented wife talk on the phone to our daughter. Sharing a profession gives them a lot of things to talk about long-distance. My wife's best friend is her mother and my daughter appears to be following in her footsteps. This is a very good thing. I am indeed blessed not only by their existence but that of my son and dogs....
I simply loooove those Olympia protestors. Now they're dropping their human shields.... And ensuring another generation of lib-rul voters.
My MIL just went home after staying overnight and I'm sitting here listening to the lovely-and-talented wife talk on the phone to our daughter. Sharing a profession gives them a lot of things to talk about long-distance. My wife's best friend is her mother and my daughter appears to be following in her footsteps. This is a very good thing. I am indeed blessed not only by their existence but that of my son and dogs....
The Old Man does another meme
Memes are taking me over (because all the kool kids are doin' it....) This one is due to the Dawg...
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| You scored as Lord Havelock Vetinari You are Lord Vetinari! Supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork! Cool, calculated, and always in control. You graduated from the assassins guild, but failed a course on stealth and camouflage, because the professor never saw you there (even though you attended every class). You always seem to know what everyone is thinking, and after a conversation with you, people feel that they have just escaped certain death.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
New (and Improved!!)
Addition to the blogroll - Mostly Cajun. Good hoo-man - with insights and good 'tude.... Been reading him since 7 substations back - and decided to share. Enjoy!
Question
Has anybody ever compared the health care costs of legal smoking and trans-fat consumption to the health care costs incurred by illegal aliens?
Just askin'.
If not, why are there active anti-smoking and anti-fast-food [aka trans-fats] groundswells (for the sake of the chillun and without data!) because of "grass-roots" activism driving new regulations and yet there is a dead silence on the illegal immigration health care costs?? Then the Powers-That-Be wish to dump several trillion $ into a new trough called S=CHIP? Excuse me? Is anyone in the political structure able to understand the math of a cost-benefit analysis? Why not? This smells very much like the second-hand smoke fairytale....
Sure, the Republic would survive another Clinton presidency. It would be close, but we as the American people want hegemony out of Chinese hands, unfortunately Shrillary wouldn't be able to resist another butt-load of the money like the ChiComs delivered to her husband. The US of A survived Carter, I think we can survive Clinton II - but she will set back the women's movement 50 years.
Oh yeah, the Browns were absolute teases yesterday. As usual, it sucks to be a Cleveland fan...
(BTW, happy Veteran's Day holiday. I worked hard for it about 38 years ago, so enjoy it. Greybeard, I salute you (as well as others unnamed) as a brother... )
God Bless the freedom (S)He* has seen fit to give the USA - and thanks, Lord.....
Time to scream in the backyard for my sanity and ask Herim to continue the blessing.
* - No, I'm not a patchouli-scented weird-beard or feminazi, but what I am is neither sure nor worried. I have no problem with a Goddess - I'm married to a saint....
Just askin'.
If not, why are there active anti-smoking and anti-fast-food [aka trans-fats] groundswells (for the sake of the chillun and without data!) because of "grass-roots" activism driving new regulations and yet there is a dead silence on the illegal immigration health care costs?? Then the Powers-That-Be wish to dump several trillion $ into a new trough called S=CHIP? Excuse me? Is anyone in the political structure able to understand the math of a cost-benefit analysis? Why not? This smells very much like the second-hand smoke fairytale....
Sure, the Republic would survive another Clinton presidency. It would be close, but we as the American people want hegemony out of Chinese hands, unfortunately Shrillary wouldn't be able to resist another butt-load of the money like the ChiComs delivered to her husband. The US of A survived Carter, I think we can survive Clinton II - but she will set back the women's movement 50 years.
Oh yeah, the Browns were absolute teases yesterday. As usual, it sucks to be a Cleveland fan...
(BTW, happy Veteran's Day holiday. I worked hard for it about 38 years ago, so enjoy it. Greybeard, I salute you (as well as others unnamed) as a brother... )
God Bless the freedom (S)He* has seen fit to give the USA - and thanks, Lord.....
Time to scream in the backyard for my sanity and ask Herim to continue the blessing.
* - No, I'm not a patchouli-scented weird-beard or feminazi, but what I am is neither sure nor worried. I have no problem with a Goddess - I'm married to a saint....
Saturday, November 10, 2007
I Grabbed a Meme
I saw a meme at Tam's that I wanna play. It's my blog and I'll play if I want to.... So here we go (and if you play - send me your URL).
Number 5 - The Fairchild A-10 Warthog, aka, the grunt's best friend. Or the Iron Cross. Accurate, deadly (a shitpot of firepower), armored, twin-engined-so-ya-get-home, pilots named "Killer Chick". What's not to like?
Number 5 - The Fairchild A-10 Warthog, aka, the grunt's best friend. Or the Iron Cross. Accurate, deadly (a shitpot of firepower), armored, twin-engined-so-ya-get-home, pilots named "Killer Chick". What's not to like?
Number 4 - The Douglas F4D Skyray. Sex on a tailless chassis. Eyecandy of the first magnitude. Will never need a reason to exist other than being a flying beauty.
Number 3 - The North American B-25 Mitchell. Not just for Tokyo, but for Kenney and Gunn's work in the South Pacific. Twin-engined, twin-tailed, gull-winged beauty with a shitpot of firepower.
Number 2 - The Northrop P-61 Black Widow. Twin-engined, twin-tailed, with a shitpot of firepower. Narrowly edged the P-38L only because I read that the P-61 was judged the most maneuverable fighter on either side in post-war tests of the AAC. Besides, the thought of using radar to sneak up behind the enemy at night to use 4-20mm cannons and 4-.50 cals on their rear empennage just tickles the tar out of me.
Number 1 - The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. A rugged, big, fast behemoth that would bring you back alive. If I had to fly a single engine fighter in WW2, this is it.
SPECIAL BONUS PICK!!!! In the "So ugly they're cute, so useful they're necessary, and so flexible y'all can't believe it" category, the hands down winner is the Consolidated PBY Catalina. Butt-ugly, yet graceful, they could scout for 12 hours and then drop a torpedo on your wake. The "Black Cats" were an example of American ingenuity. A lot of American airmen saw the welcome sight of a Cat after they had lost their issued aircraft - and were damn glad of it. More than one sub skipper speaking either Japanes OR German cursed them with their dying breath.
(The second picture is the wallpaper on my laptop.)No, I'm not slighting the graceful Fortress or the brute Liberator or the sweet Warhawk, but taste in aircraft is, I b'lieve, as individual as pizza preferences. It's all what trips your trigger. Please, play along. Hell, Greybeard, you could do fling-wings for us. My #1 is your steed, the Snake.. For reasons other than appearance...
Now if we want to talk British aircraft...... Mossie, Spit, Hurry, Lysander....
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Politics??? Why now?
Ya-who? Seems to me that Shrillary has made her next misstep. Sucks to be her. I'm more worried 'bout Rudy than why Thompson hasn't made any remarkable statements/ pronouncements yet.. (If he had my patience he would strike in about 5 months....) But the wars haven't started yet
Friday, November 02, 2007
Friday Thoughts
Ya gotta love the Democrat debate. Despite the best efforts of Shrillary's spin machine, she managed to expose her naked desire for power. Seems to me that she should have an opinion previous to being asked about a controversial program by the governor of the state she so *snerk* ably represents. (Not that the governor can find his wazoo with help from his security detachment....) I can't even rail about it because it speaks for itself. However, I do like the NY Post's take on her. She is a danger to the Republic. (Short aside: This can't be the first time some azzole politician was seen by a large proportion of the electorate as a danger to America. She probably will have as much impact on history as the American Communist Party. Big whoop.) Now as long as she doesn't self-destruct against Rudy, but against a conservative...
Glad to see that Rev. Phelps has had his reproductive equipment ground by the courts. Seems he could hate all he wants by himself and his friends, but annoying other folk is not tolerated. Let's see if this is upheld....
Glad to see that Rev. Phelps has had his reproductive equipment ground by the courts. Seems he could hate all he wants by himself and his friends, but annoying other folk is not tolerated. Let's see if this is upheld....
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