Right now our Fallujah is the health care bill

Today's smartest person

The O Club I nominate lotp for great thinker of the univerese, today. And not just because he here speaks my mind with his mouth.  Well, yeah, it is. OS, I fear that the far left is quite aware that they are radicalizing the right, and will use the first instance of violence as an excuse to ditch all but the thinnest veneer of true representational government. Remember: the far left hates the middle class above all. Their aim is to destabilize, to destroy the day to day orderliness that allows good people to go on with their lives quietly. So yes, we're under attack. We need to: Repel the immediate attack Figure out a strategy Counterattack - but choose our terrain, timing and methods to give us the best chance of success Longer term: clear and hold. Which may require Fallujah levels of intense political combat, fighting for every inch and every building. And then fortifying those areas and consolidating gains. Right now our Fallujah is the health care bill and the sequence of other 'reforms' the far left is pushing in rapid succession (continued) and then read this from Old Spook -   I always stood outside the political system, because my duty and integrity demanded it. A lot of us are uncomfortable with becoming personally involved in politics, other than voicing an opinion and filling in our ballots on election day. You can see that in a lot of us vets - like Pappy for instance. But I'm trying to do what I can -- that's why I went to the caucus, and got my self elected as a delegate. For the first time in all these decades of my life I have become overtly and directly involved in the political side of things. Its not in my comfort zone, and I do not like operating in the open like this. But something had to be done. The problem is, it may not be enough. I was not so worried before this, as I thought the usual political machinery could be harnessed to correct this. That's why I jumped in, to help try to push things the right way. But last night really opened my eyes. My perception now is that there are far more potential loose cannons than there are people trying to secure and aim them properly. Malicious power-hungry people on both sides benefit from them being the way they are. The Democrat leadership just does not seem to understand how this is going to cause a number of people to snap their bonds to this government (c.f. Waco, BATF and McVeigh), they are so self righteous they have arrogantly ignored needing the consent of those they are supposed to represent. They seem to think they can use any violent reactions to crack down and further consolidate collectivist power in the state. They do not realize just how fundamentally wrong they are in gauging the grim fire and fight in that part of the population . On the other side, the GOP leadership, in its lust for political power, doesn't realize that these folks will break away from the system in a fundamental way that will not benefit the GOP politically they way the leadership thinks it will. In order to remedy things, these "broken away" people will be looking for far more direct and high impact methods than a voting booth (again, c.f. McVeigh et al). And that's what's keeping me up at nights. (continued)

Marmaduke- Kiss-ass

Class kiss-ass

Looterman Jr.

Flap-Jacks and White Bucks

SHOES & the 50's Man

Flap Jacks Rollover for real Flap-Jacks “ Blogger  gunnypink  said...     Hi, kids, my name's Buster Brown, I live in a shoe, this is my dog Tige, he lives there too. OK Froggy, twang your magic twanger. Couldn't sell a pair of kids shoes with that today...gotta have a BB star endorse the shoe first. So, who was more ignernt? ” While the commercial for Buster Brown shoes had a sort of cult following, my gang wouldn't be caught dead wearing them.  Not that that we always had a choice.  I remember three "must have" shoes while I was growing up in Chicago. Because we wore uniforms (khaki trousers, white shirt and brown tie), shoes were the only way to have an identity, and were extremely important in determining your position on the social pecking order.  My first "must have" shoes were what I remember as "Flap-Jacks," which memory tells me were from Thom McCan?  I spent two hours trying to find them.     * Flap-Jacks - nothing.  Snap-Jacks - nothing.     * "Flap opening vintage shoes" - nothing.     * A dozen other variations got me - nothing.  I recreated them above. (Just before going to press the real ones popped up in a search for "white bucks"   The description said "with Nu-Lock Front."  Maybe in the sticks.  I can still hear the commercial for Flap-Jacks. Anyway, I wanted those flap-jacks desperately, but mother fended me off with "they'll break;"  "they look stupid;" "you'll look like a a hood"  Hood was pronounced "hewd," as in hoodlum.  The real reason was that they cost more than what she wanted to spend. She finally relented however, and I was able to maintain my gravitas at St. Francis.  BLACK ENGINEER BIKER BOOTS STEEL TOE OMG OMG OMG - these absolute "must haves" met with the greatest resistance. "You'll look like a a hood" I wanted these more than I wanted Flap-Jacks. I wanted them with  cleats. I really don't remember what it was that turned her; maybe my incessant Eric Cartman whine ,"but mommmm."  I do remember getting into the car and driving to a shoe store on Harlem Ave (and that when we left the store, it was nearly dark out). The boots pictured here (from E-bay) are the EXACT boots I got.  Hell, they might even be mine? At the checkout,  I asked if they could put cleats on them, and before the clerk could respond my mom said, "Absolutely not!  You'll already look like a hood, and I don't want my floors ruined."   The next day at recess I rode my bike to a shoe repair store,  and for 75¢ had the biggest, baddest cleats they had put on.  I made sure to walk on my toes around her, but she soon heard me outside on the sidewalk, and blew a fuse.  Took a screwdriver and ripped 'em off.   I settled for putting a lot of thumb tacks in the heels. WHITE BUCKS were next.  The stylish young man was then wearing gunmetal gray trousers, with pink stitching down the leg, a pink shirt, and black knit tie with two horizontal pink stripes.  And white buck shoes.  Mom was fine with the pink (duh), so it became a matter of whether Robert Hall (Easter Clothes store)  carried them.  They did, except for the pink shirt and stitched trousers.  She took care of that by dying one of my school shirts pink, and stitching some trousers down the pants leg. They were not gunmetal, and the stitching was .........., and not - - - - - - -.  To complete the disaster, she substituted these faux-bucks embarrassment for the realwhite bucks. Nothing about being a hood, just too expensive.  Did you notice the look of pain on my face in the "stylish" roll over?  It was tempered, somewhat, because my best pal Tim Hill's (left) mother made him wear that abortion..  Still, it's a wonder I didn't grow up to be a serial killer.

Lawless Government

Slaughter House Rules

Looks like the fun is over “ We have entered a political wonderland, where the rules are whatever Democrats say they are. Mrs. Pelosi and the White House are resorting to these abuses because their bill is so unpopular that a majority even of their own party doesn't want to vote for it. Fence-sitting Members are being threatened with primary challengers, a withdrawal of union support and of course ostracism. Michigan's Bart Stupak is being pounded nightly by MSNBC for the high crime of refusing to vote for a bill that he believes will subsidize insurance for abortions. WSJ ” Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury.

Buster Brown

If you liked this, you will probably like the twanger.

For that price it better grow diamonds on your sack

Praise Jesus, Times Must Be Good

$68 Milk

Amazon is like TIVO.  If you look at one weird thing, you get profiled.  In my case, evidently, into the category "schmuck."

Rotty-Wonder

Here's your Wonderdog

Next - The One-Eyed Snake guard

No More Mr. Brown Eye

San Francisco.  Mr. Brown Eye.  She gave up anal?  Steambaths shut down ?  Nope.  It's something ridiculous, of course. Ridiculous even for San Francisco. Rear Gear is a decorative cover for your dog's, cat's (or ferret's) um, anus. There, I said it. ” Someone.  Stab me in  the fekkin liver. Tim W

Sondy and Tammy, shooting at a tree ...

Draw! running about a day behind here boss.

Unplugged Some of you will remember when I did the photo-shoot of SondraK for the cover of some gun magazine.  Has to be at least 5 years ago.  Anyway, for those what haven't seen the Tammy Bruce thing ... .

Sliding Backwards

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear…

Unplugged Light posting, wot? It's not so much that the Obamunists have worn me down, as my "all or nothing" personality.  I mentioned awhile back my project to convert all my 35mm slides, and I did.  These are pictures that have not been viewed for years, and a bit of nostalgia is to be expected.  The line between fanciful memories and melancholy is a thin one, and I'm teetering.  In the past two days I traveled from carefree bachelor , to husband & father. .  I have to shake them away now, or be paralyzed by them. The antidote is to go forth and make new memories, so I'm  focusing on the laundry room project.  Oh, these are the first two dogs in my life.  Boomer the German Shepherd was a present from MoSup the first year we were married.  She remains to this day the smartest, most amazing dog of them all. Misty (rollover) was my childhood dog, and lived to age 17.  My life has been filled with good dogs,  good women, good friends, good kids, and grand memories.   I was lucky.

Magic Twanger

PLUNK

Mr. Franklin Agonistes

i wonder if the feds know about this

“ Макро. Рассматриваем 100 $            Еще со времен детского увлечения коллекционирования монет, а с ними и бумажных денег разных стран, всегда было любопытно рассматривать мелкие детали рисунка банкнот. Сегодня с помощью макросъемки предлагаю вашему вниманию фотографии сто долларовой купюры Macro. We consider the $ 100 Ever since children's enthusiasm for collecting coins, and with them, and paper money of different countries, has always been curious to consider the fine detail drawing notes. Today, with the help of macro propose you a hundred dollar bill photos ”

Unplugged Awhile back I tried to convert an existing PPS exhibit into video, and found that my various image editing software would not allow it to be entered.  You can see the results here. This is the message my software displayed. It seemed pretty stupid then, given that any would be counterfeiter could by scanner do their own, but what the hell. Now, I run across the Russian site that has ultra fine images of the Franklin $100 note.  It'll be interesting to see if  I'm able to post this.

Geezer Dreams

Obama May Have to Borrow From Overseas to Pay Social Security IOUs   The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in Parkersburg, W.Va., a small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. But wait! Happiness is just around the corner.

Obamacare will save that much and more every year.  Yay!!!!!  CPUSA CPUAS CPUSA

Barry's DNA

Oh Really? Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest

Okay, let's not pretend to be surprised that Barry Soetoro is a would-be Marxist dictator.  But I'm surely not the first person to see the irony in this, coming as it does from a man who steadfastly refuses to provide a valid birth certificate. Am I?

In Defense of Geezer Law

We Don't Heed Your Stinking Laws In New York State illegal Spanish voter applications and Mexican Matricula cards still being used

“ Election boards in Westchester County and Fishkill, New York are using invalid Spanish voter application forms outlawed by the New York State Board of Elections eight years ago. These invalid forms ask would be Spanish voters in Spanish: “ser cuidadano norte americano:” are you a citizen of North America? The corrected form out of the Albany web site asks in Spanish: “ser cuidadano estadounidense:”are you a United States citizen? When asked to explain this major discrepancy, Reginald Lafayette of the Westchester County BOE expressed surprise, saying. “We’ve never had a complaint on this,” and said he would “give it to our translators.” ” Blah-blah-blah.    OMG OMG OMG  We had no idea. Nevertheless, a local source paints a far different picture of the deference given to Spanish voter applicants. When the source contacted the Dutchess County BOE asking if a Mexican Matricula Consular ID card was an acceptable form of photo ID, the source was told “Yes.”  [Coach Collins] ” Okay, it's not prima facie evidence of willful law breaking.  Call the IRS 10 times with the same question and see how many answers you get.  But we've heard enough stories like this to know that entrenched Liberals, in state and local government, will simply ignore laws that are at odds with their ideology.  California is noted for it.  It will not be enough to change laws anymore, we'll have to snake a Roto-Rooter through the entire system, it seems to me.  Mexico's police forces are more easily reformed than San Francisco's government.  When you're a supercentenarian like me, you want your change pretty damn quick, and that means machine guns and flame throwers. So -- Where was I?  ...  wait .. I'm looking.

You can, and should, laff at these people

The Antidote for today's In Passing

You'll need someone to laugh at.

Glass Sealing

In Passing

In passing ..

Mommy, daddy said "MFCS" again. Mind your business and eat yur feckin' porridge.

Aim Low “ 1) The detestable menace Chris van Hollen (D-MD) sent out the following memo to House Democrats earlier today. TODAY or MONDAY:  ... THEN: House Budget Committee .... THEN: The bill will go to the Rules Committee ... THEN: A Manager’s Amendment will be constructed ... THIS MEANS: 2) Healthcare Reform reconciliation bill is posted! 2300+ pages and includes student loan 3) Robert Gibbs: Even if I have to personally break into the Smithsonian with a blowtorch and burn the Constitution, we will pass health care this week 4) Welcome to Martial Law: House Dems Will Rule They Voted on Health Care Without Actually Voting On It ‘The Greatest Assault on the Constitution In Your Lifetime’ 5) The Slaughter solution cannot be squared with Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution. and  ...  according to the Senate parliamentarian, reconciliation is permitted only for bills that amend existing law, not for amendments to bills that have yet to be enacted. This means that, for the Senate to be able to avoid a filibuster, House Democrats first have to vote for the identical bill that passed the Senate last Christmas Eve. 6) Daily Kos: 'Stalin Was a Piker' Compared to 'the Christian God' 7) Putin Steps Into the India Breach The Obama administration's neglect of New Delhi is starting to have serious foreign-policy consequences. 8) The Wilding of Sarah Palin Then along came Sarah, and the attacks became particularly heinous. And I realized something even more chilling about the Left. 9) Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics One gets the impression that we're swimming in MFCS.  Because we are, I guess. 10) SE Asia arms purchases fuel fears of clashes Military analysts are warning that China’s increased regional power has caused its south-east Asian neighbours to step up their own defence purchases, raising the prospect that territorial disputes in the South China Sea could turn violent. 11) Men in Skirts Use Women’s Restroom at Mass. Marriott Hotel Compassionate hypotheticals aside, take a look and get back to me. ”

Dog Hood

Catharsis

Michael McGlone Performs

NSFW But i. can't. breathe.

Juice

Anti-Boxer Commercial

Best campaign video ever? Yes.

These are remarkable times that require new and remarkable leadership. Carly Fiorina released an outstanding video this weekend at the California Republican Party Convention in Santa Clara, California. - Gateway Pundit ”

"Oh, we'll get you."

Man Who Carried Gun In Park Has Permit Revoked

His gun-carry permit was current and the gun was legal, but he pissed off the law.

First, Nashville reporterette Heather Jensen penned this gem. “ ... he carried an AK-47-type pistol into Radnor Lake State Park. ” It's hard to trust her to get the rest of it right,  but let's stipulate that Leonard Embody did twice (legally) carry arms in the state park.  There was prolly a little poking a stick in the park ranger's eye the second time, with predictable if not lawful results. Embody filed a federal lawsuit against the Radnor Lake State Park ranger.  [NOTE:  I wouldn't have done that.  I'd have gone back to that park a third time]  Friday, he received a certified letter from the Tennessee Department of Safety stating his gun carry permit was revoked. "There was a material likelihood that I was a risk to the public," Embody said of the letter. What a bunch of knob-munching canker blossoms. I suppose Embody might be one of them who just piss people off by showing up, like Keith Olbermann, or Barbara Boxer. Don't matter.  He broke no law. He says he "doesn't consider himself a gun rights activist but ...  strongly believes (Tennessee's) gun legislation is flawed, often outdated, vague or contradictory."   Is it?  “ "The only way you can carry the handgun is to carry it openly in your hand," Embody said. ” Whoa.  So that's two prollems that need fixing.  A vindictive, heavy handed state agency, and that.  Props to Leonard Embody.

Dr. Barry Utopia

Is Obama Dr. Utopia?

Watch this educational cartoon from the 1940s & decide for yourself! H/T.usofearth

From the freezer

Has anyone else noticed that the Coffee Party USA's initials are CPUSA? Just sayin'. Organized Spontaneity

Christopher Taylor via Gerard

Nuked Potato Chips

How To Make Micro Chips

I was ready to try this just now, but do you think I can find my mandolin?  Hell no.  It's been "organized" someplace else.  Someone out there will have one, and maybe tell us how it works.  Sheesh.  Directions:

Leda & the Swans

But one day François said to himself, "what the hell, it's art."

The swan's Ledas

Today's Hollywood Asshole

Matt Damon's Greatest Scenes

Gah-Gah

Christopher Walken does Lady Gaga

Force Fields

In Passing

In passing ..

It's Sunday; this is all the news.  Go back to bed.

Change your clocks, or they'll get you “ 1) Penn pal dictator Chavez proves 'gun control' fails at stopping crime So—how has the plan worked out in the almost four years it's been in effect? From Reuters -- Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez's 11 years in power, 2) Obama-backed website on government spending is found lacking - Ah, those seven year plans. After reviewing 100 federal contracts, the GAO also found "widespread inconsistencies" in what appeared on the website and what was contained in records provided by the agencies. Auditors, for example, found discrepancies in where the work took place and the purpose of the contracts. 3) The Healthcare Bill Would Be Obama’s ‘Enabling Act’ Godwin prevails; "Hitler" not actual spoken. Why are Barack Obama and other Democrat leaders so intent on passing a government takeover of healthcare now…Now…NOW? 4) The Sniper "The difference between the good guys and the bad guys is whether they use human shields or make themselves human shields." 5) Wife of runaway slave launches 'tea party' group The nonprofit run by Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is likely to test notions of political impartiality for the court. 6) TIMES: Does Barack Obama give a damn about us? Fuck no. 7) A POLITICO survey: The tea party's least favorite Republicans If you have to read it, you're not 8) Coffee vs. Tea: A political movement is brewing Pitiful.  Just pitiful -- if I didn't despise them so.  Laughable is better. UPDATE - The smaller the table, the bigger the crowd 9) Walmart Greeter Heart Warming must read ”

The EDSELATOR

The EDSELATOR

"A 1958 Ford Edsel Art Car is a rolling representation of SpawMaxwell"

Keep Moving, Nothing to do here

Spontaneous Civil Disapprobation

“ People in  Kemper County ,  MS have a warped sense of humor. This is the fork at Highway 39N and Fire Tower Road . A deer was hit there. The couch was dumped there previously. Day two the deer was on the couch. Day three the end table and lamp showed up. Day four the TV and TV stand showed up. The Highway Patrol had to call MS DOT because of all the people stopping to take pictures. The cardboard caption in front of the deer on the couch reads, "Sorry Hunters. Obama ruined healthcare. We can't afford to have injured hunters on our conscience, so I'm staying home! Sorry, the Deer." ” Rick B

Obtuse stuff

Don Hertzfeldt

I unfortunately took several marketing courses from Don. That's why I'm relegated here.  But, then, so is Don now.

Exit Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy's Insta-Legacy

Uncanny. Watch it. H/T Ace

On a slab

Mind Bubbles

Last night while searching for something in my Media II files, a large collection of about 200,000 pictures from the 2005-2008 era,  two images flashed by in close proximity.  The first was Nancy Pelosi spooning with Rahm Emanuel. The second was the one on the right.  Of course that's not Rahm on a morgue slab, but it sure as hell reminded me of him.  Prolly something Rorschachy about that.  Oh, did you identify the corpse ?  It will remain for history to decide which of the three was the bigger threat.  Pelosi has my vote.

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Almost Heiress

In Passing

In passing ..

That's right.  Insane.

Honey, I'm Home “ 1) The New BDS (Beck Derangement Syndrome): He wants to talk about chalktalks but... he.... just.... CAN'T... control... himself... Without going into the whole sordid mess-o-links, I note that Beck has been getting slammed from both the right and the left in the last week. It seems Mr. Beck did a show where he got it "wrong" about Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician.- but .... 2) Second American female convert to Islam arrested in plot to kill Motoonist Last Easter, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old mom with a $30,000-a-year job as a medical assistant, announced to her family that she had converted to Islam. A few months later, she began posting to Facebook forums whose headings included "STOP caLLing MUSLIMS TERRORISTS!" 3) OMFG AP: Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influences AUSTIN, Texas – A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade. 4) Kneale: Obama as Ahab, Strapped to Moby Dick My guess is that ObamaCare will pass (insert bone-wracking shudder here). And, like Moby Dick plunging to the ocean’s depths, it will take with it Obama’s presidency and the Democrats’ control of Congress. But it isn't the Obama presidency I worry about. 5) Climategate.com shuts down The entire WordPress site is still on my server and will be saved for a buyer if they are interested. First $100,000 takes it 6) SEIU_AndyStern 03/12/10 10:32 pm EST Glen Beck is after you use Facebook and see!! http://twitter.com/SEIU_AndyStern/status/10285038488 (via @SEIU_AndyStern) 7) PG&E customer refuses to take smart meter, locks up old meter "To me it's unconstitutional, it's an invasion of my privacy," said Mark Dieteman. The smart meter allows PG&E to watch energy usage remotely and lets customers monitor how much electricity they use. However, residents have blamed the devices for a dramatic increase in their bills, prompting calls for an investigation. A Bakersfield man also filed a class-action lawsuit, which claims customers were overcharged and should get a refund. 8) House aide confirms Slaughter Solution never used before; Still, 'they are moving down that road' he procedure - dubbed by critics as the "Slaughter Solution" - is the brain-child of House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-NY, who, at the request of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, is trying to fashion a rule that would allow the House to move toward passage of a health care reform bill without a recorded vote on the Senate version. 9) Biden Debunked: Cramer Declares Avoiding Taxes a 'Patriotic Duty' "The government has made it very clear in a series of tax rulings since the income tax started - and I learned this at law school - that it is actually well within your patriotic right to try and pay as little tax legally ... ." 10) Come to Washington DC on March 16, 2010. Stop Pelosi's Health Care ”