Dago Dogs

Moving Forward The Dago Dog

It looks rather unpleasant, but I don't know why.

Palin - Asia Econimic Address

Palin in debut economic speech

"She was brilliant," said a European delegate, on condition of anonymity.

“ Two US delegates left early, with one saying "it was awful, we couldn't stand it any longer". He declined to be identified. ”

Dancin the Boogie

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The Dancers

Tom Mann

DOG Watch

FEH!

You Lie

Mail Order Hot Dogs  Blog Dog has been around long enough to know of my fondness for Chicago hot dogs.  Hell my kids, as did  Hucker a few Father's Days ago, send them to me (Tastes of Chicago).  But that's not what this is about.  Blog Dog sent me this link to Jungle Trader's look at the top ten hot dog consuming cities and the recipes that make them hometown favorites: Here's the list. A glance tells us all we need to know.  It's an ill considered piece of crap. “ 1. New York (NY) 2. Los Angeles (CA) 3. Baltimore (MD)/Washington, D.C. 4. Philadelphia (PA) 5. Chicago (IL) 6. San Antonio/Corpus Christi (TX) 7. Boston (MA) 8. Harrisburg/Scranton (PA) 9. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (FL) 10. Charleston (SC) ” New York ranked at the top is no surprise, what with the media clout they have.  Hell, they (CBS) once called Sam Huff the greatest linebacker in the game. This while The Bears' Bill George was active.  But Chicago in 5th place?  Behind Baltimore?   “ 3. Baltimore (MD)/Washington, D.C. – Popular within the nation’s capital, the Monumental Dog is typically an all-beef frank topped with banana peppers, onions, diced red peppers, sliced pickles and served on a steamed potato hot dog bun that has been spread with mayonnaise. ” ... steamed potato hot dog bun that has been spread with mayonnaise? I've lived here for 80 some years and can tell with no fear of being contradicted with fact, that: Baltimore has no hot dog eating tradition.  None.  Zilch. The closest they came to one was Polack Johnny's, which served up a damned good Polish Sausage. There was a place on DC's M Street in the 70's that made their own dogs, and that was pretty good, but it went bust.  You can drive from Towson to DC without passing more than two hot dog joints. I have never seen, nor heard of putting mayo on a dog,  Ever. I'm calling bulls*it on this whole deal.  Chicago dogs are number one, two and three. Period. Los Angels indeed.

Ties that bind

Obama for the Defense

“…Weathermen advocated the overthrow of the government of the United States and the system of capitalism; toward that end, they carried out a campaign of bombings, jailbreaks, and riots.”

I'm slowing down or there are simply so many more people doing god's work today. I suspect some of both.   I say with any due modesty that during the 8 years of the Clinton Terror, nothing they did, that was reported anywhere,  escaped my attention. Nothing. Now?  Horry Clap.  Everyday beings forth so much raw sewage that, vigilant as I try to be, some of yesterday's turds go unnoticed for days. This posting from DBPK [Weather Underground, ACORN and Obama: The Ties that Bind] is month's old Obamunist flotsam. “ March 2009: Law authorities in San Francisco hold a press conference indicating that [Bill Ayers and wife Bernadine] Dorhn was responsible for planting a pipe bomb that killed a SF police officer in 1970. March 2009: Obama’s Justice Department, tells SFPD not to comment on the case. [jump to * Eric Holder, Justice Department Investigating William Ayers for 1970 Cop Killing Bombing?] They earlier escaped prison on a technicality, but murder has no statute of limitation,  This time they have Obama and Holder.. ”

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In passing

stuff I seen

magic link “ Russian maker of AK-47 faces bankruptcy THE Russian producer of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, the world's most ubiquitous firearm, is facing bankruptcy owing to falling orders. Dilemma - can we ask those in custody "pretty please?" Or would that smack of coercion? "This has got a bunch of people spooked," said a Homeland Security official who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the investigation. "They don't believe they got them all; they are trying to track down the rest of the guys who are operating in the cell." U.S. 'diversity czar' takes heat over remarks President Obama's diversity czar at the Federal Communications Commission has spoken publicly of getting white media executives to "step down" in favor of minorities, prescribed policies to make liberal talk radio more successful, and described Hugo Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela "an incredible revolution." We weep for you Little Football Boy Is it piling on yet? Quotable Zero: "Frankly, it's not something I've followed closely," Mr. Obama claimed. . . . Only one of the five television networks that interviewed President Obama for their Sunday shows bothered to ask him about Acorn, the left-wing community organizing group whose federal funding was cut off last week by an overwhelming vote in Congress. Barney Frank on Acorn He calls for an investigation—of the investigators. ... defunding Acorn "could constitute an unlawful bill of attainder" Biden: GOP wins would be "end of the road" Vice President Joe Biden on Monday said if Republicans succeed in winning back the House in 2010, it would be the "end of the road" for the White House's agenda. [Is he on our side now?] ”

NEA Scandal

All Your Art Are Belong To Us

What's worse: a White House telling artists to push a political agenda or the artists being so eager to take Big Brother’s call?

Full NEA Conference Call Transcript and Audio - Push Text to scroll C/R

Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio

TD

I really miss Texas Darlin who up and disappeared, taking all her posts with her ("What you're looking for isn't here") TD was one of the Hillary supporters who went nuclear over the media ganging up on Hilly, and Obama's reckless with the truth, some would say Clintonesque, campaign.  I linked to her several times, and grew to admire her skills and dedication.   After the election she continued to expose Obama, using insight that perhaps only a Lib-operative of long standing will have  I sort of  made a laboratory experiment out of following her.  My hypothesis was this.  In the course of exposing the perfidy of Obama, the DNC, and congressional handmaidens, TD must at some point realize that  HRC too is what she has grown to despise. I have to wonder if  this caused her disappearance?  If so, she'll be back.  I hope it's not an illness, and wish her well.  Blah-blah-blah - don't read any of the above.  This is what I'm talking about.  In case you find yourself wishing Hillary had won the presidency, don't.  She is not only a crook, she is a crook of a magnitude that  makes  LBJ look like an ascetic.  Take this recent Drudge headline: “ Feds charge Obama/Clinton fund-raiser in $290 million fraud... ” Oh, what a surprise.  Google "Clinton campaign funds, " and choose from more than about 711,000 entries.  I like these two.

Stupid stuff mostly

In passing

Stuff that made me look twice during my morning workout

Surprise Link “ Hood-Wearing 'Jedi' Thrown Out of Supermarket British corporate spokespeople are way funnier than their American counterparts.  (via Rahouey) Media Matters Launches Fight FOX Campaign "Dear Friend," Eric's letter begins, "Since President Obama's inauguration, Fox News has officially abandoned its already dubious standing as a news organization and is now engaging in outright political activism, completing its transition into the 24/7 media wing of the far-right conservative movement." (via Francois und Ebby) Steele: GOP must court blacks Steele offered few proposals on how Republicans or Democrats could help address poverty, instead blaming both parties for not talking about the issue enough.  How about "A rising tide raises all the boats (attrib. JFK) " Mr.Steel? If I could amend the Constitution For one thing, Den Beste's plan would mean we don't have to kill congress, unless maybe for the pure pleasure of it (Via Doug Ross). Why Hollywood Won't Make 'ACORN: The Movie' And if you disagree with me, then you're probably racist! Not all of the Bush quotes in a former speechwriter's tell-all make the president look bad. "If I'm ever eighty-two years old and acting like that have someone put me away " -- Bush on Jimmy Carter. (John McCormack) ”

Laffer

Today'$  Laffer "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

Art Laffer's excellent column in today's WSJ  (Taxes, Depression, and Our Current Troubles ) set me in motion.  Excellent because Laffer has an ability to distill weighty economic theory down to a simple, easily digestible syrup.  While recognizing that I hardly qualify to sneer at anybody's intelligence quotient, there are two areas where I most certainly do.  Anybody promoting the notion of man caused climate change, or anybody claiming that Reagan's adherence to Laffer Curve principles was a disaster,  is too freaking stupid Inbreeding  to be taken seriously on any matter.  These three short videos are guaranteed to confer upon the viewer a better understanding of tax policy than possessed by any elected Democrat in the nation .  Period.  Even watching  the first 3 minutes of  L1  may suffice.  Watch, and enjoy hilarity like this from L3: “ Here's a real-world example. Back in 1989, I worked for Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon. As the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, he sent a letter to the JCT, asking how much tax revenue would be raised if the government confiscated every penny of income about $200,000. What did the JCT say? On your screen, you can see Senator Packwood's November 14 floor statement in the Congressional Record. As the Senator explained, the JCT estimated that this 100 percent tax rate would collect $104 billion in 1989, rising to $299 billion in 1993. And when Senator Packwood asked the bureaucrats whether this was realistic, they gave him the same revenue estimate, but included a footnote stating "that these estimated taxes do not account for any behavioral response." This is sort of like the fiscal equivalent of "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?" (Laffer 3) ”  Laffer 1 - 8 minutes Laffer 2 - 7 minutes Laffer 3 - 7 minutes

Mark Levin w/Stephen Smith

He Shoots, He Scores   Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, as interviewed by Mark Levin

“ This is incredible. Many thanks to the reader which pointed me toward this interview. Before becoming obsessed with politics, I was a sports nut. I watched ESPN then almost as much as I watch Fox News, C-SPAN and the others now. And, truth be told, Stephen A. Smith always kind of bugged me. No more. And ten minutes, this is lengthy -- but it is completely worth it. In fact, I was tempted to bring out some excerpts, but I simply can't choose any single bit of Smith's remarks. I only wish he would say the same darned thing on SportsCenter; perhaps it would get more attention.  - Jeff Schreiber, America's Right ” Rahouey

I don't

Things The 80’s Child Shouldn’t Have Thrown Out

who cares

Start spreading the news....

Dinner Music

Frank & Evvy

Elementary my dear Watson

BREAD: BAMA OPEN TO NEWSPAPER BAILOUT BILL...

You add the MEAT

BREAD:  Most Traffic Growth To UK News Sites Is Coming From U.S.

Last of the Bush Shield dividends?

Suspicion confirmed

“ Zazi has been tracked by the FBI and the CIA for more than a year, during which time he has traveled twice to Pakistan for explosives training from al Qaeda. ”

Gif Magic

Animated GIF Fun

gifSoup lets you generate an animated gif from any You Tube video.

Google News Control

Google fast flip

I just found Google's fast flip which, somewhat like the Firefox add-on Coolpreviews, lets you view news articles, but in slide show fashion.  Choosing "Politics," I learned from Robert Gates, via the New York Times, that Obama did Poland, Czechoslovakia and Europe a big favor by welshing on missile defense.  Moving forward, it struck me that all of the news worth reading, according to fast flip, comes from the New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, and Salon.  But wait .. you can add more sources from these selections, including the Daily Beast?!? “   Sign in to select which sources appear on the frontpage. BBC News     FRONTLINE     Newsweek     TechCrunch Billboard     Fast Company     Popular Mechanics     Technology Review Business Week     Foreign Policy     ProPublica     Teen Center for Investigative Reporting     Good Housekeeping     Quick & Simple     The Atlantic Center for Public Integrity     Harper's Bazaar     Redbook     The Daily Beast Christian Science Monitor     House Beautiful & SPIN; The Daily Green CosmoGirl; Marie Claire; Salon     Us Magazine Cosmopolitan     Men's Journal     Seventeen     Veranda ELLE     National Review Online     Slate     Washington Post Esquire     New York Times     Smithsonian ” The casual user will not know about these choices, but still, by including the National Review and frontpage as electives, Google staffers are satisfied to have covered the gamut from political moderates to right wing fanatics. Thanks Google.  For those of you still  underwhelmed, you can get the same service from Free Republic,  which covers every publication on Planet Earth.

Trader Joe's

Fan makes Trader Joe's Commercial

Obamunist in the raw

Then and Now Portrait of a Scallywag

STUNNING VIDEO UNEARTHED: Obama 07 Revelation: Health Care Reform Requires Tax Hikes — Savings Just a Theory Breitbart TV and Naked Emperor News >

Bad Presidents

In passing

Stuff that will amaze and disgust you

“ Obama Blitz Roundup: Meanness' on Right, Pelosi's Warning, Only ABC Raises ACORN "I mean I don't mean to be immodest here, but ..."  I'm the greatest president in history The FHA and Impact on Real Estate Values ... allows purchases of homes with only a 3.5% down payment, and provides a rock bottom interest rate of near 5%. These lenient terms apply to virtually everyone, even those with poor credit scores and little equity in the home, which are highly correlated with default. This is in addition to the $8000 tax credit the US Government is issuing to first time buyers, which is boosting demand for these sorts of loans. A Letter from Poland: "Did America betray us? Or it was just Obama?"    Did America betray us? Or it was just Obama View from Poland It was the worst what American government was able to do. This decision was announced on 17th September, when Poland was commemorating the 70th anniversary of soviet invasion. Day, when Soviet Union allied with nazis and stabbed our country in the back. This was effect of Nazi- Soviet Pact that was signed on 28th August in Moscow. After this day all dreams about resisting against Hitler perished - two evil empires combined their powers to destroy our freedom and sovereignty. Colonel Gaddafi welcomed by urinating dog question of the day Can a world-famous celebrity of ambiguous coloring, at the top of his craft, who performs wearing one white glove, still be admirably normal? Our Worst Ex-President In revue, because he still is ”