Monday, February 28, 2011

File this under Soylant GREEN

People will go to great lengths to save our dear Mother Earth from Al Gore's CO2 speech emissions.  Some even give of themselves.  Literally.  Like Pete Bethune.

Bethune plans to circumnavigate the globe in a boat powered by bio-fuel derived from...human fat. *shudder*  with donations from two formerly chubby crew members, the team has produced enough bio-fuel to take the craft 15KM.

Does anyone besides me find this just a wee bit creepy?  If the next Energy Bill has massive subsidies for Golden Corral and Luby's.  Uh oh.  When Al Gore struts around sporting washboard abs.  Eeeek! Should McDonalds open McLipo liposuction treatment centers coast to coast we'll know the truth:  BioFuel is FATTTIIIIESSSSS!!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

This Little Piggy Went To Mecca

The PC Police are alive and well and, as usual, are making a nuisance of themselves.  Let’s hop across the pond to Great Britain where the Three Little Pigs are making a stir.
“The Three Little Cowboy Builders,” a digital book designed to promote literacy and encourage children in creative writing has been banned from state sponsored awards.  Its use of pigs was ruled to be offensive to Muslims, and the ribbing at builders was deemed to be offensive to labor.  Gee, I guess your sense of humor and perspective are removed prior to government service in the UK too. 
I’m sure this foolishness will find its way to our shores sooner or later, so let’s offer up an ounce of sense before it does.  We live in that wonderful oddity knows as a democratic republic.  As such, we have this notion known as freedom of speech.  It’s a good thing, just ask Perez Hilton’s lawyer.  Like all good things, it has a few drawbacks.  Namely, there are bound to be lots of things said that are annoying, offensive, or just plan stupid.  Just peruse the Op Ed pages of the New York Times and the Boston Globe.  They’re still in business, so clearly we don’t have freedom from stupidity. 
Part of living in a grown up society that recognizes things like freedom of speech is the maturity to have thick enough skin to allow others to have their say without crying like a stuck pig.  It would appear this notion is lost on many Muslims, Democrats, HR Departments, whiny diversity organizations, and, of course, Historic Leader. 

Friday, February 25, 2011

Smokin'!!!

The weekend is finally here (and not a moment too soon)!  Time for TGIF fun in the big D.

Just for fun, I thought I'd indulge and break in to some new cigars Damn, I picked a few winners.  Typically I stick pretty much strictly to Partagus Black Label; what can I say, as a conservative, I"m a creature of habit.  Just for the sake of something different I picked up some La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero.

WOW.  They're terrific.  I love robust cigars, and this sure fits the bill.  I don't think I've got this good of a heady rush from a good smoke in a long time.  Those of you who smoke cigars know what I'm talking about.  I plan on buying more in the future.

For those of you that don't smoke, shame on you.  Didn't you know millions of children's healthcare is dependent on your smoking?  So kick back, light up, and remember:  don't do it for yourself, do it for the children.

Ending of an Era

With all the brew-ha-ha in Wisconsin, the melt down in the middle east, and a looming government shutdown an event in Florida went almost unreported.  The final launch of the space shuttle Discovery.

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the space program.  From reading about it's early days when a nation waited with baited breath for US astronauts come from the dark side of the moon; the moment when man broke the bonds of Earth to stand on the moon itself.  To my own experiences of my youth, following the shuttle program it's heady successes and two tragic failures.  It seemed to encapsulate the American experience.  The exuberant rush of a people punch drunk from the thrill of the possible, confident in their abilities, proud in their nation, and defying gravity itself with a wild glint in their eyes.  An occasion where the phrase "yes we can" reflected promise, progress, and unlimited possibilities which are the reward of a free people, not the thin vale of an excuse to expropriate.

 The last US shuttle to lift off with be Atlantis in April.  Atlantis.  That's fitting is so many ways.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Family Memories from Mothers Scrapbook

Wow, yet another scene from my childhood made public.  Is nothing sacred???


Law Enforcement or Criminal Action

The BATFE and the Obama Administration has been trying hard to link US gun owners and stores to the gun crime in Mexico. Because of this, they let several thousand guns be purchased and smuggled across the border to Mexico. The BATFE had several chances to stop these guns, and arrest the straw purchasers. Instead of doing this the BATFE ran interference for the drug runners and enabled them to break the law thousands of times. Their actions resulted in possible hundreds of murders, and the murder of an US Border Patrol agent.

To see the CBS investigative report please follow this link: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7357550n

This is just the latest and largest story of injustice from the BATFE. The agency has a long history of civil rights violations, criminal conduct, and massacres of US citizens.

It is time for this agency to be disbanded. I call on the US Government to reign in their rouge agency by firing and black listing all of the BATFE agents, and disbanding the agency.

All Things Being Equal: It's Martini Time!

All this being equal.  I hate that phrase.  It's right up there with "think outside the box," all the blather about "new paradigms," and the notion that x, y, or z is "powerful."  Ugh.  It's almost as annoying as people who insist on boring us with critical theory jargon at cocktail parties.  I say almost, because at my parties we throw empty liquor bottles at the offender and mock him/her endlessly.  It's oodles of fun!
Yesterday I got to waste an hour and a half of my day in a meeting with a team of middle management meat heads of one of my clients.  In the first fifteen minutes I was reminded just why I ran screaming for the exit during the first eight months of my corporate servitude.  By the end of the first half hour I was ready to scratch my eyes out.
What did we accomplish?  Not much.  Unless you count their decision to form a committee on their end to discuss the meeting, and we'd need to meet again after the first of April to review that committee's recommendations. What they plan on discussing, I have no idea.  All I heard was an hour and a half of tired industry buzz words.
For God so loved the world, he did not send a committee.  *sigh*
Still all was not lost.  I did encounter a great new cocktail as I sought solace at Peche following the cluster f*ck meeting.  The Steel Magnolia.  Try it, it's great!
  • 3 oz Gray Goose Vodka
  • 1 oz Pomegranate
  • 1/2 oz Grand Marnier
  • 1/2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
*Cheers*

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

It's a Beautiful Day in the Gayborhood

Houston reporters got a first hand taste of what many of us know to be a universal truth:  f' with a power dyke and she will cut you (off).  Mayor Annise Parker walked out of her presser after being repeatedly dogged by reporters about the creation of a gay district.



Rumors started to "come out" about this "closeted" district (I'm sorry, I can't help it) after conservative Houston city councilman Mike Sullivan (who is far as I know isn't related to Andrew Sullivan) was asked to step down from the committee over seeing the redistricting process.  This, of course, comes after Parker's threat to send him to Siberia after he opposed her on the Port Commission.  Who knew Houston had gulags?

Now while Mayor Parker is (spoiler alert for all of you at CNN still in shock over Jody Foster) a lesbian, I think that this move is more likely the age old game politician A whacking politician B over the nose with a rolled up newspaper for...wait for it...political reasons rather than nefarious plot in the big gay agenda to create a city council district where children, fanny packs, and polyester would be illegal.

Hmmm while we're at it, can we finally get around to banning children in decent restaurants after 7:00?

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Chicken Run

So the Democrat caucus of the Indiana Legislature has decided to follow the lead of the WI Dems and take a stand.  And by "taking a stand" they mean put their tails between their legs and run like hell for the border.  (Who knew that Democrats were migratory?!?)

In a day of budget busting deficits, fiscal crisis, and Justin Bieber fever the best and the brightest on the left have nothing to offer us but...well, nothing.  I know this might be a little babe in the woods naivete, but I like to think the folks we elect to public office from both parties are adults.  We live in very serious times.  How any anyone in their right mind can not recognize the fiscal crisis we're in is beyond me.  I mean, what part of "there is no more money" don't they understand.  Shirking the duty that was entrusted to them as elected representatives is childish at best and pernicious at the core.  Go back to work.  Have a debate.  If you have a winning argument you will prevail.  If you lose, you've got two whole years to make your case to the people to elect new representatives This is, of course, what the whole business of a representative republic is all about.  Given the state of things, I don't think the public at large is going to be willing to entertain political theater

On the bright side all the hotel tax dollars Illinois is racking up from on the lamb legislators just might just be enough to pay for the new "Home of Barak Obama" signs being placed at Illinois ports of entry!