America #14

At the Judas Priest concert.  The way we were.

And then came Tipper...

Al Qaeda: "Thanks Obama...You are the Awesome!"

Being that as I know that Islam is not compatible with what we understand as "freeedom", I can see where the Middle East is heading.  Why can't our President see that?  Or can he?"

Anwar al-Awlaki, al-Qaeda's most influential English-language preacher, said revolts sweeping the Arab world would help rather than harm its cause by giving Islamists freed from tyranny greater scope to speak out. 

Western and Arab officials say the example set by young Arabs seeking peaceful political change is a counterweight to al-Qaeda's push for violent militancy and weakens its argument that democracy and Islam are incompatible.

But al-Awlaki, who has been linked to a series of terrorist plots, said the removal of anti-Islamist autocrats meant Islamic fighters and scholars were now freer to discuss and organise.

"Our mujahideen brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and the rest of the Muslim world will get a chance to breathe again after three decades of suffocation," he wrote, using a term that refers generally to Islamic guerrilla groups or holy warriors.

"For the scholars and activists of Egypt to be able to speak again freely, it would represent a great leap forward for the mujahideen", wrote Awlaki, who is believed to be hiding in Southern Yemen.

Western leaders are profoundly ignorant and incompetent.  They actually think, that after hundreds of years of the Muslim scourge, after all the barbaric acts committed in the name of Islam, and in light of the basic principles of that religion, that the whole region will be transformed, and the death cult of Islam tamed, by a revolution carried out through Twitter and Facebook.  They believe that!

Sooner or later it's going to come down to people with guns, and people willing to kill.  So, like I said, I can see where this is heading.

Van Jones Update

Remember Van Jones?  The man Obama APPOINTED to be our Green Czar?  The Big Feed was one of the first sites to post on Mr. Jones past where he admitted he was a communist.  Well, after heavy public pressure, most of it from conservative blogs, Mr. Jones was sacked/resigned.  And, of course, us conservative bloggers were called "racists".  Because, you know, Mr. Jones is black, and you can't criticize black people for anything unless you're a racist. It's true.  I didn't know that either. 

But there's more to Mr. Van Jones' past.



From Gateway Pundit: 

At a rally in Oakland on the night after the 9/11 attacks Van Jones (at about the 4:38 mark; HT to NewsBusters.org commenter Merkava) tells a far-far-left audience that ….

- “It’s the bombs that the government has been dropping around the world that are now blowing up inside the U.S. borders.”

- “We’ve got something stronger than bombs, we have solidarity. That dream of revolutionary change is stronger than bombs.”

That sound clip sounds a lot like Obama's anti-American pastor Jeremiah Wright and his "chickens are coming home to roost" bit. Does it not?

Obama and those he surrounds himself with are very dangerous, America-hating people.  To their core.  We cannot survive another four years of these subverters.

I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke

But that would cost a lot of money.  Not to mention, I have no way of accounting for Pepsi drinkers.  But I can give the world this.  I love you world.

Obama on Libya: "It's a Turd Sandwich"

Or was he describing himself?

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They've Come to Save the Sea Kittens

We don't need your help.  By the way, y'all are ugly.  And you wave in a very peculiar fashion.

Obama's Fantasy Rebels

Let's face it. Obama has no idea concerning the people that comprise the Libyan resistance. But that doesn't stop him from dreaming up a description.

US officials also appear unclear about the allegiances of rebel groups and what sort of governmental system might replace the dictator's rule after 41 years. In one of three interviews yesterday, Mr Obama said the rebels were "saying the right things" so far. "Most of them are professionals, lawyers, doctors, people who appear to be credible," he told CBS.

This nincompoop didn't know his own administration appointees were tax cheats.  And we're supposed to believe he knows about these people?

Pole Dancers for Jesus

This site began as a site about hot dogs, pole dancers, and Islamic rat people.  So let's go back to our roots.

Fact Checking Obama

From the AP of all places.

OBAMA: "Our most effective alliance, NATO, has taken command of the enforcement of the arms embargo and no-fly zone. ... Going forward, the lead in enforcing the no-fly zone and protecting civilians on the ground will transition to our allies and partners, and I am fully confident that our coalition will keep the pressure on Gadhafi's remaining forces. In that effort, the United States will play a supporting role."


THE FACTS: As by far the pre-eminent player in NATO, and a nation historically reluctant to put its forces under operational foreign command, the United States will not be taking a back seat in the campaign even as its profile diminishes for public consumption.

NATO partners are bringing more into the fight. But the same "unique capabilities" that made the U.S. the inevitable leader out of the gate will continue to be in demand. They include a range of attack aircraft, refueling tankers that can keep aircraft airborne for lengthy periods, surveillance aircraft that can detect when Libyans even try to get a plane airborne, and, as Obama said, planes loaded with electronic gear that can gather intelligence or jam enemy communications and radars.

The United States supplies 22 percent of NATO's budget, almost as much as the next largest contributors - Britain and France - combined. A Canadian three-star general was selected to be in charge of all NATO operations in Libya. His boss, the commander of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples, is an American admiral, and the admiral's boss is the supreme allied commander Europe, a post always held by an American.

OBAMA: "Our military mission is narrowly focused on saving lives."

THE FACTS: Even as the U.S. steps back as the nominal leader, reduces some assets and fires a declining number of cruise missiles, the scope of the mission appears to be expanding and the end game remains unclear.

Despite insistences that the operation is only to protect civilians, the airstrikes now are undeniably helping the rebels to advance. U.S. officials acknowledge that the effect of air attacks on Gadhafi's forces - and on the supply and communications links that support them - is useful if not crucial to the rebels. "Clearly they're achieving a benefit from the actions that we're taking," Navy Vice Adm. William Gortney, staff director for the Joint Chiefs, said Monday.

The Pentagon has been turning to air power of a kind more useful than high-flying bombers in engaging Libyan ground forces. So far these have included low-flying Air Force AC-130 and A-10 attack aircraft, and the Pentagon is considering adding armed drones and helicopters.

Obama said "we continue to pursue the broader goal of a Libya that belongs not to a dictator, but to its people," but spoke of achieving that through diplomacy and political pressure, not force of U.S. arms.

OBAMA: Seeking to justify military intervention, the president said the U.S. has "an important strategic interest in preventing Gadhafi from overrunning those who oppose him. A massacre would have driven thousands of additional refugees across Libya's borders, putting enormous strains on the peaceful - yet fragile - transitions in Egypt and Tunisia." He added: "I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America."

THE FACTS: Obama did not wait to make that case to Congress, despite his past statements that presidents should get congressional authorization before taking the country to war, absent a threat to the nation that cannot wait.

"The president does not have the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation," he told The Boston Globe in 2007 in his presidential campaign. "History has shown us time and again ... that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the legislative branch."

Obama's defense secretary, Robert Gates, said Sunday that the crisis in Libya "was not a vital national interest to the United States, but it was an interest."

OBAMA: "And tonight, I can report that we have stopped Gadhafi's deadly advance."

THE FACTS: The weeklong international barrage has disabled Libya's air defenses, communications networks and supply chains. But Gadhafi's ground forces remain a potent threat to the rebels and civilians, according to U.S. military officials.

OBAMA: "Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different. And as president, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action."

THE FACTS: Mass violence against civilians has also been escalating elsewhere, without any U.S. military intervention anticipated.

More than 1 million people have fled the Ivory Coast, where the U.N. says forces loyal to the incumbent leader, Laurent Gbagbo, have used heavy weapons against the population and more than 460 killings have been confirmed of supporters of the internationally recognized president, Alassane Ouattara.

The Obama administration says Gbagbo and Gadhafi have both lost their legitimacy to rule. But only one is under attack from the U.S.

In his pre-presidential book "The Audacity of Hope," Obama said the U.S. will lack international legitimacy if it intervenes militarily "without a well-articulated strategy that the public supports and the world understands."

He questioned: "Why invade Iraq and not North Korea or Burma? Why intervene in Bosnia and not Darfur?"

Now, such questions are coming at him.

If Democrats are So Great...

then why are so many people leaving Detroit?

If liberal policies indeed lead us into a Utopian future, how come black people are leaving Detroit in droves - a city under total Democratic hegemonic domination for over 50 years now?

Blogprof has more

Dee says the same thing is happening in Compton. I wonder, does Shirl know about this?

Something I Don't Normally Do

I've never been one for posting much cheesecake.  But damnit!  This deserves to be shared.

Youtube Censoring to Protect Obama Administration's Incompetence

I've been saying this for some time now.  So many videos critical of the Obama administration have just disappeared from Youtube.  Now this.

Meanwhile...at the White House

I found this over at Doug Ross' site...

Black Panthers: Michelle Obama Should "Leave the Ni**er Tonight"

There's a small amount of truth to this crazy man's sentiment.  I've lived more of the black experience than Barack Obama.

PETA Wants Animal Friendly Language in the Bible

I can't hate them too much.  They were the inspiration for the Legion of Right-Wing Sea Kittens.

After they heard that the latest translation of the New International Version of the Bible will now use gender-inclusive language such as "he or she" instead of just "he", PETA saw an opportunity to change one other thing. The organization has petitioned the Committee on Bible Translation to suggest that its next translation remove "speciesist" language, by referring to animals as "he or she" instead of "it." “When the Bible moves toward inclusively in one area...it wasn’t much of a stretch to suggest they move toward inclusively in this area. Language matters. Calling an animal 'it' denies them something. They are beloved by God. They glorify God," Bruce Friedrich, PETA's vice president for policy, told CNN.

Anarchy

Burger Brawler Facing Felony Charges

She said..."We tore the Burger King up...I don't play no games" (see the video and story below).  Neither does the law:

The woman whose tirade at a Panama City Beach Burger King became a YouTube sensation is now facing a felony charge.

Assistant State Attorney Greg Wilson filed formal charges Friday morning against Kimesa Smith, 30, of Montgomery, Ala. She was charged with felony criminal mischief with damage of more than $1,000, two counts of misdemeanor battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence.

Smith was caught on a cell phone video as she climbed onto the restaurant’s counter, threw items and struck employees March 19. She damaged one of the restaurant’s $3,800 LED screens and a cash register, authorities said.

Biden's Goons Lock Reporter in Closet

Most transparent administration ever!  This is beyond bizarre.

Staffers with Vice President Joe Biden confined an ORLANDO SENTINEL reporter in a closet this week to keep him from mingling with high-powered guests gathered for a Dem fundraiser.

Reporter Scott Powers was the designated "pool reporter" for the vice president's Wednesday visit to the massive Winter Park, Fla., home of developer and philanthropist Alan Ginsburg. The veep hadn't arrived yet but most of the 150 guests (minimum $500 donation) had. They were busy noshing on caprese crostini with oven-dried mozzarella and basil, rosemary flatbread with grapes honey and gorgonzola cheese and bacon deviled eggs, before a lunch of grilled chicken Caesar and garden vegetable wraps.

Not so for Powers. A "low-level staffer" put Powers in a storage closet and then stood guard outside the door, Powers told the DRUDGE REPORT. "When I'd stick my head out, they'd say, 'Not yet. We'll let you know when you can come out.'"

And no crustini for Powers, either. He made do with a bottle of water to sip as he sat at a tiny makeshift desk, right next to a bag marked "consignment." Powers was closeted at about 11:30 a.m., held for about an hour and 15 minutes, came out for 35 minutes of remarks by Biden and Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, and then returned to his jail for the remainder of the event.

Powers' phone didn't work in the closet, but his Blackberry did, so he fired a picture of his impromptu prison to his editors, who posted a short blog item on the lack of freedom of the press under the veep's control.

Sunday Morning Stones

Send it to me.

Where's Your God Now?

Happy Friday Sea Kittens!

I give you the late great Rory Gallagher again.

Clips like this blow my mind. They don't make em like this anymore. Or if they are, you'd never know it because they don't make TV and radio shows shows like this anymore. Just a lose jam. Taking chances. A clearly drunk Rory (had has a massive drinking problem. Died soon after his liver transplant) just having fun and letting it fly.

God I miss rock and roll.

America #13

We're not perfect.

The Truth

Just When You Thought it Couldn't Get Better

An update on the Burger King brawler (See video below).

“We tore the Burger King up,” she remarked. “I don’t play no games.”

Describing herself as a “first time spring breaker,” Smith, a mother of four, said she had traveled Friday to Florida with friends and three of her children, the youngest of which is two and has cerebral palsy. In anticipation of a night of drinking, Smith, pictured in the above mug shot, said she went to the Burger King to “get something in my stomach.”

After arriving at a police substation, Smith asked cops “where her children were at.” She then told officers “she had her 2 children with her” at the beach. But when an officer sought details about the children, Smith was uncooperative and “very vague.” Cops did not have enough information to report the children as missing.

Arguing that Burger King employees bear some responsibility for the altercation, Smith said, “When I walked in they had no smiles on their faces. We weren’t treated fairly." Having herself previously worked at McDonald’s and Church’s Chicken, Smith added, “I know how to greet my customers.”

Speaking of chicken...Click the pic to read this story.

Political Compass Test

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A "Teachable Moment"

Funny.  Ever since Obama's beer summit, despite the many opportunities, he hasn't found the need for any  more "teachable moments".  I think this incident provides the chance to learn so many lessons.

A cell phone camera captured the action in the Panama City Beach Burger King on Front Beach Road Saturday, as a crowd of tourists nearly rioted at the restaurant.

The Few, The Proud, and the Mexicans Dressed as U.S. Marines

We have a very serious problem on our hands. 

Border Patrol agents recently arrested 13 illegal immigrants disguised as U.S. Marines and riding in a fake military van, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday.

The illegal immigrants were clad in Marine uniforms when they were apprehended at the Campo Border Patrol Westbound I-8 checkpoint at 11 p.m. on March 14 near Pine Valley, Calif., border officials said. Two U.S. citizens in the van also were arrested.

After the suspicious white van was subjected to secondary inspection, it was determined that the driver of the vehicle and its front seat passenger were U.S. citizens who were attempting to smuggle 13 illegal immigrants into the United States. All of the vehicle's occupants wore U.S. Marine uniforms, reportedly emblazoned with the name "Perez."

Looking at the pictures, it's not hard to see why they got caught.  One too many burritos there Pepe.

Wow! This is a BIG DEAL!!!

Commander Feckless is teetering on the ropes folks.  Obama has no clue what he's doing.  NONE!  If I didn't know better, I'd say he's hell bent on ruining western civilization. 

Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign.

On related notes.  First Obama said Gaddafi must go.  Now?  Not so much?

Says Obama:

“You are absolutely right that as long as Qadhafi remains in power, and unless he changes his approach and there are significant reforms in the Libyan government that allow the Libyan people to express themselves, there are still going be potential threats against Libyan people—unless he is going to step down,” Obama said.

Revealed: The SEIU's Plot to Destroy America

The Left's Economic Terrorism Playbook: Coalition too Destroy US Capitalism and Redistribute Wealth  

The Brits were pretty quick with Libya no?

I'm sitting there the other night watching Obama trying to play catch up with the Brits and Frogs over this whole Libya thing when it hit me: "Ali, why are the Brits so fast to do this? Aren't we usually the ones dragging them into these kinds of adventures?" Seriously folks. What's with that? Then it hit me. Oh course they want to wipe Qaddafi off the map. The better to erase any covert dealings they had for his oil when they sent that Lockerbie mastermind back home. You remember that guy. The one they sent back to Libya when he had 10 months to live 2 years ago? I'm on to you, ya Red Coats. I'll never forget the Alamo!!! You too France! I know you must be pretty guilty somehow. Wouldn't even let us fly over your damn country back when killing this ugly bastard could have mattered. Now you're all like "hey lets go bombing!" Please. Ali is sickened by both of you and now you're influencing our retarded president. Trying times.

"Blood for oil, baby! Groovy!!"

Two Pictures from the Same Day

March 21, 2011. 

Libya.  An American aircraft, sent into battle by President Obama, crashes.  Both crewmembers were forced to eject.

South America.  President Obama plays communist kickball with a little boy.

The World Loves Obama

Wasn't this the guy that was going to slow the ocean's rise? The one we've been waiting for? Man...What an ego!

Protesters in Chile

Top 60 Ghetto Names

Crisis?...What Crisis?

Double digit unemployment, nuclear meltdowns in Japan, and the United States joins another war.  And this assclown is dancing in Rio. 

The Appalachian Trail in 4 Minutes

The trip normally takes one to two months.

Green Tunnel from Kevin Gallagher on Vimeo.

Pooty Poot on Libya

Russia's prime minister is strongly criticizing the U.N. resolution allowing international use of force in Libya, saying it reminds him of the Crusades.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin also says the military actions against Libya prove that Russia is correct in its drive to strengthen its own defenses.

America #12

36 years ago these would have just been hitting store shelves. 

I distinctly remember the moment I opened a pack of these and there was a Steve Garvey inside.  It was outside a laundromat, which by itself, the trip to the laundromat was a great time for a kid.  They had vending machines and tumbling clothes.  And tons of loose change under the washers if you were willing to get a little dirty.  My brother, a huge Dodgers fan at the time, wanted the Garvey card.  I was a Reds fan, so I agreed he could have it if he gave me his Zero bar, my favorite at the time.

After much bickering, which seemed to always be the case, we exchanged items.  Later that day we would all get new tennis shoes.  I got my first pair of brand name tennis shoes.  Blue Pumas with a yellow stripe, two-sizes too big for my feet.

The Witch of Wall Street

I remember reading about this lady when I was a kid.  This morning, I saw a write-up about her at Neatorama.  So now seems like a good time to cut and paste some stuff about her.

Hetty Green, nicknamed "The Witch of Wall Street" (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916), was an American businesswoman, remarkable for her frugality during the Gilded Age, as well as for being the first American woman to make a substantial impact on Wall Street.

She was born Henrietta Howland Robinson in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Edward Mott Robinson and Abby Howland. Her family were Quakers who owned a large whaling fleet and also profited from the China trade.  At the age of two, she was living with her grandfather, Gideon Howland. Because of his influence and that of her father, and possibly because her mother was constantly ill, she took to her father's side and was reading financial papers to him by the age of six. When she was 13, Hetty became the family bookkeeper.


When her father died in 1864, she inherited $7.5 million in liquid assets, against the objections of most of her family, and invested in Civil War war bonds.

When she heard that her aunt Sylvia had willed most of her $2 million to charity, she challenged the will's validity in court by producing an earlier will which allegedly left the entire estate to Hetty, and included a clause invalidating any subsequent wills. The case, Robinson v. Mandell, which is notable as an early example of the forensic use of mathematics, was ultimately decided against Hetty after the court ruled that the clause invalidating future wills, and Sylvia's signature to it, were forgeries.

At the age of 33, she married Edward Henry Green, a member of a wealthy Vermont family. She made him renounce all rights to her money before the wedding on July 11, 1867. The married couple moved to Edward's home in Manhattan, but when her cousins tried to have her indicted for forgery based on the Robinson v. Mandell decision, they moved to London and they lived in the Langham Hotel. Her two children, Edward Howland Robinson "Ned" Green and Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland Green, were born there, Ned on August 23, 1868 and Sylvia on January 7, 1871.

As Edward pursued investments as a sort of "gentleman banker", Hetty began parlaying her inheritances into her own astonishing fortune. She formulated an investment strategy to which she stuck throughout her life: conservative investments, substantial cash reserves to back up any movement, and an exceedingly cool head amidst turmoil. During her time in London, most of her investment efforts focused on greenbacks, the notes printed by the U.S. government immediately after the Civil War. When more timid investors were wary of notes put forth by the still-recovering government, Hetty bought at full bore, claiming to have made US$1.25 million from her bond investments in one year alone. Her earnings on that front were to fund her great subsequent rail-bond purchases.

When the Green family returned to the United States, they went to Edward's hometown in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Already something of an eccentric, she began to quarrel, not only with her husband and in-laws, but also with the domestic servants and neighborhood shopkeepers. After the 1885 collapse of the financial house John J. Cisco & Son, in which Hetty was the largest investor, investigation revealed that Edward had not only been the firm's greatest debtor, but that management of the firm had surreptitiously used Hetty's wealth as the basis for their loans to Edward. Hetty, emphasizing that their finances were separate, withdrew her securities and deposited them in Chemical Bank. Edward moved out of their home.

There are many tales (of various degrees of accuracy) about Hetty Green's stinginess. She never turned on the heat nor used hot water. She wore one old black dress and undergarments that she changed only after they had been worn out[citation needed]. She did not wash her hands and rode an old carriage. She ate mostly pies that cost fifteen cents. One tale claims that she spent half a night searching her carriage for a lost stamp worth two cents. Another asserts that she instructed her laundress to wash only the dirtiest parts of her dresses (the hems) to save money on soap.

Green conducted much of her business at the offices of the Seaboard National Bank in New York, surrounded by trunks and suitcases full of her papers; she did not want to pay rent for an office. Later unfounded rumours claimed that she ate only oatmeal, heated on the office radiator. Possibly because of the stiff competition of the mostly male business environment and partly because of her usually dour dress sense (due mainly to frugality, but perhaps ascribable in part to her Quaker upbringing), she was given the nickname the "Witch of Wall Street". She was a successful businesswoman who dealt mainly in real estate, invested in railroads, and lent money. The City of New York came to Hetty in need of loans to keep the city afloat on several occasions, most particularly during the Panic of 1907; she wrote a check for $1.1 million and took her payment in short-term revenue bonds. Keenly detail-oriented, she would travel thousands of miles – alone, in an era when few women would dare travel unescorted – to collect a debt of a few hundred dollars.

Her frugality extended to family life. Her son Ned broke his leg as a child, and Hetty tried to have him admitted in a free clinic for the poor.  According to Green's biographer Charles Slack, the oft-repeated story that when she was recognized, she stormed away vowing to treat the wounds herself is only half true. He relates that having been found out (and perhaps also after procrastinating about seeking treatment for the boy in the first place), Green paid her bill and thereafter brought him to other doctors (while also trying home remedies).  Similarly, Slack relates that it is not true that the leg had to be amputated because of gangrene.  Rather, it was amputated after years of unsuccessful treatment. In any case, Ned ended up with a cork prosthesis.

When he moved away from his mother to manage the family's properties in Chicago and, later, Texas, Ned became an ardent philatelist and assembled one of the finest private stamp collections ever. In middle age, he returned to New York; his mother would pass her final months with him. Ned ultimately married his long-time "housekeeper" {a former prostitute he met in Texas}, Mabel, of whom Hetty wholeheartedly disapproved.

In her old age, she began to suffer from a bad hernia, but refused to have an operation because it cost $150. She suffered many strokes and had to rely on a wheelchair. She also became afraid that she would be kidnapped and made detours to evade the would-be pursuers. She began to suspect that her aunt and father had been poisoned.

Hetty Green died at age 81 in New York City.  According to her longstanding "World's Greatest Miser" entry in the Guinness Book of World Records, she died of apoplexy when she argued with a maid about the virtues of skimmed milk.  Estimates of her net worth ranged from $100 million to $200 million (or $1.9 – $3.8 billion in 2006 dollars). 

One Language for America

Farrakhan to Obama: "Who the Hell Do You Think You Are"?

Muslim on Muslim violence does not please Farrakhan.

Meanwhile...Gadhafi refers to Obama as "our dear son". Birthers?

New Drive-By Truckers

The new Dive-By Truckers album, "Go GoBoots", is out. In my opinion, despite what I thought was a sub-par release with their last album, they are the best American rock band out there today. And I don't even think it's close. Listen to all their stuff. It's hard not to agree.

Here's one from the new album.



And here's all you want to know about the making of the new album.

Ella Mae Morse - House of Blue Lights

From 1945.

Obama Has a Democrat Challenger in 2012

An upstart out of Mississippi.  It's going to be back to the flour mill Bammy.

The Bully Body Slam

You've probably seen this one already.  A couple of things: 1) The saying "pick on someone your own size" has never been more appropriate; and 2)  I could use this kid on my football team.



   

Fun with Old Mugshots

No particular reason...

Barack H. Obama Elementary School Closing

Irony is ruthless.  Just ruthless.

ASBURY PARK — The century-old Bangs Avenue School … renamed for President Barack Obama just a year ago … will be closed as a neighborhood school this summer, largely because of a steep slide in the district's total enrollment the past decade.

Thailand's Got Talent

I know Ali will appreciate this.  From IOTW:

Tales of Civil Discourse

Obama's Irish Kin Not Claiming Relation

I'm so glad I'm German.

A new study claims that President Obama has 28 living relatives who share his Irish ancestry, but some of the newly discovered kin aren't eager to share a pint with him.

In the study, released to The Associated Press by family history website Ancestry.com, genealogists traced the descendants of about two dozen passengers who came to America from Ireland on the ship Marmion in March 1850.

Obama found out years ago that an ancestor, Falmouth Kearney, fled the potato famine in Ireland and was brought to the United States on the Marmion when he was 19.

Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, was a descendant of one of Kearney's daughters and a man named Jacob Dunham.  The study further filled out the branches on Obama's family tree and identified 28 living descendants of Kearney living in the U.S. and abroad.

But despite the prestigious connection, some of the newly discovered relatives aren't exactly dancing an Irish jig.  "I really don't like to claim a relationship to Obama," Roma Joy Palmer, 66, of Mulvane, Kan., told the AP. "He is not my favorite president."

Words

Duke Only Recruits "Uncle Toms"

So says Jalen Rose.  You remember him right?  One of the chuckleheads at Michigan who helped introduce the baggy shorts to college basketball.  Yeah those guys.  The ones that talked all that shit, but never once backed it up. 

Somewhere, Jimmy The Greek is laughing his ass off.

Duke ain't happy.

The war of words between Michigan's Fab Five and the stars of Duke's 1991-1992 NCAA championship teams could continue. Ex-Duke star Grant Hill is writing an editorial for the New York Times in which he fires back at Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and other Wolverines for dissing him and former teammates Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley in the ESPN Films documentary The Fab Five, according to SportsbyBrooks.com.

In the documentary, Rose, the former Fab Five leader-turned ESPN analyst, accuses the Blue Devils of preferring to recruit "Uncle Tom" African-American athletes. King says he thought Hill was a "b----." Hill, now with the Phoenix Suns, is in his 16th season in the NBA. Hurley previously responded to the documentary by noting Duke was 3-0 against the Fab Five. He said Rose would have been a benchwarmer if he played for Coach K.

They Used to Call this Sedition

Now it's called progressivism.  A group of several nitwits thinks they want to start a socialist state in Arizona, on the border with Mexico. 

On the patio of a downtown bar here last Wednesday night, a handful of people gathered over pitchers of beer to plot the creation of America's 51st state.

With copies of the Arizona constitution before them, they debated how to turn Pima County—a liberal southern swatch of Arizona that borders Mexico and includes Tucson—into "Baja Arizona." "What's the objective?" one member asked the group, Start Our State. "Becoming our own state and making our own decisions," said organizer Paul Eckerstrom. Baja Arizona (the working title) will almost certainly remain a dream, but it suggests the growing chasm between the state's Republican leaders and its frustrated liberal minority.

About those Earthquakes

Burger King Boss Says British Food Sucks...And the Women are Butt Ugly

He's just saying what we're all thinking.

The global boss of the fast food empire Burger King has had to apologise after he told a group of American students that British women were unattractive and that English food was "terrible".

In unguarded comments, Burger King's chief executive, Bernardo Hees, offered a none too fond account of his younger days studying for an MBA at the University of Warwick, recalling that there were few distractions to put him off his studies. "The food is terrible and the women are not very attractive," said Hees, who quickly switched to flattery to charm his audience in Chicago. "Here in Chicago, the food is good and you are known for your good-looking women."

It's not like the British can argue with the statements.

British Snipers Wrecking Hell on the Taliban

I can't even do this in a video game.

The arrival at the newly-established Patrol Base Shamal Storrai (Pashto for “North Star”) in late August 2009 of Serjeant Tom Potter and Rifleman Mark Osmond marked the start of an astonishing episode in the history of British Army sniping.

Within 40 days, the two marksmen from 4 Rifles, part of the Welsh Guards Battle group, had achieved 75 confirmed kills with 31 attributed to Potter and 44 to Osmond. Each kill was chalked up as a little stick man on the beam above the firing position in their camouflaged sangar beside the base gate – a stick man with no head denoting a target eliminated with a shot to the skull.

Osmond, 25, was an engaging, fast-talking enthusiast, eager to display his encyclopedic knowledge of every specification and capability of his equipment. He had stubbornly remained a rifleman because he feared that being promoted might lead to his being taken away from sniping, a job he loved and lived for. Potter, 30, was more laid back, projecting a calm professionalism and quiet confidence in the value of what he did.

Potter had notched up seven confirmed kills in Bara in 2007 and 2008 while Osmond’s total was 23. Both were members of the Green Jackets team that won the 2006 British Army Sniper Championships.

On one occasion they killed eight Taliban in two hours, ‘I wasn’t comfortable with it at first,’ said Osmond, ‘you start wondering is it really necessary?’ But the reaction of the locals soon persuaded him. ‘We had people coming up to us afterwards, not scared to talk to us. They felt they were being protected’.

The snipers used suppressors, reducing the sound of the muzzle blast. Although a ballistic crack could be heard, it was almost impossible to work out where the shot was coming from. With the bullet travelling at three times the speed of sound, a victim was unlikely to hear anything before he died.

Walkie-talkie messages revealed that the Taliban thought they were being hit from helicopters. The longest-range shot taken was when Potter killed an insurgent at 1,430 metres away. But the most celebrated shot of their tour was by Osmond at a range of just 196 metres.

On September 12th, a known Taliban commander appeared on the back of a motorcycle with a passenger riding pillion. There was a British patrol in the village of Gorup-e Shesh Kalay and under the rules of engagement, the walkie-talkie the Taliban pair were carrying was designated a hostile act. As they drove off, Osmond fired warning shots with his pistol and then picked up his L96, the same weapon – serial number 0166 – he had used in Iraq and on the butt of which he had written, ‘I love u 0166’.

Taking deliberate aim, he fired a single shot. The bike tumbled and both men fell onto the road and lay there motionless. When the British patrol returned, they checked the men and confirmed they were both dead, with large holes through their heads.

Lesbian Haircuts

The DSE 908 - The Newest Ecig on the Market

For those who smoke electronic cicarettes, I bring you some good news.  The makers of the ultra-reliable DSE 901 have a new model.  It looks like the DSE 901 on steroids.

Friday Cover

There are few bands, none really, that can attempt a Rush cover without making me curl up in a ball and bleed from my ears and eyes.  Dream Theater on the other hand does a fabulous job. And incoporating some of the more obscure Rush songs into their live shows has become somewhat of a tradition.  I'm not a big fan of their studio music, but their individual talents cannot be ignored and the Rush covers?  Simply impeccable.

Here is a song that no true Rush fan can live without, "The Necromancer" from 1975's Caress of Steel.



Rockin'! And a nice touch with the end guitar solo hammered out on the synth.

I Need A Beer

Examine the following photograph.

The story behind this photograph fortunately, is not about the douchetastic fishface on the right, but about the young dark and lovely in the middle who was recently disqualified from a beauty pageant in Florida when "pornographic" pictures of her surfaced on the internet.

Life is full of choices my dear.  And if you elect to have photographs made of yourself in some state of nudity, chances are, it will eventually be made public record forever on the internet.  Especially so, considering that the photos were made at porn convention called Ms. Exxxotica.  Tough monkey love honey.  You wanna second chance?  Call me, I'll give you all the second chances you want.

But the larger story is in this photograph.  The man shithead on the left should immediately be executed for infractions of the highest order against civilized society.  Drinking a Dos Equis does not make you interesting nor does throwing a peace sign and an effeminate Miley Cyrus trout pout, you fucking idiot.  You are a MAN.  Act like one doucherino.  Real men smile in photographs or at least grin.  They don't wear $120 metrosexual undershirts and poke their lips out trying to be all pouty and shit.  You look like a fucking douche.  Period!

I am declaring a new law.  If you above the age of 22 and are caught in a photograph doing the trout pout, especially so for men, and you compound this with some stupid hand signal like a peace sign or "the shocker", especially so if you are a woman, you will be designated for immediate and indefinite detention in the federal prison which houses the person most likely to want to eat another human being's internal organs.  You have ceased to be of fair use to society, regardless of how many Dos Equis you like to drink.

Maintain The Theme

The first thing I think of before I go to court is to put my bra on.  That is of course, after I flat iron my hair.  The second thing I think of is, "Hey, what am I gonna do with this monkey?"  And naturally the answer is to put him in my bra.  Any one with higher function would think of that, don'tcha know?

Of course, this is all just a theoretical.  I don't flat iron my hair and I don't own a monkey.  Oh, and I don't wear bras.  Maybe a girdle every now and then when I'm feeling bloated. . .

All kidding aside, you have to ask yourself what has your life come to when as you prepare to go to the courthouse and your checklist is something like:  Purse, check!  Keys, check! Lipstick, check! Cellphone, check!  And then you make your way to the car when you realize, "Damn, I forgot the monkey!"

Honest proof that real life writes the best comedy.  Free of charge.

Trade Californians for the Japanese

In light of the tragic earthquake, I think we should sell California to the Japanese.  I'm pretty sure they'd buy it.  So long as we can get rid of the people who live in it.  I also think we should move Israel to New Jersey.  If they can disassemble the London Bridge and move it to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, I think moving the wailing wall is doable. 

And this has nothing to do with that, but here's a picture of a monkey taking a picture.

Faces

Everyone remembers the cult movie "Faces of Death" right?

Well, I am proud to introduce "Faces of Meth."  Equally as disturbing.  These could be your neighbors.

Paulians

I am not a fan of Ron Paul, nor his son.  I think they are a little too far out on the narrow limb of some fringe politics that I don't fully understand.  However, little Paul, Rand, has an absolute and stunning grasp of the obvious and can use it in such away that it's like a cold fusion laser beam vaporizing everything in its path. 

Might have to look into Little Paul further.  This boy may have a future in politics and this is a fine case of a deer meeting headlights for the first time.

When You're Right, You're Wrong

I watched some of the muslim terrorism hearings yesterday and what really came across to me was the fact that the Republicans were asking coherent and pointed questions, whereas the Democrats were whooping and hollering in dramatic fashion and in reality, contributing nothing to the discussion other than hyperbole.  No surprise there.

However, I guess they might be raising one good point.  All terrorists are not muslims.  Some of them could be ordinary people, for instance, three Hispanics duly sworn to protect the laws of their city, in AMERICA!!

The mayor and police chief of a small town on the U.S.-Mexico border were among 11 suspects indicted for allegedly trafficking around 200 guns to Mexico, authorities said on Thursday.


The U.S. Attorney's office in New Mexico said the mayor of Columbus, Eddie Espinoza, the town's police chief Angelo Vega, and village trustee Blas Gutierrez were among those arrested on an 84-count indictment.


"Gutierrez, Espinoza and Vega were duty sworn to protect and safeguard the people of Columbus," U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said in a statement.

Yes Martha, not all terrorists are muslims.  Maybe these three guys belonged to the Klan. What do you think?

Don't Let the Door Hit You in the Ass on the Way Out

“Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, ‘No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.’”

Mr. Obama is right.

If you’re president of China, people around the world who are fighting for freedom don’t really expect you to help. If you’re president of China, you don’t have to put up with annoying off-year congressional elections, and then negotiate your budget with a bunch of gun-and-religion-clinging congressmen and senators. If you’re president of China, you can fund your national public radio to your heart’s content. And if you’re president of China, when you host a conference on bullying in schools, people take you seriously.

What an absolute clown.  He wanted the job, and now he's crying about the criticism. 

I've warned you

Yes YOU! All you who think there is something so special about your talent that you must post a video of it on youtube and destroy another small part of rock and roll for the rest of us. Again, this kind of stuff is fine in the privacy of your own home. Knock yourself out! Be the king of rock and roll of your basement with gusto and pride. But when you set up your best microphone, a video camera and actually take the time to overdub some keyboards it better NOT come out sounding and looking like this!


People I'm on a one man mission to stamp out this kind of behavior. One day in the future you will think to yourself, "Damn, remember in the days before Ali Blah Blah started riduculing the talentless on youtube? Man, seemed like anyone would just throw up their crap on there. God bless you Ali!"

That day can't get here soon enough.

Sec. of State Cankles: Let's see what others think!

Empty suited secretary of State under massive turd president Obama thinks it might be a little too bold for the U.S., the most powerful country the world has ever seen, to do something about those jets bombing their own people in Libya.

Money shot quote:

"Absent international authorization, the United States acting alone would be stepping into a situation whose consequences are unforeseeable," Clinton said.

Is this person serious? I'm sorry but is this the same woman who was married (?) to the dude who bombed Kosovo for months while we had zero stake in the game?

You can read more of what this massive retard has to think on the matter
Here


Damn I miss Bush. If I were him I'd call a press conference right now and take charge of this whole mess. Can you imagine what one of his stock pro freedom speeches would do for that whole region right now?

Peace, Pieces and a Piece of Crap

So much for public harmony:

So we have also built several bombs that we have placed  in various locations around the areas in which we know that you frequent.  This includes, your house, your car, the state capitol, and well I won't tell you all of them because that's just no fun.

I guess the left is a little forgetful of what happened in Arizona some months ago, but the past is the past you know.  The time has come for bombs and threats and bullet and violence.  And all because the government of Wisconsin is going to decouple the union members from mandatory dues, which of course come from taxpayer monies and in turn are largely used to support Democratic causes and politicians.  In other words, legalized, but forced, money laundering.

On another note, I've been watching the wbecast of Rep. Peter King's jihad hearings and Shelia Jackson Lee just made a fucking fool out of herself.  Again.

There was an article written recently at the Daily Caller that discussed her poor treatment of her staff and her general poor attitude and ridiculous past accusations and statements.  Thanks 18th distirct of Houston.  You voted her in and absolutely deserve her.  She represents you well and is a reflection of your district's intelligence or rather, lack thereof.