Good things arrive in Santa's Sleigh, but there are lumps of coal ! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I am a warrior of justice, shining the Light of Truth into the dark corners of ignorance and Liberalism, just to watch the cockroaches scatter :)
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Roomate problems - - -
The First Sergeant, as the representative for the Commander for all enlisted matters in the unit is the primary individual who would have to make any new policy work. I can foresee the scenario going something like this:
Commander: Well, Top, the new policy is in effect. From now on it's "Don't Ask, but You can Tell." It's up to us to try and make the new policy work.
First Sergeant: Should be no problem, sir. After all, I can't see where being gay would affect anyone's duty performance.
Commander: That's the attitude! I'll leave it in your hands to make it work.
(One week later)
Airman Jones: Sir, I've got a problem.
First Sergeant: What's up, Jones?
Airman Jones: It's my roommate. He's Airman Thompson.
First Sergeant: So?
Airman Jones: Well, he's gay, Sir. He told me so.
First Sergeant: We briefed you on the new policy. Gay service people are no different from anyone else. Airman Thompson does just as good a job as you do.
Airman Jones: Yes sir, but he keeps staring at me when I shower or change clothes and stuff. It's really creeping me out.
First Sergeant: I can see how that might bother you. I'll have a talk with him.
(Later, that same day)
First Sergeant: Airman Thompson, we've got a problem.
Airman Thompson: Yes sir?
First Sergeant: Your roommate claims that you keep staring at him when he undresses. He feels uncomfortable with this.
Airman Thompson: Oh, no sir! I'm not looking at him. He's not even my type.
First Sergeant: Okay. Just do me and your roommate a favor. When he undresses, make sure you look in another direction. Give his privacy rights a little break, okay?
Airman Thompson: Sure sir! No problem.
(Five days later)
First Sergeant: We've got a problem, Jones. Your NCOIC says this is the 2nd time you've been late for work this week. What's going on?
Airman Jones: I'm sorry sir, but I can't sleep at night. Now, every time I even reach for my zipper, Airman Thompson stares at me and gives me a "wolf-whistle." I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm about ready to smack him.
First Sergeant: No. No. You can't do that. I'll have another talk with him. Don't you even think about harming him. Got it?
Airman Jones: <glumly> Yes, sir.
(Later)
First Sergeant: Thompson, your roommate claims you've been staring and whistling at him. That's sexual harassment, and we won't tolerate it. Understand?
Airman Thompson: I haven't been looking or whistling! He's just lying because he doesn't like homosexuals! Most people in the military don't like us, and they'll lie in a heartbeat!
First Sergeant: Look, you're not the only one that I'm having a problem with in implementing this policy. How about if I move you into a room all by yourself?
Airman Thompson: Sure!
(Two weeks later)
Commander: First Sergeant, we've just received an Inspector General Complaint. It claims that you've given all the homosexuals in the squadron a private room?
First Sergeant: Yes, sir. There were some serious problems developing between them and their heterosexual roommates. I thought it best to get them split up before someone got hurt.
Commander: I understand, but we can't give them special privileges. We don't have enough space to give everyone a single room, and you can't single out the homosexuals as getting a benefit that isn't available to the others. Now, fix it!
First Sergeant: Yes, sir.
(One week later)
Airman Pizaz: Airman Tippy is my girlfriend.
First Sergeant: That's nice. What can I do for you.
Airman Pizaz: Well, she wants to room with me.
First Sergeant: (spitting coffee) You know we can't room a male and female together in the barracks.
Airman Pizaz: Why not? You roomed Airman Thompson and Airman Eckers together.
First Sergeant: So?
Airman Pizaz: Come on, Shirt! Everyone knows they're going together. If Thompson gets to room with his boyfriend, how come I can't room with my girlfriend?
First Sergeant: Well.....I guess that makes sense. Okay, I'll approve it.
(Two weeks later)
Commander: (Storming into office, blowing steam out of his ears) What in the Hell are you doing, First Sergeant?
First Sergeant: Sir?
Commander: (Face turning blue) The Wing has just received a slew of Congressional Complaints about you from concerned parents! It appears as if you are allowing their young sons and daughters to shack up in my barracks. Is that true?
First Sergeant: Well, yes Sir....but...
..
Commander: (Having a kiniption) No buts!!!!!!! Not in my Air Force!!!!!! People don't shack up in Military Barracks!! Is that clear???
First Sergeant: Yes Sir.
Commander: (Jumping up and down) Fix this, now!!!
First Sergeant: (Thinking) How in the World do I fix this?
(After much thought)
I know! I'll room male homosexuals with female heterosexuals, and female homosexuals with male heterosexuals!
(One week later)
Commander: (Blood pressure rising like a steam boiler) First Sergeant, what in the blazes is going on in my squadron?
First Sergeant: Sir?
Commander: Every single male in the barracks now claims he's homosexual, and wants to move in with a heterosexual female!
First Sergeant: Well, Sir, I guess the studies were wrong. Maybe it is possible for one to change their sexual orientation.
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Just like Washington to force something on the military without the least concern for those who have to live with it - - -
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The most ignorant liberal I ever read - - -
http://greatworlddebate.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=trhitr93a86cl343pus6dhop71&topic=6692.msg152836#msg152836
"How do we make sure the world is fed and stays fed ? "
" Lotsa answers to this one. One thing I believe in is eating seasonally. In the US, I/you/we don't need grapes from Chile nor clementines from Israel just because "we can". Then, take the energy expended shipping those items to here and use to distribute less exotic (read "less profitable"...) but needed foodstuffs elsewhere.
You might have to go without your out-of-season asparagus for New Years Day, but that's the way it goes. Just MHO. "
Ah ! - - - where to begin - - -
It is not about need, we do not need 90 % of the things we have and do, but we have the freedom and the financial means to have and do them.
This moron happens to be a musician, so I say - - - we don't need music, let's take all the energy used to play music, make instruments, travel to musical events, and take all the money from the entire music industry and use it to transport food to poor people of the world - - - -
This idiot must be a communist at heart because he fails to understand the basics of capitalism. Things are available here for us to purchase (out of season !) because we have the mans and desire to pay for them.
There is no such thing as a free lunch - - - somebody pays.
If nobody pays, there is no lunch.
In many of the poorest countries there is plenty of donated food that arrives there, but the local government steals the food and sells it to those who can afford it, the poor who it was intended for mean nothing to those government leaders.
The solution to the world hunger problem is to spread democracy, not socialism. It is socialism that has led to these despotic regimes in the first place.
Bone headed do-gooderism helps keep these despots in power by donating food that these tyrants can then sell to buy the means to stay in power.
Stopping me from having my Chilean grapes or Israeli Clementines will do nothing to help the hungry and it may in fact be taking the very food out of the mouths of poor farmers who raise and sell them - - -
Capitalism is liberating and inspires growth and prosperity, socialism stunts initiative destroys growth, creates equal poverty and has failed everwhere it has been tried.
Why moronic liberals cannot see this is one of the great mysteries of the world - - -
"How do we make sure the world is fed and stays fed ? "
" Lotsa answers to this one. One thing I believe in is eating seasonally. In the US, I/you/we don't need grapes from Chile nor clementines from Israel just because "we can". Then, take the energy expended shipping those items to here and use to distribute less exotic (read "less profitable"...) but needed foodstuffs elsewhere.
You might have to go without your out-of-season asparagus for New Years Day, but that's the way it goes. Just MHO. "
Ah ! - - - where to begin - - -
It is not about need, we do not need 90 % of the things we have and do, but we have the freedom and the financial means to have and do them.
This moron happens to be a musician, so I say - - - we don't need music, let's take all the energy used to play music, make instruments, travel to musical events, and take all the money from the entire music industry and use it to transport food to poor people of the world - - - -
This idiot must be a communist at heart because he fails to understand the basics of capitalism. Things are available here for us to purchase (out of season !) because we have the mans and desire to pay for them.
There is no such thing as a free lunch - - - somebody pays.
If nobody pays, there is no lunch.
In many of the poorest countries there is plenty of donated food that arrives there, but the local government steals the food and sells it to those who can afford it, the poor who it was intended for mean nothing to those government leaders.
The solution to the world hunger problem is to spread democracy, not socialism. It is socialism that has led to these despotic regimes in the first place.
Bone headed do-gooderism helps keep these despots in power by donating food that these tyrants can then sell to buy the means to stay in power.
Stopping me from having my Chilean grapes or Israeli Clementines will do nothing to help the hungry and it may in fact be taking the very food out of the mouths of poor farmers who raise and sell them - - -
Capitalism is liberating and inspires growth and prosperity, socialism stunts initiative destroys growth, creates equal poverty and has failed everwhere it has been tried.
Why moronic liberals cannot see this is one of the great mysteries of the world - - -
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Santa just spent a week in the Bahamas - - -
- - - it is still a third world shit hole with islands of western development - - - but the rum is cheap !
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Food Stamps: A Microcosm of Out-of-Control Government
"Duplication of benefits between other federal programs is rampant. Children in food stamp-eligible families are often if not usually getting free lunches and/or breakfasts at school. It’s not mean or nasty to observe that such families are getting 21 meals’ worth of benefits each week their kids are in school, but only have to figure out how to feed their kids 11 or 16 times. Many college students on food stamps are receiving financial aid based on their school’s officially published cost of attendance, which includes tuition, fees, room — and board.
Thrift being no longer necessary, the next stage is apparently removing the expectation that recipients prepare their own meals. The program’s new frontier is permitting the purchase of restaurant meals. This “feature” is currently limited to four states and is in theory only available to the elderly, disabled, and homeless. If you believe that every fast-food cashier is verifying whether every person paying with their SNAP card really qualifies, I’ve got a Microsoft Sweepstakes-winning email to forward to you. It should be no surprise that lobbying efforts to expand restaurant merchant eligibility are well under way. I sense that another “win-win” at taxpayers’ expense, which will also serve to cement currently too-high benefit levels, is on the horizon.
Finally, the food stamp program, like so many other federal efforts, is riddled with fraud. Ohio alone replaces 200,000 supposedly “lost” food stamp cards per year out of a current pool of 1.6 million recipients, or perhaps 500,000 households. Many if not most of the cards are being sold for cash or drugs."
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/food-stamps-a-microcosm-of-out-of-control-government/2/
Thrift being no longer necessary, the next stage is apparently removing the expectation that recipients prepare their own meals. The program’s new frontier is permitting the purchase of restaurant meals. This “feature” is currently limited to four states and is in theory only available to the elderly, disabled, and homeless. If you believe that every fast-food cashier is verifying whether every person paying with their SNAP card really qualifies, I’ve got a Microsoft Sweepstakes-winning email to forward to you. It should be no surprise that lobbying efforts to expand restaurant merchant eligibility are well under way. I sense that another “win-win” at taxpayers’ expense, which will also serve to cement currently too-high benefit levels, is on the horizon.
Finally, the food stamp program, like so many other federal efforts, is riddled with fraud. Ohio alone replaces 200,000 supposedly “lost” food stamp cards per year out of a current pool of 1.6 million recipients, or perhaps 500,000 households. Many if not most of the cards are being sold for cash or drugs."
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/food-stamps-a-microcosm-of-out-of-control-government/2/
Thursday, September 15, 2011
We knew it was true - - - we just did not want to admit it - - - "A culture in regression"
But Fred nails it - - -
"The night closes in. Read the surveys of what children know, what students in universities know. Approximately nothing. We have become wanton morons. As the intellectual shadows fall again, as literacy declines and minds grow dim in the new twilight, who will copy the parchments this time?
No longer are we a schooled people. Brash new peasants grin and peck at their iPods. Unknowing, incurious, they gaze at their screens and twiddle, twiddle. They will not preserve the works of five millenia. They cannot. They do not even know why.
Twilight really does come. Sales of books fall. Attention spans shorten. Music gives way to angry urban grunting. The young count on their fingers when they do not have a calculator, know less by the year. We have already seen the first American generations less educated than their parents. College graduates do not know when World War One happened, or what the Raj was. They have read nothing except the nothing that they read, and little of that. Democracy was an interesting thought."
Read more - - -
http://www.fredoneverything.net/DarkAgesII.shtml
"The night closes in. Read the surveys of what children know, what students in universities know. Approximately nothing. We have become wanton morons. As the intellectual shadows fall again, as literacy declines and minds grow dim in the new twilight, who will copy the parchments this time?
No longer are we a schooled people. Brash new peasants grin and peck at their iPods. Unknowing, incurious, they gaze at their screens and twiddle, twiddle. They will not preserve the works of five millenia. They cannot. They do not even know why.
Twilight really does come. Sales of books fall. Attention spans shorten. Music gives way to angry urban grunting. The young count on their fingers when they do not have a calculator, know less by the year. We have already seen the first American generations less educated than their parents. College graduates do not know when World War One happened, or what the Raj was. They have read nothing except the nothing that they read, and little of that. Democracy was an interesting thought."
Read more - - -
http://www.fredoneverything.net/DarkAgesII.shtml
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Comcast and SMECO both suck ! ! !
7 days without power, near two weeks with no phone or internet access !
I am looking at satellite TV and wireless internet - - -
Thank heaven for cell phones ! ! !
I am looking at satellite TV and wireless internet - - -
Thank heaven for cell phones ! ! !
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Sanddancer is a lying bastard ! ! !
http://greatworlddebate.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=idu09lbmj5os4ihhcvsf0bf5t4&topic=5958.msg134941#msg134941
"We need to tax the lower 50% of earners (responsible for 2.5% of US income). If we tax them at 100% we can fill in the hole that the Bush tax cuts made."
http://cdn.financialsamurai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/toptaxes.jpg
"We need to tax the lower 50% of earners (responsible for 2.5% of US income). If we tax them at 100% we can fill in the hole that the Bush tax cuts made."
http://cdn.financialsamurai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/toptaxes.jpg
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
A lesson from the U.K. - - -
Socialism fails everywhere and everytime it is tried.
Click to enlarge.
"Years of liberal dogma have spawned a generation of amoral, uneducated, welfare dependent, brutalised youngsters !"
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2024284/UK-riots-2011-Liberal-dogma-spawned-generation-brutalised-youths.html#ixzz1Uex51L1M
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2024284/UK-riots-2011-Liberal-dogma-spawned-generation-brutalised-youths.html#ixzz1Uex51L1M
The Libs are so afraid of Michelle Bachmann that they cannot even print a decent picture of her - - -
Even Jon Stewart get it - - -
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Obama endorses failure - - -
- - - exempts poor performing schools from testing requirements - - - wonder if Teachers Unions are behind this ? ? ?
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/duncan-states-will-get-school-testing-wa
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/duncan-states-will-get-school-testing-wa
Where the Democrat's class warfare will lead - - -
"Two girls who took part in Monday night's riots in Croydon have boasted that they were showing police and "the rich" that "we can do what we want". "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14458424
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14458424
Monday, August 8, 2011
The "National Debt" was pretty reasonable until 2006 - - -
Click to enlarge
Do you recall what happend in 2006 ? ? ?
Whoever fostered this spending spree on us should go to jail - - - and I think many have a D after their name !
Sunday, August 7, 2011
I think a picture is worth a thousand words - - -
That is one "Aggie Party Animal" if I ever saw one - - -
Question is, does poor performance as a "yout" in college ban you from later success ? ? ?
If so I would be on skid row :)
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
IF ! ! !
If any other of our presidents
had doubled the National Debt, which
had taken more than two centuries
to accumulate, in one year,
would You have Approved?
If any other of our presidents
had then proposed to Double
the debt again within 10 years,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had criticized a State Law that
he admitted he never even read,
would you think that he is
just an ignorant hot Head?
If any other of our presidents
joined the country of Mexico and sued a
State in the United States to force that State
to continue to allow Illegal Immigration,
would you question his patriotism
and wonder who's side he was on?
If any other of our presidents
had pronounced the Marine Corps
as if it were the Marine Corpse,
would you think him an Idiot?
If any other of our presidents
had put 87,000 workers out of work
by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on
offshore oil drilling on companies that have
one of the best safety records of any industry
because one foreign company had an accident,
would you have agreed?
If any other of our presidents
had used a forged document as the
basis of the moratorium that would render
87000 American workers unemployed,
would you support him?
If any other of our presidents
had been the first President to need a
teleprompter installed to be able to get through
a press conference, would you have laughed and said
this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is
really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If any other of our presidents
had spent hundreds of thousands of Dollars
to take his First Lady to a play in NYC,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had reduced your retirement plan holdings
of GM stock by 90% and given the
unions a majority stake in GM,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had made a joke at the expense
of the Special Olympics,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive
and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown
had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had given the Queen of England an
IPod containing videos of his speeches,
would you have thought it to be a
proud moment for America ?
If any other of our presidents
had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia ,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had visited Austria and made reference
to the nonexistent "Austrian language,"
would you have brushed it off
as a minor slip?
If any other of our presidents
had filled his Cabinet and circle of
Advisers with people who cannot seem
to keep current on their Income Taxes,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had stated that there were 57 states in
the United States , wouldn't you have had
second thoughts about his capabilities?
If any other of our presidents
would have flown all the way to Denmark
to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics
would benefit him walking out his front door in his
home town, would you not have thought he was
a self-important, conceited, egotistical jerk?
If any other of our presidents
had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to
"Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador
when it was "The 5th of May" (Cinco de Mayo),
and then continue to flub it when he tried again,
wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?
If any other of our presidents
had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel
to go plant a single tree on Earth Day,
would you have concluded he's a Hypocrite?
If any other of our presidents'
Administrations had okayed Air Force One
flying low over millions of people followed by
a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing
widespread panic, would you have wondered
whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If any other of our presidents
had failed to send relief aid to flood victims
throughout the Midwest, with more people killed
or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you
want it made into a major ongoing Political issue
with claims of racism and incompetence?
If any other of our presidents
had created the positions of 32 Czars
who report directly to him, bypassing
the House and Senate on much of
what is happening in America ,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had ordered the firing of the CEO
of a major corporation, even though he
had no constitutional authority to do so,
would you have approved?
had doubled the National Debt, which
had taken more than two centuries
to accumulate, in one year,
would You have Approved?
If any other of our presidents
had then proposed to Double
the debt again within 10 years,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had criticized a State Law that
he admitted he never even read,
would you think that he is
just an ignorant hot Head?
If any other of our presidents
joined the country of Mexico and sued a
State in the United States to force that State
to continue to allow Illegal Immigration,
would you question his patriotism
and wonder who's side he was on?
If any other of our presidents
had pronounced the Marine Corps
as if it were the Marine Corpse,
would you think him an Idiot?
If any other of our presidents
had put 87,000 workers out of work
by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on
offshore oil drilling on companies that have
one of the best safety records of any industry
because one foreign company had an accident,
would you have agreed?
If any other of our presidents
had used a forged document as the
basis of the moratorium that would render
87000 American workers unemployed,
would you support him?
If any other of our presidents
had been the first President to need a
teleprompter installed to be able to get through
a press conference, would you have laughed and said
this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is
really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If any other of our presidents
had spent hundreds of thousands of Dollars
to take his First Lady to a play in NYC,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had reduced your retirement plan holdings
of GM stock by 90% and given the
unions a majority stake in GM,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had made a joke at the expense
of the Special Olympics,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive
and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown
had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had given the Queen of England an
IPod containing videos of his speeches,
would you have thought it to be a
proud moment for America ?
If any other of our presidents
had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia ,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had visited Austria and made reference
to the nonexistent "Austrian language,"
would you have brushed it off
as a minor slip?
If any other of our presidents
had filled his Cabinet and circle of
Advisers with people who cannot seem
to keep current on their Income Taxes,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had stated that there were 57 states in
the United States , wouldn't you have had
second thoughts about his capabilities?
If any other of our presidents
would have flown all the way to Denmark
to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics
would benefit him walking out his front door in his
home town, would you not have thought he was
a self-important, conceited, egotistical jerk?
If any other of our presidents
had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to
"Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador
when it was "The 5th of May" (Cinco de Mayo),
and then continue to flub it when he tried again,
wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?
If any other of our presidents
had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel
to go plant a single tree on Earth Day,
would you have concluded he's a Hypocrite?
If any other of our presidents'
Administrations had okayed Air Force One
flying low over millions of people followed by
a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing
widespread panic, would you have wondered
whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If any other of our presidents
had failed to send relief aid to flood victims
throughout the Midwest, with more people killed
or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you
want it made into a major ongoing Political issue
with claims of racism and incompetence?
If any other of our presidents
had created the positions of 32 Czars
who report directly to him, bypassing
the House and Senate on much of
what is happening in America ,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents
had ordered the firing of the CEO
of a major corporation, even though he
had no constitutional authority to do so,
would you have approved?
Speaking of "mind numbed robots" ! ! !
How many times can the Democrat minions repeat the "talking points" from the DNC ? ? ?
Tell me again how the mainstream media is "centrist " - - -
Thursday, July 28, 2011
The "Green" thing - - -
The Green Thing
In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment."
He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry the clothes.
Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.
When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by woking so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.
We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Keep your puppies and kittys indoors - - -
- - - unless you want them to disappear - - -
This cat hunted it's way from South Dakota to Conneticut
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2011/07/26/news/doc4e2f1341de52f489437623.txt?viewmode=fullstory
This cat hunted it's way from South Dakota to Conneticut
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2011/07/26/news/doc4e2f1341de52f489437623.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
But here's the breaking news for wishful Democrats: George W. Bush isn't running for anything but exercise.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/07/obama-poll-jobs-democratic-base-crumbling.html
"More than a third of Americans now believe that President Obama’s policies are hurting the economy, and confidence in his ability to create jobs is sharply eroding among his base," the Post reports.
Strong support among liberal Democrats for Obama's jobs record has plummeted 22 points from 53% down below a third. African Americans who believe the president's measures helped the economy have plunged from 77% to barely half.
Obama's overall job approval on the economy has slid below 40% for the first time, with 57% disapproving. And strong disapprovers outnumber approvers by better than two-to-one."
"More than a third of Americans now believe that President Obama’s policies are hurting the economy, and confidence in his ability to create jobs is sharply eroding among his base," the Post reports.
Strong support among liberal Democrats for Obama's jobs record has plummeted 22 points from 53% down below a third. African Americans who believe the president's measures helped the economy have plunged from 77% to barely half.
Obama's overall job approval on the economy has slid below 40% for the first time, with 57% disapproving. And strong disapprovers outnumber approvers by better than two-to-one."
Saturday, July 23, 2011
The problem with Somalia - - -
Is Somalis - - -
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3709428/Somalia-famine-claims-baseless.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News
Tons of relief food makes it to Somalia, but then the warlords seize it, sell it and otherwise withold if from going where it needs to be to feed the starving masses.
Until the people rise up and overthrow the warlords and install a government that will actually work to help the starving people - - - there is little hope - - -
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3709428/Somalia-famine-claims-baseless.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News
Tons of relief food makes it to Somalia, but then the warlords seize it, sell it and otherwise withold if from going where it needs to be to feed the starving masses.
Until the people rise up and overthrow the warlords and install a government that will actually work to help the starving people - - - there is little hope - - -
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
German nudists fewer and fatter - - -
- - - probably shorter and dumber too :)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-germany-nudists-idUSTRE76J3KW20110720
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-germany-nudists-idUSTRE76J3KW20110720
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Bill Maher is so obsessed with Palin and Bachman
Why is it that he never comments on liberal idiots like Maxine Waters ? ? ?
Thursday, July 14, 2011
"What could possibly go wrong ? "
We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't,
Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor,
but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents,
written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it,
and signed by a President who smokes,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes,
for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect,
by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare,
all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese,
and financed by a country that's broke!!!!!
What the hell could possibly go wrong? "
Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor,
but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents,
written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it,
and signed by a President who smokes,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes,
for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect,
by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare,
all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese,
and financed by a country that's broke!!!!!
What the hell could possibly go wrong? "
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Obama sinks to scaring old folks - - -
"The Republicans are going to hold up your Social Security and disability checks "
What a desperate low life loser ! ! !
What a desperate low life loser ! ! !
The hallmark of a successful President - - -
- - - should be reflected in what others think of our credit worthiness ! ! !
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-13/u-s-rating-placed-on-review-for-downgrade-by-moody-s-as-debt-talks-stall.html
This makes Obama a loser !
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-13/u-s-rating-placed-on-review-for-downgrade-by-moody-s-as-debt-talks-stall.html
This makes Obama a loser !
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Watch the moronic liberals rail against the successful !
http://greatworlddebate.net/index.php?topic=5549.msg124735#msg124735
" The top 1% earn 80% of the income. "
I don't know if they are stupid or just congenital liars !
The facts - - -
SUMMARY OF FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX DATA, 2010
" The top 1% earn 80% of the income. "
I don't know if they are stupid or just congenital liars !
The facts - - -
SUMMARY OF FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX DATA, 2010
Monday, July 11, 2011
Now that white peaches are in season - - -
- - - it seems appropriate to review how to make the perfect Bellini :)
Friday, July 8, 2011
New take on "man bites dog" - - -
Banana attacks gorilla - - -
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-strongsville-banana-attacks-gorilla-mascot-mr-txt,0,7580867.story?track=rss
Payback is a BRAVO INDIA TANGO CHARLIE HOTEL !
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-strongsville-banana-attacks-gorilla-mascot-mr-txt,0,7580867.story?track=rss
Payback is a BRAVO INDIA TANGO CHARLIE HOTEL !
Only "Tree Huggers" could be this ignorant - - -
But then that is what wacko-enviornmentalism is all about - - - liberals feeling good - - - on our dime !
http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2011/07/07/20110707gilbert-cosmo-dog-park-poop-digester.html
Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Must be some desperate men in New Hampshire - - -
Mug Shots: 3 Charged With Prostitution In Manchester
Read more: http://www.wmur.com/slideshow/news/28331042/detail.html#ixzz1R4JlNKtu
http://www.wmur.com/slideshow/news/28331042/detail.html
Once before you die - - -
- - - you should visit Washington D.C. for the Fourth of July Fireworks !
And "ol Hogsanta" is going to tell you how to do it without getting stuck in hours of traffic or walking several miles and fighting the crowds.
First you need a vehicle that will hold a bicycle and a folding camp chair for each person !
Second you need to equip this vehicle with a large cooler and a nice picnic lunch.
Drive to Washington very early about 5-6 P.M., park at Arlington National Cemetary, it has a large lot and there will be parking if you go early enough.
Bicycle with chair and cold drinks down Arlington Bulevard as far as you feel comfortable, park your bikes and enjoy a cold drink and wait for the fireworks.
After the fireworks sit tight, have another cold beverage and wait for the traffic to clear a bit.
Bicycle back to your vehicle, have one more cold drink (restrooms in the parking lot!) and have a light traffic drive home !
And "ol Hogsanta" is going to tell you how to do it without getting stuck in hours of traffic or walking several miles and fighting the crowds.
First you need a vehicle that will hold a bicycle and a folding camp chair for each person !
Second you need to equip this vehicle with a large cooler and a nice picnic lunch.
Drive to Washington very early about 5-6 P.M., park at Arlington National Cemetary, it has a large lot and there will be parking if you go early enough.
Bicycle with chair and cold drinks down Arlington Bulevard as far as you feel comfortable, park your bikes and enjoy a cold drink and wait for the fireworks.
After the fireworks sit tight, have another cold beverage and wait for the traffic to clear a bit.
Bicycle back to your vehicle, have one more cold drink (restrooms in the parking lot!) and have a light traffic drive home !
Friday, July 1, 2011
How do rats know - - -
- - - when a ship is sinking ? ? ?
"Geithner may want to go; will Obama let him?"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-usa-geithner-idUSTRE76068V20110701
"Geithner may want to go; will Obama let him?"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-usa-geithner-idUSTRE76068V20110701
Thursday, June 30, 2011
- - - There ain't enough chlorine - - -
"FALL RIVER (FOX25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The body of a Fall River woman was discovered floating in a state run pool late Tuesday night, two days after she apparently drowned in that same pool."
Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/woman-dies-in-public-pool-in-fall-river-25-apx-20110629#ixzz1QlU5hj4T
State employees at their finest !
Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/woman-dies-in-public-pool-in-fall-river-25-apx-20110629#ixzz1QlU5hj4T
State employees at their finest !
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
They never whine when the Dems steal their music ! ! !
"Following in the steps of David Byrne v. Charlie Crist and other legendary artist versus candidate smack downs, Tom Petty is reportedly preparing to take legal action against Michele Bachmann's campaign, after she played his 1977 hit "American Girl" at her 2012 announcement rally in Iowa Monday."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/tom-petty-reportedly-wants-bachmann-stop-using-american-202756833.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/tom-petty-reportedly-wants-bachmann-stop-using-american-202756833.html
Monday, June 27, 2011
Reconquista ! ! !
"If the U.S. soccer team were hoping for the home advantage during Saturday's Gold Cup final then they were in for a nasty surprise.
Despite being the 'home' side in California's Rose Bowl stadium, the majority of fans - most of them American born of naturalized Mexicans - booed and jeered the U.S. team.
The surprising scenes were followed by angry outbursts from U.S. team goalkeeper Tim Howard, who was visibly shaken after the entire post match ceremony was conducted in Spanish."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2008444/Only-America-U-S-soccer-team-booed-Mexico--California.html#ixzz1QUL5XDqx
Well it is only California - - - perhaps it would be better if we gave it back to Mexico - - - they are going to take it by adverse immigration in any case !
Despite being the 'home' side in California's Rose Bowl stadium, the majority of fans - most of them American born of naturalized Mexicans - booed and jeered the U.S. team.
The surprising scenes were followed by angry outbursts from U.S. team goalkeeper Tim Howard, who was visibly shaken after the entire post match ceremony was conducted in Spanish."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2008444/Only-America-U-S-soccer-team-booed-Mexico--California.html#ixzz1QUL5XDqx
Well it is only California - - - perhaps it would be better if we gave it back to Mexico - - - they are going to take it by adverse immigration in any case !
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
NawLins weather man - - -
"Wazzup, mutha-***kas! Hehr-i-cane Chamiqua be headin' fo' yo ass like Leroy on a crotch rocket!
Bitch be a category fo'!
So, turn off dem chitlins, grab yo' chirren, leave yo crib, and head fo' de nearest FEMA office fo yo FREE SHIT. "
Truth is stranger than fiction - - -
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/hurricane.asp
Bitch be a category fo'!
So, turn off dem chitlins, grab yo' chirren, leave yo crib, and head fo' de nearest FEMA office fo yo FREE SHIT. "
Truth is stranger than fiction - - -
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/hurricane.asp
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Bono - - - what a piece of work ! ! !
"Last year, Bono's nonprofit ONE foundation was at the center of semi-scandal when it was revealed that in 2008 the organization raised $14,993,873 in public donations — of which only $184,732 (or just over ONE percent) was distributed to charities. Where did the rest go? Well, more than $8 million went to salaries for executives and employees at ONE. In response to the fusillade of criticism following these revelations, ONE spokesman Oliver Buston explained, "We don't provide programs on the ground. We're an advocacy and campaigning organization."
What a bonehead !
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-u2-20110621,0,5154423,print.story
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Veggie lunch ! ! !
All from our local Amish grower, picked yesterday, except the corn which was picked this morning ! ! !
We start with a cucumber and tomato salad with a touch of scallion - - - I like mine with vinegar, olive oil, and salt and pepper.
We start with a cucumber and tomato salad with a touch of scallion - - - I like mine with vinegar, olive oil, and salt and pepper.
Number 2 is lightly breaded and deep fried baby zucchini dipped in a ranch dip seasoning with sour cream and a touch of cream cheese.
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