She's TOAST

Funny thing is...Nader did it. Rolled that Corvair right over on her.

Obama might have had it won on his own before today, but Nader makes it official.

Nader takes the wackos from the far left...now Obama tacks back to the middle.

Ask Theodore White how it's done...since 1960.

HillaryCare: Compulsary Medical Insurance

Hillary has stated that she wants MANDATORY medical insurance in this great land of ours. That's right...she wants to pass a law that forces you to buy it. Never mind that you may already have medical insurance, and never mind that you might actually like the plan you have. Oh no.

You will be forced to purchase insurance from HillaryCare.

She's even said she wants the power to fine you if you don't. Yikes.

Here's what it gets you:


Good luck with that heart attack...or stroke...or broken hip when you fall. You might have to wait an average of over an hour before you're admitted to the ER.

How's that working for ya?

Turn out the Lights...

...the party's over. I sure wish I could get the Don Meredith version of that song up here on the blog.

I'm predicting that this picture:

is Hillary's Dukakis moment.


I mean, really, how bout this picture?

The head of AFSCME, Gerald McEntee, could hardly keep his lunch down.

That first picture will sink her. If a man did that, they'd say he was a bully. Hillary doing it? Well, it says that she has to come out swinging, because she can't persuade anyone. She's almost got me rooting for her...she's gonna be a tough guy and beat up Asad or something? 86 the gloves, dummy.

I'm telling you, this is her Dukakis moment...one more peek:

Target Practice

How hard could this be?



2,000 feet above the Nimitz...



SHOOT THIS S.O.B. DOWN!

I think we should drum out of the Navy the Captain or RADM
whose flag was on the Nimitz. He certainly jeopardized the safety
and wellbeing of his ship and crew.

UPDATE: OK, I had a double Jack Daniels,
just like COB wanted me to.
He's right, as usual. That's why he has the salad on his chest.
Thanks COB! I needed the smack.

Bush Derangement Syndrome

I was in Spain this past week at a sales meeting. We had folks from all over the world together for 3 days of hard work (yeah, right).

At dinner one night, I was at a table of 10, with mostly Brits and Irish (with the odd Swede joining us -- and I do mean odd. ;-)

At one point during the evening, one of my co-workers asked the money question - who would I vote for in the upcoming election? You know what they say about not discussing religion or politics in an open session like this, but hey, he started it. I answered that my candidate was not running, so I was very disappointed in the choices I faced this November. Now, of course I worded it this way on purpose, to get the next question asked -- who was my candidate?

I stated, "Well, it's against the law for him to run again, but if he could, I'd vote for George Bush in a minute".

It was as if all of the air was sucked out of the room, as 9 others took in deep breaths of astonishment. Oh boy, this was going exactly as I wanted it to! Here was the largest display of shock and awe (well, ok, not awe) that I'd seen since I stated my opinion that we should Nuke Iran.

What followed was 30 minutes of lively debate between your humble scribe and an English sales guy. Now, I respect his opinion, and wasn't trying to change it...but, really, he had so little of substance to back up his horror at my statement and his hatred for GWB that he really embarrassed himself. Not that any of the others at the table swung over to my view...it's just that he sure couldn't back up his arguments.

First he stated that it was the Bush swagger that bothered him the most. I said, "OK, so your argument is that you don't like him because of his posture?" No, no, no, said he -- it was Bush's arrogance that drove him mad. "So your main objection to Bush is his personality?" I was backing him into a corner and he just couldn't get out of it.

Next he said that he objected to America's unilateral attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. Unilateral? In the first Gulf War, we had a coalition of over 50 countries, and UN approval to go in. In the latest Gulf War, we had a new coalition and UN approval. How unilateral is that? I stated these facts, plus said, "Hey, not that I give a crap about the UN's approval, but at least we got it. How in the hell can you say that we acted unilaterally?" No answer, of course.

I said look, why don't you just tell me why you don't like GWB...and be specific about policies or actions that he's taken that you don't like.

Of course, it was Iraq. How could I possibly support having our troops in Iraq? I reminded him that British troops were fighting alongside ours...to which he responded, "I don't support our troops being there, either".

Without going through the entire escapade, suffice it to say that I was adamant that we are fighting a war against people that would rather blow us up than live side-by-side with us. He said that if we weren't so arrogant, and tried to get along with others better, we would be more respected and accepted in the world. I laughed in his face. I pointed to one of the women at our table and said, "Hey, in their world, if she were to go outside of her house alone, without a male escort, sit next to me at this table and hold my hand like this (I held her hand in both of mine), she would be dead the next day from an honor killing. Do you understand what an honor killing is? And they'd get away with it under sharia law. Do you for one minute think it is acceptable to allow them to do that shit?

DO YOU?"



Well, I made my point, but didn't change any minds. It never ceases to amaze me what harm the left-wing media does in shaping opinion. This guy spewed all of the headlines from MSNBC and CNN, without really understanding the underlying issues, nor really being able to defend his position.

Again, I respect his sales skills and his right to his opinion. I was disappointed that he couldn't articulate them better. And I'll bet that I came across as the cowboy that night...sigh.

NoBama alert

The beer came out of the nose on this one.

A commie endorses a commie...and we're surprised?

Challenger Loss 1986

God bless their souls.

Here's Reagan's speech to the country about this terrible tragedy.



The best thing we can to do honor these brave men and women is to continue our exploration of space.

H/T and picture from Steeljawscribe

Hillary as Monica

"...and Willy's willy is this long..."

What was it Monica said?

"Put 'er there, pal."

Taxes -- Will Democrats (and Economists) Ever Learn?

You simply MUST read this editorial in today's Wall Street Journal by Arthur Laffer. The money quote:

Mark my words: If the Democrats succeed in implementing their plan to tax the rich and cut taxes on the middle and lower income earners, this country will experience a fiscal crisis of serious proportions that will last for years and years until a new Harding, Kennedy or Reagan comes along.

Trained economists know all of this is true, but they try to rebut the facts nonetheless because they believe it will curry favor with their political benefactors.

Mr. Laffer is president of Laffer Associates

Laffer is a smart guy...and he's right about how the top 1% of taxpayers react to tax changes. Cut my taxes and I'll spend the money.

(Hey Citz!)

FredEx

Sad to say, but I'm now a



H/T Crotchety Old Bastard

The D.B. Cooper Recovery

On Special Report with Brit Hume tonight, Charles Krauthammer was discussing the effect of the proposed economic stimulus being proposed by Washington. Charles stated that it was easy to get bipartisan support for "dropping money out of airplanes". Agreed!

I hereby name this the D.B. Cooper Recovery.



If you don't know the name, you're too young to make a difference in the economy anyway! But don't stop spending money on iTunes.

Bill Clinton "Has a Dream"

I wish I had thought of that title...but it's from Breitbart.tv
Catch Slick Willy nodding off in a sermon honoring MLK.



Presidential retirement pay...$200,000 per year.

Speaking fees...$100,000 per hour.

"How much longer?" checking your watch...$100.

Nodding off in church on MLK day...PRICELESS!

Oh yeah...he was our first black president...

The Defeatist

Hillary was asked tonight if she would win the war in Iraq.
She said, "I will bring our troops home".

Drop her into a bar in San Antonio and let's see how long she lasts.

What a loser. How could a soldier vote for this bitch?

And Bill Clinton as our nation's first black president? Puh-leez.

McCain is a LOSER

I dislike John McCain for many reasons...not least of which are McCain-Feingold and his support of amnesty with Teddy.



But his appearance last night with Lindsey Graham takes the cake.



As you know, my pal Crotchety Old Bastard has written a book about what a loser Graham is. Click on over and buy a copy to support the effort to oust Lindsey.



At least we know how exciting McCain is as speaker...check out Lindsey last night.



H/T: The Corner and NRO.

Put HRC (Hillary Rodham the Commie) in Jail

I had a post a while ago, wondering why we didn't put this bitch in jail for treason.

Now she's committing conspiracy to commit theft (a felony).

Check out this video.



Skip to the 2 minute mark in the video, and she says this:

We have white collar jobs. We have blue collar jobs. It's time we had millions of good green collar jobs. So I want to invest through a strategic energy fund by taking the money away from the oil companies and putting it to work on clean, renewable fuel.

I say again, put her in jail and shut her ass up.

I guess the other alternative is to let her run loose, spewing this crap, and she'll lose to Fred.
Yeah, that's the ticket.



H/T Suitably Flip

Next week's NFL games

Here are my picks for this week...no point spreads, just the winners.



The only upset here is I'm picking Seattle to beat the Packers.

The game of the week next week will be Colts-Pats.

We'll see what The Guy from Boston says next week...

UPDATE: Ok, I could be wrong.

At 6pm CST, it's 42-20 Packers. Mama-san just sang, "Turn out the lights..."

UPDATE: Hehe, they didn't even cover the spread. Nice job, Holmgren, ya loser.

SINK EM

I have complete faith in the skippers of those US warships. If these Iranian dumbasses had turned directly into our ships, they'd be flotsam.

That said, I think we should have blown them out of the water. Period. Don't let the Iranians (or anyone) pull this b.s. in the Gulf.

Watch it here.

Fred Thompson Video

Here's the video that we've all be waiting for -- one that shows Fred as a real conservative, and that he has great ideas. I wish he'd come out with this sooner, but we'll take what we can get.

Vonage Customer Service - Part 7

Called at 12.05pm CST. Got through to an agent within 1 minute.

Transferred to Tech Support at 12.10pm. Tech support recording says "your estimated hold time is 5 to 10 minutes".

Tech support answered at 12.35pm (25 minute hold time).

NO RESOLUTION.

The tech support person "does not have access" to the ticket system. I would have to hold for another 15 minutes. Talked with supervisor...does not have access to the system. I must either hold or give up.

I gave them the ultimatum that if they can't fix it, I'll cancel the account. Waiting for them to call me back.

Unbelievable.

Good phone service...lousy customer service.

Hugo, Citgo, and Joe Kennedy

Are you freaking kidding me? Joe Kennedy shilling for Hugo Chavez?

Joe Kennedy is offering 40% discounts on home heating oil from Citgo. He wants you to call him at 877-JOE-4-OIL. He's sold his soul to Chavez in order to win a few votes.

Let's see...what would we do to someone who offered, say, Iranian oil to Army veterans who had fought in Iraq against Qods force terrorists?

We'd CASTRATE him, then toss him in the the ninth circle of Hell.

I say, call 877-Blow-me-Joe. I can't freaking believe he's this much of an SOB.

New Fred Thompson Christmas Video

No words needed.

Liberal Media attacks Fred Thompson

I'm a Fred-head, or Fred-neck, if you prefer. Being from the south, I like his manners and his no-b.s. style of talking. I think he's a good man, and he was a good Senator. His experience in the minefields of Watergate put him in good stead with me -- I'm old enough to remember Watergate (our history teacher made us watch the Watergate hearings, and I'm glad now).

The Politico has a post up by Roger Simon that completely mis-represents what happened at a firehouse in Iowa. Fred was asked to put on a fire helmet by the Chief, and he stated "I've got a silly hat rule that I'm about to violate". Roger, uh, FORGOT to include that part in italics. Now read it again...would you get different meanings from these two statements:

1. "I've got a silly hat rule".
Means: I ain't putting that stupid hat on, because I might look like Mike Dukakis and lose this election if someone gets a picture of me in it.

2. "I've got a silly hat rule that I'm about to violate".
Means: I usually don't put on hats because of what happened to Dukakis, but I'd be proud to be seen wearing this hat, and the pictures can be damned. I respect and honor firemen!

Which one of the two quotes do you think Roger quoted, and which one do you think Fred said?

Yup, you'd be right on both counts.

And the left wonders why they can't get any respect?

Here's the full story.

H/T Confederate Yankee

PS Gratuitous Fred Plugs

The REAL Man of the Year

AMEN. God bless our troops.

PS. Send Dan Rather to Iraq as an embed.

Vonage Customer Service - Part 6

The Caller ID issue is still not resolved. As of last Thursday, they closed the trouble ticket and stated that it would take 48 hours for the system to update. We'll it's been a wee bit over 48 hours, so I'm gonna call and find out what the latest excuse it (creeping cynicism, I know).

Called at 11.40am CST. Expected wait time is over 25 minutes. Joy.

I started speaking with a rep at 12.07pm, after a 27 minute hold. Hey, at least their "estimate" of wait time is pretty accurate!

Pretty funny...they can't find the trouble ticket number that I gave them...that they gave ME at the time of the problem. Keystone Kops.

Found the trouble ticket..Now they say that it may take up to 72 hours, and it's only been about 65 hours, so I need to be patient. Oh-kay.

Another try tomorrow. I have a bad feeling about this.

Vonage Customer Service - Part 5

Called Vonage at 12.50pm CST today. The recording said "wait time over 15 minutes".

Picked up at 1.10 (20 minute wait).

Vonage says that they don't display caller name (oh, really?). They are supposed to only display "Vonage Holdings" plus the number.

They now say that they can blank out the name field entirely...so only the number will appear when I call someone. I'm ok with that.

Look, I've been in the telecom business for 25+ years, and their explanation sounds fishy to me. Their provisioning system had to use my name for billing records...they should be able to pick that up for caller id. The fact that they didn't design their system this way from the start says they didn't really plan well. Hey, waddaya want for 25 bucks a month...rubber biscuit?

It should be fixed within 48 hours.

I'll give them an "A" for resolving this, a "B" for the fact that it took 5+ calls, a "C" for dumb systems, and an "F" for the fact that it takes 48 hours to propagate through their systems (they are computers, and work at light-speed, dang it).

Call over at 1.20pm CST. (30 minutes elapsed time: 20 on hold, 10 to resolve)

Vonage Customer Service - Part 4

So here's the latest from Vonage. Uh-oh. They don't get it, do they?

They'll get a call tomorrow.

Dear XXXXXXXX,

Thank you for contacting Vonage, the #1 rated digital phone service.

We are in receipt of your request for technical assistance with your Vonage account.

Unfortunately, we are unable to complete the request at this time. In order to resolve this issue, please call Customer Care by calling us Toll Free at: 1-VONAGE-HELP (1-866-243-4357) or by visiting the help center of our website at http://www.vonage.com/help.php?lid=nav_help and providing the ticket number below to the agent.

Ticket # XXXXXXXXX

If you have any questions, your Vonage team is available to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Contact us whenever and however it suits you!

- On-Line Help Center at http://www.vonage.com/help.php
- Contact Us at http://www.vonage.com/help_contactus.php
- Or call Toll-Free at 1-VONAGE-HELP (1-866-243-4357)

Thanks again for choosing Vonage, a better phone service for less!

Sincerely,


Marie
Vonage

Vonage Customer Service - Part 3

Redialed Vonage at 2.03pm CST. Estimated wait time is 5-10 minutes. Sure.

Answered at 2.15pm. Explained the problem.

Put on hold at 2.18pm.

Now they are issuing a trouble ticket, and handing off to their "Advanced Technical Support Dept".

I am to receive an email within 24 hours that my issue is resolved. We'll see.

Call ended at 2.22pm EST.

Vonage Customer Service - Part 2

At EXACTLY the 15 minute mark in my call, the call was disconnected on their end. I got a new dial tone.

Well, one mistake is ok.

Will redial in a few minutes with new blog entry.

Vonage Customer Service - Part 1

I'm on hold for Vonage support right now. I called at 1.30pm CST. The caller ID name that shows up when I call out is not mine. So I'm calling to get it fixed.

The automated answering attendant (read "computer") just informed me that my wait time might exceed 15 minutes. Goodie. I can hardly wait.

Let's see how Vonage does.

NBC Changes Color, er, direction

From FoxNews:

But in a statement issued Saturday evening, NBC said:

"We have reviewed and changed our ad standards guidelines and made the decision that our policy will apply to content only and not to a referenced Web site. Based on these amended standards the Freedom's Watch ad will begin to run as early as Sunday."

NBC' head of standards and practices, Alan Wurtzel, notified Freedom's Watch's media consultant Saturday by e-mail, writing: "This will confirm that the Freedom's Watch spot is approved for air."

I have received an email from a friend who's high up at GE. Here's what really happened:

1. NBC pulled a bone-headed move and said "no" to running the ads.
2. Jeffrey Immelt called Wurtzel at NBC.
3. Complete text of conversation:
Immelt: Are you a moron? Do you know how much money GE gets from the US Gov't for defense items used in the war? How the hell do you think we stay in business and support a bunch of pinko-losers like you at 30 Rock? Run the damn ads and STFU!
Wurtzel: But...
Immelt: Click

The spirit of Jack Welch is alive and well.

PS. I'll bet Jack called Jeff.

NBC + GE = OH SH*T

How in the world can NBC turn down these Support the Troops commercials? I don't buy the URL-is-political-action bs.

Immelt is having meetings at corporate right about now...

Imagination? Not so much.

WWJD? What would Jack Welch do?

CBS Radio - Unfair and Unbalanced

This morning, on the 8am CST news broadcast, there was a quick blurb on the CIA destroying the tapes of the interrogations of suspected terrorists. We've all been following this story, so no big deal, right? Until the announcer said that the tapes were erased to cover up the torture method called "waterboarding". I have to call B.S. on this one. If the US Congress refuses to define waterboarding as torture, what the hell is CBS doing defining it as such? This was subtle, but I sure didn't miss it. This is the kind of crap that goes on to reinforce the liberal media's bias...and we're (mostly) not even aware of it.

That's why these folks are now called the Columbia BullShit Radio Network.

AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR - THIS IS NO DRILL

Take a moment to seek out a veteran and say, "thank you".

It's because of the sacrifices of our armed forces that we can blog, take our kids to school, bitch about our taxes, and remain the beacon of freedom for the world.

HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!

37-27, and it was a closer game than the score indicates. The Cowboys dominated in the first half. The Pack came back in the third quarter, but the Cowboys put it away in the fourth. Too bad that Farve was hurt; I would have liked to see his try at a comeback. Those 2 interference calls were close, and I hate to see a game decided because of a penalty or two.

All in all, it lived up to it's billing. GO COWBOYS!

The Eagle has Landed (again)

F15's grounded --- again ---.

Oops. Looks like we got us a bigger problem with all of the F15's, not just the C's and D's.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003877.html

Lemme see...Raptors...Eagles...Warthogs...nah. OSPREYS!!!!

H/T DefenseTech

USS Kitty Hawk

NOT ANOTHER DIME of mine goes to Chinese crap.

(You DID hear that the g-d Chinese denied the Kitty Hawk port entry into Hong Kong? Many, many families spent big money to travel to HK to see their loved ones.)

Again, f*** the Chinese b*******. My grandpa (LtCmdr USNR) is turning over in his grave.

USO ignoring Afghanistan?

On O'Reilly tonight, Bill interviewed Edward Powell, the President of the USO. O'Reilly just returned from Afghanistan, and Bill was upset that more big-names weren't in more shows there. O'Reilly asked Powell why there weren't more shows, and more big names. Powell tried his best, but he laid the blame squarely on DOD for not providing enough airlift and security for more shows.

I don't know...we are in the middle of very important actions there, and it's important to keep our manpower availability high. That said, my initial reaction is to call b.s. on Powell's excuse. A $150 million budget would lease a lot of 747's and a lot of Blackwater guards.

Let's see how it plays out...if I'm wrong, I'd like to hear about it. If I'm right...fire his ass.

A great reason to BOMB IRAN

Why the hell didn't I think of this? What a great way to get the wackos behind bars and out of our lives:

"Hands Off Iran" [Noah Pollak]

Writing in The Nation, Chris Hedges would like you to know that in these times, he is suffering a terrible ordeal of conscience — and that it is not just his ordeal, but indeed the entire nation's.

I will not pay my income tax if we go to war with Iran. I realize this is a desperate and perhaps futile gesture. But an attack on Iran—which appears increasingly likely before the coming presidential election—will unleash a regional conflict of catastrophic proportions. This war, and especially Iranian retaliatory strikes on American targets, will be used to silence domestic dissent and abolish what is left of our civil liberties. It will solidify the slow-motion coup d'etat that has been under way since the 9/11 attacks. It could mean the death of the Republic.
...
I will put the taxes I owe in an escrow account. I will go to court to challenge the legality of the war. Maybe a courageous judge will rule that the Constitution has been usurped and the government is guilty of what the postwar Nuremberg tribunal defined as a criminal war of aggression. Maybe not. I do not know. But I do know this: I have friends in Tehran, Gaza, Beirut, Baghdad, Jerusalem and Cairo. They will endure far greater suffering and deprivation. I want to be able, once the slaughter is over, to at least earn the right to ask for their forgiveness.

Who is Chris Hedges? Not only was he a New York Times reporter for 15 years, he was its Middle East bureau chief in the 1990's. Yikes.

H/T The Corner

4 No Trump

Morons...reminds me of the Dixie Twits. Why don't we invalidate their passports so they can stay in China where it's nice and cozy for them? And look at these losers...we couldn't have an uglier team representing the US.

“I earn my living from bridge, and a substantial part of that from being hired to compete in high-level competitions,” Debbie Rosenberg, a team member, said. “So being barred would directly affect much of my ability to earn a living.”

Shoulda thought of that sooner, dumbass.

If HRC is elected, the Republic will FALL

After a press conference in Waterloo, IA yesterday, HRC thought about what it would be like to be president.

I fear this possibility. Fortunately, our nation's flag gave us a grave warning here.

What I find incredible is that she did not try to save the flag from touching the ground, as we were all taught in grade school. She simply pointed and said, "Oh, look". Can't we impeach her out of the Senate?

VS


You know, it's time that the TIMES realizes that the commies have been defeated...and needed to be beaten. They are pining for the days of FDR and JFK. Well, I say, NFW!

Check out this article in the NY TIMES today.

A sample of the foolishness:

In less than seven years, Mr. Bush has managed to boil that list down to its least common denominator: the president should get his choices. At first, Mr. Bush was abetted by a slavish Republican majority that balked at only one major appointment — Harriet Miers for Supreme Court justice, and then only because of doubts that she was far enough to the right.

Well, no. They balked at Miers because she wasn't QUALIFIED for the job...not because she was not "far enough to the right".

We need to waterboard a few of the TIMES folks.

Condi for President

Sigh...everyone is wringing hands over the latest in Pakistan.

Why is this such a hard choice? Let Condi be President of Pakistan.