Tingles selling BFD T-shirts

Sigh.

As THE BOSS said, "It's not a BFD, it's an STD...they want us all to catch it".

I got a nice laugh at that.

H/T Weasel Zippers

I Read Blogs...

From THE BOSS:

I read blogs. Some of them are opinions of individuals, some are military, legal or tax related. I try very hard to read these blogs with an open mind and also to understand the other side's point of view. As we all know, knowledge is power; and besides, you never know when you might need a “fact” during a conversation.

On one of the tax blogs I was reading the conclusion of a paper and the last 15 words struck me like a bolt of lightning. I read them 3 times before I thought my head would explode. Here are those 15 words: “the notion that the tax code is founded on basic notions of fairness and uniformity.” The law professor who wrote those 15 words was trying to make the point that all persons need to be treated equally, and currently this one IRC (Internal Revenue Code) does not do that.

Here is how the key word “notion(s)” is defined:
· A belief or opinion.
· A mental image or representation; an idea or conception.
· A fanciful impulse; a whim.

Now let’s take these same 15 words and insert the first definition. It would read “the opinion that the tax code is founded on basic beliefs of fairness and uniformity” or it could be read using the second definition “ the idea that the tax code is founded on the basic concept of fairness and uniformity.”

I know you see where I am going with this. Here are those same 15 words using the third definition: “the whim that the tax code is founded on the basic impulse of fairness and uniformity.” Interesting, but not quite there yet, so let me give it one more try. Here is how it should read: “the opinion that the tax code is founded on the basic whim of fairness and uniformity.”

I like the fourth definition best. It is the correct perspective on the IRS/ IRC. “Why?", you ask? To give you a short answer: “because the IRC is over 75,000 pages long.” The IRS is a machine in the respect that they win 70% to 85% of the cases no matter what strategy the taxpayer takes. They have files, cases of paper and servers full of data to argue the other side. They have more attorney that the largest US Law Firms. Come to think of it, they are the largest US Law Firm!

In 1913 the tax code was 300 pages, moving up to 8,200 pages by 1945. By 1954 there were 14,000 pages, jumping to 67,500 pages by 2008. This is nuts! Today we hover somewhere around 75,000 to 80,000 pages, give or take a thousand.

Let me ask these questions, “How can there be fairness and uniformity?” when the IRS doesn’t even know and understand all 75,000+ pages? “How can the taxpayer get justice when they hire one attorney to go up against the largest law machine in our country?” While the taxpayer is struggling to pay one attorney to file a suit, write motions, research prior cases, the IRS does a data search and out spits a list of cases they’ve won. Reviewing the list, they pick the best ones, cut, copy and paste into a new motion and file it with the court. It cost them cents on the dollar versus the poor taxpayer who is paying hundreds of dollars an hour.

If there is to be fairness and uniformity we need a stepped Flat Tax, one form to fill out and less government with their hands in our pockets.

I married her because she's smarter than I am. So -- what she said!

Oh, I'd love to be an Oscar Mayer WEINER

Just not a Congressman named Weiner.

What a jackass.

It's precisely this kind of chickenshit prevarication that makes my blood boil. We pay these anal orifices a good salary, give them an office and staff, allow them to send us unlimited junk mail -- and they wonder why we don't trust these weasels, er, weiners.

Medal of Honor Recipient and Hero

Folks, I was blessed today. I flew into Washington Reagan National Airport at about noon today. At the gate across from mine, there was a crowd gathered, and a lot of clapping and cheering. I figured it was a group of soldiers returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. Little did I know...

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is having a convention here in DC. And from that other plane came 20 or so Medal of Honor winners. It was difficult to tell how many, as there were so many folks gathered around cheering. I have to tell you, I was mighty proud of my fellow citizens today -- I mean those folks who came out to cheer, and the business folks who stopped what they were doing and let out a big cheer.

Since I really couldn't see them, I decided to be sneaky. I did a bee-line to the security checkpoint, and waited outside. Sure enough, there was a welcoming group there, and the MOH winners came out in ones and twos, most with a spouse. American Airlines had an escort for each and every one of them. Good for AA!

I was able to take pictures of several of these gentlemen, but most important was that I was able to shake their hands and say "thank you for your service to our country". I have never been able to shake hands with a MOH winner before, and I was floored.

I met GEN Pat Brady, and had my picture taken with Charles P. Murray, Jr., who as a LT in WWII won the MOH. 65 years ago he was a young man, ready to allow Uncle Sam to cash that check.

These gentlemen are America's heroes (along with our troops serving around the world). I met several other MOH holders, but I have to tell you that I was tearing up as I introduced myself and thanked them for their service. One of them (I just don't know which it was) said to me, "No, thank YOU...you don't need to thank me; your tears are all the thanks I need".

Pure class. Greatest generation indeed.

Rahm knows how to celebrate

Geraldo (Jerry Rivers) is a complete moron

Point by point (and I'm going to cuss at the end, so fair warning):

1. Jerry said the new bill removes the ability of insurance companies to deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions.

Jerry, you dumb ass, pre-existing condition denial is already outlawed by COBRA. Provided that you have uninterrupted coverage for the previous 12 months, your new insurance company can't impose a pre-existing condition. I know -- I've had to fight for it, for both myself and for THE BOSS.

2. Jerry says that this bill will prevent insurance companies from imposing wild increases in premiums -- some as high as 30 and 40%.

Jerry, you dumb ass, insurance premiums are set by state insurance commissions. If you have something to bitch about, take your argument to the government board that sets rates. Just because an insurance company asks for a large increase (and may have a perfectly good set of reasons to do so based on previous costs and claims expenses) doesn't mean they'll get the increase. And ANY increase must be approved by the commissions.

3. Jerry says the bill will mandate that insurance companies cover preventive care -- things like annual check-ups, a mammogram, or a colonoscopy (shudder), and the like.

Jerry, you dumb ass. Most insurance companies included coverage for these things already. And in an open and freely competitive market, companies would rather pay for early detection and cure BECAUSE IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE.

4. The new bill allows kids to stay on their parents' plans to age 26 (something Jerry said was good for his kids).

Jerry, you dumb ass. Why on earth are we coddling kids? Parents should kick their asses out of the house after college, and tell them to get a job, just like we as parents do. Allowing them to stay on the parents' plan will keep them as a dependent, and therefore discourage the kids from looking for work. Great idea, there, comrade.

5. Finally, Jerry was giddy with the fact that EVERYONE WILL NOW HAVE INSURANCE.

Jerry, you dumb ass. Just because you want to provide health care for 10 or 20 or 30 million uninsured (the number is in dispute), why on earth do you want to fuck up my insurance to do this? For all the money we're going to spend on this monstrosity, we could have just set up a new program for those who don't have insurance. And WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET ALL OF THE DOCTORS? I swear to God, if I have to wait in line for one of Jerry's illegal aliens, I'll punch that punk in the nose.

By the way, do you get the idea that I think Geraldo is a dumb ass? Good - I thought I was being subtle.

Health care is a privilege, not a right. It is also a private contract between two parties (with a service provider in the middle). It is none of the government's business what kind of insurance contract I want to negotiate with my provider.

Mark my words -- if the government can get involved in setting standard terms for insurance contracts, then they can get in the middle of ANY contract you have. Just like Blue Laws, which we've mostly gotten rid of, the government should get the hell out of the way of my business with whomever I want to contract with (assuming it's a legal contract, of course).

Fuck you, Jerry. And fuck Bart Stupak, too, that traitorous bastard.

John Boehner - Great Speech Against Health Care Bill

Boehner speaks for me.

H/T Breitbart.com

The Day our Freedoms Died

H/T (sorry, pulled off the web and don't recall website. Will post when I find it.)

Stupak screwed us all

Just talked with my brother in law who lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Stupak is his rep...for now. He is (almost) to the right of me (I'm to the right of Ryan). He states that many Republicans in the U.P. support Stupak because he's pro-life and he's pro-gun...he's a huge supporter of hunting rights and gun rights in general.

Wave bye-bye, Bart. You're toast in November.

So much for standing up to Comrade Pelosi on principle.

A Browning in Every Pot

I love this one.

H/T Below the Beltway

Don't Tread on Me - Storming the Capitol Building

This is unbelievable to me...when was the last time you heard that people - patriots - were gathered around the Capitol building and unfurling flags from the building itself!

It's just unfathomable that Comrade Pelosi and all these Democrat morons are so tone deaf.

I think that if there were not Secret Service agents around Pelosi that she'd be physically assaulted. I don't know that she'd be hurt, but she'd certainly be in fear of bodily harm. I don't advocate it, and I deplore violence -- I agree completely with the rule of law and the political process. But she's nuts if she thinks she'd be safe to walk across the Capitol grounds if this vote goes her way.

The good news is she won't be Speaker after November's elections.

H/T The Corner

Paul Ryan on C-Span

I don't normally watch C-Span...it's a little dry for my tastes. I do keep up with politics more than the average person, and I participate in local politics...not really national politics.

Right now, I'm watching C-Span non-stop, and I'm struck by how Paul Ryan's arguments are factual, and how all of the Democrats are reading letters, talking about their moms, dads, neighbors, milkmen, etc. In other words, they are all talking past each other.

I strongly oppose the current health care "reform", mostly because it is no such thing. It's just another entitlement that will cause my taxes to go up and reduce the incentives for folks to get off their assess and get an education to get a job.

Obama said he was going to "focus like a laser beam on jobs". Bullshit.

I'm struck by Paul Ryan's skills as a speaker, his command of facts and knowledge of the financial impact of this crappy bill.

Paul Ryan for President...and Pelosi for dog catcher.

The Damn Congress and the Census - Part 2

Part 1 is here.

So now we hear that if you put "American" on your Census form, the Census Bureau will "impute" your race. Huh.

Wonder how that would work for Tiger Woods. Or his kids. Or Obama. Just saying.

Here's part of the blog post in which the Census Bureau answers the question (BOLD is mine):

Actual Enumeration [Mark Krikorian]

I have a piece in today's USA Today distilling my Corner posts on answering "American" to the census race question. The editor, while writing the paper's own editorial on the subject (mine was the "opposing view"), called the Census Bureau yesterday and asked what they'd do with "American" responses. She was told, as I'd expected, that they'd just impute the race — i.e., make up their own answer based on various factors, like where you live.

I mean, come on. If they can gerrymander a district, what difference is your race to them?

H/T The Corner

New Math

Math? What's math?



Obama says that, under Obamacare, premiums could go down as much as 3,000%. Not a typo. And that means we'll all get a raise! Yippee! A raise. Lessee...if premiums go down by 3,000%, then I'll split the savings with the company...I'll only ask for a 1,500% raise.

So if I make $30,000 a year, now I'll make $750,000! And the company will save that much.
That sounds fair. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Will this freaking moron read anything that's on the teleprompter?

Beware the Ides of March

Looks like everyone is avoiding Chicago's Ohare airport...


(to be fair, this was taken at midnight when my plane got in.)

WURSTFEST 2010

Speaking of sausage, WURSTFEST 2010 will be the 50th-annual event in New Braunfels!

Back in the 70's while in college we went to Wurstfest every year. A plastic pitcher of beer was $2, you got to keep the pitcher, and refills were one measly dollar ($1)! Ah, those were the days...cheap beer, drinking age of 18, and plenty of cops who'd look the other way when you were driving home drunk! Ah well...it didn't hurt that one of my college pals' father was the Sheriff. I tended to ride with the son whenever I was going out drinking...safer that way. ;-)

So come on down to Wurstfest this year! The used to call it "The Best of the Wurst!"

Reid, Pelosi, and Sausages

No, this is not a porn post.
Will Rogers said that the two things you don't want to watch being made are legislation and sausage.

Well, to prove the point: the Senate this week is taking up discussion about the FAA reauthorization bill. Fine and dandy. I fly every week on business, and while I think the FAA could do a better job, they do get me safely from point a to point b. Never on time, but whaddaya want fer nuthing? Rubber biscuit? (If you don't get that joke, sigh, I'm old and you're too young. But I digress.)

I was reading The Foundry this evening, and noted this:

The Senate will continue work on H.R. 1586, the FAA reauthorization bill. Potential amendments include earmark reform, discretionary spending limits and the continuation of the DC school choice program.

Now, excuse me while I go off on a rant here, but WTF does DC school choice have to do with the FAA? Are all the little tykes in the DC school system going to end up as ATC controllers? And why oh why are we adding earmark reform to the freaking FAA funding bill?

I know, I know, the political realities are such that since the FAA bill must be passed, it's easier to tack on more controversial legislation than try to vote on it as a stand-alone bill. BUT THAT'S THE POINT!

You want to know why the Tea Parties are successful? Why no one trusts Washington? It's because Congressmen do stupid crap like this. IF they would simply vote on bills one at a time, then we would have all of that "transparency" that Obama said we'd get, along with debate about the FCC money and DC vouchers on CSPAN.

The Dems are touting the line of "let's have an up or down vote". OK, put your hiney where your mouth is. Here's a better idea...toss em all in the Potomac and let em all go down. Up Yours, Congress!

As much as I hate to say it, we'll have to throw all of the bums out. Thank GOD I can keep Paul Ryan and my brother in law can keep Bart Stupak.

H/T The Foundry

BZ to The Sniper

Out-freaking-standing.

H/T The Sniper

The Damn Congress and the Census

I don't encourage anyone to break the law. As much as I may not like a particular law, it's the law. Our actions to follow the laws of our country are, in large part, what make us free. Sounds counterintuitive, but knowing that there's a law against someone breaking your nose in the grocery store (as well as confidence that the vast majority of citizens won't violate that law) gives you the freedom to go to the store and walk the aisles in a carefree manner (even if you do stand in the middle of the damn aisle and get your glasses out and look at EVERY SINGLE BRAND of tomato sauce...sorry).

Let's also honor those who wear the uniform by obeying the law. They put their lives on the line so that we can have freedom, democracy, and, yes, congressmen who write dumb laws. We dishonor our warriors if we don't follow the law. If we don't like a law, we have a way to change it without resorting to the barrel of a gun. That's the legacy of our Constitution and how it's defended -- by the military.

So while I don't like the census form, or what's on it, I'm going to follow the law when it comes to answering the questions on the form. Honestly and truthfully. While holding my nose.

From The Corner:(emphasis mine)

To Answer or Not to Answer the Census – That Is the Question [Hans A. von Spakovsky]

I have been deluged lately with requests asking me whether one has to answer all of the questions on the 2010 Census, particularly those about race and ethnic background. Like Mark Krikorian, I don’t like those questions and don’t think the U.S. government should be collecting that information — its only use is to continue to separate us on racial grounds, for reapportionment purposes and for certain government programs.

Mark has said that he is going to answer “American” on the race question. I have always been tempted to answer “Native American,” since I was born and raised here. However, people need to understand that they may incur a legal liability if they use such answers or don’t answer questions at all.

In Article I, Section 2, the Constitution says that an “Enumeration” must be conducted every ten years “in such Manner as [Congress] shall by Law direct.” Congress has directed through a federal law that anyone who “refuses or willfully neglects…to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions” on the Census form can be fined $100 (18 U.S.C. § 221). If you deliberately give a false answer, you can be fined up to $500.

.....

Everyone should realize that if you don’t complete a Census form, you are violating federal law. The chances of actual prosecution may be remote, but it could happen. The only real answer to this problem is for Congress to prohibit the Census Bureau from collecting such information and to make all government programs (and the reapportionment process) explicitly race-neutral.

No, I don't like it, and I'd be willing to pay a fine of $100 as a protest, but I really don't want the feds up my rear end, either.

Freedom's a bitch...unless you don't have it.

I Might Send Money to the ACLU

They ran a full page ad in today's NYTimes.
When Obama loses the ACLU, he's seriously FUBARed.

I will sleep peacefully tonight.

H/T WeaselZippers

Commies to the left, Commies to the right

I work for a living. I put myself through college. I worked while I was in college...3 jobs. Now, I didn't walk 10 miles to school in the snow (both ways), and I had a great time in college. I also got some scholarship money (academic and athletic).

I have news for you...education is NOT a right...it's a privilege...like a driver's license.



I just don't understand these morons across the country, mostly in California. Where the hell do they get off thinking they are ENTITLED to MY TAX DOLLARS to put them through college? If you don't like the fact that California raised tuition, vote with your feet. Go somewhere else. Trust me -- there's always a way. And guess what? When (if) you finally get out of college, you'll get that job, because on your resume you'll describe how you are a responsible citizen who knows how to work, show up on time, and be dependable.

Protesting and destroying property will just get you arrested. Try getting into law school with that on your record. Oh, yeah, forgot...you're not thinking that far ahead, are you?

And I'd take the "resist" word off your literature...not a great word in the private sector.

Morons.

God Bless Larry Gatlin

Larry was on Hannity tonight, and had the best line of the night. He was talking about Harry Reid, and how Reid talks out of both sides of his mouth. Larry said hey, you can't have it both ways:

"It's kinda like the old boy is the veterinarian and the taxidermist...either way you get yer dog back".

Now I could vote for Larry Gatlin. Plus he's got great music.

Dallas Tea Party - This Saturday

I don't watch Olberdummy. He's about as whacky as Ron Paul.



I sure like this smack-down of Olbie. Wish I could be in Dallas this weekend...I have a lot of friends who'll be there, ready to moon Olberman if he shows his face. Those moons will be better looking than his ugly mug.

H/T The Dallas Tea Party

Proof that Obama is OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY

This moron is the cause of the problem.

I swear this guy is intentionally ruining this country. Prick.

This Gets My Vote

H/T Weasel Zippers and FoxNews Channel 11

Deforestation Coming

H/T Weasle Zippers

More Flying Jihadis

More good use of my tax dollars.



More money for weapons platforms, less for booze on Pelosi's plane.

Business Trip

(The Jameson Vintage was 350 Euros...didn't buy it, but I sure wanted to. This is Duty Free in Istanbul.)

Just returned from Istanbul. We had a sales meeting there last week, and I had to spend a Saturday night to get the cheap fare. $700 for a round-trip from Chicago to Istanbul (on Delta, via JFK) vs $2,900 with no Saturday night stay. So a week blown for a 2 day sales meeting. Go figure.

Also, the return flight was 2 hours late leaving Istanbul, and the winds aloft were very strong, so the return trip was 11 hours from IST to JFK, so I missed my connection to Chicago and had to stay overnight at JFK. The delay was not Delta's fault, as they had to stop in Dublin on the way over to let off a very sick passenger. All in all, Delta handled the overnight very well. I have over 3 million miles on Delta/Northwest, and this was one of the best "bad" experiences I have had in 30 years of flying.

I may post a few pics of IST, but the weather was crappy (1st snowfall there in 5 years) and we were locked in the hotel for the meeting, so we didn't really get out. The people at the hotel were very nice, great service, and very reasonable prices. I didn't like the food, though, but I'll chalk that up to it being hotel food instead of restaurant food. I've traveled extensively throughout Europe, and I'd have to give Istanbul about a 5. I'm sure if I had a few days, a chance to play golf, and warm weather, my rating would go up!

More later.

Flying Jihadi

Or, how I like my tax dollars spent.



H/T Weazel Zippers

Sarah Speaks for Me

What she said --



H/T Business Insider

Liberal Fascism, Example 3,235,682

Got this letter from Wisconsin Electric, now called WE Energies.

(Click on the image above for a larger view.)

Why on earth would anyone give up the control of their home for $12?

The dummies at WE Energies obviously don't have any conservative economists on staff. If they want to reduce demand at certain times, RAISE THE PRICE. If they have slack periods, LOWER THE PRICE. But of course the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission (or whatever they're called -- hey, I'm from Texas, remember) won't let them vary prices by time of day or type of demand. If you think Obama/Pelosi/Harry Reid are wackos, all you have to do is visit the Wisconsin legislature. I only know one WI lawmaker personally, and he's a smart and decent man. I wish they all had half of his common sense.

The others? All commies, er, sorry, fascists.

If you don't get the reference in the title, click here.

Tiger's Shattered Dreams? Hardly

My friend LocutisPrime has written a very thoughtful and even alarming post about Tiger's state of mind. Specifically, he states that he regretfully feels that we'll see Tiger dead within a year, probably by his own hand, if not from a downward spiral of drugs and/or alcohol (we'll leave AIDS or other STD's aside for the moment). I respectfully disagree.

It has come to light that Tiger has been carrying on multiple affairs while married. Some of these women say they've been involved with Tiger since before he was married. I have simply the opposite opinion of my friend LocutisPrime. I think that Tiger never took his marriage vows seriously in the first place, and he's not really worried about the end of his marriage. He's simply plotting his come-back to the tour. He might be worried about his kids...but I somehow doubt that, as little regard he's paid to the risks of his behavior.

Look: Tiger may be the greatest golfer of all time. He can come back on tour, win tourneys and keep making big bucks. So what if he loses a few sponsors? He's worth $1 billion, according to Forbes. Even if he loses $300 million to Elin, he can still use simply the interest on his $700 million to fly around on private jets and pay $15,000 per night for hookers, er, escorts. If he were a single man, all other men would be jealous.

Think of what's going to happen at golf tourneys that he attends. When I go to the Byron Nelson, my wife's going to tell me "I had better not see you on TV applauding for Tiger". And countless wives around the world will watch the TV on Sunday afternoons more carefully, making sure that hubbies are rooting for Phil or even John Daly instead of Tiger. Maybe the next time he's walking up the 18th fairway toward the green, all the fans will simply turn their backs on him and remain silent. That would be a "golf highlight".

I find it preposterous to think that we let a dog-killing torturer back into the NFL and cheer him on, but we won't welcome Tiger back onto the PGA tour. I call B.S. on that one.

At the end of the day, Tiger will take his lumps, write a check to Elin, and play golf. What happens when he breaks the all-time records of wins in major tourneys? Or when he wins a few Grand-Slams? We'll be there, cheering on his ability, not his judgment. I don't agree with what he does with his putter off of the course, but I sure respect it on the course.

I'll be cheering for someone else, but I also think that Tiger should be allowed to play. After all, it's not like he bet on baseball games or anything. He'll check himself into sex and drug rehab, and come out a changed man. Even Rush can come back from drug abuse!

So, respectfully, I don't buy that he's on a downward spiral. He's got a billion to keep him afloat until he spins his way back onto the tour. I just don't think he cares that much for women's feelings. Hell, he bought and paid for those women - he thinks of them as so much merchandise in Macy's windows - so he has as low an opinion of them as they do of themselves for selling out their bodies. Why should he be worried if he's hurt another one? It's the kids that are going to suffer.

Perhaps a golfing divorce court judge will rule that 50% of his future winnings go to his kids...now that would get us all cheering him on again.

Me? I'll be cheering for Lefty...

Tears, Thanks, and Common Sense

If this doesn't move you to tears, move to Russia.

This picture moves me to say:

1. Thank God for men and women who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
2. I want no more of these deaths.
3. We must protect ourselves from terrorists and other enemies, so what I want in #2 isn't always do-able.
4. Kill our enemies, as fast as possible.
5. Protect our troops by giving them reasonable and flexible ROE's.
6. Miranda rights: In Texas? Yes. California:? Yes. in Iraq? pffftt. Lead poisoning.
7. When in doubt, default to #4.

I live in a small town (19,000) and we have had one death from the GWOT. We honor him each Memorial Day and each Veteran's Day, plus we have a permanent reminder of his sacrifice in our town.

My father-in-law served in WWII, and he's buried at Ft Custer National Cemetery in Kalamazoo, MI.

My dad served in the Air Force.

We SHOULD NEVER criticize where they served or the causes they fought for. They went there under lawful orders from their commanders. Neither should we criticize our brave fighters who sacrifice all in Iraq, Afghanistan, and all across the globe.

Obama, damnit, get in the fight to win, kick our enemies' asses, and then bring our bravest home to a hero's welcome.

Bring 'em to the New World from GITMO

I personally know 1 LTC, 2 MAJ, 2 CPT, and a Coastie NCO who will sign up for this:

My wife said today (after screaming at Judge Napolitano on the radio): bring these terrorist bastards from GITMO to South Texas, not Manhattan. We'll give 'em a bottle of water and a pistol. Since they were originally captured as enemy combatants, we'll put 'em back on the ground illegally. Then we'll have my force (see above) drop them off near Devine, TX. My guys will then hunt them down and kill them.

Just in case any get away (no insult intended to my Ranger friends), we'll auction off Enemy Terrorist Hunting (ETH) Stamps to Texas hunters. What do you want to bet we'll get millions for the ETH Stamps and have a bunch of dissapointed Texas hunters? CPT Chuck and COB6 lead the way!

Problem solved...oh, and just for sport, do it at night, and film it with gun cameras. I know a Texan or two who likes night hunting (kinda like snipe hunting, but different).

Me? I'll be drinking beer, waiting in Dilley, where my old pal Chuck Dixon and I used to go deer hunting. I'll verify the tags on the bodies. Then we take them out into the sand hills and let the animals have em. Might even get a good 12-pointer while we're waiting.

Dove hunting, deer hunting, and terrorist hunting. I love the smell of cordite in the morning...

Who's with me?

Star Spangled Banner

Even CPT Chuck will shed a tear on this one...

H/T Our Local Chief of Detectives Paul

Polish Air Force Veterans Association WWII

THE BOSS and I are over in Detroit for a few days. I wandered into the American Polish Cultural Club in Troy to grab some take-out pirogis.

Imagine my surprise when I spied a plaque commemorating the Polish Air Force members from WWII! What a great memorial!

Here are two pics...the letters were too small for one.

The Greatest Generation indeed -- including our staunch allies, the Poles.

P.S. THE BOSS' great-parents were Polish - Stupinski.

PPS. Notice that it's not the "Polish-American Cultural Club". I overheard folks talking about the fact that they use this hall to administer the oath of citizenship to Poles who become American citizens.

So if you're ever in Detroit, go by there and pay your respects. These are the types of immigrants we welcome with open arms...hard-working folks who appreciate what American citizenship offers them. And there are no people more proud of becoming American citizens than these Poles (with complete respect to my Italian-American Club friends, who appreciate it just as much).

American Polish Cultural Center
2975 E Maple Rd
Troy, MI 48083
248.689.3636

Are You Smarter than a 4-Star?

Freaking Obama.

Pull your head out and go "all in".

H/T Dr. Sanity

O-Bow-Ma

We kicked Japan's ass in WWII, after they sneak-attacked us. Then we rebuilt their country from the ground up. They are now one of our closest allies.

I'm all for showing respect to our friends. But the Emperor should be shining BHO's shoes.

I am sick of this P.O.S. and his Apology Tour.

Picture Credit: Reuters

UPDATE: SON OF A BITCH

A Tribute

Which, unfortunately, falls on the day we had a Veteran's Day ceremony in our town.

There are no words that are appropriate other than "Godspeed, and thank you".

H/T Shout First, Ask Questions Later

A Special Thanks to our Veterans

Today was our annual Veteran's Day memorial service. We had a young man from our town killed in Iraq 2 years ago...so this hits close to home. His parents attend each year.

A far cry from last year, when it was 20 degrees with a minus 20 wind chill. Today was 68 degrees and sunny.

We dedicated a special memorial to our Korean War Veterans. (Picture to come to you, CPT Chuck.)

God bless our troops, and may God bless those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

A New Reason for Term Limits

(Picture from AP)
Rep. Ahn "Joseph" Cao, from Louisiana, was the only Republican who voted for Obamacare. His reasoning for voting as he did is all you need to read in order to convince yourself to support term limits for elected officials:

According to The Times-Picayune, he said over the summer that "voting against the health care bill will probably be the death of my political career."

With the "yes" vote, Cao may give himself a fighting chance.

So let me get this right...he figured that if he voted his conscience, and with his party and his convictions, that he would lose re-election and his "political career" would be over.

News flash, asshole: If you were true to yourself and your convictions, you would have voted "no" and taken the consequences. But since all you were worried about was your "career" in elected office, sucking on the public teat, you voted selfishly.

This is EXACTLY the reason we need term limits. Whatever happened to citizens who wanted to serve their neighbors for a term or two, then return to their hometown and go back to their old job?

This prick should be run outta town on a rail. Wait, they don't have rails in Louisiana. Never mind.

The people of New Orleans deserve this dumb-ass...or would you rather have the boob that took bribes?

H/T Fox News

Hope and Change...

...gives us crap and tax. Plus this...

H/T Exurban League

B-Rod, you ignorant libtard

For my regular readers, please pardon this aside. There's a dumb-ass from the Brian and the Judge website -- goes by the name of "B-Rod"...and since I can't cuss him out over at B&J, thought I'd bring him over here and give him a whippin'. Cover your ears...I'm gonna cuss and break out a can of whoop-ass.

Those of you from Brian and the Judge -- welcome! Now, on with the show.

B-Rod, you are one ignorant m-fer. This piece of shit Major shot folks in cold blood, and we have eye-witnesses who saw it. We even have cops who bravely stood up to him and shot his ass. Deborah says "hang him" and I agree. You don't want to convict him in the court of public opinion...it's unfair.

Well, boo-fucking-hoo for Major Im-an-Islamic-Dickwad. We should string his ass up from the closest tree...tomorrow. He's a goddam terrorist and deserves no rights -- actually, I take that back. He deserves the same rights he gave to those he killed. I don't want to hear jack-shit, 'specially from your dumb-ass, about how this poor doctor was harassed for being a Muslim. I repeat -- he's a goddamn terrorist and he should be treated as lower than whale-shit.

As for you...I'm about fed up with your pansy-assed liberal bullshit. It's liberals like you who are ruining this country. You probably don't believe in Christmas Trees, puppies, and in the hope of little kids. You can kiss my fat white ass.

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Take a Chill Pill

That's gonna leave a mark...

H/T Moonbattery

No Bailout for the US Postal Service

Let's try to get out ahead of the looming cash shortage and potential bailout that the Postal Service is going have. Here is a good story about the USPS from The Business Insider:



Here are my suggestions for the tough, elective, outpatient surgery that we can have now versus the radical emergency surgery we'll need later...and may not survive.

1. Cut out Saturday delivery.
2. Charge for -- yes, CHARGE EXTRA -- for home delivery.
3. Set up a box for every address and sort the mail into this box. Then have the customers come in and pick up their own mail. If they want it delivered...charge extra!
4. Allow competitors to step in and offer mail delivery for a charge. I might start a company that delivers mail to my 5 neighbors in my cul-de-sac. Since I'll pick up mail every day, I might charge my neighbors a dime a day each to bring their mail home to them.
5. Sell off all of those mail trucks.
6. Charge 50c for a stamp.
7. Offer a cattle prod zap for any snarky behavior by Postal Service Employees. (OK, that's a joke...I don't want a Postal Inspector at my house. I'm kidding...really.)

Come on, folks...with email and online bill pay, how many stamps have you used in the last year? We used to do our bills twice a month, and we'd sit down at the kitchen table and write checks, then put a stamp on each bill. Now? I mail no - none, nada, zilch - bills each month. I pay all but 2 bills online. Those last two are my garbage bill and my truck payment. I pay those in person, as I go to the city hall a couple of times a month, and drive by the bank every day.

I know a lot of folks (many elderly) who wait each day for the mailman (can we still use that instead of "letter carrier"?). Sorry, folks, let's move on into the 21st century.

NOT ONE DIME FOR A MAIL BAILOUT!!!!

H/T The Business Insider and photo from USPS website

Why Democrats will Lose Big in 2010

I got this in email today...I subscribe to it so that I know what the (philosophical) other side is up to...

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Late yesterday news broke that the moderate Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, candidate in the hard-fought special election in New York's 23rd Congressional district, had been driven out and the Republican party was throwing their weight behind the Palin/Limbaugh/Glen Beck endorsed radical tea party candidate instead.

Today, the moderate Republican threw her support behind our proud Democratic candidate Bill Owens.

It has never been clearer that the Republican Party has been hijacked by extreme right wing ideologues with a radical agenda that would effectively dismantle Social Security and Medicare, and are out of step with a vast majority of Americans.

Eight extreme right wing groups spent more than $1 million on this campaign including the Minute Men, Club for Growth and the Family Research Council.

This means your work and your continued support and dedication have never been more critical as we face our one-year-out reporting deadline and this election on Tuesday.

We are up against a well-funded extremist GOP who will stop at nothing to win and whose agenda could quite literally take us backwards to the days of Bush-Cheney.

But, you and I can't let that happen. I will continue to keep you posted on news of this race continues and thank you again for standing with us. We will need you now more than ever.

Thanks,

Jon Vogel
DCCC Executive Director

Now, there is so much wrong with this that I almost don't know where to start. But I do...

First, the general tone of insulting those who are not Democrats is...unseemly. I have friends with whom I disagree about many things...abortion, Obama, Crap and Tax, Health Care Destruction, etc. I don't insult my friends...I just disagree with them. Why does the DCCC think that insulting the "other side" is a winning approach?

Second, the Bush-Cheney bashing is really getting tiresome. Either Obama has his own policy or he's lost...but knock off the Bush-bashing.

Third, "Palin/Limbaugh/Glen Beck endorsed radical tea party candidate" is supposed to be an insult. It's not...I think it's a great description of my beliefs...if only they could spell "Glenn" correctly. You'd think if Glenn Beck was such a threat to life and liberty that they'd know how to spell his name. But...

Fourth...NOOOO...they are too busy labeling us as "extreme right wing ideologues with a radical agenda that would effectively dismantle Social Security and Medicare". Huh...I thought that's what Pelosi and Reid were doing...dismantling SS and Medicare. But what do I know? I just read the freaking bill...

I got another of these last week from my buddy James Carville. I think Carville is entertaining, but I certainly wouldn't buy a used car (or candidate) from the guy.

I think the DCCC is symptom of the bigger problem. And Tuesday will tell us all what 2010 is going to look like.

H/T DCCC (credit where credit is due)

They Shoot Horses(asses), Don't They?

Why is this woman smiling?

It's pretty sad, actually. I hope she's kicked out of the GOP. Who, you ask? Dede Scuzzy...

"Please join me in voting for [DEMOCRAT] Bill Owens on Tuesday. To address the tough challenges ahead, we must rise above partisanship and politics and work together. There's too much at stake in this election to do otherwise."

Honestly...you don't endorse the other party's candidate. For crying out loud.

Thank goodness for Hoffman.

H/T NY Daily News