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Archive for 12 June 2008
A Golf Joke
A man goes to a public golf course. He approaches the man behind the counter in the pro shop and says, “I would like 18 holes of golf and a caddie.”
The man behind the counter says, “The 18 holes of golf is no problem, but all of the caddies are out on the course. What I will do for you is this: We just received 8 brand new robot golf caddies. If you’re willing to take one with you out on the course and come back and tell me how well it works, your round of golf is on me today.”
The golfer obviously accepted the man’s offer. He approached the first tee, looked at the fairway and said to himself, “I think my driver will do the job.”
The robot caddie turned to the man and said, “No sir. Use your 3 wood. A driver is far too much club for this hole.”
Hesitantly, the golfer pulled out his 3 wood, made good contact with the ball, and the ball landed about 10 feet to the right front of the hole on the green. The golfer, delighted, turned to the robot and thanked him for his assistance.
As the golfer pulled out his putter he said, “I think this green is gonna break left to right.”
The robot then again spoke up and said, “No sir. I do believe this green will break right to left”
Thinking about the last time the robot corrected his prediction, he decided again to listen to the machine. He made his putt and birdied the hole thanks to the robot and his advice.
But his luck didn’t end there. His entire game was the best game he ever played, thanks to the assistance of the new robot golf caddie.
Upon returning to the clubhouse, the man behind the counter asked, “How was your game?”
The golfer stated, “It was, by far, the BEST game I ever played. Thank you very much for letting me take one of your robots. See you next week.”
A week passed, and excited, the golfer returned to the pro shop. Upon entering, he turned to the man behind the counter and said, “I would like 18 holes of golf and one of those robot golf caddies, please.”
The gentleman from behind the counter turned to the man and said, “Well the 18 holes is no problem. However, we had to get rid of the robots. We had too many complaints.”
Confused, the golfer cried, “COMPLAINTS? Who in the heck could’ve complained about those robots? They were incredible”
The man sighed and said, “Well, it wasn’t their performance. It was that they were made of shiny silver metal, and the sun reflecting off them was blinding to other golfers on the fair way.”
The golfer said, “So then why didn’t you just paint them black?”
The man nodded sadly and replied, “We did. Then four of ‘em didn’t show up for work, two filed for welfare, one of them robbed the pro shop, and the other is running for President.”
Yeah yeah…. go ahead and say it! You know you want to! But remember this, I didn’t write it, and I’m having a seriously BAD day. Attack at your own peril.
MY Kind of Fundraiser!
I think more politicians should have these kinds of shindigs! 
What Is It?
The Mr was pulling weeds yesterday evening, and yanked this sucker up:
I didn’t get a picture of the thingy it was attached to, but it had big green leaves. The area he was yanking had primroses last year, and I thought perhaps he was pulling those up as well. Hey, what do I know. So, anyway, does anyone have a clue what this was before it became bird fodder?
Another Copy and Paste!
I really could care less about the color, race, and gender of a leader, president or other. The key is leading and leading in a direction that I am willing to follow. I will not follow those who choose to pander to liberal, globalist, free-sex, no-moral direction thinking. I have very concrete beliefs and I am looking for someone who will deliver on these beliefs.
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- Marriage is between one man and one woman with a commitment to endure for a life-time.
- You are either Pro-Life or Pro-Death that is your Choice.
- Taxes need to be limited to the lowest possible level that provides essential government mandates.
- The key to good government is to promote productivity and efficiency in the private sector.
- It is not the job of government to distribute wealth.
- Everyone has the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. No guarantees of catching it.
- Anyone who works deserves the full reward for their efforts.
- Defense should be part of every person and nations planning and preparation.
- We need to find long-term solutions not short-term feel good political fixes.
- English should be the official language of all business in America. You can talk in any language you want, but when conducting business, it is in English.
- There is no shame in our religious beginnings and schools should teach this part of history.
- The American border should be secure. The walls should be high and well defended. We, the American People, have the right to decide who we let in.
- Global Climate change has happened before without our medaling. It will happen again.
- We will use our own energy resources while striving to find alternatives.
- We support building more nuclear power plants to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
- We should build more oil refineries in America to lower the cost of gas and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. (I suggested Coos Bay.)
- The First Amendment forbids government from making laws that infringe on religion. It does not remove religion from anything under the government.
- We reject the banning of prayer.
- We need to take terrorist threats more seriously and take steps to eliminate those who are intent on carrying out such acts.
These are the basic tenants that I embrace whole heartedly without reservation. Find me a candidate of any color, race, sex or religion who will carry the banner for these items, and I will follow them. Any candidate who fails in so much as one of these areas can expect my ridicule. I will boldly proclaim each of these and if it makes me a ‘racist’ then so be it.
A clarification: That’s “pro-life” as in ANTI abortion and “pro-death” as in PRO death penalty.
H/T: Texas Fred
THIS Is Excellent!
All I can say….it’s about time! Thanks, Katy, for pointing it out.
No Words
Robert Mugabe’s militia burn opponent’s wife alive
The men who pulled up in three white pickup trucks were looking for Patson Chipiro, head of the Zimbabwean opposition party in Mhondoro district. His wife, Dadirai, told them he was in Harare but would be back later in the day, and the men departed.
An hour later they were back. They grabbed Mrs Chipiro and chopped off one of her hands and both her feet. Then they threw her into her hut, locked the door and threw a petrol bomb through the window.
The killing last Friday – one of the most grotesque atrocities committed by Robert Mugabe’s regime since independence in 1980 – was carried out on a wave of worsening brutality before the run-off presidential elections in just over two weeks. It echoed the activities of Foday Sankoh, the rebel leader in the Sierra Leone civil war that ended in 2002, whose trade-mark was to chop off hands and feet.
Mrs Chipiro, 45, a former pre-school teacher, was the second wife of a junior official of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) burnt alive last Friday by Zanu (PF) militiamen. Pamela Pasvani, the 21-year-old pregnant wife of a local councillor in Harare, did not suffer mutilation but died later of her burns; his six-year-old son perished in the flames.
I can’t even think of any words to type. That people would behave in such a manner is totally beyond my comprehension.
Remember These 24 Names!
Brady (TX)
Castle
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M
Dreier
Fossella
Frelinghuysen
Gilchrest
Hall (TX)
Johnson (IL)
Jones (NC)
King (NY)
LaTourette
LoBiondo
Manzullo
Murphy, Tim
Paul
Ramstad
Reichert
Shays
Shimkus
Turner
Wilson (NM)
Wolf
These are the so called Republicans who voted “aye” to move the over sized elf’s bill forward:
Title: Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 6/10/2008) Cosponsors (3)
The Do NOTHING Congress can’t get their act together, yet spend time and OUR money on the impeachment of a president who will be leaving office in a few months? You people have GOT to be kidding!
Personally, I’d like to see every single person holding any office right now sent packing! Wipe the slate clean, start over with the government our Founding Fathers intended. We have gotten so off track it’s not even amusing anymore!
Victor Davis Hanson and Some SERIOUS Common Sense
Do the Right Thing – Start Drilling
The other day in southwestern Fresno County, a poor part of Central California, I talked with a number of folks at a rural gas station. Most drove second- and third-hand pickups, large cast-off sedans or used SUVs. Their general complaint was twofold: They didn’t have the cash to buy a new fuel-efficient Honda or Toyota. And they were now spending a day or two of their wages just to fuel their cars for their long rural commutes.
Now see, I’ve been asking this question every time folks like Bill O’Reilly starts bringing up building the flex fuel type vehicles. If you can’t afford to fill up your car, how the hell can you afford to buy a new one? Does anyone ever stop and think about this? Not everyone can just go out and put themselves into debt for a “new and improved” car. And who’s to say this is really a solution to the world’s woes? They said that ethanol was the answer, and we’re finding out it costs more to produce than it’s worth. Not to mention all the food that’s being put into gas tanks that could be used to feed the world’s hunger. Morons!
Indeed, from my informal conversations at two very different gas stations, I would go even further: The wealthy, particularly those who are politically liberal, also like that high-priced gas translates into less burning of fossil fuels by others and will help accelerate research into alternative energies.
Why does this not surprise me. The ‘do as I say, not as I do’ libs are notorious, yet no one ever asks them exactly what they are doing to “save the planet”. Again….morons!
But what these elites don’t seem to realize is that the energy policies they tend to advocate are for the present paralyzing almost everyone else in the country — and that the truly ethical and environmental solution would require embracing positions long considered anathema to traditional liberalism.
That’s the thing about liberalism. The big picture seems to totally pass over their heads. They don’t look at the effects in the long run. Their constant brow beating of “it’s for the chiiiiiiiiiilruns” only affects those who actually have their children, instead of those who prefer to choose to kill them. We are seeing the affects of many of their policies destroying generations of children: no spanking, more violence in the schools, and such.
The debate in Congress over more refineries and nuclear power plants; drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off our coasts; and developing oil shale, tar sands and liquid coal has been usually a predictable soap opera: Grasping Republicans supposedly wish to enrich energy companies, while idealistic Democrats want only to protect the environment. But those black-and-white positions, hatched in the good old days of $1.50-a-gallon gas, should now be revisited on the basis of far different moral considerations.
One is fairness to the poor and middle class. Like it or not, radical environmentalism (and those behind it who provide the lobbying, funding and influence to block energy legislation) appeals to an elite not all that worried when gas prices rise or electricity rates go up — since fossil energy use goes down.
The libs keep saying they don’t like “lobbyists”, but they sure do kowtow to them on a regular basis, to the detriment of the nation.
Consider also how oil triggers a massive transfer of wealth abroad that is as illiberal as it is dangerous. Productive energy-strapped Americans, Europeans, Japanese, Chinese and Indians are working day and night to give the world critical material goods, ideas and services. To be blunt, oil-rich Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Russia and Iran are not.
If we want to be ‘energy independent’, shouldn’t we be producing more of our own energy? And while producing that energy, producing the products that actually HELPS the world’s poor? You know, things like medications, FOOD, etc. Why keep feeding the beast of OPEC? This makes NO sense whatsoever!
D. C. Weasels
Options
Morning Coffee 06/12/08
Choice for Memphis school chief eyes safety, academics before July start date
His start date is still weeks away, but Kriner Cash is already working on plans to improve Memphis City Schools.
Cash, who was chosen unanimously by the Memphis Board of Education on Tuesday night, plans to focus on academics, school safety, professional growth, constituent service and business operations.
With all due respect to Dr. Cash, he’s sure got his work cut out for him!
FEMA gives away Katrina donations
In March, the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave away $85 million of donated items and household supplies originally intended for Katrina victims.
The Louisiana agency that deals with government surplus was offered the goods but turned them down.
“Somewhere in this big bureaucracy, links weren’t made,” said Adam Sharp, spokesman for Sen. Mary Landrieu, whose office is scrambling to track FEMA’s discards and possibly reroute them to UNITY of Greater New Orleans, which desperately needs goods for formerly homeless people it has placed in subsidized apartments. “If the supplies just have been moved from one warehouse to another, we hope to get some of them moved back to FEMA so that they can be re-offered to Louisiana and given to UNITY,” he said.
Gee, “links weren’t made”. Y’think? I know of a few organizations right here in southern Middle Tennessee who would LOVE to have some of that stuff!
Mega-mansions are L.A.’s really big show
In Beverly Hills, a 32,000-square-foot beaux-arts mansion that will be sheathed in Portuguese limestone and adorned with gold-plated doorknobs fashioned in France is rising on Sunset Boulevard.
A few miles away in Bel-Air, businessman Eri Kroh has requested permits to lop off the top of a hill, fill in a canyon and then, after moving some 68,000 cubic yards of dirt, replace the chaparral-covered lot with a 30,000-plus square-foot single family home with Pacific Ocean views.
Just down the hill, workers recently were building retaining walls for a giant lot that real estate experts say could soon feature one or two giant palace-like homes.
Uh huh. And these are the types of folks telling YOU how to live? Pfft! How can anyone take them seriously! I have NO problem with their wealth, unlike some folks. What I do have a problem with is the Hollyweird types blathering that WE don’t do enough for this or that cause, all the while, living in their over sized, overpriced cocoons!
Police look for multiple suspects in girls’ shootings
Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker, 13, of Weleetka and Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11, of Henryetta, were shot multiple times Sunday on a rural road about a quarter-mile from Taylor’s home.
Investigators don’t have any suspects or motives, but a forensic examination of the bodies indicated that two guns had been used, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations Agent Ben Rosser said Wednesday.
“This leads us to believe that we’re probably looking for two shooters,” Rosser said at a news conference Wednesday, where he also announced that authorities had raised the reward to $25,000.
What kind of sick son of a b*tch shoots two little girls! I hope they fry them with extreme prejudice!
Supreme Court Lets Guantanamo Prisoners Challenge Detention in U.S. Courts
The Supreme Court says foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.
The justices, in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, handed the Bush administration its third setback at the high court since 2004 over its treatment of prisoners who are being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
It was not immediately clear whether this ruling, unlike the first two, would lead to prompt hearings for the detainees, some of whom have been held more than 6 years. Roughly 270 men remain at the island prison, classified as enemy combatants and held on suspicion of terrorism or links to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Justice Steven Kennedy wrote the majority opinion and was joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer, David Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Dissenting were Chief Justice John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
I beg your pardon? Say whut? Are they out of their minds? Ok, this is one reason B. Hussein can NOT be president! We need to get the loony tunes off the bench….not add MORE.
Scout describes tornado’s terror
Despite all that, Zach was up, active and cool as could be at 7 this morning — scarcely 12 hours after he rode out a tornado at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Western Iowa.
The tornado killed two 13-year-old scouts and two 14-year-old scouts, said Lloyd Roitstein, an executive with the Mid America Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Dozens more were injured.
At a news conference this morning, the four who died were identified as Aaron Eilerts, 14, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, and Josh Fennen, 13, Sam Thomsen, 13, and Ben Petrzilka, 14, all of Omaha.
Prayers with the families of the dead and injured. I can not imagine the grief the parents of those young men must be going through.
Lieberman and Democratic Donors for McCain
“Many Jewish Democrats are sensing there is such an existential threat to Israel that you have to vote for an individual who strongly supports the U.S.-Israel relationship,” Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), chairman of the GOP’s Jewish Victory Coalition, told The Hill.
Well, yeah… B. Hussein is NOT pro Israel, despite his attempts to make himself seem so. A vote for him is just like giving terrorists a platform, not to mention the higher taxes which would basically destroy what economy we have left, and an ever bloated gubmint.
U.S. Commission Finds Troubling Texts at Virginia-Based Saudi Academy
Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday.
Other passages in the school’s textbooks state that “the Jews conspired against Islam and its people” and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed “polytheists.”
Tell me again why this is ok? I really would like to understand why we continue to appease people who are teaching their children, right here on OUR soil, it’s ok to kill us.
U.S. denies ‘unprovoked’ strike
“Coalition forces began receiving small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire from an unknown number of anti-Afghan forces approximately 200 meters inside Konar province. Coalition forces returned fire in self-defense. … At no time did coalition ground forces cross into Pakistan.”
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Pakistan Army officials said the air strike resulted in the deaths of 11 Pakistani troops and condemned it as an act of aggression within the border that “hit at the very basis of cooperation” in the war on terrorism.
Which begs the question: What were Pakastani troops doing hanging out with the anti-Afghani bunch anyways? Still no word if there was a “big fish” caught. 
Watchdog group wants feds to probe Blackburn’s finances
Blackburn’s campaign spokeswoman Darcy Anderson pointed out that it was Blackburn who initiated the audit of her campaign finances.
“In regards to the meritless complaint filed by the liberal partisan group CREW, Rep. Blackburn is not surprised and unimpressed.
“This is an election year, and conservative women are prime targets for Democrat attack,” Anderson said in a written statement.
CREW, supported by liberal groups, has filed complaints against some Democrats but most have involved GOP lawmakers.
Filing token complaints again a few Dhimmis? Nice of ‘em. There is a whole LONG list of ‘em they should be filing complaints against. I like Marsha. I know there are some moderate Pubbies who don’t, but I do. So, with that in mind, my check for the “Non-tea party” is in the mail!
Visitors flocking to see ‘unicorn’ deer
The shy, young deer nicknamed “Unicorn” because of the rare, single horn in the center of his head is drawing hundreds of curious visitors, park officials said Thursday.
People are flocking to the nature preserve in Tuscany where the deer lives, hoping to see him and take his picture.
“We have received so many calls from people and many are coming to see it,” said Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, near Florence. “Sometimes he comes close to the fence, even if he is very shy.”
Ain’t he cute! No, no lunch thought on this one. 
Verse of the Day
John 17:15-17
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
