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Archive for February 2010
How About A Stupid Poll?
Yep, this is one of the more stupid polls that I’ve seen in a newspaper in….well…forever. Yet, here it is, right there on the Jackson Sun website. Front page. Right hand side.
Seriously? This is suppose to be a serious question? For rational people? In this economy? With this Congress spending like drunken sailors on their first night of liberty?
Not only is this a stupid poll, it’s a poll for the stupid. 
I’d like to meet those 14.6% who voted yes. Sheesh!
What a Difference A Week Makes
One week ago, we had snow on the ground. it didn’t completely go away until Thursday. Early this afternoon, the Mr was heading out to his man cave, when he mentioned something green outside. So, I toddled myself over to the door to take a peek. I’ll be darned! Day lily sprouting!
Unfortunately, I also noticed that the weeds were making a major comeback as well. Does this mean things are going to get back to normal now? As in semi-normal temperatures? 
“Smart Girl” Lisa Mei
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
H/T to Paula, another Smart Girl Politics member.
Guns In Tennessee
Tennessee gun permits up 23% last year; increase 16% in Shelby County
The number of Tennesseans licensed by the state to go armed increased by nearly 51,000 people last year — to 268,711, according to new state statistics.
That’s an increase of 23 percent over the 218,004 Tennesseans with handgun-carry permits on Jan. 1, 2009. By comparison, the 2008 increase was 14 percent, according to Tennessee Department of Safety figures.
In Shelby County, the number of residents with handgun-carry permits jumped by 5,205 in 2009 to 38,130, up 16 percent. The Shelby County increase in 2008 was 15 percent.
The new data indicate that about 6 percent of Tennessee residents old enough to have a handgun-carry permit — those ages 21 and up — had one at the start of this year.
The permit rate is a little lower among people with Memphis addresses. The 20,716 people in the city with gun permits account for about two out of every 50 Memphis residents 21 and up, or nearly 5 percent.
It seems to me that even more people over the age of 21, not just in Tennessee, but nationwide, should be armed. Why? Well, honestly, if you are a criminal, and you don’t know who is packing, you’re less likely to try to assault the citizen. I also don’t believe it should be necessary to have a permit of any sort to be personally armed. The Founders weren’t kidding when they added the 2nd Amendment:
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
This particular amendment has been picked apart, on both sides of the issue, for years, but what’s to pick? Granted, the English that the Founders spoke wasn’t exactly the same as the language we speak today, but the whole Constitution seems pretty clear to me, including this one piece. Without this one, the 1st Amendment is just words on a piece of paper.
Felon To Run As An “I”?
While looking for something else, I came across this little tidbit in the Arizona Daily Star’s Around The Nation section:
Traficant says he plans to quit Dems
YOUNGSTOWN – A former Ohio congressman who served seven years in prison for corruption says he’s leaving the Democratic Party and considering a run for office as an independent.
James Traficant made the announcement Saturday on his talk show on WTAM-AM in Cleveland. He did not specify which seat he was eyeing for a run.
Traficant was elected to nine terms as a Democrat from Youngstown before serving time for racketeering, bribery, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. He was released in September.
He called it a “painful decision” to leave the Democratic Party but says he feels the leadership of the party is headed in the wrong direction.
I found this to be extremely amusing. Granted, the leadership of his party IS headed in the wrong direction, but it’s still corrupt, so why wouldn’t Traficant feel comfortable with them?
In a WaPo article from 9/3/09:
In 2002, in a trial in which Traficant represented himself, he was convicted of 10 felony counts, including accepting bribes and taking kickbacks.
Prosecutors and witnesses said he filed false tax returns and accepted free labor and materials for his Ohio farm from contractors in exchange for giving them congressional favors. He was the second House member since the Civil War to be voted out for unethical behavior.
Don’t we already have enough felons in Washington, D.C., even if they haven’t been convicted……yet! To add another one to the mix is just plain insane!
And for the love of pete, take that demented possum off your head!
Ever In One Of Those Moods?
Had To Do It
I know you’ve probably seen this before, but I can’t help it. Had to post it. Every time I read it, I darn near fall off my chair.
A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Tazer for their anniversary submitted this:
Last weekend I saw something at Larry’s Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized tazer. The effects of the tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety. WAY TOO COOL!
Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. Loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time, I’d get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.
Glenn Beck At CPAC 2010 – EXCELLENT!
Can’t find Ann Coulter’s speech anywhere! It was excellent, and hilarious, as well! Will keep searching.
Saturday Afternoon – Not Doing Any – Laundry Time
CNN, Huffington Post Urge Violence Against Republicans – Big Government
Up Yours – Berry Laker
I Was A ‘Useful Idiot’ – Ft Hard Knox
The West covers for the ‘Palestinian Authority’ - Israel Matzav
NYT Admits Conservatives Are Right About Government Healthcare – Hot Air
Michelle Obama Stocks White House Library with Books on Socialism – Maggie’s Notebook
Daily Gut: People Died, WaPo Lied – Big Journalism
Savages in Space: Obama orders NASA to recruit Muslim Astronauts. What could possibly go wrong? – MarkTalk
Damage Control… – Ick’s Corner
The War on Terror is Not Optional – Sultan Knish
Behind Taliban Lines? – This Ain’t Hell
Skinny unto death – Pundit and Pundette
Don’t look to government to reform education – The Daily Caller
OMG: NYT Says Jason Mattera is Talking Like a Black Guy – Ace of Spades
Caught on Video: Obama Brazenly Lying About Relationship With ACORN – Stop the ACLU
Anti-Sharia Event at CPAC – The Jawa Report
Is that hate? – Camp4U
The trillion-dollar government pension bubble – Michelle Malkin
Forced Unionization – Blue Collar Republican
An answer to Keith “People of Color” Olbermann – Sister Toldja
The Yackety Yack On CPAC IV: Inner Views – The Camp Of The Saints
The War on Smokers Part XXIV – Nashville for the 21st Century
The Real Reason Obama, Dems Desperately Push Healthcare Bill – The Liberty Sphere
Throw out Congress and the Senate! Really? – Texas Fred
Jesse Jackson Blames The Schools – Support Your Local Gunfighter
Two Great Speeches: Andrew Breitbart and John Bolton
Smart Cats
Four Cats
Four men were bragging about how smart their cats were.
The first man was an Engineer, the second man was an Accountant, the third man was a Chemist, and the fourth man was a Government Employee.
To show off, the Engineer called his cat, ‘T-square, do your stuff.’
T-square pranced over to the desk, took out some paper and pen and promptly drew a circle, a square, and a triangle.
Everyone agreed that was pretty smart.
But the Accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, ‘Spreadsheet, do your stuff.’
Spreadsheet went out to the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal piles of 3 cookies.
Everyone agreed that was pretty good!
But the Chemist said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, ‘Measure, do your stuff.’
Measure got up, walked to the fridge, took out a quart of milk, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 ounces without spilling a drop into the glass.
Everyone agreed that was pretty good.
Then the three men turned to the Government Employee and said, ‘What can your cat do?’
The Government Employee called his cat and said, ‘Coffee Break, do your stuff.’
Coffee Break jumped to his feet……..ate the cookies……..drank the milk……..pottied on the paper…….screwed the other three cats…….claimed he injured his back while doing so…….filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions…….put in for Workers’ Compensation. ……….…..and went home for the rest of the day on sick leave.
AND THAT, MY FRIEND, IS WHY HEALTHCARE SHOULD NOT BE RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT!!
Swiped from Southern Sass on Crime.
R.I.P.
Former Presidential Adviser Haig Dies
Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, has died.
The Haig family says he died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from complications associated with an infection. He was 85.
The four-star general served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own. President Richard Nixon appointed him White House chief of staff in 1973. In that role, Haig helped the president prepare his impeachment defense and handled many of the day-to-day decisions normally made by the chief executive.
Haig later served as secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan.
In the chaotic hours following the attempted assassination of Reagan in March 1981, Haig uttered what became his most famous statement.
“As of now, I am in control here, in the White House,” Haig said.
The remark misrepresented the line of presidential succession and it made it easier for critics to portray Haig as a usurper of power.
In 2001, Haig defended his remark.
“Everybody in that room was very familiar with the fact that this was not a discussion about transition, but rather authority within the executive branch,” he said.
Haig quit the Reagan Cabinet after a year-and-a-half — disgusted, he said, with bureaucratic infighting.
“You can’t have the State Department putting out one line and the Defense Department another line and the White House yet another line,” he told Fox News in 2002.
Nothing has changed! Rest in peace, sir. Thank you for serving our country. Prayers with the family
Oh My!
And this is from the Washington Post readers?
Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama?
He’s too detached and cerebral . Too deferential to Congress. Too willing to compromise . And he’s too much of a law professor and not enough of a commander in chief, as Sarah Palin recently admonished.
Got that ‘detached’ part right!
It would be unusual, but not difficult, for Obama to get himself on the Supreme Court. He could nominate himself to replace John Paul Stevens, for example, or he could gamble and promise Hillary Rodham Clinton that he won’t run for reelection in 2012 in exchange for a pledge of appointment to the next vacancy. And although as president, Obama has seemed haunted by the example of his political hero, Abraham Lincoln, on the Supreme Court he could take up the mantle of the greatest liberal justice of the 20th century, Louis Brandeis, another community organizer with a background in politics. In the end, Obama’s legacy on the court might surpass his legacy in the White House.
Not just no, but HELL NO! We already have too many activists judges! In NO way is he qualified to be a Supreme Court judge!
Obama’s academic credentials for the court — including serving as president of the Harvard Law Review and teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago — are obvious. But it’s his even temperament and low boiling point that seem tailor-made for the court at this polarized moment. Obama’s patient courtship of the vain and wavering swing votes in the Senate (such as Joe Lieberman) during the health-care debate, for example, is ideal preparation for courting the vain and wavering swing vote on the court (Justice Anthony Kennedy). And Obama’s detached and judicious disposition would equip him to challenge the conservative hothead, Scalia, without descending to his name-calling.
What credentials? We’ve never seen them! What’s more obvious is that the guy that wrote this must be a raving lunatic! Obama? Patient? What I see is brow beating and bribes,by his evil minions, Pelosi and Reid, to get things shoved down the throats of the American people who keep telling them “NO”! Since when is Scalia a ‘hothead’? And since when is mouthing the words “not true” considered name calling?
Jiminy crickets! Reading the rest of this ……column…. makes me want to toss my cookies. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a suck up piece of crap, even taking into account Tingles. It makes me wonder if Barack Hussein Obama wrote it himself. Either way, at least, even HE, knows Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.
This Thing Is Older Than I Am!
Fair warning….no doubt some people could be offended by this very old Bugs Bunny cartoon, but that’s their problem, not mine. I can’t imagine how much screeching would be going if I actually posted THIS one!
Always loved Bugs, and I remember seeing this one on Saturday mornings.
Don’t Run, Tommy! Don’t Run!
Thompson encouraged by polls, not ruling out Feingold challenge
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R-Wis.) is encouraged by polls showing him leading Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) in a hypothetical matchup.
He hasn’t announced a 2010 Senate run but admits he’s spoken to the head of National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and several other senators about the possibility.
“It’s a good year for me,” Thompson told The Hill. “The polls are good in Wisconsin and I haven’t even indicated” an intention to run.
I hate to say this, but I’ve never been a big fan of Tommy Thompson. I realize that he was very popular as governor in Wisconsin, but doesn’t the state need someone who ISN’T an insider? Isn’t a politician? Just wondering.
My friend, Dave Westlake, would be a good choice. 
Personal opinion….. more folks up there in Wisconsin need to get behind a true conservative.
