An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Archive for April 2011
The Boys Wanna Play
Glenn Beck 04/14/11 (Eric Bolling)
Weasel Time
You Can’t Take It With You
But what if you could? What would you take?
I have been having some rather odd dreams recently, and for someone who hasn’t remembered a dream in years, the idea they are happening, and remembered on a regular basis, is a little disconcerting. Night before last, it was a “slasher movie” with David Arquette. I don’t watch slasher movies, with Arquette, or anyone else for that matter, so I have no idea where that came from, but I’m going to blame one of my prescriptions. 
Last night was a thinker. As best I can remember, someone was telling me that the world was going to change. I wouldn’t need to take anything with me, but I would be allowed to fill one box with anything I wanted. It wasn’t a big box, kind of like one of those you get at the post office.
12x12x8
Now if you’ve ever shipped anything overseas, you know these boxes don’t hold a great deal, and certainly nothing big. 
So, in the dream, I started looking around, wondering what I wanted to keep from this life. Well, I put one thing in the box. I kept looking and thinking, there must be something else I’d like to keep. I thought of pictures, of family members, my parents when they were young, but the more I thought about it, the less I felt the need to keep something that is already in my mind. How about some little do-dad we bought on one of our trips? No, didn’t see the need for any knick knacks.
Naturally, the dream woke me up, but thankfully, I was able to go back to sleep for a few more hours. However, when I finally got up for the day, I was still thinking about it. What else would I put in that box? What do I have that is so important, other than that one thing I would want to carry with me? And you know, I really haven’t been able to come up with a darn thing.
So, I’m curious. What would you put in the box? What possessions are so important in your life that you would want to keep with you?
Serious question, by the way. You tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine. 
Games Children Play
Playing Politics Isn’t the Answer, Mr. President
The Foundry
In a speech yesterday on America’s fiscal crisis, President Barack Obama invoked the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and said, “through government, we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves.” Yet since his presidency began, Barack Obama has proven that what he cannot do very well for himself or for the nation is provide even a modicum of leadership on out-of-control government spending.
To fill that vacuum, Americans rose up in 2010 and elected new representatives to steer the nation toward fiscal sanity. Now, in the 9th inning, the same president who handed his mantle of leadership to a “fiscal commission” has responded to the call for reform by doing what he knows best – slinging arrows with a partisan, poison-tipped speech, proposing higher taxes and slashing America’s defense spending to dangerously low levels.
The president’s speech purported to address a very real problem – a growing $14.3 trillion deficit. It’s a problem that would only be exacerbated by the president’s 2012 budget, released just two months ago, which offers more spending, higher taxes and $9 trillion in new debt, but does nothing to reform entitlements.
Will The Senate Vote To Save The Innocent?
Or will the continue they taxpayer funded murder of babies.
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Planned Parenthood performs an abortion on average every 95 seconds.
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97% of pregnant women visiting a Planned Parenthood facility will have an abortion.
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Planned Parenthood received $363 million in taxpayer funding in fiscal year 2009.
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Planned Parenthood spent more than $1 million in support of Democratic candidates in 2010 and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct legislative lobbying.
How much is the life of a child worth to a Senator?
Tennessee:
Senator Alexander: 202-224-4944
Senator Corker: 202-224-3344
Find your Senators number, and CALL! Don’t let your hard earned money continue paying for the slaughter of innocents!
The Inconvenient Grape
Back at the end of March, the possibility that grocery stores would be able to sell wine was still alive and kicking. Today, it seems that is no longer the case. My question is why? Who is on this sub-committee that is so scared of the liquor store lobbyists that they don’t bother to listen to the people they were was sent to Nashville to represent?
A House subcommittee rejected a measure Wednesday that would have allowed grocery stores to sell wine, dealing a likely fatal blow to the bill for the fourth straight year.
The mostly Republican-dominated group of lawmakers turned down a proposal that would have put the question to voters county by county of whether grocery stores can sell wine, and they deferred all other consideration of the bill until the summer of 2012.
Ok, it’s mostly Republican-dominated. Got that. But my searching for exactly who is on this sub-committee came up empty. (If you have a link to the sub-committee members, I’d REALLY appreciate it.) The only name I could find is one that is in the article. That would be Kent Williams, former speaker. And the only reason he was speaker was because he voted with the Dems…for himself, as opposed to the person the Republicans put forward. This action got him kicked out of the state’s Republican Party. Now, in my book, that makes him a RINO of the worst order.
The move sends a clear signal that legislators remain strongly opposed to letting retailers other than liquor stores sell wine in Tennessee — despite the high hopes of wine-in-grocery stores supporters.
This isn’t about what the legislators want. This is about those who pay their salaries. That would be the taxpayers, if I’m not mistaken.
But Wednesday’s maneuvers strongly indicate that opposition remains high in the legislature, even after supporters presented polling data that show a large majority of Tennesseans back sales in grocery stores.
If a majority of residents support the sale of wine in grocery stores, why not let the residents have a say? Let us vote! If a counties residents would prefer not having this happen, then fine, that county’s grocery stores won’t sell wine. If the residents decide for, then said county’s stores can stock their shelves, and make it convenient for shoppers.
Supporters tried to answer those objections with a bill that would have let liquor stores sell items other than alcohol, such as ice and corkscrews. They also proposed letting Tennessee counties hold referendums on wine sales in grocery stores, similar to the votes held now on whether liquor stores and bars are permitted.
Ok, this is total news to me. We’ve lived here 4 years, and I’ve never been in a liquor store in the state of Tennessee. I’m serious. Never. A liquor store is not allowed to sell ice? Or corkscrews? This is a joke, right? Got to be! How can you sell wine and not the cork screw to open the bottle? Or beer with no ice to put in the chest? Who comes up with this crap?
Honestly, I have no dog in this hunt. I don’t drink, as I’ve said before. So, it really doesn’t matter to me one way or the other. BUT, as I stated previously, on the rare occasion I actually make use of my kitchen, I have been known to use wine in the recipe. I’ve only done that once since we’ve lived here. (Never send a man to get a bottle of red wine, who doesn’t drink wine. sigh… Rose’ doesn’t work. And no, it’s not the same thing. 
I don’t care what the guy behind the counter said!)
This one issue tells me quite a bit about the folks we’ve sent to the state house. It’s not what the people want, it’s what the legislator wants. They don’t seem to listen any better than those in Washington, D.C. There is a small group of people who put their wants ahead of their constituents. There are too many lobbyists buying decisions against the wishes of the people.
When it comes down to it, it’s not about the wine, or basically any other one specific issue. It’s about ALL the issues. They are suppose to be our voice. All I hear from them is a foreign language. This has become The Government VS The People.
Glenn Beck 04/13/11 (Judge Nepolitano)
Because Thinking Wasn’t Involved :)
Saw this at American and Proud, and figured, what the heck….I should be able to remember where I’ve been, right?
States:
visited 36 states (72%)
Create your own visited map of The United States
Countries:
visited 16 states (7.11%)
Create your own visited map of The World
Hmmm… need to travel more.
Ann on Dems Hatred of Children
On This Aborted Fetus, The Democrats Plant Their Flag
by Ann Coulter
Back in February, Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, Jacob Lew, promoted the White House’s allegedly draconian budget cuts in The New York Times.
Saying Obama was going to cut the 2012 budget to the bone, Lew droned on about the “difficult” cuts to “important” programs and the “many tough choices and deep cuts” in the proposed budget.
All told, the White House’s brutal, Depression-era austerity plan would have snipped a couple of billion from our multi-trillion dollar federal budget.
Is Today Over Yet?
In case you are wondering, I decided not to take my computer with me yesterday when we headed to Jackson. Just as well, cuz the Mr had one heck of a time getting connected at the motel. Heh.
His agitation level was rising, so we went and had a nice dinner at a place called Coyote Blues. Not bad food, but they are pretty expensive, especially for these parts. Seems it’s also a haven for educated idiots, better known as young libtards. But that’s alright, we irritated ‘em enough by smoking. Hey….we were outside, and ashtrays were provided. Don’t like it? Go your sorry self INSIDE with the rest of the weiners.
After returning to the motel at around 6:30, the Mr continued his dance with the internet. After the place rebooted the whole system a couple of times, he was finally able to get connected about 8:30. And there I was, with no computer aggravation at all.
This morning, I was up before 5. Yes. A.M.! UGH! No self respecting chicken is up at the hour, but the room was so hot, there was no more sleeping for me. Just as well, the wake up call came 5 minutes later. sigh… The Mr had to be at the hospital at 6:30 for a biopsy. Why so early? I have NO idea. Someone screwed up somewhere, and I don’t care who it was, I was NOT a happy camper, and let them know in NO uncertain terms that whoever was so utterly incompetent needed to get their head out of their rear! No orders for the procedure? Seriously? I won’t go into the back and forth. Let’s just put it this way…there are a few people at that hospital that will NEVER forget our meeting! 
Finally, after two hours, they got things straightened out, got him into a room, asked 982,574 questions, and then after ANOTHER two hours, finally took him to poke and prod. We were both starving by then, but at least I could go eat while he was having some guy playing with his liver. I felt bad for him, but was I going to wait? Oh, I don’t think so! *batting eyelashes* Lucky for him, they brought a tray of good old fashioned hospital food before he was returned to his room.
After six hours in the outpatient area, we went over to the oconology department. He missed his daily radiation zapping because of the nonsense, so had to have it in Jackson. I got to watch. Did you know that machine they use looks like the bad robot thingy in Robocop.
Seriously, that’s what it looked like to me. What can I say?
After they got things lined up, we left the room. There are two HUGE steel doors they closed behind us. It was kind of spooky. Seriously, think about it. They have to put gigantic doors between you and the machine, yet the person is laying there being bombarded by said machine. I wonder if those are the same types of doors they have at the Cheyenne Mountain thingamajig?
The whole zapping doesn’t really take very long, which actually surprised me. I got to see my husbands innards and watch the computers doing their thing. It was interesting, and the tech people answered my questions in plain English. I appreciated it!
Finally, we were heading home! The Mr decided he wanted a chocolate shake from Sonic, and I’m not one to ever turn down ice cream in any form. Have you ever had a shake so thick that you give your tongue a hicky? Criminy!
We made it home, mostly in one piece, and the Mr is happily snoozing in his recliner now. Oh, and I’m tired too, so what ya see is what you get….at least until tomorrow.
Glenn Beck 04/12/11 (Judge Nepolitano)
Decisions, Decisions!
We have to head to Jackson (again) this afternoon for some more medical hoopla to take place in the wee hours of the morning, and I’m actually contemplating NOT taking my computer with me. If I don’t take it, will I have massive withdrawal symptoms? Doubtful. But then again….ya never can tell.
I mean, it’s not like I haven’t managed to turn off this contraption for a few days at a time without any lasting mental, or physical, damage, right? Besides, I spend more time lately with my nose buried in my Kindle with some adventure or another, than I do reading, or watching news. Much more entertaining, and a LOT less stressful.
Well, I still have a few hours to decide. Although, the sight of me without my computer in tow might make the Mr believe there is something WRONG with me. Heh. Probably not a good idea to stress him out. 
Perhaps We Should Repeal the Act of 1871?
D.C.’s Mayor Arrested for Not Understanding the Constitution
The Foundry
The federal government might not have shut down on Monday, but rush hour traffic stopped in our nation’s capital when the mayor of Washington, D.C., Vince Gray, already serving under a cloud of corruption, was arrested while protesting Congress’ budget agreement. Gray, city council members and more than 200 protesters blocked Constitution Avenue and diverted police resources, shouting, “Free D.C.” and “We can’t take it no more,” all in response to new restrictions on spending that Congress placed on the District of Columbia. But they should have been protesting outside Constitution Hall, not the Capitol, because that is there where the Framers created the role for our nation’s capital that Gray is complaining about today.
Fraud
BP’s money buys Gulf Coast some wild items
Tasers. Brand-new SUVs. A top-of-the-line iPad. A fully loaded laptop. In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets and other gear — much of which had little to do with the cleanup, an Associated Press investigation shows.
Hey…as long as it’s not their money, politicians don’t give a flip, and just LOVE to spend. The problem is….how does an iPad help clean up the mess? Can SUVs provide jobs for Gulf Coast residents? Did they have to taze oil covered birds to get the cleaned off?
In sleepy Ocean Springs, Miss., reserve police officers got Tasers. The sewer department in nearby Gulfport bought a $300,000 vacuum truck that never sucked up a drop of oil. Biloxi, Miss., bought 14 SUVs. A parish president in Louisiana got herself a deluxe iPad, her spokesman a $3,100 laptop. And a county in Florida spent $560,000 on rock concerts to promote its oil-free beaches.
There was, and is, a lot of inefficiency going on down there. Instead rock concerts, don’t they think that $560K could have put a lot of kids to work cleaning up the beaches? Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve of the mind that these communities that wasted money on so much BS needs to give it back. Not to BP, obviously, but put it back into a fund that actually is being used for clean up, helping those who have been affected by the spill, and apologize to the public at large for being such self serving assholes!
Some officials also lavished lucrative contracts on campaign donors and others. A Florida county commissioner’s girlfriend, for instance, opened up a public relations firm a few weeks after the spill and soon landed more than $14,000 of the tiny county’s $236,000 cut of BP cash for a month’s work.
Waste and fraud. A politician’s life blood! Is it any wonder that people are totally disgusted by ALL OF THEM?
