Pay special attention to the ease with which the head of the government agency, denies, and then explains away his previous knowledge of the known and documented risks associated with the innoculation that was not only provided by, but hard-sold to the American public. This is the type of person, and the type of accountability, that will be pervasive if the government gets any further control of our Health Care system:
Women’s Ass-Size Study
The results of a new federally-funded study were just published — about women and how they feel about their asses. The results were pretty interesting:
H/t to AnnCoulter.com (and SBK!):
8 Republican Assholes Who Helped Cap and Trade Pass the House (Feed Your ADHD)Once there were 8 RINOs in the House of Representatives who wanted to tax you even more than you already are in the name of some fictional assholery called “Global Warming,” a scheme that was hatched (by snakes) for nothing more than to transfer enormous parts of your freedom and wealth to that great frontier of trustworthiness and piety and “your best interest” — good ole Washington, D.C.
They wanted to force your electric bill to go up.
They wanted to force you to pay more for your vehicles and the fuels you put in them.
They wanted you to pay more for your jacuzzi and your microwave and your hairdryer and Grandma Jane’s trusty air conditioner for the enclosed patio.
Today they were the difference between cap and tax getting stuck in the wax between Henry “The Thing” Waxman’s ample ears and you getting to pay more for the crap you buy…not to mention more of if that will be made overseas….because who the hell wants to do business in a country that taxes them to death?
FINAL VOTE: 219 – 212 PASSES (click for source)
Their names were:
- Mary Bono Mack, Cauli-for-nia (Land of the Loons)
- Mike Castle, Delaware (home of Joey “Budweiser” Biden)
- John M. McHugh, NY (the Liberal State)
- Dave Reichert, Washington (the Other Liberal State)
- Chris Smith, NJ (Where Republicans are Democrats too!)
- Leonard Lance, NJ (See above)
- Frank LoBiondo, NJ (See above)
- Mark Kirk, Ill (Barack Obama Land!)
And even though this bill still has to go through the Senate, I think you should help me give all of these fine 8 traitors a friendly “[ED] You,” don’t you?
UPDATE: Direct link to who voted what.
From the mailbag…
Two hillibillies walk into a bar. While having a shot of whisky, they talk shop about their moonshine operation.
Suddenly a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. And after a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress.
One of the hillbillies looks at her and says, “kin ya swallor?”
The woman shakes her head no.
Then he asks, “kin ya breathe?”
The women begins to turn blue and shakes her head no.
The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up her dress, yanks down her drawers and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue.. The woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth. As she begins to breathe again, the hillbilly walks slowly back to the bar.
His partner says, “Ya know, i’d heerd of that there “hind lick maneuver”, but i ain’t niver seed nobody do it!”
Here’s why Yahoo logins are ‘breaking’ for users of third-party clients over the last couple of weeks (like Trillian, GAIM, Pidgin, Adium, etc.):
http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/06/09/we%E2%80%99re-retiring-versions-60-to-75/
Here’s what notes a helpful guy has contributed to explain how to work around the problem:
http://www.celticwolf.com/useful-information/faqs/26-pidgin-yahoo
And for those too busy to read the instructions (what kind of a geek are you, anyway!?!?!?), the gist of it is that you’ll need to change the address of the Yahoo login server that your client points to. There is also some discussion about the authentication method being slightly altered, but this seems to mostly affect those using the branded YIM (Yahoo! Instant Messager) client, and not the third-party ones.
It appears that Yahoo may still be ‘in flux’, meaning that there might still be some changes in the near future; but the developers who crank out the third-party clients are watching the situation closely and most are anxious to adapt to whatever the new environment evolves into.
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Old Yahoo login servers:
scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 (what my copy Adium was already set to before it broke)
New Yahoo login servers to try (pick one, move down the list until you find one that works):
cs101.msg.mud.yahoo.com (and anything from that to cs127.msg.mud.yahoo.com)
66.163.181.166
66.163.181.106
cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com
scsc.msg.yahoo.com
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And if you’re wondering, I don’t use Apple’s iChat — I use Adium (AdiumX.com) and love it.
And even if you’re not wondering because you aren’t interested in trying out new software at the moment anyway, I’ll still take the opportunity to plug Meebo.com, which is a completely web-based multi-network client that will give you a single-sign-on from any internet-connected machine to get access to ALL your buddy lists. Oh, and reports from all comers are noting that there have been no such Yahoo login problems, as noted above, on the Meebo site.
The only reason I love Adium so much is that it’s so tightly integrated with the Apple Address Book. Bonus.
No, honey, I’m not dumping you (my wife hardly ever reads my blog; with my luck today she’ll decide to skim the titles…).
I was a captive audience this week where the movie by the above title was playing on a nearby television — and though it didn’t seem like something I ever would have reached for at Family Video, it really was a keeper.
It’s a story about a comic-book geek that is afraid to grow up, afraid to commit, afraid to love, afraid to live. But his own comfort with his current lifestyle is what makes it so difficult to allow change… that scary change… to happen anywhere that might threaten the few things he has grown to depend on. And as no one lives in a vacuum, the friends and family who love him only serve to hold up the walls keeping him from being true to his heart.
In the end, it takes more than the right woman. A guy has to find the right man, as well — inside himself; and then decide that when that man stands up, he needs to plant his feet no matter how unnerving each day seems.
Lots of great characters, and a good story, well told in “I’m Through With White Girls” (Amazon.com).
You’ve seen me repeat this phrase over and over on my blog: “You get what you vote for; not what you are promised.” What, exactly, does that mean?
This from both the mailbag and a recent post on SmartGirlPolitics.ning.com:
“John is 63 years old and owns his own business. He is a life-long Republican and sees his dream of retiring next year is now all but gone. With the stock market crashing and all the new taxes coming his way, John knows he will be working for a good number more years.
John has a Granddaughter. Ashley is a recent college grad. She drives a late model car, wears all the latest fashions, and also likes going out and eating out a lot. Ashley campaigned hard for Obama, and after he won the election she made sure her Grandfather (and all other Republican family members) received more than an earful on how the world is going to be a much better place now that Obama won the election.
Ashley recently found herself short of cash and cannot pay her bills, again. As she has done many other times in the past, she e-mailed her Grandfather asking for some financial help. Here is his reply:
Sweetheart,
I am replying to your request for more money. Ashley, you know I love you dearly and am sympathetic to your financial plight. Unfortunately, times have changed. With the election of President Obama, your Grandmother and I have had to set forth a bold new economic plan of our own….the ‘Ashley Economic Plan’. Let me explain.Your grandmother and I are highly productive, wage-earning tax payers. As you know, we have lived a comfortable life and in return have forgone many things like fancy vacations, luxury cars, etc. We have worked hard and were looking forward to retiring soon. But this plan has changed. Your president is significantly raising our personal and business taxes. He says it is so he can give our hard earned money to other people. Do you know what this means, Ashley? It means less income for us. Less income means we must cut back on many business and personal expenditures. One example is, we were forced to let go of our receptionist today. You know her. She always gave you candy when you visited my office. Did you know she worked for us for the past 18 years? I can’t afford her anymore.
That is a taste of the business side. Some personal economic affects of Obama’s new taxation policies include none other than you. You know very well that over the years your grandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in cash, tuition assistance, food, housing, clothing, gifts, etc., etc.
By your vote, you have chosen another family over ours for help. Judging from your Email requesting more money, I recommend you call 202-456-1111. That is the direct telephone number for the White House. You yourself repeatedly told me I was foolish voting Republican. You said Mr. Obama is going to be the people’s president and is going to help every American live a better life. Based upon everything you have told me and things we heard from him as he campaigned, I am sure Mr. Obama will be happy to send a check or transfer money into your checking account. Have him call me for the transaction and accoun numbers, which by now I know by heart.
Perhaps you now can understand what I have been saying for all my life: those who vote for the president should consider what the impact of an election will be on the nation as a whole, and not just be concerned with what they can get for themselves (welfare, etc.). What Obama voters don’t seem to realize is all of the “government’s” money he is ‘redistributing’ to illegal aliens and non-taxpaying Americans (deemed “less fortunate”) comes from tax money collected from income tax-paying families.
Remember how you told me, “Only the richest of the rich will be affected”? Guess what, honey? Because of our business, your Grandmother and I are now considered to be the richest of the rich. On paper, it might look that way. But in the real world, we are far from it. But, as you said while campaigning for Obama, some people will have to carry more of the burden so all of America can prosper. You understand what that means, right? It means that raising taxes on productive people results in them having less money. Less money for everything, including granddaughters.
Congratulations on your choice for “change”. For future reference, I encourage you to attempt to add up the total value of the gifts and money you’ve received from us over the years, and compare it to what you expect to get over the next four years from Mr. Obama.
Remember, we love you dearly… but from now on you’ll need to call the number referenced above when you need help.
Good luck, sweetheart.
Love,
Grampa.PS: How was your recent trip to Jamaica? I have never been there but I hear it is lovely this time of year.
We aren’t going to say that Obama did something wrong in this post. (Are you sitting down?)
Sure there is still the whole mess with the don’t-ask-don’t-tell thing, and there are a whole host of related and unrealated benefits that have not yet been addressed; but Obama is on the right track in working toward giving guy-guy and girl-girl couples the same benefits as guy-girl (’married’) couples who are government employees.
As I noted before:
“I believe that the ’separation of church and state’ is not provided for in the Constitution; rather, it states that the government should not provide any advantage or disadvantage to individuals based on religious reasons. This means that while the government has no business defining ‘marriage’ (that is a religious classification), they also do not have the right to provide any advantage to someone just because they are married; thus, all laws and regulations that refer to marriage (such as tax tables) NEED TO IMMEDIATELY BE CHANGED to read ‘civil union’ — a classification inclusive of those who are married, but not exclusively so. Any law that confers an advantage to someone on the basis of marriage, but not civil unions, is unconstitutional. Beyond that… ministers can perform marriages; judges and cruise-ship captains can perform civil unions. End of story.”
Wow, legislators acting too lazy to do their jobs? You never hear about that sort of thing. Crazy.
It’s been all over the news that Lohan TwitPic’d herself the other day, and people are incensed.
See, she doesn’t use an iPhone! Will the scandalous behavior never cease? (That appears to be a Blackberry folks; what is Steve Jobs doing wrong?)
(PG-13 photo after the jump, because though it should be Safe For Work, I don’t know what kind of cranks you may have in your Human Resources department…) Read the rest of this entry »
Check the owner’s manual for whether your DTV box can receive and display analog signals; and then go to this web site to search for low-power stations near your zip code:
“For the vast majority of viewers who watch TV using antennas, television goes all digital on June 12, 2009 – the date set by Congress for all full-power television stations to broadcast exclusively in a digital format.But the law does not require “low-power” television (LPTV) stations to go digital. These smaller LPTV stations, and low-power “translator” stations that boost a signal’s strength at distances far from the station’s main transmitter, may continue broadcasting in analog after June 12, 2009. …”
Today, I received the following email from TeamSarah.org regarding David Letterman’s new habit of leaving decorum and respect behind in the Green Room (if you haven’t seen what we’re talking about, there are clips all over YouTube, as this hasn’t been a quiet de-volution for him):
Dear Friends,David Letterman’s latest Top 10 List and late night monologue directed at Governor Palin and her family is absolutely shameful, to say the least. Not only did Letterman’s list include a vulgar sexual reference to the Governor, but his monologue on June 8 went so far as to try to “joke” about 14-year-old Willow Palin being “knocked up” by Alex Rodriquez at a Yankee game.
Granted, much is fair game when it comes to public figures and late night comedy. Children, however, are never “fair game” and should never be the subject of such indecent sexual “jokes”. This attempt at comedy, using the suggestion of statutory rape as a punch line, goes beyond a breach of basic decency. Indeed commentary of this nature reflects a much darker, more disturbing trend that has permeated our supposed “entertainment” viewing.
David Letterman is entitled to his political views just like everyone else, but he is certainly NOT entitled to make explicit and vulgar sexual references toward women and children. We are appalled at such contemptible commentary.
Team Sarah is calling on members to express their views to CBS regarding this serious matter.
You may contact CBS at (212)-975-4321, send a message via the online feedback form:
http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php ,
or mail your feedback to:
CBS Television Network
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019Best,
Lisa S.
So, here is the note I posted to the network execs:
“For the last several years, we have put up with the far-overextended and disrespectful joke of Letterman’s ‘Greatest Moments in Presidential Speeches’ (at which point we were reminded, every time, to switch to another channel rather than contribute further to his fan base and advertisers).Now, it’s clear that David Letterman isn’t just lacking a moral compass; he’s charging like a bull, intent on using the grey area between offense and comedy to come off as ‘edgy’.
Well, we have been insulted enough by his assumption that we find denigrating others to be funny enough to warrant our valuable entertainment time.
Rest assured, we will be spending our viewing time on any network but yours — and we will be sure to inform your advertisers of our reasoning as well.
And responded to a NewsBusters article on the same:
“No one should have a doubt about Letterman’s character — of the lack thereof — after the YEARS of over-using his ‘Greatest Moment in Presidential Speeches’ that poked fun at President Bush in the most petty, mocking tone.No one is begrudging another American their opportunity to express their opinion; but the fact that the network put up with such base behavior and insults on a personal, not political level for such a long time, means that the executives who steer their programming think this kind of mockery is not only palatable; but even tasteful.
Vote accordingly with your family entertainment hours, and let their advertisers know you will not be wasting your family’s time seeing Letterman OR the commercials that run during his broadcast.
“Concerning Letterman’s comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he’d ever dare make such comments about anyone else’s daughter): ‘Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands — that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone’s daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.’”
I can’t claim to know that this is at all true; but it did give me a moment of satisfaction. Enjoy:
To the Guy Who Mugged Me Downtown (Downtown, Savannah )
I was the white guy with the black Burrberry jacket that you demanded I hand over shortly after you pulled the knife on me and my girlfriend. You also asked for my girlfriend’s purse and earrings. I hope you somehow come across this message. I’d like to apologize.
I didn’t expect you to crap your pants when I drew my pistol after you took my jacket. Truth is, I was wearing the jacket for a reason that evening, and it wasn’t that cold outside. You see, my girlfriend had just bought me that Kimber 1911 .45 ACP pistol for Christmas, and we had just picked up a shoulder holster for it that evening. Beautiful pistol, eh? It’s a very intimidating weapon when pointed at your head, isn’t it?
I know it probably wasn’t a great deal of fun walking back to wherever you’d come from with that brown sludge flopping about in your pants. I’m sure it was even worse since you also ended up leaving your shoes, cellphone, and wallet with me. I couldn’t have you calling up any of your buddies to come help you try to mug us again. I took the liberty of calling your mother, or “Momma” as you had her listed in your cell, and explaining to her your situation. I also bought myself some gas on your card. I gave your shoes to one of the homeless guys over by Vinnie Van Go Go’s, along with all of the cash in your wallet, then I threw the wallet itself in a dumpster.
I called a bunch of phone sex numbers from your cell. They’ll be on your bill in case you’d like to know which ones. Alltel recently shut down the line, and I’ve only had the phone for a little over a day now, so I don’t know what’s going on with that. I hope they haven’t permanently cut off your service. I was about to make some threatening phone calls to the DA’s office with it. Oh well.
I’d like to apologize for not killing you, and instead making you walk back home humiliated. I’m hoping that you’ll reconsider your choice of path in life. Next time you might not be so lucky. If you read this message, email me and we’ll do lunch.
Peace! -
Alex
H/t to JPG, The Expert Witness.
MINE: “NO ONE gets to make love to the camera about hating America more than ME, BIATCH!”
Enter yours in the comments…
Turns out, what I really wanted was very simple, and what the existing plugins provided was instead overly complex, and less flexible (neither make me a happy blogger). So, here is what I ended up with:
<a target=_blank href=”http://twitter.com/home/?status=<?php the_title(); ?> <?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark”>Tweet this.</a>
The only downside is that some of the plugins had the built-in functionality of shortening the URL using http://TinyURL.com/ (or something like it), and my solution doesn’t. But my domain name and path to any of my posts are already pretty short, so that’s probably not going to be a big issue in most cases unless I try to write a novel in the Post Title field (like this one, for instance). If a visitor clicks on the link and finds that the resulting Tweet is longer than the allowed 140 characters, they have an opportunity to shorten my post title before clicking the Submit button on Twitter.com.
Maybe it’s time to start voting for less debt, rather than those who simply pander to those who can’t do math. Sure, there are more voters out there that don’t really want to face what real fiscal responsibility is necessary — and everyone loves a good handout.
But if we all keep our heads up our collective arses long enough, some generation in the future is going to realize that we condemned them to a life of ‘all fertilizer and no flowers’. And they’re going to be really pissed and dlg us back up to crap in our coffins.
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