Memorial Day

I don't tend to wax poetic about Memorial Day and what it means, because I normally end up with tears in my eyes.

Yeah, I admit it.

I'm one of the lucky ones, and being here, surrounded by Sergeants who have lost friends, brothers and family drives that point home.  Good God, I've been blessed, more than I think I have a right to be.  Hell, I'm willing to get that anyone reading this post has been blessed far beyond their ability to pay it back, and I think we know it.  So be thankful, and work to pay those blessings back.

A priest once told me that when God gives you a gift, he expects you to use it.  Well, we've been given the gift of freedom, and it's under attack from the Left - What are you going to do to defend it for the next generation?

Ragin' Dave's Quote of the Day

Stolen, of course.

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived."

Gen George Patton

Running in a Sauna

Right now it's 85 degrees.  Feels like 90 degrees.  And the humidity plus sunlight makes it feel like you're running in a sauna.  It took me 50 minutes to run a route that I normally run in 35.  I'm covered in sweat, and my daily exercise routine just kicked my ass.

Can't wait to leave.

Blown clear

You know your allergies are acting up when you clear your sinuses on a run, and the size of the glob of snot that flies out of your nose reminds you of various B-grade sci-fi movie monsters.

The loud "SPLAT" it made when it hit the concrete was loud enough for people to hear it twenty yards away.

But I'm breathing better right now.  Yay me!

Every now and then, this is what I need.  Now is one of those times.

The Evening Surf

Og has up a post about dogs.  Og opines about dogs and humans.  V-man comments:

And the people who despise dogs, i.e. Islam, are the savages of the world. We civilize dogs. Dogs civilize us. 

 Yep.  I agree - Puppies are part of our tribe.

I have a day off

So I slept in.  Made it until 8.  Now I'm going to the zoo, because I can.

I'll try to bring back pictures.  Don't expect too much political analysis from me today.

One of my enjoyments

While I'm stuck in hell here is a good cigar.  I've found a couple good cigar shops, and they stock cigars that I normally wouldn't be able to get back home.  One of those was a "La Gloria Cubana Serie N".  I picked one of those up on Sunday, and had it last night.

Wow.

Smooth, not harsh, not too strong, but enough flavor to keep you happy and the Maduro wrapper gave it just a bit of sweetness to finish it off.  That's a damn fine cigar. 

Holy Crap

It's Wednesday already?

Dear lord, I've been slacking.

How the day went

Sunshine.  Nice and warm.  Top down on my Scoot.  Found The Tobacco Merchant.  Got good cigars.  Drove around some more, smoking cigars with the the top down.  Ended the day with cigars and beer.

You know, there's a whole lot of negative crap that I'm not writing about, because I need to focus on the positive.  And days like today help me do that.

Riffing on a theme

With Bill Whittle.



I want to meet that man someday.

The World's Shortest Sermon

At the church I'm attending while I'm down here, the priest gave the shortest, most to-the-point sermon I've ever heard in my life.  He got up to the lectern, looked at all of us, and said:

Jesus was born of a woman, because we are.

He submitted to pain and suffering, because we do.

He submitted to death, because we will.

And he ascended into heaven, so that we can.

And then he went back to the alter and began the profession of faith.  And while I know that there are people out there who might feel as if that sermon might be too short, I guarantee that I'll remember it for a long time to come.  Four sentences, short, sweet and to the point, carrying more meaning that I've heard in many half-hour speeches.

And the dropping begins

As a Catholic University drops it's health insurance for students.

As LifeNews points out, Franciscan warned of this outcome in September, while the Obama administration contemplated how to structure the religious exemption to the contraception/sterilization mandate.  Dozens of Catholic colleges and universities insisted that they would not comply with a government mandate to provide products and services that violate religious doctrine.  As a result, in just this one case, hundreds if not thousands of students will have to get their coverage from the government, subsidized by taxpayers, unless they can get coverage from Mom & Dad.

The cost issue shows that the problem won’t end with the religious exemption.  Franciscan is a relatively small school, one that cannot self-insure and save costs through managing their own premiums.  Many small businesses will have the same problems meeting the new coverage mandates even apart from contraception and sterilization, making it easier to pay the penalties for not providing the insurance and throwing employees onto public subsidies instead.  That will cause an explosion in the overall cost of ObamaCare, and a much higher burden for taxpayers.

Remember, folks - THIS IS THEIR ACTUAL GOAL - to make people into slaves, dependent on the government for their very lives.  Because once you enslave a population, you don't have to worry about silly things like elections.

Darlington Raceway

This is what I was doing yesterday.

That green blur is Danica Patrick's car.

A day off!

*faint*






I'm outta here.  With any luck, I'll have some good pictures to post later.

Stolen quote of the Day

The Larry Correia edition, stolen from The Smallest Minority:

You bitch about America at the protests, where our police handle you with kid gloves. You pose like little anarchist douchebags in your Guy Fawkes masks (my GOD! These people are ignorant of history!) throw bricks at the cops and destroy other people’s property, and then scream and cry about your civil rights being violated, all while demanding to be more like other countries that would just machinegun you in the streets and be done with it.

Dude....  that's just about the best summation I've seen in a while.  Read the whole thing, where Mr. Correia bitch-slaps a little leftist douche-nozzle to the ends of the earth.

I don't know what's worse

The fact that Cher is a clueless cunt-flap who went off the deep end a long time ago, or that people think she's still relevant.

I mean really, the only people who should be interested in Cher are Du Pont, who keep her looking as plastic as possible.

Sixteen hour days

I may need to start drinking more.

When Dances are Named

Whenever you hear about a new dance, with it's own name, there are probably two things you can guarantee.

1)  It's either going to look stupid as hell.

2)  It's going to have women gyrating in such a fashion that every red-blooded male within a square mile is going to get turned on.

Here's supermodel Kate Upton demonstrating point #1:



And here's Kate Upton demonstrating point #2:



I much prefer #2.

Oh hell yes

More Whittle, please.