God, she's classy.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
On Justice O'Connor's retirement
Well, get ready for a rumble in D.C. After seeing how the Donks went into hysterics over Federal appointments, there's no way they're going to allow Bush to nominate anyone without a fight.
On one hand, I really don't give a damn, since it's clear that the Supreme Court doesn't give two shits about the Constitution anyways. It wasn't O'Connor who needed to step down, it was Ginsburg, or Souter, or any of the other five justices who took the 5th Amendment out of the Constitution and wiped their ass with it. As far as I'm concerned, those five judges need to be impeached. Taken off the bench. And it needs to happen right now, before we lose any more rights to a bunch of un-elected black robed tyrants. Perhaps if we got rid of the political figures on the bench, we could go back to having judges actually rule on the constitutionality of laws, rather than making them up and handing them down like feudal lords.
On the other hand, if Bush nominates another judge like Janice Rodgers Brown, watching the Democrats try to hysterically smear another black woman as evil reincarnate could only help conservatives in the next election. I won't even think that the Republicans would ensure the judge got an up or down vote, because the Pubs have proven that they're a group of spineless jellyfish with the moral fiber of an intestinal parasite. The fact that they STILL rate higher than the Democrats is a matter of the Donks being worse, not the Pubs being better. If I had my druthers, I'd kick every one of those worthless bastards out of office and hold new elections in all 50 states, with a qualifier that anyone involved with politics in the past is ineligible to run again. We need to clean house in D.C. Not that I think it'll happen. I'm just in a pessimistic mood.
Anyways, there's my two cents.
On one hand, I really don't give a damn, since it's clear that the Supreme Court doesn't give two shits about the Constitution anyways. It wasn't O'Connor who needed to step down, it was Ginsburg, or Souter, or any of the other five justices who took the 5th Amendment out of the Constitution and wiped their ass with it. As far as I'm concerned, those five judges need to be impeached. Taken off the bench. And it needs to happen right now, before we lose any more rights to a bunch of un-elected black robed tyrants. Perhaps if we got rid of the political figures on the bench, we could go back to having judges actually rule on the constitutionality of laws, rather than making them up and handing them down like feudal lords.
On the other hand, if Bush nominates another judge like Janice Rodgers Brown, watching the Democrats try to hysterically smear another black woman as evil reincarnate could only help conservatives in the next election. I won't even think that the Republicans would ensure the judge got an up or down vote, because the Pubs have proven that they're a group of spineless jellyfish with the moral fiber of an intestinal parasite. The fact that they STILL rate higher than the Democrats is a matter of the Donks being worse, not the Pubs being better. If I had my druthers, I'd kick every one of those worthless bastards out of office and hold new elections in all 50 states, with a qualifier that anyone involved with politics in the past is ineligible to run again. We need to clean house in D.C. Not that I think it'll happen. I'm just in a pessimistic mood.
Anyways, there's my two cents.
Friday, July 01, 2005
Sandra Day O'Connor announces her retirement...
...thirty-nine years, to the day, after President Lyndon Baines Johnson ordered the bombing of fuel depots in Hanoi-Haiphong, resulting in several civilian deaths, worldwide protests, and indignant reaction from China and the Soviet Union.
No word on Sioux casualties.
No word on Sioux casualties.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Speaking of Moonbats...
...I wonder how the pottymouthed old AgHay is doing these days???
(((I really don't wonder, you know.)))
Asked and Answered: She's doing well.
As Senator John F. Kerry traveled the country on his presidential campaign last year, his personal investment portfolio earned him between $14,700 and $42,300 in addition to his Senate salary of $158,100, while his wife's investments made the couple millions more, according to financial disclosure forms released yesterday.((( here's where we get to the part about his empathetic old lady )))
Kerry reported ownership of four trust funds, with the combined value stated within the broad range of $430,000 to $2.56 million...
((( but before we do, let's have an empathetic picture )))
((( There we go. Now back to the story: )))
But much of Senator Kerry's 73-page financial disclosure report is dedicated to describing the vast holdings of his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, the primary heir to the Heinz family fortune. Heinz Kerry's net worth has been estimated at more than $500 million, and her wealth has made Kerry the richest senator in the nation by some estimates.That's about all there is about the oft-looney-but-always-caring woman who'd have been First Lady if Diebold hadn't stolen Ohio for The Bad Guys.
Heinz Kerry reported holdings of more than $1 million in a wide range of companies, including H.J. Heinz Co., Gannett Inc., IBM, Wells Fargo & Co., Comcast Corp., Liberty Media Corp., Noble Energy Inc., and Wachovia Corp. She has investments of at least $1 million in 31 separate venture capital funds, including funds run by Bain Capital, Beacon Capital Partners, and Polaris Venture Partners.
She also reported owning more than $25 million in municipal bonds, including many in Pennsylvania, the home state of her late husband, former senator John Heinz. Her ownership stake in the Washington restaurant Thyme Square was valued between $250,000 and $500,000, and her airplane charter company Flying Squirrel Inc. was valued at more than $1 million.
If you click the link, you'll find that the article moves on to talk about Senator Kennedy's pile 'o dough.
Portfolio boosted Kerry's income - The Boston Globe
Seth McFarlane - Moonbat
"You're the amoral puppet master behind George W. Bush."
"We're conservatives. Abortion is the only type of killing we don't support."
Those are a couple of lines from the "American Dad" episode "Deacon Man, Jesus Man". The plot: Stan is obsessed with besting his neighbor. He covets his car, house, pay check, wife, kids, etc. After the death of their church Deacon, Stan and his neighbor campaign to be elected the next Deacon. Stan calls upon the services of Karl Rove who, I shit you not, looks exactly like the Emporer from Revenge of the Sith (Senate scene after the Jedi's failed attempt to arrest him). Wolf howling is heard every time someone says his name. He tries to enter the church when Stan beckons him in, but upon crossing the threshold, he starts to smoke. The abortion line comes into play when Stan's son becomes impregnated by the alien that lives in their house. But Stan takes his son to Mexico (which he calls "God's blind spot") to get it taken care of.
Did I mention that the most recent episode of Family Guy has the following scene: Peter has a flashback to when he "entertained at the White House". He is introduced to George W. Bush at his desk in the oval office. Peter say's "ooga booga booga" and acts like an ass causing W to laugh like an infant and wave his arms which is how he knocks a snow globe off his desk which causes him to cry like an infant". Gee, Seth. You don't hate conservatives, do you?
It seems making TV shows (and movies) that attempt to poke fun at or vilify your political rivals is therapy for wealthy spoiled Hollywood leftists. At least in the world of fairy tales, your rivals don't put up a fight. The Rove vilifaction was such blatant demonizing that it's actually funny. The other shit was just what he thinks of those who disagree with him. Yeah....fuck you too, Seth. :) Learn the difference between "killing" and "murder".
"We're conservatives. Abortion is the only type of killing we don't support."
Those are a couple of lines from the "American Dad" episode "Deacon Man, Jesus Man". The plot: Stan is obsessed with besting his neighbor. He covets his car, house, pay check, wife, kids, etc. After the death of their church Deacon, Stan and his neighbor campaign to be elected the next Deacon. Stan calls upon the services of Karl Rove who, I shit you not, looks exactly like the Emporer from Revenge of the Sith (Senate scene after the Jedi's failed attempt to arrest him). Wolf howling is heard every time someone says his name. He tries to enter the church when Stan beckons him in, but upon crossing the threshold, he starts to smoke. The abortion line comes into play when Stan's son becomes impregnated by the alien that lives in their house. But Stan takes his son to Mexico (which he calls "God's blind spot") to get it taken care of.
Did I mention that the most recent episode of Family Guy has the following scene: Peter has a flashback to when he "entertained at the White House". He is introduced to George W. Bush at his desk in the oval office. Peter say's "ooga booga booga" and acts like an ass causing W to laugh like an infant and wave his arms which is how he knocks a snow globe off his desk which causes him to cry like an infant". Gee, Seth. You don't hate conservatives, do you?
It seems making TV shows (and movies) that attempt to poke fun at or vilify your political rivals is therapy for wealthy spoiled Hollywood leftists. At least in the world of fairy tales, your rivals don't put up a fight. The Rove vilifaction was such blatant demonizing that it's actually funny. The other shit was just what he thinks of those who disagree with him. Yeah....fuck you too, Seth. :) Learn the difference between "killing" and "murder".
September 11 and Iraq: Short Memories
That's the title of this piece at Power Line. Quick, head-shaking read.
Hunh?
This is just outright bizarre, Bush Derangement Syndrome at its most foaming.
Found at lgf: What Media Bias?.
UPDATE [Tim]: DANEgerus comments. "I dream," he says, "of going 'kennyrogers' on some Al-Reuters cameraman."
Classic!
Found at lgf: What Media Bias?.
UPDATE [Tim]: DANEgerus comments. "I dream," he says, "of going 'kennyrogers' on some Al-Reuters cameraman."
Classic!
Pantwetters
Dem Dopey Dems are again wetting their pants because President Bush mentioned "9-11" in a speech about Iraq.
DANEgerus has compiled what is pretty darn close to being a compendium of links, excerpts, and factoids that together illuminate why someone in his right mind would consider the Battle For Iraq and the events of 11 September 2001 to be related.
If that ain't enough, there's more from Andrew McCarthy at National Review Online.
DANEgerus has compiled what is pretty darn close to being a compendium of links, excerpts, and factoids that together illuminate why someone in his right mind would consider the Battle For Iraq and the events of 11 September 2001 to be related.
If that ain't enough, there's more from Andrew McCarthy at National Review Online.
Oh Happy Day!
I was at the PX yesterday when I snagged my weekly copy of the Army times. It's a ritual, so I don't bother actually looking at the front page until I get it home.
So I get home, grab it out of the bag, and look at the cover. And promptly wet myself with joy.
The cover story? "Dump the M9? Why you may be turning in your 9mm for a .45"
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Now, it won't happen tomorrow, but it seems the top brass has finally listened to soldiers when they say that the M9 is a worthless piece of crap that doesn't work. The list of WHY it's a piece of crap has been gone over all too often, but I'll repeat a few points:
1) Steel slide with aluminum body. Gives you much more kick than a 9mm round should, due to being completely unbalanced.
2) Lack of stopping power. That's a given, since the military has to use ball ammunition, and the 9mm is a puny bullet.
3) Lack of lethality. There was a report of a terrorist being shot IN THE FRIGGING NECK with a 9mm, and it didn't drop the goat-fucker. Now, if you shoot someone in the neck, they should go down. Again, since the military is forced to use ball ammo, that puny little 9mm slug just went in one side and out the other with very little collateral damage to the surrounding tissue. A .45 would have blown half the bastard's neck out.
Oh, and by the way, the US Army SF uses a .45 ACP pistol. That tells you all you need to know.
In any case, within the next few years, the Army can look forward to a .45 pistol.
So I get home, grab it out of the bag, and look at the cover. And promptly wet myself with joy.
The cover story? "Dump the M9? Why you may be turning in your 9mm for a .45"
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Now, it won't happen tomorrow, but it seems the top brass has finally listened to soldiers when they say that the M9 is a worthless piece of crap that doesn't work. The list of WHY it's a piece of crap has been gone over all too often, but I'll repeat a few points:
1) Steel slide with aluminum body. Gives you much more kick than a 9mm round should, due to being completely unbalanced.
2) Lack of stopping power. That's a given, since the military has to use ball ammunition, and the 9mm is a puny bullet.
3) Lack of lethality. There was a report of a terrorist being shot IN THE FRIGGING NECK with a 9mm, and it didn't drop the goat-fucker. Now, if you shoot someone in the neck, they should go down. Again, since the military is forced to use ball ammo, that puny little 9mm slug just went in one side and out the other with very little collateral damage to the surrounding tissue. A .45 would have blown half the bastard's neck out.
Oh, and by the way, the US Army SF uses a .45 ACP pistol. That tells you all you need to know.
In any case, within the next few years, the Army can look forward to a .45 pistol.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Linkdump
Strange, isn't it? If "they" held a benefit for Africa, and no palefaced artists pitched in, well, that'd be horrible. And if "they" hold a benefit for Africa and almost all of the acts are lily-white, well (I'll be doggone), that'd also be horrible.
The Rhode Island Senate Tuesday approved legislation that protects patients and their primary caregivers who use and prescribe marijuana for medical reasons from arrest. I love States.
The Truth About Hillary is Number 13 at Amazon. I must say I think that's a generally bad thing. I think this kind of puerile and superficial coarseness is how we get to places where "big" political issues are, umm, puerile and superficial.
Guilty in East St. Louis! Lead item for Perky Katie tomorrow, no doubt
That is all.
The Rhode Island Senate Tuesday approved legislation that protects patients and their primary caregivers who use and prescribe marijuana for medical reasons from arrest. I love States.
The Truth About Hillary is Number 13 at Amazon. I must say I think that's a generally bad thing. I think this kind of puerile and superficial coarseness is how we get to places where "big" political issues are, umm, puerile and superficial.
Guilty in East St. Louis! Lead item for Perky Katie tomorrow, no doubt
That is all.
Torture - Then and Now
Not much can be added to this.
For 5 months 'I stayed in the box' -- The Washington Times
On the first of June, I was put in a cement box with a steel door, which sat out in the tropical summer sun. There, I was put in leg irons which were then wired to a small stool. In this position I could neither sit nor stand comfortably. Within 10 days, every muscle in my body was in pain (here began a shoulder injury which is now inoperable). The heat was almost beyond bearing. My feet had swollen, literally, to the size of footballs. I cannot describe the pain. When they took the leg irons off, they had to actually dig them out of the swollen flesh. It was five days before I could walk, because the weight of the leg irons on my Achilles tendons had paralyzed them and hamstrung me. I stayed in the box from June 1 until Nov. 10, 1969. While in the box, I lost at least 30 pounds. I would be curious to hear Mr. Durbin explain how this compares with having a female invade my private space, and whether a box in which the heat nearly killed me is the same as turning up the air conditioning.Phew.
For 5 months 'I stayed in the box' -- The Washington Times
Take a Good Look at the New President
of Iran.
UPDATE [Tim]: Jawa Report (linked to by DW above) mentions that there is some suspicion that the photographs that show Iran's new President during the Iran Hostage Crisis are doctored, Photoshopped.
Here's the dust jacket of a book on the Crisis, published 1999:
Amazon.com: Revolutionary Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis and the Hagur Claims Tribunal
UPDATE [Tim]: The story hits the mainstream: AP: Ex-Hostages Say Iran Leader Was a Captor
UPDATE [Tim]: Jawa Report (linked to by DW above) mentions that there is some suspicion that the photographs that show Iran's new President during the Iran Hostage Crisis are doctored, Photoshopped.
Here's the dust jacket of a book on the Crisis, published 1999:
Amazon.com: Revolutionary Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis and the Hagur Claims Tribunal
UPDATE [Tim]: The story hits the mainstream: AP: Ex-Hostages Say Iran Leader Was a Captor
The President's Speech
"There was nothing in it that we and our readers didn't already know," says Power Line. I concur.
Best line, in my opinion: "They are trying to shake our will in Iraq — just as they tried to shake our will on September 11, 2001. They will fail."
Of course that is, or SHOULD BE, boilerplate stuff.
If every Democrat who criticizes the way the war has been run would just toss that in at the end of their remarks, I'd be pleased to entertain their objections. Dissent, after all, is a stone in the foundation of America. Seems to me sometimes that when Democrats dissent they appear to be willing to trade a Radical Islam win in Iraq for the President's head.
Best line, in my opinion: "They are trying to shake our will in Iraq — just as they tried to shake our will on September 11, 2001. They will fail."
Of course that is, or SHOULD BE, boilerplate stuff.
If every Democrat who criticizes the way the war has been run would just toss that in at the end of their remarks, I'd be pleased to entertain their objections. Dissent, after all, is a stone in the foundation of America. Seems to me sometimes that when Democrats dissent they appear to be willing to trade a Radical Islam win in Iraq for the President's head.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The Girdle Zone
I'd not click it at work, though there is little to no nudity. I link it here because it is simply amazing that a site like this exists. I am near-continually astounded by the the plethora that is the Web.
Zona - The Girdle Zone
Zona - The Girdle Zone
Can you say, "Poetic Justice?"
I think this is for real. I sure hope someone posts pictures of Justice Souter's home getting bulldozed when it happens.
One Tenth of One Percent
The insurgents are "not nearly as capable" as they want people to think, Army General George W. Casey Jr. Commander of Multinational Force Iraq, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" program. In fact, he said, insurgents represent "one tenth of one percent of the Iraqi population." Casey said the insurgents have no positive vision for Iraq, and the vast majority of Iraqis reject their attempts to derail democracy.
That is 1/10th of 1/100th of 26,000,000 people or 26,000 terrorist bottom feeders. For all you mouth breathing leftist vermin this means that Moore-on's prediction that "they will win" arrived at absolute zero a while back. By all means, continue betting that our enemy will prevail if it makes you feel better.
More goodies at the link.
That is 1/10th of 1/100th of 26,000,000 people or 26,000 terrorist bottom feeders. For all you mouth breathing leftist vermin this means that Moore-on's prediction that "they will win" arrived at absolute zero a while back. By all means, continue betting that our enemy will prevail if it makes you feel better.
More goodies at the link.
Link Dump
If it quacks like the Enemy, maybe it is. (LINK FIXED)
Ward Churchill - he does crave attention, doesn't he?
About that other quagmire (not the one in Afghanistan, and certainly not the ones in Germany and South Korea).
Ward Churchill - he does crave attention, doesn't he?
About that other quagmire (not the one in Afghanistan, and certainly not the ones in Germany and South Korea).
One of the great things about the "blogosphere"...
...is the endless linking, where one can follow pathways of links, well, endlessly. To wit:
Click and read.
Monday became a favorite of Dodger fans from that moment on, and the next year the team traded for Monday. He played on three pennant-winning Dodger teams and played a key role in their World Series win in 1981. Today he still works for the Dodgers as a broadcaster, continuing an almost 30-year association with the team...What did Rick Monday do in that "moment"?
Click and read.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)