The Chicago Way

Like Steve Martin in The Jerk who blamed the cans as he was being sniped at from afar, the left is doing everything they can to blame the Fort Hood shooting on anything but Islamic Jihad.

And Chicago Mayor Daley is reaching new heights in idiocy by blaming inanimate objects for the atrocity.

“Unfortunately, America loves Guns. We love guns to a point where that uh we see devastation on a daily basis. You don’t blame a group.”

Not that it’s new to blame guns for shootings. It’s not. What’s new is blaming  guns for shooting on an Army installation. It is makes about as much sense as not mentioning Ronald Reagan during the Berlin Wall anniversary.

Oh yeah, that didn’t happen either.

Rewriting history and disappearing people. Isn’t that what communists have historically done?

Bye, bye Reagan.  Year One is now officially the Year of Obama.

But back to the shooting.

Daley doesn’t want to blame a group of people for this action.  He wants to blame guns.  But if there had been no guns available wouldn’t this Muslim coward have simply built him a nice little backpack bomb and lit the fuse as he yelled, “Allah Akbar” for all to hear?

The answer is yes.

But that wouldn’t be his fault.

Blame backpacks.

Blame PTSD.

Blame discrimination against him and other Muslims in America, despite the fact that there is no evidence that it even exists, much less results in some fantasy backlash that appeasers continue to push.

Blame anything and anyone BUT the real problem.

Hat-tip to Theo for the cartoon.

Thanks To Our Veterans

And a thank you to Theo for the drawing.

Semper Memoralis*

Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps.

Yeah, the song doesn’t have anything to do with the Corps except that it is bad ass like them.

*I’m told this means “Always Grateful,” which is what Americans should be to the Corps.

Perspective

As is typical of many things, the importance thereof is in the eye of the beholder. Swine flu, for example, has everyone riled-up and for no real reason that I can see. At least no more reason than any other end of the world issue that the media and nanny-staters in our government play up these days.

Remember Alar in apples? Oh my!

Global warming? Save us, Obi-Gore!

Millions of people dying in our streets without healthcare? Obamacare is the only answer!

Zombie attack? Okay, well, we DO need to worry about zombies, especially with millions of non-insured bodies just lying in the streets unclaimed. But the rest of this stuff is blown out of proportion by a factor of 10,000 at a minimum.

Not that we shouldn’t pay some attention to these things. Pandemics are certainly possible and Zombies are a certainty sooner or later. But come on, how much false fear has been instilled in our society by this disaster bloviating over the years?

There is real stuff to be concerned about though. Islamic radicalism for one. And the equally dangerous politically correct attitude that is allowing it to take root in our society and, from the looks of it, kill our soldiers here at home. (Hey, Army leadership – wake the frack up!!)

Perspective.

One must get a sense of it.

For example, some would say too big, but they’d be wrong.

They’re just right.

Hat-tip to Theo.

I Post The Picture Because As The Song Says, “Just A Spoonful Of Sugar Helps The Medicine Go Down”

1. A Marine wife asks, “Life is full of mysteries, but chief among them in this Marine wife’s mind at the moment is, ‘Just how stupid does this White House think we are?” The answer is very stupid. Because he thinks all the military is stupid. And over half the American people. He KNOWS, however, that his supporters are stupid and he plays to that like a master.

2. “If you really care what you put in your body, Ruby’s is a good place for you,” says Mr. Beall, as the wait staff clears away the plates. “If you don’t care, hell, go to Hardee’s.” So says, Sandy Beall, the founder and chief executive of Ruby Tuesday’s. A restaurant we used to frequent but don’t any longer because their food really started sucking. Now the local one is out of business, which is good because even if their food is better and better for you, as is touted by Beall in this article, I wouldn’t eat there again. Why? Because that was an insulting thing to say. Yes, to Hardee’s, but also to the people who choose to eat at Hardee’s and who might have chosen to eat at Ruby Tuesday’s now and again. Look, I don’t eat at Hardee’s. I’m not sure I ever have. But when I do eat out, “caring about what I put in my body” is not high on my list. One eats out at a nice restaurant to enjoy a good meal, have a drink or two, and relax with friends or family . . . not to count calories. If you want to do that stay at home. And if you do like to eat out at a nice place,  but also like a greasy (insert fast-food chain here) burger now and again, you might just try Applebee’s instead of Ruby Tuesday’s. Their baby-back ribs are great.*

3. That cowardly shooter at Fort Hood was a Islamic Jihadist, not some poor soul suffering from PTSD. The liberal media and the administration are doing their best to spin it away as anything but Islamic terrorism, but the growing evidence just does not fit that narrative. And since this guy was probably alone, without some Al Qaeda-like support system, can we now say that we may, just may, be at war with Islam. At least the much larger than people are willing to admit radical part of it? Because the sooner we admit that the safer we will be.

4. Someone wishes the Berlin Wall never fell. Perhaps this is some kind of Stockholm Syndrome thing. Or just some nutty socialist who pines for the good ole days. Whatever the reason, I’m happy to say I was one of the many American military members serving in Germany before and when the Wall came down and if my CI/AT support for the Ground Launched Cruise Missile program (and other secret squirrel stuff) helped just a tiny bit then I am very proud. I do recall though, that after the Wall fell and East Germans began migrating into West Germany, many of the West Germans complained about some of them not wanting to work and wishing for a social system that did not exist any longer. Seems that dependence has lasted longer for some than others.

5.  No link needed because if you haven’t heard about it, then you have your head stuck so far down in the sand that you deserve the rectal exam the Democrats are about to give you. The putting on the rubber gloves part happened this weekend when the House passed their version of Obamacare.  All Democrats and one lame-ass Republican who is more worried about his own seat than his country, but hey, that’s politics, right?  Anyway, it’s not over yet, but seriously if you are not out there calling, writing, and talking to your representatives it will be soon.  Do you really want the government making life and death decisions on your health care? Seriously? You’ve been that happy with what they have done so far in other, much less intrusive, parts of your life?

Hat-tip to Theo for the babe and to Maggie’s Farm and Instapundit for some links.

* Full disclosure – I do not work for Applebee’s.  Nor in the restaurant business at all.

Runs In The Family

Law enforcement that is. One of these is my nephew, new SWAT member and generally all-around good kid young man. We need more like him out there.

The President Of The United States Of America

Said this?

“Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.”

“Teabag” being, in case you didn’t know, a vulgar sexual reference made-popular by liberals recently when referring to Tea Party protestors who have the audacity to speak truth to power and disagree with The Won.

Well congratulations to him. He’s become as despicable as Jimmy Carter in a micro-second of the time it took Jimmy Carter to become despicable. Of course, neither Barry nor Jimmy became despicable after they were elected. They were both despicable for a long time before and somehow managed to fool enough people into thinking they weren’t to get elected.

Shameful.

Double The Pleasure, Double The Fun

Leia and her stunt double.

Via My [confined] Space.

Brunette Of The Week

Kat Dennings.

Found it here.

Brunette Ninja

Via My [confined] Space.

Just A Short Note About The Cowardly Man Who Allegedly* Killed And Wounded So Many At Fort Hood

He is a Islamic Jihadist. The liberal media, our appeasing administration, and “religion of peace” apologists can try to spin it all they want but everyone with as much as a thimble-full of common sense and honesty knows this. The fact that he is an educated man who, at least at one time, decided he would serve his country honorably doesn’t mean a thing. He went bad. He let this warped religion darken his heart and mind and because of this he allegedly* did this horrible deed.  And he is certainly NOT a victim.

God be with the families of those killed and with those wounded in this cowardly attack.

*I guess since he is still alive we have to say allegedly so we don’t screw up his trial, conviction, and ultimate execution.

How To Change Your Oil

Hat-tip to Mostly Safe for Work.

So Sorry I’m Not Posting That Much

I’m a little behind.

But I really am trying to get in front of things again.

Thanks to Theo of course.

Go Tell Your Friends

Shamelessly stolen from Three Donia, but worth the misdemeanor charge because it says so much about yesterday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey and the efforts of good Americans to put a stop to the crap that is overwhelming our country right now.

A little hyperbole? Perhaps. Or perhaps not, if you are as honestly concerned . . . frightened even . . . about the way things are going lately. Like I am. Like a lot of people are.

Things can change back though. That’s the good thing about America. We screw-up and we can fix it a few years later. Fixing it isn’t easy though when many in the country don’t see the mistake or, as is the case with many on the left, don’t think it is a mistake at all. Fortunately more and more people do see it and they are moving – some loudly, and some quietly – to correct it.

But you do have to keep working at it.  Because like a crooked contractor, the people who made this mistake and who are making more and more each day are just trying to cover it up with Spackle and some paint. Or even make it worse, by trying to pile more crap on an already crappy foundation.

So we’ve got a lot of work to do between now and November 2010, but it’s work worth doing and will be a lot easier if we have tons of help.

So go tell your friends.

It’s Cold Out Today, So Here’s Something To Keep You Warm

Had a busy weekend here. First the neighbor’s annual Halloween party which, as usual, resulted in me staggering home after drinking way to much. Fortunately it’s only about 150 feet to my house so in 11 years I’ve never gotten lost.

Then Saturday night was Trick or Treating and I stayed home while loving wife and some other loving wives took the kids out for the great candy search. I gave out candy and, unlike prior years, was very busy, getting up and down from the couch. We had about 50 kids I guess which may not sound like much but was about 40 more than we usually have. They kept interrupting Beowulf though which annoyed me.

Sunday I mowed our grass leaves and got the yard spiffy for the coming winter. I’ll have to mow them again though as we still have a ton of trees that don’t seem to want to let go just yet.

What else?

Let’s see.

Obama is tanking in the polls, faster than the Titans are dropping in the standings. Yeah, yeah, they beat Jacksonville, but big wow. Any Given Sunday and all that. They still suck.

Speaking of Obama tanking, here’s a great line about his whining about, well, everything and everybody.

Obama’s skin was any thinner, he’d have a reservoir tip on the top of his head.

I think all the guys will get that, not sure about the gals.

What else?

If you tax them they will leave What is so fricken hard to understand about that?

Hmmm.

Oh yes . . .

Boobies getting squeezed on TV. No, it’s not the Playboy Channel. It’s a breast-cancer self-exam awareness thing. That’s good, but really shouldn’t they show it on a network that has actual viewers like, say, Fox? Or the Playboy Channel.

Funny joke.

Do you know that when a woman wears a leather dress, a man’s heart beats quicker, his throat gets dry, he gets weak in the knees, and he begins to think irrationally???

Ever wonder why?

It’s because she smells like a new golf bag.

I don’t golf, so maybe it just reminds me of the rich Corinthian leather in new cars.

Speaking of Trick or Treaters, people seem surprised that the kids were saying thank you. My brother in law said the same thing on his Facebook page and I noticed that all the kids visiting my house were polite too. Thing is, they always have been at my house and I figured it was just the way things were in the South which is where my brother in law and I both live, although different parts.

Oh, and speaking of Halloween. I went to the party as a doctor with real lab coat and dark grey scrubs and black long-sleeved mock turtleneck t-shirt. Loving wife said it was my attempt to be Dr. McDreamy from that moronic Grey’s Anatomy show. As if. If I were going to be a doctor it would be Dr. Cox from Scrubs. Mostly for the name, but also because he is funnier than hell.

No, it was my being “Dr. Kevorkian, End of Life Therapist,” with the words and the Obamacare emblem expertly sewn on the coat by loving wife.

I was a hit at the party . . . with conservatives . . . and I annoyed several liberals which was an added bonus.

Well, that’s it.  See ya later.

Oh, hat-tip to Theo for the beach pic.