“When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin … Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, you’re not supposed to be there because … of the color of your skin.” ~ Clarence Thomas
2. The good Reverend Wright, Obama’s spiritual advisor for 20 years, was originally a Muslim?
After many lectures like this, Obama decided to take a second look at Wright’s church. Older pastors warned him that Trinity was for “Buppies”–black urban professionals–and didn’t have enough street cred. But Wright was a former Muslim and black nationalist who had studied at Howard and Chicago, and Trinity’s guiding principles–what the church calls the “Black Value System”–included a “Disavowal of the Pursuit of ‘Middleclassness.’”
3. I found this site called Mom Logic which describes itself as a site for “thinking moms who don’t have time to think.” Nothing special that I haven’t seen on a dozen other mommy blogs out there, but I did find this “guess which celebrity mom is wearing that shoe” game a little weird. Who knew moms harbored “foot in show” fetishes?
4. Katie Couric is leaving CBS News early? I never watched her. Along with a lot of other people I hear.
1. Michelle Unbound. Best line, “I’m constantly reminded that I will never be smart enough to be a Democrat.” I know the feeling.
2. The Ten Most Hated People on the Internet. I don’t know many of them, and it’s a shame that one is a military member (although he deserves the scorn), but I wish Rachael Ray were higher than number 10. She makes brunettes look bad. And no wonder her voice is so raspy - she is a chain-smoker.
3. The French do love their fries. Eco-friendly since you could bring it with you when you go to McDonalds.
4. General Petraeus kicked Democrat butt yesterday. Well, that’s my interpretation anyway. What he did was answer every question they had with facts and reason and watched them make fools of themselves giving speeches about surrender. If you’re interested The Global Times has lots of video. Just scroll down to see them.
Ted Turner says global warming will turn us into cannibals in 40 years. That long? Too bad. I know a few tasty brunettes I would put on my menu right now.
See, this is the problem with the new religion called global warming. The believers know they aren’t convincing enough of us fast enough so they start throwing out this moronic nonsense to scare people - mostly kids. I have no doubt that in a few days my youngest son will come home quoting his new-age teacher about how we will have to eat each other to survive when he grows up if we don’t go green.
Plus, Ted Turner is just bat-sh*t crazy. And his restaurants suck. too.
You can read a transcript of this interview here. Turner goes on to show amazing ignorance of our military and our enemies. Frankly, I think the guy may be senile.
1. Welcome to the preview of a Democratic president and congress and say hello to higher taxes. But the money will be for the children, right?
2. Welcome to the world of the Pastor of Barack Hussein and Michelle Obama, a man who is Obama’s acknowledged “spiritual mentor” for 20 years, married the couple, baptized their kids and who’s sermon titled “Audacity of Hope” was the inspiration for Obama’s book of the same name:
“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people,” he said in a 2003 sermon. “God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.”
“We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye,” Rev. Wright said in a sermon on Sept. 16, 2001.
“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost,” he told his congregation.
Nope, he’s not Obama, but you know darn well that people don’t belong to churches for decades unless they believe what the pastor and the rest of the congregation believes. If they don’t, they leave for other churches. It’s science (not to get into a whole faith/science debate here). And by the way. He raised his kids in this church listening to this crap. What kind of people do that? How good is his raved-about judgement if he does that? And to make things worse - he simply will not dump the guy. He downplays it and says he doesn’t agree but then makes excuses for this racist while at the same time playing the race card on anyone who criticises him about anything. This isn’t the way a man who is supposed to be a “race healer, not a race warrior” should act.
4. Anti-war reporting is helping Iraqi insurgents. Well, duhhh. This war has without a doubt been more difficult, costly, and lasted longer due to the main stream media’s concentration on bad news and anti-war rhetoric rather than good news (of which there has been plenty), pro-American stories, and tales of our many heroes over there. There are so many people here in America who should be ashamed for supporting out enemies this way. Despite this bombardment of bad news, it appears that only 18 percent of Americans think we should withdraw immediately from Iraq. Wow. Americans really do prefer winning over losing.
5. The Tennessee flying saucer house. I’ve seen it in person. It’s pretty cool.
7. More Obama news. Seems he got $1,000,000 in earmarks for the Chicago hospital where his wife is Vice President of Community Affairs. At a sweet salary of $316,962 which is an increase from $121,910 just before her husband was elected to the Senate. Coincidence, I am sure. I’m also sure they are she is worth every penny.
8. And what about that Al Quaeda - Saddam connection? You know the one that Democrats say never existed and Republicans say did, but have been hard-pressed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt? Well, it looks like there was one after all.
Captured Iraqi documents have uncovered evidence that links the regime of Saddam Hussein to regional and global terrorism, including a variety of revolutionary, liberation, nationalist and Islamic terrorist organizations. While these documents do not reveal direct coordination and assistance between the Saddam regime and the al Qaeda network, they do indicate that Saddam was willing to use, albeit cautiously, operatives affiliated with al Qaeda as long as Saddam could have these terrorist-operatives monitored closely. Because Saddam’s security organizations and Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network operated with similar aims (at least in the short term), considerable overlap was inevitable when monitoring, contacting, financing, and training the same outside groups. This created both the appearance of and, in some way, a “de facto” link between the organizations. At times, these organizations would work together in pursuit of shared goals but still maintain their autonomy and independence because of innate caution and mutual distrust. Though the execution of Iraqi terror plots was not always successful, evidence shows that Saddam’s use of terrorist tactics and his support for terrorist groups remained strong up until the collapse of the regime.
There’s no “smoking gun” in this report, but as a criminal and counterintelligence investigator with 24 years experience I can tell you that most cases are made with circumstantial evidence not smoking guns. This is good stuff. There was a connection. Not that any Democrat is ever going to believe it, but there was a connection.
9. It keeps coming back to Obama. This time he voted against his own tax and spending bill. You know, the one he keeps campaigning on. Makes your head spin, I tell ya.
10. I don’t care who she is, no way I would pay this unless I get to play with those hooters. She would also have to promise not to talk all evening.
“Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy,” he said in the statement. “I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it’s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue.”
Took him long enough. And I suppose I should take him at his word, but to be truthful I don’t believe him at all. He had to do this after all the race-cards he had been throwing at Hillary or he wouldn’t be able to throw anymore. Still, politically it lets the MSM off the hook as they can now call the incident over and move on to other things. They hated covering it, the little they did, and this means they concentrate on Hillary and McCain again.
Plus, his statement isn’t all it seems to be. Okay, maybe they are over-analyzing it, but hey, it’s not like he’s the only candidate that has been subject to analyzing. Then again, his distancing himself from Wright was predicted by the parties involved.
1. Of all the sins I thought I might go to hell for, driving my SUV wasn’t one of them. As if I didn’t have to apologize enough for the Church already. Then again, the Southern Baptists are also buying into the global warming nonsense, so maybe lunacy is interdenominational.
2. If I was dork riding a bike in too-short black pants, black tie, short-sleeved white shirt, white socks and goober black shoes, I don’t think I would have the nerve to mock any other religion. Except maybe Scientology, which literally begs to be mocked.
3. Man, this poor guy just can’t catch a break. They need to bring the party to him.
4. Yes, it exists. Being a gentleman that’s all I am going to say on that.
5. Obligatory comments on Democratic Governor Spitzer’s fall from grace: a) He is a moron, b) His wife is a babe - I’d hit that, c) Fifty-five hundred dollars for an hour? Who the hell pays that much for sex? I mean, I love sex, but damn, $5,500? Is that prorated? It comes down to about $92 a minute so can I buy $276 worth?
This is good for her. No other way to look at it. Still, I’ve always thought Jack Nicholson was a little crazy so . . .
Naww, I like it. He should have done it a while ago. And since so many liberals are so easily swayed by Hollywood types, I think more of them who supported Hillary should have come out like this for her earlier. It might have made a difference.
My guess is that many in Hollywood were afraid to publicly support her since there would probably be a backlash among Hollywood Obama backers. Could hurt the career you know.
Actress Angelina Jolie recently visited Iraq in her role as a “goodwill ambassador” for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. In a Washington Post op-ed, Jolie urges a continued U.S. presence in Iraq for humanitarian reasons: My visit left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis.
Today’s humanitarian crisis in Iraq–and the potential consequences for our national security–are great. Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East, won’t explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder? . . .
As for the question of whether the surge is working, I can only state what I witnessed: U.N. staff and those of non-governmental organizations seem to feel they have the right set of circumstances to attempt to scale up their programs. And when I asked the troops if they wanted to go home as soon as possible, they said that they miss home but feel invested in Iraq. They have lost many friends and want to be a part of the humanitarian progress they now feel is possible. (emphasis mine)
It seems to me that now is the moment to address the humanitarian side of this situation. Without the right support, we could miss an opportunity to do some of the good we always stated we intended to do.
Yeah, yeah, I know, she is just another celebrity. And Lord knows I have complained enough about stupid celebrities offering up their uninformed, mostly moronic opinions before. But, hey, she’s actually been there and seen how it is. Her opinion is informed. And frankly, since I doubt she is a Bush-loving, conservative war-monger I am pretty sure she is telling it the way she really sees it without any political agenda past helping people there.
I’m at home with a cold. The second nasty one I have had in less than a month. It’s also snowing outside which is pretty, but resulted in slick roads in our area which got most of the schools cancelled. So it’s a full house here. Oh, and I woke up with a computer virus too. Some kind of Trojan that disables your anti-virus software - at least partially since it was working well-enough to let me know I had the virus. The end result was I removed the Trojan and had to reload my anti-virus software. Problem fixed.
Anyway, here are a few things for you to check out today.
1) Obama’s face found in potato? This Messiah stuff is getting creepy.
2) A town in Alaska is suing because Global Warming is making it slip into the sea. I wonder if the defense will be the fact that the Earth is actually getting colder, not hotter.
3) Girl gets banned from tennis court for grunting. I feel her pain. Loving wife and I got banned once for doing just that. We weren’t playing tennis, we were just young and going through that experimental “having sex in a public place” phase. What? Don’t act like you never thought about it.
4) Groovy Vic is talking about boobs and it seems to be a new trend among women on my blogroll. I like it. Keep it up ladies.
5) Pamela Anderson wants out of her two month old marriage. That’s surprising. I was certain they would hit that 50 year mark.
6) I don’t know if any of you are using these new environmentally friendly compact fluorescent bulbs, but don’t they suck? I hate them. They are expensive, they don’t give good light, they don’t last as long as they claim they do, they don’t fit a lot of fixtures, and what little light they do give takes forever to reach its peak. And now it turns out they are dangerous to the environment too. This isn’t news really, its just news that they are finally reporting just how dangerous they are.
8 ) Starbucks coffee is now perfect. Does that mean it is now affordable and not burnt to a crisp?
9) I know I am obsessing over Obama a bit (he may be president though so cut me some slack), but here is a great post about his failure to reject Louis Farrakhan and his racist teachings. It’s bothersome to many people, including liberals, and when you consider his own minister seems to believe much of the same nonsense it certainly is something that should worry his supporters. It’s a long way to November and there is plenty of time for his bubble of “hope and change” to burst.
1) Is Barack Obama the Messiah? Not much to say except that if a Republican had this type of religious glow about him the left would be calling him the Anti-Christ. Wait, you don’t think? Nawwwww.
3) Well, this is disappointing. I liked Bob. I wanted to be Bob. Bob looks so happy. And more importantly, Bob’s women look happy. I am gonna miss Bob.
4) I mentioned in an earlier post that Obama used to hang with terrorists, but now it appears they remain friends. I wonder if the New York Times will give the same level of attention to this story as they did to the non-story about McCain?
5) Starbucks coffee really is getting expensive these days. Very bitter, too. I’ll never understand the line of cars at their drive-thru I see every morning on the way to work. Lemmings.
6) Saudi men arrested for flirting with women in public. Surprising since a gal in a Burka doesn’t really bring out the flirt in me. But then again I guess that is the stated purpose of those things, isn’t it. I wonder though, if they bring Sharia law to the USA, will they make them in pink with shiny appliques that read “Sweet Thang” on the ass?
7) Are you watching the Oscars tonight? Not me. I haven’t see any of the films nominated for Best Picture and only two or three of the films nominated for “lesser” awards like Sound Editing and Visual Effects. They make these movies for themselves not the movie-going public which explains why there are fewer and fewer of us.
8) Here’s a link to pictures of one of my favorite brunettes, Mimi Rogers, naked. Seriously, she is nude, so don’t go there if that bugs you.
9) Beautiful actresses morphing into other beautiful actresses. It is no doubt just me but I think the earlier ones are much more beautiful than the ones we have now.
You can see Lindsey’s sad immitation here (click on the sideshow up by the picture).
Personally I was quite disappointed. And not because she isn’t Marilyn Monroe. No one is Marilyn Monroe.
No, I’m disappointed because the photos suck. She simply doesn’t look good. Sure her fake(?) boobies are nice - barely - but she isn’t at all pretty, much less beautiful, and she looks twice her age.
I’m thinking she is ready for soft-lighting and serious Photoshop a good decade or two earlier than normal.
Did you watch the Republican debate last night? I did. And it was really the first one I have seen almost all the way through. My thoughts?
I like Romney. He looks great and sounds smart and driven and very much the conservative in the Reagan way.
All good things.
I don’t like McCain. He is just mean. His comment that he was a leader for patriotism not for profit (a slam to Romney being a businessman) is despicable. I respect his service, but to think that being a successful business person in America is somehow less than being a politician or a military member is just nonsense, and you know how I feel about the military.
I also don’t like his twisting of Romney’s quotes on the Iraq war.
He is without a doubt the worst of the GOP contenders in my opinion, far behind Fred, Romney, and Rudy (two of which are gone, I know).
Unfortunately, he is the best choice to beat Hillary or Obama.
So here’s my dilemma. Hope Romney wins and see a likely loss in November or hope McCain wins and see a possible win against Obama and a sure win against Hillary.
Of course, I would rather have McCain than Hillary or Obama. Hillary is just an evil person in my opinion, and the thought of her as President for the next four years (I don’t think she would last eight) makes me sick to my stomach. So McCain is the obvious choice, as little as I like and respect him.
And Obama. Not much better. Here’s the thing with him by the way. I keep hearing people say that they “don’t like his policies” but that he “inspires” people.
What the hell does that mean?
He inspires people? To do what? Help him enact polices that you don’t like?
You are going to vote for a guy who is inspirational - which basically means he gives a good speech by the way - even though you aren’t all that happy with higher taxes or national health care or a weaker military?
That is just crazy talk.
Seriously. Crazy.
But enough of this politics stuff.
Today is Minnie Driver’s 38th birthday. Happy Birthday to her. Thirty-eight is such a wonderful age for a woman. Right in that very spankable age range. And Minnie scores very high on the Spank-O-Meter.
So, just in case Minnie is a reader I am volunteering to give her 38 birthday wacks.
I’m traveling to Atlanta today, but should be there early enough to sit back in my hotel room and blog a bit. Anyway, to hold you over here are some things that caught my eye:
1) I am a bit annoyed at Fred for dropping-out after running a half-ass campaign. I still like him, but damn if he wasn’t like some hot gal on a date who teases you to death and then says goodnight with only a kiss on the cheek. And after I bought him dinner, too. Sigh. Eh, maybe he will take a VP slot?
2) I am enjoying the spectacle of the Dems tearing each other apart. The Clintons will do anything to get Hillary elected - anything - and it will be fun to see if Obama can stand up to them.
3) It’s too bad about Heath Ledger. I liked him in A Knight’s Tale. He was a pretty good actor and seemed sane enough by Hollywood standards. I don’t like that they keep referring to him as that “Brokeback” actor though since he did other good work. I guess that is just because I thought that film sucked. Anyway, sad.
4) Yeah, everyone sneaking across our southern border is just a decent, hardworking person looking for work. NOT! You want my vote, promise you will close the borders, dammit.
5) Chuck Norris, a big Huckabee supporter, called John McCain too old to be President. I like Chuck Norris, but he needs to shut the hell up. John McCain is a fricken war hero. Norris, tough as he is - and he is very tough no doubt - is just a celebrity. I am not a big McCain fan, but Norris was an idiot to say this.
6) I had some personal experience with the Stasi back in the late 1980s when I was stationed in then West Germany. Good times.
Oh a quick post before I go. Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors. Extremely talented. In fact, I think he may be one of the best actors working today. And now I find out he is also a really nice guy.
Johnny Depp secretly visited Great Ormond Street Hospital yesterday to donate £1 million of his own money to thank staff for saving his daughter’s life.
He arrived unexpectedly at the London children’s hospital where eight-year-old Lily-Rose was treated last year when her kidneys failed.
Last week he invited five Great Ormond Street doctors and nurses to the party for the London premiere of his film Sweeney Todd.
And on November 29, unknown to the public, Depp spent four hours at the hospital telling bedtime stories to patients dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow after having his Pirates Of The Caribbean costume flown over from Los Angeles.
While donating the money is fantastic, and inviting the doctors and nurses over to a party is great, I swear his reading stories to sick kids while in character as Jack Sparrow is just about the coolest thing I have ever heard.
I’ve been so busy with Christmas things that I haven’t had a chance to post, but I read this moronic statement just a moment ago and just had to mention it. No photo . . . I will add one later, got too much to do.
Will Smith has stunned the world by declaring that even Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was essentially a “good” person.
The Men In Black star, 39, is determined to see the best in people, and is convinced the former German leader did not fully understand the extent of the pain and suffering his actions would cause during his time in power in the 1930s and ’40s.
He says, “Even Hitler didn’t wake up going, ‘Let me do the most evil thing I can do today’.
“I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was ‘good’. Stuff like that just needs reprogramming.”
Hitler’s totalitarian leadership as Fuhrer during 1934 until his eventual suicide in 1945 resulted in the persecution of an estimated six million Jews in the Holocaust, and his invasion of Poland in 1939 led to the start of the Second World War.
Yep, the guy has lost it. Sadly too many in Hollywood are just like him.
“It is an awful and disgusting lie. It speaks to the dangerous power of an ignorant person with a pen. I am incensed and infuriated to have to respond to such ludicrous misinterpretation. Adolph Hitler was a vile, heinous, vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet.”
Eh, maybe he was. It happens. But it also happens that Hollywood nuts say this kind of stuff all the time. But in the spirit of Christmas I will give him the benefit of the doubt. Besides I want to see I Am Legend.
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