The Reluctant Optimist

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Eight Things

Posted by TRO on May 1, 2008

1. Global Warming Could Stop Naturally In Ten Years - but don’t let that inconvenient news keep you from going green and starving a third-worlder.

2. I never had sexual relations with that Pastor.

3. Eight essential gadgets for the secret agent.

4. Ten worst job interview questions.

5. Facebook in real life. I’ve never tried it so I have no clue if this is funny or not. On the other hand, British accents always make things funny.

6. Today, (April 30th) is French No-Spank Day. Fortunately it was about spanking children, for the moment spanking brunette women on the bum is still allowed. Dodges a bullet there I tell ya.

7. “Youthful passion is really quite tedious.” Most of the tedious passion he is speaking about is the liberal kind, thank goodness.

8. Fort Bragg soldier receives Distinguished Service Cross - the second highest honor our nation offers its brave warriors. Another American hero mostly ignored by the liberal press.

PLUS ONE:

This blogger is very upset that a Macy’s buyer didn’t know what she meant when she asked about Macy’s “green policy.” I do find it amusing that the buyer didn’t know she meant environmental policies, but other than that I have the exact opposite reaction. I love that Macy’s isn’t concerned about green policy. In fact, while I have never shopped at Macy’s before, I am going to go out of my way to shop there from now on. Green policies are sometimes doing more bad than good. Yeah, yeah, I want to protect the environment (and do more than my share actually - if you only knew), but this type of obsession is not a good thing; obsessions rarely are.

Posted in 2008 election, Blogs, Elections, Funny Foreign Customs, Global Warming, Jobs, Main Stream Media, Military, Obama, Political Correctness, Politics, Popular Culture, US Army | 1 Comment »

The Language of Love

Posted by TRO on April 11, 2008

Well, if not the language of “love,” certainly the language of “I’d hit that.”

Via Frogsmoke.

Posted in Blondes, Brunettes, France, Funny Foreign Customs, Hooters, Popular Culture, Sex, Television, Videos, Women | No Comments »

Get Your Red Hots Here

Posted by TRO on April 9, 2008

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.

5. And they say guys have weird shower habits.

6. Computer programming languages and their celebrity equivalents. I guess computer nerds will get this. I got some of it, which means I am only half-computer nerd. (Via Southern Appeal)

7. Navy Seal is awarded the Medal of Honor. I posted about this before, but it is worth repeating.

8. Yep, this is about as interesting as a cat gets, alright.

9. Neil gets a haircut. I cut my own. An old military habit. Saves me a lot of money, too.

10. Babies. Or little pink aliens. I am not sure which. Cute either way.

Posted in 2008 election, Anti-war Nuts, Brunettes, Celebrities, Consumer Products, Democrats, Funny Foreign Customs, Internet, Men, Military, Obama, Politics, Popular Culture, Women | 1 Comment »

Those Crazy, Fun-loving Japanese

Posted by TRO on April 8, 2008

You can’t make this kind of “not safe for work” stuff up, folks. More not safe for work photos here

Oh yes, I know that is a big pink penis statue up above and I apologize if it offends you, but for the life of me I couldn’t think of another picture to use. Just pretend it is a big pink mushroom if it makes you feel better.

Hat-tip to Ace.

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