You may have noticed ...

...Blogging has been light, of late, as I've been out of the office.
I've been off to the races, and also logging in some hours at my other office-the Tin & Lint Co. in Saratoga Springs.


This local "gin mill" is reminiscent of The Park City's Golden Star--and I mean that in a good way. The bar is also the site where singer Don McClean wrote that awful song.

That is why I've not been blogging so much.

But fear not! the folks o'er at Conservative Punk have been on the case with coverage of Segway riding chimps and (more importantly) Presidential control of OUR internet.

Jackie and Dunlap discuss Town Hall meetings, Ted Kennedy, and the truth about the Two Party system - "...one merry band of game riggin' assholes..."

Mallard

"if there is any justice in the world, she will be eating out of garbage cans by the end of the year!!!"

-Bob opines on Nancy Pelosi

Alfred has also posted on the subject, as has Jimmy.

Has anyone noticed how these people so quickly rely on the "idiot defense" each time a scandal arises?
Either they're lying or incompetent.Neither quality should be tolerated in a leader.

Michael Savage rants on Pelosi as well:

"SHE BETRAYED THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT US BY CLAIMING THAT THEY WERE EVIL TORTURERS. AND LIBERALS, LISTEN UP. SHE BETRAYED YOU, TOO, BY PRETENDING ALL ALONG THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WELL, AT LEAST THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS ITS FIRST FEMALE SPEAKER, RIGHT?"

I like where this appears to be going.Soon we'll all be singing that song from The Wizard Of Oz.

"Oh, the Humanity!!"

The Hindenburg disaster occurred on this date in 1937.
The German rigid airship caught fire and was destroyed while attempting to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.Out of the 97 people on board, 35 were killed, in addition to one fatality on the ground.


The largest man made object ever to fly, the Hindenburg would carry a gas volume of 7,062,000 cubic feet.


Although the Hindenburg is most famous for her fiery death, she was not initially meant to be filled with hydrogen at all. In order to keep the Zeppelin Company afloat during the hard times of the depression, large sums of money (bailout?) had been accepted by the National Socialist Party (anyone see a parallel here?).The United States, having the only natural deposits of helium in the world, was getting more and more suspicious of Hitler and his new Third Reich. Government officials wondered if the Zeppelin could be used for military purposes.Thus, a decision was made in the U.S. Congress and The Helium Control Act made it impossible for the Zeppelin Company to obtain helium for their new ship. With this turn of events, the Hindenburg was inflated with the volatile gas, hydrogen.
The "accident" served to shatter public confidence, and marked the end of the giant, passenger carrying rigid airships.
While many conclude that the cause was sabotage, various alternate theories abound.
Some credit the Pineys.

"a storm forced the Hindenburg into a holding pattern. The airship, only a few hundred feet off the ground, circled central New Jersey for two hours. Lakehurst, where it was trying to land, is on the edge of the Pines, and everyone knows Pineys don’t tolerate anyone poking into their woods, They figured the zeppelin was a government ship looking for their stills where they turn blueberries into whiskey, so they shot at the thing and opened leaks in the fabric. By the time the Hindenburg started to tie up, there was enough free hydrogen to blow the ship to kingdom come, which it did."
[excerpted from “Blue Highways” by William least Heat-Moon]

Just as with many of today's recent happenings, we may never know the "truth".
So much for transparency.

"Youre not goin' crazy, you're just a bit sad..."

Al has a related post--don't miss!

Right Wing Extremists- Tea Party Exposed

Hopefully, I shall get back on track with my normal bogging routine soon.In the mean time, here's a little multimedia Tea Party project from my associate N.C. (not to be confused with M.C., with whom I attended a Connecticut Tea Party on Wednesday.).

I will preface the video with N.C.'s original intro (excuse the spelling and grammatical errors, for that is not his forte) :

If you watched foxnews last night you would think a patriotic revolution had started in an attempt to save what is left of this republic.

If you watched CNN, except for one delusional report from some idiot woman who seemed to miss the whole point, you would not know there were any protests at all.

And if you watched MSNBC for some strange reason, especially that dude rachel maddow, you would think there was a klan rally happening. She thinks calling obama a marzists is racist! Really! I swear, I actually sat through her and that other dildo's show to see the real spin they accuse fox of and somehow being patriotic is racist but portraying the idiot bush as hitler and attacking white people and dangling your penis in public are admirable ways to protest. Critical Theory at it's finest....

Anyway, I decided to cast of the shackles of corporate media censorship and record audio, video and images from the local "tea party" (sorry rachel, teabagging is something you will never appreciate). I expose these racist extremists in all their white ignorant glory (please ignore the minorities in the crowd or it won't seem racist enough).

I used EVERY single picture I took. I have audio of a democrat speaking. Their were more libertarians, constitutionalists and independants than republicans from what I could gather, but the RACIST PATRIOT NAZI's did not fail to disgust me with their flags and lack of violence.

See for your self:
"I went undercover to catch the nazi obama haters in action. Waiting for them to do something white and stupid and boy I didn't have to wait long. They failed to burn or flip over any cars, no blood and not one arrest! Lame protest posers! "~N.C. (aka NoiseCollector)

Americathon

Life oft-times imitates art.
I'm really surprised that nobody else has brought this film up yet, for the subject matter is timely and relevant.

Americathon is a 1979 comedy based on a play by Firesign Theatre alumni Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman, and features narration by George Carlin.
The premise of the film, set in a then distant future, is as follows;
The United States of America is in crisis. The oil shortage has grown to epic proportions, leading to people living in their cars and bicycling to work. Cigarettes and meat have been outlawed, gold coins are needed to operate common household appliances, and the Western White House (located in a luxury apartment in California) has been forced by economic necessity to operate round-the-clock tours for vacationing Chinese citizens. The economy is deep trouble; President Chet Roosevelt (John Ritter) has borrowed four billion dollars from Native American tennis shoe manufacturer Sam Birdwater, and he's foreclosing on the loan. When a media expert, Eric McMerkhin (Peter Riegert), is summoned for advice (since despite all hardships, Americans refuse to give up their televisions), he suggests a telethon. It's a great idea, except the President's assistant Vincent Vanderhoff (Fred Willard) is in cahoots with the United Heb-Rab Republic, a sinister coalition of Israeli and Arab nationals who want to snap up America if the debt can't be paid. He ensures that the show is stocked with endless ventriloquists and insists on Monty Rushmore (Harvey Korman), a washed-up, drug-addicted television personality as host. The star of the popular sitcom "Both Mother and Father," he is sure to self-destruct over the grueling 30-day-and-night telethon schedule. Despite terrorist attacks and the kidnapping of President Roosevelt, the patriotic spirit prevails and American citizens dig deep and pledge their gold to the cause.

Since the storyline was set 20 years into the future, several satirical forecasts were made. Surprisingly, several of them came true:

• The People's Republic of China embracing capitalism and becoming a global economic superpower.

• Cliques of Native Americans becoming wealthy (although in reality much of their wealth would come from the gaming industry, mostly from tribal casinos).

• Vietnam becoming a major tourist attraction among Asia's wealthy and powerful.

• The creation of a "Western White House" (however it would serve as a vacation home).

• The collapse of the USSR.

• The depletion of US crude oil production.

• Jogging suits becoming fashionable as casual wear.

• An America with a devalued dollar and heavily in debt to (foreign) lenders

The similarities to our current state are creepy.

Obama Weekly Address Translated - The Road To Serfdom

Here's B.O.'s 3/21 address.See what he's really saying.




From the folks at Conservative Punk.

AIG and America's New Free Enterprise

Oh here comes the change. Our President hires a chief tax collector who is either a tax cheat or someone who can't figure out the tax code he has to enforce. Meanwhile, hundreds of executives at AIG get multi million dollar bonus direct from the tax payers. It looks like free enterprise as we know it is dead. Failed companies get richer, successful companies get poorer and the poor and middle class keep losing jobs and there savings. G-d Bless You Capitalism, you'll be missed!~Jackie Mason

"Would you people wake up! AIG is a freaking smoke screen to take your attention away from the real criminals in this country...

... The freaking government!"

The government is playing a game with you and no matter what freaking number they roll, YOU FREAKING LOSE!!! You're worried about AIG. I'd be more worried about the GOV than AIG!! Would you wake up! The only way we're going to stop this is to all grab a freaking musket and charge the freaking White House!

Drinking w/ Bob:New York Post Cartoon

From Bob's blog:

"I'm sick of hearing about the New York Post. Last week they published a freaking cartoon with two cops shooting a freaking monkey. Underneath the cartoon the caption read... Now you're going to have to find someone else to write your next stimulus bill.

Are you freaking kidding me?!

Are you telling me know one at the New York Post saw this and said, maybe they're going to think we're talking about Barack Obama? Of course they did! They didn't care! They wanted a controversy. And they got it. Al Sharpton and the NAACP were stupid enough to fall right into their trap.

Al Sharpton started screaming about it. What did he accomplish? I'll tell you what he accomplished. Before he started screaming, maybe ten or twenty thousand people saw this freaking cartoon. After he started screaming... MILLIONS of people, all over the freaking world, saw this freaking cartoon.

You think people are gonna stop buying the Post now, because Al Sharpton's crying? No! I guarantee you, more people are going to buy the Post. I'm buying two freaking copies a day! This was the greatest freaking marketing scheme since Paris Hilton put Rick Solomon's balls in her mouth on a freaking sex tape.

Are you freaking kidding me?!!

Al, did you freaking notice, we have a President who's half black? The Governor of freaking New York is half black and blind. The freaking Governor of Louisiana is from India and the Governor of Alaska is a woman. And you're going to play the freaking race card? That ship has sailed my friend!

Nobody takes Al Sharpton seriously. The guys a clown! Do you realize, we had the first African American run for President this year. Was Al Sharpton anywhere to be seen? Was he campaigning with Barack Obama? Was he up on the freaking pulpit with Barack Obama? No! This guy was a freaking ghost. They told him to disappear. I think they locked him in a freaking closet. The only mistake they made is after the election, they let him out!

If anybody knows Al Sharpton, give him a message from me. This is America Al! The last I checked, we have freedom of speech. We have freedom of the press.
If the New York Post wants to publish a cartoon with two cops shooting a freaking monkey and compare it to Barack Obama. They have a right to do it.

If you don't want to see it. Don't buy the Post, YOU FREAK!!!"

(click Bob's photo for the video. You know the drill.)

If you've missed it, here's the cartoon:

"What do they want next? What are we going to let them take next?'Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied'."

If you want to read the stimulus bill for yourself, it’s on the web at the Library of Congress website.

somebody needs to read it!

It would seem that our "representatives" have not.

This site here has a breakdown of the "Eco-stimuli" bill. It also includes the actual bill itself.
(this is the most recent update - 2/16, includes PDF)

or visit:

ReadTheStimulus.org !

Or:
View PDF Document

Let your reps hear your voice!
You want to send an e-mail, a letter, or a phone call?
This site here is a good resource.

Thanks to Al Roney for providing these links.

"Pelosi is an Idiot and Obama has No Balls..."

"Let me break it down to you in simplest terms. NOBODY is against the stimulus package! No Republican. No Democrat. No freaking person in this country is against the stimulus package.

We may not agree with it. We may not think it's a great idea to give tax rebates to people who don't pay taxes. We may not think it is a great idea to spend taxpayers money on infrastructure projects that won't even start for one or two years in the future. But, that doesn't mean we don't agree with the right that Barack Obama has to at least try, if he thinks that is going to work.

What people object to is the PORK! The pork that has been pushed into this freaking project. The freaking swimming pools and freaking golf courses. The freaking money for doorbells in Mississippi and new schools in Milwaukee, where they have too many schools already. The 192 billion dollars being spent on Filipino World War II Veterans. That's what everybody has a problem with!

If the pork was taken out of this bill. It would have passed yesterday. It would have passed two weeks ago. Why is the pork in this bill? I'll tell you why, change! Change! Change has a new definition in this country. What does it stand for now? It means the President, Barack Obama is no longer in charge. The new leader of the country is, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. She's in charge. And her and her democratic cronies have stuffed this stimulus bill so full of pork it's busting at the seams!

This woman came on t.v. the other day and said that every month that goes by and we don't pass this stimulus bill. 500 million Americans will lose their jobs. 500 million Americans?! Hello!! We don't have 500 million people working in this country! At best we have 140, 150 million people working in this country.

The woman is an idiot and she's in charge!

You want this bill to freaking pass? Then Barack Obama has to get some balls! He has to be a man! He has to step up and tell Nancy Pelosi and her democratic cronies, who stuck all this freaking pork into his stimulus bill. To get every ounce of pork out of it! Put the bill back on the table. Let everybody sign it. And LET'S MOVE ON!!!"

Mallard Chimes In On The Current State Of The Media

... and the lapse of reason within the GOP.

Drinking With Bob:Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama

"Barack Obama and the Democrats are doing everything in their power to silence Rush Limbaugh. My question is WHY?!!!

Is the Obama administration so fragile that Rush Limbaugh is a threat? Is Obama's message and plan so weak that Rush Limbaugh is a threat? if so what is going to happen when a real threat like China or Russia or the Middle East comes around? Are Obama and the democrats going to whine about them being mean too?

It's amazing. George Bush had to deal with dissent from the media for 8 years and you never heard him complain. Obama's been in office for a week and a half and he's already complaining.

I guess things have CHANGED."

Alfred posts a Rush petition.

A Month Of Sundays

Today, we reach a milestone.
This is the 30th post in my "Sunday Morning 78's and Such" series.

I will mark this occasion with Chris Barber's Jazz Band and their rendition of "Wild Cat Blues" from 1955.



I will now take a brief hiatus from this endeavor.
I will continue to post, but with a less strict regularity.
I hope you've enjoyed this series of posts, and will continue to do so as they appear.

Who knows?
The posts may continue with a similar frequency.
Old habits die hard.

BONUS

This Public Service Announcement from an old radio broadcast, urging us to protect our freedom, is a must listen for our current political situation.

More old PSA's here.

What does Blagojevich know? and who does he know it about?

Why is Rod Blagojevich still Governor?
"This is a guy who was caught on tape trying to SELL a senate seat. he was dragged out of his bed and arrested at 6 o'clock in the morning. Yet, he is still allowed to govern? Cmon! Governor Elliot Spitzer only slept with prostitutes and he was forced to resign in less than a day. My guess is Rod Blagojevich has some information on someone a lot more powerful than himself and he is not afraid to use it if need be."

Bob on Gas Tax, Et Al