The Most Important Question

The most important question facing our nation today: Will people, with all the horrid weather, be able to make it to the Super Bowl?

Chuck Schumer: Smartest Democrat In US Senate

From Andrea Tantaros of the NY Daily News:

The posted article says a lot about our elected leaders. Chuck Schumer, New York Senator, considers himself to be a fairly smart guy; possibly the most intelligent person to ever hold that seat. Digest, please, the content of the article: his knowledge of our government and the question posed, 'what if a Republican woman had uttered the same'?

"Just this week, notorious camera hog Sen. Chuck Schumer said perhaps the dumbest thing I have ever heard a politician say.

In attempting to make a point about how the organs of power on Capitol Hill need to work together to prevent a government shutdown, Schumer reconfigured the three branches of government. "You know," he said, "we have three branches of government. We have a House. We have a Senate. We have a President." It should be noted that this isn't the model described in most civics textbooks, which list the three branches as legislative, executive and judiciary.

Now imagine if a Republican had said that. Better yet, a Republican woman. She would be called stupid. She would be mocked on cable news and spoofed on "Saturday Night Live." Her credibility would be questioned, and if she were attractive, she'd be discounted as a dingbat or a bimbo".

Rioting In The Streets

An Op-Ed:
If you've seen one violent protest you've seen 'em all. The major US networks are in Cairo showing mostly youngsters maim, burn and destroy but that's typically who's involved in these revolutionary movements. In the course of human history I can only recall one instance where adults led a revolutionary movement and that would be the American Revolution of the late 1700's.(The exception might be Gandhi in India)
So, I'm watching these kids in Cairo doing their chants and I noticed a very large banner with bold print. It states: "We can have change, too". Now, what the heck is that all about? Just think of the implications. Was the Bamster's Cairo speech three years ago the signal to mount an overthrow? Or, did the speech offer some encouragement that the US would stand by and not interfere with the ousting of Mubarak? I doubt it but it does seem somewhat interesting that protesters would intersperse their signs with so many done up in English. English is the international language, I know. If it wasn't how come so many of these people are wearing Nike t-shirts? That's a dead giveaway. If these folks are looking for world sympathy with their antics they surely have the ear of the Left. An economic summit is the call for riots and bombings; anywhere, anytime, anyplace.

I don't usually tip my hand but I am more than afraid about what's going on overseas. Who can trust Hillary's statesmanship? The Middle East seems to be a house of cards and the power of the Muslim Brotherhood is of great concern. For myself, I can cope. For my eight grandchildren, I'm worried.

Home Alone

"Al Gore has come under attack by a growing cadre of scientists who debunk the man-made global warming theory — and for his own energy consumption, most recently for his mansion in Montecito, Calif., which has 6,500 square feet of living space and a swimming pool and fountains. He also made headlines for his exorbitant energy consumption at his 10,000-square-foot Nashville home".

From Newsmax

It doesn't matter what Al Gore says: He's lost a marriage, normal 9 to 5'ers think he's a dufus and he sits in the bath tub playing with his rubber ducky. And we're freezing our keesters. Imagine, Al goes to Yankee Stadium to throw out the first pitch. Upon announcing his name what do you think the response from the crowd would be? I thought so.

A Nice Vocation

The Queen and I arrived in Destin, Florida yesterday afternoon fighting off forty-five mile an hour winds and beach waves that crept to the base of our condo. It was nearly enough to make us want to drive straight through to Ohio and suffer the slings and arrows of a winter storm; almost but not quite.
Today started out the same with a wind chill of forty degrees or less. Lizzie decided it was the perfect day for us to take a walk. It turned out to be an hour jobber and for me that's a haul. Anyway, we happened to glide by Resurrection Catholic Church. You know what? Being a Catholic priest in Florida would be a pretty good gig. Why, if I happened to be single again I might go through the Holy Orders ceremony and work for a parish in the sunshine state. Recall two weeks ago when I mentioned that just after our homily there was a list of nine parishioners who had gone to meet their Maker. Not to be outdone eleven more souls followed suit the next week. Priests receive a stipend(gift) every time they perform a funeral ceremony. Aside from free housing, food, a car and gas paid for plus a house keeper they receive cash for doing weddings and funerals. Now, if my Bishop ordered me to some hamlet in Minnesota or South Dakota I'd have to say, "no way, "Bish". I'd tell him, "Gimme an assignment anyplace south of Sarasota and that's that". On average, and it's a weak tabulation that this stipend comes to about $50 per. With an average of eight deaths a week that comes to $400. Tally this toll for 52 weeks; fifty dollars here and fifty dollars there and pretty soon we're talking real money. That's enough to spend a bunch of time in Vegas and you know what they say, "what happens there stays there".
Let's face it. Priesting might be better than a real job and if there happens to be some serious self guilt just go to confession and give yourself absolution for your own sins. Life can be easy if you wish it to be.
Life can be so easy if I only put my mind to it.

Obama: Egyptian Protesters An Inspiration

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the passion and dignity demonstrated by the people of Egypt has been an inspiration. He says young protesters will reach their destiny.

In brief remarks at the White House Tuesday evening, the president said, "We hear your voices."

Liberals: Think about what he said. And this is the man who made fun of 'Tea Baggers'.
pic: weasel zippers

Same Old Same Old

I received another affirmation last week on why our politicians are hypocrites. Every so often I'll write a note to our communist senator, Sherrod Brown (D-imwit). This email referred to the price gouging at the fuel pump. Yes, a response came back to me and it was a combination of a lie and a fool speaking. Commissar Brown, in response to my question, told me he has always voted to increase fuel production. That is a blatant lie! Now for the 'fool speak'. He wrote me it would be folly to drill in this country for two reasons: (1) it would take twenty years to have the rigs ready perform their tasks and (2) it would take twenty years to build the refineries to handle this new found liquid gold. He should have a town hall in Canton, Lima, Toledo and southern Ohio where existing refineries are located and tell this to the real workers of Ohio. In addition, and this is the one that really frosts my b--, er, toes: this twenty year crap is the same lousy excuse Bill Clinton used exactly twenty years ago as a reason not to drill. If the bums are going to treat us as morons one would think they could get original.