How is it every time I see a picture of this guy, he’s always holding a single index finger up in the air? Is it because he’s taking wind of the polls for the Democrats and thus spewing the right talking points? Or is it because he’s trying out for the Footy Umpire Hall of Fame? Hmmm…that gives me an idea. But I digress.
Now he’s shown up on an audiotape calling Libya’s leader an Enemy of Islam for talking to the United States. Don’t get me started on the number of times Muammar has changed the spelling of his surname…I’ve certainly lost count. Now, why would one suppose this is? It can’t just be because he’s made diplomatic nice with us again after almost forty years.
No, I think there’s also another reason, and here it is:

I’ll bet the Alpha Qs are much more averse to being killed by…by a FEMALE!...than they are to being slaughtered by us Infidel Crusader Americans.

Thank goodness this will be the last early morning I’ll have to wake up on a regular basis for a long time to come. Next Monday, after the end of DST in the rest of the country (yeah, I wonder how Indiana finally fared!), I start a late schedule which has me working from 0900 hours to 2000 hours (during DST, from 0800 to 1900.), with an 8% shift differential, which will definitely help.
Let’s see what’s out there….

REALITY SHOW LOVERS, REJOICE: The Writers’ Guild of America calls its first strike in 20 years over DVD and Internet royalties. I had a feeling this issue would eventually pop up, due to the delay in last year’s BSG Resistance webisodes.

RAZOR FREE SCREENING: This happens on Monday, November, 12…but you just won’t get the goodies that the actual SciFi movie will have, or the DVD for that matter. Better go pre-order mine BTW. What sucks is: Phoenix isn’t on the list.

WHY I’M DONE WITH COLLEGE: It’s because they want you, the student (and the parents of course!) to cough up $5,000 for…Superhero Science? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

It’s utterly amazing that even after 37 years of government subsidies, Amtrak still can’t turn a profit…even when selling BEER!
At least I know what I’m getting…and not getting…when I board a plane. Point A to Point B, no frills. But when a food worker for Amtrak makes $54K a year…plus tips!...something is terribly wrong here. Now, apply this logic to the Light Rail system under construction in Phoenix. The supporters still think it’ll magically transform the city into a paragon of mass transit virtues.
Don’t get me wrong. I love to travel by trains; if I had someone special to ride the train with, it’d be something quite sentimental and even romantic for me. But it’s so frakkin’ expensive, it isn’t worth it!

Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, USAF (Retired), was a man who lived with no regrets at all about his mission. He died today with no regrets either, at 92 years of age.
He stuck around long enough to see what happened on 9/11. And what was his reaction? Yep, you guessed it:

Let’s put it this way. I don’t know any more about these terrorists than you do, I know nothing. When they bombed the Trade Centre I couldn’t believe what was going on. We’ve fought many enemies at different times. But we knew who they were and where they were. These people, we don’t know who they are or where they are. That’s the point that bothers me. Because they’re gonna strike again, I’ll put money on it. And it’s going to be damned dramatic. But they’re gonna do it in their own sweet time. We’ve got to get into a position where we can kill the bastards. None of this business of taking them to court, the hell with that. I wouldn’t waste five seconds on them.

Like I said…no regrets at all. May General Tibbets Rest In Peace.