Here’s an interesting passage I found on another board, and the person uttering this phrase has become, shall we say, disillusioned with the United States:

I have been very close to breaking up with the United States. I have been having an affaire du coeur with Canada for years now. shhh, don’t tell America. I’m hoping America will get back into shape (I mean God, not to be shallow, but he’s grown quite the beer belly on a Republican diet), and maybe even start listening to me again. America and I haven’t been communicating well, you see. Canada is beautiful, and he understands me. But I’m willing to give America another chance, because I’m loyal like that.

And what a great choice of words there (which I’ve taken the liberty to emphasize), because America under a Democrat Diet will become emaciated. Hope you like being a Grit, eh.

Anyone with any knowledge of British history knows that beef is part of their national staple; me, I love Shepherd’s Pie. But if you’re flying on British Airways, don’t expect any beef meals in economy class. This is because they’ve taken it off that specific menu to avoid offending traveling Hindus. Once again, British culture is falling to Politically Correct multiculturalism.
Here’s what the Hindu Council UK said about it:

“The Hindu community will welcome this decision and the news it has been made partly because Hindus don’t eat beef.
“Hindus have a great deal of respect for British culture and are well integrated into the British way of life, so it’s good to see evidence of how they are literally flying the British flag by choosing British Airways.
“That said, Hindus are tolerant of the beliefs of others and do not expect everyone to stop eating a food because they do not eat it.”

Much more tolerant than, say, the RoPMA™. Pretty soon, that group will ask British Airways to ban pork for the same reason. Don’t be surprised if that happens.

Is it possible that unpaid, overdue Taxes may finally shut Al Sharpton up? Hard to say at this point, but here’s what he owes so far:

Sharpton’s own debts include $365,558 owed in New York City income tax and $931,397 in unpaid federal income tax, according to a lien filed by the Internal Revenue Service last spring. His for-profit company, Rev. Al Communications, owes the state another $175,962 in delinquent taxes.

I would surmise Al, like another prominent Democrat who happens to be running for the US Senate in Minnesota, might do well to hire some more competent attorneys so he pays his Taxes on time!

Kim Jong Il should be very happy that his favorite p*ss* is considering a run for office. That said, I’m a Doubting Thomas on this one.
Why? For one very simple reason: because of his promise to leave the USA if George W. Bush won the 2000 election, a promise which he obviously never kept.
Then again, he may very well fit into the world of politics for that same reason...Ugh.

NOW the frakkin’ true loonies are starting to come out over at my ”Crashing Code Pink” video. Here’s what a very recent visitor left on the graffiti board, and its name is BerkeleyRightsNOW:

I wear a burka on campus because I don’t like men idolizing me. It makes life easier. That is why I converted to Islam and only date Black men so they will stop putting white women on pedestals. My parents are Republican and they hate my boyfriend because they know I told him how they used to laugh about paying their Black employees less then the white ones. That is why I hate my own race.

And my reply? Heheheheheheh!

Gee that’s funny! You set yourself free by enslaving yourself to a “Religion of Peace” which has 1427 years of violence behind it. What an Original solution.

NOT.

Wait till you see the comments at this troll’s profile...they are a Hoot! We’ll see how much more fanatical it becomes quite soon. RoPMA™!

...and the Bills Taketh Away. I got my $600 “economic stimulus” check today via direct deposit, and it literally saved my bacon on a couple of my bills. It doesn’t take a Rocket Scientist to figure out that the majority of Americans who receive this check will not be spending it, like the Government wants us to.
Whew! [Wipes Forehead]

As a followup to this morning’s Global Warming post, Iteki sent these photos in from his burg which got, all told, 12” of snow over the weekend:


He also provided the following link to the local rag about said snowfall. The comments are a hoot! Thanks Iteki!

Y’all know who’s at the crux of it. Lots of meteorologists have signed on to The Goracle’s meme. But one guy hasn’t...lo and behold it’s a guy who I haven’t seen on TV in years, and that’s because he’s been in Sandy Eggo working his retirement job!

We’re in a cooling trend. The sun has gone quiet. Those guys in Canada and Russia are talking about an ice age; they’ve probably gone over the edge, but they have a point. The sun is in a very quiet phase. A cooling trend is under way.
South America has had the worst winter in 50 years. China has had the worst winter in 50 years. The United States is having a real old-fashioned winter. Alaska just finished one of the worst cold spells in a couple of decades — I didn’t see any press on it at all, but it was 40 below for seven days straight in Fairbanks. Another Alaskan community had 72 below, some of the coldest weather they’ve ever seen in modern times in Alaska. The Arctic ice cap that we heard all about melting last summer is frozen up.

And remember folks, this is all attributable to that Global Warming!
Yeah, right.

I swear, every other time the “Reverend” Al Sharpton is in the news, he’s stirring up hatred; racial or not, it doesn’t matter. Besides, two of the NYPD detectives who were acquitted of the shooting death of Sean Bell were black. This time, his goal is to shut down New York City. I’d love to see him try.
Then we could all sit back and watch what transpires. Shades of Denver, anyone? Please pass the popcorn please.

I don’t care about Ted Turner’s new effort to combat malaria with Lutheran and Methodist churches in Africa. No, I’m referring to his latest rant about global warming and terrorists.
First, what he says about global warming is that WAGD, and if we don’t die, we’ll become cannibalistic in nature. Of course, total bulls**t on both counts. Next, he calls the terrorists patriots for fighting us over there, and uses the bulls**t excuse that no one wants to be invaded.
Yep, he’s definitely hanging out with Mike al-Moor. How come he just doesn’t go hang out with those “patriotic” buddies of his over in Iraq?

When i was in high school, I wrote for the school newspaper. What I volunteered for, other than writing news articles, was the TV review column. I really had a lot of fun with that...and I actually managed to utter the N word in the proper context of writing about Richard Pryor’s TV comedy way back when.
But even back then, I quickly realized that I didn’t want to do that for a living. Deadlines, pressure from editors, reporting the news and not pontificating about it. Is it any wonder then why obviously don’t teach that distinction and how to look out for it?
Now there’s a web site where angry journalists can go to and vent their spleen anonymously. Turns out that regular citizens are going there too to lambaste the journalists, and I don’t blame them. It’s a fun read.

I’ll bet you’re wondering how something so geeky as an atom smasher can have some bulls**t story about it. Well allow me to tell you. It becomes bulls**t when some Hawaiian nut (NO, not a macadamia) sues the Feds, CERN and the National Science Foundation for their participation in a European project which, he says, could end up destroying the world! I have no idea what this guy is smoking, and I won’t be asking for this stuff any time soon.
Therefore, in the spirit of Charles, click the sound file for a dramatic reading of the headline.

Back during the Cold War, the Communists derided various aspects of Western Civilization. Now it’s the Islamofascists’ turn to do so, and if there’s one thing they wouldn’t hesitate to slam us on, it’s bringing Ultimate Fighting to the kids’ level.
Boxing doesn’t appeal to me. Some consider it as barbaric, and yet Ultimate Fighting, its 21st-Century descendant, is all the rage. You hear about such-and-such event at so-and-so place, or see big advertisements on TV for pay-per-view events. But allowing children to take part in UFC is even worse. There are lots of other ways to teach kids the discipline needed for adulthood, this simply isn’t one of them.

Please roll in your grave. This is because I absolutely loathe what Pfizer has done to your song Viva Las Vegas. Every time I see it on TV (doesn’t matter if it’s on the networks or cable), I harbor a tendency to shoot or throw a shoe at the TV.
What brought this diatribe on was some damn spam e-mail I received in my civilian e-mail box. Those damn unscrupulous bastards are finding more nefarious ways to get their message across to unsuspecting or, in most other cases, just plain ignorant Internet surfers (there’s always at least one in every family). Wait till you see how they structure their message to try and get past the spam blockers. Click on the graphic.
Bastards.

I am shaking my head on this one. Why is this Florida Republican putting forth a bill to regulate restaurant toilet paper? WHY, dammit!
Are Florida businesses too lazy to conduct supply studies and keep track of how fast they expend TP supplies and order accordingly? Since this bill doesn’t exactly say how much constitutes “enough” of the stuff...I have a suggestion: encourage these dumb owners to install these instead:

Yeah, these’ll wipe your problem out in no time!