Looks like the beginning of yet another foreign policy mess as John Kerry, Dick(head) Durbin, Can't-Keep-It-Zipped Clinton and several other dems, mainly, are clamoring for the US to provide a no-fly zone in Libya. Such a thing would require, first of all, knocking out all of Libya's air capacity, including trying to smash up all their military aircraft, blow up airport runways, etc. etc. That's pretty much how you enforce the concept of "no-fly."
Seem strange that the most dove-ish in congress want to ensnare the US in yet another war? Guilt-driven, the idiots promoting this notion are engaging in their fantasy of the US as the Great White Knight paving the Road to Liberty. Until it all goes sour.
Unfortunately, this Great White Knight thing just hasn't worked very well for the US so far -- except possibly in Iraq, but the jury's still out there.
And I can just see it all now. These latter-day gallants charging to support a "democratic" uprising, which, if successful, has a less than 50-50 chance of avoiding being hijacked by islamic radicals, who, in turn, will turn around and jump up and down for Al-Jazeera and fire off automatic weapons, and harangue their young in the madrases to go blow up the US.
And when they do, our dem hawks, hell-bent on their version of "making the world safe for democracy," will stand up on the floor of the Senate one day and claim that it was all Mitch McConnell and John Boehner's fault. I mean, twice is a pattern and three times, it becomes a trend, you know? Pretty predictable.
And, Senator Kerry, if any situation looked like a potential Viet Nam.... How quickly they forget what they claim to believe in.
The thing is, though Kadaffy is clearly insane and a ruthless, murdering thug, he's THEIR murdering thug. Let the Libyan rebels take care of him. They aren't doing such a bad job so far. And while Kadaffy is without doubt a crazy murdering thug, he's still a muslim, he belongs to that world and that culture, and why should we give him an external enemy to rally around?
You know what they'll say: the US is there only because of the oil. And frankly, I can't think of a single reason anyone would involve themselves with Libya except for the oil.
It's like cops get a call for a domestic dispute. They go to the house, find that a drunken husband had smacked his wife with a golf club. So they clap cuffs on the guy and take the wife to the hospital for a few stitches over her eyebrow. She'll be safe for the night, and the cops advise her to come down to the station next day to swear out a warrant... and hopefully, maybe also see a divorce lawyer.
So the wife never shows up. The next time the cops see her, it's when they're called to the house again to for a domestic dispute.The cops clap cuffs on the guy, and ask the wife if she plans to swear out a warrant this time.
"Well, he's the father of my children...." "Well, he's always provided for us..." Confronted with the threat of independence, the wife suddenly regards regular beatings as something she can live with.
So the cops become the bad guys. The cops are the ones breaking up the family. The cops started this whole thing.
So Kadaffy is beyond any doubt a demented, power-made, narcisstic and probably schizoid murdering thug. But he's LIBYA's murdering thug.
And they can have him. Let them resolve this on their own.
Save the Republic.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Hubris
"Hubris" is a word I learned in relation to Greek and Roman mythology. It means, basically, that someone has got too big for their britches, thinking they run things, they can control everything. Like the IPCC, for example.
Just when the IPCC and like organizations had global warming all figured out, the old earth starts cracking apart with earthquakes and volcanoes for reasons that are still largely unknown to any of us so far, or least unpredictable.
Heard about the earthquake in Japan -- 8.9 on the Richter scale -- earlier tonight. Then had to work. Turn on the TV a couple hours later and watched what seemed at first computer graphics of a huge tsunami in Japan, only to learn it was a video of the real thing.
Good grief. Now the entire Pacific Rim and even Hawaii and the West Coast of the USA, including Alaska, are under a tsunami warning.
I wrote a long time ago that I could not accept the idea of human-caused global warming after seeing the Rocky Mountains, imaging the force that created those. Compared to that, even the A-bomb looks pretty puny and pathetic.
Tell me the human race could set off anything like an 8.9 quake? I don't think so. I think we're more like ants swarming and scurrying, building what turns out to be fairly shoddy and relatively insignificant ant hills on the brittle crust of the planet. And we're just as vulnerable as ants, no matter how we dig and scrape and pump.
Hope the tsunami warnings are sufficient to save lives, but I imagine the damage will be frightful. And not much the human race can do about but try to get to high ground.
We're really not in control here. We've just barely mastered agriculture and mining. All the rest is hubris, and Mother Nature seems very anxious to remind us of that.
Save the Republic.
Just when the IPCC and like organizations had global warming all figured out, the old earth starts cracking apart with earthquakes and volcanoes for reasons that are still largely unknown to any of us so far, or least unpredictable.
Heard about the earthquake in Japan -- 8.9 on the Richter scale -- earlier tonight. Then had to work. Turn on the TV a couple hours later and watched what seemed at first computer graphics of a huge tsunami in Japan, only to learn it was a video of the real thing.
Good grief. Now the entire Pacific Rim and even Hawaii and the West Coast of the USA, including Alaska, are under a tsunami warning.
I wrote a long time ago that I could not accept the idea of human-caused global warming after seeing the Rocky Mountains, imaging the force that created those. Compared to that, even the A-bomb looks pretty puny and pathetic.
Tell me the human race could set off anything like an 8.9 quake? I don't think so. I think we're more like ants swarming and scurrying, building what turns out to be fairly shoddy and relatively insignificant ant hills on the brittle crust of the planet. And we're just as vulnerable as ants, no matter how we dig and scrape and pump.
Hope the tsunami warnings are sufficient to save lives, but I imagine the damage will be frightful. And not much the human race can do about but try to get to high ground.
We're really not in control here. We've just barely mastered agriculture and mining. All the rest is hubris, and Mother Nature seems very anxious to remind us of that.
Save the Republic.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
On Wisconsin
Well, looks like Gov. Walker of Wisconsin and those legislators who did show up for work managed to stand pat and get the collective bargaining laws for public employee unions changed.
Haven't read the detailed reports yet and could be wrong, but it seem they separated the union collective bargaining measures from the appropriations bill and no longer needed the quorum majority required for a tax bill.
And right now dozens of crazy lunatics are "storming" the Capitol Building in Madison.
Well, Anne Coulter was on Hannity's TV show last night, just furious that Gov. Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans hadn't been out in full public relations gear, pennants flying, exposing all the crap the unions have been getting away with in Wisconsin. Coulter pointed out that seven bus drivers in Madison made $100,00.00 or more in 2000. On TV, she noted that public union members can claim 30 minutes of time-and-a-half pay if their boss calls them at home after hours.
Wisconsin begins to look more and more like Bell, California, that village where the city manager "voted" to give himself an annual salary of close to $1 million.
All I can say is, man, have I been in the wrong business.
Interesting, too, that the federal government doesn't allow the same kind of collective bargaining that Wisconsin and other states have been burdened with.
Anyway, I'm so tired I can barely type. Just wanted to lay a big wet sloppy kiss on the Wisconsin Republicans.
They shall not be moved. And they'll Save the Republic.
Haven't read the detailed reports yet and could be wrong, but it seem they separated the union collective bargaining measures from the appropriations bill and no longer needed the quorum majority required for a tax bill.
And right now dozens of crazy lunatics are "storming" the Capitol Building in Madison.
Well, Anne Coulter was on Hannity's TV show last night, just furious that Gov. Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans hadn't been out in full public relations gear, pennants flying, exposing all the crap the unions have been getting away with in Wisconsin. Coulter pointed out that seven bus drivers in Madison made $100,00.00 or more in 2000. On TV, she noted that public union members can claim 30 minutes of time-and-a-half pay if their boss calls them at home after hours.
Wisconsin begins to look more and more like Bell, California, that village where the city manager "voted" to give himself an annual salary of close to $1 million.
All I can say is, man, have I been in the wrong business.
Interesting, too, that the federal government doesn't allow the same kind of collective bargaining that Wisconsin and other states have been burdened with.
Anyway, I'm so tired I can barely type. Just wanted to lay a big wet sloppy kiss on the Wisconsin Republicans.
They shall not be moved. And they'll Save the Republic.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Shut 'er down!
Listening to Mark Levin the other night when both Reps and dems failed to support a bill to cut about $2 billion from the federal government. Apparently the dems, like drunks on a spree, want to spend until OUR pockets are empty. The Reps didn't seem to think the cuts were enough.
In the words of Mark Levin: "JUST CUT!!'
Now professional stooge and, apparently, some-time rodeo clown Nero Reid stands up in front of the Senate and delivers this truly, profoundly blockheaded plea to preserve federal funding of the Cowboy Poetry Festival. Nero claims the festival brings joy to "tens of thousands" of people.
Only the federal government could hold an event for tens of thousands of people and FAIL to figure out some way to get the attendees to pay for it. Anyone with even a fractional brain could profit on something like this. How 'bout $5.00 a carload, or truckload, or tractorload, Nero, sound good? Totally affordable, when people pay $70.00 a seat to see even second-rate pop stars.
Nero is a blockhead. But we already knew that.
Another question: if the congress doesn't extend the federal budget for another two weeks or so, the feds will shut down. However, "essential services," like Social Security and Medicare payments, and military operations, will continue. Apparently it's only "non-essential services" that will be shut down.
So the $13 TRILLION question is: Why do we continue to pay for "non-essential services?"
By definition, these are secondary services, stuff that no one really needs.
So, hey, go ahead, Shut 'er down!
Just think of how much money we'd save every day with no federal government riding our backs. Let's keep it shut down $13 TRILLION worth. How's that? Let's get rid of this deficit.
And the thing is, no one would really miss it, except we might all experience the ecstasy of a "new birth of freedom." Small business would flourish. We'll all be so much better off. A shut-down would bring joy to not just tens of thousands, but to hundreds of millions of people. And it won't cost a cent.
So, yeah, SHUT 'ER DOWN!
Save the Republic.
In the words of Mark Levin: "JUST CUT!!'
Now professional stooge and, apparently, some-time rodeo clown Nero Reid stands up in front of the Senate and delivers this truly, profoundly blockheaded plea to preserve federal funding of the Cowboy Poetry Festival. Nero claims the festival brings joy to "tens of thousands" of people.
Only the federal government could hold an event for tens of thousands of people and FAIL to figure out some way to get the attendees to pay for it. Anyone with even a fractional brain could profit on something like this. How 'bout $5.00 a carload, or truckload, or tractorload, Nero, sound good? Totally affordable, when people pay $70.00 a seat to see even second-rate pop stars.
Nero is a blockhead. But we already knew that.
Another question: if the congress doesn't extend the federal budget for another two weeks or so, the feds will shut down. However, "essential services," like Social Security and Medicare payments, and military operations, will continue. Apparently it's only "non-essential services" that will be shut down.
So the $13 TRILLION question is: Why do we continue to pay for "non-essential services?"
By definition, these are secondary services, stuff that no one really needs.
So, hey, go ahead, Shut 'er down!
Just think of how much money we'd save every day with no federal government riding our backs. Let's keep it shut down $13 TRILLION worth. How's that? Let's get rid of this deficit.
And the thing is, no one would really miss it, except we might all experience the ecstasy of a "new birth of freedom." Small business would flourish. We'll all be so much better off. A shut-down would bring joy to not just tens of thousands, but to hundreds of millions of people. And it won't cost a cent.
So, yeah, SHUT 'ER DOWN!
Save the Republic.
How to solve the energy crisis
Well, members of the Comrade's administration, that is several merry marxists, are held in contempt of court for refusing to process requests for permits to re-open and continue drilling oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico. A federal judge ordered the marxists to do their jobs and they refused. Perhaps these "officials" are on a roof top in L.A. with Charlie Sheen -- just too busy "winning" to do their paperwork.
Here's something we can do to compel the Comrade and his little green elfin friends to stop obstructing the life of the nation -- make them pay for their own fuel.
That's right. See that entourage of lobbyists and others (in many cases, czars) surrounding Comrade Butthead? Yeah, they pay to fill up all those limos, all that aircraft. They pay for it themselves. No more expense accounts.
Want to keep floodlights on all night on the White House lawn? Comes out of the Comrade's paycheck, along with the rest of the electric bill.
EPA's Carol Browner-n-browner pays all the energy bills for her HQ and other crummy operations across the US. For all her travel. For EPA web sites. Comes out of her pay.
Take it out of your pay, you silly buttheads. Pay for it the way the rest of us do, and maybe it will begin to dawn on you that wind and solar just won't cut it. Wind and solar are, at best, very primitive technologies. Kinda like if we all had fire pits in the living room, and struck flint and steel to get them going overnight.Wind and solar cost too much and fail to show an adequate return-on-investment.
But then return-on-investment is a foreign term and unknown idea to the people in this regime. The problem is, they've just whined and petitioned the government when they wanted something. None of them have ever had real jobs where they had to produce anything to make a living. If/when they have to start actually producing anything, the scales will fall from their eyes, etc.
The least we can do to assist in their maturation is to make them pay their own bills.
More later.Still thinkin' on that terrorist psychology thing, especially in light of the "We are all Muslims today" protest in Manhattan over the weekend. Read a couple pretty good articles by non-Americans about why and how muslim youths become radicalized. Very interesting stuff.
Save the Republic.
Here's something we can do to compel the Comrade and his little green elfin friends to stop obstructing the life of the nation -- make them pay for their own fuel.
That's right. See that entourage of lobbyists and others (in many cases, czars) surrounding Comrade Butthead? Yeah, they pay to fill up all those limos, all that aircraft. They pay for it themselves. No more expense accounts.
Want to keep floodlights on all night on the White House lawn? Comes out of the Comrade's paycheck, along with the rest of the electric bill.
EPA's Carol Browner-n-browner pays all the energy bills for her HQ and other crummy operations across the US. For all her travel. For EPA web sites. Comes out of her pay.
Take it out of your pay, you silly buttheads. Pay for it the way the rest of us do, and maybe it will begin to dawn on you that wind and solar just won't cut it. Wind and solar are, at best, very primitive technologies. Kinda like if we all had fire pits in the living room, and struck flint and steel to get them going overnight.Wind and solar cost too much and fail to show an adequate return-on-investment.
But then return-on-investment is a foreign term and unknown idea to the people in this regime. The problem is, they've just whined and petitioned the government when they wanted something. None of them have ever had real jobs where they had to produce anything to make a living. If/when they have to start actually producing anything, the scales will fall from their eyes, etc.
The least we can do to assist in their maturation is to make them pay their own bills.
More later.Still thinkin' on that terrorist psychology thing, especially in light of the "We are all Muslims today" protest in Manhattan over the weekend. Read a couple pretty good articles by non-Americans about why and how muslim youths become radicalized. Very interesting stuff.
Save the Republic.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
So what about 2012?
Actually, the world is supposed to end in 2012. On 12/12/12. Or possibly 12/21/12, which is probably the winter solstice. That's what this guy told me when he came in to fix the thermostat on my furnace. All the planets will align or something. I thought it came from the Mayan calendar, but why the Mayans would know when the world would end is anyone's guess. More likely they just ran out of stone and figured 12/21/12 was so far into the future, they'd never live to see it anyway.
I don't believe the world will end in 2012, except for the Comrade, because we will get to elect another president.
So, last election I was hoping Newt Gingrich would run, and he hinted he might. However, with "Obamania" overwhelming any sort of rational decision-making in America, Newt never even threw his hat in the ring. He kinda-sorta-half threw his hat in the ring on Hannity the other night. That is, he and Callista have launched an "exploratory" Web site -- probably seeing what kind of reaction he'll get and also to see what kind of funds he can raise. I'm not being crass or cynical here. A presidential campaign takes lots of money.
I love Newt Gingrich. Partly because he stood up to Can't-Keep-It-Zipped Clinton like a pitbull, but also because he (Newt, that is) has an enduring interest in American history and a true and enlightened appreciation for this country. I mean, Newt taught US history before he got into politics. And with a guy named Forshtchen, Newt wrote a US Civil War trilogy -- kind of a what-if -- that was actually pretty good. It replayed the war, beginning with the question, "What if Meade had lost at Gettysburg?" That was the first book in the set.
At the time, I was writing a very different kind of Civil War novel -- mine focusing more on the civilian personal experience of the Civil War -- but I understand all the military stuff. So for days after reading the first book in Newt's trilogy I walked around with a heavy heart and knots in my stomach, depressed and wanting to scream in anguish due to the sacking of Harrisburg and Lee approaching Baltimore. (I was still having my main character's PTSD nightmares about Antietam at the time.)
One nice thing, I sent Newt Gingrich a copy of my novel -- uninvited -- and he sent me back a really nice personal thank you. I really appreciated that.
But I also truly believe that Newt Gingrich would make an excellent president. I think it's Hannity who keeps saying he'd love to see Newt and the Comrade in the debates. So would I, because I think the Comrade would be a little bit out of his depth in that situation. Newt Gingrich truly knows and understands America; the Comrade does not. The contrast would be unmistakable.The Comrade out there cheerleading like a community organizer, Newt with lots of insight and a broad frame of reference on policy. And respect for the Constitution.
The downside is Newt has a lot of baggage. Or, as the pollsters say, "a lot of negatives." Of course, anyone who actively engages in politics in the US on the conservative side is going to take some heavy fire -- especially from a blatantly liberal media establishment -- and Newt's had some pretty fierce experience. He's also been married three times.
So I kinda hope both the Tea Party and the independents will have given up on the concept of "can't we all just get along" by the time the big nominating conventions come along. I mean, Pazzo and Nero Reid, Howard Dean, Durbin -- the whole miserable crew of merry marxists -- they aren't going to give up. Why work together to fix the nation when they can work to make the "other guys" look bad? I mean, really, as the power-mad see it, there's not much at stake here. For them the only value the US has, really, is as a canvas for their grandiose ambitions.
Anyway, if the Tea Party and the independents are willing to trade harmony for effectiveness by this time next year, Newt will be the best available choice. We will need a fighter and someone with the tools to win -- and that means intelligence and a truckload of political experience.
Then on the same Hannity show where Newt made his semi-announcement, Rudy Giuliani came on, talking about the Middle East and everything else. Rudy reminded us all that the US is still just about the most powerful nation in the world. He noted that while all we hear about is recession and debt, the US economy is still three times the size of Red China's. And Rudy managed to hold it all together on 9/11 as Mayor of New York City -- and postponed the scheduled mayoral election to see the job through.
But Rudy's got the same kind of "negatives" as Newt Gingrich -- and also three wives, if I recall correctly.
But these two guys, either one I could very happily support. To tell the truth, I worry about Mitt Romney's association with socialized medicine in Massachusetts, realizing he couldn't have done that by himself; it was a statewide decision. I love Mike Huckabee, but I think the US right now needs someone with a harder edge. Though Huckabee has never failed to rise to the occasion. He's just such a nice guy....
And anyway, that's it for now. Been reading a lot about terrorist psychology. Stay tuned....
Save the Republic.
I don't believe the world will end in 2012, except for the Comrade, because we will get to elect another president.
So, last election I was hoping Newt Gingrich would run, and he hinted he might. However, with "Obamania" overwhelming any sort of rational decision-making in America, Newt never even threw his hat in the ring. He kinda-sorta-half threw his hat in the ring on Hannity the other night. That is, he and Callista have launched an "exploratory" Web site -- probably seeing what kind of reaction he'll get and also to see what kind of funds he can raise. I'm not being crass or cynical here. A presidential campaign takes lots of money.
I love Newt Gingrich. Partly because he stood up to Can't-Keep-It-Zipped Clinton like a pitbull, but also because he (Newt, that is) has an enduring interest in American history and a true and enlightened appreciation for this country. I mean, Newt taught US history before he got into politics. And with a guy named Forshtchen, Newt wrote a US Civil War trilogy -- kind of a what-if -- that was actually pretty good. It replayed the war, beginning with the question, "What if Meade had lost at Gettysburg?" That was the first book in the set.
At the time, I was writing a very different kind of Civil War novel -- mine focusing more on the civilian personal experience of the Civil War -- but I understand all the military stuff. So for days after reading the first book in Newt's trilogy I walked around with a heavy heart and knots in my stomach, depressed and wanting to scream in anguish due to the sacking of Harrisburg and Lee approaching Baltimore. (I was still having my main character's PTSD nightmares about Antietam at the time.)
One nice thing, I sent Newt Gingrich a copy of my novel -- uninvited -- and he sent me back a really nice personal thank you. I really appreciated that.
But I also truly believe that Newt Gingrich would make an excellent president. I think it's Hannity who keeps saying he'd love to see Newt and the Comrade in the debates. So would I, because I think the Comrade would be a little bit out of his depth in that situation. Newt Gingrich truly knows and understands America; the Comrade does not. The contrast would be unmistakable.The Comrade out there cheerleading like a community organizer, Newt with lots of insight and a broad frame of reference on policy. And respect for the Constitution.
The downside is Newt has a lot of baggage. Or, as the pollsters say, "a lot of negatives." Of course, anyone who actively engages in politics in the US on the conservative side is going to take some heavy fire -- especially from a blatantly liberal media establishment -- and Newt's had some pretty fierce experience. He's also been married three times.
So I kinda hope both the Tea Party and the independents will have given up on the concept of "can't we all just get along" by the time the big nominating conventions come along. I mean, Pazzo and Nero Reid, Howard Dean, Durbin -- the whole miserable crew of merry marxists -- they aren't going to give up. Why work together to fix the nation when they can work to make the "other guys" look bad? I mean, really, as the power-mad see it, there's not much at stake here. For them the only value the US has, really, is as a canvas for their grandiose ambitions.
Anyway, if the Tea Party and the independents are willing to trade harmony for effectiveness by this time next year, Newt will be the best available choice. We will need a fighter and someone with the tools to win -- and that means intelligence and a truckload of political experience.
Then on the same Hannity show where Newt made his semi-announcement, Rudy Giuliani came on, talking about the Middle East and everything else. Rudy reminded us all that the US is still just about the most powerful nation in the world. He noted that while all we hear about is recession and debt, the US economy is still three times the size of Red China's. And Rudy managed to hold it all together on 9/11 as Mayor of New York City -- and postponed the scheduled mayoral election to see the job through.
But Rudy's got the same kind of "negatives" as Newt Gingrich -- and also three wives, if I recall correctly.
But these two guys, either one I could very happily support. To tell the truth, I worry about Mitt Romney's association with socialized medicine in Massachusetts, realizing he couldn't have done that by himself; it was a statewide decision. I love Mike Huckabee, but I think the US right now needs someone with a harder edge. Though Huckabee has never failed to rise to the occasion. He's just such a nice guy....
And anyway, that's it for now. Been reading a lot about terrorist psychology. Stay tuned....
Save the Republic.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Welcome to the funny farm
In stressful times, many people have a tendency to go nuts.
On a minor scale, there's the whack-job running North Korea who just fires off missiles whenever the spirit moves him.
Closer to home and non-political, poor Charlie Sheen blankets TV with interviews that clearly indicate he's in a drug-induced fog of delusions of grandeur. Which, in turn, tend to generate into delusions of persecution -- that paranoia we all here so much about. Poor Charlie. Cocaine destroys brain chemistry, you know? And this also looks just a little bit more like male menopause than the arrival of the Hollywood ubermensch, as he suggests. I just remember Freddie Prinz, John Belushi, Michael Jackson, etc. etc., and afterwards people going, "Where were their families? Couldn't anyone stop them from destroying themselves?" Well, apparently not.
Then, of course, we have the Middle East.
Kadaffy certainly is ugly, isn't he? Heard something very funny. Many European leaders are calling for Kadaffy to step down, finally joined by our Comrade, who hasn't got a clue about foreign relations so usually waits to see what others doing and takes his cue from them. So Kadaffy explains that he's not the head of state. He has no authority. All he ever did was make a revolution, and then he went back to his tent. With a whole army and lots of lethal military devices. He's a real hoot.
Meanwhile, in efforts to change his blood thirsty thug public image, Abracadabrajab in Iran makes a speech where he pretends to be shocked! shocked! that Kadaffy is shooting down his own people. Hey, Abra, look out your window. Seems Kadaffy is following your lead.
The more antsy in our government want the US to "do something." They're sending aircraft carriers and all kinds of things into the Mediterranean. You know what? We don't need another war. Just pull a "Reagan," target Crazy Kadaffy, blast the crap out of him in his tent, then pack up and go home. Know what I mean? I mean, if you must. Half of Kadaffy's "army" has already defected. Without their bonkers boss, they probably won't continue the fight.
Then we have the Mad 14 from Madison. Still holed up in a hotel somewhere. Apparently one Wisconsin legislator -- one who actually showed up for work -- met with the Mad 14 in Kenosha. (I go grocery shopping in Kenosha. This is very local for me. Wonder where they met?) Some of those 14 actually seem to want to go back to Wisconsin and assume their responsibilities. One of them is six months pregnant, so I would guess she's only good for the short term.
Anyway, crowds of loony socialist teenagers continue to mob the capitol. They must be die-hard Astro-Turf, earning their $10.00 an hour. I should check CraigsList. SEIU was running ads on CraigsList for the longest time, looking for "halfwits to carry signs and curse at TV cameras" or something like that. $10.00 an hour. No kidding. 'Course the crazies in Madison don't seem to be SEIU -- or at least they exchanged their purple shirts. But they're still crazy. Still insisting that the governor and the legislature will be able to wring just a few more drops of blood from a budget that's already in the red.
Patsy Cline sang this song time ago that's really a classic now. It's a love song, but it starts out, "Crazy..."
Yep.
Save the Republic.
On a minor scale, there's the whack-job running North Korea who just fires off missiles whenever the spirit moves him.
Closer to home and non-political, poor Charlie Sheen blankets TV with interviews that clearly indicate he's in a drug-induced fog of delusions of grandeur. Which, in turn, tend to generate into delusions of persecution -- that paranoia we all here so much about. Poor Charlie. Cocaine destroys brain chemistry, you know? And this also looks just a little bit more like male menopause than the arrival of the Hollywood ubermensch, as he suggests. I just remember Freddie Prinz, John Belushi, Michael Jackson, etc. etc., and afterwards people going, "Where were their families? Couldn't anyone stop them from destroying themselves?" Well, apparently not.
Then, of course, we have the Middle East.
Kadaffy certainly is ugly, isn't he? Heard something very funny. Many European leaders are calling for Kadaffy to step down, finally joined by our Comrade, who hasn't got a clue about foreign relations so usually waits to see what others doing and takes his cue from them. So Kadaffy explains that he's not the head of state. He has no authority. All he ever did was make a revolution, and then he went back to his tent. With a whole army and lots of lethal military devices. He's a real hoot.
Meanwhile, in efforts to change his blood thirsty thug public image, Abracadabrajab in Iran makes a speech where he pretends to be shocked! shocked! that Kadaffy is shooting down his own people. Hey, Abra, look out your window. Seems Kadaffy is following your lead.
The more antsy in our government want the US to "do something." They're sending aircraft carriers and all kinds of things into the Mediterranean. You know what? We don't need another war. Just pull a "Reagan," target Crazy Kadaffy, blast the crap out of him in his tent, then pack up and go home. Know what I mean? I mean, if you must. Half of Kadaffy's "army" has already defected. Without their bonkers boss, they probably won't continue the fight.
Then we have the Mad 14 from Madison. Still holed up in a hotel somewhere. Apparently one Wisconsin legislator -- one who actually showed up for work -- met with the Mad 14 in Kenosha. (I go grocery shopping in Kenosha. This is very local for me. Wonder where they met?) Some of those 14 actually seem to want to go back to Wisconsin and assume their responsibilities. One of them is six months pregnant, so I would guess she's only good for the short term.
Anyway, crowds of loony socialist teenagers continue to mob the capitol. They must be die-hard Astro-Turf, earning their $10.00 an hour. I should check CraigsList. SEIU was running ads on CraigsList for the longest time, looking for "halfwits to carry signs and curse at TV cameras" or something like that. $10.00 an hour. No kidding. 'Course the crazies in Madison don't seem to be SEIU -- or at least they exchanged their purple shirts. But they're still crazy. Still insisting that the governor and the legislature will be able to wring just a few more drops of blood from a budget that's already in the red.
Patsy Cline sang this song time ago that's really a classic now. It's a love song, but it starts out, "Crazy..."
Yep.
Save the Republic.
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