Late Night Special

Well, late night for old men. We need our sleep so that we can rise in the dawn to drink coffee and figure out how we can trick ourselves into believing that we are doing important things.

We’ve all sat around and giggled at the gross mistakes Hussein has made in picking people. The names of the ones who have withdrawn, those who have been confirmed after being shown as not who a reasonable person would want have become legion.

The question becomes, why? Bad vetting explains only so much. I think there is a deeper reason.

Smart managers pick smart employees. Heck, I always tried my best to hire people who knew things I didn't because their knowledge then became my knowledge and their skills my skills. I did not need more of "me."

And I don't want to claim too much for myself, because it took me quite awhile to figure that out. And they must be loyal. This comes from shared interests, goals and an understanding that they will be rewarded and protected.

So why this crowd of flawed people who are now showing all the signs of being people he did not have to pick?

Obama is a narcissist, probably developed by the rejection of his father and then his step-father and the conflict between his grandmother and mother in his teen years.

To the extent that people are pathologically narcissistic, they can be controlling, blaming, self-absorbed, intolerant of others’ views, unaware of others' needs and of the effects of their behavior on others, and insistent that others see them as they wish to be seen

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He is a "controller" and as a controller he will try and micro manage everything and will hire people who he feels he can control. Whether or not they or loyal they will give lip service and attempt to do what they think he wants.

For example. Limbaugh is a huge source of negative comments. Obamie doesn't like that. Thus his minions move to attack Limbaugh.

A move reasonable people correctly see as stupid, but less stupid than insulting Gordon Brown because he represents colonial England in Hussein’s mind.

On the other hand we see him trying to ingrate himself with the Muslim world because he sees it as a powerful figure in his life. i.e. His father.

Psycho babble? Maybe. Maybe not. And that’s scary.

Expanded on a comnment in the Tennessean

The Pied Piper

There was a Pied Piper who said “We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change it!”

*And the people said, “Change is good!”

Then he said, “We are going to tax the rich fat-cats,”……

*And the people said “Sock it to them!”

“and redistribute their wealth.”

*And the people said, “Show me the money!”

And then he said, “Redistribution of wealth is good for everybody”

*And Joe the plumber said, are you kidding me?”

And Joe’s personal records were hacked and publicized.

*And one lone reporter asked, “Isn’t that Marxist policy?”

And she was banished from the kingdom!

Then someone asked, “With no foreign relations experience, how will you deal with radical terrorists?”

And the Pied Piper said, “Simple. I’ll sit down and talk with them and show them how nice we really are and they’ll forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!”

Then the Pied Piper said, “I’ll give 95% of you lower taxes.”

*And one, lone voice said, “But 40% of us don’t pay ANY taxes.”

So the Pied Piper said, “Then I’ll give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!”

*And the people said, “Show me the money!”

Then the Pied Piper said, “I’ll tax your Capital Gains when you sell your homes!”

*And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed.

And he said, “I’ll mandate employer- funded health care for EVERY worker and raise the minimum wage.”

*And the people said, “Gim’me some of that!”

Then he said, “I’ll penalize employers who ship jobs overseas.”

*And the people said, “Where’s my rebate check?”

Then the Pied Piper actually said, “I’ll bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!”

*And the people said, “Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don’t care for that part about higher electric rates.”

So the Pied Piper said, “Not to worry. If your rebate isn’t enough to cover your expenses, we’ll bail you out. Just sign up with ACORN and your troubles are over!”

Then he said, “Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let’s grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing.”

*And the people said, “Ole`! Bravo!” And they made him King!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers.

Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy slowed even further.

Then the Pied Piper said, “I am the Messiah and I’m here to save you! We’ll just print more money so everyone will have enough!”

But our foreign trading partners said, “Wait a minute. Your dollar isn’t worth what it was. You’ll have to pay more.”

*And the people said, “Wait a minute. That’s not fair!”

And the world said, “Neither are these other, idiotic programs you’ve embraced. You’ve become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you’ll play by our rules!”

*And the people said, “What have we done?”

But it was too late.

If you think this is a fairy tale, open your eyes and ears. It’s happening RIGHT NOW!


Hat tip to Larry P!

24 Update - R rated words

2 charged after search of DC tech office

WASHINGTON – A District of Columbia employee and a technology consultant were charged with corruption Thursday after a raid on the former office of a city official who now works for President Barack Obama.
The charges were formalized in a federal court hearing as the FBI finished searching the city's technology office, which was led until recently by Obama's new computer chief, Vivek Kundra.

Yusuf Acar, the acting chief security officer in the city's technology office, was ordered held without bond pending a hearing Tuesday. Prosecutors said $70,000 in cash was found during a search of Acar's Washington home and that he posed a serious flight risk.

I mean, who could make this up? A black Prez, Muslim names with lots of cash... a Prez named Hussein....who names this guy his computer chief...

Would it be out of line for me to say:

Whatinthefuckinghellisthisshsitthathusseinkeepsdoing?

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Wish I had said that!

In a time where so much is being made about our first black president, Ann Coulter made the following observation in her column of 2/25/2009:

"But as long as the nation is obsessed with historic milestones, is no one going to remark on what a great country it is where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house?”

Hat tip to Ann C and Bill T!

Ducks and geese and airplanes

My thanks to everybody who sent me this. Supposedly it is a wanted poster from PETA. It proves that a picture is worth a 1000 words.

I was looking at it when I remembered being in an Allegheny Airlines BAC111 years ago when we hit a goose on one wing's leading edge on approach into TRI-CITIES. The BAC111 was well known to be underpowered and the thought of having impeded airflow over the wing was attention getting.

But the pilot merely announced he would be landing a little faster than normal and slicked it in without even a bump.

That stirred the ole memory pods up a bit.

The above is a French Caravelle. I think it was like the third or so commercial jetliner. I don't know how many airlines flew them, but United did for sure.

Back in the late 60's or maybe it was the early 70's, UAL flew them from Newark. The old Newark with low laying concrete terminals, no Jetways and questionable air conditioning.

During that time frame they had what they called "Smokers." Based on the old "Smoker Boxing Matches," "Men Only" nights at the club... in theory no women were allowed except for the flight attendants... I can't remember for sure but I "think" they passed out free cigars...on the flight which departed around 5PM to Chicago.

That thumping sound was the PC Police Person hitting the floor............

On one fine day I was strapped into a window seat in the first row... I think everything was single class... On take off a piece of plastic fell off the overhead and cut a very small gash in my forehead. The Flight Attendant gave me a cold compress and when we got to Chicago a Customer Service rep apologized and gave me a free ticket for a flight from/to any place in the continental US.

And I didn't even think about suing and United didn't engage two law firms in the matter.

My Lord how times have changed!

Doing business back then was a little different than now... I always stayed at a Holiday Inn not too far from the airport. I wouldn't say that the security was high, but they actually had guards on each floor. I asked one of the guys on the front desk if that had solved their problems and he said it had cut the TV's being stolen down to one or two a week...

Now days TV's are so cheap no self respecting thief would hoist one.. well, maybe a flat screen...

Your life is over! Now give me your money!

German mathematician who died 450 years ago gets letter demanding TV licence fees
Adam Ries, a German mathematician who died 450 years ago, has been sent a letter demanding that he pay long-overdue television licence fees.

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And you think government can fix the economny by getting bigger!?

Global what??

Middle of March, temperature below freezing, sleet and snow possible.

Should have my garden ready for cabbage, potatoes, lettuce and early tomatoes but it has been so wet and cold that the ground just lays there, staring at me.

This global warming is killing me, killing me.