Can you figure this out??

Delegates at a US-Islamic forum voiced support on Monday for US presidential hopeful Barack Obama,

Link to source.

Where else did they have to go?

Hillary is a female, so she's out.

McCain sang.. "Bomb bomb bomb... bomb bomb Iran...well, that kind of blows him out of the picture

And then we have the name... Barack Hussien Obama.

Who do you think would win?

Pope Algore continues to withhold

the blessings of his Global Warming and this morning is frosty despite my driving my truck an insane amount over the weekend. Perhaps the evil GW doubters have secretly found a way to thwart the effects of the nasty carbon dioxide.

More likely, of course, is that the sun continues on its natural cycle of reduced output. But don’t tell the UN officials in charge of wasting our money or the Weather Channel lady. The former have no idea of what is going on and the latter knows everything, but has no idea of what is causing it.

On the national front we are told that the Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbig Brzezinski did not visit Israel as advertised, but instead returned to the US. No reason is known, but some think he was recalled by Hussein when he decided that he should wait until he is President before asking Israel to surrender to Syria.

If so that was a wise move. Israel’s answer will most likely be unprintable. Now and then.

In news of no particular importance we find that the NBA’s team in Seattle is making news by threatening to move to Oklahoma City if the citizens don’t build them a suitable home. The citizens, to my surprise, are saying, “No, and have a nice trip.”

I say “to my surprise” because, when I lived there in the mid eighties, I found the locals to be tough, level headed hard working people. But in recent years it appeared that enough Californians had moved in to dilute the commonsense factor to a very low level. Perhaps the price reductions of $1,000,000 homes to $900,000 homes has seized their attention.

As to the good people of Oklahoma City, that hand you feel on your wallet has a basketball in the other.

It doesn't get any better than this

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But you have to ask what the heck was the City Fathers of Reno doing.

Bump and Update.

A lady from Canada commented the following regarding my post, “It doesn’t get any better than this.” I think it is so good that I decided to post it. She writes:

I saw that video on another blog. I did not comment. I'm not even sure I have the right to comment because we don't have this problem here. In my mind my question was: do you need a citizen-vigilante to correct the situation? Can't you call City Hall, notify the authorities, let the proper people do the job? Would it be done if you try it that way?

To get the disagreement up front and out of the way, yes Canada has this problem. The difference is that it is not yet seen by many Canadians. As your larger cities develop neighborhoods, as in England, Holland, Germany, France and others that become de facto enclaves where Sharia law is allowed to control they will see the light. The flag will be different and the results worse.

And do you have a right to comment? Absolutely. We Americans can not claim to be for free speech and then deny others. For better or worse, it is always important to see yourself as others see you.

As to, do we need citizen-vigilante, the answer is obviously yes. City Hall saw the same news that he did, and did nothing. They did nothing because politicians are basically afraid of everything. If they dispatched the police they would lose votes. First from the Hispanic community, then from the fuzzy heads who claim that we need no borders and finally from the Left wingers who, for whatever reason, hate this country. And since so few citizens vote, the loss of a few votes could cost them their jobs.

So while they dithered and blathered, this one man acted. He acted reasonably, calmly and with no threats and no harm to others.

On station

I once saw a video of a religious event in which people spoke in tongues and handled snakes. Now we have members of the Church of Hussein fainting, as shown on this video.

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So far it appears to be limited to the fairer sex, but who knows when the boys will start collapsing from the strain of holding up all those “Change” signs and start taking a one up in the mux.

Actually fainting is not all that hard to do. Simply stand up and lock your knees. In about 60 seconds the loss of blood/oxygen to the brain will result in an effective and undeniable faint. Of course the question becomes, will it hurt you?? Well, given that loss of blood/oxygen to the brain does no one any good, I don’t recommend it. But given that these are Hussein supporters, who knows?? You have to assume a certain amount of gray matter to assume damage.

Some have started questioning if these faints are staged.

Doubting Thomas link

I have no answer to such questions, but based on the screams and shouts, I would guess that the answer to:

“Will you lay down for Obama?”

would be “yes!”

And I wonder… I have a friend who confessed to attending some demonstrations during the 60’s. When I chided him the truth, or at least an acceptable excuse, came out.

It was a great place to meet girls, he noted.

Preflight

The influence of Pope Algore continues as the outside temperature is a balmy 43 degrees. The consumer of my dollars, aka the central heating systems, have not clicked on for at least 30 minutes and the dog hasn’t brought me her sweater.

Smart dog, although I suspect she is a Hussein Democrat. And why not? She has no knowledge of the economic system that provides her dog food, growls and barks at the German Shepard that patrols the yard and tries very hard to be friendly with her enemy, the cat.

The cat displays great disdain for her, except for when he wants something. He will then walk over and stretch out near her. She will immediately run around in circles barking in joy. Yes, there is no doubt. She is a Jimmy Carter Democratic. Ooops, I meant a Hussein Democrat. My apologies to all, but please grant me that it is hard to tell the difference.

In international affairs, it is not known if Hussein’s delegates to the Syrian dictator and Hizbollah supporter will return for a requiem visit regarding the killing of Imad Mughniyeh, the Hizbollah terror master, or if sufficient groveling was accomplished during the visit this week. I am waiting to see if Hussein’s web site establishes a contribution link to help defray Imad's funeral costs.

The house dog will remain in mourning for a fortnight. The German Shepard has displayed a fair amount of happiness. I must caution him that unseemly acts regarding the fate of our enemies are not permited. After all, can't we all just get along?

In environmental news, the AP touts more nonsense regarding 1 meter sea rises and ocean pollution. This is a new high, given that it is a double dip of disaster.

In the meantime, no explanation is forthcoming from the United Nations panels on scare mongering on what caused the Little Ice Age, much less the last real one. I read somewhere that there has been no increase in global temps for three years. I remain hopeful that we are not preparing for the wrong disaster.

On to more important things.

To those who see the Lady Vols loss by 16 points to the Lady Tigers of LSU after leading by 19 points early on as retribution of biblical proportions for their one point win over Rutgers, arguably helped by the officials, I can only say that I do not have a better reason.

And I suspect neither does Coach Summit.

As to the bad call at the end of the Rutgers game, and all the whining that has ensued, I would only note that if you can show me that there were no other bad/no calls then I will accept your complaints.

The foul was called because it was a “hard foul,” not a ticky tacky push or reach in. The referee’s timing may have been bad, but the message was simple. No such nonsense at the end of a game. This is the US and not a soccer stadium in Europe or England.

Bad/No calls in sports happen, just as they do in life. All the gadgets and science can’t stop them. Hopefully they even out. At least in sports. It is, after all, just a game.

Rejoice dear hearts!

Pope Algore has heard my pleas and delivered a warm 43 degrees this morning. Thank you. Thank you. My carbon footprint was very expensive in January and February is also looking way above average. But I now have some hope of being able to pay the utility bill with only a third mortgage on the Palatial Retirement Compound.

And if Valentine’s Day comes, can summer be far behind? Since the local utility has hinted at a 25% electric rate increase in May, just in time for summer air conditioning, the answer is a solid, “Yes!”

In the meantime Mayor Bloomberg, he of New York City, has told us the US is starting to look more and more like a third world country. Perhaps if he would get busy and start arresting all the intercultural sojourners, aka illegal aliens in the city that never sleeps, it would start resembling the US rather than Mexico. Sorry to be snippy, but if that offends you, deal with it.

Oh. Wait. He was talking about the economic situation. Here. Let me try again. If he would get busy arresting all the intercultural sojourners, aka illegal aliens in the city that never sleeps he could save millions and open up jobs for legal residents who would pay taxes and not suck up all the welfare money… Who knows? Perhaps his example would encourage other City and State Fathers to act for the citizens rather than the Special Interest Groups that represent the intercultural sojourners.

Nahhh. Never happen.

Continuing my nasty mood, I have read several articles noting that NYC has an epidemic of bed bugs. Others have noted the spread of head lice and TB across the fruited plain. These diseases were almost gone back in the unenlightened 50’s, yet here they are back in play. Am I wrong in noting their re-introduction to the urban masses coincides with the influx of millions of intercultural sojourners…. all without health examinations…. which were required in past years when legal immigration was the norm??

Just to get in one last dig at the environmental wackos, I also note that the ability to cheaply kill mosquitoes – DDT - was taken to save the birds… and now millions of humans die of malaria, yellow fever and other mosquito transmitted diseases in third world countries.

But leaving the above victims to the tender mercies of the UN, I return to my native land.

Recently, however, a large number of individuals have immigrated to the United States from nations with vector-borne diseases. Many of these immigrants are arriving illegally without being screened for disease. As a result, some of them may serve as a reservoir for diseases such as malaria and dengue.

From Lou Dobbs? No. From the State of Maryland Department of Agriculture.

All terrorist take note.

The FISA bill allowing the Feds to listen to/read the conversations/emails of NON- US citizens suspected of speaking with other terrorists outside the US with consuming hours and hours of legal spleagle expires tomorrow night. Feel free to thank the anti-war crowd and the party of surrender for this ability to plan terrorist attacks without fear of being caught.

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Take off

The cold weather remains. Someone please send me Algore’s email address so that I may send him a message imploring him to invoke some global warming.

But it didn’t snow, much to the disappointment of my Grandson who had visions of snow days dancing in his head. I explained that snow days had to be made up at the end of the school year, but he met that with the indifference of a Leftie Demo listening to an explanation of the War On Terror and why we should be concerned. Of course my Grandson is a child and the Leftie Demos are, at least physically, adults. His motto and their motto is “That is then. Now is now.”

He is a work in progress. They are who they are.

In the meantime I carefully listened to a “Body Language” expert on “Fox and Friends” opine that McNafee was relaxed while explaining that he lied then, but wasn’t now. Clemens she noted was tense… Now let me see. Here we have a guy who had to have it explained to him that selling illegal drugs made him a drug dealer and she thinks that him appearing relaxed means something. The other guy has stated his innocence, is under oath in front of a Congressional Committee and a 100 million or so TV audience... and she finds him being tense meaningful? Well, yes. It does. It means he is human.

I believe Clemens. All he had to do was tearfully admit wrong doing, pledge to never do it again while noting that it was the hitters doing it that made him do it and he would have been forgiven with not more than a 10 second sound bite on ESPN2.

Instead he has put himself at risk for a perjury trial, spent a million, or more, and subjected himself and his family to intense scrutiny. Those aren’t the acts of a guilty guy who could have just slipped by.

In the meantime the media and the blogs are busily condemning Congress for what politicians do so well. Waste their time and our money. This point was brought home by my favorite news guy, the Holly Springs, MS ex-pat, Shepard Smith. He also asked why we were watching. Uh, Shep. The same reason you are broadcasting and why NASCAR is so popular. Morbid curiosity and wanting to watch some guy get destroyed is always a money maker.

Returning to the “body language” lady, she closed by noting that body language reading could be wrong, but that it was a science. Uh huh. I’ll bet you ten bucks to a George W that she knows her astrological forecast… every day.

At altitude

On a more happier note we find that Imad Mughniyah, Master Terrorist has been killed in Syria. By a car bomb. Sometimes people get back what that they give. And was that the devil I heard laughing?

The killing occurred in Syria and is thought to be the work of Israel. I can hardly wait for the news conference by Hussein of Chicago condemning such acts of terror.

Finally, we have this from USA Today where it is said:

The cost of government benefits for seniors soared to a record $27,289 per senior in 2007, according to a USA TODAY analysis.

That's a 24% increase above the inflation rate since 2000. Medical costs are the biggest reason. Last year, for the first time, health care and nursing homes cost the government more than Social Security payments for seniors age 65 and older. The average Social Security benefit per senior in 2007 was $13,184.

Three things.

First I paid a lot more in taxes than that each year for at least the last 15 so find something else to whine about.

Secondly, Social Security is not a “benefit.” It is money that they took being returned to its rightful owner.

Finally, Medicaid pays for nursing homes. Medicaid is a state program. You would think the AARP would know that.

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