Tinfoil Hat Time.
On Monday it was reported that various police departments around
the country will be receiving,via government surplus, bomb proof,
armored vehicles to help them “execute warrants and to fight
crime.”When I went to Iraq we only had soft shelled hummers with
sand bags at the bottom to protect us in a country where the bad guys
planted roadside bombs everywhere. Exactly how many road side bombs
or IED's are they really expecting to find? But I suppose the truth
is is that they wanted an accessory that would match their tactical
helmets and flak jackets and nothing says accessories like an armored
vehicle.
On a bit of a lighter note, apparently McDonalds and Burger King
are in a battle to see who can provide the healthiest form of junk
food. It would seem that both of them have some sort of salad option
and BK has introduced some sort of healthy french fry. A healthy
french fry? I'm sorry but healthy and french fry just doesn't quite
sing. Oh for the days of fast junk food where as soon as you looked
at it your arteries would start to harden, salad... bah humbug...
Under the heading of “It's a part of American history and
perhaps you should go read it.” The Virginia Flaggers Heritage
group of Richmond, flew a rather large Confederate battle flag about
10 miles out side the city of Richmond over the weekend. Apparently
there were some who criticized the group suggesting that the
Confederate battle flag was nothing more than a symbol of bigotry and
racism. The Flaggers, response to the criticism was that this is a
part of our heritage and many of our ancestors fought and died under
this BATTLE FLAG. This is a part of American history. Time to grow up
and deal with it. Strange how no one tells the former confederate
states that they should get rid of their individual state flags and
unit flags that were there right beside the confederate battle flag.
On Tuesday the Energy Department hailed the Solyndra loan program
a success. They went bankrupt. Not sure how that gets defined as a
success but then we are talking a government agency associated with a
fed that seems to think 17 trillion in the hole is a successful way
to govern......
Normally I would say that the only dumb question is the one not
asked.....Fox News had a question at the head of an article asking
this; “Why won't Obama negotiate with republicans?” This can't be
a serious question. ACA is his signature piece of legislation, if he
compromises he is admitting to it having problems and he would
rather sink the country then admit that there might be some issues,
wouldn't want him to loose face or anything...
An 8 year old Florida boy was suspended from school for a day for
the most heinous of violent crimes that I have ever heard of ( the
words “violent crime” was used by school officials) he had the
nerve, while playing cops and robbers with his friends, to point his
finger at his friend and say bang! I understand that there was much
trauma from this event, though the student were only really disturbed
because he didn't use both his finger and thumb to make the proper
gun.
Not to be out done; another school suspended several 7th
grade boys from school for using air soft guns. Did I mention that
they were in their own front yard and not at school? They were
waiting for the bus to come when the violence and mayhem ensued.
Allegedly, the criminals, who have been suspended for the entire
year, were actually shooting at targets that they had set up beside
their house while waiting for the bus to come. Not sure if it was the
bus driver or a passer by who reported the crime to school officials
but the boys were immediately expelled from school for the year. Did
I mention they were on their own property? Apparently the school
administrator believes that his jurisdiction includes private
property....I'll keep you updated as I hear more about it.
WW2 vets weren't slowed down by the government shutdown. Men who
faced death in the line of duty didn't even bat an eye as they went
to see the memorial dedicated to them. In probably one of the
brighter moments of this mess, the park police allegedly helped
remove the barricades and did not interfere.
Under the heading of “There are many things I would like to say
but this is a family friendly article.”
While 800,000 government employees are put on to un-paid leave,
veterans and senior citizens ,as well as others, may find themselves
with no paycheck at the end of the month. But according to the 27th
amendment congress is still going to get paid. This situation, for
those of you who are familiar with this term, is total FUBAR. They
are the problem, not those of us who literally broke our asses
protecting them. I can't even begin to come up with something amusing
to say except if they are not careful the last laugh may be on them.
Postal Service defaults on 5.6 billion....another fine example of
government spending....
Lawyers for the surviving Boston bomber have filed suit over his
living conditions. Apparently he doesn't have any interaction with
other prisoners and is not allowed to pray with other Muslims. Could
it possibly have something to do with him “continuously trying to
incite violent jihad.” according to prosecutors? The other
complaint is that he is only let out to see his lawyers so I have a
wonderful idea; lets bring in the victims of the bombing and let them
interact with him for a while....in a locked room...with no windows
or witnesses.....
Under the heading of “A picture says a thousand words” A
picture circulating the internet shows the bottom half of a guard at
the Lincoln Memorial and behind him, between his legs, is Lincoln on
his seat. The title of this photo is “Obama’s America” no more
needs to be said.
So today, in light of the budget disaster going on with congress,
Mr. Obama hit the campaign trail. Apparently his staff has failed to
notify him of his re election last November or to inform him he needs
to lead now instead of running away every time Mr. Bohener looks at
him cross eyed. If you want to win this fight Mr. President you
really need to show up in the ring....
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