Something worth sharing!
If you missed Kevin Jackson on The O’Reilly Factor, you’ll definitely want to watch this video of the segment. I find it hard to disagree with anything he says, personally. And for a giggle: I especially enjoyed his statement just after the three minute mark where he remarks that the NAACP has about as much use as a Diet Coke does in Rosie O’Donnell’s diet.
He’s also got a book out which is entitled: The BIG Black Lie: How I learned the truth about the Democratic Party.
* – You Can’t Make This Shit Up
Here’s a trio of quickies for your reading pleasure. I ask you: with news like this, who needs fiction?
Here’s one from the “you gotta be kidding me” files: The victim was wearing skinny jeans, therefore, she could not possibly have been raped. You want to ask how the hell skinny jeans = not raped, don’t you? Well, let me explain that for you. Nicholas Gonzales (23) and a 24-year old woman met for drinks in April 2008 and then returned to his house to listen to music. Gonzales claims they then had consensual sex together; the victim says she was raped. She testified that “I struggled to try to get up for a while and then he undid my jeans and he pulled them off.” An Australian jury acquitted Gonzales of rape because they accepted his attorney’s argument that he personally believed it would be “difficult for skinny jeans to be taken off by someone else unless the wearer’s assisting, collaborating, consenting.” [The Frisky]
This being a Census year, we’ve all been faced with the form demanding answers to the list of Census questions (which go well beyond the data they’re supposed to be entitled to — name of the head of household and a headcount for how many persons live there). Failure to complete the form will result in a Census worker being sent to your home to demand the answers in person, and failure to answer the worker will earn you not only a fine, but can also result in the application of ever-increasing “inconveniences” like suspension of mail delivery to pressure you into providing the information. Now here’s something you may not have known: Census workers – all of them, even the brand new temporary worker hired just to gather data — are empowered under federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any other type of home or room that is rented out, in order to count persons in the abode and for “the collection of statistics.” If the owner of your leased premises refuses to grant the Census worker access to your living quarters — whether you are home or not — the landlord himself will face sanctions and can be fined $500 per occurrence. In addition, some Census workers are demanding — and receiving – private cell phone numbers from landlords in order to call tenants to try to obtain Census information. [AJC - Bob Barr]
He’s the President of the United States … why should he have to honor the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery and lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Memorial Day? Obama decided to skip out of DC and has gone home to Chicago for the long holiday weekend. On Monday, instead of the Commander In Chief being at Arlington, he is scheduled to participate in a Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois and Joe Biden will lay the wreath at Arlington instead. But don’t worry, Obama will be back in plenty of time to preside over a June 2 ceremony at the White House, where Paul McCartney will be given the Gershwin Prize, a lifetime achievement award for contributions to pop music. Glad to see he’s got his priorities straight. [GJSentinel] & [Spinner]
Don’t have time to blog, but taking a break from sewing …
… and blogging a little anyhow.
Maggie called me the other day and during the course of our conversation we wound up sitting in front of our respective computers perusing a couple sites simultaneously. This, of course, is great fun because not only are you able to be shocked and amazed at something you’re seeing online, the other person can share the experience and you get to talk to each other in real time while it’s happening, add an instant messaging program for sharing links and it’s the next best thing to being there!
Maggie and Joel are half-looking for a house to rent or possibly rent-to-own. Half-looking because they don’t need to move, they’d just like to if they can find something, and this is of course the best way to house hunt because then you’re not willing to settle since you don’t have to move.
So, Maggie says “oh my gosh, look at this one …” and sends me a link. ::click!:: “This one” turned out to be an ad on Craigslist — here’s the body text verbatim:
$500 / 2br – dueplax house and Big rooms (Blancherster)
My name is xxx xxx I pay the water and sewing in cloded in rent. call me at (xxx-xxx-xxxx) or (xxx-xxx-xxxx) And trash .
(In addition to all the other errors, note that the location of this dwelling is Blanchester, not Blancherster.)
So, one thing led to another and we wound up finding an ad for a management company who told us how they own and mange their own real estate and offer seller financing on their many homes. Dealing with them, they explained, meant that there would be no negotiations with “banks, Realtor, or appraisers.” Although income verification may be necessary, they vow that bad credit or even no credit isn’t going to be a problem. They warned, however, that …
Our properties go quickly, so don’t wait.
This would have been promising if the first listing we found with this company hadn’t been for the home shown in the first three photographs below. Laughing over how on earth they honestly think that anyone would be interested in paying $500 down and $295 a month to rent to own that home, I saw that there was a link to the company’s website and I clicked on it. It took a few minutes before I could convince Maggie to click on the link — she was sure it was going to be Really Bad — but when she did, she had the same reaction I had. “Yeah? Where’s that property? Where’s anything that looks even remotely like that?” Clicking around — property search and featured listings — we wound up looking at several properties in the tri-state area offered by this stellar organization. Many of the photographs showed bathrooms and kitchens with sinks, tubs and toilets taped shut — this confused me until Maggie explained that she had discovered that this is done when they shut off the water apparently to let you know not to take a leak in the toilet because you won’t be able to flush. Charming, ehh? The second set of three photographs are of my personal favorite which can be yours on their rent to own plan for a mere $500 down and $175 a month.
Needless to say, Maggie will not be dealing with this organization.
Here’s a pair of thousand word moments for you to consider …
Consider the contrasts … look at the faces of the people in the cr0wd. Look at the two hands reaching for the first man and compare that to the next. Look at the barricade and the lack of one.
Here’s President Obama, who made his first trip as chief executive to Afghanistan over the weekend to, among other things, visit troops close to Kabul. The White House released this picture by official White House photographer Pete Souza.
Now here’s a photo taken by official White House photographer Eric Draper of then-President George W. Bush visiting U.S. troops in South Korea.
Rather than state what, to me, is the obvious lesson here, I’ll invite you to draw your own conclusions.
… from the Mutt Lange School of Boneheaded Moves by Dumbass Men
Mutt Lange left the lady on the left — Shania Twain (and that’s not even a particularly good picture of her) — for the lady on the right, who was a former friend of Shania’s and the Lange’s (likewise married) housekeeper. Mutt’s decision left men (and women) all over the world going “dude, what’s wrong with you?”
Tiger Woods fooled around with a dozen or more women despite being married to a beautiful woman (it would take too much space to try to post all the pictures of his many mistresses). And in fairness to Tiger at least most of his were decent looking. And he apparently made it crystal clear to each of them that he wasn’t going to leave his wife and marry them or anything like that. Does that mitigate it at all?
Jesse James used to be married to a tattoo’d porn star who just got out of jail and he is currently (probably not for a whole lot longer!) married to one of the prettiest women in the world, Sandra Bullock. Sandy recently helped her husband win custody of his young daughter with his former wife. You’d think that might earn her a little bit of loyalty if nothing else, but James has apparently taken some lessons from Mutt Lange and has jumped feet first into the world of down-trading. This phenomena is often referred to as nature reasserting things the way they were meant to be — white trash will always sink to the bottom, and it’s a shame Sandra Bullock forgot that when she married some.
Dropping the rest of this under the fold so I don’t have to keep looking at the photos of the skanks. There’s some updates under there too!
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In answer to a comment …
Earlier today, “Kievan Rus” left this comment on a thread about global warming:
OFF TOPIC NOTE TO BLOGGIST:
I notice you don’t bother to mention anything about the gun toting wingnut that went off at the Pentagon the other day.
If it had been a liberal who did the shooting you would be all over it, though.
I’m surprised. Not.
This is my response to “Kievan Rus” which is far too long for a comment window.
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First off, why on earth would you do this?
Secondly, why on earth would you TELL ANYONE you did this? Here, for your horrified fascination, is Jennifer Love Hewitt explaining … well … just watch it. Seriously.
Disco ball. OMG.
You can blame Durkin and Derwood for these.
Remember the school spying on their students with the school issued laptops?
I wrote about it the other day in this post: Reasonable Expectations.
Since I posted about it, the feces has hit the air circulating device. The school continues to insist they did nothing wrong. The software manufacturer of the remote viewing program used in the case is claiming that the software should never have been used for such a purpose but some computer security experts are arguing that their product is specifically designed to bypass Apple’s built-in protection features to prevent remote access of the webcam. The FBI is investigating. A federal judge has ordered them to disable the software and not use it again until the court order is lifted. Some parents are insisting that the school would not do such a terrible thing — I’ve even seen comments made by some parents saying that the boy who started this mess (seems to me it was the assistant principal who started it, but whatever) is a known troublemaker and his family are trash. (I’ve also seen ten times as many comments defending the family saying that’s a crock.)
I’ve also since learned that the laptops were not only issued to the students but the students were *required* to use them. Not only that, but they were forbidden to disable any of the software or hardware on the laptop (including the webcams) under penalty of expulsion from school and not only *that,* but they were forbidden to use their own computers, they *had* to use the school issued laptops. It just keeps getting worse and worse the more I read about it.
Well, my new hero “Stryde” has done some serious digging. I was going to quote him, but really it deserves a read. He and his buddy Aaron Rhodes did a shitload of research; Stryde.hax has the facts, links, copies and everything else to back up what he says and he deserves kudos for a job well done getting it all together. Go read it and even though it’s long, be sure to read all the updates on the page, there’s a wealth of new information included in them.
Barack and Michelle are just so refined and dignified …
Back in October of last year, President Obama tried to ingratiate himself to the Chinese by not meeting with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Washington. As if that wasn’t snub enough, check out this photo of the Dalai Lama leaving the White House following his brief meeting with President Obama yesterday:
Isn’t that just lovely? After meeting the President of the United States, the Dalai Lama was escorted out of the White House through a side entrance, along a route strewn with garbage. Guess he’s hoping that by being rude like this, the Chinese won’t get too pissed off over the meeting, ehh? The Dalai Lama is not going to complain about the lack of respect shown him, of course. He’s too dignified, polite and humble to do so. I trust he knows that not all Americans are such oafish louts.
I don’t know why I’m surprised. White House protocol these days seems to be snub your allies and do everything you can to placate your foes. Refuse to bow to the Queen of England, but by God, bow deeply to the king of Saudi Arabia like a loyal subject. Whatever.
Not that I really give a flying fig what the Germans (or anyone else outside of the US) thinks of our leaders, but I had to laugh when I saw this. It’s not just me! A carnival float representing U.S. President Barack Obama, with the words ‘Obama as liberator’ on his shirt, is pictured during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in the western German city of Duesseldorf February 15, 2010. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season.
